Archive for July 22nd, 2008
Winehouse Attacks Cheating Rumours
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Amy Winehouse is “obsessed” with jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil and has hit back at reports she cheated on him.
The troubled star strongly denies claims she had an affair with her manager’s assistant, Alex Haynes, earlier this year.
And she refuses to accept rumours Fielder-Civil wrote a series of explicit letters to a female prisoner while behind bars.
Spelling Breaks Record For Most Expensive Penthouse
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Celebrity 0 Comments
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Hollywood socialite Candy Spelling has made property history in Los Angeles by paying $47 million for a penthouse in Century City.
The price amounts to $2,848 per square foot - a new record for a Los Angeles condominium.
The old record of $2,700 was set in February, at the same building.
Portman To Star In Boyfriend’s Video
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Natalie PortmanĀ is handing her musician boyfriend Devendra Banhart a career boost, by starring in his new video.
Bearded Banhart will save Portman’s princess in the Bollywood spoof, to accompany single Carmensita.
The 27-year-old star met Banhart in March and the couple has been virtually inseparable ever since.
Tel Aviv calls out to Duran Duran for 100th anniversary celebration
by Ben Simons July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Travel 3 Comments
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As Israeli city Tel Aviv gears up to its 100th anniversary in 2009, Jewtastic can reveal that local government bosses have set their sights on Duran Duran to perform a headlining concert as well as applying forĀ permission to use the group’s instrumental song Tel Aviv as a theme for the city.
According to a Tel Aviv Municipality city insider, Duran Duran have emerged as the top act for a celebrate Tel Aviv concert being planned in 2009.
Bernstein Wants To Close Shea Again
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Former Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein wants to hold one more performance at New York’s doomed Shea Stadium, after he was snubbed for Billy Joel’s final concerts there last week.
Bernstein is credited with spawning the British Invasion in the 1960s by taking the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to America, and he organised the Fab Four’s famous performance at Shea in 1965 - the stadium’s first concert.
Simon Sues Clock Maker
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Singer/songwriter Paul Simon has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a clock manufacturer for allegedly using an extract of his hit song Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Simon has filed papers at the US Federal Court in Manhattan, New York claiming Georgia-based-firm Rhythm USA used the famous tune in a range of wall clocks without his permission.
Winehouse Inspires Fashion House
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Fashion, Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has inspired the designers at fashion house Guess.
Australian model Nicole Trunfio has become the new face of the company and was likened to the Rehab hitmaker during a recent shoot.
A spokesman for Trunfio says her look “mimics the singer’s iconic thick black eyeliner and infamous beehive, adding a little rock and roll to their pin-up image”.
Amy WinehouseLove Praises Paltrow
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Rocker Courtney Love has lavished praise on her close friend Gwyneth Paltrow - insisting the Hollywood actress always “takes good care” of her.
The former Hole frontwoman met Paltrow while the actress was filming her Oscar-winning role in 1999 movie Shakespeare In Love and the pair has been close pals ever since.
And Love insists that despite drifting apart over the last few years, Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin are now incredibly caring towards her.
Ronson Recalls Recording Rehab
by Jewtastic Staff July 22nd, 2008Filed in: Music 0 Comments
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Superproducer Mark Ronson is shocked by the success of Amy Winehouse’s hit track Rehab - as he never expected the song to do so well.
The 2006 song has garnered international critical acclaim, winning Winehouse three Grammy awards and an Ivor Novello prize for songwriting.
And Ronson - who produced the track for Winehouse’s LP Back to Black - had no idea Rehab would become such a phenomenon.







