Geri Halliwell Signs Copies of Ugenia LavenderMay 12

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Quickies ReduxMay 8

Geri Halliwell walking her dog in London (5/7)

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+ Star Jones and Barbara Walters totally brawling right now [ICYDK]
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+ Christina Ricci gives a super awkward interview on the Tonight Show [Cele|bitchy]
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May 8, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment

Ginger Spice shows off her new manApril 7

Geri Halliwell showed off her new boyfriend at the taping of Idol Gives Back on Sunday night.

His name is Ivan FlipZ Velez and he’s a professional dancer who worked on the Spice Girls tour and lifted Ginger when she performed ‘It’s Raining Men’. Geri and Ivan began to heat up and turn into a something more, toward the end of the tour. She found she missed him after the tour ended in February, so she flew out to Los Angeles to be with him. It was Flipz who supposedly was teaching the Beckham kids all their breakdancing moves.

April 7, 2008 at 9:18 pm | main | No comment

Geri Halliwell’s voice wakes young girl from comaMarch 12

 

Make fun of Ginger Spice’s voice if you must but know now that it’s capable of producing miracles, and here is the proof. 14-year-old Jessica Knight was left in a coma for six days after she was stabbed several times and suffered a stroke. Young Jessica was clinging to life when Geri Halliwell made a visit to her hospital bed. Geri wanted to heal Jessica the only way she knew how with her voice (okay I am being a little bit over dramatic now).

A source said, “Geri sang a couple of lines of one of their songs and Jessica started moving her arms and legs. It was amazing. We were all in fits of giggles because we were so relieved and it was just so funny seeing her legs move to Geri’s singing. The next day, she opened her eyes for the first time. You just don’t expect to be sitting in the hospital and for Geri Halliwell to walk in. She gave me a big hug and said that Jessica’s story had really touched her.“

Seizure jokes aside, this is actually a great story, Jessica is now talking again, and will soon will be going home. Jessica was supposed to see the Spice Girls two days after she was stabbed. When she finally woke up, she couldn’t remember Geri’s visit, and refused to believe one of her idols had come in to see her. The Spice Girls are now no more but Geri left her a wristband from the bands concert as proof of her visit.

Source

March 12, 2008 at 10:41 pm | main | No comment

Spice Girls Apologize for Tour’s Early EndFebruary 6

Following a notice on their Web site that they would curtail their current tour early, the Spice Girls recorded a video message to explain their actions to their fans.

“We want you to hear it from the horse’s mouth,” says Melanie Chisolm in the clip. “We’re really sorry we’ve been unable to get to all the places we want.”

The reunion tour will conclude at the end of February due to “family and personal commitments” for Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria Beckham, read the online statement. The high demand for tickets in the U.K. and the U.S. made it “not possible to fit everything in,” including stops in Europe and Asia, they said.

“Sorry we haven’t got to see everybody,” chimes in Beckham. “We had a great time.”

(source)

February 6, 2008 at 8:16 am | main | No comment

Ginger Spice Testifies Against ‘Abusive’ NannyJanuary 10

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell wept on the stand today as she testified against the nanny who is accused of injuring her daughter.

Ginger Spice described in emotional detail the day in August 2006 when she discovered her daughter, Bluebell Madonna, was being abused at the hands of her nurse Jasmine Schmidt.

While away for a countryside weekend, she awoke to Bluebell’s “hysterical” and “angry” cries and ran into the nursery only to be blocked from entry by the German-born nurse.

“[Bluebell] was quite hysterical, crying, really angry crying.” she recalled of her then-two-month-old.

“[Schmidt] put her hands across the doorway almost blocking me going in. She was quite big and I stopped. Then she said, ‘Leave it, I will swaddle her’,” Geri quoted Schmidt as saying. “I felt she was trying to take care of me because I would get a good night’s sleep so I said OK and left it there.”

When asked if she had heard her daughter cry like that before, the performer, who has described feeling “tortured” by the abuse, continued: “Just in the last few days I heard that… It was really… just hyperventilating crying.”

The next morning, while nursing Bluebell, Geri noticed the red marks on her daughter’s head and cheek and a bruise on her arms.

She describes confronting the 31-year-old Schmidt, who looked “vacant” and explained that Bluebell had been tossing and turning in the night and said she’d need a meningitis test.

Dressed in a cream dress and long overcoat, Geri told the court: “I called my doctor, but then something inside me felt funny towards Jasmin because of her remarks. I went to my bedroom and closed the door because I felt quite frightened of her. I was scared of her as we were in the middle of nowhere.”

They cut short the trip and Geri instructed Schmidt (above) to stay away from Bluebell and instead sit in the rear with her Pomeranian, Daddy.

Schmidt is also accused of abusing another boy in 2003 and the joint trial is expected to continue for the next three weeks. It’s unclear how much time she faces if convicted.

(source)

January 10, 2008 at 7:27 am | main | No comment

Spice family powerDecember 21

The Spice Girls brought their children up on stage in the middle of their show to make it a family affair on Tuesday night.

The Spice children joined the Spice moms for their hit song Mama at London’s O2 Arena.

Victoria Beckham had her boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, dressed in matching T-shirts emblazoned with the words ‘POSH’.

