Archive for May, 2008
Pink Denies Dates With Piven
by Jewtastic Staff May 9th, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Representatives for pop star Pink and Entourage actor Jeremy Piven have denied the pair are dating.
The Stupid Girls hitmaker split from husband Carey Hart in February, two years after marrying in January 2006. She has since been linked with Juliette And The Licks guitarist Todd Morse.
Pink and Piven were spotted enjoying a night out at a New York club on Tuesday and reportedly got up close and personal on the dancefloor - sparking rumours of a romance.
Diamond Set For Number 1
by Jewtastic Staff May 9th, 2008Filed in: Music 0 Comments
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Neil Diamond is on course to topple Madonna’s Hard Candy and claim his first ever number one album in America after recording spectacular first day sales of his new release Home Before Dark.
The crooner landed 30,000 sales on Tuesday to claim his best single sales day in his career.
Experts predict the sales will swell to 125,000 by next week’s chart - and that should be enough to take him to the top of the countdown.
Self-styled “good Jewish boy” Michael Sophocles came unstuck in BBC 1’s The Apprentice following his stunning revelation that he did not know what a kosher chicken was.
In Wednesday night’s episode, Sir Alan Sugar tasked his would-be junior to find a number of items in Marrakech, one of which was to buy a kosher chicken, while Michael’s rival team succeeded in getting a kosher chicken, his own team did not and to make matters worse, tried to pass off a halal chicken as a kosher chicken.
Winehouse Gets Bail
by Jewtastic Staff May 8th, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after she was arrested and questioned over alleged drug offences.
The 24-year-old star was quizzed by police in East London over drug offences after footage of the star allegedly smoking crack cocaine was handed to British police.
It’s Winehouse’s second legal woe in as many weeks; The Rehab hitmaker was accused of headbutting a man outside a North London pub on 23 April and later turned herself in to authorities. She escaped with a caution.
Winehouse Set For Mandela Gig?
by Jewtastic Staff May 7th, 2008Filed in: Music 0 Comments
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Amy Winehouse has reportedly received a personal call from former South African President Nelson Mandela to ask her to perform at his 90th birthday.
The ex-politician called the Back To Black star to invite her to sing at his birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park in June.
The 24-year-old didn’t believe it was Mandela initially - but as soon as she realised it wasn’t a prank she accepted his offer.
Seinfeld Denies Plagiartism Claims
by Jewtastic Staff May 7th, 2008Filed in: Books, Food & Drink, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Celebrity chef Jessica Seinfeld has denied claims she stole recipes from fellow cook Missy Chase Lapine to use in her own book.
Lapine sued Seinfeld and her comedian husband Jerry earlier this year for copyright infringement and defamation.
Lapine claimed the recipes in Jessica Seinfeld’s best selling cookbook Deceptively Delicious are “brazenly plagiarised” from those in her own book, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies For Hiding Healthy Foods In Kids’ Favourite Meals.
Superproducer Mark Ronson was so excited to see Myspace.com founder Tom Anderson presenting a prize at the US NME Awards, he rushed onto the stage and promptly fell off.
The Valerie hitmaker received the Best New Indie/Alternative Solo Artist at last month’s ceremony in Los Angeles, but he was more excited at seeing Anderson in the flesh.
Parker And Broderick Want More Kids
by Jewtastic Staff May 6th, 2008Filed in: Film, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are taking the summer off to get some well-earned rest and try for a new baby.
The couple will leave its New York home as soon as Parker has finished promotional duties for the Sex and the City Movie - and making a brother or sister for five year old James Wilkie is top of the agenda.
Johansson And Reynolds engaged
by Jewtastic Staff May 6th, 2008Filed in: Celebrity 0 Comments
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Scarlett Johansson has announced her engagement to actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds.
The couple has been dating since February 2007, shortly after Blade: Trinity star Reynolds broke off his engagement to singer Alanis Morissette.
The actress’s representative Marcel Pariseau confirmed the news to People.com, revealing, “They’re both thrilled.”
Johansson, 23, and 31-year-old Reynolds will step out for the first time as husband-and-wife-to-be at New York’s Metropolitan Museum Costime Institute Gala on Monday night.
Scarlett JohanssonPaltrow Wants More Kids
by Jewtastic Staff May 5th, 2008Filed in: Celebrity 0 Comments
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Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow wants more children with her husband rocker Chris Martin.
The 35-year-old loves being a mum to her daughter Apple, four, and one-year-old Moses - but she claims she wants to add another kid to her growing brood.
She said: “They’re (Moses and Apple) very sweet. It’s nice to have one of each and maybe have another one, too… who knows?”
Gwyneth PaltrowDowney Jr. Meets Spielberg
by Jewtastic Staff May 5th, 2008Filed in: Film, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. was left speechless after meeting his idol, legendry director Steven Spielberg.
The actor was in between takes for his forthcoming movie The Soloist, where he plays an inquisitive journalist, when the Jurassic Park filmmaker dropped by for a chat.
But despite waiting 25 years to meet his hero Downey Jr couldn’t manage more than a few words.
Rosenbaum To Leave Smallville
by Jewtastic Staff May 4th, 2008Filed in: TV 0 Comments
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Actor Michael Rosenbaum is set to leave the cast of Smallville at the end of the US TV series’ current season.
Rosenbaum, who plays Superman’s arch enemy Lex Luthor, has been with the show since it began in 2001 - but has decided to pursue other projects.
Ronson Files Lawsuit Against Lawyers
by Jewtastic Staff May 4th, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Super producer Mark Ronson’s sister Samantha Ronson has filed a lawsuit against her former attorneys, after the firm sued her for unpaid legal fees.
Law firm Davis + Gilbert filed suit against the DJ in December (07) alleging they were never paid for helping her fight and lose a lawsuit against celebrity blogger Perez Hilton - after he accused her of being the owner of cocaine found in Lohan’s car following the actress’ car accident in Los Angeles in May.
Ronson Cans Winehouse Bond Song
by Jewtastic Staff May 3rd, 2008Filed in: Music 0 Comments
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Super producer Mark Ronson has scrapped plans to record a theme song for the forthcoming James Bond film, because collaborator Amy Winehouse isn’t fit enough to focus on music.
Last month, Ronson confirmed he had started work on a track for the superspy’s latest outing, and had roped in the Black To Black star to lay down her vocal talents in his studio in Oxford, England.







