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January 30th, 2009 - James Quilter

January 30th, 2009 - Nikki Sandison

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Israeli girfriend Bar Refaeli is the latest face, or should we say body, to join the ever growing list of beauties currently starring in M&S ads.

Bar flaunts her figure in a red silk bra and suspenders for Marks & Spencer’s Valentine’s Day ad campaign. She will also be getting her kit off for [...]

January 29th, 2009 - Daniel Farey-Jones

Uber-sellout Paris Hilton has crossed the Atlantic to sell the British public… slimline cocoa (yes, ‘It’s hot!’).

The celeb with no discernable talent except the gift of self-promotion and ability to inherit vast amounts of cash has cornered herself some more televisual real estate with a new reality series on ITV2 starting 9pm tonight.

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January 29th, 2009 - Nikki Sandison

In contrast to the recent sultry shots of Victoria Beckham for Armani and Katie Holmes for Miu Miu, the first pics of Pamela Anderson posing for Vivienne Westwood are, shall we say, slightly less demure.

Shots include Pammie sitting in a laundry trolley with her legs hanging out, flaunting her best assets on a wind swept [...]

January 28th, 2009 - Jacquie Bowser

Actress Kristin Scott Thomas ruffled a few fashion feathers at the Golden Globes the other week.

She was doing the usual red carpet waltz after being nominated for her performance as an ex-con in the much lauded French flick ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’.

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January 28th, 2009 - James Quilter

In these days of inefficiency and waste ex-Spice Girl Emma ‘Baby Spice’ Bunton shows she is not the type to let anything go to waste as she squeezes the last droplets of revenue out of her pop career.

Yes Baby Spice has managed to sell out too for the latest campaign for Hovis Wholemeal. Although in [...]

January 27th, 2009 - Jacquie Bowser
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Aussie actress Isla Fisher loves Spanx underwear so much that she’s been promoting the stomach-smoothing undercrackers for free.

The ‘Wedding Crashers’ star told the press she had been donning a pair of late following the birth of daughter Olive, her first child with comedian Sacha Baron [...]

January 27th, 2009 - Nikki Sandison

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, best known for sexing up King Henry VIII in the Showtime historical drama ‘The Tudors’, has taken on a rather different crown as the face of Hugo Boss’s new scent for men, Hugo Element.

Take a look at this. In his role as the face of Hugo Element, Meyers has been tasked with [...]

January 26th, 2009 - James Quilter

Lets face it if you’re young (and fairly good-looking) it’s possible to pull anything off with a sense of grace. This is never truer than when it comes to selling out. Look at Girls Aloud or the Pussy Catdolls, who can mindlessly set themselves to flogging anything from chocolate, to hair products to greasy burgers. [...]

January 26th, 2009 - Nikki Sandison

Tabloid fodder queen extraordinaire Kerry Katona has defied the critics and somehow managed to keep her lucrative Iceland deal despite her shambolic appearance on ITV1’s This Morning at the end of last year. I have no idea why.

Iceland is set to give the celebrity mum another year’s contract, albeit with a small pay cut, after [...]