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On the Grapevine – and this week’s column! Featuring Robert Pattinson, Kate Moss, Leona Lewis and Victoria Beckham

Dean Piper — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:58:48 +0000

*Leona Lewis has taken a cool pill lately. She’s been spotted out with Mel B partying in Vegas and now she’s taken another step into the A-List – by picking up a big fat cheque to host a bash at Pure Nightclub in Vegas to celebrate her birthday. The night will feature a performance by the lady herself and sources tell me she’ll pick up a cool six-figure sum for showing face.
I’m told the X Factor winner of yester year is rehearsing for her UK tour in sin city and has been having a blast out there, A source tells me: “She’s being partying, doing a bit of gambling and letting her hair down at weekends. During the week she’s flat out with tour rehearsals. But it’s coming along nicely.”

*People have speculated for years about what trim Victoria Beckham actually eats and this week the star took things to a whole new level at a swanky bash in Russia.
VB, who’s fast becoming one of my favourite celebrities, decided that when in Russia you should do as they do – so she hit the vodka shots and the caviar instead of having a full sit down meal.
The Spice Girl was at top Russian restaurant Nedelnee Vostok following her clothing line this week partying after her clothing launch when my spies spotted her knocking back more than a few shots of voddie with only “spoonfuls” of black caviar. My perfectly placed source tells me: “It was a case of ‘When in Rome’ for Victoria. She just seemed to do shot after shot of expensive vodka. She could handle her booze though.
“The kitchen staff were shocked at how many shots she was able to put away. The other guests all sat down and had full-on meals. She just sat there eating spoonfuls of expensive black caviar. She was really enjoying herself and was definitely in the mood to let her hair down.”
Victoria spent much of the night socialising with guests including her pal Naomi Campbell, Russian Vogue Editor Alyona Doletskaya and according to my spies at the bash she has formed a close friendship with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s wife Dasha Zhukova. “They were nattering away like old friends and seem to have lots in common,” says my mole. “Dasha only recently gave birth to her first child so they really clicked. They were talking about motherhood and seemed to get on like a house on fire.”
That Absolutely Fabulous Patsy Stone diet of vodka and caviar was even naughtier than I first thought!

*Social Services at the ready. I hear Rehab singer (and reformed druggie) Amy Winehouse is talking about having a baby with her good-for-nothing former husband Blake Fielder-Civil. I hear now that the pair’s tragic union is back on track the star’s desperado to have a child as quickly as she can. A source says: “She wants to be pregnant in the next few months. She’s cleaned herself up and is ready to be a mum.
“She mentioned it to her mother Janis this week and she hit the roof. Janis thinks it’s the worst possible thing for her to do and it’ll ruin her life. But Amy will do what she wants to do.”
Another star who could be welcoming a baby soon is Isla Fisher - I hear the Aussie actress and Sacha Baron Cohen have been trying for a baby for the past few months. It would be the icing on the cake for the couple – who secretly wed two weeks ago!

Shhh
WHICH star can’t work out whether he’s a fan of Arthur or Martha? This guy was spotted making out with a female recently in an LA strip joint.

Irritant
Nadine Coyle
Despite her skinnier than skinny frame this girl continues to speak total drivel wherever she goes about her fat heavy diet. Mash potatoes, fry-ups and chocolates?? Give me a break. You don’t get skinny on that sort of diet. And don’t even get me started on the fact this girl claims to be friends with all the girls in Girls Aloud. Deluded.

*Politics are hot to trot in fashion these days. First Posh wants to dress Michelle Obama – and now Frost French design duo Sadie Frost and Jemima French want to dress SamCam. Jemima told me this week as she launched her pop-up store at Whiteleys: “Admittedly most of the people I would really like to dress are dead. Sarah Brown would be good. Although I would like to dress David Cameron’s wife Sarah actually. Sadie even said she wants to dress her good pal Nick Grimshaw from Radio One. She laughed: “I would quite like to dress Nick but I don’t think he will let me.” Jude Law’s former missus tells me she’s starting work on her first film for quite some time – and it’s a musical! All I can say is that it is a musical film,” she revealed. “I will do some singing lessons but I actually started out as a singer so I should be fine.” Good for her.

