Peaches Geldof has an interesting take on her father Sir Bob Geldof and his notorious penny pinching ways. The star has spent a few weeks living at home at Bob’s gaff with her hubby-to-be Tom Cohen while the pair have their new east London pad worked on by builders.
Peaches told me at the plush Spectator Life magazine launch party in London: “My dad lives like somebody during the war, I swear. He goes out and buys these 12p biscuits at the local shop and he’s all about having treats very rarely.
“When we first got there we were surprised there were not war ration tokens for us to exchange for tins of food. He’s a very funny man. But I can hardly complain when he’s paying for a large portion of our wedding. I think he’s a great dad – he’s installed the importance of money in me. I freely shop at Co-op these days – Sainsbury’s is a luxury. We’ve just bought a house so we have to watch our pennies.”
The star only has a few weeks until the birth of her first child and she’s sporting a huge bump (which I couldn’t resist grabbing hold of) at the launch. She told me she’s ready for the arrival of the couple’s son. “It can’t happen soon enough,” she said. “I’m ready now and we’re nesting. We also bought a dog recently so we’re a proper family unit. I’m just staying in and watching the Kardashians all the time – I’m obsessed with them and their TV show.”

How her party girl lifestyle has changed! Good to see.

Jessie J is the stand out star of the BBC’s new Saturday night show The Voice, so it came as no surprise when Simon Cowell said this week he wanted to “snap-up” the star for X Factor following her success.
But Jessie, 24, says she wouldn’t ever consider a move to a permanent role on one of Cowell’s ventures because they’re too “gimmicky”.
She laughs: “It’s very nice of Simon to say nice things about me. But The Voice is the show I want to work on and I’m not going anywhere. It’s the show that represents everything I am about. I’ve always supported X Factor and BGT – I’ve been on both and performed. But I love being part of The Voice – and I genuinely want these people to come out of this show at the end and know that they’re equipped to tackle the music industry. It’s bloody hard and we don’t want them to just have 12 months of a career. This is about getting them on the ladder for the long run. The Voice isn’t about gimmicks. X Factor rely on that and that’s their thing – but it’s not our thing.”
Since her debut single Do It Like A Dude, Jessie’s won a Brit Award, four MOBO Awards, had number ones all over the globe and made a significant impact on America with her last single Domino reaching the Top 10.
So with all this success, you’d expect her to be brimming with confidence now she’s alongside Sir Tom Jones, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am and The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue coaching contestants. But Jessie was nervous about how people would perceive her on the show. “I was sh***ing myself,” she admits as she adjusts her trademark heavy fringed wig. “I was scared people would think I was a bitch. But you can’t please everyone on a show like this.”
She even says producers of the hit show, which trounced Britain’s Got Talent by 2.3 million viewers in the ratings during their scheduling overlap last Saturday, have picked up on her tough love approach with contestants.
“I’ve been hard from the start on the show and producers did tell me to watch it,” she admits. “But you have to be. I’m hard because I’m living this right now. I know what it takes. I know the sacrifices that come into this and what you need to do to get to the top. It’s not easy and I wouldn’t be doing any of them a favour if I decided to be super easy and nice to them all.”

