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Mind the age gap: Model Daisy Lowe, 19, pictured for the first time with new man Mark Ronson, 32

Model and ingenue Daisy Lowe was seen out with super-producer Mark Ronson for the first time last night, as the couple announced their new coupling on the London social scene. And maybe mindful of the 13-year age gap between the pair, Daisy, 19, ditched her usual sexy rock chick style for a more sophisticated, glamorous look for the night out with new 'super-producer' boyfriend Ronson, 32 .. more | Add your view

Gwyneth Paltrow test-drives ANOTHER pair of super-high heels... across a cobblestone street

Dressed in a white Grecian style dress, and another pair of vertiginous heels, Gwyneth Paltrow attempts a rather precarious street walk across the cobblestones of a street in the historic city of Rome. But Gwyneth's walk of pain was not in aid of yet another film premiere. In fact Gwyneth appears to be cashing in on her association with super-high heels, by appearing in a new advert.. more | Add your view

Breaking the speed limit

Speed Racer from the Wachowski brothers is a huge disappointment, says Nick Curtis

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Blonde joke: Cher in her worst wig ever (and that's saying something)

There have been no shortage of contenders over the course of her 40 year career, but this time Cher has truly outdone herself with her worst wig ever. The flamboyant singer startled the audience with course, brassy blonde tresses during an appearance the Oprah Winfrey Show this week. The 61-year-old, who has long rejected the option of ageing gracefully, abandoned her naturally straight look in favour of unruly poodle curls for the occasion.. more | Add your view

Say ohm: Kate Moss trades hard partying for yoga and detox

Kate Moss and her close friend Sadie Frost have started a joint detox regime together - but it didn't take very long before the supermodel was tempted by one of her indulgent gang. Sadie, 42, cleanses her system every year but this year 34-year-old Kate has decided to join in - munching on bucket loads of garlic and tomato sauce made by Sadie's mum Mary Davidson.. more | Add your view

Apprentice Jen says her love life's ruined

Apprentice contestant Jenny Celerier says being on the reality TV show has ruined her love life... more | Add your view

Showjumping Zara Philips left red-faced as she falls at fence on the day she's named in Olympic team

These pictures show the nail-biting moment Zara Philips bit the dust after falling from her horse today. The tumble came on the day the Queen’s granddaughter was confirmed by the British Olympic Association as one of a team of five to represent the nation at the Beijing Olympics.. more | Add your view

Don't stop til you get enough: Is plastic surgery turning LaToya into Michael Jackson?

As LaToya Jackson arrived for a promotional appearance at a department store in Munich yesterday, it more apparent than ever that a catastrophic habit for plastic surgery runs in the family .. more | Add your view

Liv Tyler splits from rocker husband Royston Langdon after five years

Hollywood actress Liv Tyler and her British rocker husband Royston Langdon have split after five years of marriage, they have confirmed. The couple released a statement insisting they 'remain good friends' and 'devoted parents' to their son three-year-old son Milo.. more | Add your view

Jam session as Amy Winehouse wanders the motorway when traffic grinds to a halt

Where Amy Winehouse goes, chaos follows. The troubled star caused something of a spectacle on the M40 today after she found herself stuck in a traffic jam. Not content to sit patiently in her car, the Rehab singer roamed the motorway, giving drivers more than they bargained for as she went from car to car in an effort to scrounge a cigarette to pass the time .. more | Add your view

Clothes Show host Louise Redknapp pregnant with Baby No.2

Louise Redknapp Jamie Redknapp InStyle Awards Feb 2008

Former Eternal singer Louise Redknapp is three months pregnant with her second child. The 33-year-old is stunned she conceived just weeks after she started with trying for a baby with husband Jamie Redknapp, because it took her four years to become pregnant with their first child Charley.. more | Add your view

Aren't you a bit old for that bottle, Suri Cruise?