*Kelly Osbourne tells me she’s splashed out the cash recently. She proudly showed off a new pair of heels that cost a whopping £2,000. “They’re Alexander McQueen diamante shoes and they were the most expensive thing I’ve ever bought,” she confided. “I really don’t want to tell you how much they cost because it makes me sick just to think about it. I don’t really have money to spend like that but I knew I had to have them as soon as I saw them. They cost £2000. They kill my feet but they are worth it. When I first bought them I spent a week just looking at them and I couldn’t bring myself to wear them. I think when I retire them I will put them in a cabinet with a revolving plate and spotlight. I’ve just retired another pair of Alexander McQueen shoes which are from the 90s and have light up heels. I’m too scared they are going to break so can’t face wearing them anymore.” Kelly also revealed she’s not planning to head down the aisle anytime soon with fiance Luke Worrall. She said: “There are no wedding plans at the moment.” Come on Kel – I’ve bought the hat!

*T4 host Jameela Jamil has the looks, the talent and the fashion sense. But she’s incredibly self deprecating – either that or blind. Talking about her style at the launch of the flagship Malene Birger store in London she told me: “I don’t think I’m stylish. I had absolutely no idea about style a year ago as I was English teacher. Although I was a model that doesn’t mean you have style because you are just getting clothes put on to you. I don’t have a stylist and I’m quite hot on not getting a stylist. I’ve just tried to figure it out for myself as I’ve gone along. There’s no way I’m taking Alexa Chung’s style crown put it that way.” I’m not so sure.

*I actually thought Mariah Carey had a chance at acting in the future after her great performance in Precious. But news reaches me that Mimi is on the hunt for a romantic comedy to star herself and hubby Nick Cannon. Brace yourselves.

*I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall this week when Kevin Spacey (above with Tracey Emin) invited an exclusive crowd of celebs to party with him to celebrate the first birthday of the W Doha Hotel. Kate Moss (below) and Jamie Hince dined on a risotto of sake and morels and Kevin Bishop did David Bowie impressions on the dance floor.

*Dannii Minogue is preparing to return to the UK to launch her clothing label Project D. She’ll make a brief two-week stop before returning to give birth in July. I hear Dannii’s currently staying fit and healthy in Australia – where she’s judging Australia’s Got Talent – by having power walking sessions of an evening.

*Next week sees the launch of Edith Bowman’s new TV show Evo Music Rooms. Think Top of the Pops but trendy and cool. One big named act will feature, a couple of chart musicians and a brand new unsigned artist. The show starts on Channel 4 on April 8 – and the line-up features The Specials, Doves, The Drums and unsigned talent Cathy JJ.

*Robert Pattinson fears he’s going to go deaf from all the screaming girls the turn out to his movie premieres. The Twilight star said: I’ve always been slightly deaf. So I worry it’s going to get worse!
“It’s incredible how loud girls can scream and they’ll do it right in my face so I do worry about my ears and going even more deaf but I’ve never worn ear plugs.”
The actor also said he worries about his famous locks falling out in the future. “I’m an incredibly nervous and self conscious person and I’ve got this really bad habit of always playing with my hair and running my hands through it,” he says. “I worry it will all fall out one day because I’m always playing with it! I think it kind of annoys people too so I should try and stop doing it really. It’s not true that I go for days without washing my hair though – I wash it every day!” Good for you, Rob.

*Listen up Simon Cowell, Mary J Blige doesn’t want a job offer to be part of X Factor USA. She tells me: “No way would I be a judge on American Idol full time, or the X Factor – its too hard telling people that they’re no good and I don’t need that negativity in my life.” On the plus side Mary revealed she would sing at Cowell’s wedding to Mezghan Hussainy. She said: “If Simon asks me then I would sing at his wedding, hell yeah! I love the man and it would be an honour.” Now that’s what I call a wedding singer!

Kate Moss combats her wrinkles on a fashionable night out at the Brompton Club

Dean Piper — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:29 +0000

Kate Moss is one supermodel who will do literally anything to avoid those dreaded wrinkles.
And Mossy took her beauty regime to extraordinary – and icy – new levels on a night out, when she decided she need a facial pick-me-up.
Kate, who revealed recently that her top tip to keep her skin clear is to freeze her face in an ice bucket, shocked star-studded onlookers with her devotion to the cause when she pitched up at Naomi Campbell’s brilliant Fashion For Relief in aid of Haiti benefit catwalk show this week.
The swish after-show bash, held at exclusive private members venue The Brompton Club in Fulham, saw Kate order a huge ice bucket to be sat in front of her before she hilariously started plunging her face in to the chilly water.
My mole tells me: “Kate was drunk and knocking back glass after glass of Laurent Perrier Rose champagne.
“She was dancing with her friends, including Naomi, to hits like Madonna’s Borderline and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind.
“She was on brilliant form, but everyone’s jaw dropped when she started dunking her head in the ice bucket. At first everybody gasped a bit but then they just started laughing. It was totally bizarre. There were even rumours that she snogged a girlfriend of hers.”
Kate revealed in a recent interview that her top natural skin care tip to rid herself of lines and imperfections is to literally freeze her face.
She said: “Get some ice, put it in the sink, put some cucumber in there too and stick your head in it. Apparently, it’s an old-school thing that Joan Crawford used to do. It really wakes you up.”
Earlier in the evening it was obvious Naomi was making sure Kate, who arrived in a somewhat tipsy state before the fashion show, was kept in good spirits.
Pals tell me she’s struggling to cope with the loss of her friend Alexander McQueen. “She’s on a bit of a downward spiral right now and the night was very emotional for her,” says my source.”Naomi was making sure she was OK throughout the night – almost baby-sitting her, and Sir Philip Green even took her and Dame Shirley Bassey out for dinner in China Tang before the Brompton Club party. Kate’s got a huge capacity for partying so her pals make sure she’s not too out of control.”
And Kate can’t have overdone things too much – she was up at dawn for the Hakaan show at London Fashion Week. Where does she get this energy from!

