January 2, 2008 2:32 PM
Famous People Don't Get Fat- really?
So stars are always super skinny, manicured people with fast metabolism and magazine cover hair? Hmm, I'm not convinced. Adele Parker would have you believe so however with her new book, Famous People don't get Fat, published 3rd January (tomorrow people) promises us lots of insider tips and ho to achieve Jolie esque perfection. We at Star Trip were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of it and can share the best of her wisdom.
The book is a strange mix of slimming secrets such as 'Gwyneth Paltroiw likes to keep ft by clay pigeon shooting as it's great for your upper arms' interspersed with a list of celebrities from Geri Haliwell to Britney spears, and a long list of possible diet plans they're on, and ones you can follow. There are even recipes should you want to create a lamb vegetable hotpot of your very own, and some entertaining advice about how you can detox by just drinking tea for two days. Well, it worked for Catherine Zeta right? It's all pretty tongue in cheek though, so I wouldn't take it to seriously, and if you desire it's pink covered (naturally) goodness for yourself you can buy it here.
Posted by Zara Rabinowicz on January 2, 2008 in Celebrity Diet Watch, UK Stars, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (0)
August 16, 2006 7:24 AM
Love Island Latest
There's a new arrival on Love Island! And it's fair to say, the arrival of Big Brother 3 winner Kate Lawler didn't exactly go down well with the girls in the camp, particularly Sophie, but so far I'm loving Kate's inclusion. She's very funny, very dry - I'm not sure why that surprised me - and has so far said the truest line of the series: "Sophie's messed up in the head". Clever girl.
Kate's first action on the island was to go and get drunk with the boys, where she identified Brendan Cole's increasing desperation to have sex. With anyone. He really does seem ready to explode with sexual tension, and you naughty viewers went and put a reluctant Kate in the Love Shack with him. I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you, Ms. Lawler. [Toni Kelly]
Meanwhile, Chris and Coleen have moved their flirtation up a gear and have managed to piss Sophie off with all their kissing and cuddling. She says she isn't jealous, but she's lying. It must be hard to be dumped for someone so much more attractive - and have to witness just how over you the bloke in question is. I'm actually beginning to like Chris, who seems observant and witty at times, but a complete twat for the rest of the time. More of the former, please.
Brendan was filmed in the Love Shack putting questions to Kate, but he managed to steal the show by bitching about, well... everyone. Little Lee got it the worst, as Lee so observantly stated: "I don't think he likes me very much." Give that boy a Smartie! Kelle stood up for Brendan and refused to continue watching the tape, which is quite sweet, considering she's so obviously in love with him.
But the story, of course, is in Sophie. Sophie has decided there's someone at home for her that she'd rather be with. Sounds a bit familiar... isn't that exactly why Shane left the island? She's not even being original now. Sophie then had a rather amusing chat with her Mum, when she asked repeatedly "are you proud of me?" whilst her Mum dodged answering the question. That'd be no, then. Following the phone call Sophie declared she was staying, which I'm ever so glad about - she's a nutcase, but she's bloody good TV.
Posted by Antonia on August 16, 2006 in Soap Stars, TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (0)
August 14, 2006 4:55 AM
Love Island Latest
I haven't been updating about Love Island recently, mainly because it became so boring I couldn't bear to watch it. From what I can gather, some unknowns came and spent time on the islands, then left. Paul Danan got voted out, as did that Leo bloke, and Shane Lynch decided to walk. Then, all of a sudden, it got interesting again!
First off, Lee - who was head over heels for Colleen - got a chance to spy on her and heard her telling everyone she didn't fancy him. He then confronted her and got a bit violent, at one point spitting: "No, fuck you Colleen." He reduced her to tears, actually. He had to be calmed down, which Brendan attempted, only to have several choice expletives thrown in his direction as well. Bianca also had a go at intervening, but was politely asked to leave Lee and Colleen alone. Or something like that. [Toni Kelly]
But the story of the moment is really all about Sophie Anderton. Is this the least self-aware celebrity in the land?
