Wednesday, November 26, 2008

'Oompa-Loompa' Valentino's famous orange tan rub off on Sarah Jessica Parker?

He may be one of the top fashion designers around, but Garavani Valentino isn't going to set any trends with his dark orange tan.

The 76-year-old style guru's skin looked alarmingly amber as he arrived at the opening night of the New York City Ballet's new season.

And it appears Valentino's glowing hue rubbed off on his famous friend Sarah Jessica Parker as the pair hugged on the red carpet last night.
Jessica Parker

Tan and tanner: A healthy-coloured Sarah Jessica Parker looks positively pallid next to her orange designer pal Valentino Garavani

After embracing her designer pal, Parker's perfectly made up face appeared to have been soiled by a spattering of fake tan.

Despite being a healthy colour, Parker looked positively pale next to the mahogany designer.

The Italian fashion designer's year-round 'tan' has been mocked by critics and has even led to him being compared to an Oompa-Loompa from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Valentino retired with much fanfare earlier this year and will be a tough act to follow in the fashion world.

Despite her unfortunate make-up incident, Parker looked sleek in a black bandeau dress with silver beading sleeves and hemline.

Sensibly she opted for black opaque tights to keep her warm as the New York evening plummeted to a chilly 2 degrees Celsius.

Parker in an avid fan of ballet having trained in the art as a child.

She attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati before moving on to the School of American Ballet - which is linked to the New York City Ballet.

Over the weekend, Parker confirmed she would be stepping into Carrie Bradshaw's shoes again to film a sequel to the hugely successful Sex And The City movie, which came out earlier this year.

She admitted writer/director Michael Patrick King has developed a plot for the sequel, but it wouldn't involve Bradshaw having children with her new husband John James Preston, aka Mr Big (Chris Noth).

Parker believes they may even start filming next summer with a possible release in 2010.

Joining Valentino and Parker at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center was Sex And The City writer Candace Bushnell and Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams.

Blonde author Bushnell looked glamorous in a floral halterneck gown, while Williams showed off her impressive curves in a figure-hugging, strapless dress.
Jessica Parker

Meet and greet: Parker and Valentino chat to Sex And The City writer Candace Bushnell

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Sleek: Parker (L) and Vanessa Williams (R) showed off their impressive figures in figure-hugging dress

Svelte Sharron Davies still in great shape at 46 show at British Fashion Awards

With her stunning figure and killer pins, Sharron Davies looked as if she had just stepped off the catwalk herself at the British Fashion Awards last night.

The former Olympic swimmer stole the show in classic LBD, complete with a plunging neckline.

The 46-year-old managed to carry off an ultra stylish look in a Herve Leger cocktail dress, while still keeping warm in freezing temperatures with black tights and a sheepskin coat.
Sharron Davies

Sharron Davies turned out to the British Fashion Awards last night at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London - looking stunning at 46 in a LBD

Davies turned out with a flock of stars to the glitzy event, which was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London.

Other guests included pregnant Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jade Jagger, Pixie Geldof, Claudia Schiffer, Sadie Frost, Twiggy and John Sergeant's dance partner Kristina Rihanoff.

Davies, who celebrated her birthday earlier this month, has always been good at attracting attention.

During the 2004 Athens Olympics the star created a stir wearing a series of revealing outfits poolside as she chatted to the competitors.

Sharron Davies

The former Olympic swimmer donned a Herve Leger gown and black tights

This summer during the Beijing Olympics the BBC ensured its cameras panned tightly on her to avoid a gratuitous display of flesh.

However she still managed to show off her toned legs during an interview with Andrew Childes back in August as they discussed the sporting event.
Sharron Davies

Sharron pictured in 1989 during her days as an Olympic swimmer

Davies learned to swim at age six and was training seriously two years later. She set a record by swimming for the British national team at the age of only eleven.

The youngster was so determined that she continued her training even after breaking both her wrists in a childhood accident.

Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie cuts and bruises were caused by 'Christmas decoration accident

Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince played down some mysterious cuts and bruises saying it was a 'Christmas decoration accident.'

The supermodel arrived at the Christmas lights switch-on at Stella McCartney’s Mayfair shop on Monday with The Kills guitarist Hince, with scrapes down her cheek, while Hince was sporting a black eye.

But as eyebrows were raised among the other guests, they quashed any rumours by saying it was the result of a bizarre accident involving holly and baubles.
Kate Moss
Kate Moss and Jamie Hince visit friends in London's Notting Hill last night as it emerged they received their facial injuries from a Christmas decoration accident

The injuries did not stop party girl Moss, 34,enjoying the bash.

A fellow guest said: 'Jamie and Kate couldn’t stop chuckling when people gingerly asked about their injuries.

'He said he was on a ladder and she was waiting at the bottom for him to pass down the boxes of decorations.

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Hince covers Moss's face as they leave the Dorchester Hotel in the early hours of this morning

But he lost his grip on one and heavy decorations landed on their heads.'

Last night the pair were seen out together visiting friends in Notting Hill, before going out for dinner at China Tang at the Dorchester Hotel in London's Park Lane until the early hours.

