Archive for May 1st, 2008

American Idol judge Paula Abdul has fiercely denied she was drunk when she made an embarrassing blunder on the hit reality TV show on Tuesday.

The singer was blasted by American gossip website TMZ.com, which accused the singer of being under the influence of alcohol when she was caught out by a change to the judging format of the show.

David BlaineDeath-defying illusionist David Blaine set a new world record on US TV on Wednesday when he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes and four seconds.

With Guinness Book of Records official Stuart Claxton in the audience for the feat on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Blaine climbed into a water-filled sphere to beat the record set by a Swiss man in February.

Superproducer Mark Ronson has been given the go-ahead to date model Daisy Lowe - by her mother Pearl.

The former Powder singer - who is married to Supergrass rocker Danny Goffey - told reporters at a charity event in London on Tuesday that she approves of her daughter’s new man.

She said: “When she told me she was with Mark I said, ‘Wow, he’s cute.’ She just said ‘Mummy’ in a scolding tone.”