Music mogul Simon Cowell's fiancee moves into his ex's LA hideaway

 

SIMON Cowell’s fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy has moved out of his Beverly Hills mansion amid rumours their relationship is cooling. The make-up artist is now living in Cowell’s hillside retreat – where his ex Terri Seymour stayed after splitting from the X Factor judge in 2008. Cowell’s pals jokily nicknamed the £3.5million house in the Hollywood Hills “the girlfriend graveyard”. A worker at the house said: “Yes, Mezhgan is living here. She is here now.” She refused to confirm if the pair had broken up but one insider said: “It looks like history is repeating itself. “When Simon split with Terri, she moved to the hillside house for about 18 months before moving to a pad which Simon is supposed to have paid for. “Some people have joked that the other house is his girlfriend graveyard – it’s almost as though the girls get sent there when the relationship has died.” Neighbours said they have not seen the music mogul – who used to date 1980s singer Sinitta – recently, and believe the Afghan-born beauty is living alone. And Simon’s mum, Julie, says she has not heard from Mezhgan for “weeks”, although the pair used to speak regularly. Rumours that the couple have split after an 18-month engagement went into overdrive this week after Simon told a US radio station he was “not sure” whether they were an item. Simon, 51, said last year he would like children with Mezhgan saying he was “smitten” and was looking forward to having “little Simons around”. But in a recent interview with American GQ magazine, he appeared to change heart, saying: “Truthfully, with the schedule, the crazy hours, I don’t think it would work.” And the 51-year-old has been lavishing praise on his American X Factor co-star Paula Abdul. He said: “There is something about her. I find her fascinating.” Reports in the US claim the pair spend hours on the phone.

Rapper Aggro Santos charged with raping two women

 

Brazilian-born rapper and former contestant on I'm a Celebrity has been charged with raping two women. Aggro Santos, 22, of Bickersteth Road, London, is accused of raping a woman in Chichester, West Sussex, on 7 May. He is also accused of raping another in Yeovil, Somerset, between 25 and 26 September last year. Another man, Tyrelle Ritchie, 21, of Vauxhall Road, London, has been charged with one count of rape in Chichester on the same date, Sussex Police said. Mr Santos, whose real first name is Yuri, and Mr Ritchie have been bailed to appear at Chichester Magistrates' Court on 19 September. Mr Santos's debut single, Candy, featuring former Pussycat Dolls singer Kimberly Wyatt, shot to number five in the UK charts last year. But he became more popularly known through his appearance in last year's series of ITV's reality game show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in which he reached the last six.

Reese Witherspoon suffers ‘minor injuries’ after being hit by car, 84-year-old driver involved

 

Reese Witherspoon has suffered ‘minor injuries’ after being hit by a car. The actress was reportedly out jogging when she was struck at around 11am in the Santa Monica area. The 84-year-old driver of the car stopped and was reportedly cited and released. She is not believed to have ben injured, while Witherspoon was treated for her minor injuries and is now recovering at home. Witherspoon married Jim Toth earlier this year. She has two children from her previous marriage to Ryan Phillippe and won an Oscar for Walk the Line.

24-Hour Film Challenge in Marbella

 

MARBELLA Film Festival has announced the launch of its annual 24-hour film challenge, as part of the 2011 festival which will be held from October 15 to 17. The event which is organised by Marbella International Film Festival, in association with New World Trust and with the support of “The Marbella Film Office”, offers a great opportunity for filmmakers to add to their credits and demonstrate their talent to world audiences. This year the Festival is aiming to increase the participation by offering a subsidised package for accommodation and accreditations to the festival, attracting film makers from all over the world, to make movies, and show off their talent. The Filmmaker with cast and crew is challenged to make a three to four minute short film on a given subject matter, the task is to write a script, direct the actors, shoot the film, edit, sound and music, and deliver the film in 24 hours. All films will be screened and judged as part of Marbella International Film Festival, and the best film will receive the prestigious Marbella 24 hour film challenge 2011 Award. The runners up will receive a certificate of recognition and all participants will receive a certificate of participation.

Film festival premieres announced

 

Madonna's latest directorial outing and George Clooney's new movie are to receive UK premieres at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF). Highly anticipated adaptations of Shakespeare's Coriolanus - directed by Ralph Fiennes - and Wuthering Heights, the first to feature a black actor as Heathcliff, will also be screened. The event next month will feature 204 films, including 13 world premieres - two more than last year. Hollywood star George, a regular visitor to the LFF, will be in London to support two of his films - The Descendants and The Ides Of March, which he also directs. Madonna's new film W.E. looks at the romance between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, which led to the monarch's abdication, as well as a parallel modern-day romance. It is not clear whether Madonna will attend the gala screening of the film, which was given its world premiere in Venice this week. Other highly anticipated films to be shown at the festival - which runs from October 12 to 27 - include Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of the novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, starring Tilda Swinton. Turner Prize-winning film-maker Steve McQueen will showcase his new film Shame, starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender. And Michael also features alongside Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Oscar-winning British director Andrea Arnold will present her version of the Emily Bronte classic Wuthering Heights, which features newcomer James Howson as Heathcliff. Roman Polanski's Carnage - starring Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster - is also among the films which will be screened.

