Posts by Busty St Clair
Amy Winehouse Latest Victim Of Exhaustion Epidemic
10:05AM Busty St Clair | There appears to be a “severe exhaustion” epidemic sweeping through the world in which celebrities live. Amy Winehouse is the latest victim – apparently her skeletal frame has had just about enough of holding up that enormous bee-hive of a hairdo, because the toothless wonder has been carted off to hospital suffering from the dreaded affliction. Winehouse, whose hits include Rehab, was taken to University College London Hospital on Wednesday morning and discharged hours later. She had been due to appear at the Oya music festival in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday night. The set is a latest in a string of several gigs the singer has recently cancelled, citing exhaustion or ill health. The “exhaustion” excuse is also the latest in a string of cases involving celebrities ditching their commitments. To be fair, it is apparently a legit Medical Condition, but for Christ’s sake, surely getting pissed every night, eating nothing but sushi and protein shakes and then having to work, like every other person in the world, doesn’t allow them to qualify? More »
Cleo Gives Paris, Nicole And Lindsay The Flick
9:03AM Busty St Clair | Kudos to CLEO magazine, which has finally decided to drop train-wreck celebrities from its covers. For the first time since November 2000, the No.2 young women’s magazine, CLEO, is sacking celebrities from its cover in favour of less familiar models, gambling readers are ready for fresh faces. And thank god for that. We’re somewhat tired of seeing the same celebrities on the covers. It’s as though they’ve got Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria, Mischa Barton and Cameron Diaz on rotation. The September issue, on sale Monday, has Gunnedah-born Miranda Kerr on the front, and editorial director Paula Joye and editor Nedahl Stelio say they hope to use models from now on. “Particularly with young women, we have been looking at the glorification of the Paris Hiltons and the Nicole Richies,” Joye says, naming two ubiquitous stars who have built considerable fame on negligible achievement. “But if you look at what is happening to these girls, they are in drugs, in car crashes, in arrests, in jail. There’s not a lot of reason to put them on the cover of magazines. I’d go so far as to say it’s irresponsible when you are looking at the young women’s target market.” Fair point. Why stop there though? Other things CLEO should consider banning – ridiculous celebrity diets, real-life stories entitled “I Was A Prostitute For A Night”, features on why plastic surgery is so hot right now, and anything that promotes the wearing of leggings and neon t-shirts. More »
Jen Hawkins Gets Some Useless Advice From Her Fans
4:25PM Busty St Clair | Jen Hawkins has told her fans on a live News.com web chat that she’d consider posing nude for an arty magazine like black+white because she thinks it’s a “classy mag”. While the majority supported her approach readers like Jolanda Challita of Miranda warned: “Once you pose nude you can never take those images and hide them away. If you want to have children just consider how they might feel and the example that you set for them.” And hellsbells of Sydney added: “In years to come, when you are older, your future children will be embarassed by it, particularly as they start going to school and you socialising with other parents.” Right. Because being artfully photographed au naturel by perhaps one of the world’s best photographers would be embarrassing, but losing your skirt on a catwalk and flashing your bum to thousands of bogans at Miranda Fair Shops is what, something to be proud of? More »The Secret to A Box Office Flop? Russell Crowe.
