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		<title>On the Grapevine &#8211; and this week&#8217;s column! Featuring Robert Pattinson, Kate Moss, Leona Lewis and Victoria Beckham</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Leona Lewis has taken a cool pill lately. She&#8217;s been spotted out with Mel B partying in Vegas and now she&#8217;s taken another step into the A-List &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*<strong>Leona Lewis </strong>has taken a cool pill lately. She&#8217;s been spotted out with <strong>Mel B</strong> partying in Vegas and now she&#8217;s taken another step into the A-List &#8211; 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&#8217;ll pick up a cool six-figure sum for showing face.<br />
I&#8217;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&#8217;s being partying, doing a bit of gambling and letting her hair down at weekends. During the week she&#8217;s flat out with tour rehearsals. But it&#8217;s coming along nicely.”</p>
<p>*People have speculated for years about what trim <strong>Victoria Beckham</strong> actually eats and this week the star took things to a whole new level at a swanky bash in Russia.<br />
VB, who&#8217;s fast becoming one of my favourite celebrities, decided that when in Russia you should do as they do &#8211; so she hit the vodka shots and the caviar instead of having a full sit down meal.<br />
The <strong>Spice Girl </strong>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 &#8216;When in Rome&#8217; for Victoria. She just seemed to do shot after shot of expensive vodka. She could handle her booze though.<br />
“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.”<br />
Victoria spent much of the night socialising with guests including her pal <strong>Naomi Campbell</strong>, Russian Vogue Editor <strong>Alyona Doletskaya</strong> and according to my spies at the bash she has formed a close friendship with Chelsea owner <strong>Roman Abramovich&#8217;s </strong>wife <strong>Dasha Zhukova</strong>. “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.”<br />
That Absolutely Fabulous <strong>Patsy Stone </strong>diet of vodka and caviar was even naughtier than I first thought!</p>
<p>*Social Services at the ready. I hear Rehab singer (and reformed druggie) <strong>Amy Winehouse</strong> is talking about having a baby with her good-for-nothing former husband <strong>Blake Fielder-Civil</strong>. I hear now that the pair&#8217;s tragic union is back on track the star&#8217;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&#8217;s cleaned herself up and is ready to be a mum.<br />
“She mentioned it to her mother Janis this week and she hit the roof. Janis thinks it&#8217;s the worst possible thing for her to do and it&#8217;ll ruin her life. But Amy will do what she wants to do.”<br />
Another star who could be welcoming a baby soon is <strong>Isla Fisher </strong>- I hear the Aussie actress and <strong>Sacha Baron Cohen</strong> have been trying for a baby for the past few months. It would be the icing on the cake for the couple &#8211; who secretly wed two weeks ago!</p>
<p><strong>Shhh</strong><br />
WHICH star can&#8217;t work out whether he&#8217;s a fan of Arthur or Martha? This guy was spotted making out with a female recently in an LA strip joint.</p>
<p><strong>Irritant<br />
Nadine Coyle</strong><br />
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&#8217;t get skinny on that sort of diet. And don&#8217;t even get me started on the fact this girl claims to be friends with all the girls in Girls Aloud. Deluded.</p>
<p>*Politics are hot to trot in fashion these days. First Posh wants to dress<strong> Michelle Obama</strong> &#8211; and now Frost French design duo <strong>Sadie Frost </strong>and <strong>Jemima French</strong> want to dress<strong> SamCam</strong>. 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 <strong>David Cameron’s </strong>wife Sarah actually. Sadie even said she wants to dress her good pal <strong>Nick Grimshaw</strong> from Radio One. She laughed: “I would quite like to dress Nick but I don’t think he will let me.” <strong>Jude Law&#8217;s</strong> former missus tells me she&#8217;s starting work on her first film for quite some time &#8211; and it&#8217;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.</p>
<p>*<strong>Kelly Osbourne</strong> tells me she&#8217;s splashed out the cash recently. She proudly showed off a new pair of heels that cost a whopping £2,000. “They&#8217;re <strong>Alexander McQueen</strong> 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&#8217;s not planning to head down the aisle anytime soon with fiance<strong> Luke Worrall</strong>. She said: “There are no wedding plans at the moment.” Come on Kel &#8211; I&#8217;ve bought the hat!</p>