They were spotted in a taxi, with Hince covering Moss's face with his hand.
Kate Moss
Moss partied in London on Monday at Shoreditch House, sporting the injuries on her face

Kate Moss
And boyfriend Jamie Hince, seen here with Stella McCartney and Kate, is sporting a black eye

Kate Moss
Kate and Jamie attended the switching on of the Christmas lights at Stella's Mayfair store on Monday night

During Monday's event it looked like Jamie, 39, was explaining to Stella how he got his black eye as they sat in the back of the car.

Kate started her evening looking glamorous enough as she arrived at the West End store with her daughter Lila Grace, 6.

The pair joined celebrities including Stella's father, Sir Paul McCartney, 66, Scottish diva Lulu, and comic Peter Kay at the annual event.

Beatles legend Sir Paul, and Peter, 35 - dressed as Geraldine McQueen from his show Britain’s Got the Pop Factor switched on the shop’s Christmas lights.

After playing mother for a while, Kate then trooped off to Shoreditch House to attend Black And Gold singer Sam Sparro's charity concert, presented by Sound Tribe Live in conjunction with Pepsi Maxcast.

A source said: 'Kate was evidently enjoying herself showing her dancing moves and throwing her arms about in the air during Vula's and Sam's sets.'

The model also enjoyed a spot of bowling downstairs with friends including Sir Richard Attenborough.

Jamie, Kate and Stella continued the party emerging the worse for wear in the wee hours.
Kate Moss
Comic Peter Kay, pictured with Stella, revealed his feminine side at the event

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Christmas spirit: Lulu and Kate Moss enjoyed a fun-filled evening

difficult being rich,' complains WAG Carly Zucker on I'm A Celebrity

While the majority of Credit Crunch Britain counts the pennies, I'm A Celebrity contestant Carly Zucker has other things on her mind.

The WAG - who is engaged to multi-millionaire England and Chelsea footballer Joe Cole - has confided in her campmate Brian Paddick that being rich isn't easy.

'Money can be a burden, that’s why I got stressed last year,' she told him.
Carly Zucker

Stinking rich: But being a millionaire can be a burden says Carly Zucker, right, pictured with fellow WAG Nicola McLean and Blue singer Simon Webbe in the jungle yesterday

'I had too much too soon. I had a massive house that I couldn’t control or clean, it took all day.'

And being able to afford anything she wants causes problems for Carly: 'I could choose what I wanted and so I ended up indecisive.'

The 24-year-old also revealed that she is happy to stay in three-star hotels with her friends. But she added: 'You do notice the difference.'

However, rather than splashing the cash the fitness instructor says she likes to wait for a special occasion.

'I still live a very practical life, if I want something nice like a piece of jewellery I’ll wait and ask for it for my birthday, I don’t just go out and buy it.‘

Carly spoke about her financial status as she began to crack under the pressure of life in the jungle more than a week after arriving Down Under.

She moaned to fellow WAG Nicola McLean that she has no energy, can't sleep and has back ache.

She said: 'I’m not pulling my weight, I don’t want to eat, sleep, I don’t know what I want.

'I feel like if I was at home now with Joe I’d feel like it was all a dream.'

When Nicola asked her if Joe would be missing her, she replied: 'I think he’ll be really missing me.

'[But] it depends what they show as well because he said that if he sees me upset it’ll kill him.'
Carly Zucker

Not happy: Carly and fellow Wag Nicola McLean in the jungle

Carly lives in a sprawling Surrey Mansion with her fiancé and he presented her with a £50,000 engagement ring earlier this year.

But while she whinged about her overflowing supply of money it seems Brian, who stood as the LibDem candidate in the recent London mayoral elections, was wishing he had a little more cash to flash.

Seemingly overawed, Brian told Carly: 'I’m feeling strange because I don’t have much money.

'I’m better off than most people but listening to you lot discussing exotic holidays and things I’m thinking that I’m not jealous or resentful, it must be wonderful being able to do what you want, it gives you freedom.'
Carly Zucker

Bathing beauty: Carly takes a jungle shower

Kelly Brook squeezes into her boyfriend Danny Cipiani's Land Rover

Rugby star Danny Cipriani clearly had other things on his mind when he picked girlfriend Kelly Brook up from work last night.

The 21-year-old parked so close to the wall outside the Comedy Theatre, the 29-year-old model could barely opened the door of his Land Rover.

The Wasps player was dropped from the England team yesterday after his role in successive defeats by Australia and South Africa.
Kelly Brook

Squeezy does it: Kelly Brook squeezes into her boyfriend Danny Cipiani's Land Rover

After being dealt his blow, a glum-faced Cipriani drove to London's West End to pick up Brook after she completed her performance in the play Fat Pig.

His dodgy parking in the skinny backstreets of Piccadilly meant Brook was worried she would scratch his door.

Despite a group of fans waiting with autograph books for Brook to sign, grumpy Cipriani told Brook to 'get in' quickly so he could drive away swiftly.

