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9:30PM Amrita Rajan | Simon Cowell can’t escape the coiff, Bai Ling has a hungry pussy, Mel Gibson throws sticks and stones, and the Brangelina+Gosselin vortex will sink us all. More »
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Sophie Monk Possibly Injured In Car Accident

12:04PM Jess McGuire | Keep Sophie Monk in your Friday thoughts, dudes! She’s just had a car crash in Hollywood, the poor love, although it sounds as though she’s gonna be okay. Still, news.com.au says she’s been taken to hospital and gloomily promises “more to come” on this breaking story. More »

Sophie Monk Admits She’s Crap In The Sack

4:19PM Jess McGuire | Bless her cotton socks – in true Aussie style, Sophie Monk displayed some good old fashioned self-deprecating humour when appearing on 2Day FM’s breakfast show today, confessing to feeling “awkward” about her appearance, and going on to admit she’s probably a dud root. Speaking on breakfast radio this morning, Monk said she didn’t consider herself to be sexy before revealing what she thought of herself in the bedroom. “I’m not a very sexy person, I’m very awkward,” the former Popstars babe told the Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show on 2DayFm. More »

Will Sophie Monk Do The Motorbike Dance For Playboy?

10:20AM Clem Bastow | Generally speaking, when rumours of the “OMG nude!” variety start flying around a starlet, there’s usually an awful lot of gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands, and a lackey is dispatched to pour cold water on the whispers, and said starlet starts getting around in hessian sacks and tracksuits. Not so our Sophie Monk, however! When buzz began circulating that Bardot’s finest Marilyn Monroe impersonator had been touched – potentially – by the hand of Hef, her publicist stood to attention. “Playboy has always done classy portfolios, so I’m sure if this was real, it’s something that would be considered,” Weinman said via email. More »

Sophie Monk Trades The GC Volvo In For A Maroon Jaguar

3:19PM Clem Bastow | Sophie Monk is certainly aware of the concept of “trading up”: after breaking her engagement with Good Charlotte’s cuddly tattoo artists’ pin-cushion Benji Madden, she has apparently been macking with Maroon 5’s lead dude and ladies’ man Adam Levine. So sayeth the US gossips: The Aussie, who was said to be in a relationship with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, was reportedly seen having a pash with Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine in Los Angeles. “They were on the patio at the Chateau Marmont, and they kissed,” a source told The New York Post. And that’s all we’ve got on that story for the time being, so I’ve taken the liberty of creating an artist’s impression of what I believe the events at the Chateau Marmont looked like: I think you’ll agree it is quite true to life. More »

The Daily Telegraph Has Taken The Monk-Madden Break Up Rather Badly

8:10AM Jess McGuire | Look, we’re all upset at losing a new Australia’s Favourite Son-In-Law contender (the position having been sadly left vacant ever since Tom Cruise abandoned Our Nic and pursued his interest in couch-jumping and psychiatry hatin’) in Benji Madden, the tattooed twin from Good Charlotte who has moved on from his relationship with actress Sophie Monk with lightening speed – and straight into the arms of Paris Hilton. But the tone in this article regarding Ms Hilton’s donning of a ‘B’ necklace leads us to believe that somewhere in a News Ltd office, there’s a writer taking things particularly hard and strangely personally. Paris Hilton may be showing off a bejewelled B named for her latest lover Benji Madden, but really, it may as well stand for bitch. Thems fightin’ words! The necklace is the latest display of nasty behaviour straight from the pages of Hilton’s how to be a bitch manual, and surely designed to get a rise out of Madden’s ex fiancee Sophie Monk. Monk was especially attached to the “B” for Benji necklace the Good Charlotte guitarist gave her as a gift last year, even insisting on wearing it in the promotional material she did to launch the Bio-Fit bra for Pleasure State last June. Close to her heart, literally, behind-the-scene spies on the set recalled Monk wouldn’t be parted from the trinket necklace at the time. Hang on, Benji’s giving the same gift to all his ladyfriends? Surely that would leave a bad taste in Paris’ mouth (not an unusual occurence, but nevertheless…). How odd. But while the Hollywood heiress clearly thinks she’s winning the battle of the blondes, she’s effectively only flaunting her deep seated paranoia and insecurity along with the necklace. We really did look earnestly for a by-line on the off chance we’d discover Sophie Monk is now writing for the Telegraph, but there’s no trace of the author in the online version of the article (unless we have been blinded by lack of sleep and, perhaps more devastatingly, lack of coffee this morning). Regardless, Sophie Monk will no doubt be pleased to learn the Australian media is 100% behind her. Once Andrew Bolt and Michelle Grattan throw in their two cents, we’ll be done. More »

Sophie Monk: “My Idiot Ex Did NOT Leave Me For Paris Hilton!” World: “Suuure…”