Firstly, Sophie falls in love with Shane. She bores everyone rigid talking about him, spends hours analysing his every word he says to her and she also talks about him in the Beach Hut (I learnt what it was called!). When Shane announces he's leaving, she's in tears.
Then suddenly, like magic, she's okay again and has moved on to poor Chris Brosnan. They spend awhile kissing and cuddling, then Sophie manipulates the Daily Decider, asking poor Kelle to throw the competition so Sophie can go on the day trip with Chris. When they get back, Sophie trills about their "connection" and doesn't react well when Kelle says their relationship isn't real. Sophie, love, no one thinks your little alliance with Chris is real.
Then - dun dun dun! - the producers of Love Island have a brainwave and bring back Victoria Hervey for a chat with Sophie. If you remember, Victoria and Chris were pretty close before Lady V was booted off the island. Sophie has spent many hours in the Beach Hut saying she thinks Victoria will be "cool" with Sophie's relationship with Chris - but boy is she wrong!
The whole confrontation was laughable. Victoria had a bit of a go and Sophie said "well that's your opinion" several times. Sophie had been rocked earlier in the day when words she'd said came back to haunt her in the daily task, and she continued her denial trip by telling Victoria nothing had happened, to which Victoria rightfully responded "I've been watching it!"
Sophie is unbelieveable. The woman is the biggest bitch on the island, but goes and says she isn't and even says "I'm glad I'm not a bitchy person". HELLO?! What the hell are you thinking?!
When Sophie leaves, having had a bottle of wine poured over her, Sophie goes and tells Calum she's upset but "can't say anything". Then she... erm... says everything. She then goes and tells Kelle and has a good cry. Then she tells the group, and has a good cry. And bingo, she's got what she wanted - to be centre of attention.
Brendan stands up for Victoria, only to be interrupted by Lee, who really seems to have taken agin the New Zealander. Brendan later reflects on what he said, and says my TV moment of the year: "... and then Twat Features interrupts..." referring to Lee. It's a fitting nickname.
Then - and this really is the best bit - Chris goes and dumps Sophie! It spins around in her head and she's soon telling people how it was a mutual decision.
She's the most deluded person I've ever seen on TV. And for that, she's a treasure to watch. Keep it up, Sophie, I'm loving hating you!
Posted by Antonia on August 14, 2006 in Hot Gossip, Musical Stars, Relationship Watch, TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (1)
Google Wars: Sophie Anderton vs. Lady Victoria Hervey
Round two of Google Wars, this time it's Sophie Anderton vs. Lady Victoria Hervey. The pair have come to blows on Love Island over Chris Brosnan (and really, why?). The story goes like so: Victoria got with Chris first, but then got kicked off the island. Sophie continued her desperate attempts to get Shane Lynch, but he jumped off the island last week. Within 24 hours, Sophie and Chris were getting it on and Sophie was going on about their "connection". Then Victoria came back and had a showdown with Sophie, who made a massive deal of how Victoria had thrown wine over her, but insisted she wasn't in the wrong. THEN, Chris dumped Sophie, not caring he'd ended the girls nine-year friendship, because he fancies Colleen anyway.
Phew.
So, girl vs. girl, two completely useless celebrities - who'll win?
Sophie first. She has 288,000 (rough guide) Google entries, the majority from her modelling career, featuring plenty of doctored photos of her "naked". Not a bad score, but nothing amazing (she's clearly not as popular as she thinks). And it's a close one! Victoria has 255,000 (rough guide) entries. So it's a win for Sophie, which I expected, but I thought it'd be by a bigger margain. [Toni Kelly]
Posted by Antonia on August 14, 2006 in TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (6)
July 20, 2006 9:21 PM
Celebrity Love Island Latest.