<p>*T4 host <strong>Jameela Jamil </strong>has the looks, the talent and the fashion sense. But she&#8217;s incredibly self deprecating &#8211; either that or blind. Talking about her style at the launch of the flagship <strong>Malene Birger </strong>store in London she told me: “I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m stylish. I had absolutely no idea about style a year ago as I was English teacher. Although I was a model that doesn&#8217;t mean you have style because you are just getting clothes put on to you. I don&#8217;t have a stylist and I&#8217;m quite hot on not getting a stylist. I&#8217;ve just tried to figure it out for myself as I&#8217;ve gone along. There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m taking <strong>Alexa Chung&#8217;s</strong> style crown put it that way.” I&#8217;m not so sure.</p>
<p>*I actually thought <strong>Mariah Carey</strong> 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 <strong>Nick Cannon</strong>. Brace yourselves.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1927" title="W Doha 1st Birthday Celebration" src="http://www.deanpiper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kevin-Spacey-Tracey-Eming-369x600.jpg" alt="W Doha 1st Birthday Celebration" width="369" height="600" /></p>
<p>*I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall this week when <strong>Kevin Spacey</strong> (above with <strong>Tracey Emin</strong>) invited an exclusive crowd of celebs to party with him to celebrate the first birthday of the W Doha Hotel. <strong>Kate Moss </strong>(below)<strong> and Jamie Hince</strong> dined on a risotto of sake and morels and <strong>Kevin Bishop</strong> did <strong>David Bowie</strong> impressions on the dance floor.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1928" title="W Doha 1st Birthday Celebration" src="http://www.deanpiper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kevin-Spacey-Kate-Moss-500x345.jpg" alt="W Doha 1st Birthday Celebration" width="500" height="345" /></p>
<p>*<strong>Dannii Minogue</strong> is preparing to return to the UK to launch her clothing label Project D. She&#8217;ll make a brief two-week stop before returning to give birth in July. I hear Dannii&#8217;s currently staying fit and healthy in Australia &#8211; where she&#8217;s judging Australia&#8217;s Got Talent &#8211; by having power walking sessions of an evening.</p>
<p>*Next week sees the launch of<strong> Edith Bowman&#8217;s</strong> 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 &#8211; and the line-up features <strong>The Specials, Doves, The Drums </strong>and unsigned talent <strong>Cathy JJ</strong>.</p>
<p>*<strong>Robert Pattinson</strong> fears he&#8217;s going to go deaf from all the screaming girls the turn out to his movie premieres. The Twilight star said: I&#8217;ve always been slightly deaf. So I worry it&#8217;s going to get worse!<br />
“It&#8217;s incredible how loud girls can scream and they&#8217;ll do it right in my face so I do worry about my ears and going even more deaf but I&#8217;ve never worn ear plugs.”<br />
The actor also said he worries about his famous locks falling out in the future. “I&#8217;m an incredibly nervous and self conscious person and I&#8217;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&#8217;m always playing with it!  I think it kind of annoys people too so I should try and stop doing it really. It&#8217;s not true that I go for days without washing my hair though &#8211; I wash it every day!” Good for you, Rob.</p>
<p>*Listen up <strong>Simon Cowell, </strong><strong>Mary J Blige</strong> doesn&#8217;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 &#8211; its too hard telling people that they&#8217;re no good and I don&#8217;t need that negativity in my life.” On the plus side Mary revealed she would sing at Cowell&#8217;s wedding to <strong>Mezghan Hussainy</strong>. 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&#8217;s what I call a wedding singer!</p>
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		<title>The Spice Girls decide NOT to reunite for Brits night&#8230;..boo hoo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s my sad duty to report the Spice Girls are snubbing the Brit Awards ceremony on Tuesday.
The awesome fivesome have been on stand-by for the past couple of weeks following their nomination for Most Memorable BRITs Performance of 30 Years.
