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S inger
Fiona Apple
addresses drug arrest in
odd speech at concert
Fiona Apple opened up to fans
during a concert in Houston in a bizarre
speech about the night she spent in a
Texas jail after being arrested for hashish
possession last week. Apple, 35, began by
apologizing to her jailer for being “attitudey,”
and continued with a cryptic rant about
four other individuals at the jail and “encoding”
things she had heard there. “First thing
is, the guy who runs the jail ... he’s a good
guy, and I want to apologize to him ... for
being attitude-y and saying that I didn’t trust
him, because I didn’t, but by the end of the
day, I did,” Apple told her audience on Friday
at the Houston concert. Her comments were
recorded on video. The “Criminal” songstress
said that “most people were very nice to me,”
but she had some stern words for a few who
she said were less kind. “There are four of
you out there, and I want you to know that I
heard everything you did, I wrote it all down
with your names and everything you did and
said stupidly thinking that I couldn’t hear or
see you,” she continued. Apple did not name
either the jailer or the four individuals, but
threatened to make the latter group “famous
anytime you ask.” She described the antics
Dion settles a lawsuit
with ex-employee
C eline
Dion has settled a lawsuit with a former
employee. Keith Sturtevant had launched legal
action against the singer and her husband and
manager, Rene Angelil, in June, claiming he was not
paid overtime when made to work more than 40
hours a week as a warehouse manager for the couple.
Keith claimed he was initially paid £31,250 a year,
which eventually rose to
£39,375 - but he alleged
he was illegally classed as
an Exempt Employee, and
not entitled to overtime
under US law. A
spokesperson for Celine
and Rene has previously
said: “[Keith was] paid a
handsome yearly salary
that covered overtime for
his services for three
years.” The representative
added the couple had
offered Keith £6,250 and a holiday when he was dismissed
after three years working in 2009 for poor performance,
which he rejected. The suit was settled out
of court for an undisclosed sum. While the case has
been going on, Celine has been recording her new
album. The ‘My Heart Will Go On’ singer - who was
forced to cancel many of her Las Vegas residency
shows earlier because of a virus - had been put on
vocal rest but doctors gave her the all-clear to go back
into studio.
Furtado wants kids
before her next album
T he
‘Maneater’ hitmaker - who has an eight-yearold
daughter Nevis, whose dad is her ex-partner
DJ Jasper Gahunia - is keen to have a baby with
husband Demacio Castellon and she is delighted that
her daughter has two father figures in her life. When
asked if she’d like kids with Demacio in the future, she
replied: “Maybe before the next album. Whenever I’m
committed to something, be it a relationship or a
sport where I’m part of a team, I find from that commitment
you get great freedom. “I think I’ve experienced
exactly that in my family life and in my marriage.
Being committed to something has allowed me
to spread my wings. You have an anchor, so the rest of
your spirit can soar.” Nelly, 33, admits she is loving
motherhood “more than ever” and she fully expects
Nevis to follow in her footsteps and become a
singer/songwriter when she grows up because the
youngster is “really musical”. The 33-year-old pop star
- who released LP ‘The Spirit Indestructible’ this month
- added to Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “Mothering is a
passion for me and so is music. Those two things go
hand in hand. I’m enjoying motherhood more than
ever. It gets better every year and that comes from
experience. “Nevis can share the experience of what I
do, as she is really musical. She’s a natural songwriter;
she plays the violin and piano. “She travels with me,
but usually she goes to school and has a normal existence.
I’m not sure yet if I have to educate her in a different
way, perhaps home schooling. We are taking it
day by day. Travelling is part of her DNA, so she’s very
familiar with the tour bus.”
of the four people she alluded to as “inappropriate
and probably illegal,” but did not
offer further details. Apple then announced
that she had ripped up the piece of paper,
but not before she “encoded” the information
she had written down. She said she
would “hold that secret forever ... unless
you’re interested in being a celebrity.” The
concert was Apple’s first public appearance
since she was released from a Hudspeth
County, Texas, jail after posting bail on
Thursday. The singer was arrested on a
felony drug possession charge late
Wednesday night when officials at a border
patrol checkpoint found four grams of
hashish in her possession after stopping
her tour bus. Rusty Fleming, a spokesman
for the sheriff in Hudspeth County, said
there were seven other people on the bus,
but Apple admitted the drugs were hers
and everybody else was allowed to drive
on. He said her brief stay in jail passed
“without incident.” Apple’s representative
did not immediately respond to arequest
for comment. The singer won a Grammy for
the single “Criminal” off her 1996 debut
album “Tidal.”
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lifestyle
G O S S I P
Khalifa in ‘hit
and run pobe’
Wiz Khalifa has been accused of a hit-and-run incident. Los
Angeles police officers are keen to speak with the rapper
after a woman made a complaint alleging he smashed into
her car and then fled the scene. According to gossip website
TMZ.com, the alleged victim made her complaint last Wednesday
saying she had been working on a music video with Wiz and the
crash happened around midnight as people were leaving the set.
