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Pitt gives Jolie
great-grans ring
Brad Pitt gave Angelina Jolie his great-grandmother’s wedding ring to wear on her
trip to Africa. The ‘Salt’ actress decided to remove her £250,000 engagement ring for
her recent UN visit to the Congo and Rwanda because she didn’t want to be “ostentatious”
and shortly before she flew out, her fiancé surprised her by giving her the plain
gold band to wear instead. A source said:” She said she didn’t want to wear her engagement
ring because she thought it was important not to be ostentatious with clothes and
jewellery when in a poor region. “Brad said he completely understood why she couldn’t
wear her engagement ring, but he really wanted to give Angelina something special and
more understated to wear instead. Angelina seemed truly touched by the special gift of
his great-grandmother’s wedding ring, and it meant a lot to be able to take it on the trip
with her.” According to insiders on the trip, Angelina - who raises six children with Brad -
was enamored by the replacement ring. The source added to Grazia magazine: “She couldn’t
stop playing with the replacement ring, which everyone was calling the ‘trick ring’.”
Holmes reportedly
dating a jazz musician
The 34-year-old actress - who has been single since her marriage to Tom Cruise ended
nine months ago - has been on a string of dates with Peter Cincotti, 29, though have
been arriving and leaving venues separately to avoid raising suspicion. A source said:
“It’s early days but Katie and Peter have been on quite a few dates. “They met up two
weeks ago at the New York Observer’s 25th anniversary party. They have a lot in common -
he’s a total stage buff.” The couple have known each other for a few years but only started
dating recently, though the singer-and-pianist has already been given the seal of approval
by the former ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star’s friends. The source added to Grazia magazine: “They
have only been seeing each other a few weeks but he’s incredibly charming, the type to
buy her flowers and treat her like a lady. “Katie’s had a few dates but nothing came of
them. But her friends are happy she is seeing Peter, they think he could be a good fit.” As
well as a new romance, Katie - who has six-year-old daughter Suri with Tom - is said to be
looking for a new home as the lease on her New York apartment will soon be up. The
source said: “This could be the perfect time for Katie to really work out what she wants
from life.” Though Katie’s representatives denied she and Peter were planning a musical
collaboration, they said only “no comment” when asked if they were dating.
Mayer keeping romances private
John Mayer has learned to keep his personal life private. The 35-year-old singer - who
has previously boasted about his romances with stars including Jennifer Aniston and
Jessica Simpson - insists he won’t be speaking about his recent split from Katy Perry
after eight months of dating. Asked about the end of their
romance on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, he said: “It was a very private
relationship going in. It was a private relationship during and it’s a
private relationship, still. “I can understand asking the question
based on some previous answers I have given but I have finally
learned how to put the wall between one thing and the other.”
Despite his fame, John admitted he struggles with romance and
says finding love is “tricky”. He added: “I’m on the same journey as
everyone else. Coupling is a tricky thing.” Last year, the ‘Gravity’ hitmaker
was forced to take a break from music after suffering from
serious throat problems, and he admits he has now curbed his partying
ways, particularly his love of whiskey, to help protect his voice. He explained: “‘Half of
it is over use and singing and singing and singing. The other stuff is you know, what you
put into your body. And, I’m getting to that age now your body doesn’t just shake everything
off and it didn’t help that I really loved, love, loved scotch. “It’s just like applying poison
to your body. It’s like applying a shellac of poison. It’s just delicious, wonderful poison
that makes you not care how late you’re out till or where you’re going. “But I had to really
say I like singing and writing more than I like delicious scotch so I had to really dial it down.
And, I’m a little more boring now.”
36 LIFESTYLE
F e a t u r e s
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013
David and Victoria
Beckham don’t
‘hold’ their kids back
David and Victoria Beckham don’t
“hold” their children back in life.
The soccer star and his wife are
keen for their four kids - Brooklyn, 14,
Romeo, 10, Cruz, eight, and 20-monthold
Harper - to have a “normal”
upbringing and have made sure to
teach them the boundaries that come
with their freedom. Speaking to CNN
World Sport’s Pedro Pinto, David said:
“My eldest [Brooklyn] now is at the age
where he wants to do things and he
wants to go places and you have to
hold him back, or we have to hold him
back. “You have to explain it to him
that there are certain things that he
can’t do. But to be honest, with our
children, we let them do 99 per cent of the things they want to do because we want them to lead a normal life.” David, 38, is currently playing for
Paris St Germain, splitting his time between the family home in London and the French capital, and although the sportsman finds it difficult being
away for long periods of time, he is grateful the children “understand” his need to work. He added: “When you speak about the sacrifices, that’s
obviously the sacrifice that I have to make as a father and as a husband, being away from my family. “It’s only for a short time but its difficult being
away from the children every single day. But they understand it, they understand that Daddy works hard.” While he plays in France, David has
swapped his favorite British meal of pie and mash for the country’s traditional cuisine, including snails. He said: “I love French food I must admit.
Obviously living here at the moment, I’ve always loved French Cuisine. “I like snails actually. I like snails funnily enough.”