Johnny Depp hands Keith Richards writer of the year gong

 

Hollywood star Johnny Depp presented a gong to Keith Richards, the rocker who famously inspired his Pirates of the Caribbean performance, at an awards ceremony tonight. The actor, Captain Jack Sparrow in the films, awarded Rolling Stone guitarist Richards, who recently wrote a warts-and-all account of his life as a hellraiser in his autobiography, writer of the year at the ceremony. The GQ Men of the Year awards, at London's Royal Opera House, also saw Chancellor George Osborne expected to attend to win politician of the year. Advertisement >> The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, was due to present the award at the ceremony, also attended by actresses Charlize Theron and Emma Watson, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, singer Kylie Minogue, and comedian and Britain's Got Talent judge Michael McIntyre. Doctor Who star Matt Smith wins the most stylish man award at the event, while Professor Brian Cox is getting TV personality of the year. Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch wins best actor, Tinie Tempah gets the solo artist gong, actor Bradley Cooper is named international man and Duran Duran get the lifetime achievement gong. Other winners at the event, hosted at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden by David Mitchell, include woman of the year for Lara Stone - whose husband David Walliams is currently swimming the Thames. Lord Sebastian Coe is getting the man of next year award, presented by Boris Johnson.

Libya rendition claims: David Cameron calls for inquiry

 

Allegations that MI6 was involved in the rendition of Libyan terror suspects should be examined by an independent inquiry, David Cameron has said. It comes after papers suggesting close ties between MI6, the CIA and the Gaddafi regime were found in Tripoli. An anti-Gaddafi military leader says he wants the UK and US to apologise for organising his 2004 transfer to Libya. An existing inquiry into allegations of UK security agencies' involvement in torture has said it will investigate. Abdel Hakim Belhaj, then a terror suspect but now in charge of the Libyan capital's military forces, says he was tortured after being arrested in Bangkok. He says he was taken to Libya by a CIA and MI6 operation, allegedly confirmed by documents sent to Gaddafi's regime, and sent to prison. The Foreign Office said the government had a "long-standing policy" not to comment on intelligence matters. Mr Belhaj told the BBC: "What happened to me and my family is illegal. It deserves an apology. And for what happened to me when I was captured and tortured. "For all these illegal things, starting with the information given to Libyan security, the interrogation in Bangkok." According to the Guardian, these documents were discovered in an abandoned office building in Tripoli by staff from Human Rights Watch. Mr Belhaj said that MI6 and the CIA did not witness his torture at the hands of the former Libyan regime, but did interview him afterwards. A spokesman for the prime minister said that the existing Detainee Inquiry into rendition was "well placed" to investigate the allegations reported in recent days. "It's not clear precisely what the allegations amount to," the spokesman added. "We don't have a clear picture from these documents, which is precisely why an inquiry like the [Detainee] inquiry might be well placed to consider the issue." A statement from the Detainee Inquiry, to be chaired by Sir Peter Gibson, said that as part of its role of examining the extent of the government's involvement in, or awareness of, improper treatment of detainees, it would "therefore, of course, be considering these allegations of UK involvement in rendition to Libya as part of our work. "We will be seeking more information from government and its agencies as soon as possible."

Blair was 'godfather to Murdoch's daughter'

 

Former prime minister Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's young children, sources said on Monday, raising fresh questions about British political links to the media mogul's empire. The revelation first emerged in a Vogue magazine interview with Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, which also contains claims that Blair was present when Murdoch and Deng's two daughters were baptised beside the River Jordan in March last year. A spokesman for Blair's London office and a spokeswoman for Murdoch's US-based News Corporation both refused to comment on the story in Vogue's October UK edition, which is due out on Thursday. But sources close to News Corp confirmed to AFP that Blair was godfather to Grace, aged nine, Murdoch's eldest daughter by third wife Wendi. A source close to Blair also confirmed the Vogue story was true. News of the link between former Labour premier Blair and Australian-born Murdoch comes two months after the tycoon was forced to close down his News of the World tabloid amid a scandal over phone-hacking. The Vogue article, extracts of which were published in the Daily Telegraph on Monday, says Blair attended the ceremony "garbed in white" and describes him as one of Wendi Murdoch's "closest friends". Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman were named publicly as godparents to Murdoch's young daughters at the time of the ceremony on the banks of the River Jordan, but Blair did not feature in photographs that were released. Jordan's Queen Rania hosted the baptism of Grace and Chloe, eight, Vogue said. A spokeswoman for Vogue UK confirmed that all the information and extracts published in the Daily Telegraph were accurate. They said it was an exclusive arrangement with the newspaper to release it in that way. The phone-hacking scandal dragged in Prime Minister David Cameron when his former media chief Andy Coulson, an ex-News of the World editor, was arrested in July on suspicion of hacking and bribing police. But it raised wider questions about the British establishment's cosy links with Murdoch, especially as Labour, who are now in opposition, made huge efforts to win over the elderly mogul's stable of newspapers.

SUGABABE Amelle Berrabah threatened to bite off a girl's nose in an exclusive club, it was revealed yesterday.

Amelle Berrabah threatened
to bite girl's nose off in club

Clubber ... Amelle Berrabah

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The boozed-up singer, 27, left scratch marks on Danielle Dodoo's neck as she grabbed her.Amelle repeatedly lurched into Danielle, 34, in the VIP area of Alto – owned by the star's boyfriend Tom Benn – in London's Soho.

Project manager Danielle told a court Amelle turned on her when she asked her to watch where she was going. Danielle said: "She was slurring. She kind of leaned up towards my face and said something like she was going to bite my nose off.

"She had her hand around my neck and it must have been there for a few seconds."

Danielle, who had been chatting with friends, said she still has neck scars 11 months after the clash.

