Breaking up, slimming down and Instagramming are all in a day's work for the stars. But going to jail for manslaughter is a little out of the ordinary ... Melrose Place star jailed Amy Locane-Bovenizer, who played Jake's girlfriend in the first 13 episodes of Melrose Place, has been sentenced to three years in prison... Continue Reading →
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Doctor
The things you stumble across while searching for an e-card to illustrate blogs called Sucking The Romance Out Of Valentine's Day (aka F@#king The Romance Out of Valentine's Day) ... For your viewing pleasure: 9 Doctor Who Valentine's Day e-cards. You're welcome! PS A call out to This Charming... Continue Reading →
Sucking the romance out of Valentine’s Day
Guess what I'm doing for Valentine's Day? We're kicking off with a romantic dinner at a critically acclaimed restaurant, then heading to a suite at a five-star hotel ... Kidding. The miserable truth is I'm going to parent information night at school. Excellent timing guys. Not that it really matters. We had nothing planned anyway.... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Alec Baldwin’s baby news, Jessica’s stroke scare, Hugh addresses gay rumours
Rumours are being started and squashed all over the place today. Enjoy! Two 30 Rock babies on the way Alec Baldwin, 54, and his wife Hilaria have confirmed they're expecting their first child together. “We’re so thrilled and we can’t wait to meet our baby,” the couple revealed via their rep. Alec is already dad to daughter Ireland, 17,... Continue Reading →
Drinking with twentysomethings
I went out with young people last night, from my new digital workplace. I've never spent much time with the twentysomething set. I'm more a fortysomething/under 10s kinda gal. The twentysomethings were fascinating. So lovely and switched on and interested in the world. They barely checked their iphones and didn't Instagram anything the whole time we... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: phwoar Daniel, Alyssa’s little genius, Rihanna’s nude soak
I never really got the appeal of Daniel Radcliffe until I saw his latest magazine cover. It's brought out the cougar in me ... Phwoar, Daniel! Daniel Radcliffe appears on the cover of the latest issue of Out magazine, to promote his latest film, Kill Your Darlings, about gay 'Beat Generation' poet Allen Ginsberg. In... Continue Reading →
Why are little girls so mean to each other?
Naively, I thought things didn't get tricky with girls until they hit their teens. I got it so wrong. It starts much, much earlier than that. The bitch gene, for example, appears to activate around age seven. Every day, my little one - who's in year 2 - comes home with a new tale of... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Are Katy Perry and John Mayer engaged?
Dontcha just love it when a bad boy is tamed and another is dissed, both in the same night? Welcome to another installment of dating Hollywood style ... John Mayer's in lurve! It's looking like it's the real thing for John Mayer and Katy Perry. "I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship," John told CBS Sunday Morning. "For... Continue Reading →
Jailhouse blues
As I pulled into the prison carpark yesterday, I recalled how scared I was the first time I visited. Eight years later, it's the most normal abnormal thing in the world. But still, there are moments that shake my complacency ... The little girl in a pink dress, playing hopscotch beside the barbed wire fence,... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Mayim’s breast feeding confession, plus-size actress attacked
I love weekends in Hollywood, never a dull moment. But my favourite story has to be this one by Mayim Bialik about weaning her son. It's amazing ... Mayim's breastfeeding confession Mayim Bialik - former child star of Blossom and current appearing in The Big Bang Theory - has announced she's stopped breast-feeding her three-year-old son.... Continue Reading →