Susan Boyle Flipped the Finger and Cursed

When a jury member, Piers, told Shaheen Jafargholi that his performance is the best so far, Susan lost her temper and told him to f**k off.


It seems like Susan Boyle has a serious crush on one of the jury members of the “Britain’s Got talent” show, Piers Morgan. Either that, or she is really hung up on winning.

When Piers told twelve-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi that his performance has been the best so far in the semi-finals, Susan lost her cool, flipped him the finger and through tears told him to f**k off, The Sun reported.

Susan ran to her hotel room and refused to come out for the rest of the evening.

Susan had before said she liked Piers and during her last performance, she dedicated her song to him with the words:

- Piers, baby, this one is for you!

Perhaps Susan took some compliments too seriously.

Pay attention to me — but on my terms

Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the TLC Series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” have lashed out at the media attention to the personal lives they chose to expose, publicly and lucratively, to the world.


By Ted Anthony


Look at me. Look at my life, my body, my antics, my kids, my home. It’s OK — come on in. It’s a fair deal: I’m getting famous, you’re getting entertained. Everybody’s happy. What’s the problem?

But ... whoa. Wait. Stop. I didn’t sign on for this. Why are you looking at me? How dare you look at me! Go away! Can’t you leave me and my family in peace? At least until next season?

A monthlong eruption of celebrity anger over unwanted attention — everyone from Miss California USA Carrie Prejean to Brooke Shields to the stars of the reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” — suggests a new, oddly paradoxical dimension to the way we look at famous people.



In short, Americans who traffic in the commodity that is their lives — Hollywood actors and reality-TV stars alike — aren’t at all happy when their carefully calibrated reality bursts out of the cages they have built to contain it.

“It destroys people’s lives,” Kate Gosselin of “Jon & Kate” said at a recent appearance — a publicity appearance — in Michigan.

Celebrities upset with intrusive coverage are nothing new — Greta Garbo wanted to be left alone as early as the 1930s. And, more recently, stars from Kanye West to Keith Urban to Sarah Jessica Parker have expressed dismay at the media frenzy surrounding their activities and families.

But there’s something different afoot today, something cloudier

Bidding frenzy expected for photo of France's First Lady Carla Bruni

By Mail Foreign Service


We've seen it all (and more) before. But this nude picture of Carla Bruni is still expected to fetch a high price when it goes up for auction in Berlin next week.

Only ten numbered copies exist of the image of the French First Lady taken by U.S. photographer Pamela Hanson, and this one is being sold with a reserve price of around £3,000.



It was shot in 1994, at the height of Miss Bruni's modelling fame when she was 26 and dating rock legend Mick Jagger.

The intimate bare-breasted image of the 41-year-old French president's wife is 16ft by 24ft and is entitled Carla Bruni In Bed.

It's release comes as pictures emerged of the former model frolicking around in a bikini with husband Nicolas Sarkozy in the South of France.

The pair enjoyed a weekend of relaxation at their Cap Négre home and were seen having a dip in the sea together and soaking up the sun.

Though risque, the latest nude picture of Miss Bruni is far less revealing than the full-frontal photo of her which fetched £60,000 a year ago.

A nude sketch of the First Lady is also being sold in Paris next month as part of an exhibition of glamour girls called 'Pin-Up'.


President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have 'no issue' with tastefully revealing images of his wife being made public.

A source at the Elysee Palace told France's Le Post news website: 'He has made it clear he has no problem with this because he knows that the only images of his wife in existence are tasteful.

'Some may be nude, but she is a beautiful woman who was a model and only ever posed for pictures that had artistic merit.'

The photo will be sold at the Villa Grisebach Auction in Berlin on June 4 as part of a sale of Modern and Contemporary Photographs.

Monica Bellucci's apartment burgled

Monica Bellucci's apartment in Paris was burgled at the weekend.

An official said the thieves made off with about 111,000 dollars worth of jewellery, two laptop computers and the actress's Italian passport.