Amelle, whose pop partners are Heidi Range and Jade Ewen, denied scratching Danielle and said she was pinched. District Judge Michael Snow told her she inflicted "nasty, unpleasant" injuries in the incident.

But he let her off with a conditional discharge after saying Danielle's evidence was partly driven by revenge and spite.

Amelle, of Wandsworth, South West London, denied common assault but was found guilty at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. She was ordered to pay £250 compensation.

Liam Gallagher has dropped his lawsuit against Noel after his brother apologised for accusing him of pulling out of performing at V Festival because he was too hungover.

The Beady Eye singer threatened to sue Noel insisting that he missed out on the festival at Chelmsford in 2009 because of a bout of laryngitis.
But he has since dropped any legal action after Noel apologised during a webchat for the launch of his new single The Death Of You And Me.
'For the record, it is a fact that he was diagnosed with laryngitis and it is a fact that he had a doctor's note to prove it,' Noel said during a recorded fan chat with pal Matt Morgan.
'I'd just like to say that if he gets offended by my opinions on such things then I apologise.
'It's all getting a little silly and out of hand and it's not very cool.'
The Sun reports that Liam and Noel's mum Peggy was upset over the incident.
A source said: 'That was playing on his mind then he had a moment of realisation that Noel wasn't being vindictive - he was just being cheeky. It was an anger that had built up over two years because he was so angry Oasis was over.'
Liam claimed he was taking legal action because he wanted Oasis fans to 'know the truth'.
He said in a statement: 'I am used to being called all sorts of things by Noel and I have in the past said things about him. But what Noel has alleged this time went way beyond rock-and-roll banter and questioned my professionalism.
'I tried to resolve this amicably but have been left with no choice but legal action. All I want is an apology.'

 

SALLY Bercow has been slammed for earning thousands on Celebrity Big Brother ? while taxpayers pay her rent.

Sally lives with her husband ? House of Commons Speaker John Bercow ? in a grace-and-favour flat in the Palace of Westminster.

The Labour activist, who will get a £150,000 fee on the Channel 5 show, says she is taking part to "put two fingers up to the Establishment".

She will donate £100,000 to charity, give £20,000 to her publicist Max Clifford ? and pocket £30,000. Last night Labour MP Kate Hoey said: "If she is earning that amount of money, why should taxpayers ? and my hard-pressed constituents ? contribute to her living in rent-free accommodation?

"If she's a public figure, why is she not contributing to the cost of her accommodation?"

Some MPs want the Speaker ? who earns around £146,000 for his dual role as Commons figurehead and a constituency Tory MP ? to pay rent on the apartment known as Speaker's House.

But last night publicist Max defended mum-of-three Sally.

He said: "This grace-and-favour accommodation is her husband's. Would Kate Hoey prefer it if she moved out of there with her three children?" Speaking of Sally's controversial decision to go on the show, he added: "She expects a lot of criticism ? most of which she will enjoy.

"She is her own person, not her husband's representative."

He said she agreed to appear to raise her profile and "wants to speak to Simon Cowell about potential TV projects".

Max said Sally was getting only half the £300,000 fee commanded by his other client Kerry Katona.

Sally, 41, has admitted her hubby is "not exactly chuffed" about her appearing.

She said: "He was not very pleased but he knows what I am like. He respects the fact that I do my own thing."

ATTENTION-seeking Sally heaped some early embarrassment on Speaker husband John when she was grilled about their love life.
Pamela suggested that, being married to a politician, she needed one of Amy Childs' famous "vajazzles" to spice things up. Saucy Sal replied: "Life is spicy enough."

Pistol Owned by Howard Hughes, Used in 'Hell's Angels'

Craig Gottlieb Militaria Auctions of Solana Beach is looking at some serious loot when it auctions on Sept. 1 a rare German Luger pistol once owned by aviation pioneer Howard Hughes.
The iconic handgun was used in the 1930 epic World War I film Hell’s Angels, which Hughes directed. Gottlieb places a conservative estimate of $50,000 on the gun, and notes that a pistol owned by gangster Al Capone recently sold for almost $110,000 at auction in London. He is no stranger to exotic collectibles, and he recently obtained the desk set that was used by Adolf Hitler to sign the Munich Agreement in 1938, and this set will also be up for auction in September.
The gun was used in the final scene of the Hollywood blockbuster that introduced actress Jean Harlow to the silver screen. It was one of the most expensive “talkies” ever produced. It was also notable for introducing the phrase “excuse me while I put on something more comfortable” into the American lexicon.
The history of the gun is also unique. It was once owned by Hell’s Angels screenwriter Joseph March, who received the Luger from Hughes as a gift. The written provenance that comes with the Luger is thus excellent. Included with this famous gun is a letter from the screenwriter’s family, including the family member who sold it to a collector in 1992. But, the most compelling provenance is the movie itself.
“When you play back the scene frame-by-frame, you can easily make out the unique features of this rare model Luger,” says Gottlieb, noting the slender barrel, unique grip safety and the shape of the other features, which are unique to this rare pistol. “If Hughes had used a regular Luger, we would never know if this was really the same gun.”
The letter that accompanies the Luger states that Hughes gave it to March in the 1930s “as a token of appreciation following the film.”

 

Natasha Giggs has hired two burly bodyguards to give her 24-hour protection over fears she will be the target of a hate campaign.

Natasha Giggs has hired two burly bodyguards to give her 24-hour protection over fears she will be the target of a hate campaign.

Natasha, 28, is married to Ryan Giggs' brother Rhodri but had an eight-year affair with the Man United footballer. She told friends she is worried she will be attacked for revealing Ryan got her pregnant and gave her £500 for an abortion.