Jessie – who next week flies to LA to continue working on her second album – also says she worries about the amount of pressure on young artists auditioning for talent shows. And she doubts she would have auditioned for either The Voice or X Factor. She explains: “I don’t think as a young girl it’s easy. I actually don’t think emotionally it’s easy to audition for X Factor at all. It’s a big machine and it’s overnight change. I don’t think I would have coped auditioning for X Factor.
“I’m glad I did the hustle and bustle of seven years and worked my arse off to try and survive it. I think The Voice would have tempted me more.”
The star takes a swig of her i-create Glaceau vitaminwater – a healthy new peach and raspberry flavoured brand she’s currently endorsing ahead of the London 2012 Olympics – and the conversation turns to health. Just how does she stay in such good shape so she can continue wearing those skintight catsuits?
“Feel my stomach,” she says, thrusting it in my face. It’s like rock.
“I’m staying fit by bouncing around. My ankle is finally better (after she severely broke it last summer) so I can go for it on stage now. We all run around like maniacs on stage. I don’t go to the gym at all and I don’t diet – I believe in eating a balanced diet but not dieting. I eat like a horse. I had macaroni cheese for lunch today and I finished the whole lot. I’ve never been conscious of being slim or trying to appear that way. I’ve been a good size 12 at some times in the last year. Some of my outfits are ridiculous but I always feel confident in the skin tight outfits. I really couldn’t care less if I’m a little lumpy in one area. I just like wearing those outfits. My bum and the top of my legs can be a bit scary – but confidence takes you a long way.”

The star’s next big project before The Voice goes live on April 28 is appearing on the bill for Gary Barlow’s Silver Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace.
Jessie will perform alongside the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John at the event on June 4.  And she can’t wait to perform for Queen Elizabeth for a second time.  “I actually can’t believe I will be singing for the Queen at the Silver Jubilee concert,” she gasps. “Once I sang at Romford Market the day she visited. I was only young and I remember being told I was going to sing for the Queen. The reality was she went past in a horse and cart and I was surrounded by a handful of punters listening while I belted out Get Here by Oleta Adams. She didn’t see me and I didn’t see her. This time I’m going to be on the stage at Buckingham Palace and she’s going to definitely see me. It’s a real career highlight for me.
“I’m just so excited for my grandparents to be seeing me do a gig like this. I couldn’t have imagine in a million years that I’d be doing this so early on in my career.”
As the interview comes to an end Jessie says: “I read something the other day about my ‘demands’ at The Voice and how I’m basically being a total diva. It said I wanted a white room, white towels, candles and a yoga space. Me doing yoga? No thanks. I’m the easiest going singer when I work. I only need Haribo sweeties, a kettle and a door with a lock.”
And with that attitude – she’s going to go far!

Jessie J is Glaceau vitaminwater’s new Olympics ambassador. ‘i-create’ is the official flavour of the Olympic games – go to www.facebook.com/vitaminwater for more information.

Let’s be honest – Coldplay’s Chris Martin (above with me) is hardly known as being at the epicentre of dance and club music.
But all that’s about the change, as I can reveal Chris and his band Coldplay have drafted in producer-of-the-moment Calvin Harris to produce a new sideline project which they hope will give him the big club anthem of the summer.
The pair have been working on the project for the past two weeks and Calvin and the boys are said to be extremely happy with the end result.
My mole tells me: “Chris and Guy Berryman had written the track and thought it would make a big club sound if he got the right producer onboard so he got Calvin’s details from his pal Rihanna after she worked with him on We Found Love and they headed into the studio straight away.
“Chris has found the whole experience with Calvin incredible and opened a new door to the club scene. Chris hopes to work with Calvin again – providing the track does well.
“But everyone who’s heard it so far has been really positive about it.”
And my sources tell me Chris in particular is hoping the track is a huge success.
“Despite what people think about Chris he is a secret raver,” adds the mole. “He loves to dance like crazy, get lost in the music and zone out.
“It’s a big misconception that Chris is some square, piano playing bod. He’s all about letting loose on the dancefloor when he has the chance.” Get him!

Above: Kate then and now at the premiere’s of the infamous movie!