LaBeouf thinks
Baldwin got him fired
Shia LaBeouf thinks Alec Baldwin may have got him fired from ‘Orphans’. The
‘Transformers’ actor exited the Broadway play due to “creative differences” weeks
before it was due to open, and after admitting he and his would-be co-star didn’t connect
as “men”, he acknowledged the ‘30 Rock’ star could have been instrumental in his
departure from the production. He told TV talk show host David Letterman: “I’m pretty passionate
and impulsive, and he’s a very passionate individual as well. And I think that impulsiveness
and that passion makes for, ya know, some fireworks. “Me and Alec had tension as
men. Not as artists but as men.” The host then suggested: “Alec went to the producers and
said, ‘I can’t take it another day. Fire him,’ “ prompting his guest to reply: “I think that
might’ve been what happened.” Despite the tensions between them, Shia - who was seated
on the front row for the first night of ‘Orphans’ - went on to praise Alec as “awesome”. Alec
recently suggested the ‘Lawless’ star isn’t a true theatre actor and wouldn’t have coped with
the demands of a stage production. Referring to one of Shia’s tweets which read “The theatre
belongs not to the great but to the brash”, Alec said: “I can tell you that, in all honesty, I
don’t think he’s in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theatre is and
what the theatre isn’t. “I mean, he was never in the theatre. He came into a rehearsal room
for six or seven days. “There are people who are film actors who have a great legacy in the
theatre. Some of the greatest movie stars had really serious theatre careers and still do. And
many film actors, though, who are purely film actors, they’re kind of like celebrity chefs, you
know what I mean? You hand them the ingredients, and they whip it up, and they cook it,
and they put it on a plate, and they want a round of applause.”
Levine doesn’t want
to end up divorced
Adam Levine insists he will never get married - because he doesn’t
want to divorce. The Maroon 5 frontman - who is currently dating
model Behati Prinsloo and previously romanced Victoria’s Secret
beauty Anne Vyalitsyna - is happy to never tie the knot because he doesn’t
think modern unions are capable of lasting forever. He told the latest
issue of NYLON
Guys magazine: “I’m
doing pretty well. If
you don’t get married,
you can’t get
divorced. Why
couldn’t we learn
from the devastatingly
low percentage
of successful
marriages that our
last generation
went through?”
Despite his busy
schedule, Adam -
who is also a coach
on US reality TV
show ‘The Voice’ -
insists he will never
complain about his
heavy workload as
his success could disappear at any time. He added: “It’s a lot. But it might
not be a lot someday. I don’t like to complain. You have this moment. It
doesn’t last forever. You should probably try and enjoy it.” And the
‘Payphone’ hitmaker also claimed he doesn’t worry about reports Shakira
is earning double his salary for appearing on ‘The Voice’. He said: “She’s
Shakira dude! She’s a international superstar! I don’t care. It’s just money.”
Decker ‘intimidated’ by Aniston
Brooklyn Decker refused to do yoga with Jennifer Aniston as she felt “intimidated”
by her perfect body. The 25-year-old model starred alongside the
actress in the 2011 comedy ‘Just Go With It’ and felt awestruck seeing her in a
bikini. Asked who she would want if she could choose anyone as a body double,
she told Women’s Health magazine: “It’s got to be Jennifer. “She’s so active and had
to be in a bikini for ‘Just Go With It’ - she just had this glow about her. I was a bit
awestruck! I was invited to do yoga with her on set but they had so many good
yogis I was intimidated and chickened out.” While her own figure is the envy of
many women, Brooklyn credits her husband, tennis ace Andy Roddick, for helping
her feel confident in herself. She said: “The biggest thing for me about being with
Andy is that athletes in general tend to appreciate different things about women’s
bodies.” Despite being keen to stay healthy, the ‘What to Expect When You’re
Expecting’ star claims that being on film sets makes it virtually impossible not to
indulge when there are calorific treats available 24 hours a day. She said: “Imagine
the best junk food you’ve ever seen, available 24 hours a day - that’s what sets are
like. There are sweets and doughnuts in front of me all the time. My rule of thumb
is that if I’m working, I eat healthily. “I have such a sweet tooth that I can’t let
myself indulge because work is where I spend most of my time, so when I’m at
work, no bad food.”
Sarah Harding: I’m
200 per cent better
Sarah Harding is “200 per cent better” after rehab. The Girls Aloud
singer checked into a rehabilitation facility for three weeks in
October 2011 to be treated for an addiction to sleeping pills and
alcohol, and believes her attitude to life has improved dramatically since.
She said: “I’m 200 percent better in terms of my inner strength and attitude.
I’m a lot calmer. I still have
my hyper days, but I just take
one day at a time. “In the band
it was a rollercoaster. And yes, I
have learned from my mistakes.”
The 31-year-old blonde
was in a bad place following
the break-up of her relationship
to former fiancÈ Tom Crane, but
she claims she doesn’t have to
restrict her alcohol intake
nowadays because it was a “different”
time. She explained:
“I’m just like any normal person,
I have a drink. Back then I was
going through a break-up. That
was then and this is now and,
yes, things are different. “I still
like the odd night out with my friends and on tour we had an after-party
in London, another in Manchester and one in Dublin, which people set
up for us.” Sarah also credits her more grown-up lifestyle in the English
countryside with helping turn her life around and getting over her
“crazy” partying phase. She told the new issue of LOOK magazine: “In
your 20s, you’re supposed to be a little bit crazy. You’re getting to know
where you are, and for me my life was crazy anyway because of what I
was doing for a job. “It’s easy to get drawn into that. But these days I’m
out of London and in the countryside.” —Bangshowbiz