The folks over at TV Scoop have joyously told the world how big a flop 'Celebrity Love Island' is, and quite right too. I started watching with a mild interest (and a duty to the Star Trip readers, of course) but now I really don't care. I quite fancy Shane Lynch and Brendan Cole and I'm still not tuning in.
I think part of the problem is the split-shows. I try to avoid the news, particularly at the moment, so with one half being shown at 10pm and then the second half at 11pm, the show has no flow or continuity and I'm sure I'm not alone in channel surfing at the end of the first half and forgetting the second is on. Last night I got myself caught up in a documentary, but I did see the first half, and here's what went on. [Toni Kelly]
Ding dong the Steve-o is dead. He was ejected from the island a full four days before he was due to leave because he'd had a bit of a rant one night. I really can't understand what the producers were thinking - so he's a bit of a loose cannon, but he was at least watchable. And really, who would have cared if he'd gone mad and stabbed the lot of them?
So with Steve-o gone, the non-action continued apace. Victoria and Chris decided to have a snog in the shower. Come on guys, that is so last year. Sensibly, Victoria managed to remember to remove her microphone but Chris didn't. I take this as an indication that the hot stuff was nothing to do with his feelings for Victoria, more to do with him wanting some air time.
They emerged awhile later, having been berated by a much too interested Leo, and Chris did his trousers up. That Lady Victoria, she's one hell of a classy lady. Ahem.
As expected, Sophie continued to go on at just about anyone over her feelings for Shane. She seems to be happy to talk to anyone about it, apart from erm, Shane. This time she pinned Chris on a beach walk and declared she was in the need of a "male perspective". Chris did the decent thing and told her a stream of lies along the lines of "I'm sure he's interested" when everyone knows he isn't.
And Kelle still loves Brendan and he still doesn't give a fuck. Watch any group shot and focus in on the ex-Eternal star. I guarentee she will be staring at Brendan. But as she has a modicum of self respect, she's keeping it quiet and not boring the entire island and viewing population talking about her feelings. I really wouldn't know who that was a caustic dig at, I just typed it, honest Guv.
Even Paul Danan is being boring. The producers need to focus on getting him drunk as soon as possible, then there might be something worth watching.
Posted by Antonia on July 20, 2006 in TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (1)
July 19, 2006 3:41 PM
Celebrity Love Island Latest.
So, the girls have to pick a boy to partner up with to make new perfect couples. Before making their choices, the ladies of the island assemble together to decide who they're going to pick, as they're clearly incapable of original thought without consulting with another non-celeb. As the girls gather round, Sophie Anderton decides to imitate a foghorn, declaring over and over: "I'M PICKING SHANE". Despite no one arguing with her or challenging her choice, she continues to yell that Shane is her's.
Really, the woman is becoming an embarrassment. After selecting Shane - who didn't look exactly pleased - he gave her a shoulder massage for all of twenty seconds. Sophie then spent an hour telling anyone who'd listen that he'd given her said massage and that that, clearly, meant he wants to marry her and make her have his Irish babies.
Before Sophie's madness, Paul Danan is given the dubious honour of selecting a girl to be his partner, as a treat for being new to the show. In a display of incredible arrogance, Paul decides to pick the one girl who's actually in a semi-relationship on the island - Leo's lucky lady (I don't mean that, it's just good alliteration), Bianca. As Paul later points out, he could pick who he wanted, but surely he could have shown some loyalty to his fellow man and made his choice like a gentleman. But no, this is Paul Danan, he had to be a wanker about it. Leo managed to react gracefully, which made me wonder what Sophie would do if someone had selected Shane before her. Would she have reacted with such aplomb? Or would we have had our first reality TV murder?
Later in the day, Sophie spends awhile crying in the Island Diary Room (my choice of description, not the producers, but that's essentially what it is), lamenting her luck at falling for someone on a reality TV show (did she miss the concept of the show when she signed up?) and saying that Shane probably didn't feel the same way. As she left the diary room, she bumped into Shane who asked if she was okay. She replied that she was and Shane displayed his complete lack of interest by accepting this response, despite the fact she was still semi-crying.