Kate Winslet doesn’t exactly sound like watching herself on the screen in 3D fifteen years after making Titanic was a very easy experience. She revealed this week: “I never want to watch myself in 3D again….ever!!
“It was so so very strange watching myself 15 years ago …I was like ‘make it stop – switch it off – do I really look like that’  ‘tell me I don’t look like that’ ‘Did we really kiss like that?’. The whole thing was soooo embarrassing – thank God i didn’t have to watch it with Leo because he couldn’t be in London for it.”
And it sounds like her friendship with her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio is stronger than ever after all these years since the flick’s release. Kate also revealed she did fancy him when they first started working together on the infamous film. “We’re really good friends and yes, I did fancy him at first – who wouldn’t?” she said. “But it quickly turned into a steadfast friendship which is the same today as it was back then. We were there for each other amongst all the craziness.”
The Oscar winner was petrified of her children Joe, seven, and Mia, 11, seeing the film with her at the premiere this week at the Royal Albert Hall. She added: “The kids are going to watch it and they’ve never seen anything I’ve done before …so they’re finally going to see what I do. They know I’m a famous person but they don’t know why so it’s going to be so bizarre to see their reactions.
“I’m going to cringe at the nude scenes – we’re going to need 6 pairs of hands. I’m going to have to cover their eyes.” Sounds like a hectic screening to me!

Florence and the Machine (above in McQueen at the Brits) have produced a blinder with their next release – an MTV Unplugged album. Re-workings of most of their biggest hits. The album comes out next week and is essential if you’re a fan. Her vocals have never sounded better.

Marina and the Diamonds have a stonking new album called Electra Heart. It’s full of big hits and lead single Primadonna is already a radio hit. Biggup Marina.

Paloma Faith is going to be back soon with an amazing new single called Picking Up The Pieces (out May 20th). I’ve heard two songs from the new album Fall To Grace and they’re perfect for the summer – Thirty-Minute Love Affair is a corker of a tune too. Paloma rocks.

Erykah Badu is coming to London to perform as part of this year’s Blue’s Fest. The star will play June 27 at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo. Get your tickets at www.bluesfest.co.uk. Also on the bill are the likes of Van Morrison, Tom Jones and the Brand New Heavies.

Harper Collins have acquired the rights to a further two One Direction books to be released by the end of 2013. The first is set to be the One Direction Official Annual ’2013′ and the second is as yet unknown. That’s a million or so Christmas stocking fillers sorted!

Matt Smith may soon be coming to a big screen near you if Doctor Who writer Stephen Moffat has anything to do with it. 
He revealed there could be a film coming to cinema screens soon. Stephen said: “We might do a film at some point and that would be really exciting. There would be complexities for that though, not least that we’d be shooting it all year round. Maybe if we can occasionally crowbar in a couple of months off then we can think of some ideas for the big cinema. I think it would be nice and good to have that. We already seem to have done every other medium, bar tattoos!”

And Stephen has also promised even bigger and better things from the sci-fi drama when it returns to our screens.

“We’ve got some huge stuff for the next series – we’ve just shot on the biggest set Doctor Who has ever had for episode two and we’re topping it with the next block we’re shooting and having an even bigger set!

“We have also been shooting in Spain doing a Western which looks absolutely amazing. We picked Jenna-Louise Coleman as Matt’s new sidekick because she nailed the audition. She had to keep it secret for about a month which isn’t easy. It’s a big commitment for her because she has to commit to a lengthy deal and will have to give up a lot of her life.”

You must be thrilled to be on tour….and selling out Alexandra palace for three nights in a row!

It’s really nice to start touring and it feels like I’ve done the promotional tour for Ceremonials and spoken to a lot of people. What’s nice about this tour is we’ve got strings and a choir and a full set up. It’s as much of a representation of Ceremonials as you can get.

And after the success of Lungs you have some money to put into the shows….

One of the perks of the first record doing so well we have had more scope to do everything we actually wanted to do. We’ve put more money into the set this time around. I mean we’re not we’re not U2 with a space-bus-spider-thing but we’re on our way.

I loved your MTV VMA performance in 2010.

I loved that too – the blue people and the rotating stage. That was the moment for us in America where things started happening. We were actually very lucky because they gave us a free reign on what we wanted to achieve. I sat there and said I wanted 14 people blue, tribal drummers and pyschadelic choir. They were like: “Yeh, cool.” It could have gone wrong and we could have been sent home.

