Archive for October 29th, 2008

Ivanka Trump’s relationship with boyfriend Jared Kushner has taken a serious turn - after the reality TV star reportedly made plans to convert to Judaism.

The daughter of real-estate tycoon Donald Trump, 26, split from the businessman in April after a year of dating.

Their recent reconciliation prompted reports Trump would abandon her own faith to appease his Orthodox family.

Andrew SachsCmedian Russell Brand has quit his job as a BBC radio presenter following his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs.

During four calls, which were aired on Brand’s Radio 2 show on 18 October, he and fellow broadcaster Jonathan Ross recorded voicemail messages on Fawlty Towers star Sachs’ phone, in which they discussed Brand’s fling with the 78-year-old’s granddaughter. The pair also joked about breaking into his house and molesting him, although that dialogue was cut from the aired broadcast.

Aussie model/actress Sophie Monk has caught the eye of another high-profile rocker - she is reportedly dating Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

The stunning blonde was previously engaged to Paris Hilton’s current beau Benji Madden but split from him earlier this year.

And now the star has been spotted enjoying a string of romantic encounters with singer Levine at Los Angeles celebrity hangout Chateau Marmont, according to New York gossip column PageSix.

Winehouse Is Fine

Amy WinehouseTroubled singer Amy Winehouse has shot down rumours she could lose her voice through drug use - insisting she is hard at work on her new album.

The Back to Black star, 25, was said to have returned to rehab at the weekend  but it later emerged she had been treated at The London Clinic for a chest problem.

Andrew SachsComedian Russell Brand and broadcaster Jonathan Ross have been suspended over their prank phone calls to Fawlty Towers legend Andrew Sachs.

The BBC has taken all of the pair’s shows off air until the corporation has investigated the calls, made during Brand’s Radio 2 show.

The duo provoked outrage by leaving a series of crude phone messages for Sachs, in which they claimed Brand had slept with the actor’s granddaughter Georgina, during show on 18 October.

Georgina BaillieThe granddaughter of Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs at the centre of a BBC radio row has confessed to sleeping with controversial comedian Russell Brand.

Brand and TV chatshow host Jonathan Ross provoked outrage by leaving a series of crude phone messages for Sachs, in which they claimed Brand had slept with the actor’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie.

Brand has since apologised for the stunt, which was pre-recorded and aired during his show on BBC Radio 2 on 18 October.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis’ rendition of Cruisin’ in 2000 movie Duets has been voted the worst vocal collaboration of all time, by an online music magazine.

The pair played karaoke champs in the film, and went on to release the Smokey Robinson cover as a single. It reached the number one spot in Australia, but has been singled out as the top flop duet by editors of Spinner.com.