A source said: "Ryan is still a hero in Salford and Natasha is being blamed for dragging his name through the dirt. She didn't see any option but to hire some muscle."

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Natasha sold her story after it emerged Ryan, 37, had an affair with Big Brother's Imogen Thomas.

Amy Winehouse 'drunk' on stage in Belgrade

The British singer was booed at an open-air concert as she appeared to be too drunk to sing during the first performance of a two-week European tour.
Some 20,000 fans had gathered at Belgrade's sixth-century Kalemegdan fortress late Saturday, but their early cheers turned to catcalls as they began booing Winehouse, disappointed with the songstress's lacklustre act.
"I paid my weekly salary, 38 euros ($54) for this concert and I knew of her troubles, but the organisers should have cancelled it to let us, her fans, remember the real Amy", said Bojan Petrovic, a 35-year old teacher who had travelled from the southern Serbian town of Nis for the show.
Winehouse reportedly ended an alcohol rehabilitation programme in London two weeks ago and local media reported that alcohol had been banned from the tour.

 

ROCK Lord NOEL GALLAGHER has got hitched to his long-term love in a lavish ceremony

ROCK Lord NOEL GALLAGHER has got hitched to his long-term love in a lavish ceremony - but his brother LIAM steered clear.
The former OASIS guitarist wed pretty partner SARA MACDONALD in front of family and pals at the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest, Hants on Saturday.

The couple's two kids, Donovan, three and Sonny, eight months, were joined by further family members and friends at the bash.

However, Liam spent the day thousands of miles away. Last night he was due to play a gig in Chicago, U.S. with his band BEADY EYE.

The pair haven't spoken since the but-up before a Paris gig in 2009 which lead to Oasis' split.

Lovers Noel and Sara met at an Ibiza nightclub 11 years ago.

He was married to interior designer MEG MATHEWS from 1997 to 2001. They have an 11-year-old daughter Anais together.

Desolate Cheryl Cole was last night considering whether to walk away from UK X Factor as bosses gave her a midnight ultimatum.

And she broke her silence about her sacking from the US show to say: “Why did Simon Cowell do this to me?”

Last night, still stunned at the speed of her US demise, tearful Cheryl was holed up in a secret location back in Britain.

The distraught star said she could not believe she had been fired from US X Factor after just four days of ­auditions. “I still haven’t been given a reason,” she told a friend.

Yesterday Cheryl was refusing to take calls from TV bosses demanding to know whether she will agree to be on this year’s UK show – which starts filming on Wednesday.

Cheryl Cole has apparently been sacked as a judge on The X Factor USA, fresh reports have suggested that the decision was out of boss Simon Cowell's hands.

Following news that Cheryl Cole has apparently been sacked as a judge on The X Factor USA, fresh reports have suggested that the decision was out of boss Simon Cowell's hands.

As we previously reported, the Girls Aloud star has allegedly been given the elbow by producers over her accent and "lack of chemistry" with fellow panelist, Paula Abdul, meaning that Nicole Scherzinger will now take her place on the show.


US Weekly have since obtained information that claims Cowell had "nothing to do with" Chezza's axe, despite the fact that the 27-year old was his top choice to judge the talent contest.

A source told the celebrity website: "It's true. She isn't on the show anymore. Everyone is gobsmacked. This came out of nowhere. She had already been tested countless times."

The insider added: "Simon had nothing to do with it. This is the network's doing."

A mole also told Deadline.com that bosses realised the dynamics of the US XF panel were not working, with The Flood singer reportedly being singled out as the "weak link."


They stated: "Nothing is definite now. But they do know it's not working, and they're trying to figure it out. She may be Britain's sweetheart but nobody knows her here."

Celebrities such as Dannii Minogue, Piers Morgan and Sinitta have all taken to Twitter to address Cheryl's rumoured departure, with funny man Russell Brand even ranting about her sacking on Daybreak.

Brand told viewers: "Our Cheryl? That cannae be right! Our Cheryl, kicked off X Factor? What, the American one? And I've come to this country in good faith and they've kicked Cheryl off, our Cheryl? Oh no! She's Britain's sweetheart."

Maria Shriver confronted her husband's mistress over suspicions she was secretly raising his love child,

Maria Shriver confronted her husband's mistress over suspicions she was secretly raising his love child, it has been claimed today.

The mother of four, 55, is said to have asked her family's housekeeper, Mildred Baena, 50, if her son was fathered by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

During the dramatic showdown, Baena broke down and confessed, according to America's Radar Online.

The Terminator star only came clean about the sordid affair after Shriver told him she new the truth about his 13-year secret, insiders say.


Housekeeper Mildred Baena is allegedly the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child

'Maria has suspected this for a long time and she asked the housekeeper,' a source told the website. 'The housekeeper admitted it.

'Maria then went to Arnold and he confessed.'

Insiders also claim Baena was not fired from her position with the family as previously reported.

'Yes, her employment ended, but it ended without animosity,' the source added.

'She was upset with Arnold at the time and didn’t know what to do, she thought about going public, but it was a fleeting thought. Ultimately she didn’t want to hurt Arnold.'

TMZ reported today that Arnold showered Mildred's family with money during her time in the family's employ.

 Internet reports claim that Mildred wanted 'to be just like' Maria Shriver, and would wear Shriver's clothes and jewellery

According to the website, the former Governor of California funded a lavish party for the daughter of Mildred's sister Maria - who also worked for the family.