But organisers of the ceremony have somewhat cocked up &#8211; deciding to keep votes a secret [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s my sad duty to report the <strong>Spice Girls </strong>are snubbing the Brit Awards ceremony on Tuesday.<br />
The awesome fivesome have been on stand-by for the past couple of weeks following their nomination for Most Memorable BRITs Performance of 30 Years.<br />
But organisers of the ceremony have somewhat cocked up &#8211; deciding to keep votes a secret and refusing to tell the girls whether or not they had a strong chance of winning. Therefore the logistical nightmare of getting all five girls into Earls Court for the show has been axed.<br />
A source reveals: “All the girls were going to try and be there. Nowadays it&#8217;s a mare with them and trying to get them in the same place at the same time. But they were going to make it happen. The girls individual reps were put on standby.<br />
“<strong>Victoria Beckham</strong> would have flown in from New York Fashion Week and <strong>Melanie C </strong>was going to get the night off work at Blood Brothers on the West End. But they obviously were only willing to make it happen if all the trouble had been worth all the effort and they won. <strong>Emma Bunton&#8217;s</strong> not going to go either and will be at home watching it on telly. “Brits organisers refused to tell them either way so they decided they&#8217;d be represented by a couple of them in case but won&#8217;t make the big effort to get them all together. It&#8217;s a real blow to the show.”<br />
On the night the only Spicies that will grace the ceremony will be <strong>Geri Halliwell </strong>and<strong> Melanie Brown</strong>. I guess at least Geri will be there &#8211; after all it&#8217;s her iconic Union Jack dress that we all remember so vividly in the 1997 performance of Wannabe/Who Do You Think You Are (the performance that’s nominated).<br />
This year&#8217;s Brits Awards seem to have had a tough old time persuading big acts to turn up. <strong>Coldplay, Dire Straits, Travis, Oasis, The Verve, Keane, Duffy, Sade </strong>and<strong> Dido</strong> have all failed to confirm as yet on whether they will attend. One of these acts will pick up the Best Album of 30 Years gong &#8211; but as things stand will record a video acceptance speech!<br />
Fortunately the artists performing at the event will keep us all from remembering the past! <strong>Lady Gaga</strong> is bound to steal the show &#8211; with a performance dedicated to designer Alexander McQueen. And <strong>JLS, Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian </strong>and<strong> Robbie Williams</strong> will ensure it&#8217;s another award ceremony to remember.<br />
I cannot wait to be there bringing you all the gossip as it happens on Tuesday evening!</p>
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		<title>Emma Bunton talks Spanx pants, Spice Girls and body issues as she starts as a drivetime presenter on Heart FM</title>
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Congrats to Emma Bunton who’s thrilled to have bagged a radio show on Heart 106.2 FM. I hooked up with her for a natter at the studio this week.
As Baby Spice, Emma Bunton was the youngest member of the hottest girl band of the day &#8211; but now she admits she can&#8217;t stand the sight [...]]]></description>
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<p>Congrats to <strong>Emma Bunton</strong> who’s thrilled to have bagged a radio show on Heart 106.2 FM. I hooked up with her for a natter at the studio this week.</p>
<p>As Baby Spice, Emma Bunton was the youngest member of the hottest girl band of the day &#8211; but now she admits she can&#8217;t stand the sight of sexy girl bands &#8211; because their super skinny figures make her green with envy.</p>
<p>She says: &#8220;There&#8217;s this huge poster of The Saturdays outside my window in the Heart FM studio and they look so young and slim and gorgeous and I had to move it the other day! It made me jealous!&#8221;</p>
<p>But in actual fact. Emma  33, doesnt really have much to worry about. The mum-of-one is a toned size 10, but she admits she has to work hard to keep in shape with diets and work outs.</p>
<p>She says she&#8217;s self-conscious of her weight and hated looking fat on stage, during the  Spice Girls reunion tour just after having son Beau.</p>
<p>Emma bravely took to the stage two years ago just months after giving birth in front of thousands of screaming fans.</p>
<p>But it was a decision she immediately regretted.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;I was insane to go on the Spice tour three months after having Beau. I wouldn&#8217;t put myself through it again.</p>
