Gok Wan Gets Naked For Catwalk Extravaganza

Hundreds of fashion addicts descended upon Europe’s leading retail destination today to watch Gok Wan host the catwalk finale shows for his body confidence series How to Look Good Naked.
The style guru hosted four catwalk shows throughout the afternoon at Bluewater, with each show featuring a makeover and the Gokette Fashion Show.
The Gokette’s are a group of [...]

Quackers! Esther Rantzen Urges Scots To Adopt A Duck

TV presenter and ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen is encouraging people across Scotland to enter a duck in the Great British Duck Race 2009.
The event, which will raise funds for ChildLine Scotland, takes place on Sunday 6 September when thousands of plastic ducks will be launched into the Thames to race down a 1km course. 
The lucky owner [...]

Nick Gilmartin: Move Over Nigella! Sexy Sophie To Host Cook Show

Sophie Dahl has landed her own BBC cookery show.
The model, 31, will cook her own recipes and reminisce about her childhood memories of food in the BBC Two series, which is being made by Jamie Oliver’s company Fresh One Productions.
And if sales of her cook book Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights are anything to go by, the model-turned-author [...]

Clare Staples: Jet Lag, Family And Friends

Last week, Paul, Alex and I went to The Grove to see Bruno. I wasn’t ecstatic about the movie, but that was because I was sandwiched between two guys who were laughing so hard it was difficult to hear the film.
Paul was laughing so hysterically, I was worried he would fall off his chair, or break something.
There’s nothing [...]

No Wallflowers! One Night Only Blaze An Inferno

To thunderous applause and lightning excitement, Yorkshire’s One Night Only started a fire at the Ironworks on a wet and windy night in Inverness.
Taking the title of their debut album literally, the boys screeched on stage like bats out of hell, blazing an inferno in the North Scotland venue.
Having enjoyed a summer of success with their album, produced by U2 [...]

Cameron Diaz’s Green List

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These vegan Olsen Haus shoes are made from natural linen. Fun and sexy with a pair of skinny jeans, they’re perfect for stomping around the city during the day when only a pair of heels will do! Available from www.camillaboutique.com.
For simple, creative [...]

Clare Staples: The 80/20 Rule

Paul McKenna swears by the 80/20 rule.
Invented by Wilfred Pareto, a 19th century economist, the rule assumes that we wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time,  listen to 20% of our i-pods 80% of the time, get 80% of enjoyment from 20% of our friends, focus 80% of our time on 20% of our problems, and [...]

Michael Jackson Pronounced Dead In Los Angeles

Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the 50-year-old singer was pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital in a deep coma.
A cardiologist at UCLA Medical Centre hospital confirmed to celebrity website tmz.com that the singer died today, just weeks before he hoped to resurrect his career [...]

Big Brother Eye! Paris Hilton In BB Musical

Is this proof that Paris Hilton has agreed to star in Stuart Hosking’s Big Brother Musical?
Ms Hilton was spotted this week wearing the official BB Musical T Shirt, which features the famous logo encrusted in crystals. The dazzling tee is the brainchild of designer Lamis Khamis.
And Ms Hilton was in good company. The actress was with British Best Friend Sam Hextall, who [...]

Clare Staples: No More Doggie Downer

I’ve been on a doggie downer lately. I had a bit of bad luck and it spiralled into self pity and wallowing and I was focusing only on what wasn’t going right.
Now I’m following my own advice, which I love to dispense but forget to follow. This week I’m starting afresh and focusing on the good, [...]

Please Take Your Tongue Out Of My Ear

Whatever he’s doing with his tongue, Jodie doesn’t look like she’s enjoying it much!! It’s hard to tell, but my guess is she’s too too busy wondering where his right hand is!
And will whoever is pulling the bloke’s tie please stop or he’ll have more pressing concerns than Jodie’s ear wax.

Groovin In London With Barbie

Johnny Ikon’s Launch Party, Volstead, London – L to R – Stephen Nicholas, Tony Burge, Barbie, Helen Grant, Sarah Ewing.

Wanna Get Gorgeous? The Best Beauty Secret On The Planet

A new study has revealed that most men find women more attractive when they smile than when they wear make-up.
The research, carried out by Orbit Complete for National Smile Month, tested photographs of women on over 500 men. 
Each woman was photographed twice, once  wearing make-up and not smiling, and again without make-up and smiling.
66% of guys surveyed believe a smile [...]

Rock On At Rock Ness Baby!

Dazzling Denise Bares All

Denise Van Outen has been announced as the face of Bionsen deodorants.
The former Big Breakfast star, who married singer Lee Mead in the Seychelles in April, stripped off to plug the deodorant, which contains no aluminium and parabens, the chemicals linked to breast cancer.
Denise, 35, is currently preparing for her show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. [...]

Bruce Willis In Provocative Spread

Bruce Willis and new wife Emma Heming have taken part in a provocative photo shoot for the July issue of W magazine, on sale June 23.
The actor, who was previously married to Demi Moore, says his life has been much happier since he started hanging around Emma on a daily basis.
“Love is truly the answer,” he says, ”I spent the last 10 years [...]

One Man’s Mission To Rid The World Of Heroin

Entrepreneur James Brett is on a mission to rid the world of heroin - using pomegranates. 
The former drug addict hopes to persuade farmers in Afghanistan – which produces 93 per cent of the world’s opiates – to stop growing poppies and grow pomegranates instead.
By cultivating pomegranate fields, he insists their profits will more than double.
So far his mission is working. On a recent [...]

Why I Spent 1/2 Million To Become Barbie

Sarah Burge, 49, was so determined not to grow old she transformed herself into a plastic doll.
Lying on the operating table, I smiled as I looked at the surgeon’s knife. “How do you feel, Sarah?” his assistant asked. “Try to relax.”
No problem there. I took a deep breath, and seconds later, the blade cut into [...]

Clare Staples: Love Is Everything

Despite her recent upset, Clare is a big believer in love. It heals everything!
She has been saying I love you to everyone lately. I counted nine times in one day and it made my tail wag so hard when the same reply came back - I love you too. Love is the focus and the solution.
To solve any problem, ask yourself three questions:
What can [...]

Michelle Obama Visits London Cancer Centre

Michelle Obama has helped celebrate the London Cancer Centre’s first birthday.
The US First Lady teamed up with Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Brown – who is a patron for the centre – and former nurse Laura Lee, chief executive of the charity Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.
The charity run centres offer a comfortable environment for anyone suffering with cancer. Relatives and [...]