Arnold and his family attended the Quinceanera - a traditional Latin 'coming of age' party where he made a speech telling relatives that he wanted to 'take care of' them as Mildred and Maria were so close to him for so many years.

According to the website, Mildred's son by the actor played with Arnold and Maria's children at the party.

Additionally, TMZ claims that Mildred was obsessed with former TV newswoman Maria and wanted to 'be just like her.'




Sources claim that the housekeeper would wear the former NBC presenter's clothes and jewellery and that after Maria left for work in the morning Mildred would 'climb into bed' with Arnold.

According to sources Mildred would go to Maria for advice on her love life and sought advice from her employer during her pregnancy - which coincided with Shriver's, it emerged yesterday.

Mildred Baena's son, believed to be the star's love child, was born on October 2, 1997, according to documents.


Suspicion: Arnie seen yesterday, the former Governor has put his film career on hold

The actor and his wife Maria Shriver welcomed their second son, Christopher, on September 27 that same year.

Baena and Shriver would have encountered one another daily while pregnant, with Baena working in the family home but living elsewhere.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver have three other children together: Katherine, 21, Christina, 19, and Patrick, 17.

30,000 Twitter users could face legal action over gag breaches

The attempt to use super-injunctions to gag the media in the internet age reached new levels of absurdity yesterday.

A Scottish newspaper became the first mainstream British publication to identify the Premier League footballer who is attempting to prevent discussion on Twitter about his affair with the former Big Brother star Imogen Thomas. Meanwhile it was reported that a High Court judge had referred an unidentified journalist to the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, to consider a criminal prosecution for breaching a privacy injunction with a tweet about another footballer.

The move could potentially mean that criminal proceedings would be brought against 30,000 people who have broken one or other of the contested injunctions by tweeting in recent days the identities of those involved.

 

Pop princess Katy Perry was left fuming after Japanese officials deported her husband Russell Brand for his previous convictions

Pop princess Katy Perry was left fuming after Japanese officials deported her husband Russell Brand for his previous convictions that were over a decade old.

Writing on her Twitter page, the I Kissed a Girl siren said "My husband just got deported from Japan. I am so sad. I brought him all this way to show him my favorite place #tokyodreamscrushed.

It was for priors from over 10 years ago!... But of Course I (love) my Japanese fans & the show #Mustgoon no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings!"

Brand who is very open about his past, is making a name for himself in Hollywood, he jetted to the country as part of Perry's tour entourage but was allegedly held by immigration officials and subsequently expelled from Japan.

Perry makes her Hollywood debut later this year as the voice of Smurfette in the big screen adaptation of the Peyo classic The Smurfs. Directed by Raja Gosnell, The Smurfs comes to cinemas in 3D on August 3.

Meanwhile Brand is currently filming the Adam Shankman big screen adaptation of Rock of Ages with Julianne Hough and Alec Baldwin.

Newspaper publishes name of footballer with gagging order

The Sunday Herald, which is published in Scotland, took the decision as tens of thousands of people openly defied the courts to go online and name the married Premiership star, who is alleged to have had an affair with the former Miss Wales, Imogen Thomas.
One MP described the public backlash against the draconian gagging orders as the biggest act of civil disobedience for decades and said the law was now becoming a national joke.
On Friday lawyers acting for the footballer launched legal action against the US based website Twitter in an attempt to force the company to divulge the names of users who had breached an injunction.
But within hours of the move being announced, tens of thousands of people began posting his name online, openly taunting the judiciary and making a mockery of the legal system.
Yesterday the Sunday Herald, which is not bound by the terms of the injunction because it is published north of the border, intensified the row by publishing the footballer’s picture on its front page and naming him inside.

 

THE alleged mum of Arnold Schwarzenegger's lovechild with has been named by a US website.

Mildred Baena, 50, is claimed to have fallen pregnant with her son - now aged around 14 - while she was the former California governor's housekeeper.

A source told website RadarOnline: "She is the one."


She describes herself as a "proud parent" on a social networking site and says she's "dating or searching for a serious relationship."

Baena stopped working for Schwarzenegger in January after 20 years.

Her son is said to have been an occasional presence in the Schwarzenegger home.
Arnie's wife Maria Shriver last night broke her silence and told of her heartbreak over the baby bombshell.

The household staff member continued to work for the family for 10 years after the lovechild was born and Maria only discovered the baby was Arnie's earlier this year.

Maria said last night: "This is a painful and heartbreaking time. As a mother, my concern is for the children. I ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal. I will have no further comment."



Political commentators last night spoke of their shock that Arnie ran to be California Governor in 2003 with this skeleton in his closet - and managed to keep it secret throughout his two terms in office.
Meanwhile a former stewardess on Arnie's private jet today denied he is the father of her son.

Tammy Tousignant, who was in her late 20s when she worked with the Terminator star, gave birth to a boy after an alleged affair in the 1990s.

But today her lawyer vehemently denied a romance and insisted that a DNA test had proved the actor turned politician is not the father of her child.

Arnie, 63, confessed to wife Maria after standing down as governor of California earlier this year.


Denial ... former stewardess Tammy Tousignant
His admission led TV journalist Maria, 55, to quit the family home in Los Angeles. And last week the couple announced they had split after more than 25 years of marriage in which they had four kids.
Arnie took financial responsibility for the lovechild from the start and it is claimed he continues to provide support.

He said: "After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago."

Tammy's son Tanner, now 19, graduated from high school in Brea, California, last year.