The thieves broke into the apartment in a four-story building in Paris' 20th district - which belongs to Monica and her actor husband Vincent Cassel - through the balcony on Sunday evening.

Monica is known for movies such as The Passion Of The Christ, The Matrix Reloaded and The Brothers Grimm. Her husband has been in films including Ocean's Thirteen and Eastern Promises.

Lewis Hamilton's girl Nicole Scherzinger gets in a lather for new Pussycat Dolls video

By Daily Mail Reporter


Nicole Scherzinger sings naked in the bath in the most revealing Pussycat Dolls video yet.

Lewis Hamilton's girlfriend kicks off the video to the five-piece's new single Hush Hush; Hush Hush by writhing around naked in the tub.

The 30-year-old sings about a bad break-up in the bath while washing herself before climbing out and walking glistening and naked to the door.


With full make-up on, Nicole checks her phone as she sings about wanting her lover 'not to say another word'.

Playing on the group's name, the video is set in a doll's house with the camera zooming in to show Nicole in different costumes in every rooms.


In the next room, a surreal hall of staircases going in different directions, Nicole is dressed in a silver hooded dress as she walks down stairs surrounded by her bandmates dancing on the ceilings and walls.

The action is then taken to a roller disco, where feather boa-clad Dolls Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt are showing off their impressive moves on skates.


Nicole looks every inch the Seventies disco queen in a gold sequinned halterneck dress and lashings of blue eyeshadow and super-thick fake eyelashes.

In another sequence in the attic, blonde bandmembers Ashley and Kimberly are literally hanging from the chandeliers as Nicole enters the room.

Nicole is then projected into the basement, which appears to be a busy nightclub with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton DJing beside a gold-clad Carmen Electra.

Gossip writer Perez is clearly thrilled to be in the video and wears a t-shirt with the words 'Hush Hush featuring Perez' across the front.


Nicole appears to have changed yet again in a tight-fitting silver basque as she joins the Dolls for their signature dance sequence in the middle of the video.

In a retro part of the song, the fast-paced dance beats slow down as Nicole pays tribute to Gloria Gaynor with a bridge from her Seventies anthem I Will Survive.

Wearing an afro wig, Nicole channels the spirit of Gloria Gaynor as she sangs some of the famous lyrics from the girl power classic.

In contrast to previous Pussycat Dolls videos, the rest of the group are barely seen in the video with Nicole as the star of the show.

The new single release has been billed as from The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger, instead of the previous Pussycat Dolls, which has reportedly caused tension within the group.



It is believed Nicole is planning to leave the Pussycat Dolls to focus on her solo career and finally release her long-delayed debut album My Name Is Nicole.

Several songs from the album, which was originally scheduled for release two years ago, ended up on the Doll Domination album last year.

Melody, who often has her own solo segment in the Dolls' previous singles, made her feelings known on stage in her native Phoenix, Arizona last month, when the group were supporting Britney Spears.

As each Doll introduced herself, Melody said: 'I want to give a shout out to my family. Thank you for supporting me...even though I'm not featured.

'Don't give up on your dreams. Don't let anybody stop you - ever.'



After her on-stage outburst, she was given an enthusiastic high-five by redhead Jessica.

Writing on her Twitter micro-blogging page, Melody said on Monday: 'You don't have to take the advice, but to all those who wish to be in the industry, don't sacrifice your integrity. Takes longer, worth the wait.

'Its so funny to me sometimes how nuts people in the music industry are. I will maintain by remaining the same, you will just wear yourself out.'

In another more telling statement last Friday, she wrote: 'You know when you realise someone or something you have been involved in or with for a long time is completely beneath you and needs to be over! Yeah.'

The song, the fifth single from their Doll Domination album, is available to download now.

Lauren London is bigger

Lauren London is bigger (and deffer) than ever, but do you have what it takes to walk with the panther

Lauren London may have started her started her career as a video vixen, but unlike the rest of ’em, the 24-year-old L.A. native’s best asset isn’t her ass (although, to be fair, it’s as perfect as her smile). Since bowing in ATL in ’06, her around-the-way-girl charm has landed her in flicks left and right, including this spring’s Next Day Air and July’s I Love You Beth Cooper. She even likes dudes who don’t rock jewelry. How many vixens can say that?