Later still, the islanders were disturbed by a new playmate, Steve-o, of Jackass fame. Now considering I have a brain and a mature sense of humour, I've never watched Jackass, so to me he's just another nobody who I shall rip the piss out of over the coming weeks.
Steve-o did have one use pretty much immediately - he woke the other blokes' up from their boring habits. As testosterone poisoning set it, the boys indulged in a towel-whacking fight, where Brendan tried to show his manly side by barely flinching when hit.
It didn't help, as Steve-o later asked the group who they thought was gay - him or Brendan? Brendan didn't react well, which I find bizarre. This man is a bloody dancer, surely he's well used to defending his sexuality by now? Brendan bitched to Shane then puffed up his chest and flirted with any woman going - except poor Kelle - to prove how manly he is.
Shane took Steve-o to one side and basically told him he was being a tosser. Steve-o then went into the diary room and said how much he respected Shane for calling him on his behaviour, talking about the ex-Boyzoner like he was some kind of God.
The next day, Steve-o tried to persuade Lee to tell Bianca how he felt. A very drunk Lee had a good go at it, but was constantly interrupted by Steve-o, who flirted with Bianca and filled the air with sexual innuendo. Bianca ignored Lee's words of love and giggled idiotically at Steve-o's antics.
Shane and Collen ended up in the Love Shack for the evening. I have to admit I don't know why, as I didn't see the first part of the show, but I'd imagine Sophie was less than pleased. While God Shane was away. Steve-o was generally an arsehole, annoying everyone, but quickly stopped on the return of Shane.
So here's an overview: Sophie loves Shane, but may have competition in Steve-o, who clearly thinks Shane is the best thing, like, EVER. Lee loves Bianca but she doesn't care. Who knows what Victoria and Chris have been up to - even the cameramen don't care, we so rarely see them on screen. Kelle continues to adore Brendan from afar and he continues to not give a fuck.
See you tomorrow!
Posted by Antonia on July 19, 2006 in TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (0)
July 17, 2006 3:32 PM
Celebrity Love Island - What Happened Last Night.
You can picture the executive producer's meeting for this series of Love Island. They're all sitting around chewing their pens, looking at last years ratings and what made the show so popular, and they've got one problem. One young gun eventually pipes up:
"How can we repeat the success of last year?"
"Well," says another. "Last year it was successful because Paul Danan was being an idiot."
"Okay," another pipes up. "Let's shove some other unknown mid-20s male in and see if that works."
"I'm not sure," says the first guy, puzzled. "Is it enough?"
"I don't think so," admits the second. "We'll need to spend hours brainstorming trying to think how we can capture viewers this time round."
"Or," says the third, his eye on a round of golf. "We could just put Paul Danan back in there again."
"Sold!"
Honestly. Is nothing original in TV anymore?
So, the Danan is back. He spent awhile cooped up in a "secret suite", making inane comments and pulling stupid faces. Oh how we missed you and your own particular brand of twattish behaviour, Paul! Finally he's let back in to the main camp and... let's just say, the original residents are less than pleased. Sophie Anderton pipes up saying she hates him, swiftly joined by Victoria Hervey (I WILL NOT call her a Lady), as the Bitches of Eastwick (or Fiji) plot to get him out. [Toni Kelly]
When asked who he fancies, Paul admits to camera that he's got a soft spot for Playboy bunny Colleen. Well, join the queue. So far, that's Brendan, Chris and now Shane (more of that in a moment) that fancy her. Does she fancy anyone back? As Sophie put it: "She'll fly back to LA and start dating some millionaire."
And yes, Shane has finally broken ranks and decided he fancies someone - but it's not Sophie. Considering Sophie is turning into the Jayne Middlemiss of this series (I wouldn't dare touch Shane, would you?), I'd think Colleen might want to start sleeping with one eye open. Shane admitted he'd like to get to know Colleen, when in the next shot Sophie was questioning Colleen on whether she liked Shane. When Colleen answered no, Sophie was suddenly willing to be best friends again.