A 2003 article claimed that at aged 11, the lad looked strikingly similar to Arnie. Tanner was the name of Schwarzenegger's character in Total Recall.

Via a Facebook message, he told a US website: "I'm not his son, don't waist your time. it was just a stupid story made up eight years ago [sic]."

Tammy's Twitter account shows she now runs a photography business and Arnie's wife Maria is among her 34 followers.

Lawyer Thomas Anthony claimed she previously had a paternity test to disprove rumours her son was Arnie's lovechild.

He said: "The Tousignant child was no 'lovechild' involving anyone other than the parents of the child, Tammy and her husband, Tom Tousignant.


"Arnold Schwarzenegger was not the biological father of the Tousignant child. All scientific tests confirmed that Mr Tousignant was the biological father of the child."

In his statement Arnie said: "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family.

"There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologised to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry."

Clarkson moves to save his marriage

He has laughed off claims of an extramarital affair with a colleague and poured scorn on Twitter allegations that he had a fling with Jemima Khan.

But it seems Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been enjoying a more bachelor lifestyle of late – and is spending time away from the family home.

The star has revealed in suitably hangdog tones that he has recently moved into an unfurnished flat, only weeks after news emerged of an alleged infidelity.

And writing in his regular newspaper column yesterday, father-of-three Clarkson, 50, was in reflective mood, discussing in self-pitying fashion the trials facing the undomesticated lone male.

It was a barely concealed sign to the world that ‘things’ really aren’t what they used to be.

Proclaiming, perhaps tellingly, that we are ‘all slaves to the lives we lead’, he debates whether to give up all of his possessions and wonders how to fill his empty flat.

He morosely ponders whether he will be able to wash his own dishes, which suggests he has never even tried. But he rejects buying a washing machine after confessing he has never used one and doesn’t ‘understand’ them.

He wrote: ‘So, when I moved recently into an unfurnished flat I spent the first evening sitting on the floor, wondering what is essential and what, really, is not.

‘Obviously I’d need a fridge and a cooker. But what about a dishwasher? Could I not wash the pots myself? I decided that I could. I also decided that I could do without a washing machine. Though this is mostly because I’ve never used one. I don’t understand them. They seem to make no sense.

‘So no. I’d take my clothes to the launderette and let someone in a nylon overall wash them for me.’

Tellingly, he did not reveal why he was living in the London flat rather than at the £2 million home he shares with his wife Frances in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

He goes on to decide he would ‘definitely’ need a television, coffee machine and a PlayStation, admitting: ‘I can’t really live unless I spend at least an hour a day shooting Nazi zombies in the face.’

The list is complete when he adds the ultimate bachelor necessity – pornography.

‘And I’d need some pornography as well, so that would mean I’d need an internet,’ he mused.

A judge who suffered a heart attack while walking in Snowdonia has thanked his rescuers, including RAF pilot Prince William

A judge who suffered a heart attack while walking in Snowdonia has thanked his rescuers, including RAF pilot Prince William

Retired Hong Kong High Court judge Nick Barnett, 70, of Midhurst, West Sussex, is recovering in hospital after the rescue from y Lliwedd mountain.

He said he was grateful to everyone who helped him.

The prince, who has delayed his honeymoon, flew him to hospital.

Mr Barnett received treatment at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, crucially within an hour of suffering the attack last Wednesday.

He also thanked a member of the Llanberis mountain rescue team who came to his aid with the RAF rescuers.

"The winchman did a wonderful job and the whole helicopter crew. You see all the TV documentaries about the air-sea rescue teams and it all looks hair-raising. Until it happens to you, you don't appreciate the skill and bravery they show," the judge said.

I didn't set out to be rescued by Prince William”

The judge, an experienced hill walker who has trekked in the Himalayas, became ill while walking with his son Giles.

"As I was being stretchered away from the aircraft I saw one of the pilots on the right-hand side looking at me and I gave him the OK sign with my hand," said Mr Barnett, who still sits in the Supreme Court of Brunei.

"He acknowledged me. Whether it was the prince I don't know. I didn't know he was aboard the aircraft until a nurse whispered to me in the emergency department that Prince William was on the helicopter.

"I didn't set out to be rescued by Prince William. I'd planned a nice day on the hills and to have a nice pint of beer in Betws y Coed where we were staying.

"Family and friends are all stunned by who saved me."

Police officers

The prince also took part in the rescue of a 46-year-old man stranded on Tryfan mountain on Friday.

The man had tumbled a short distance near the summit and it is believed he had dislocated his shoulder.

In another rescue on Wednesday, Prince William and his colleagues airlifted four men off Snowdon after one suffered vertigo.

The men, thought to be police officers from the West Midlands and in their 20s, were walking at 3,028ft (923m) on Crib Goch.

They were airlifted down from the narrow ridge in an area known as Crib-y-Ddysgyl - the scene of previous tragedies.

The prince and his new wife returned to Anglesey after a weekend away in the UK following their wedding on 29 April

Supermodel Kate Moss wedding to Jamie Hince will be like a small festival lasting for days.

Supermodel Kate Moss
The 37-year-old is set to marry The Kills rocker in a ceremony in Oxfordshire July 2 and wants to make it a memorable event, reports femalefirst.

"Kate wants it to be a party to remember and like a small festival," said a source.

"She doesn't want her guests to leave for days so she is making sure there is plenty of food and entertainment. Most of her budget will probably go on alcohol," he added.

