EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jackson designs a clothes range with Christian Audigier

May 30th, 2008 by Dean Piper

How skint exactly is the King of Pop? I ask you this because I hear Michael Jackson is adding the term ‘fashion designer’ to his multitude of skills. MJ is working with Ed Hardy and Von Dutch creator Christian Audigier on a full range of clothes. The pair signed the deal over the past few [...]

I'm off to LA – keep up to date with my gossip over the next four days!

May 29th, 2008 by Dean Piper

I’m currently sitting pretty in the Virgin VIP Lounge waiting for my flight to Los Angeles. I’m going out to the sun to attend the MTV Movie Awards and speak to all the stars on the red carpet. Yeeeehah! I’ll be giving you the gossip as I progress into the LA showbiz world. UPDATE: Geri [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty: The Musical!!!!!

May 27th, 2008 by Dean Piper

Get ready for a musical version of Ugly Betty. Michael Urie – who plays camp assistant Marc St James just told radio station Heart that the idea keeps growing. And it’s no surprise when the likes of Vanessa Williams – who plays Wilhelmina Slater – are trained stage performers. He confessed: “I don’t know about [...]

Mark Ronson talks Lily Allen and the Kaiser Chiefs

May 27th, 2008 by Dean Piper

Mark Ronson told me at the Ivor Novellos last week that working with the Kaiser Chiefs has gone very well indeed. Mark said: “I’m working in the studio with Lily Allen this week so we will have to see what we can do. And I’ve just finished working with the Kaiser Chiefs.” Asked what he [...]

Phil Collins retires after his lifetime achievement Ivor Novello

May 27th, 2008 by Dean Piper

Phil Collins tells me he’s not planning on recording or performing any new music from now on. So I guess he’s retired! Winning a lifetime achievement gong at the Ivor Novello Awards last week, he told me: “This award is a full stop to my career. I won’t say ‘nothing more’ but it’s definitely a [...]

Duffy talks Gavin and Stacey and Take That to Heart

May 27th, 2008 by Dean Piper

This week Duffy was a guest on Heart radio and recorded a special live set on the roof of Heart Towers for Emma B’s Sunday Show – check out the picture too of her performing. Duffy is the biggest thing in the UK right now – and the US has followed because she’s now sitting [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans – they are not engaged and not on a break…..

May 24th, 2008 by Dean Piper

I’m so over people talking about Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans and their relationship. You have a pretty long list of false stories if you read all the tabloids and the speculations surrounding the relationship. They have apparently been ‘engaged’ for weeks, then Rhys broke it off and another tabloid says Sienna broke it off [...]

Penelope Cruz at the Vanity Fair bash in Cannes

May 20th, 2008 by Dean Piper

Penelope Cruz turned the Vanity Fair magazine bash into one of the most glam events of the festival. Penny poses up with Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce at the bash – loving the black dress….. Tweet