We hear your idol is Barbra Streisand. Can’t say we saw that coming.

Lauren London: You think because I’m some little black girl, I can’t love Barbra? [Laughs.] I’m the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself. Barbra didn’t look like Vivian Leigh or Lucille Ball: She was Barbra Streisand. She made her own mark.
But you’re probably the only Streisand fan to appear on a Clipse mixtape.
Lauren London: I’ve been knowing Pharrell and them since I was really, really young. They’re like family to me. Pusha is definitely my brother.
It seems you’ve been connected to a number of people in the rap world.


Lauren London: Most of those are rumors! I don’t have a lot of friends; most of the friends I have, I’ve had since high school.



Fair enough.
Lauren London: So…what were you going to say?
I was just going to ask about the kind of guys you’re attracted to. Are you attracted to rappers?

Lauren London: No.
OK, then how do you like your man to dress?
Lauren London: For some odd reason, I like a man in sweatsuits. Obviously, you want your man to look good in a suit, but I like when men look comfortable and the swagger just stands out of that.

And what should this man know before approaching you?
Lauren London: Don’t be thirsty. Be comfortable in your own skin. Don’t mention anything about Hollywood and you’ll be OK. I don’t want to hear about your jet or your car. Be emotionally stable. I’m interested in a guy who’s a lover of God, a lover of music, a lover of poetry, a lover of women

Katy Perry gets a rock chick makeover in kinky bondage gear

By Daily Mail Reporter


We're used to seeing Katy Perry in quirky outfits. But these outfits are more raunchy than retro.

The singer wore sexy bondage-style outfits to grace the cover of Complex magazine.

She said: 'It’s a bit of a darker side of me, a little S&M.

'Though I did have to hang from a cage, which could have easily gone wrong with the five-inch heels I was wearing.'


The I Kissed a Girl Singer said she had only ever had four boyfriends and each relationship lasted about two years.

And she said she thinks one-night stands are 'disgusting'.

'Getting your flirt on is the best thing in the world, but when it comes to sharing your bodily fluids with a person you don't know, no thank you. Disgusting!

'Even if that's saliva, you know? Some people don't brush their teeth.'


And she told the magazine the secret behind her boobs, which she insists are not fake, is doing push-ups every day to keep them pert.

'It's about doing push-ups. You know that, right? The push-ups keep them good and not like armpit pancakes.'

And she said her assets attracted her current boyfriend.

She told the magazine: 'I'm probably going to get into trouble for saying this, but he said he was never a boob guy, he was always a butt guy, until he met me. 'Cause my s*** don't sag.'

The outspoken star has recently rekindled her on-off romance with Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy.

The pair split in January after she said she wanted to focus on her career but they reunited earlier this month.

Katie Holmes Walks in New York in Pyjamas

Immerged in her own thoughts, Katie Holmes took a walk in New York, showing again she does not need make-up to b beautiful.


Had Tom Cruise’s wife, Katie Holmes, not denied rumours about her pregnancy, many people who saw her walking around the streets of New York would have thought otherwise because she was
The experience with Suri was magical when she was born and Kate is a wonderful mother who has a very loving and calm approach to motherhood


This time too, she looked completely different from her Hollywood film colleagues, as usual. A cute, although too big, black coat, looked hilarious on her, accompanied by the ballerina shoes and extra wide pants she was wearing.

Katie and Holmes were photographed together on Valentine’s Day when they took their children to Disney World.

Jordana Brewster

The Fast & Furious beauty deliberates on buddies, sports bars and piston envy.



Jordana says: I remember a boyfriend once calling me a “good buddy” on the phone, which apparently means something totally different than girlfriend, and I was like, “What?!” The more honest you can be in the very beginning of the relationship, the better. When a guy’s hiding a girl from his friends, he’s either got someone else that everyone knows, or he just doesn’t think there’s a future.