10:23AM Busty St Clair | Forbes Magazine has got the calculator out and proved what anyone who saw Russell Crowe’s last three films already knows – he’s just not worth the cash. A Forbes magazine survey published on Monday shows Matt Damon offers the best box-office return on his salary, more than twice that of Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, but Australian Russell Crowe rates at the bottom of the list. Coming in at the bottom of the list was Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, whose past three movies – A Good Year, Cinderella Man and Master and Commander – all disappointed at the box office and earned an average gross income of only $US5 for each $US1 of the Australian’s salary. Probably a good thing ol’ Russ pulled out of his latest project then. It’s not all bad for Russ though. If his film career falls through, he can always take up personal motivation and life coaching. More »Jono Coleman’s Integrity As A Film Reviewer Called into Question
7:33AM Busty St Clair | Sunrise’s entertainment reporter Jono Coleman may have pissed of some parents and his bosses by spoiling the end of the latest Harry Potter book, but 71 percent of Sunrise viewers couldn’t give a stuff, voting via SMS to keep him on the show. Well Aussie film publicists and distributors obviously weren’t doing the voting — because now they’re laying into Jono, accusing him of filing film reviews for Sunrise without having actually seen their films! Sunrise showbiz reporter Jonathan Coleman’s return to air this week has been marred by a film industry smear campaign attempting to destabilise his position. smear campaign? destabalise his position? This is entertainment media, people, not industrial espionage or politics. Nonetheless… It has emerged that a group of senior film industry distributors attempted to use the faux pas to discredit Coleman further. Confidential sources claim Coleman stands accused of not attending film screenings before filing his reviews for the program, which has angered film companies. “We’ve had hits and misses with him, but have learned to manage our expectations,” one film industry source said. “There are other companies who have forked out big bucks to send him on overseas press trips who expected more and have been disappointed.” Another insider said: “(film executives) don’t want him in that role anymore.” Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. Still, what sort of people watch Jono Coleman on Sunrise, or even Richard Wilkins on Today, and expect integrity, honesty and ethics in reporting on the quality of films? Probably the same people who respond to breakfast television SMS polls…. More »Neighbours ‘Star’ Inadvertently Draws Attention To Herself
7:32AM Busty St Clair | Neighbours actress Carla Bonner – that’s Steph in case you were wondering – has been convicted and fined $1000 after crashing her car and giving a false name and address.
This from Media Spy…
The 34-year-old reversed her Jeep Laredo into another car at Knox City shopping centre on 10 July and gave the driver a friend’s name and address. Bonner’s car caused extensive damage to the Holden Barina which had to be towed away. The Dandenong Magistrates’ Court also heard that Bonner was driving without a valid driver’s licence.
In a letter submitted to the court by her lawyers, Bonner pleaded guilty to failing to give a name and address, reversing when unsafe and unlicensed driving.
Poor Carla probably freaked out thinking the other driver would recognise her name, and the relevant gossip writers would be called, so to avoid a media storm, she thought she’d give a fake name.
We’d be willing to bet our lunch money that had she just fessed up to the other driver in the first place, no one would’ve cared in the slightest. They probably didn’t even know who she was. More » 
Australia’s Greatest Publicity Whore Dumps One Hot Chick for Another
8:52AM Busty St Clair | From the who-really-gives-a-shit file comes news that wannabe superstar Tyler Atkins – the surfie bum and alleged t-shirt designer - has dumped Paris Hilton for supermodel Gisele Bundchen. He told Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day FM last week in Sydney that he met someone new while in New York. “I only met her (Paris) about two weeks ago and we’ve hung out a lot,” Ty says. “We were hanging out but I recently just went to New York and I sort of met this girl over there, who is a pretty big supermodel.” When quizzed over the identity of his new squeeze, Ty says he’s not allowed to say who she is, but conceded the model’s name was similar to that of an animal that leaps through the air. The 21-year-old was also proud to announce on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on 2Day FM that he practises safe sex after being questioned on his knowledge of Paris having herpes. “I wear condoms, mate. I’m smart like that,” Ty says. Yeah, “smart”. That’s the word we were looking for. Also, “publicity-whore” and “self-absorbed twat” work well. More »Abbie Cornish to Be Bond Girl
11:15AM Busty St Clair | The rumour mill is in overdrive in Hollywood (just as the cliche-mill is here at Defamer Australia) about the possibility that Aussie actress Abbie Cornish, best known for playing a drug-addict alongside Heath Ledger in Candy (that’s “playing”, people, not “being”), might be the next Bond girl. MTV News caught up with Aussie actress Rose Byrne, and asked if she had been contacted about the role (Byrne’s name was previously batted around for “Casino Royale”). Byrne denied any involvement in “22,” exclaiming to us, “I think Abbie Cornish’s got it.” While Cornish – a fellow Australian – has been rumored for the part since earlier this year, Byrne’s utterance lends extra credence to the story given the pair’s friendship. If true, Cornish’s appearance in “Bond” would mark the star’s first major break outside her home country, where she has made numerous acclaimed appearances in Australian television and film. We’d say congratulations to Abbie, but career wise we’re not too sure if it’s a great thing. Apart from a few exceptions, Bond Girls of years gone past don’t exactly have the best track record post-007. More »