The 25-year-old rapper - whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz
- has not yet spoken with police about the alleged incident. This
isn’t the first time the ‘Black and Yellow’ hitmaker - who is currently
expecting his first child with model Amber Rose - has been in trouble
with the law this year. In May, he was arrested in North Carolina
after the officers pulled over his tour bus following a concert in
Winston-Salem and discovered 11.39 grams of marijuana after
searching the vehicle. Ten days earlier, he was cautioned for the
same offence after he was discovered in a hotel room smoking
joint following complaints from other guests. Although Wiz - real
name Cameron Jibril Thomaz - tried to get rid of the evidence by
throwing the drug-laced cigarette out of his window before letting
the police in the officers recovered the joint and the musician then
confessed to having another 3.7g of marijuana in his pocket.
Gwyneth Paltrow uses
elastic bands to keep fit
T he
39-year-old actress is a client of fitness guru
Tracy Anderson and the exercise expert has lifted
the lid on the workout regime that keeps Gwyneth
slim. Tracy says the ‘Iron Man 2’ star follows her ‘Method’
regime six times per week, which involves the use of
elastic stretch bands, a wooden workout stick, dumbbells
and ankle weights to shift the pounds. Tracy insists
the reason why Gwyneth - who has an eight-year-old
daughter, Apple and six-year-old son Moses with her
rocker husband Chris Martin - looks so great is because
she is very “disciplined” and is prepared to put in the
hours and hard work to look good. She told the New
York Post newspaper: “Gwyneth is uncoordinated during
workouts, but she’s disciplined.” Tracy has a huge list of
celebrity clients she has worked with to get fit including
Victoria Beckham, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole
Richie. She recently worked with pop star Cheryl Cole so
she would look her best when she released her third
album ‘A Million Lights’ in June. Speaking about her
work with former ‘X Factor’ judge Cheryl, Tracy said:
“She’s petite like me and has a killer body but the trouble
with being tiny is weight shows up very easily. Since
then, she’s been training for 60-90 minutes four to six
times a week. She’s just like Gwyneth - she works very
hard and is a total doll to work with - she’s incredibly
down to earth.”
Reid to write an
autobiography
A lex
Reid is planning to write an autobiography which
will reveal all the details of his relationships with
Chantelle Houghton and Katie Price. The cage fighter
was dumped earlier this month by fiancee Chantelle and he
has been left so devastated by her decision he is going to
channel his feelings into a tell-all book. The tome will also document
his 11-month marriage to ex-wife Katie Price - also
known as Jordan. A friend of Alex told the Daily Star newspaper:
“He had already started jotting down notes on Jordan and
the Chantelle stuff is just as juicy.” Chantelle, 29, decided to
end her relationship with Alex, 37, at the beginning of the
month just two days after the 37-year-old hunk was arrested
at their home in Brentwood, Essex, South East England, for trying
to force his way into the property. The pair’s romance hit a
rocky patch shortly after their baby daughter Dolly was born
in June. Last week, Alex made a public declaration to
Chantelle in a video he posted online begging her to give him
a second chance. He said: “I know you love me. I hope you love
me. Let’s sort this out.” Both stars have been through failed
marriages, with Alex splitting from Katie in January 2011 and
Chantelle divorcing Ordinary Boys singer Preston in 2007 after
the pair met on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’. — Bang Showbiz
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
Gary Barlow
‘never’ has to
look for work
T he
Take That singer is currently judging ‘X Factor’, co-writing
songs for Robbie Williams and has performed ‘Forever
Autumn’ and ‘The Eve of War’ on Jeff Wayne’s ‘War of the
Worlds’ album - a reboot of his 1978 record based on the 1898
H.G. Wells musical - and he was delighted to be able to contribute
to the record, despite his “busy” schedule. He said: “I’m a
little bit busy at the moment. I’m never looking for work, I’m
looking for stuff that excites me, and this excited me greatly and
I’m really proud to be part of it. “The production is mind blowing,
it really is. When I first listened to it with Jeff I was blown
away, it really is fantastic. “I was such a massive fan when this
originally came out. I was obviously really, really excited and
honored to be asked. Learning from Jeff, who has so much
knowledge and experience has been brilliant.” The 41-year-old
musician admits the ‘War of the Worlds’ album takes him back to
his childhood because the original record had a “massive” influence
on the early part of his career. Speaking in an interview
with UK station BBC Radio 2, he added: “It’s almost revisiting a
childhood dream for me, I used to play the song when I played in
the social clubs, I used to sing it a lot and it was kind of the thing
got me off the piano and interested in synthesisers so it was
such a massive part of my career.”
Cyrus
impressed on
‘Two and a Half Men’
M iley
Cyrus was “on fire” when she filmed ‘Two and a
Half Men’. The singer-and-actress recently made a
cameo appearance in the sitcom and though the
show’s star Jon Cryer wasn’t initially confident she would
be a success, he was thrilled when she stepped in front of
the camera and nailed her part. He told HollywoodLife.com:
“She plays a motor-mouth character, so they gave her
page-long monologues. “She was lovely, and we had a
great time. “All week, she was on book [looking at the
script] which is understandable. But even when we got
within two hours of the show, she was still on book. We
were thinking, ‘Oh no, Miley better bring it!’ And then we
did it in front of the audience, and Miley brought it! Miley
was just on fire and fantastic.” Miley - who is engaged to her
‘Last Song’ co-star Liam Hemsworth - recently had her hair
cut into a daring short crop and Jon thinks her new look is
“fantastic”. He added: “I know her haircut is very controversial,
but I lay on the side of ‘I love it’. I think she looks fantastic.”
Miley starred in Disney show ‘Hannah Montana’ for five
years playing the titular character.