Men say: We can handle our liquor better than women.

Jordana says: I dunno. I’ve seen some women drink guys under the table. Guys have an advantage because of their body mass, but I think if we were to get some scientists to deduct all that so we could go head to head, it wouldn’t make a difference. We tend to handle our liquor more gracefully than guys. I’ve seen a lot of sloppy-drunk guys at sports bars, screaming at each other and at the TV, and not as many girls.

Men say: Women always judge a guy by what kind of car he drives.

Jordana says: No, I judge him more by what kind of shoes he wears. I’m kidding. In L.A., people invest so much in their cars. Superficial people judge someone solely by their car. I will say that there’s a reverse stereotype when a young guy’s driving a Maserati or Rolls-Royce. You totally snicker, like if he feels the need to drive that car, there must be something wrong with him

Jessica Alba Takes Daughter to Music Lesson

The beautiful Jessica Alba has already enrolled her 1-year-old daughter Honour to a music class.


Beautiful actress Jessica Alba (27) was spotted in Los Angeles when she drove her big black car to a parking area, with her baby girl Honour in the back seat.

Taking the baby in her arms, Jessica headed out for music lessons which her 1-year-old daughter is taking. Ambitious Hollywood parents are not a rare thing. Famous actresses and singers can often be seen bringing their children to pilates classes. The most ambitious parents are surely Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, whose daughter Suri is taking football lessons, as well as Spanish, French, ballet, step dancing and gymnastics, while they also have violin and piano lessons in store.

Jessica is married to Cash Warren. The three-membered family spent the weekend in the beach, having a good time.

Former Miss Great Britain Lloyd Assaulted At Club

After falling out with some girls at the club, a physical show down took place and Danielle went through a glass table.


Danielle Lloyd, British model and former Great Britain ended up in hospital having urgent surgery after a gory showdown yesterday with two girls at a London club.

The police arrested two 20-year-olds over assault charges, while photographers witnessed everything, who instead of helping the miss, took photos of her ordeal. Thus, the images were published this morning in all British newspapers, magazines and websites.

Danielle Lloyd fell out with some girls while she was out in the Crystal club with her boyfriend Tottenham footballer Jamie O`Hara.

The argument, which first happened in the ladies` room, continued in the VIP section, were the clubbers exchanged blows, while Danielle was pushed through a glass table, sustaining serious cuts on her legs.

Danielle was previously involved in another incident this month, when supposedly, her boyfriend Jamie hit her.

Danielle lost his Miss Great Britain title three years ago because she posed nude for Playboy magazine and she supposedly had an affair with a jury member, famous footballer Teddy Sheringham.

Lloyd also took part in Celebrity Big Brother, as she was remembered for her racist comments. This made her lose contracts. She and late Jade Goody insulted Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.

Fergie Gets Drunk Recording New Album

The Black Eyed Peas singer decided to get not only herself drunk, but also the rest of the band so they could record ‘properly’.


In order to raise her career to a whole new level and show fans that they can have fun with the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie downed quite a large amount of wine while recording the album “The E.N.D.”, femalefirst reported.

- I’m so tipsy – are the opening words to the song “Out of My Head”. She evidently wanted to remain faithful to her lyrics, so she convinced the rest of the band to get drunk as well.

- This song reminds me of the fun character of “My Humps”. I told Will we have to get some wine if I'm going to do this correctly. I'm not going to front on this song. So we all got a little tipsy – Fergie explained.

‘Dancing’ winner Shawn Johnson is no ‘Idol’

Plus: Man travels from Peru to meet Boyle; ‘Real Housewives’ does D.C.


Shawn Johnson, with pro dancer Mark Ballas, took home the mirror ball trophy on "Dancing With the Stars" this year. But she won't be singing on "American Idol," and she's unsure if she'll rejoin the Olympic gymnastics team.



