Tuesday 26 May 2009

Queens chauffeur’s 21-year-old girlfriend, described as a £200-an-hour Lithuanian prostitute

Royal chauffeur was suspended on Sunday after reportedly giving two undercover journalists a tour of the Queen’s official cars in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, a spokeswoman said.The News Of The World tabloid newspaper said its reporters, posing as wealthy Middle Eastern businessmen, paid the chauffeur £1000 to let them in, after making contact through his prostitute girlfriend.The Queen was in residence at the time of the alleged security breach on Friday, said the paper, which published photos of one of its reporters sitting in a royal Bentley, as well as video of the illicit tour.“We can confirm an individual has been suspended pending an investigation,” a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said after the alleged incident, which follows a number of similar security gaffes in recent years.
London’s Metropolitan Police also said they were worried by the report.Scotland Yard said in a statement:
“We are naturally concerned about the issues raised by this story and are liaising with palace officials about their staff security arrangements,”
The two journalists got into the palace grounds without being searched or checked, despite walking right past a uniformed police officer in a security booth, the newspaper reported.As well as the Bentley, which is used for state occasions, the chauffeur also showed the reporters the Queen’s personal car, a 2005 V8 Daimler with a floor specially raised to suit the monarch, it reported.
The paper quoted the chauffeur as saying:
“She’s got slightly short legs, so the floor has been raised to suit her. It’s kind of built around her. It’s tailor-made for her,”
“She only uses it because it’s British and she got it at a discounted rate,”
He added, before also showing the undercover reporters Princess Anne’s green Bentley.
The royal driver, Brian Sirjusingh, originally from Trinidad, also gave sensitive information including code names for two of the vehicles, pointed out security weaknesses in the cars, and revealed the Queen’s private travel plans for the weekend.The tour was arranged after the newspaper contacted the chauffeur’s 21-year-old girlfriend, described as a £200-an-hour Lithuanian prostitute, and then pretended they were interested in seeing the royal cars.The chauffeur did not know that his girlfriend worked as a prostitute, it added, quoting her as saying:
“I’m sure he wouldn’t be happy to know it but he can’t really help me financially, so … “The incident would not be the first time security at Buckingham Palace and other royal palaces has been violated in recent years.In 2003, a journalist from the Daily Mirror newspaper got a job as a footman at Buckingham Palace - the monarch’s London residence - with a false reference.This allowed him access to the Queen’s breakfast table and the bedroom where then US president George Bush and his wife were due to stay on an imminent state visit.At Windsor Palace - the Queen’s favourite home, just west of London - two journalists from The Sun newspaper claimed to have smuggled a fake bomb past security days before the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles in the town in 2004.And in 2003, Aaron Barschak, a comedian dressed as Osama bin Laden, gatecrashed Prince William’s 21st birthday party at Windsor.

Lady Gaga was arrested during a trip to Russia she was wearing leather.


Lady Gaga was almost arrested during a trip to Russia - because she was wearing leather.The Poker Face singer was approached by officers when she visited St. Basil's Cathedral, in Moscow, over her choice of outfit.She wrote on her Twitter page at the weekend: "They tried to arrest me in Russia, for leather at St. Basil's. But all is calm in the red square, as I leave the east Parisbound. Sic."
The 23-year-old pop star is well known for her skimpy outfits, and is regularly seen wearing just underwear on evenings out. She has previously admitted her wacky fashion sense has caused her problems with the law, explaining a Chicago policeman once took exception to her tiny shorts. She previously revealed: "I was outside the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and this policeman came up and told me my hotpants were too short. They weren't really pants at all, but he got upset and I got a citation. All people will have seen is this half-naked girl on the street yelling, 'It's fashion! I'm an artist!' " Lady Gaga is not the only celebrity to have recently caused upset with their appearance Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden was forced to cover his arms on a recent flight from London after a British Airways attendant took offence to his tattoos. Joel, the boyfriend of Nicole Richie, also took to Twitter to let off steam after the event. He wrote: "I still can't believe Brit Air discriminated me for tatts. Unheard of. the guy was literally disgusted by me. I'm gonna write a letter!! "its not in the rules that i can find.my tatts arent offensive.looking into it. i havent felt this small since the first time i asked nic out. Sic." A British Airways representative has since announced the worker is being reprimanded, adding: "We don't understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don't exist."

Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, is on life support at St. Joseph's Hospital

Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, is on life support at St. Joseph's Hospital on Monday, May 25 morning. Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill who is in charge of the case, informed FOX News that her condition is "extremely critical".
Exodus, according to The Associated Press, was in an accident involving a home exercise equipment in their Phoenix home. "Somehow she was playing on this treadmill," Hill explained, "and there's a cord that hangs under the console - it's kind of a loop. Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it."
Her 7-year-old brother was the first to find her with the cable around her neck and he alerted the girl's mother who was at that time in another room. She immediately took the girl off the cable and called 911 before trying to revive her.
Officers and firefighters came to the scene and performed CPR as the girl was rushed to a nearby hospital. She is said to be in a life-support. Mike Tyson himself was not at home when the incident happened. He was in Las Vegas but straight away took a flight to Phoenix after told about it. Local TV stations have captured the heavyweight boxer entering the hospital in a white button-up shirt, frowning as he walked inside. So far police has concluded that there was no foul play. "There's nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious," Hill said.

Sunday 25 January 2009

Authorities in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta


Authorities in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday.One of the suspects, ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, was detained on Friday. Earlier, several tabloids quoted him describing efforts to revive the celebrity's chronically ill son, Jett, who died of a seizure this month at their family vacation home on Grand Bahama.Authorities did not reveal what the alleged extortion involved. Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston returned home to Florida with the ashes of their 16-year-old son, and Travolta's publicist Paul Bloch said Friday he has no comment.Gossip website TMZ has reported that a third man was arrested in connection with the alleged extortion case: Obie Wilchcombe, the former Minister of Tourism. Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater, an attorney from Grand Bahama, has been held for questioning since Thursday, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames told The Associated Press.Dames said Lightbourne was detained after police issued an alert that he was wanted for attempted extortion, was "considered dangerous and should be approached with caution."

Seahawks LB Leroy Hill became the first celebrity to be busted for marijuana in 2009


Seahawks LB Leroy Hill became the first celebrity to be busted for marijuana in 2009 and the ninth NFL player to be arrested for drugs since 2008 when he was apprehended outside of Atlanta, asleep at the wheel. Police found two bags of weed in his 1975 Buick Electra.Hill had apparently passed out at 4 am at an intersection on Saturday, Jan 24. He was booked and then released on $1,500 bond.It's unclear exactly where the arrest took place. Reports claims Hill was in a county outside of Atlanta. He's from Haddock, which is 70 miles southeast of Atlanta.Hill went to Clemson and was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2005 draft. The 6-1, 238-pound linebacker has averaged 82 tackles a season over his first four years in the NFL. He becomes a free agent on Feb. 27.

William Hill declared Ulrika’s victory “the biggest shock in reality TV history”.


Ulrika Jonsson, not Verne Troyer, is crowned Celebrity Big Brother 2009’s winner. The former weathergirl beat TV presenter Terry Christian to the top spot. When the result was announced, she said: “Oh my God, that’s bonkers,” before leaving the house to fireworks and confetti.Despite taking 56.7% of the final vote between her and Terry Christian, she could not avoid the inevitable boos which have come to accompany the exit of every housemate. Terry was second with 43.3%. In third place was US rapper Coolio (25.3% at the time of the third reading), while actor Verne Troyer, for weeks the bookies’ favourite, had to make do with fourth place (15.8% of votes cast at that time). Former singer Ben Adams came fifth with 15.2% of the vote at the time of the first reading. William Hill declared Ulrika’s victory “the biggest shock in reality TV history”.In the studio with Davina McCall, Ulrika said of Big Brother: “It’s singularly the weirdest experience of my entire life and I’ve had quite a weird life.” She revealed that she had not expected to survive the first round of nominations.The mother of four said she understood why some of the housemates had found her bossy: “My husband tells me that all the time. I’m a mother, and I have to organise people so it has to be like that. Sometimes I get told to just stop. It’s hard to switch off, you are a certain way.”

Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy have ended their relationship


Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy have ended their relationship, People reported. The British prince, 24, and Chelsy, 23, a law school student at Leeds University, split after five years together. “They are remaining friends,” a source told the mag. “There have been all sorts of reasons given [for the split] but suffice it to say they felt that it had run its course.” According to the U.K.’s Sunday Telegraph, Chelsy confirmed the split on her Facebook page, ending the relationship after “tiring” of the prince’s “playboy antics.” Though they dated for a half-decade, three of those years were spent apart long distance. The Zimbabwe-born Chelsy studied at a university in Capetown, South Africa, while Harry attended Britain’s Sandhurst Military Academy. The prince is currently undergoing a two-and-a-half year course in helicopter pilot training with the Army Air Corps. He drew criticism recently for being videotaped using derogatory racial terms, for which a spokesman later apologized in his stead.