<p>&#8220;At the time I was very self conscious about it all. It was awful. I remember being on stage and going numb and thinking everyone was looking at my body and that it wasn&#8217;t perfect and I was next to the other girls.</p>
<p>&#8220;My mum pulled me aside after two nights and said: &#8220;We can see you are not being yourself.&#8221; I was just so self conscious and scared of what people were saying.</p>
<p>&#8220;From that moment on I had to enjoy it &#8211; everyone knew I had just had a baby and as it turned out the tour was the best way to work off my baby weight.&#8221;</p>
<p>But the mum-of-one admits a recent Spice Girls outing to see Girls Aloud also brought on a bit of envy.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;Girls Aloud were great. We went back and saw them before the show.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are always so made up and gorgeous. I&#8217;ve always loved their music.</p>
<p>&#8220;They were in their little robes and it made me think how much I love our Spice Girls robes and the thrill of touring. I was jealous!&#8221;</p>
<p>But Emma is keen to play down any comparision with Girls Aloud.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure we can be compared. It must be hard for any girl band because people do automatically compare them with us.</p>
<p>&#8220;I love Girls Aloud but with our show it was all about fun and we enjoyed every minute. It was more raw and fun. That&#8217;s the difference with the girl bands nowadays.&#8221;</p>
<p>Emma still has fond memories of her days in the famous Girl Band.</p>
<p>&#8220;I bloody loved the Spice Girls,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We had such a laugh and I guess at the end we all wanted to try different things and sometimes you just can&#8217;t go back and try and repeat something.</p>
<p>&#8220;Saying that I do put me pig tails in sometimes and walk around being Baby Spice. I loved being with the girls but everyone does have to move on in some way &#8211; even me.&#8221; she laughs</p>
<p>The Spice Girls have no plans to reform but should Emma need to get back into her Spice outfits, she&#8217;d be ready.</p>
<p>She has a furious fitness regime, employs a personal trainer and &#8211; in time of need -  cheats with Spanx pants.</p>
<p>Emma laughs: &#8220;Spanx pants got me through the time after having Beau. They still come out to play now too. They really are good for any occasion!</p>
<p>&#8220;Especially if you are like me and get a little bloated on pasta. They&#8217;ll hold everything in!&#8221;</p>
<p>Not that Emma has that much to hold in &#8211; although she&#8217;s got a way to go before her abs measure up to her Spice colleague Mel B who recently admitted she does 600 sit-ups to achieve her ripped abs.</p>
<p>&#8220;Can you believe she does 600? That&#8217;s nuts,&#8221; she exclaims. &#8220;Twenty sit ups and I&#8217;m done but I honestly don&#8217;t know how Mel finds the time to work out like she does as a mum of two. I guess she&#8217;s always had such a great figure though.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sometimes I wish I could be a fitness freak &#8211; but it&#8217;s not me. I guess as I&#8217;m getting older I need to look after myself better.</p>
<p>&#8220;I work out with a trainer three times a week and we&#8217;ll do a run on a treadmill, a bit of cycling and some weights.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t follow a particular diet &#8211; I&#8217;m fairly careful with food and if I want to slim down I&#8217;ll stick to fresh fish and salads.</p>
<p>&#8220;In the Spice days it was a case of if we had a video coming up I&#8217;d be great and diet and work out the week before to trim down.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nowadays I feel like I need five months to get prepared for slimming down.&#8221; she laughs</p>
<p>Baby Beau, her son with long term boyfriend ex Damage star Jade Jones is 22 months old now, but Emma has no immediate plans to add to her brood.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not planning another but I definitely want more children. I just want one more but Jade wants a few more.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was like: &#8220;Hold on, wait a minute.&#8221; I&#8217;m only just getting my body back and being able to get my mum over to baby-sit so I can go out and have fun so the last thing I want to think about is another baby right now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Last year Emma made her mark on television by appearing as Dannii Minogue&#8217;s guest mentoring her contestants in the bootcamp stage of X Factor. And like every one else, she was glued to Britains Got Talent &#8211; and has a lot of sympathy for Susan Boyle.</p>
