X Factor star says she won't be stripping off for charity Leona Lewis has revealed that she'll never pose naked - even for a good cause.The X Factor winner, 22, who gave a fantastic guest performance on Saturday night's show, admires fellow vegetarian Alicia Silverstone who stripped off to promote animal rights charity PETA, but she won't be following her lead.'I think it's a strong statement, and I really respect it,' Leona admits.'I would love to do something like that, but I just don't think I could pose nude, because I'm not that brave.'But Simon Cowell's protégée insists that while she may not be ditching her clothes any time soon, she's not a wet blanket.'People think I'm shy because I'm not loud,' she tells The Daily Telegraph.'But that's just me. I do have self confidence.'Leona's new single is out today.See video of Leona Lewis' new single Bleeding Love...
Singer snapped leaving surgery with swollen smackers Britney Spears has reportedly had her lips plumped up.The troubled star was snapped leaving a Beverly Hills surgery at the weekend covering her swollen mouth while photographers tried to catch a sneaky glimpse of the retouch.'Brit hoped her new lips would improve her look without being really obvious to anyone,' a source tells the Daily Mail.'But onlookers literally stood open-mouthed when they saw her. She looked freaky.'The following day Brit, 25, was snapped showing off her new pout as she enjoyed spending some quality time with sons Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2.The singer has regained the visitation rights that she temporarily lost last week.
Britney Spears has won back the right to see her sons after complying with a court order, according to reports.The troubled pop star was spotted driving her sons Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, through Studio City, California on Saturday (20Oct07) in her white Mercedes convertible decorated with pumpkins on the dashboard.An unnamed individual - presumed to be a court-appointed monitor - was seen in the front seat and the children were in the back seats reports People.com.Spears was devastated when her visitation rights were temporarily suspended last Wednesday (17Oct07) by Los Angeles County Commissioner Scott Gordon, after she breached a court order by failing to provide the court with her contact information.But her visitation is believed to have been reinstated after the Toxic singer complied with the request.Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline are both required to appear for their next divorce hearing on October 26 (07).In other news Britney Spears has offered a personal apology - as well as financial compensation - to the owner of the car she hit.The troubled pop star offered to visit Kim Robard-Rifkin's house to make a personal apology after her alleged Hit-And-Run on August 6 (07).But Ms Robard-Rifkin, whose 1999 Mercedes-Benz station wagon was damaged in the incident, said that a personal apology was not necessary as she was content with an offer to have her car repaired with a rental car provided in the meantime, as well as a telephone apology from Spears's attorney.She says, "(Spears) has way more than enough problems right now".Lawyer J Michael Flanagan has confirmed a cheque "in the $1,000 (£500) range" was to be delivered to Robard-Rifkin on Monday (22Oct07).Two misdemeanour criminal charges of hit and run causing property damage and driving without a valid California driver's license against Spears still stand.But when the court sees proof of Robard-Rifkin's compensation, the hit-and-run charge is likely to be dropped.
Paris Hilton has revealed her father Rick sparked her interest in odd animals - he grew up with a raccoon as a pet! Hilton owns a menagerie of bizarre pets - including a chinchilla and a raccoon-like kinkajou - and she suggests her love of zoo-life comes from her dad.She says, "My dad has got a pet raccoon. He found it when it was a little baby in his ranch and he raised it."If you get to find them when they're in the nest and still as babies they'll open their eyes to you at first and they'll think you're their mother".Her raccoon knowledge came in handy on the set of Hilton's new film, Repo! A Genetic Opera, when the set was overrun by the creatures.Director Darren Lynn Bousman explains, "We had a family of raccoons on the set. We came back from lunch and they were sitting on chairs and on the actual monitors."I wanted to hug them but Paris pointed out they had rabies, so I ran away".Meanwhile, Paris' pet collection keeps growing and growing - because her randy tea cup chihuahuas keep breeding.like 12 now. They keep having babies. I have to get them fixed."I feel bad sometimes when I'm not a great mommy. I take them wherever I go and have to switch them around. I also have three cats with short legs!".
But The X Factor winner say she can't afford the designer's clothesDiamonds are a girl's best friend - but not for Leona Lewis.Despite a reported £5m recording contract, the 22-year-old singer says she hates spending money on extravagances.'I have nothing bling about me,' she says. 'I stay away from diamonds – you don't know where they've come from.'The X Factor winner is a vegetarian so also turns her nose up at animal-hide handbags.'I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products,' Leona tells The Sunday Times magazine.'Shoes are hard to find. [I have] fake Uggs. And I've got a pair of vintage boots, which are PVC.'The singer admires ethical designer clothes but doesn't want to pay a fortune.'I love Stella McCartney,' she explains. 'But she's very expensive. I'm on a mission.'I would love to promote a line of non-leather bags and shoes that are affordable. I think more needs to be available and not as expensive.'
