Thursday 1 May 2008

Thursday 1st May

Mariah Getting Hitched?
Mariah Carey and 27-year old rapper-actor Nick Cannon are engaged, according to a source close to the diva. Carey, 38, met Cannon when he directed the video for her latest single, Bye Bye, in late March and the couple sent the rumor mill into overdrive when 38-year-old Mariah (with Nick on her arm) was seen sporting a dazzling new piece of bling on her ring finger at the afterparty for her new film, Tennessee, in New York. When asked at the party what he loved about Mariah, Nick said 'everything'

David Blaine Stops Breathing. And Then Starts Again
David Blaine broke the Guiness World Record yesterday for holding one's breath. David held his breath underwater for 17 minutes 4 seconds. The feat was broadcast live during The Oprah Winfrey Show and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled the 35-year-old magician from a water-filled sphere.Blaine looked relaxed afterward and said the record was 'a lifelong dream'. Before he entered the sphere, Blaine inhaled pure oxygen through a mask to saturate his blood with oxygen and flush out carbon dioxide. Shazam!

In Other News
  • Amy Winehouse has been linked to yet another man – this time Babyshambles guitarist Mik Whitnall. According to reports, Mik has been telling friends that he's bedded the troubled star – despite being 15 years her senior and already having a girlfriend.

  • One of the new characters in the US version of Little Britain is apparently based on a young Britney Spears. Matt Lucas will don a ginger wig and floral frock to play the part of child star Ellie Grace, while David Walliams takes on the role of her pushy mother.

  • Following in the footsteps of Natalie Cassidy and Coleen Nolan, Mel B is reportedly the latest weight-loser set to release a fitness DVD. Said Mel, ‘I work out three times a week and combine lots of weights. I've devised my own workout that hopefully I'll be sharing with people soon’

  • Despite reports to the contrary, Jennifer Lopez’s upcoming US ‘reality show’ is not a reality show at all. Instead, it will be a very elaborate commercial for Lopez’s upcoming fragrance. Rather than getting a glimpse into Lopez’s life as a married mother of new twins, viewers will be able to learn about the intricacies of ‘the creation, production and eventual launch’ of a branded perfume.

(No) You Tube Clip

  • I have no You Tube clip for you. What I do have is this freaking sexy-incredible front cover of Rolling Stone featuring the girls from The Hills. Why I’m not Whitney, I have no idea:

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