In today’s Sunday Times, Adam Cooper – ex-Royal Ballet dancer, and currently tip-tapping in the West End – talked about the places where he and his elder brother, Simon, grew up. Until their teens they lived in a ‘poky’ flat in Tooting. The flat was much too small for two energetic boys with a musician father who had […]
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Madonna considers becoming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new neighbour in Verona
Madonna is eyeing a house in the northern Italian city of Verona, local sources said Tuesday. “I confirm the American pop star’s interest but I cannot add anything else,” said Milan realtor Alessandro Proto, known for selling a villa to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Valpolicella, near Verona, and a penthouse outside Turin to […]
Madonna thanks her ex-husbands for encouraging her movie career
Madonna thanked her ex-husbands for encouraging her to take up a career in movies, as she arrived in Venice on Thursday for the world premiere of her lavish royal drama “W.E.” The 53-year-old American has been married to actor and director Sean Penn and British film maker Guy Ritchie, and has spent much of the […]
Marilyn Monroe subway dress is auctioned for $4.6 million – record prices for Debbie Reynolds Hollywood auction
The pleated ivory dress that blew around Marilyn Monroe in an iconic scene from “The Seven Year Itch” sold for $4.6 million at a weekend auction of Hollywood costumes — far exceeding its estimate. The so-called “subway” dress is perhaps the most recognizable in movie history. In Billy Wilder’s 1955 movie, a passing train sent […]
The Maestro and Madonna – it must be the date from hell
From Norman Lebrecht’s excellent blog ‘Slipped Disc: I had to read this twice to make sure the hangover hadn’t turned into a Bruckner nightmare, but even in the cold light of day it appears that the conductor Christian Thielemann has told the Berliner Morgenpost that he’d like to spend some time with Madonna. Image via […]
