So not one, not two but THREE! new housemates are going in tonight. I can exclusively reveal (having cornered a producer last night–alright I read Daphne’s post) the following hints:
* A sexy executive PA
* A theatre director in her 40s
* A model who has appeared in a Lynx advertisement
I don’t yet have it in me to care about them…I just want Jen OUT! Send her back to husband and child and sub-average split-end dead-end existence. Someone called Russell had scribbled his name over and over again in the the right hand drawer of Dressing Room B at the studios last night. Weird. Mr Brand? Was thrilling being so close to the house–I had to resist the urge to scream a message in! My outfit was the daywear I travelled up in (driver got lost–another story)…I took a change of clothes including some golf-ish wear a la Banana Republic and a nice pastel pink sweater but to no avail.
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Denim is for whimps. So say D&G, which showed tough-guy leathers instead. The show opened with a pair of studded a zip-strewn, leather biker trousers and in keeping with the biker theme, there was plenty of metal hardwear in the collection. Jacket lapels and the outside seams on trouser legs were decorated with rows of metal plate and what denim there was, bristled with studs and chains. These were not the kind of clothes that will get you through the security checks at Heathrow in a hurry but they will get you noticed. Masculine, but with a playful edge this was a strong new direction for D&G - Claudia Croft
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Contained within “Coming Home: When Parents Return From War” are good ideas for four or five full-length documentaries. Instead, those ideas are crowded into another thoughtful, compact and compelling edition of “Nick News,” this one concentrating on the children of soldiers and premiering tomorrow night at 9 on Nickelodeon.
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The rain clouds and distant thunder did nothing to slow the steady stream of people arriving at a park in Arlington last week. They carried tote bags identifying themselves as members of the Bull Run Mountain Vegetable Farm CSA, and they were anxious to fill them before the storm hit. Farmer Leigh Hauter stood at the ready, arranging stacks of crates he had packed with vegetables and herbs.
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John McCain may veer to the right, but make no mistake: The Republican presidential contender is a born lefty, just like his Democratic counterpart, Barack Obama.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film “Mamma Mia!”, delighting fans with their first public showing for years.
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There are no plans for a rumoured big-screen version of Friends, film studio Warner Bros has told the BBC.
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The Detroit News reports Miad Jarbou of Royal Oak filed the lawsuit Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court seeking more than $25,000 in damages. The suit claims Eminem punched him July 13, 2006, at Cheetah’s On the Strip Gentlemen’s Club.
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“I once heard someone say that I’m similar to Paris Hilton – since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we’re alike. It’s a dumb thing to say. I dont think that makes Paris and me similar … I don’t go to clubs, I don’t party, I don’t dance on tables, and I don’t like sex tapes.”
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  He has been documented in a four-hour movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and collaborated with George Harrison and Bob Dylan. Surely, Tom Petty would seem to have nothing left to prove and only cash to count as he rolls out yet another national tour.
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Such questions remain agonizingly unanswered, as the anonymous storm front shows no signs of slowing down or divulging its background. Lacking any reliable information on the character traits of the popularly dubbed “Hurricane That Shall Not Be Named,” thousands have fled the area, hoping to escape its destructive winds, driving rain, and chilling impersonality.
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