Prince Harry leapt off a balcony before wedding

Despite acting as Prince William's best man when he married Catherine Middleton on April 29, the 26-year-old royal spent the night before having drinks at London's Goring Hotel, which had been booked out by the Middleton family in the run-up to the nuptials.

According to sources at the hotel, Harry and a group of friends - including Catherine's sister, Pippa Middleton and his on/off girlfriend Chelsy Davy - stayed up until 3am and the party only came to an end when Harry decided to leave with an athletic leap from a balcony which saw him land awkwardly on one ankle.

A source told MailOnline , "People were surprised to see him there so late before one of the biggest wedding days of the decade and even more surprised when he jumped off the balcony and landed with a thump.

"He had struggled to climb up the railings to get into position, so when he jumped over the edge he did so rather unsteadily and landed awkwardly next to a flower bed."

"He flinched for just a moment before he stood up, rubbing his ankle. Then he looked up, smiled and waved to a roar of cheers before disappearing on to the lawn where there was a secret exit."

The next morning, Harry could be seen walking awkwardly as he and William arrived at Westminster Abbey and it is thought it could be due to his fall from the night before.

Meanwhile, despite his on/off relationship with Chelsy, Harry was seen flirting with Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron at a polo match.

The pair laughed and joked together at the Audi Challenge Polo Cup at Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire, and an onlooker said, "They appeared to be getting on very well."

Ronnie Wood was named Music Radio Personality of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night

Ronnie Wood was named Music Radio Personality of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night (09.05.11).
The Rolling Stones guitarist was commended at the industry prize-giving ceremony after just a year of hosting his own show on station Absolute Radio.
The judging panel called the star: "An amazing character with a really innovative programme.
"Ronnie has lived the life of a thousand men and you feel like a child sitting at his feet as he unfolds his rarefied story book."
The musician collected his award shortly after British comedian Frank Skinner - who won the Best Entertainment Programme accolade for his eponymous show - and said: "This means more to me than it means to Frank, I think, because I'm the newcomer."
The majority of the awards were handed out by star presenters, including Geri Halliwell, Andrea Corr, Rachel Stevens and James Morrison.
James admitted listening to the radio played an integral part in his early career, telling BANG Showbiz: "When I hear my own songs on the radio now, it reminds me of being a kid and used to listen to the radio, dreaming of wanting to write songs and get on the radio.
"It reminds me of listening to Radio 2 on a Sunday with my dad. I have the radio on a lot at home in the mornings and it's a good rejuvenator for the day."

Ex-motorsports boss Max Mosley has lost his European Court of Human Rights bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.

The verdict in Strasbourg marked the final stage in his campaign for tighter privacy laws.

In 2008, the UK High Court awarded him £60,000 damages after ruling the News of the World invaded his right to privacy by reporting on his sex life.

Victory might have led to new privacy laws, which press bosses oppose.

Mr Mosley had argued financial damages could not restore his reputation following the front-page article and pictures about his meeting with five prostitutes in a London flat.

He pursued the case to the Human Rights Court, challenging UK privacy laws which allow publication without giving targets advanced warning.

He was aggrieved that he had not been made aware of the paper's intention to publish and so never had the chance to apply for an injunction to stop the story.

At the European court, lawyers for Mr Mosley, now 71, argued that money was not a sufficient remedy for the loss of a person's privacy.

They say newspapers should be made to notify the subject of a story before they run it.

This would give them time to seek a court order from a judge to stop the story being published.

Speaking before the verdict, Mr Mosley said once a story is out there - regardless of whether it is true or not - the damage is done

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Once they've published it, you can't un-publish it, you can't take it out of the public mind.

"And worse than that... you recover damages if you win; you get your costs awarded, again if you win; but the costs and the damages are less than the bill from your solicitor.

"So you get the whole publicity repeated again in open court, on top of which you get a very large bill."

Mr Mosley's lawyers said the failure of UK law to oblige newspapers to notify people before exposing their private lives violated the European Human Rights Convention, to which Britain is a signatory.

If judges had supported Mr Mosley's case, the government may have had to reinforce privacy laws, compelling editors to go to celebrities or public figures at the heart of a story before running it.

Freedom of expression
The move would have fuelled the row over the use of super-injunctions to protect certain people, usually celebrities, from the media spotlight.

The government has said current UK rules strike a good balance between the "right to private life" and the "right to freedom of expression".

Newspaper bosses say imposing "pre-publication notification" to toughen the "right to private life" would amount to a breach of the "right to freedom of expression".

Mr Mosley, the former president of the International Automobile Federation, had insisted his legal case did not threaten press freedom because "in 99 cases out of 100, if they (newspapers) are going to write something about someone of any great interest they will approach the person".

But the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Lady Buscombe, said she had "real concerns" about the restrictions injunctions placed on investigating wrongdoing.

She told the BBC it would be a "diminution of our democracy, never mind our freedom of expression" if they could be gained every time somebody sought to block stories from being printed.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge go on honeymoon

Their romantic break was confirmed by St James’s Palace.
On Monday, the couple were seen leaving their Anglesey home with large amounts of luggage
One report claimed that they were heading for the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean.
Prince William and his new bride were expected to go on honeymoon on April 30, the day after their wedding attracted more than a million people to the streets of London.
However, the prince returned to work as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, while the Duchess was seen pushing a trolley around their local supermarket.

Human rights judges are due to rule on ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley's attempt to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.

The verdict in the European court of human rights in Strasbourg will mark the last stage in Mosley's campaign for tighter privacy laws following revelations of his sex life in the News of the World.