Following Cipriani's relegation to the bench, he denied criticism his new celebrity lifestyle as one half of a famous couple was affecting his game.

Kelly Brook

Don't scratch the door: Cipriani was in such a rush to go home, Brook didn't stop to sign autographs for fans

He said: 'There is no celebrity lifestyle.

He also hit out at criticism of him partying with Brook at the capital's Madison nightclub on Sunday night.

He said: 'It is an easy stick to beat me with. It was my girlfriend's birthday. You still have to enjoy yourself.

'Every one of the guys will have been out one way or another. I didn't drink.

'Just because I was photographed doesn't make me a celebrity. I am just very lucky to have a gorgeous girlfriend.'

Brook and Cipriani started dating in September, just weeks after the former Big Breakfast presenter ended her on/off four year relationship with ex-fiancé Billy Zane.
Kelly Brook

I'm a rugby star, get me out of here! Cipriani speeds off after finally getting his girlfriend in the car

Brook made her West End debut in Fat Pig last month, playing office 'bitch' Jeannie.

She received a standing ovation from the crowd on her first night, but critics weren't so impressed.

The Mail's Quentin Letts wrote: 'She is not a great interpreter of a role. The voice reaches a tinny cruising altitude and has difficulty finding another note.

'When hoping to convey impatience she does that schoolgirl thing of crossing her eyes and staring high to the side boxes.

'You could, if you were loyal, argue that the character she plays - an office bimbo - is a total blank. In which case Miss Brook has secured a triumph. But it might simply be that she is a poor actress.'

She took over Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page's role to play Jeannie in the Neil LaBute production at London's Capital Theatre.

Myleene Klass’s career was dead before I’m A Celeb', says Ulrika

Ulrika Jonsson has accused Myleene Klass of using reality TV to revive her 'paralysed' career.

Jonsson said the 30-year-old former Hear'Say star only appeared on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2006, for which she was reportedly paid £100,000, so she could boost her public profile.
Myleene Klass

Ulrika Jonsson accused presenter Myleene of using reality television to revive her 'paralysed' career

In a magazine interview, Jonsson, 41, said: 'I know I'm A Celebrity pays well and it's been known to enhance even the most paralysed of careers - ie Myleene Klass - but I don't like the thought of being stuck in the same rainforest as Robert Kilroy-Snake.'

But Jonsson is no stranger to reality TV, having taken part in Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, ITV's Dancing On Ice and Channel 4's Come Dine With Me.

Jonsson spoke to Closer as tensions rose in the jungle camp last night. Timmy Mallet pushed contestants to the limit with a smug victory in the Bush Battle, with Page 3 girl Nicola McLean saying she wanted to 'knock him out'.

Myleene Klass

Former Hear'Say singer Myleene Klass takes a shower under a waterfall during ITV show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here'

Myleene Klass

Since leaving the jungle Myleene has won a million pound contract with M&S and numerous presenting gigs

£15,000 surgery leaves Kerry Katona with an unsightly saggy tummy

Three months after Kerry Katona's £15,000 surgery, it seems the operation wasn't quite the quick fix she was hoping for.

After undergoing liposuction, a tummy tuck and a breast reduction, it appears the reality star's body isn't quite a taut as she would like.

Photographed leaving her Warrington home yesterday, the mother-of-four' and Iceland spokesperson's jumper lifted up to reveal a wrinkled belly.
Kerry Katona

Unflattering: Kerry Katona's saggy belly hangs out of her jeans outside her Warrington home yesterday

Kerry Katona

Wrinkled: Katona reveals her unsightly stomach

The 28-year-old underwent surgery - paid for by MTV producers of her latest reality show - in August, complaining she had lost her figure after giving birth to four children.

Katona caused controversy when she opted to remove her baby weight by surgery just six months after giving birth to her youngest child Max.

Katona has been keeping a low-profile since her disastrous appearance at the MTV Europe Music Awards earlier this month.

The former Atomic Kitten singer was booed by fans at the Liverpool ceremony when she came on stage to present Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds To Mars with the Best Video gong.

Days later, she also admitted she had battled alcoholism, in addition to her other previous personal problems.

She said: 'Four years ago I was diagnosed as an alcoholic after a stay in The Priory clinic.

'This is not common knowledge as I've never admitted it before.
Kerry Katona

Rough ride: Katona was booed at the MTV Europe Music Video Awards in Liverpool in November

'Along with my bi-polar disorder this is an ongoing battle I will face for the rest of my life. Yes, I still have a drink when I want to, like any other 28-year-old woman.

'During my worst drinking bouts I'd easily knock back ten to 15 shots of vodka or peach schnapps.

'I can get through days without a drink but it's hard.

'I never promise myself or my family that I can beat this addiction but I'll try bloody hard.'

Katona, who was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, and her husband Mark Croft stressed that alcohol was not to blame for her slurring her words on ITV's This Morning last month.

The couple, who live in Cheshire, said her behaviour was down to taking medication late the night before her interview with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton, in which they asked her if she had a drink problem.