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Movember madness
2/11/2007 10:10:00 AM,
The Fix
It's Movember again. That time of the year when the streets are filled with moustaches ranging from the proud to the poxy, all in the name of charity.
Though the mo has fallen out of favour in recent years, some celebs are determined to bring it back. Although we might not see Britney attempt one any time soon (but you never know), young stars Jonathan Rhys Myers and Orlando Bloom seem determined to sprout hair to disguise their baby faces, while Hollywood veterans Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck just wouldn't be the same without their bushy 'staches.
But whose soup strainers are so manly you can't help but envy their owners? And who urgently needs to take a razor to their lacklustre lip locks? Let us know how you rate Hollywood's best and worst moustaches!
Gallery: Best and Worst Celebrity Moustaches
Jess and Owen's secret date?
1/11/2007 12:23:00 PM,
The Fix
We were amazed this morning to see a report that Hollywood gossip site X17 had shots of Jessica Simpson and Owen Wilson ‘together’.
Olsen Twin dating Lance Armstrong
1/11/2007 12:23:00 PM,
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Here’s one to add to our unlikely celebrity couples collection! The New York Post has reported that retired cycling champion Lance Armstrong, 36, is dating toddler TV star turned tween mogul Ashley Olsen.
According to the NY Post, 21-year-old Ashley was seen on Monday night cuddling and having a pash with Armstrong at New York’s Gramercy Park Hotel. The Post’s source commented, "They came together with a group of friends. Ashley drank red wine, sat on his lap and they were making out all night. They left together around 2 a.m."
Armstrong, is certainly one to play the field. He recently broke up with fashion designer Tory Burch and was previously in the news after breaking off his engagement to singer Sheryl Crow. He also has three children from an earlier marriage.
While the age difference of 15 years between the two may raise some eyebrows – we think the sheer unlikeliness of the mature and intense cycling champion and the teen fashion icon having anything to actually talk about is more concerning.
It's Simply Dead for bored Mick Hucknall
1/11/2007 12:22:00 PM,
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The flame has gone out - Mick Hucknall has announced that Simply Red are to split in 2009, once they wrap up their massive world tour.
After 25 years in the biz, the ginger-haired gent has just had enough! 'There will be an end to Simply Red,' he said in a recent radio interview. 'I've kind of decided that the 25 years is going to be enough, so I intend that the 2009 will be the last Simply Red tour.'
He has hinted that he wants to explore an 'edgier' style of music, and cannot do it under the radio-friendly Simply Red name. We are mystified as to what this edgy new direction will be, especially from the man who brought us hits such as 'Holding Back The Years'...
No doubt it will be, um, fantastic. Mick, after all, declared in a recent interview that he is 'one of the best singer-songwriters (the UK) has produced. Ever. If people don't like me saying that, tough s***!'
Instead of tormenting you with a retrospective of Simply Red hits, we choose to commemorate Simply Red by paying tribute to showbiz's most sizzling redheads. Warning: Mick Hucknall makes an appearance.
Gallery: Racy Redheads
Cursed Jackie O - kiss of death for BB?
1/11/2007 12:22:00 PM,
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Network Ten recently announced that Big Brother host Gretel Killeen has been dumped from the reality series in favour of top rating radio DJs Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O.
But while Kyle is enjoying a run as a judge on Australian Idol, Jackie's television career is a much more hit-or-miss affair. Honestly, how many flops can one person front and still be considered top-rate talent on the small screen?
We don't doubt the leggy blonde's radio credentials, but we're thinking that somewhere between Undercover Angels (her shocking collaboration with Ian Thorpe) and The Chat Room (a woeful rip-off on The Panel) someone might have quietly whispered in her ear the words: 'stick to radio!'.
With a career that ranges from foisting musical duds on an unsuspecting public to instructing bogans on how to hold a fork, will Jackie ever be able to break the curse when she takes up the reins on Big Brother? Or will an ominous voice quickly tell her that it's time to go?
Gallery: Jackie O's TV flops
Do you think Jackie O will be Big Brother's perfect host? Or will she give the show her trademark kiss of death? Have your say!
Celebrity dolls
1/11/2007 12:21:00 PM,
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Pop powerhouse Gwen Stefani has just unveiled her latest collection of dolls to celebrate her 'Great Escape' tour.
The five-doll range, each sporting their own stage outfit, are a limited edition - and join Gwen's already-large collection of dolls, including 'Hollaback Gwen', 'Bananas Gwen' 'Tick Tock Gwen' and of course doll likenesses for her trusty Harajuku girls as well.
Of course, Gwen is not the only celeb to have been immortalised in plastic. From Kylie to John Travolta - you'd be surprised at just how many stars have been given the Barbie treatment.
From cute to kinda creepy - check out your favourite stars in plastic doll form!
Celebrity doll gallery
Chilling: New Anna Nicole video - drugged and exploited?
1/11/2007 12:21:00 PM,
The Fix
Looks like Howard Stern is going to have some explaining to do!
The man most famous for being Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer and lover is in hot water after new footage of Anna Nicole Smith was released by a friend, hoping to stop 'the lies', as reported by Fox News in a recent world exclusive.
Fox reported that the video proves that, contrary to Howard's claims, Anna Nicole was in fact incoherent and wasted on drugs just a month before her daughter Danielynn was born.
Fox reports that this new footage and evidence is being turned over to investigators, with the California Attorney-General investigating the "strong possibility that serious crimes were committed by those who supplied Anna Nicole with the powerful drugs that killed her."