Listen, Sophie love. You've had a rough time and I know a gorgeous Irish D-lister looks like a good idea, but HE'S NOT INTERESTED. He's only said it about a million times (though not to her face - probably too scared). Lee's admitted to wanking over you - I'd imagine he's a sure thing.
Kelle continues to fancy Brendan - it's so bloody obvious - but is still, essentially, the odd one out who no one fancies back. Brendan is turning his Kaplinsky-wooing-charms on Colleen but... she's not interested. Why exactly is she on the show? Brendan is gorgeous, you stupid cow!
There was quite a sad moment when Nobody Lee admitted that he's got it bad for Bianca, but followed on by saying she's got "man" Leo to get off with, so is unlikely to pick a spikey-haired moron who looks like he's 14. However, he does seem to have genuine affection for the girl, which is quite nice to see.
As for Bianca and Leo, a late night snog-a-thon broke Lee's heart. Is it just me, or was Bianca not an entirely willing participant?
Put Lee and Bianca in the Love Shack guys! Vote for the underdog! Maybe she likes her men squeaky and without descended testicles.
As for the remaining islanders, Victoria Hervey continues to be useless as does Chris - who I shall from now on refer to as 'Son Of' - and... who else is in there?
Just a quick note: I'm enjoying the interplay between Ferne and Patrick this year.
See you tomorrow!
Posted by Antonia on July 17, 2006 in Hot Gossip, TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (1)
July 10, 2006 10:17 PM
Love Island: First Impressions of Victoria Hervey, Shane Lynch, Sophie Anderton and the gang...
ITV's new Love Island reality show started tonight (they've dropped the 'Celebrity' prefix, which in some of the participants' cases is a wise move). Star Trip will be tracking the ups, the downs, and hopefully the ups-and-downs of desert island life throughout the series. Well, it beats Big Brother anyway. Read on for some first impressions:
1. Sophie Anderton has already been in tears twice, after nobody picked her in the initial coupling off. For heaven's sake. That said, wouldn't it have been better if they had more women than men, forcing one bloke to be left out? At least it might get a bit Lord Of The Flies.
2. I bet it only takes two minutes after meeting any woman before Chris Brosnan mentions that his dad's James Bond. I can't see how else he'd pull, anyway. He looks like a younger, squarer Suggs out of Madness.
3. Victoria Hervey isn't as nice as her sister, who was on last year. Does this mean they've run out of Herveys, or is there another one lined up for next year's show?
4. Did all of these famous people skive geography at school? Honestly, if they can't work out where Spain is on a world-map during a simple task, how are they expected to identify a cumulus cloud or oxbow lake? Tsk.
5. Who's the little blond fella? I thought he was out of S Club 7, but now I'm not so sure.
6. They all seem to be taking far too much care over their hair. Do they have a separate desert island full of styling products and tongs? A week of salt-water and fresh air should sort that out (although I'm worried what it'll do to Alicia Douvall's face).
7. Fearne Cotton can carry off a pair of shorts with aplomb. Patrick Kielty is wearing jeans, so I'll reserve judgement on him. But Fearne, mmm...
8. No candidates as yet for this year's Paul Danan character (i.e. boggle-eyed leg-humping sex-pest). Although Brendan Cole's got potential.
9. The fish in the background of the interview room are cool. They're actually more interesting than anything any of the celebrities have said so far in there too.
10. Leo Ihenacho is not very macho. Fancy sending Alicia Douvall up a palm tree to grab coconuts, then bawling like a baby all the way up (and down) when you try to follow suit. She seems like a trooper, completely against expectations. She's my early tip to win. [Stuart Dredge]
Posted by Stu on July 10, 2006 in TV Show Gossip, Victoria Hervey | Permalink | Comments (1)