Wednesday 21 January 2009

Igor Olenicoff, a Newport Beach billionaire real estate mogul, has added racketeering charges to his $500 million lawsuit against Swiss banking giant

Igor Olenicoff, a Newport Beach billionaire real estate mogul, has added racketeering charges to his $500 million lawsuit against Swiss banking giant UBS AG and individuals who sold what he claims were overseas investments falsely billed as tax-free accounts.Olenicoff, founder of the Newport Beach commercial real estate firm Olen Properties, agreed in December 2007 to pay federal authorities $52 million in taxes and penalties after pleading guilty to criminal tax evasion charges.
In September, he filed suit against UBS but added more details to his allegations, including the racketeering charge, in an amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Jan. 9.The suit names UBS AG, four other companies and 25 individuals as defendants in a scheme that “robbed” Olenicoff of millions of dollars through charging fees or simply pocketing his money, while also exposing him to criminal charges and causing his company to lose more than $100 million in business.
Olenicoff’s attorney, William J. King, said the lawsuit seeks to penalize the financiers who targeted more than 19,000 wealthy investors with a scheme that enriched only the money handlers.“The issue isn’t his tax penalties,” King said of Olenicoff. “It’s that he thought he was doing something legal from a tax perspective and he trusted their advice and they were stealing from him.”

Identity of The Stig, the unknown driver who tests high performance cars on Top Gear, has been revealed.

identity of The Stig, the unknown driver who tests high performance cars on Top Gear, has been revealed. Several papers named the mysterious driver as Ben Collins.
Collins, who began racing professionally in 1994, was a stunt driver in the James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace and has appeared as himself on Top Gear a number of times. The BBC has refused to confirm or deny whether Collins is The Stig. "We never comment on speculation as to whom or what The Stig is" said a spokesperson in a statement. Perry McCarthy, a former Formula 1 driver, used to be The Stig. However, he was 'killed off' when he revealed his identity in 2002

Joke abt Lindsey's recent arrest

Shia LaBeouf's driver's license has been suspended


Shia LaBeouf's driver's license has been suspended for at least one year as a result of his July 27 car crash.The suspension took effect on Jan. 17 because LaBeouf, 22, "refused a chemical test" after officers pulled him over, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. S. Wolf told the Associated Press in July that officers responding found it "immediately apparent" that LaBeouf was intoxicated, and he was placed under arrest.The actor was booked for a misdemeanor DUI, but the LA. County District Attorney's Office declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence. At the time, the DA's office said that prosecutors instead planned to file criminal charges against the other driver, who was found to have run a red light

Kelly Osbourne is free on bail until March after her arrest for allegedly smacking celeb gossip writer Zoe Griffin



Kelly Osbourne has been arrested for allegedly slapping a woman in a Soho nightclub. Witnesses claim the radio DJ flew into a blinding rage after celeb gossip columnist Zoe Griffin insinuated that her fiancé, Luke Worrall, is a moron.Zoe Griffin is said to have taunted Kelly Osbourne, 24, that Luke Worrall, 19, did not know what an earthquake was. That will totally do it every time.The incident occurred in Londo’s Punk nightclub in August. Kelly Osbourne went with her lawyers to a central London police station earlier this month.A Met spokesman said: “We can confirm a 24-year-old woman attended a central London police by appointment on January 2. She was arrested for common assault relating to an alleged incident in Soho in the early hours of 29 August 2008.”Kelly Osbourne is free on bail until March after her arrest for allegedly smacking celeb gossip writer Zoe Griffin, after she allegedly called Luke Worrall an idiot.Ozzy’s daughter, who’s giving Amy Winehouse a run for her money as the most unstable British celebrity, recently said she would “do anything” for Luke Worrall. Guess that means physically attacking anyone who looks at him weird.This family’s legal woes don’t end there. In a separate incident, Los Angeles police are investigating Osbourne’s mother, Sharon, for allegedly attacking a contestant on the reality show Rock of Love: Charm School last month.Megan Hauserman, 26, claims Sharon, 56, pulled her hair and scratched her until she was pulled away and restrained by security staff. Obviously.