Take That launch their new PS3 Singstar game…..with Kate Moss, James Corden and Pixie Geldof

Dean Piper — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:25 +0000

I had a superb night out this week when I popped along to the Playstation 3 Singstar Take That launch in Notting Hill. It was a celeb packed event with the likes of Kate Moss, Pixie Geldof, Ben Grimes, Rachel Stevens, Jenny Frost, James Corden and Taio Cruz all in the house.

A few choice observations from the evening. Kate Moss needs to clean up her act – it was more like Kate Mess. I wish she’d sort it out and start cleaning up her act. Watching her hit a party is becoming truly tragic to watch. At one point the drunken model stumbled around and looked to fall over! Just an average night for Kate I reckon.

Elsewhere I had a lovely little natter with Rachel before being thrown out of the VIP area by Fran Cutler. She reminds me of Trunchbull in the film Matilda the way she stomps around. She doesn’t look far off it either!

Anyway Trunchbull aside, it was a fun night. Pixie was loving every minute of the bash and sang along to every word, Rachel looked lovely with her super long hair and James Corden turned heads turning up with a new blonde girlfriend on his arm.

Celebrity hairdresser James Brown talks Kate Moss, filming his new documentary and why he loves horses so much!

Dean Piper — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:27:25 +0000

You recently filmed a documentary about setting up your salon – how was it and why did your builders seem to hate you so much!?
They didn’t hate me but they are so not used to somebody with an idea. To me a plug socket that’s half way up a wall is ugly. I want them hidden. Builders are lazy. I’ve done houses in New York, Ireland and London and I know what I want. I had a vision with my salon. Instead of asking me about my choice – they give me this plastic rank lights.

Why do a reality show?
Well I think it’s more a documentary. It’s real because it’s my life but it was fine. I didn’t notcie the cameras at all. The first day of filming was a blast and it went from there. I don’t want to be famous, I just liked the idea of doing a show about opening the salon. I met the guys at Tiger Aspect for dinner and it came up in conversation and then two days later I was filming it.

Did you worry about the way you would be edited?
I forgot 95% of the time that we were filming or that I had a microphone on. Nobody cared and I was amazed at how open my friends were.

Were the likes of Kate Moss not worried about being filmed?
No, not at all. I was shopping on the first day and Kate called and she said what are you doing and I said I was shopping and she came and joined me. And that was it. She knew I was filming and didn’t care.

I’m obsessed with hearing her speak!
I know – loads of people are. She’s very normal. You expect her to have this Calvin Klein model voice but she doesn’t. I think it’s great that she’s not affected like some of those New York models. You can really see from this show what she’s like. I think Tiger Aspect thought I’d want loads of stuff out of the show – but we didn’t cut one scene.

Did you want the documentary to be warts and all?
Yes. I mean if I’m not happy with something I explode and go nuts but then I move on and I forget about it. I never hold a grudge.

Has Kate Moss put money into your business?
No, but she’s involved in it from start to finish. She’s got amazing taste. She’s had access to so many places through her travels. She’s the face of the salon and the brand. She’s helped with designs and she’s still a legend in the modeling world.

Who’s your favourite client?
Demi Moore and Kate are my favourites. Demi’s professional as hell. She’s beautiful and she’s genuine. She’s warm and wonderful. You can see why she’s still doing what she’s doing here. Those two work harder than anybody I know.

What do you think of Madonna?
I’ve never been a fan really. I just don’t get it or understand it. I do think her hair now is looking the best it’s ever looked. I’ve just never been a fan. I’d much rather have Chrissie Hynde in my chair.