In 2008 the UK high court awarded him £60,000 damages after ruling that there was no justification for a front-page article and pictures about his meeting with five prostitutes in a London flat.

But Mosley pursued the case to the human rights court, challenging UK privacy laws that allow publication without giving their targets advanced warning.

His lawyer told a hearing in January that the failure of UK law to oblige newspapers to notify their "victims" before exposing their private lives violated the European human rights convention, to which Britain is a signatory.

The high court damages award did not restore Mosley's privacy, said Lord Pannick QC - but "prior notification" would have give him the chance to seek an injunction preventing publication.

If the Strasbourg judges support his case the UK government might have to reinforce privacy laws, obliging editors to inform celebrities about stories concerning them before they appear.

The move would not only fuel the row over the use of superinjunctions to protect celebrities and public figures from the media spotlight, but also add to calls for Strasbourg judges to stop interfering in UK interpretation of human rights rules.

Jemima Khan says she is ‘trapped in a bloody nightmare’ after false allegations on Twitter that she had an affair with Jeremy Clarkson.

The message claimed incorrectly that intimate photographs exist of her with the Top Gear presenter.

Writing on Twitter yesterday, she said: ‘I’ve woken up trapped in a bloody nightmare.


Jemima Khan, pictured outside her London home, has been hit by false accusations that she took out a gagging order to cover up a 'fling with Jeremy Clarkson'


Jemima Khan has received a text message from Jeremy Clarkson, seen out and about in Belgravia, saying: 'I'm sure I'd remember if any photos of us existed'


Jemima Khan took to Twitter to deny that she had taken out a super-injunction


After waking up to an escalating situation she tweeted about the nightmare she was having


Anguish: Jemima Khan now fears the effect it will have on her children


Responding to a journalist she expresses her fears over the false allegations

‘I hope the people who made this story up realise that my sons will be bullied at school because of it. Plus I’m getting vile hate tweets.’
The celebrity political activist said she was particularly concerned about her elder son, adding: ‘My 14-year-old would never talk to me again. He’s painfully shy and hates any fuss.’

Only minutes after the claims were published on Sunday, 37-year-old Mrs Khan denied having an affair with Clarkson, saying the allegation was ‘untrue and upsetting’.
Gagging law stars 'outed' on Twitter:
'He tries to portray he's a fantastic family man. I don't think a family man sleeps with escorts': Super-injunction farce as Rooney prostitute talks about married actor she slept with
STEPHEN GLOVER: These vile online lies only spread because judges are suppressing the truth
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Prehistoric judges and trial by Twitter
‘OMG – Rumour that I have a super injunction preventing publication of “intimate” photos of me and Jeremy Clarkson. NOT TRUE!,’ she tweeted.
A minute later she added: ‘I have no super injunction and I had dinner with Jeremy and his wife last night. Twitter, Stop!’
She added: ‘The proof that I haven’t got a super injunction is that the papers have printed my name (and no one else’s – for fear of being sued).’

The socialite received supportive text messages from both Clarkson and his wife Francie after the allegations emerged.
Clarkson used humour to dismiss the claims. In a text to Mrs Khan he said: ‘It’s odd. I’m sure I’d remember if any photos of us existed.’
Despite the denials of all concerned, some Twitter followers wrote yesterday that they still believed the allegations.
Mrs Khan is no stranger to the secret world of injunctions.
In March it emerged that she, her brother Zac Goldsmith and his former wife Sheherazade obtained injunctions from the High Court to stop sensitive emails obtained by a hacker from being published.

Andrew Marr's TV guests torment him over superinjunction

The journalist Andrew Marr must have longed, if not for a gagging order, at least for an actual gag, as guests on his own television show tormented him over the superinjunction whose existence he publicly admitted last week.

"It's a great week to hide an injunction story, say one wanted to," mused the actor Maureen Lipman, one of the guests invited to review the Sunday papers on the BBC1 news programme, as she surveyed the acreage of royal wedding coverage crowding out almost all other topics.

"You cheeky woman ... yes, this is true," Marr responded.

It was his first show since he revealed the existence of the injunction, which barred any coverage of his affair with another journalist and the child he believed was his own, or of the existence of the injunction. Marr said he had become "uneasy" as a journalist at having obtained it.

Chris Bryant, former Labour Europe minister, told the Observer the controversy would "hobble" his capacity as a journalist, as politicians and other interviewees could use it as an excuse to evade any probing questions.

Bryant said: "People will certainly look askance at him. He is not going to be able to ask the personal questions without people, including politicians, sticking their tongues out at him and saying 'superinjunction' and refusing to answer."

In the event Marr seemed more acutely embarrassed than hobbled as he returned to the screen five days after admitting that he had taken out the superinjunction.

Another of his guests, the historian Simon Schama, discussed with Lipman the profile in the Sunday Times headed "Old Jug Ears, daddy of the super-secret".

Marr conceded that "the superinjunction issue is not going to go away".

But he also described the Sunday Times profile as "a slightly disobliging piece but the worrying thing is the picture is both rather unpleasant and also entirely accurate, so there we go".

Schama said the issue of balancing the right to privacy against free speech was a big one: "It's obviously going to be something, presumably, parliament has got to consider."

Marr agreed: "It's something clearly parliament is going to have to look at again. MPs are going to have to look at this."

While the Andrew Marr Show focuses on parliamentary and policy issues, in recent years Marr has posed questions about the vexed personal lives of several prominent guests.

When John Prescott went on the show at the end of his career as an MP, Marr referred explicitly to the affair the former deputy prime minister conducted with a colleague.