Radio 1’s Big Weekend is always a super excuse for a big weekend trip to an out of London location to watch some cool music and enjoy the festival atmosphere. Me and my hot date Alice Wilson (of Raffles nightclub fame, don’t you know) headed out to Maidstone in Kent to spend Saturday mingling with [...]

I love posh events. So it was a pleasure to accept an invite to dine alongside Jade Jagger at the launch of her Belvedere Jagger Dagger at London’s fabulous Automat club. Jade’s designed this exquisite bejewelled Jagger Dagger which will be placed around the world in all the top nightclubs for bar staff to literally [...]

Joely Richardson rocked my world when we met up for a nice chat and a cuppa recently in London. And you can read the complete Joely interview (which also appears in Closer in a shortened version this week) by clicking on her name in the interview section on the right hand side of this page! [...]

Last night I stepped out to the Speed Racer premiere in Leicester Square. And, despite the horrendous rain, a nice little dose of stars trotted up the red carpet. Susan Sarandon, who stars in the film, was an absolute pleasure to meet. I’ve thought she was great since the Thelma and Louise days! And in [...]

Geri Halliwell confirmed it’s a big no to the Nelson Mandela performance, as deanpiper.com revealed yesterday! Questioned about rumours the Spice Girls will perform for Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday, Geri replied to Lorraine Kelly on LK Today this morning: “I think we’re not collectively, but individually we’re going to do bits and bobs”. She also [...]

Former Glamour Girl Melinda Messenger has spoken out for the first time since her marriage breakdown telling Closer she’s “scared” of being single once more. The 37-year-old star also said she was coping fine since the announcement came that her marriage to Wayne Roberts had broken down after 10 years. She even says she’s excited [...]

She was an idol of the eighties. And she’s still pretty cool in my eye, although nowadays she’s a mother of two! Kim Wilde met me at the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair to promote her new campaign to get people growing their own vegetables from the seeds. And very nice she was too. Click on [...]

Russell Brand is doing seriously well right now in the States with the success of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He’s at the top of the US box office with the comedy flick. He’s been getting up to all sorts this week and told BBC Radio 1’s Edith Bowman all about it – just check out some [...]