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.
Peter Andre let his hair down on Tuesday night enjoying the famous London nightlife when he went for dinner at a London restaurant, with pals Chantelle Houghton and pregnant Nicola McLean, before visiting the Funky Buddha Club in Mayfair.
Former Celebrity Big Brother winner, model and Paris Hilton lookalike Chantelle particularly seemed to be enjoying herself and was captured by a London photographer laughing loudly at recently single Peter Andre’s jokes – what a mysterious girl?!
Coleen Rooney, wife of Premiership and England footballer Wayne Rooney, gave birth to a baby boy who was named Kai Wayne Rooney at 2:30pm on Wednesday.
The part-time television presenter and WAG’s son was born in Liverpool – the English city where she grew up – at an NHS hospital.
A spokesperson for the celebrity gossipmagazine headline grabbing couple said: “Mother and baby are both absolutely fine. Wayne and Coleen are thrilled with the wonderful addition to their family life.”
It has been widely reported in the London papers that Wayne Rooney plans to have his son Kai’s name tattooed on him – a trend amongst celebrities.
Bookies have already offered odds on whether Kai will follow in his father’s footsteps and make the Championship League but so far the best offer is 66-1. No doubt odds would be shorter if it was a question of playing the London club scene like Calum Best the son of a fellow Manchester United legend!
Celebrity gossips have whispered that Chelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard is smitten with 2008’s Strictly Come Dancing contestant and TV Presenter Christine Bleakley after flirting with her in at Amika nightclub in Kensington, London, last Saturday.
Frank and Christine arrived with a group of people from Strictly Come Dancing including Zoe Lucker and Joe Calzaghe and the dancers Aliona Vilani and Nicole Cutler. They all sat together at a table in the VIP area with Frank next to Christine.
Frank reportedly bought at least three bottles of fine Champagne – possibly Cristal or Dom Perignon – from the bar for the group even though he hardly drank himself.
The couple stayed for a lock-in until 4.30am, but it’s not known if they left in a limousine, London taxi or Mr Lampard’s motor together or if the England midfielder scored. Bleakley, 29, was reportedly first wooed by the Premiership footballer in September at the Pride Of Britain awards.
According to reports in several London papers and magazines Mutya has been in touch with Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy to try and organise a reunion.
A friend of Siobhan was quoted as saying: “She met up with Mutya for the first time in ages over the summer and they got on well. Now Mutya is convinced the original three could be huge again. She was on the phone all last weekend trying to convince the girls to reform. Siobhan’s considering it.”
While a source allegedly close to Keisha added: “Mutya is very keen to do this. Keisha has her solo career on the go – including recording with new star [DJ] Jay Sean – but she feels more comfortable as part of a band. There were arguments in the past, but all three realise it was because they were young, headstrong and finding fame hard to cope with.”
No doubt the girls will be toasting their reunion with a glass of Champagne at a few of the best London night clubs later in 2009, we’ll keep you posted on this blog!
Model Katie Price launched her new style book ‘Standing Out’ at Selfridges in London today.
The celebrity gossip columnist’s wet dream worked the London papers by bringing along her boyfriend, brother and close male friends Andrew Gould and Phil Turner, dressed in her own outfits.
Her new boyfriend Alex Reid, who has been the talk of the tabloids due to his cross dressing, wore the famous gold play-suit that Katie was photographed in while visiting ibiza; just after her split with Peter Andre.
Following the cross-dressing stunt, Jordan said: “This is all tongue in cheek. It’s all a bit of fun and we really enjoyed it” – at least somebody did!
Leading makeup brand Rimmel London has taken on two fresh new faces, Georgia May Jagger and CoCo Rocha.
The models will appear along side Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Sophie Ellis Bextor in advertising campaigns early next year and no doubt will be partying with them at top London clubs, Boujis, Chinawhite and Maya, which celebs are often spotted at fueling gossip columns in the London papers!
Both girls are fast establishing themselves within the modeling world. Miss Rocha has previously worked with fashion brands Calvin Klein and Gap, and Miss Jagger has recently graced the cover of style magazine Vogue.
Stephen Mormoris, of Coty Beauty, said: “Georgia May Jagger & Coco Rocha were obvious choices to represent the Rimmel brand.”
“Their modern beauty & aspirational styles are complementary to the strong personalities of our existing ambassadors and will help Rimmel to continue to broaden its image and extraordinary growth worldwide.”
Three British papers discussed buying confidential medical information about actor Hugh Grant, director Guy Ritchie and other celebrities in a hoax set up by a documentary film maker.
As part of the documentary “Starsuckers”, which premieres at the London Film Festival later this month, the filmmakers also planted several fake reports with British tabloids to expose inaccurate celebrity gossip being reported.
“We wanted to do a test to see how they would react,” director Chris Atkins told Reuters. “It is just showing the public what goes on behind the stories that they pay for every day.”
The Starsuckers team posed as members of the public to offer the papers fabricated stories about well known-figures to test whether the journalists would check the facts.
“We kept trying to do things that they wouldn’t print and it happened a couple of times but they pretty much printed most of what we said,” Atkins said, adding that their stories had featured in The Sun, Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Daily Star newspapers.
The London Evening Standard is to join the ranks of the free newspapers in London.
According to reports 600,000 copies of the paper – which currently costs 50 pence – will be given out in London free from Monday, 12th October which will be a big increase on the current circulation of 250,000.
London Newspaper The Evening Standard is NOT 50 Pence
The newspaper, which was bought by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev in January, from Associated Newspapers will compete with The London Lite paper which is already freely distributed following the withdrawal of the other free paper, the London Paper which was withdrawn from circulation in September.
London is famous for having had the world’s best club scene for more than 100 years. The wildest characters and celebrities such as Oscar Wilde, Jimi Hendrix, and the young Royals have all enjoyed participating in late-night revelry at the exciting parties and events they host. Even Jane Austen’s fiction focused around the courtship rituals her fictional debutantes played out in the club court life of the early 1800s.
James explains: “Forbidden London offers an amazing chance for new people and new faces to gain the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the world’s most famous and glamorous people. And party with the elite. We are offering something no-one else has done before.”
“Everyone want a taste of the highlife? With much of the news at present being taken up with tales of economic woe and environmental chaos, the glamour and escapism of a night out at a VIP club or a trip to the theatre is extremely appealing to many. People are still willing to pay for a night out when a holiday is out of the question. The whole ritual of getting dressed up and arranging a night out with friends is something many can’t and won’t consider living without, even if they have to make other sacrifices.”
“This rings true particularly if there is a chance of meeting someone as special as a prince, for example.”
He elaborates: “Some of the clubs frequently have Prince Harry as a guest – anyone with their eyes on him or perhaps looking to date a young model will be delighted they can now rub shoulders with the people they dream of marrying or befriending.”