There’s one offer “Dancing With the Stars” winner Shawn Johnson will not be entertaining in her post-show career: singing on “American Idol.”

“I met Randy Jackson, and he asked me to sing on ‘American Idol,’” she told Us magazine. “I was like, ‘Um, I’ll stick to dancing.’’”

Whether she sticks to gymnastics remains to be seen. Since Johnson took home the “Dancing” trophy, she’s been offered book and movie deals, but is on the fence about competing in the 2012 London Olympics.

Cindy Crawford On The Beach With Friends

Cindy Crawford was spotted taking a walk on the beach with friends, enjoying the good company


Former supermodel and mother of two children, Cindy Crawford, is still stunning at 43. She has proved that she still has a good image of herself by posing nude recently, covered in just shaving cream for the Allure magazine.

She showed off her fit body as she took a walk on the beach with two girl friends.

Warm weather, sunshine, the beach. a winning combination for a good time! Cindy took the opportunity to enjoy the nature`s delights.

Her perfect figure which Cindy displayed on the beach, appearing shorts, is not God-sent. Such tone requires a lot of hard work and nourishment. With regular exercise, Cindy uses anti-wrinkle creams, sun block and pays a lot of attention to the skin on her neck, cleavage and hands, seeing how age is first noticed there.

Cameron Diaz cuts a lonely figure as she takes a solitary swim in Hawaii

By Daily Mail Reporter

Unlucky in love Cameron Diaz looked glum as she took a dip in Hawaii in the wake of her split with British model Paul Sculfor.

The actress, who split with the former brickie earlier this month, appears to be holidaying alone in the spot popular with honeymoon couples.

Looking tanned and toned, the 36-year-old wore a tiny green frilled bikini which left little to the imagination.


And it seemed to be causing her problems as she constantly fiddled with the bottoms as she waded in the clear waters.

There was no sign of Adam Levine, lead singer with Maroon 5, who she was spotted lunching with last week.

The pair dined together at the Chateau Marmont sparking rumours of a budding new romance.

The Hollywood actress, who turns 37 in August, ended her year-long relationship with former Essex bricklayer after she refused to move to the UK.

She recently spoke to Parade magazine about her views on love, saying: 'I think that what I've found, in my experience, is that you always find the person who you're meant to be with at that time in your life.

And what I've also found is that you have to move on from those people at certain times, because that's the way it happens.'

And she said she doesn't mind approaching 40: 'I don't have a problem with growing older.

'I really don't. I have no problem with it. It's wonderful. Thank God we get older because if we're not getting older, we're dead.'

Prior to her relationship with Sculfor, she briefly dated singer John Mayer and had a four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake. They were often pictured laughing together in the sea as they surfed.

Sculfor was with Jennifer Aniston for a few months in 2007.

Cameron is due to begin promoting her new film, My Sister's Keeper, in the next few weeks.

And she has already signed up to another movie called Swingles, with Zach Braff.

Call On Me video star Deanne Berry slips back into lycra leotard as new GMTV fitness guru

By Daily Mail Reporter

She sent pulses racing in 2004's infamous music video for Call On Me - and now, Deanne Berry is set to spice up breakfast time too.

The voluptuous blonde, from Sydney, will join resident exercise expert Mr Motivator to launch the morning show's summer bikini diet in the middle of June.

'I love waking up to GMTV every morning and I'm absolutely thrilled to be a part of the team.


'I'm very excited about working with Mr Motivator and I can't wait to bring some healthy sunshine to Britain,' Deanne told the Sun.

The ex-cheerleader first shot to fame in Swedish DJ Erik Prydz's Call on Me - a racy video that saw her lead a 1980s aerobics class of skimpily clad women.

Deanne choreographed the sexually suggestive moves - and the video achieved such notoriety, that even then-PM Tony Blair commented on it.


[It] nearly made me fall off my rowing machine,' he said.

It was slammed, however, by some parents, politicians and pressure groups, who branded it near-pornographic.