If you could chop anyone’s hair in the world who would it be?
Camilla Parker Bowles. Definitely – I think she’s amazing. I’m a huge fan of the Royal Family. I think they’re amazing. I think me and Camilla would get on. She’s fun and she loves her horses. I have horses on my farm in Ireland – there’s nothing like shoveling shit to keep you grounded. I’d just love to get my hands on her. I’m obsessed.

Would Kate Moss ever have a pixie haircut again?
Well if she wanted it. The first time she had the pixie cut she was dressed and ready to go and we did it while the car was waiting. She doesn’t plan her looks in advance – ever.

What do you think of your pal Sienna Miller’s hair now?
She’s got great hair now. She’s really looking fabulous. I’m glad she’s grown it out now. She chopped it for Factory Girl and then ended up in wigs for the role. It was a pointless chop.

Who would you most want to rescue hair wise?
Katie Price. She needs to get rid of that black hair and go back to blonde. I’ve always wanted to meet her. I love her as a person but I hate her look. I’d love to meet her. She needs to be softer and I’d love to do it. She loves gorses just as much as I do. I might start stalking her. I went to the Salon International event and tried to find her but couldn’t! I could like Charles Manson if they had horses. I’m, a little obsessed. I want to do horse products soon.

Kate’s been getting stick for not looking good lately – thoughts?
It’s completely ridiculous! Kate looks amazing right now. She gets picked on for everything. She’s only little though!

How do you relax and unwind?
Well I’ve been in Ireland for six weeks. But I do chill out. I don’t use email. I have a phone but I don’t want to spend my time on the phone. I get people to email me on a Blackberry and then I call them back. Email messages get lost in translation so I don’t like sending them. I never know what people mean so I speak to them and I know what’s happening.

There was a £27,000 haircut recently – thoughts?
That was just disgusting. I love cutting hair so to be honest most people are a freebie. In fact everyone’s a freebie. I love what I do but I’m not ripping people off. It’s a joke. I don’t believe in trends or anything either.

Are you liking Dannii Minogue’s look right now?
I love it. I like the quiff when it’s up and it’s right up. It looks phenomenal. I’m addicted to the X Factor although I didn’t have a telly until recently. I went to Argos and got a telly. I love my house being dark and I use candles so my friends wouldn’t come over until recently because there was nothing to do but talk. For the last two years I’ve gone to Kate’s house to watch telly.

Who else do you like out of your celeb friends?
Lily Allen. I can’t live without her. I hate it when she fucks with her hair though and dyes it. She’s got the shiniest, healthiest and most gorgeous black hair. She’s a great girl and very funny.

Check out James Brown’s brand new London salon at www.jamesbrownlondon.com.

A tale of Kate Moss and a kazoo……

Dean Piper — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:30:31 +0000

Kate Moss is a naughty minx. She and pal Stella McCartney hit the La Clique circus-themed show at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square this week and things got a little out of control. My mole says: “Kate was completely out of it and kept lifting her dress.” And it didn’t stop there. In one scene a performer plays a kazoo using her intimate parts – and Kate fancied a toot. “She ran on stage laughing hysterically,” giggles my source, although in the end Kate didn’t actually have a go. Britain truly does have talent!

Kate Moss is the face of the new Prada campaign

Dean Piper — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:32:59 +0000

Kate Moss must be thanking her lucky stars that the airbrush exists these days. Without the ‘brush of life’ I very much doubt Kate would be quite as in demand as what she is!

And the former waif has bagged herself yet another huge fashion campaign. I can reveal she’s the new face of Prada for the brand’s up coming campaign. The model has already taken part int he shoot for Prada at the cooler than cool Double Club (below) – owned and brought to life by the clothes brand. Oh, and Mario Testino did the snaps apparently……

Kate Moss parties for Sam Sparro!

Dean Piper — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:47:46 +0000

Sam Sparro’s charity concert at Shoreditch House attracted a rather rock and roll crowd indeed! The evening – hosted by Sound Tribe Live and Pepsi Maxcast – managed to bag names including Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince, Stella McCartney and former singer Ms Dynamite.
Sam’s currently a curator for on Pepsi’s Myspace site and the charities Global Angel and the Carjuru Community Project in Brazil.

Obviously all anybody cared about at this bash was finding Kate Moss and rubbing shoulders with the ageing supermodel. And from the looks of these pictures Kate had a whale of a time. A source there tells me: “Kate was in a wild mood and spent much of the night dancing to Sam Sparro and throwing her arms in the air.”

But it was after that I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall. Kate went downstairs in Shoreditch House to the bowling alley and played a few games with none other than Sir Richard Attenborough. How random is that!

Find out more about Sam’s involvement with Pepsi at www.myspace.com/pepsimaxcast.