Actress says she's a sucker for face creams Michelle Pfeiffer has admitted that she'll try every face cream under the sun in a bid to look younger.The actress, 49 – who plays a hideous old hag in new film Stardust – admits she's an easy target for skincare advertisers.'I see commercials and they're very convincing,' she says.'I certainly feel the pressure to look good that other women feel and at times, it's a struggle.'I think, “Oh, I'd better get that cream, I'm going to really regret it if I don't."'But Michelle says that growing older is helping her overcome her obsession with looking youthful and she's started to loosen up about her beauty regimes.'The older I get, the less of an issue it becomes,' she tells the Guardian.'The people you love get seriously ill, the people you love die. You see people struggling with real issues and that put things into perspective.'
The 28-year-old actress is fed up with having her life "invaded" by the paparazzi, and can't understand why there is so much interest in her life because she's not that big a star.She said: "My life is completely invaded. Almost every day now in New York I'm followed by photographers - and I'm not even that famous! I'm in enough films so that people recognise me but I'm hardly a huge star, I find the whole fame thing irritating."Danes' big film break came when she starred in 'Romeo and Juliet', opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, in 1996.However, the actress admits she struggled to cope with suddenly being thrust into the spotlight at just 17.She said: "I was a little disorientated with all the attention. In retrospect I realise I was terribly naive. But I tried my best to cope with it."Danes is currently starring in new fantasy film 'Stardust', which also stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Sienna Miller.
Corrie star nearly swallowed the sparklerNewly-married Kate Ford has revealed how she almost choked on her engagement ring when her husband proposed.Jon Connerty, 30, slipped the sparkler into her champagne glass – but the ex-Corrie star failed to see it.'I'm sipping on champagne, saying how much I appreciate the thought he'd put into our first proper Valentine's Day together,' she tells Sunday magazine.'But he was watching my champagne glass so closely, I had to look down myself, thinking maybe there was a fly in it or something. And there was a “something”.'Fortunately for Jon, 30-year-old Kate noticed the ring at the last moment and didn't swallow it.'Once I'd realised the ring was in there, that's when Jon said: "Will you marry me?"' says Kate. 'It was the perfect proposal. It was like an out-of-body experience.'
Shar Jackson promises she wasn't dissing Britney Spears when she rapped on MTV last week about the Video Music Awards.Performing her self-penned "Let It Blow" on the music network’s Celebrity Rap Superstar Oct. 11, Jackson rapped, "They should have had me open up the VMAs.""It wasn’t about Britney," Jackson told me earlier today. "Honestly, I would have been better though. I’ve been performing my butt off on this show, and I’m already on MTV, so why didn’t I get the job?"Last night, Jackson beat out Playboy Playmate and Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson to be crowned the first Celebrity Rap Superstar on the MTV competition show.Though her mom and even Kevin Federline’s parents came to cheer her on, it was her two children with K-Fed—Kori, 5, and Kaleb, 3—who made Jackson cry. "They decorated my limo for me with balloons and 'Congratulations' banners on the windows," Jackson said. "They were so proud."Jackson says she’ll probably release a rap single in the near future. She took a little dig at Federline when asked if she had thought about what she’d call her album. "Well, not Playing with Fire," she said with a laugh.That's the name of Federline’s rap album which bombed after its release about a year ago. And definitely don't go looking for a Jackson-Federline duet anytime soon. "I think we’ve reached our collaboration peak," she said with another laugh. "But you know, we’ll always be there to support one another 100 percent."
The actress is too attached to her home city of Liverpool Despite the allure of Hollywood, Jennifer Ellison has revealed she won't be heading Stateside.The ex-Brookside star, 24, says she's too attached to her Liverpool home to move.'My real ties are my family and friends who have been there long before anyone else came along,' Jen tells Saturday magazine.'I'm still not going to move to London and still want to stay at home in Liverpool.'I don't want to move to LA and put all my eggs in one basket. I work to live, not live to work.'
Actor made a fool of himself when he took her out to lunch Kelly Brook has revealed that when fiancé Billy Zane first took her out to lunch, he was so determined to make an impression that he fell down the stairs.The Strictly Come Dancing star, 27, met up with the actor in 2004 to discuss the script for pschylogical thriller Three – but Kelly says their relationship didn't begin well.'He arranged a meeting at the Chateau Marmont in Beverly Hills,' Kelly writes in her autobiography Life Style.'Billy arrived 15 minutes late – which I now know is impressive, given his dreadful time keeping.'He spotted me, smiled, then he fell over as he walked down the stairs towards me. It was an interesting start.'Despite making a fool of himself, Billy, now 40, managed to talk her into auditioning for the film.Before she knew it, she'd got the part - and a new man.
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