Apologies, not the full box and dice gossip today, just a quickie version as I am in Forbes on in iPad. But I’ve managed to find enough fun stuff (and a poignant one to kick things off) to make things interesting on a Monday morning. The bits that didn’t make it – Elle macpherson got married over the weekend in Fiji to a billionaire and the new Doctor Who was announced, Peter Capaldi, the World War Z actor. No more lust-filled Doctor fantasies for me. Sigh.
Ah well, on with the show …
Cory’s mum says thank you
Cory Monteith‘s mother, Ann McGregor, has reached out to thank his fans for all the messages they have sent.
She tweeted: “I would like to thank all of Cory’s supporters at this extremely emotional time. Your support has been overwhelming … thank you!”
She also used the platform to discredit people who have spoken to the media claiming to be family insiders.
“The person releasing articles relating to my feelings and thoughts on how to take care of Cory’s ashes has never been in contact with me. I have never met or spoken to this person. He does not represent me or my wishes.”
Prince Harry’s off the hook
Prince Harry has confessed he’s glad “the pressure is off” for him to settle down and have kids now that Prince George is on the scene.
“My father is over the moon to be a grandfather,” he told Royal Marines and their families at HM Naval Base in Devonport, Plymouth.
One of the guests asked if he’d be rushing to have children now, adding: “No pressure then?”
Harry replied: “No, he’s got one [grandchild] now it will be fine. The pressure’s off now.”
Proof Katy is “just friends” with Rob
Katy Perry has told the September issue of Elle UK that she can prove she and Robert Pattinson are nothing more than friends.
“Okay, so here’s the proof there was never anything going on with me and Robert Pattinson,” she said. “I fart in front of him. Properly fart. And I never, ever fart in front of a man I am dating. That’s a rule.”
She also says the pair have been friends for a long time, and their relationship is more like family.
“He’s my bud, I’m like his big sister,” she said. “We just hang out. The other day, I said: ‘One of the things I’m most proud of is not sleeping with you, Robert.’ And that’s true.”
Ellen to host Oscars
Her hosting duties for the 2007 Oscars scored her an Emmy nomination, so it’s hardly surprising she’s accepted the gig again for 2014.
The talkshow host tweeted: “It’s official: I’m hosting the #Oscars. I’d like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra.’
In a statement she said: “I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time’s the charm.”
What happened when Harry Potter grew up?
The clever folk at Buzzfeed have sifted through author JK Rowling’s interviews over the years and revealed the future of the Harry Potter characters.
Here are some of the highlights:
Harry married Ginny Weasley. They had three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna.
Hermione and Ron married and had two children, Hugo and Rose.
Draco Malfoy married Astoria Greengrass, the younger sister of Daphne. They had one son, Scorpius Hyperion.
George Weasley married his Quidditch teammate Angelina Johnson. They had two children, Fred and Roxanne.
Harry, and eventually Ron, joined the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic. Hermione became a high-ranking official in the Department Magical Law Enforcement.
Ginny Weasley became a professional Quidditch player for a few years, then retired to become a Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.
Harry and Dudley made a point to see each other and get their families together as adults: “Harry and Dudley would still see each other enough to be on Christmas-card terms, but they would visit more out of a sense of duty and sit in silence so that their children could see their cousins.”
Harry lost the ability to speak to snakes when the Horcrux inside him was destroyed.
Neville Longbottom became the Hogwarts Herbology professor. He married Hannah Abbott, who became the new landlady at The Leaky Cauldron: “To make him extra cool he marries the woman who becomes, eventually, the new landlady at The Leaky Cauldron, which I think would make him very cool among the students, that he lives above the pub. He marries Hannah Abbott.”
Robert Downey can croon? Who knew?
A couple of years back, Robert Downey Jr sang The Police’s “Driven to Tears” at Sting’s 60th birthday party. Somehow this awesome fact passed me by.
Just in case it passed you too, here’s the video – it’s so good. (I also didn’t realise he released an album in 2004 called The Futurist.)
Wow – it’s a pretty damn fine Sting impression.
Don’t mess with Alexis
Claws are out between Joan Collins and The Partridge Family matriach Shirley Jones. And the mighty Joan has triumphed, of course.
A rep for Joan Collins has told The Huffington Post: “Joan Collins recently contacted Simon & Schuster to alert them that an error in facts was made in the publication of Shirley Jones’ new autobiography whereby it claimed Shirley and her then husband, Jack Cassidy, were asked by Anthony Newley and his wife at the alleged time, Joan Collins, to get naked and watch pornography following a dinner party. Both Shirley Jones and Simon & Schuster have agreed to correct the story and Joan’s name shall be removed immediately from eBook versions of the memoir and in future reprints of the bound book. Similarly, other major news outlets have agreed to remove or retract the story.
Miss Collins wishes Shirley Jones success in the publication of her book and stated “We all make mistakes. I’ve made a few myself, but not with Mrs. Jones. I’m a serial monogamist.”
TMZ reported that the “Dynasty” star, now 80, was “livid” with Jones and her suggestion that: “It was clear what Tony was leading up to — swinging.”
Other dirt Jones spilled in her book included that she and her husband Jack Cassidy had a threesome with a dancer.
“If Jack hadn’t fully come to terms with my sexual boundaries before, after that night in Las Vegas with Jean, he now understood conclusively that threesomes were just not my thing. From then on, I assumed that he went his own way, sexually speaking, and, I guess, had threesomes with other women instead. I was still madly in love with him, and my awareness of his many infidelities, in whatever permutations he chose, didn’t tarnish my love for him. Nor did our threesome with Jean.”
Take THAT all you “stop calling her Princess Kate” bores
Prince William and Kate officially registered the birth of baby Prince George in London on Friday.
In a photo of the registry that was released, William listed their occupations as “Prince and of the United Kingdom” and “Princess of the United Kingdom.”
Nah-nah-nee-nah-nah
housegoeshome 
Bestill my beating hear over robert downey jnr…