Such awful news about Glee star Cory Monteith. So young. Here are the latest details on the tragedy, plus happier ones such as Halle Berry's wedding in my weekend Hollywood round-up. Lea heartbroken by Cory's death Following Glee star Cory Monteith's death in a Vancouver hotel room yesterday, his girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele's rep has... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Loch Ness monster hunts, cheetah attacks & other madness
What did you blink and miss in the celebrity world this week? A Loch Ness monster hunt, some VERY revealing celebrity selfies, Nigella Lawson's husband filing for divorce and much more. Catch up on all the goss here ... >> Charlie Sheen fired up his private jet and flew to Scotland with two of his... Continue Reading →
Flashback Friday: the day I saw Alyssa Milano’s boobs
A gossip item popped up at iVillage this week that swept me right back to my Cosmo days. During my tenture as features writer at Cosmopolitan magazine I travelled to Hollywood a few times to organise photo shoots and interviews with celebrities. Now photo shoots with celebrities don't come cheap. Well, the celebrities themselves are... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: The “real story” behind Nigella’s divorce
There I was having a lazy trawl around the gossip sites on Sunday morning when BOOM I spotted Charles Saatchi's divorce statement. Such a despicable man. Nigella's husband files for divorce A few short weeks after celebrity chef Nigella Lawson's husband was photographed grabbing her throat during an argument in a restaurant, Charles Saatchi has... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Doctor Who star weds, Channing weeps, celebs celebrate with bikini selfies
What did you blink in Hollywood this week? Heaps, actually - two weddings, two babies and 3 Independence Day bikini selfies ... just to name a few of the fluffy bits I loved! Read on for all my favourite moments ... Following last week's Supreme Court's decision to legalise gay marriage in California, Doctor Who starJohn Barrowman (Captain... Continue Reading →
Flashback Friday: the day Anthony LaPaglia yelled (and yelled) at me
Remember Anthony LaPaglia, the Aussie actor who made it big in the US with a starring role in the TV series Without A Trace? More recently - aside from appearing in in the political thriller Balibo back in 2009 - he's been better known as The Slap and Underbelly star Jonathan LaPaglia's older brother. That's Hollywood for... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Alec apologises, another royal baby and more
Celebs spent the weekend confessing, cussing and getting sacked ... all the details here. Alec apologises for his vicious rant Predictably, Alec Baldwin has been forced to apologise for his recent Twitter rant after he was accused by a Daily Mail journalist of using social media during James Gandolfini's memorial service. Some of his tweets contained homophobic... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Alec Baldwin loses it, Posh smiles, Kristen proposes and more …
Alec Baldwin gave a valuable lesson in how NOT to use social media this week ... and things just went uphill from there. Welcome to my round-up of the best Hollywood gossip. Ah celebrities, you just keep on giving. >> My most eyebrow-raising moment of the week came yesterday afternoon when Alec Baldwin deleted his... Continue Reading →
My kind of art
I absolutely blitzed 3-unit art at high school. Top of the class. It gave the arty types the total hump because I possess not a single fibre of artistic talent in my being. Case in point - I did a collage for my HSC major work because I couldn't draw, paint or sculpt. I also... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Kim loves being a mum, Kelly’s bankrupt & Madonna fears for her kids
It's been a tumultuous weekend in Hollywood, with Paris Jackson needing further psychiatric care, Kelly Rutherford filing for bankruptcy and Kim's boobs growing to WHAT size? Paris to get additional treatment Paris Jackson's family have decided she needs extended care for her mental health issues after she is released from the UCLA Medical Center in... Continue Reading →