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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Woos Paul McCartney With Teenage Fingerpainting

5:41AM Kyle Buchanan | Though Elisabeth Hasselbeck claims she was a designer in her pre-View life, she’s best remembered as a considerably less loathsome Survivor contestant. Today, guest Paul McCartney inspired Hasselbeck to finally share her “art” with us. More »

Nude Photos of Heather Mills Are Unappealing (And Not Just Because of Her Missing Leg)

7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Maybe she was a porn star. Maybe she was a prostitute. Maybe she was even a good homemaker (though not likely). Yet the one occupation Heather Mills is known for that continues to confound us is modelling. In 1986, after failing at a number of jobs (and being arrested for stealing from one), Mills started her own modelling agency. Her number one client? You guessed it — herself. These recently surfaced pictures were shot in 1999 and are not as raunchy as the ones we’ve seen in the past. In fact – while not particularly attractive – they’re almost classy. The only thing that’s missing is the airbrushing that we as a society have come to expect. Oh, and her leg. More »

Paul McCartney Just Can’t Get Enough Courtroom Action

2:37PM Clem Bastow | It’s probably safe to say Sir Paul McCartney didn’t really enjoy dragging his recently deceased marriage through the courts these past aeons months – however, that’s not the norm for he of the perky eyebrows, as he’s quite happy to get sue-tastic when it comes to his baby, The Beatles. This is somewhat at odds with his other favourite pastime – making lots and lots of money – so we were slightly surprised to see that Apple Corps are going to court to attempt to stop the release of a ‘bootleg’ quality recording of an early (1962) Beatles gig, given they okayed the neverending Anthology series, so haven’t seemed to have any issues with shiteful-quality recordings in the past if they were shifting megabucks units. A £7.5million lawsuit argues the poor quality recording at the Star Club harms the image of divorce-row Macca and the other Beatle legends. It is unclear how US firm Fuego Entertainment got hold of it. But a Fuego spokesman said: “It’s unfair to millions of Beatles fans not to allow this recording.” Given that much of The Beatles’ time in Hamburg involved a) prostitutes and b) getting around the strip with toilet seats around their neck, we guess it’s possible that the recorded performances might not be up to scratch. But maybe Paul just needs to read Fuego’s statement again: “millions of Beatles fans” – MILLIONS. Each paying MONEY. Delicious MONEY. YUM YUM YUM. (It’s okay, we’re trained hypnotherapists; we’re close personal friends of Jackie Stallone and her psychic dogs, too.) More »

$52.3Million Not Enough To Stop Heather Mills’ Ranting

9:08AM Clem Bastow | Well, the day that seemingly would never come has arrived: Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have reached a divorce settlement! After spending aaages in the courts duking out the terms of their split, the Beatle and his activist ex-wife agreed on a £24.3million settlement (apparently Mills sought £125million and McCartney offered £15.8million), which is roughly AUD$52.3million, but that didn’t stop Mills from marching out of court and holding an impromptu press conference on the steps outside. Launching a non-stop stream of criticism, Ms Mills raged against Sir Paul, the judge and McCartney’s lawyer Fiona Shackleton. She said: “Fiona Shackleton has very sadly handled this case in the worst manner you could ever imagine. She has called me many, many names before meeting me when I was in a wheelchair.” Ms Mills also launched an angry outburst against her husband’s victory on where their daughter would live and how much she would get each year. “Beatrice gets £35,000 a year. She is meant to travel B-class when her father travels A-class. “Paul has always wanted Beatrice to go to a state school. He insisted that he wanted us to move to that area [East Sussex] – £35,000 includes. £17,000 for school fees.” “He tried to get our daughter with joint residency, even though we had gone 50-50. In that way he has got everything he wanted, but that’s what powerful people get.” Ms Mills complained about the judge’s assessment of her husband’s wealth. “He also said that Paul is only worth £400 million. Everyone knows that he has been worth £800 million for the last 15 years. “Paul has always wanted it public because he wants to look like generous Sir Paul.” Blah, blah, blah… You know, for ages we tried to support Mills, tried not to buy into the grossly misogynist muckraking the UK tabloids took part in, tried to see her as something other than the gold-digger the press was so keen to paint her as – but she was just as keen to, presumably, reveal the deeply unpleasant nature of her personality. Surely the mega-bucks pay-out means she could relax into full-time parenting, but no, Mills plans to shack Beatrice up with a nanny ASAP. And given the terms of the divorce settlement, we’ll never know if Sir Paul really was a knob to her, as she claims, but you know what? We hope we never have to hear from or of her again. More »