Archive for December 6th, 2006

Roman On The Rise

Roman AbramovichEveryone’s favourite Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has increased his wealth over the past year by more than £3bn and remains the wealthiest Jew in the UK with a estimated worth of £10.8bn, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2006-07.

But despite the Chelsea Football Club owner making more money than ever through his investments, he still comes second to Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who is worth £13.2bn.

Steven SpielbergSteven Spielberg has granted a German university access to his collection of 52,000 video interviews with survivors of the Holocaust.

The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, which was established by the director following 1993 film Schindler’s List, can now be accessed in full for the first time outside America by students at the Free University in Berlin.

Olivia Newton JohnOlivia Newton John is suing record label Universal Music Group, claiming she is owed more than $1 million in royalties from sales of the soundtrack from her hit movie Grease.

The 58-year-old Australian star - who played Sandy Olsson opposite John Travolta’s Danny Zuko in the 1978 film - has received some money from the album, but alleges Universal have failed to make a number of contractual payments to her, after the deal was re-negotiated in 1979, 1980 and 2000, to incorporate cassettes and compact discs.

Actress Kate Winslet is looking forward to the day when she can team up with her Oscar-winning director husband Sam Mendes to work on a movie, so she can experience the “real him”.

The couple, who have been married for three years, haven’t yet crossed professional paths in Hollywood, but Titanic star Winslet says she’s looking forward to collaborating with the American Beauty filmmaker within the next few years.

Amy WinehouseThe proposed collaboration between Amy Winehouse and troubled rock star Pete Doherty has hit a buffer after the English jazz singer refused to record a cover of a Billie Holiday song.

The 23-year-old Rehab singer says she wants to work with the star who is battling drug problems but didn’t want to do a cover and would prefer to make an original song instead.

Price Expecting Summer Baby

Katie Price and Peter AndreFormer British glamour model Katie Price is in the early stages of pregnancy after suffering a miscarriage in July.

Price - formerly known as Jordan - is married to Australian pop star Peter Andre, and has two children, Harvey, four, and Junior, 17 months.

Price was three-and-a-half months into her pregnancy this summer when she was rushed to Portland Hospital in London with stomach pains.