9:55AM Jess McGuire | Sophie Monk has broken her silence (what happened to the whole “this will be the only statement we’ll be making on the break-up” schtick, eh?) now that the public has learned her former fiancee Benji Madden is currently running around town with Paris Hilton, and has insisted the well-ridden socialite was not the reason for the couple’s break up. The former member of all-girl outfit Bardot, who is from Brisbane, said the media had got it “all wrong” with speculation over her break-up with the tattoo-laden Madden, lead guitarist with international chart-toppers Good Charlotte. “Let me make this as plain as possible, Benji did not leave me for Paris Hilton. Benji and I did not break up badly or anything like that,” she said. “We both decided as adults our relationship had run its course and decided to move on.” And then, three hours later and totally free of guilt, he decided Paris Hilton was the one. To be fair to Sophie, we’d be choosing denial over accepting the fact Paris Hilton was the preferred choice of ladyfriend of a man who is clearly, clearly punching above his weight when it comes to landing paramours. Monk added that despite her relationship bust-up, her acting career in the US had gone into “overdrive”. There’s that denial again… More »

Sophie Monk No Longer With The Bloke From Good Charlotte Who Isn’t The One Who Knocked Up Nicole Richie

10:54AM Jess McGuire | It seems like only a month ago Sophie Monk’s reps were insisting she and Benji Madden’s relationship was just fine and dandy (actually, it was) but that is not the case now, with the couple officially announcing yesterday they are splitsville. Revealed exclusively to Confidential by Monk’s Sydney agent Yoon Kim, the announcement ends months of speculation about the gradual deterioration of the high-profile couple’s 18-month relationship. “Sophie and Benji have officially split. The decision was mutual and they remain amicable,” Kim’s statement read. “This will be my only statement regarding this matter.” After meeting on the set of a Good Charlotte videoclip in mid- 2006, the starlet and the tattooed rocker embarked on a whirlwind romance which peaked with a marriage proposal six months later at Monk’s Gold Coast home. Whether her parting of ways with the more internationally famous Madden will affect Monk’s rapidly skyrocketing career in Hollywood where she has dazzled in assorted blonde hottie roles (a quick glance at her IMDB profile reveals she’s currently filming Spring Break ‘83, while another enticingly titled film – Spring Breakdown – is in post-production) remains to be seen. Ah well, Sophie. There’s always Brandon Davis. More »

Hold Your Horses, Australia, Sophie Monk And Benji Madden Are Still Together!

3:57PM Clem Bastow | Though millions of Australians were ready to wail in the streets at the rumoured news that Sophie “Motorcycle Dance” Monk and Benji “The Slightly Fatter And More Tattooed One” Madden were about to split, the country can breathe a collective sigh of relief – it is not so! In a statement to US Magazine, the couple’s publicist wrote: “As Nicole Richie and Joel Madden anticipate the birth of their first child, a rep for Madden’s rocker brother, Benji, confirms that, despite reports of a split, his romance is still going strong. “In response to recent rumors that the couple had broken up, Good Charlotte’s rep tells Us: “Benji Madden and Sophie Monk are together and very happy.” Evidently this is such a cause for celebration that News Ltd created a slideshow to the effect of providing reverence for our greatest celebrity coupling since Tom and Nicole – which we give thanks for, as it allows us all to bask in the glory of this: For which, we should all give solemn thanks. More »

Not Even The Motorcycle Dance Can Save Sophie Monk’s Live Tv Career

12:15PM Clem Bastow | Networks are scrambling to make sure Sophie Monk never appears on live tele ever again (at least not without being dubbed by Sigrid Thornton and filmed from behind a wall featuring a hologram of Lisa McCune) following her dumbfounding “work” hosting the AFI awards red carpet arrivals with Richard Wilkins and Livinia “That’s Me!bourne” Nixon. The Bardot star turned Hollywood token hot chick was one of the “highlights” of coverage News Ltd memorably describes as “dismal”, one of our favourite underused words of savage criticism. With four Hollywood films set for release in the next year and a reputation as a picture perfect poser, Monk’s mind-numbing microphone work made for even bigger disappointment for the program’s producers. …While the former Popstars product has had a dream run making the transition from reality TV starlet to Tinseltown, Monk’s critics have made sure her next hosting gig will be harder to get. Under a barrage of insults that invariably described her efforts as “inane utterings” or pleaded she be “seen and not heard – ever”, understandably Monk has gone to ground since arriving in Sydney last Friday, cutting a lone figure on a solo jog around Rushcutters Bay. But her month-long stay will include an appearance on another Nine production – Carols By Candlelight on December 24. Perhaps she’ll get a tightly-worded script as an early Christmas gift. Yes, and that script will say something along the lines of, “Hi, I’m Sophie Monk! Ooh look, I wonder what’s down this trapdoor? Let me go and have a look.” And then parents everywhere will have to spend Christmas morning explaining what happened to that nice blonde lady who disappeared in a puff of smoke. More »