Suri Cruise shopping in New York 5 May 2008

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's parenting techniques have been called into question because their two-year-old daughter Suri is using a bottle. Parenting experts and paediatricians recommend parents start to wean their child off the bottle at the age of one .. more | Add your view

Fall from grace: Fergie trips over in her towering heels

Strutting around the streets of New York a fabulous pair of vertiginous heels can be a perilous sport - just ask Fergie. The pop star took a rather embarrassing, not to mention painful, tumble as she left the Waverly Inn restaurant in the West Village last night after she lost her balance on her 5 inch peep-toe platforms .. more | Add your view

Ashley Cole goes clubbing without his wedding ring while Cheryl is away on tour

With wife Cheryl Cole hundred of miles away in Scotland, shamed footballer Ashley Cole had a rare night out in London's West End - without his wedding ring. The troubled couple haven't been seen in public together - or worn their weddings rings - since tabloid allegations in January that the Chelsea left back had cheated on his wife with hairdresser Aimee Walton .. more | Add your view

The XXX factor: Cheryl and Co squeeze into bondage-style corsets on Girls Aloud's raunchy tour

Girls Aloud continue to up the raunch factor on their UK tour, as they set the stage alight at Glasgow's SECC. And it was cuckolded wife Cheryl Tweedy who provided the spectacle as she took to the stage in a backless bondage-style bustier which left little to the imagination.. more | Add your view

Lewis Hamilton flies through air with greatest of unease in bizarre stage show

Lewis Hamilton hit back at his critics yesterday ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix, declaring: 'I'm not Superman.' But today, he gave a few superhero moves his best shot. With his sponsors apparently pulling the strings, the 23-year-old McLaren put aside his struggle on the track to take to the air in a bizarre appearance with a local dance troupe in Istanbul .. more | Add your view

From hero to zero: Matt Damon is re-Bourne as a moustachioed geek in new movie

Matt Damon filming The Informant May 2008

Matt Damon's female fans are in for a shock when they see his latest film role - playing a geeky business executive. Far from his action man role as Jason Bourne in the Bourne trilogy, Matt is unrecognisable as business executive-turned-FBI whistleblower Mark Whitacre in upcoming thriller The Informant .. more | Add your view

Redheads at dusk: Singer Joss Stone gets up close and personal with Prince Harry

All work and no play will make even a prince a dull boy. But princes Harry and William certainly know how to combine the two. William and Harry were seen greeting singer Joss Stone at an open-air extravaganza last night celebrating the efforts of Britain's armed forces. Joss, who wore a slinky black dress, with her red coloured locks freely flowing, greeted the prince like an old friend, hugging him enthusiastically .. more | Add your view

24 star Elisha Cuthbert on the beach: Day 3

Elisha Cuthbert continues her bikini beach parade with a sparkling star-studded number. It is Elisha's third day on the beach in Hawaii, but thankfully for the star who was at the centre of some of the show's tense storylines – there was absolutely no drama as she chilled out in the cool waters of the tropical isle.. more | Add your view

Desperately seeking publicity: Now Madonna stages another lesbian kiss as promotional blitz rolls on

It was a case of recycling rather than reinvention for Madonna last night as she pulled out her tried and tested move - a lesbian kiss - during her show in Paris last night. The singer, who is rapidly approaching 50, locked lips with one of her female backing dancers during a private concert in the French capital, just like she did with Britney Spears at the MTV Awards more than five years ago .. more | Add your view (4)

Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley is pregnant with her fourth child at the age of 42

Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley announced live on air today that she's expecting her fourth child. The 42-year-old presenter, who already has three children - India, Jude and Cassius - with her Virgin Records executive husband Steve Morton, admitted that it was "not expected", but said she was very excited .. more | Add your view

Mrs Chavski: 'Worst dressed' WAG Yulia shows off ANOTHER shell-suit

Despite an avalanche of criticism, WAG Yulia is determined to cling onto her distinctive style. The fiancée of Liverpool player Andriy Voronin stepped out in yet another shiny shell suit, as the couple were seen arriving back in Liverpool's John Lennon airport with baby son Andriy Jnr. In what must surely be the strangest case of accessorising, Yulia coordinated her electric blue cropped satin suit with her blue top of the range Bugaboo pushchair.. more | Add your view (3)

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TomKat and the Beckhams turn on some old-fashioned glamour - but was it TOO old for Posh?

Tom Cruise Katie Holmes Victoria Beckham David Beckham Costume Gala 5 May 2008

Team Cruise and Team Beckham reunited on the red carpet last night at the social event of the season, the annual Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala, which drew a who's who roll call of international stars .. more | Add your view (10)