British-born star Mischa Barton has been charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana by LA police.
The former star of “The O.C.” is facng four misdemeanors: driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving while having a 0.08 percent or higher blood alcohol level, driving without a valid license and possession of marijuana (28.5 grams or less).
Barton, 22, was arrested in West Hollywood on Dec 27 after her vehicle was seen straddling two lanes of traffic and she failed to signal when making a turn, police have said.
This kind of behavior seems like becoming a trend in Hollywood these days… especially among up and rising stars. It’s kinda disappointing to see these news.
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English football star David Beckham is seen wearing a T-shirt portraying his half naked wife, Victoria, for a campaign to raise skin cancer awareness…
British pop singer Shayne Ward was in Beijing to promote his 2nd album, “Breathless”.
Shayne rose to fame in late 2005 after winning British singing talent show, “The X Factor”. I am not sure how famous he still is in UK, but he is doing very well in China and some Asian region.
Korean star Lee Byung-hun is named as one of the cast for Hollywood movie “G.I. Joe”, which is based on the popular comic and cartoon series.
Lee will play the role Shadow Storm, not the main character but one of the fans favourite. He will star alongside Sienna Miller, Ray Park and Rachel Nichols etc. The movie has not started filming yet, and is expected to be released in summer 2009.
Actress Keira Knightley tops a British poll as Beauty Icon of 2007. The poll was carried out by Superdrug, a British health and beauty retailer.
Kelly Brook and Kate Moss came in 2nd and 3rd place.
23,000 Spice Girls’ London concert tickets were sold out in just 38 seconds. Their comeback tour has been very well received since their announcement in June… and their British comrades show that they really missed the girls.
The concert tickets were sold in a special way… more than a million fans registered for tickets for the December 15 show, and are chosen randomly in a ballot; the lucky ones were sent an email or text message saying they could snap up their tickets, and they had to confirm their bookings ASAP… which they did in 38 seconds.
Another 2 concerts have been added to the London schedule to allow more fans to see them in action… but I guess lots of fans would still be disappointed.
British star Keira Knightley posed ‘naked’ as the latest face of the Coco Chanel fragrance.
British reports the news with headlines or excerpts that Keira bares all for the ad… but fact is she is still pretty much covered up. The only person that saw her naked was probably the photographer.
The headlines should probably read… “Keira Knightley strips off for photographer” instead.
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Hong Kong pop star Leo Ku was in London to film his latest music video with Katie Leung, who starred as Harry Potter’s girlfriend in the latest Harry Potter movie.
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Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen tops Forbes’s list of the world’s richest models, earning USD33 million in the last 12 months.
2nd to 5th are Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio.
The Spice Girls will be reunited for a one-off world concert tour.
Spice Girls are arguably the most popular all-female band in the 90s (probably the most popular ever).
According to a statement on Thursday (June 28), the girls’ will start their concert in Los Angeles on December 7; follow by Las Vegas (Dec 8), New York (Dec 11), London (Dec 15), Cologne (Dec 20), Madrid (Dec 23), Beijing (January 10), Hong Kong (Jan 12), Sydney (Jan 17), Cape Town (Jan 20) and Buenos Aires (Jan 24).
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