Deanne has also appeared as choreographer and lead in several work out videos from the Ministry of Sound's Pump It Up series, and has choreographed fitness DVDs for Claire Richards and Coleen Nolan.

Burglars target Monica Bellucci's Paris apartment

By JEAN-PIERRE VERGES

PARIS (AP) — An official close to a Paris burglary investigation says an apartment belonging to movie star Monica Bellucci and her husband, French actor Vincent Cassel, was the target of a theft.

The official says the thieves made off with about euro80,000 ($111,000) worth of jewelry, two laptop computers and Bellucci's Italian passport. The thieves broke into the apartment, in a four-story building in Paris' gritty 20th district, through the balcony on Sunday evening.

The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record about an ongoing investigation.

Brooke Shields regrets not having sexy sooner

Actress thinks losing virginity before 22 could have helped with body image


Brooke Shields got a head start in modeling and acting, but the one thing she regrets not doing sooner? Having sex.

"I think I would have had sexy a lot earlier," the actress tells Health magazine in its June issue. "I think I would have been much more in touch with myself."

In fact, Shields, 44, feels that losing her virginity sooner could have helped her with body image as a young adult.

Britain's Got Botox Amanda Holden goes au naturel... with a little help from a jab or two

By Simon Cable


For most women approaching their 40th birthday, appearing without their make-up is simply not an option.

But Amanda Holden has bravely decided to go au naturel - and looks virtually unrecognisable.

The 38-year-old, who is heavily made-up for her appearances as a judge on Britain's Got Talent, showed off her surprisingly youthful features during a photoshoot.


However, anyone envious of her impossibly smooth skin can rest assured that it is not simply down to good genes.

The former actress has revealed that she relies on extensive use of Botox to keep her face wrinkle-free claiming she 'doesn't see the point in growing old gracefully'.

She admits having injections across her forehead, around her eyes and on her nose. She had her first injection in 2007 after realising she’d developed noticeable wrinkles while filming in the harsh African sun.

'I have had Botox, which I'm happy to admit,' she said. 'It's running out now, though - I need to go again.'


Of her first Botox treatment, she told Heat magazine: 'It was just before Britain's Got Talent started. I was doing my last bits of filming for Wild at Heart and had been squinting in the sun for so long because it was filmed in South Africa.

'I could see the make-up artist having to cake over the creases around my eyes more and more and I just hated it. It was really starting to annoy me and once I'd noticed it, that was it. So I went to a place in South Africa for Botox and that was that.'

Botox, a nerve poison, works by temporarily paralysing the muscles where it is injected. Holden also admitted she has it so frequently, she likens it to doing her teeth.


Asked if she was nervous about having her first Botox injection she replied: 'Oh no, I agree with Simon Cowell. It's like cleaning your teeth - maintenance.

'It's like getting your roots done. I think as long as you don't go stupidly over the top...I can move my face.


You can still see I've got some Botox in my forehead but the rest has virtually worn off. Yes, I think it's character and everything else, but f*** it! That's why I need to get it done again.'

Holden has ruled out going under the knife saying that she suffers from a skin condition which leaves her prone to heavy scarring. She has also denied having collagen implants in her lips.

However, she claims she will eventually have 'fillers' to smooth out lines around her mouth, adding: 'My mum has amazing skin, so does my nan, but I think everything starts drooping around 45, so I know I'll succumb.

'The problem is that I've got keloid skin which means I scar really easily. So if I had surgery, I'd have worms of scar marks everywhere, so that's not going to work for me.

'One day I'll look my age. Actually, that's a lie - I want to look like Joan Rivers. I don't see the point in growing old gracefully.'

Holden married record producer Chris Hughes last year and the couple have a three-year-old daughter, Lexi.

Speaking of her appearance she said: 'I think I've got small, piggy eyes. I always have to wear smudgy eye-liner - even if I'm just going to Waitrose.'

Brazilian Supermodel Adriana Lima Confirms Pregnancy Reports

Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima and NBA star Marko Jaric are expecting their first child together this winter.