<p>&#8220;It must be so hard for Susan Boyle being alone and going through all this. I don&#8217;t think the show&#8217;s to blame at all &#8211; it&#8217;s down to the person. Some people can deal with the fame aspect and some can&#8217;t.</p>
<p>&#8220;And she clearly is having trouble. It&#8217;s must be a bizarre situation for her because she didn&#8217;t realise that first performance was literally going to change her life forever.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it was easier for us when we found fame. To start with we had a few months of being together before being launched, there were five of us and we could rely on each other.&#8221;</p>
<p>Emma is fiercely protective of her private life and would hate to live like her mega star ex-bandmate Victoria Beckham.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t want to have to deal with having no anonymity like Victoria has to. It&#8217;s never been me. I&#8217;ve always kept my privacy. Especially with Beau I feel it&#8217;s his choice if he wants to be an actor or a star and be in the limelight &#8211; not my right to decide. So I have to respect and look after him and keep his privacy.</p>
<p>&#8220;Victoria and David don&#8217;t have any choice about it now. They are pictured whatever they do and it must be hard.&#8221;</p>
<p>Emma and Jade are blissfully happy togetehr but have  no plans to dash up the aisle.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if there&#8217;ll ever be a wedding. It would be fun I guess but because we&#8217;ve been together for this long we feel like we&#8217;re already married.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jade even calls me the old dear sometimes. It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re married anyway. Some girls grow up wanting a wedding but I never did. I wasn&#8217;t worried. I know if I did then it wouldn&#8217;t be a big dress &#8211; it would be very slinky and cool&#8221;</p>
<p>And in her current shape  she wouldn&#8217;t even be needing those Spanx&#8230;. .</p>
<p><strong>Emma Bunton Presents Friday drivetime on London&#8217;s Heart 106.2 and Saturday afternoons from 4pm on the Heart network, starting on Friday 12th June.</strong></p>
<p>Watch me nattering with Emma by clicking <a href=" http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/06/07/emma-bunton-on-girl-bands-and-mel-b-s-nuts-600-sit-ups-regime-115875-21420727/" target="_blank">here</a> and scrolling down!</p>
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		<title>Geri Halliwell&#8217;s got a creepy stalker &#8211; and a new lover&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geri Halliwell moves faster than a whippet when it comes to finding new lovers! The singer turned successful children&#8217;s author has been spotted touching tongues with hunky Henry Beckwith over the weekend on a ski break in the French Alps resort of Courchevel. Click here to see the pics of their break!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Geri Halliwell </strong>moves faster than a whippet when it comes to finding new lovers! The singer turned successful children&#8217;s author has been spotted touching tongues with hunky <strong>Henry Beckwith</strong> over the weekend on a ski break in the French Alps resort of Courchevel. Click here to see the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1169604/Love-piste-Geri-Halliwell-slopes-new-love-Henry-Beckwith-just-weeks-splitting-fiance.html" target="_blank">pics </a>of their break!</p>
<p>Henry and Gezza met when the Spice Girl took her two-year-old daughter Bluebell on a sunshine break to Mustique a few weeks ago and they were staying in the same resort.</p>
<p>I actually caught up with the star at a dinner two weeks ago and she made a point of telling everyone that she was officially &#8220;off men&#8221;. But she must have been telling us all porkies judging from these pictures! And it was only four weeks ago that Geri broke off her engagement to yacht tycoon <strong>Fabrizio Politi</strong>. I can hardly keep up&#8230;.</p>
<p>In other news Geri&#8217;s become increasingly concerned about a creepy lone stalker that&#8217;s been hanging out around her pad in north London. A source tells me: &#8220;She&#8217;s so scared and freaked out by the hold thing. She hopes this guy will just leave her alone. But he&#8217;s terrifying her right now and keeps appearing out of nowhere and watching her &#8211; she&#8217;s scared for her daughter.&#8221; Geri&#8217;s had security at her home improved big time and is hoping he will get lost. Fingers crossed!</p>
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		<title>Spice Girl Geri Halliwell steps out with a new man for a date at Raffles&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spice Girl Geri Halliwell was pictured coming out of my favourite London nightspot Raffles last night with a new man in tow.
I thought I’d just let you all know that Geri’s not moved onto a new man – just days after ditching her fiancé Fabrizio Politi.
She was merely having a night out and a bit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spice Girl <strong>Geri Halliwell </strong>was pictured coming out of my favourite London nightspot <em>Raffles</em> last night with a new man in tow.</p>
<p>I thought I’d just let you all know that Geri’s not moved onto a new man – just days after ditching her fiancé <strong>Fabrizio Politi</strong>.</p>
<p>She was merely having a night out and a bit of fun with her man friend <strong>Henry Beckwith</strong>, a cousin of socialite <strong>Tamara</strong>. The pair met recently on holiday and are pals. Hell, she even enjoyed an after hours drink at his place.But it&#8217;s not a new man for the Spice Girl. My source says: “Geri’s not doing boys for the meantime. But that’s not to say a girl can’t have a little bit of fun is it? She’s enjoying getting out there and being single now. The problem is if she goes on a date then there’s paparazzi.”</p>
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		<title>Exclusive Interview with Spice Girl Mel B</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sat down with Scary Spice recently in Los Angeles and I&#8217;ve just posted the full chat that we had&#8230;..
We talked about being a strict mum, how she keeps up that enviable figure of hers and why there&#8217;ll never be another Spice Girls reunion.
Check it out in the interviews section. Enjoy!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I sat down with <strong>Scary Spice</strong> recently in Los Angeles and I&#8217;ve just posted the full chat that we had&#8230;..</p>
<p>We talked about being a strict mum, how she keeps up that enviable figure of hers and why there&#8217;ll never be another <strong>Spice Girls </strong>reunion.</p>
<p>Check it out in the interviews section. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Spice Girl Mel C shows off Scarlet Starr to the world&#8230;.!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sporty Spice Mel C has given fans what they wanted to see &#8211; a lovely picture of her and new daughter Scarlet. Click here to see the picture of mummy and bubba.
Congratulations Melanie!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sporty Spice Mel C </strong>has given fans what they wanted to see &#8211; a lovely picture of her and new daughter Scarlet. Click <a href="http://www.melaniec.net/images/general/MelanieScarlet.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> to see the picture of mummy and bubba.</p>
<p>Congratulations Melanie!</p>
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		<title>Spice Girl Mel B: “Sex and bacon butties keep me totally fit!”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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I had a right blast when I popped out to Los Angeles to visit the set of Mel B&#8217;s fitness DVD last year.And now the DVD is out I can publish our chat! Scary talked cellulite, being the &#8216;new Cindy Crawford&#8217; and why she&#8217;s happy with her curves! And from the looks of her body [...]]]></description>
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<p>I had a right blast when I popped out to Los Angeles to visit the set of Mel B&#8217;s fitness DVD last year.And now the DVD is out I can publish our chat! Scary talked cellulite, being the &#8216;new Cindy Crawford&#8217; and why she&#8217;s happy with her curves! And from the looks of her body in the snap below all her hard work has paid off big time! Check out those abs! The full interview is over in the interviews section of the site on your right! Enjoy!</p>
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<p>MEL B&#8217;S &#8220;TOTALLY FIT&#8221; DVD (RRP  £19.99) IS AVAILABLE TO BUY IN STORES FROM 26TH DECEMBER 2008. THE DELUXE EDITION (RRP 21.99) WILL BE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM <a href="http://www.totallyfit.com" target="_blank">WWW.TOTALLYFIT.COM</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Glamour Awards &#8211; Lily Allen, The Spice Girls and Joanna Page!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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The Glamour Awards – sponsored by Aussie Hair Care Products -are always an excuse to dress up and mingle with the biggest celebrities in the showbiz world. So I ignored by overpowering jet lag and got tarted up for the event and headed to Berkeley Square for the bash.
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<p>The Glamour Awards – sponsored by Aussie Hair Care Products -are always an excuse to dress up and mingle with the biggest celebrities in the showbiz world. So I ignored by overpowering jet lag and got tarted up for the event and headed to Berkeley Square for the bash.</p>
<p>The first celeb I bumped into was footballer <strong>Rio Ferdinand </strong>– I had to wonder why he was there. I wouldn’t have assumed he epitomises Glamour in any way! I quickly overheard that he was actually not invited at all – he was a guest of Gavin and Stacey star <strong>James Corden</strong>. Phew – there I was thinking the magazine had slipped up on the guest list!</p>
<p>I bumped into the wonderful Gavin and Stacey star <strong>Joanna Page</strong> – who picked up an award for Comedy Actress of the Year. She’s bonkers in a fantastic way and we spoke about our Jack Russell dogs and how they should be set up on a date – the only problem is they are both girls….but Joanna quipped: “I’ve always thought my Daisy was a lesbian anyway so it could work!”</p>
<p><img src="http://www.deanpiper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dean-joanna-glam.jpg" alt="dean-joanna-glam.jpg" /></p>
<p><strong>Dannii Minogue</strong> wore a gorgeous beaded J’Anton Couture dress but looked exhausted when I saw her. She heaved up her train of the outfit and said ‘feel this’. It weighted a tonne. Dannii tells me she’s excited about starting back with the X-Factor but she has to finish her commitments to Australia’s Got Talent first. Dannii said: “I’m doing the first few days of X-Factor, going off to Australia and then four days later I fly back!</p>
<p>“It will be knackering but it’s going to be a blast to be back on the show. I’m glad Sharon’s coming back – on my part I have nothing to put behind me though so I hope everything’s fine when we start filming. I have nothing against her and I’ve always said that. I’m looking forward to finding some huge talent this year.”</p>
<p><img src="http://www.deanpiper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dean-dannii-glam.jpg" alt="dean-dannii-glam.jpg" /></p>
<p>The real talking point of the night was shared between a very drunken pink haired <strong>Lily Allen</strong> – who was apparently was so out of it she was carried over a fence by boduguards to leave the Square after the awards – and the <strong>Spice Girls</strong>. Well three of them anyway&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Mel B</strong>, who slurped on copious amounts of Laurent Perrier throughout the awards, was there with her hubby <strong>Stephen Belafonte</strong>. It was interesting to meet him in real life. I’m not sure about that one…..</p>
<p>Mel was charming and loud as ever – and spoke about being busy with her Ultimo lingerie launch. Mel said: “I’m jet lagged as hell and only got in this afternoon from LA.” I know how she felt!</p>
<p><strong>Emma Bunton </strong>looked great with her new bob haircut. It really suits her – and I laughed when we did a picture together because she swapped sides with me so that her left side was in picture. She beamed: “Just call me Mariah – my left side is my best side!” She also said the hair chop was a last minute decision and that she was enjoying not having to work so hard on it every morning since becoming a mummy to baby Beau! Emma and boy toy<strong> Jade Jones</strong> were together making a rare public appearance at the bash and they looked so cute together – I wish they’d get hitched!</p>
<p><strong>Geri Halliwell</strong> played the diva – leaving the other girls early to avoid the party. She seems a little dull and apparently on the red carpet whereas the other ladies spoke about their love and affection for the Spice tour Geri just droned on about her own ventures – and that blooming children’s book she’s released. Boring, boring!</p>
<p><strong>Kelly Osbourne</strong> was on fine form after winning a gong for the Theatre Actress of the Year. Kelly told me her romance with Burberry model <strong>Luke Worrell</strong>. She’s just returned form a romantic New York trip with him. She even said this one could be ‘the one’! Good for her!</p>
<p>Hollywood was represented by <strong>Kate Beckinsale</strong> – who miraculously won Best Actress of the Year despite being known for being wooden as a spoon when in character. Erm, there I was thinking she’s only famous nowadays for clinging to Posh for dear life! Publicity whore alert!</p>
<p>And Heroe’s star <strong>Hayden Pannettiere </strong>also turned out. Earlier in the day Hayden had been on the same Virgin flight as me from LA!</p>
<p>Other big names at the event included <strong>Tess Daly, Mark Ronson, Annie Lennox, Fearne Cotton, Beth Ditto, Jonathan Ross and Jane Goldman, Erin O’Connor, Jo Whiley, Beth Ditto, Tamara Mellon and Estelle</strong>.</p>
<p>And the Glamour Awards winners were!</p>
<p><strong>Film Actress of the Year            </strong></p>
<p>Kate Beckinsale</p>
<p><strong>Presenter of the Year       </strong></p>
<p>Fearne Cotton</p>
<p><strong>TV Personality of the Year    </strong></p>
<p>Dannii Minogue</p>
<p><strong>Band of the Year       </strong></p>
<p>Spice Girls</p>
<p><strong>International Musician/Solo Artist          </strong></p>
<p>Beth Ditto</p>
<p>Film-Maker of the Year</p>
<p>Jane Goldman</p>
<p><strong>Theatre Actress of the Year</strong></p>
<p>Kelly Osbourne</p>
<p><strong>Editor’s Special Award   </strong></p>
<p>Lily Allen</p>
<p><strong>Aussie Hair Care Newcomer    </strong></p>
<p>Hayden Panettiere</p>
<p><strong>TV Actress of the Year      </strong></p>
<p>Keeley Hawes</p>
<p><strong>Radio Personality of the Year       </strong></p>
<p>Jo Whiley</p>
<p><strong>Inspiration Award   </strong></p>
<p>Annie Lennox</p>
<p><strong>Accessory Designer of the Year </strong></p>
<p>Tamara Mellon</p>
<p><strong>Writer of the Year           </strong></p>
<p>Cecelia Ahern</p>
<p><strong>Comedy Actress of the Year     </strong></p>
<p>Joanna Page</p>
<p><strong>Man of the Year                    </strong></p>
<p>Mark Ronson</p>
<p><strong>Entrepreneur of the Year         </strong></p>
<p>Kate Moss</p>
<p><strong>UK Solo Artist     </strong></p>
<p>Leona Lewis</p>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty: The Musical!!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready for a musical version of Ugly Betty. Michael Urie &#8211; who plays camp assistant Marc St James just told radio station Heart that the idea keeps growing. And it’s no surprise when the likes of Vanessa Williams – who plays Wilhelmina Slater – are trained stage performers. He confessed: “I don’t know about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get ready for a musical version of Ugly Betty. <strong>Michael Urie</strong> &#8211; who plays camp assistant <strong>Marc St James</strong> just told radio station Heart that the idea keeps growing. And it’s no surprise when the likes of <strong>Vanessa Williams</strong> – who plays <strong>Wilhelmina Slater</strong> – are trained stage performers. He confessed: “I don’t know about an Ugly Betty movie but they do want to do an Ugly Betty musical &#8211; a full on Broadway musical, but it’s all hush hush.”<br />
“I think it would be great and they should use the cast from the show. I think we would all do it although we maybe don’t dance and sing as well as professional singers and dancers. I think it would be fun for us to do it for a while and then they could get real people in.”<br />
He added: “They definitely want to do an episode that is a musical one but then<br />
they want to do a full stage show. I think it’s a great idea. It would definitely work.”</p>
<p>I think it’s a seriously fabulous idea!</p>
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<p>Michael, pictured with me above at the Globes, also revealed he loved having <strong>Victoria Beckham</strong> on set  &#8211; and that the <strong>Spice Girl</strong> even gave him a parting gift when she left the set. He reveals: “She was absolutely delightful and really cute, really hot. I mean she came, and David was there that day too and I think everyone who worked on the show popped in at some point or another to just look at them because they are so gorgeous.<br />
“They brought their gorgeous Beckham spawn also&#8230;.they are so adorable, the little boys. It was fun, she&#8217;s just great. She&#8217;s teeny tiny, she&#8217;s so hot and she&#8217;s sweet sweet sweet! They gave me some Beckham cologne. It was a nice parting gift. She&#8217;s the only guest star who&#8217;s ever been on the show and given gifts!&#8221;</p>
<p>The Beckham cologne isn’t that bad – but how tight is that gift!?</p>
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