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Divorce action between Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband has turned ugly

Divorce action between Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband has turned ugly, with the actress seeking to bar him from leaving the United States with their 2-year-old son for fear they'll disappear. Estranged husband David Giersch countered in L.A. Superior Court with papers alleging the actress, who's four months pregnant with their second child, has a bad temper, once throwing a laptop at him and another time trying to sock him with her fist. Rutherford, 40, filed for divorce from Giersch, an entrepreneur, last month after being married a little over two years, seeking sole physical custody with monitored visitation. On the same day, Giersch filed for legal separation, seeking sole legal and physical custody with visitation for her. In emergency papers filed Jan. 9, Rutherford sought to bar Giersch, 34, from traveling outside the United States with their son Hermes.

Britain’s biggest comedy exports, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen, and The Office creator Ricky Gervais, questionably tasteless jokes caused boos

“I told you, do a Holocaust movie and the awards come, didn’t I?” he quipped.
The joke reflected Winslet’s caricatured portrayal of herself in the Extras episode, where she mentioned the only way to win an Oscar was to act in a holocaust movie, or portray a disabled person.
Britain’s biggest comedy exports, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen, and The Office creator Ricky Gervais, have raised eyebrows at this years Golden Globes – a slew of questionably tasteless jokes caused the crowd to groan and boo.Contrasting the lauding of national counterpart Kate Winslet, who took home two Globes for her performances in The Reader and The Revolutionary Road, Gervais and Baron-Cohen’s on-stage antics were met with an awkward response.Taking the stage to preview the film Happy-Go-Lucky, Gervais made mention of Winslet’s performance in his own show, Extras.

“Trouble is with Holocaust films is there’s never any gag reel on the DVDs.” He continued to a murmur and spattered laughs.While the gags landed a little flat, they stayed true to the awkward and offensive comedy style that Gervais is famous for.
With the audience recoiling from the first wave of bad-taste, the next onslaught came from Ali G star Sasha Baron Cohen.Baron-Cohen, who is also well known for his provocative and controversial comedy, took a range of offensive pot shots at prominent celebrities.‘This recession is affecting everyone, even celebrities,’ he said. ‘Victoria Beckham hasn’t eaten for three weeks. Charlie Sheen has been forced to have sex without paying for it, it’s true.’The crowd didn’t seem to take to Baron-Cohen’s gags, but that didn’t deter him.‘Even Madonna has had to get rid of one of her personal assistants. Our thoughts go out to you Guy Ritchie.’Cuts to the crowd showed a range of celebrities politely smiling at the jokes, but the mood on the floor was said to be rather icy.It’s unsure if the damage done at the ceremony will have any effect on the comedian’s upcoming offerings – Baron-Cohen’s third prank comedy film, Bruno, and Gervais’s This Side Of Truth are set for release later this year.

Charles Barkley legally drunk after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve in Scottsdale, Arizona on suspicion of drunk driving.


former NBA star Charles Barkley is taking time off. Barkley, a studio analyst for the pre-game and half-time telecasts of TNT since the year 2000, is expected to take a leave of absence for a few weeks — exactly how long is still uncertain.This announcement was made in the wake of the release of police results that declared Barkley legally drunk after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve in Scottsdale, Arizona on suspicion of drunk driving.It is reported that Charles Barkley was stopped by a police officer for failing to correctly acknowledge a stop sign after leaving a popular night club. He failed field sobriety tests, and while it is said that he was cooperative at the scene, there were also reports that he initially refused to submit to a blood test.Even if the reported refusal on Barkley’s part had been true, this wouldn’t have taken him off the hook as even a suspect who passed field sobriety tests may be charged with a DUI if he does not submit to testing that is asked of him. According to the police, Charles Barkley’s blood alcohol level was at 0.149 which was significantly above the Arizona legal limit of 0.08.Barkley has already issued a statement expressing his apologies as well as his personal disappointment in having been caught in this predicament. This situation was actually played out all throughout America during the holidays – it certainly becomes a big issue when a celebrity is involved. This serves as another reminder about the importance of moderation in everything that we do, no matter what the occasion may be.

David Levy, president of Turner Records, has issued a statement still expressing support for Barkley.

Jason Gardiner apparently "got into trouble" after his cheeky language on Dancing On Ice.

The 37-year-old admitted he got a telling off after telling celebrity skater Todd Carty he looked and moved "like you have cr****d yourself", reports the Daily Mirror. "I got into trouble," the choreographer and singer confessed on This Morning.

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