The Brazilian supermodel and Memphis Grizzlies player eloped on Valentine's Day this year with a private ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyo., according to People.

Reps report that the couple is "overjoyed" and "excited to share the happy news and start their family together."

Lima and Jaric got engaged last year after a proposal on Lima's 27th birthday. "We are so excited about our future together," Lima previously told People of the wedding.

Avril Lavigne cracks a rare smile in the Malibu surf

By Daily Mail Reporter

In some minds, Avril Lavigne will for ever be a surly teenager swathed in baggy clothes.

But the Complicated singer, now 24, cut a rather different figure while taking a dip in Malibu.

She looked positively happy as she splashed in the surf, bursting out laughing as her bikini threatened to slip down.


Even so, Avril stayed true to her punky style by keeping her baseball cap and jewellery on when she was in the water.

She enjoyed the waves with a female friend, before playing ball games and doing cartwheels on the sand.

The Canadian singer didn't seem to have a care in world, despite rumours of marriage trouble.


The singer tied the knot with Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley in July 2006 after a two-year romance.

But there were reports at the end of last year that they had grown apart when she embarked on her world tour.

The distance was said to have put pressure on the couple and he was thought to have been struggling to deal with being overshadowed by his wife.

Beyonce Enjoys Night Out in London

Although she is currently in London for concerts as part of her ‘I Am…’ tour, Beyonce found time to relax and have a night out.



Pop singer Beyonce Knowles used the chance of her stay in London where she is performing as part of her ‘I Am…’ tour to get a taste of the night out there.

Dressed in tight jeans, a white top, a short white jacket with trendy shoulder pads and glittery sandals, Beyonce did not go unnoticed in front and inside the Movida night club. She was accompanied by her husband Jay-Z and her unavoidable bodyguards who never let her out of their sight.

After she exited the club after midnight, Beyonce, 27, readily posed for the numerous paparazzi who were waiting for her to come out of the night club.

Are Bristol Palin, Miss California role models

Experts say kids savvy enough to sniff out hypocrisy among public figures


By Michael Ventre
msnbc.com contributor


They seem to come out of nowhere. They have a lot to say. They seek those who will listen.

They are role models. Or are they?

Recently, Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, set out on a campaign to urge young people to practice abstinence. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” she told People Magazine. “Trust me. Nobody.” She became pregnant by former boyfriend Levi Johnston and gave birth to a son in late December.

Carrie Prejean, the reigning Miss California and Miss USA contestant, answered a question about gay marriage by saying she was against it, which then created a flap that brought about a raft of other news stories about her.

The actual issues in these cases, and in many others involving those who find sudden fame and then translate that into a platform for their views, raise an interesting debate:

Do these individuals really have an influence on young people? Are they indeed role models?

“They certainly have the potential,” said Kristin Anderson, associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston-Downtown. “Kids tend to find role models that have something in common with them, or potentially in common, such as gender, or ethnicity, or even social class.”

'American Idol' voting controversy AT&T and Fox deny impact on results

AT&T and Fox have issued statements refuting accusations that tutorials in power-texting at two American Idol viewing parties in Arkansas helped hometown boy Kris Allen defeat Adam Lambert for the season 8 crown.

"Last week, countless parties were held in homes, bars, and other public places across America to watch the American Idol finale. In Arkansas, a few local AT&T employees were invited to attend two local watch parties organized by the community," AT&T says. "Caught up in the enthusiasm of rooting for their hometown contestant, they brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.

"Going forward, we will make sure our employees understand our sponsorship celebrates the competition, not individual contestants. That said, it's quite a leap to suggest that a few individuals could have impacted the final results." Nearly 100 million votes were cast on the evening of May 19. In the run-up to the Idol season finale, fan-sites for both Kris Allen and Adam Lambert provided instructions on how to 'power-text' votes on behalf of their favorites.

As for Fox and Idol producers FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, their statement says, "Fox and the producers of American Idol are absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol. We have an independent third-party monitoring procedure in place to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition."