tiger lily

Uh Oh, Tiger Lily (Maybe) Set To Become Child Actor

11:05AM Clem Bastow | This could well constitute “troubling news”: Tiger Lily, daughter of Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates and adopted daughter of Sir Bob Geldof, has apparently made a shortlist of young actresses in line to star in the latest cinematic adaptation of the popular Eloise books. Even though being a child actor isn’t necessarily the curse it once was, here’s hoping Tiger Lily is from the Frances Bean Cobain school rather than the Drew Barrymore-aged-8-to-16 school, and has only inherited her parents’ looks rather than their party MO. Tiger Lily and 10 other young actresses were shortlisted after the movie’s producers scoured schools in Britain, the US and Canada. Hollywood actress Uma Thurman has already been cast to play the nanny in the film. “Eloise has to be sassy, streetwise and extremely lovable, although she has a naughty side,” an unnamed source close to the film told the Daily Mail newspaper. Final auditions for the starring role will be held next week, the paper added. Eloise in Paris is based on the famous 50s children’s books by Kay Thompson. Casting Tiger Lily in the role would be an improvement on the dreadful existing film and TV versions of the character, but we’ll believe all this when we actually see proper quotes rather than just “sources”. In any case, we can’t see Sir Bob letting Tiger Lily hit Studio 54 for her 12th birthday – if his other daughters are any indication, that sort of shit is strictly for those aged 15 and above. More »

Saint Geldof Still A Sinner In The Eyes Of The Hutchence Clan

11:57AM Clem Bastow | The sad story of little Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily continues, with another Hutchence family member sounding off about their niece/granddaughter/distant relative’s life with Bob Geldof. Hutchence’s sister Tina, speaking to New Idea on the eve of the ten-year anniversary of Michael’s death, reckons Geldof is keen to legally adopt Tiger Lily and change her name to Geldof. The Hutchence family has received a letter from Geldof’s lawyers informing them of his intention to change Tiger Lily’s name, Tina Hutchence said. “In seven years, he’s given my mother just four days of supervised visits,” she said. “None of the rest of us have seen Tiger, only my mother, and that was with the nanny. “And the interesting thing is Bob Geldof is patron of a charity called Grandparents Apart – a charity for grandparents who don’t get to see their grandchildren.” You know, if the Hutchences hadn’t shown themselves to be money-grubbing whingers throughout the past ten years (that eBay auction springs to mind) then we might be inclined to side with them. However, since Sir Bob seems to be doing a reasonably good job of caring for Tiger, we can’t help but see this as just another publicity grab – one thing that, like him or not (his endlessly snowballing charity gigs notwithstanding), Sir Bob does well to avoid. If Tiger was “returned” to the Hutchences we get the feeling she’d be featuring in an RSL-touring jazz ballet spectacular faster than you could say “Bindi Irwin”. More »