Jeffs Celebrity Gossip Blog

Children fighting to save their school moved telly star Judy Finnigan to tears.

The 70 pupils of Selsted Primary in Hawkinge near Folkestone, Kent, sent Judy, 58, a video and CD of a song they wrote for the campaign.

"I hope they don't close your school," she said after they sang it on Richard & Judy on Channel 4. Now it could be released as a single.

Which well-known actress dropped a clanger when the director of her latest film heard her slagging him off? And as well as branding him "a tool," the foxy female then called him a "freak." So it's unsurprising that there's a tension on set.

Football star Frank Lampard clearly knows how to live it up with his good lady, as he proves during their luxury break in Portugal.

The 28-year-old enjoyed spending the day bronzing himself on board a luxury liner - despite cruising past a Portuguese flag.

The emblem is sure to have brought back memories of England being knocked out of the World Cup quarter final last weekend, after losing on penalties.

Especially as Frank missed one of the spot kicks.

But his fiancee Elen Rives, 28, soon had the England and Chelsea star smiling. As she boarded the luxury vessel, the Spanish siren looked luscious in a baby blue dress.

More than five million viewers tuned in to see Thursday's C4 show where Glyn and Spiral got to grope Lea's whopping boobs.

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Big Brother 5 housemate Michelle Bass has landed her first acting role - in the Hollywood movie I Want Candy, which also stars Carmen Electra and Michelle Ryan.

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Jennie and Aisleyne dubbed Mikey "Two Ciders" after he walked around drunk after just two drinks.

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Richard appealed to everyone to be nice to each other then hours later went into the Diary Room and bitched about the newbies calling them "outcasts."

Nicole Richie's said to be fulfilling a girlhood crush by enjoying dates with none other than Jeff Goldblum. The unlikely pair were spotted out together recently, after Nicole revealed that the star of The Fly and Jurassic Park made her swoon when she was a sweet 13-year-old. Jeff, who was once married to Geena Davis back in the eighties, is 54 years old, making him 30 years older than Nicole. He recently split up from his fiancee, dancer Catherine Wreford, 24, following a whirlwind romance.

Hollywood, CA :: Nicole Richie, 24, was spotted shopping and walking down Sunset Boulevard yesterday afternoon with Blackberry in hand. Nicole wore an interestingly patterend sea green floaty top, short tattered jean shorts, and flip-flops. And of course she didn't forget to accesorize with her her signature bug-eyed sunglasses

Screen veteran Michael Caine is planning to team up with Jude Law to remake classic 1972 movie Sleuth. Caine played the lead in the original 1966 version of Alfie--a role reprised by Law in 2004. And now the pair are joining forces to bring a new version of Sleuth, which initially starred Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier, to the big screen. He says, "We have a very good script that may be worth doing, with me in the older Olivier part and Jude playing my part."

Rock band Ash have promised that their new album will be more stripped down than their last release, and share similarities with their earlier work.

The group are currently in a New York studio recording the follow-up to 2004's hugely successful Meltdown, but have revealed that the new songs are very different.

Bassist Mark Hamilton told Kerrang!: “With Meltdown, we made a really super-slick, ultra-polished, highly-produced album and we wanted to do something different from that.”

Eschewing high-tech production techniques, the band have ambitious aims. “We’re going to try and record 90 per cent of the album live," Hamilton remarked.

Earlier in the year guitarist Charlotte Hatherley left the group, resulting in a more "stripped down" sound for the remaining three-piece.

“One song, 'Suicide Girls', has got a big pop chorus and is more like classic early Ash. It’s really exciting," he added.

Patsy Kensit is moving new toyboy Killa Kela into her Notting Hill home.

The Emmerdale actress started dating the rapper just one month ago after they met on the set of Russell Brand's MTV show.

A friend revealed, "Patsy's crazy about her new fella. He was surprised when she asked him to move in. He said he felt a bit pressured but he really likes her, so he's giving it a whirl."

Kensit's previous romance with Matt Holbrook ended because he felt that she was too "clingy".

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has finally decided to go ahead with surgery to rebuild her nose.

Recent reports suggested that the It girl and reality TV presenter had been considering an operation to repair the damage caused by years of drug abuse. After consulting with a Harley Street surgeon, Tara will now go under the knife next week.

"She's been to a couple of events recently where people have made comments, and pictures of her afterwards have really shocked her," a friend said. "She's been driven to tears and feels she has no other option than to get it fixed - even though she's petrified about the whole thing.

"She's lived with it for years without anyone commenting, but the non-stop gossip has become unbearable. So many horrid things have been said that some days she doesn't want to step outside her front door."

Lisa Armstrong fell for I'm A Celebrity host Ant McPartlin as soon as they met, an old friend has revealed.

The former singer became acquainted with McPartlin eleven years ago at a teen magazine roadshow. At the time, she was a member of pop band Deuce along with Kelly O'Keefe, Paul Holmes and Craig Young.

"We first met Ant and Dec on tour. We were supporting them as PJ and Duncan and I fancied Ant because I thought he was gay too," old bandmate Paul told The Mirror. "It was so funny. Both Lisa and I wanted him so it was a battle between us - but she got him. Dec even went out with Kelly for a while.

"Lisa is like my sister, she is so sweet, caring and just a great girl. I think that is the secret of their success. She just gets on with her career and lets him get on with his."

McPartlin and Armstrong are set to tie the knot in two weeks.