How involved were you in that performance?

I was very involved. We wanted to make it a representation of the video and it was psychedelic and it was a live version. America seemed to embrace.

How have you kept your voice in check and not had problems like so many have of late?

I’ve tried to keep myself in check. It takes a lot of discipline to keep your voice in good order. And it’s obviously something I can’t afford to lose. I don’t know whether mine is particularly strong because of all the years I screamed in shows and drank too much. I really pushed things in the old days.
I’ve only lost my voice once and that was a long time ago. When I used to drink a lot, jump on stage and scream non stop.
Nowadays my lifestyle is the opposite. Touch wood, I’ve not had too many problems. I don’t drink, I don’t party and I plan nights where I can have fun. In the old days I was just shouty and it didn’t matter if I didn’t hit the notes. Now I want to be a singer, I want to perform well and embellish on phrases and try out notes I haven’t done before. I want to feel part of the music and not have some horrible hangover.

Fashion seems to have upped it’s game with you?

It has. Things are pretty nice and sweet these days.

You’ve got Sarah Burton of McQueen dressing you in one-off pieces (above at the Brits).

I love Sarah. We’ve met at various events and always end up giggling at the back like school girls. We’re both very easy going. I remember meeting her and talking and it all happened naturally. Our imaginations are quite similar and the way we feel about clothes is very similar. The dream-like dresses that she creates are insane. There’s a true romanticism to her dresses and she mixes it with nature and the tailoring is structured and armour, but there’s birds and flowers and it’s just the best. There are so many beautiful elements within her work.

Would you want to design your own clothing?

Well, I’ve got a lot to get out of my head and I’m not entirely sure anybody would want the sort of things I’d want to design. The other day I was designing this outfit and it was a fitted frock coat waistcoat with a thick black brocade material and a maroon paisley lining that could be worn over shirts. I don’t think anyone would want that at all. I’d be designing clothes just specifically for myself if I’m honest.

Is America a big priority next?

Well, yes. We will go out there and tour but with everything I always tip toe forwards. It was a big surprise to go into America and for there to be some success. It’s always a try and see what happens situation. I’m just interested in playing shows and every day is kind of amazing right now. I’m about the live show and creating a performance.

Are we already thinking about the next album?

Yes. I’m thinking about it. In fact I’m hoping to get back into the studio. We’ve got a portable studio with us on the tour so maybe. I’ve always said I’m not a workaholic. But I guess I am really.

Adele said she wanted five years off – are you like that?

No, I’m just restless with a lot to get out of my head. I’m focused and need a project.

What have you spent your money on?

I’ve not spent anything!

I’m imagining you buying a sprawling country mansion where nobody where’s shoes and there’s love everywhere.

That would be nice. The truth is I’m still at home and my mum has banned me from moving anywhere out of walking distance. She worries constantly about me coming home without any keys. We’re still in that stage. I can’t even envisage moving out of home and if I did it would be a small little something to start. I’m happy. All I spend my money on is clothes. I’ve always only spent money on clothes and music.  One day I’ll fly the nest.

Florence and the Machine’s second album Ceremonials is out now

Pictures: With huge thanks to Steve Bainbridge

Having a million work projects on the go – including appearing in Zoe Lewis’ new play Touched….Like A Virgin – means Sadie Frost has has to put her love-life on ice.  “I don’t have any time for it. I’m quite happy with my dogs, the kids and my sister!” she told me at the 3rd Rodial Beautiful Awards. “I’m just quite happy being on my own as you get to a point where you just think ‘I just want to concentrate on my work’. It’s good to be driven.”
And there’s great news for the actress too – she’s heading back to the West End with Touched…Like A Virgin and will appear in Zoe’s play for a three week run at the Soho Theatre from May 22. It’s a fantastic show – and well worth checking out. Get your tickets at www.sohotheatre.com.

Photograph of Sadie taken by Boy George for The Hepatitis C Trust’s Get Tested! campaign