Sir Paul and Heather battle on and Keira and Kylie in big in this week’s hottest celebrity stories.
In one of the most crucial slices of news to hit Tinseltown in recent months, the Hollywood writers voted to end their three-month strike this week, ending a hugely costly period of industrial action.
Movies and TV shows were cancelled, stars flip-flopped from project to project and with the 80th Academy awards lurching perilously close to suffering the same undignified press conference fate as the Golden Globes, Joan Rivers presumably grew intensely anxious at the thought of not being able to march brazenly up to celebrities on the red carpet and hassle them for information on their outfit.
But as one strike ends, the chance of another has arisen almost immediately. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has not yet begun talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) before their current contract expires on June 30th and, fearful of another strike, top Hollywood stars including George Clooney have urged the union to begin talks immediately.
Movie studios have expressed their willingness to begin negotiations, but the SAG representatives are remaining reticent for the time being.
Could there really be another strike? Time will tell…
Liam Gallagher had a rather excellent week without any clashes with the paparazzi or arguments with his brother.Then again, it’s clear how much the Oasis frontman has matured by his decision to get married to Nicole Appleton on Valentine’s Day after nearly eight years together. Though getting married in the same spot in which he wed first wife Patsy Kensit does seem an odd decision…
He had some professional success as well, after Definitely, Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? were voted the two best British albums of all time. However, the fact that the poll placed Keane’s Under the Iron Sea above Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon shows it shouldn’t be taken entirely seriously.
By her standards, it was a fairly quiet week for Britney Spears, though we did learn that she apparently ‘doesn’t want custody’ of her kids, while her father was given increased control of her estate – probably for the best.
Avril Lavigne decided to steer clear of the recent scandal about her low pay for backing dancers and stuck her oar into the Britney mess, saying she feels bad for the Toxic star, while a man claiming to be Britney’s lawyer says granting her family control of her assets is a ‘civil rights violation’, though he undermined his case more than a little by bizarrely commenting: “In downtown Los Angeles I’m surrounded by people talking to themselves and having fits on the street.”
Why is he hanging around with crazy people?
Keira Knightley and Kylie Minogue were the big winners at the Elle Style awards while Hollywood great Mel Gibson had a slightly different success after completing a probation order for drunk-driving.
And finally, in a story that’s managed to make the news all week despite there being… well, little actual news at all, the divorce battle between Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has rumbled on.
They arrived in court on Monday, with Heather’s father later saying she will leave the UK as soon as the case is completed.
However, there’s no telling when that will be, after the pair failed to reach a deal regarding a financial settlement, meaning that the judge ruling the case will now have the final say on the division of Sir Paul’s
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