Below is video of the Fox News report:
Earlier this year, an edited video of Anna Nicole looking drugged and dazed was leaked. Howard Stern was quick to defend the video, saying it was edited out of context, was never meant for release, and was actually a video of Anna Nicole "pretending to be a little girl" - lost in a make-believe game with a nine-year-old friend visiting her house.
The new, unedited footage screened by Fox shows all the segments of the video that were edited out - including the nine-year old indicating Anna Nicole was having "brain trouble". The father of the little girl maintains that Anna Nicole was completely coherent when he dropped his daughter to her house. The girl later told her father she saw Howard feed Anna Nicole pills from a red-and-white striped bottle.
"After that, Anna becomes the sad person you see on the tape," Fox reported, "eyes half closed and unfocussed, her speech slurred. She seems increasingly incoherent, and begins behaving as though she believes the doll she is playing with is her real baby, and that her pregnancy is just gas." On the video, Anna Nicole's nine-year-old guest is filmed begging Howard to turn off the tape and help Anna Nicole to a hospital.
Howard's insistence that the video was stolen from her house and was never intended for broadcast seems all the more suspicious when watching this new, unedited footage - as Howard is recorded giving Anna Nicole instructions off-camera, as well as leaving spoken notes about lighting and editing on the footage, seemingly intended for a production person named Mark. He also complained on the tape that the loud music playing in the background of some of the footage had made it 'unusable'.
"Clearly, Stern saw value in the pathetic scene that was unfolding in front of his camera," reported Fox in their sensationalised news report, "as a clearly drug-addled, stoned or severely intoxicated and still very pregnant Anna Nicole descends into a bizarre and frightening world."
An inquest is also taking place next month into the drug-related death of her son Daniel - a chilling photograph was also released to investigators depicting a grief-stricken Smith clinging to the lifeless body of her son.
Queer characters?
1/11/2007 12:18:00 PM,
The Fix
On the weekend at a book signing in the States, JK Rowling, the squillionaire author of the Harry Potter series revealed that professor Dumbledore, the principal of Hogswarts and Harry’s ever-wise mentor was in fact gay.
A ‘friendship’ documented in the final Harry Potter book released this year between another young wizard and Dumbledore was revealed by Rowling to have actually been a case of romantic wizard love.
Dumbledore’s outing got us thinking here at the Fix about other fictional beings that may have been hiding in the closet.
The world has long speculated about the nature of the co-habitation of Sesame Street characters Bert & Ernie, we looked on and laughed as Waylon Smithers came to terms with both his sexuality and an insatiable crush on his boss, and we didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when Christian extremist called for the banning of the Tellytubbies because Tinky Winky was apparently a purse carrying queer.
But what of other characters? Was Star Wars robot CP30’s fastidiousness verging on camp? Did Lord of the Rings hobbits Frodo and Sam share more than a quest for the rings? And what the hell is going on with SpongeBob SquarePants?
Check out our gallery of possibly gay characters!
And let us know – are there any other characters you have suspected of being gay?
Peek-a-boo! Uma Thurman rocks a see-through frock
1/11/2007 12:16:00 PM,
The Fix
Uma Thurman gave the showbiz world a surprise peep show when she sported a virtually see-through gown at a recent charity event.
The Kill Bill star was dazzling in a diamante-splattered frock - and not much else!
Thurman was on the red carpet for the Swarovski Fashion Rocks event, where she acted as co-host.
Gallery: More naked celeb slip-ups
Ouch! Sarah Jessica Parker declared 'Unsexiest Woman Alive'
1/11/2007 12:15:00 PM,
The Fix
US men’s mag Maxim has taken the bold move of naming their ‘Five Unsexiest Women Alive’. While few will be surprised that grubby soul diva Amy Winehouse was on the list at number two, many will outraged that Sarah Jessica Parker was ushered to the top (or is that bottom?) spot.
Explaining why they gave the Sex in the City star the unenviable award, the magazine said: "How the hell did this Barbaro-faced broad manage to be the least sexy woman in a group of very unsexy women and still star on a show with "sex" in the title? Pull your skirt down, Secretariat, we'd rather ride Chris Noth."
Maxim had this to say about the other four ladies rounding out their top five:
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2. Amy Winehouse
We thought the scrawny soul sister would be a natural for the top spot, but Winehouse managed a modest second. "Upon beholding her openly hemorrhaging translucent skin, rat's nest mane and lashes that look more like surgically attached bats," said Maxim, "we were the ones screaming, 'Nooo, nooo, nooo!'"
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3. Sandra Oh
The Grey's Anatomy star (dubbed 'Dr. McSkinny' by Maxim) managed to score a Top three position in the poll, with her unsexy offenses including her 'boyish figure' and 'cold bedside manner'. Maxim snarled, "The only thing worse than a show about doctors is a show about sappy chick doctors we're forced to watch or else our girlfriends won't have sex with us."
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4. Madonna
Muscling in at number four, the pop powerhouse was described as having an "accessorizing fetish for dirt-poor foreign babies." The 49-year-old was criticised for trading her once-pioneering ways for "self-righteous bellyaching and rapid postnuptial deterioration." Well, she still looks hotter than our mums!
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5. Britney Spears
The troubled Miss Spears ranked fifth on their list, with Maxim noting that "less than five years ago, Britney had a python wrapped around her well-toned torso onstage at the VMAs. Since then, she's lost the ability to perform, but gained two kids, two useless ex-husbands, and about 23 pounds of... pudge." Leave Britney alone indeed!
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Can you nominate another celeb, male or female, that you think is more deserving of the 'world's unsexiest' title?
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