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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
LIFESTYLE G o s s i p
Duchess Catherine designs her own clothes he duchess wore a yellow broderie anglaise sundress on her recent South Pacific tour, and it has now emerged it was a piece specially-commissioned by Queen Elizabeth’s tailors, based on the royal’s own ideas. A source told Grazia magazine: “This dress was a piece commissioned by Kate. She likes to have a few pieces that are one-offs and that she has had some input in, so she asked the queen’s tailors for some help. “They worked on it together after she went to them with ideas of colour, fabric and style.” Catherine who was known as Kate Middleton before her wedding to Prince William - regularly wins praise for her fashion choices, and was recently named one of the best-dressed royals by Vanity Fair magazine. They said: “The former Kate Middleton is prim, proper, and infuriatingly dazzling, thanks to a year-round tan, bouncing blow-outs, some better version of Bobbi Brown than the rest of us have, and a decidedly un-English smile. For big events, the mice and bluebirds put Kate in the best British designers as befits a future queen of England, including Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane, Burberry, and country staple Barbour.”
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Gordon Ramsay orders his family to cook for him
he chef believes it is important for his kids to be competent in the kitchen so encourages Megan, 14, twins Jack and Holly, 12, and 10-year-old Matilda his children with wife Tana - to work from his own recipes in the evenings. He said: “When the kids finish their homework in the evening now I say, ‘Right, pick up daddy’s book. Page 227. The North African eggs. Here we go. Megan, page 72, you know, quick lasagne. Matilda, Caesar salad with grilled chicken. Move it. Tana, page 275 chocolate fondant, now.’ “All of a sudden dinner’s sorted just like that. Bang. Half an hour later they come back, and almost like they’re presenting the dish on Master Chef, it’s quite funny, but they all cook. “I think even if they never follow my footsteps as a chef just learning how to cook for yourself I think it’s really important.” Gordon also revealed his favourite way to bond with his son is to indulge in a “snack attack” of fries with spicy beans. Asked for his perfect snack food, he told Absolute Radio: “Take some French fries, get them really nice and crispy. Grated parmesan cheese, a little touch of Tabasco, and a little dousing of Worcestershire Sauce. Get a can of beans, chop up some chilli, little bit of onion, really roast it, caramelise it. Add the baked beans in there, and just fit the chips on top of the baked beans. “I absolutely love it, and that is a snack that Jack and I indulge in on a Sunday night when the girls are getting their hair done and their homework ready. I said, ‘Mate, shall we snack attack?’ He said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it dad’, and course if he does it then he’s not going to get told off by Tana, if I do it I get told off. So I taught him how to make it, it’s perfect.”
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Nicki Minaj blows $70,000 on toy sports car he ‘American Idol’ judge - who is signed to the rapper’s Young Money label bought him a Campagna T-Rex 14R, a toy two-seater motorcycle-car hybrid, that usually costs $50,000 and added some pricey extras, according to TMZ. She then had the gift delivered to Lil Wayne’s birthday bash in Hollywood where he was celebrating turning 30. Wayne and Nicki are close friends and earlier this year he pulled her out of the Summer Jam Concert in the US when radio DJ Peter Rosenberg slated her track ‘Starships’. The furious rapper said: “That’s a female, first and foremost Nicki Minaj is a female. I don’t know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter, when or where or how. “As soon as she called and told me she felt disrespected, I just declined everything. I pulled her from the show because no one that works with me will be disrespected in my presence as long as I’m on this planet.”
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Anne Hathaway is using Natalie Portman’s wedding planner
Malin Akerman expecting her first child he ‘Rock of Ages’ actress and her husband of five years Roberto Zincone - drummer in her former band The Petalstones - are expecting a child together, her representative has confirmed to USMagazine.com. It is not known how far along she is in the pregnancy or what the sex of the baby is. Speaking previously, Malin admitted she and her husband very rarely argued and always worked out their problems. She said: “We rarely bicker. We’ll sort of fume at each other and then we’ll figure it out. We’ve had some really great experiences. When I was shooting ‘Couples Retreat’ in Bora Bora, he came out there and it was like a honeymoon that we never had. “We get really lucky and we make it work.” The Swedish-born actress has a number of big movie roles coming up in the future, including ‘Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story’ - where she plays the leading character - and films including ‘Breacher’, ‘Trophy Wife’, ‘Wildwood Inn’ and ‘Serpent Girl’.
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he ‘Dark Knight Rises’ actress is rumoured to be marrying partner Adam Shulman at Big Sur, California, and has asked Yifat Oren to plan the nuptials - the same person who helped Natalie Portman plan her wedding to Benjamin Millipied. A source told RadarOnline.com: “Anne will be a beautiful bride.” The ceremony will be a traditional affair and she has purchased all the dresses for the bridesmaids in addition to her own. Speaking recently, Valentino Garavani confirmed he had designed the gown that would be worn by the ‘Les Miserables’ beauty. However, she claimed the wedding would not take place until 2013 because of her work commitments. She said: “We’re getting married, probably sometime next year-ish. Not this year, its too big with two films coming out. “I haven’t started planning yet. I was filming ‘Les Mis’ when we decided to do it, and there was no way I could think about anything wedding-related with my head in the space it was in then. I’ve been so busy since then, I’ve not even decided what sort of ceremony I want.”
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Selena Gomez says Justin Bieber has ‘swag’ espite being recognised wherever they go, the actress insist the pair never go out in disguise - because the ‘Boyfriend’ hitmaker always likes to look “cool”. When asked by TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel whether they wear disguises in public, Selena replied: “No, you can’t - not with him. He likes to look cool. No defeating the swag.” Jimmy also revealed to Selena that she and Justin are one of the top Halloween costume choices for couples - and the brunette beauty thinks those dressed up will be even better looking than herself and her boyfriend. She said: “That’s pretty rad - I love that. That’s cool - they probably look better than we do anyway.” Despite the fame surrounding the pair since they began dating 18 months ago, they still enjoy the little things in life and don’t let their status stop them from doing what they want. Selena added: “We don’t look at it like that. We do our own thing. We go have fun.” The 20year-old star also admitted she is still not ready to move in with Justin because she loves the safety of being with her family. She said: “I love my family. I don’t know, I’m not ready yet. I turned 20 but I love being at home, I feel safe and it’s nice.”
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Hugh Jackman consumed only water for 36 hours he Australian actor has seen his ‘Wolverine’ filming delayed so tried to keep in peak physical condition in preparation for the role - but then needed a dramatic transformation when he had to start work on the musical before the action film. He explained: “We were going to shoot [‘The Wolverine’] last year and from then it was, ‘Are we going to start in July? Are we going to start in August? Are we going to start in November?’ “So for the last year I’ve been staying in the vicinity of where I need to be. Then when I got ‘Les Miserables’, Tom [Hooper, director] said, ‘You know, when we find you you’re straight out of prison, which is effectively a labour camp. I need you to be worryingly thin, sunken cheeks...’ “I was like, ‘Oh my god!’ So I worked my body off for the beginning of that film - I went for the old water diet thing where it’s nothing but water for 36 hours.” These days, Hugh is working on re-gaining the weight he lost as he is finally ready to shoot ‘The Wolverine’. He told Total Film magazine: “I’ve just come back from eating my eighth chicken breast of the day. “I’m 14 kg heavier than I was three months ago, so my body is going to need a break after this one.” —Bangshowbiz
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