London welcomed the new year in with style on December 31st with major parties taking place at all of the top London clubs to celebrate the start of 2010.
The eastern influenced nightclub Chinawhite, which reopened this year at a new location on Winsley Street – off Oxford Street, held a ‘Forget the Year Party’ which was attended by a very fashionable London crowd.
funkybuddha – based on Berkley Street, and popular with diners visitingLondon restaurant Nobu – invited guests to enjoy all the house drinks (spirits, wine and beer) they wanted at their New Year’s Eve party.
HEYJOCLUB, owned by multi-millionaire libertarian Dave West, held a dinner and dance for it’s VIP members with guests enjoying fine Russian food, Champagne and cocktails at the bar.
Actor and former model Anna Friel nearly forgot her lines when a spectator threw up over fellow members of the audience during a performance of Breakfast At Tiffany’s at a London theatre recently.
The sickly audience member vomited from the upper balcony of the London West End based Haymarket Theatre all over six people sitting below as Friel was halfway through a song.
But she proved to be a true professional and carried on with the job of entertaining as those involved in the incident were ushered out of the auditorium to be cleaned up. A search for the culprit then ensued. The embarrassed theatre goer was found and even managed to recover in time to return for the second half of the performance.
Friel has received rave reviews in the London papers for her performance in the adaptation of the Truman Capote novella, which runs until January 2010.
She strips for one scene as Holly Golightly – the role made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film of the book – a move which prompted a ban on the audience taking photos of her in the nude.
To celebrate Youth Music’s 10th Birthday this November, an exhibition named ‘Destroy Rankin’ will feature 70 of the world’s greatest musicians and visual artists, as part of a groundbreaking body of collaborative artwork based on Rankin’s iconic portraits of musicians.
As part of National Youth Music Week 2009, Youth Music will take over Phillips De Pury London – based near Victoria – for a festival of art and live music featuring performances from Destroy artists.
Original works by celebrities Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon, Debbie Harry, Michael Stipe, U2, Mat Collishaw, Marianne Faithfull and many others will be auctioned to support the UK’s biggest music charity for young people.
The Exhibition will be open from Monday 9th to Saturday 21st November 2009 at Phillips de Pury, 9 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1BB
A Playboy fraudster who spent a night splurging £140,000 on Champagne at top London night clubAmika in Kensington has been jailed for scamming credit card companies out of £1.6m in the pursuit of a luxury lifestyle.
Eamon Zada ran a credit card cloning factory from his Notting Hill flat, obtaining the kind of money required for a life like a millionaire celebrity. When police carried out a search they found a highly sophisticated device which intercepts credit card details from phones.
Glamour model and celeb gossip machine, Katie Price, has found yet another business venture, producing a style guide.
The Katie that squeezed into a tiny black corset with a peacock feather skirt and blue suede shoes on her latest trip to London aims to show people how to ’stand out’ and, you’ve got to give it to her, she is definitely qualified for the job.
Katie Price, A Style Icon for London?
The book will feature an in-depth look at Katie’s fashion successes (will it be a pamphlet?) as captured by numerous London photographers over the years and tips on how to achieve her alter ego ‘Jordan’ look.
Topics covered include advice on finding the perfect wedding dress, a make-up masterclass and plastic surgery tips.
Can London Clubs cope with Jordan clones coming along on a Katie Price style guru conveyor belt?!
TV talent judge Dannii Minogue and finalists from the hit show X-Factor were held at Dubai Airport last week as their film crew were quizzed by guards.
According to reports, airport security suspected they were making a film painting a negative picture about Dubai or filming a sexy pop video.
The celeb gossip factory, who made headlines in February 2006 when surveillance tapes from a London strip club that showed Minogue and a female pole dancer “canoodling” appeared in a Sunday Newspaper, and her girls were safely escorted to their luxury hotel and were later joined by pint sized pop princess Kylie Minogue.
Dubai, which has its own incarnation of one of the top London clubs, Embassy, is fast becoming the preferred destination for wealthy travellers looking for somewhere new and exciting to visit.
London playboy actor and star of Alfie, Jude Law, has become a father for the fourth time after his brief encounter with aspiring actress and model Samantha Burke.
The 24 year old American gave birth to a 5lb 12oz girl who was named Sophia last Tuesday.
The celeb’s spokesman said, “Mr Law is no longer in a relationship with the individual concerned but he intends to be a fully supportive part of the child’s life.”
So we won’t be hearing any wedding bells then; no doubt Jude will be back at VIP clubs in London in no time.
Celeb singer Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud fame will be looking to take some time out in London after taking to her feet in towering 6 inch high heels accompanied by a 51 year old drag queen, ‘Susan’, on Sunday.
The 27 year old former model took part in the mile long trip across Leeds for the High Heel-a-thon in aid of the Breast Cancer Haven Charity for which she is Celebrity Ambassador and which aimed to raise £10,000 for the cause from the event.
Kimberley said: “This is a fantastic event. As a Yorkshire girl I’m so excited to be part of it.”
Impressive but perhaps things would have been easier if she had taken a taxi.
The 39-year-old actor and occasional rock star (with his metal-loving duo Tenacious D) requested a karaoke machine on the night which marked the end of the shoot for his new film Gulliver’s Travels. Belting out an OTT version of War Pigs by Black Sabbath, he was joined by his wife Tanya Haden to sing Michael Jackson’s Beat It, slurping cocktails and Champagne as he went.
Rumer Willis, daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, has been in London this week promoting her new horror film, Sorority Row.
Rumour has it she stayed at London’s rock ‘n’ roll hotel, the Sanctum in Soho, which is owned by Embassy club entrepreneur Mark Fuller. It is not known if she threw the TV out of window, but she was carrying her purple velvet heels as she walked back to the hotel in the London rain.