Ashley Cole spoke about his love for Cheryl Tweedy while enjoying his stag celebrations.

The footballer, who is currently on holiday in Marbella, bought a glass of champagne for everybody at the Sinatra's bar to toast Tweedy with.

A source said, "Ashley was on fine form and there was champagne for everyone. A couple recognised him and offered their congratulations. Ashley then toasted Cheryl saying she was 'his world'. They are obviously head over heels in love."

The insider added, "Ashley has been making the most of his stag do but it's been quite tame. The most rounds he's been having have been on the golf course!"

Cole and Tweedy are due to get married next weekend.

Louisa Lytton will leave the cast of EastEnders in November, after just over a year in her role.

The decision behind Lytton's departure from the show was a mutual one between herself and the producers when it became clear that there was nowhere for her character, Ruby Allen, to develop after Billy Murray ceased to play her character's father earlier this year.

A source from the soap explained: "The way the storylines pan out means there's not really much scope for Louisa's character any more."

Lytton, 17, joined the show last May and has since been a part of such storylines as the return of the Mitchell brothers, the arrest of her father, gangster Johnny, and her relationship with Juley.

The actress said of her stint on the show: "I've really enjoyed my time at EastEnders. It's been a great experience which I will never forget but I am now looking forward to trying new things."

Executive producer Kate Harwood explained: "Louisa has been a popular cast member at EastEnders, winning a soap award as sexiest female and a legion of fans. We are currently planning a dramatic exit for her character and we wish her the best of luck for the future."

U.S. singer and heartthrob Justin Timberlake wants to push the boundaries of pop music with a new album, "FutureSex/LoveSounds", that marks a departure from his earlier chart-topping style, he said on Friday.

Timberlake's first solo album, "Justified", sold more than seven million copies and has also moved into acting.

His new album is due to be released on September 11.

"I realize that I have a platform to push the sound of pop music. That's the only responsibility that I put on myself in recording the album," Timberlake told a news conference at the start of a promotional tour.

"If I'm not going to push it, then who's going to push it?"

The first single from the album, "SexyBack", features a pounding bass beat and electronic sounds, and does not include the falsetto singing that has become Timberlake's trademark. He said, however, that the album featured "a lot" of such singing.

"The best way I can describe that song is say David Bowie and David Byrne decided to do a cover of James Brown's Sex Machine," Timberlake told reporters.

He said the new sound was the product of a broad variety of influences, from soul legends Al Green and Marvin Gaye to bands such as The Beatles and The Eagles.

"I think it's important on your sophomore album to broaden your sound, to try something new, because if you do the same thing, then your third album has to be the same thing and your fourth album has to be the same thing and, you know, you don't grow," the former member of 1990s boy band *NSync said.

Timberlake wrote songs on the album with producer and rapper Timbaland, and the album features guest vocals by Timbaland, Atlanta rapper TI and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.

While he wants to change pop music, he said he was not aiming to take over Michael Jackson's 'king of pop' mantle.

"I think that you guys definitely want a new king of pop, you definitely want one and I'm probably not the only one who you might be thinking of. I don't want it. I want to do what I do," he said.

MADONNA is holding secret talks with JESSICA SIMPSON and LINDSAY LOHAN to do yet another three-way lesbian shocker.

Three years ago at the MTV Video Music Awards she made front page news around the world when she kissed BRITNEY SPEARS and CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

Now the Queen Of Pop is planning to do a bondage scene with the two rising stars at this year’s awards in New York next month.

A source told me: “Madonna’s people contacted Jessica’s representatives a few weeks ago and the talks are progressing well.

“With both Jessica and Lindsay’s stock rocketing Madonna thinks they would be perfect to perform with

“She’s planning something even more sexy than a lesbian kiss. The whispers are all about a bondage- inspired show.

“Madonna will keep the details hushed up until the night.”

By coincidence, Jessica’s new single, A Public Affair, sounds a lot like Madonna’s Holiday. Lindsay is enjoying a run of film success with comedy Just My Luck and a major role in Georgia Rule, which is shooting now.

Joan Rivers is siding with Star Jones Reynolds. The tart-tongued comic says that the axed co-host of “The View” was right to announce on air that she was fired. “I’m not one of the girls, so I don’t give a [bleep] — as long as they keep using me on ‘The View,’” Rivers told the podcast The Strip. “But if someone was firing me, I’d come out and say I was fired. … Star did exactly the right thing.”

Michelle Rodriguez has been blasted by animal rights activists for taking a baby tiger cub to a nightclub. The actress played with Skanda, a nine-week-old white tiger, for a charity event she was hosting in aid of a nature sanctuary.

PETA have now slammed the star for using the endangered animal for entertainment purposes.
A spokesman for the animal rights organisation, Dan Mathews, said: "These are wild animals, not party animals.

"We know Michelle Rodriguez is an animal lover, but I think she is unaware how infant animals need to be around their mother and not a clanging party scene.
"They're not meant to be an ornament at a party, even one that is designed to raise money for animals. It kind of defeats the purpose."

Rodriguez fed the baby tiger a bottle full of milk and went swimming with it in a pool.

The tiger was said to have looked distressed as it scrambled around the venue.

Club owner Satsky, who paid $10,000 to hire the tiger, said: "The music was bothering him a little bit. But his trainer was constantly feeding him milk, so that kind of calms him down."