Baby Spice Emma Bunton held four-month-old son Beau, while Mel B had daughters Phoenix Chi and Angel Iris in tow.

The smaller children wore bright green ear muffs to protect them against the noise.

Geri Halliwell’s daughter Bluebell was the only Spice offspring missing.

Photo

December 21, 2007 at 2:17 am | main | No comment

The Spice Girls Name Virgin Atlantic Plane “Spice One�December 13

Spice Girls Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham name the Virgin Atlantic plane “Spice One” at Los Angeles International Airport

December 13, 2007 at 6:09 pm | main | No comment

Posh and Geri lead the pack as Spice Girls kick off world tourDecember 3

It could have been the shimmering outfits - or the fact they are looking considerably older than when they first burst youthfully onto the pop scene.

But the Spice Girls were yesterday being dubbed the Golden Girls as they sang on stage together for the first time in nearly a decade.

Gone were the platform boots, the eye-popping outfits and the “accidental� flashing of underwear.

Instead the five women were clad in sleek gold outfits by designer Roberto Cavalli.

The five - made up of Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown - were said to have been nervous before their comeback gig in Vancouver last night, the first of a 40-date world tour.

A spokesman for the band denied suggestions that they were not singing live or that they used backing tracks.

He said: “All of the girls sang live.

“There is a click track for the band to keep them in time, which is standard, but all of the girls’ vocals were live.”

David Beckham made a surprise appearance, seeing his wife Victoria for the first time in three-and-a-half weeks after jetting back from New Zealand where he was on tour with his team LA Galaxy.

Posh Spice, who posed for her male dancers who were pretending to be paparazzi during the performance, confessed she was anxious about her husband seeing the show.

Mrs Beckham said: “David turned up today but he hasn’t been at any of the rehearsals because he’s been away working so I’m nervous about what he’s going to think about the show.

“He’s not even seen any of the costumes.”

He bought each Spice Girl a gold bracelet to celebrate the reunion.

Despite rumours of rows in the lead-up to opening night, the five held hands and embraced each other throughout the show, with Geri and Victoria going to great lengths to display their affection towards each other.

Geri, who had said in a press conference before the show that she might consider living in Canada, shouted out: “This is our first time back together and you’re the first to see it. We love Vancouver.”

Emma told the audience: “It’s great to be back.”

Mel C, who sang her solo track I Turn To You, was grinning throughout the set. Earlier she had spoken about being reluctant to do the tour when first approached.

She said: “I won’t lie about it - I was scared.

“I was nervous about it. But I feel there has been a change of feeling in the world.

“I feel the feeling for the Spice Girls has changed, and it’s been a natural thing.”

Last night their two-hour concert was set to include 22 songs and involve multiple costume changes.

Miss Bunton, 31, previously said the band was having the “best time�, adding: “It is very emotional to be back on stage together. It evokes a lot of memories.�

More than 15,000 fans watched on as the group were joined on-stage by a team of male dancers who dazzled the audience with breakdancing, ballroom moves and acrobatics.

December 3, 2007 at 6:27 pm | main | No comment

We salute you: Posh gets back to the day job for first Spice Girls performanceNovember 16

Victoria Beckham led the new-look Spice Girls in a rousing comeback performance at the Victoria Secret’s lingerie show in Los Angeles last night.
Kitted out in military-style outfits the girls performed their hit ‘Stop’ as models such as Heidi Klum wearing rather less paraded up and down the catwalk.

The girls put on a show worthy of their Hollywood setting, treating the audience to two glamorous costume changes courtesy of Posh’s designer pal Roberto Cavalli, as they performed two songs including new single ‘Headlines’.

Judging by the applause, the audience - including Enrique Iglesias, Eva Longoria, Hilary and Haylie Duff, Hayden Panettiere, Slash and Jason Statham - loved it, and if anyone noticed that the girls seemed to be lipsyncing they were too polite to mention it.

The host of Simon Cowell’s American Idol show Ryan Seacrest said after the show: “I’m in love with Victoria Beckham, which is probably an issue for David.”

“They could have stood there and done nothing and I’d have been happy,” he said of the group.

“They were fantastic,” said one fan. “It’s like they’ve never been away and they all look simply stunning.”

Did the girls enjoy themselves? “It’s very emotional to be back on stage together, it evokes a lot of memories,” said 31-year-old Emma Bunton.

Nearly a decade after the five-member group became four — when Geri Halliwell left Mel C, Mel B, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham — the Spice Girls reunited for a greatest hits album, released this week, and a world reunion tour, starting in Vancouver on Dec. 2.

Mel C admitted the girls were “nervous”.

She said: “It’s quite surreal, but everything has come flooding back, all of the songs, and being with each other and rehearsing together, it just feels very comfortable.

“We have got nothing to prove. We just want to come back and live out the good old days.”

Mel dismissed rumours of diva-like antics and in-fighting as a “load of c***.”

She said: “We’ve never been divas.

“Our reputation in the business is that we all work very hard and we know that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for everybody who was involved in our project.”

Earlier this week LA-based Posh posted a new message on the girl group’s official blog giving fans an update on the reunion tour preparations - and a glimpse of how husband David and the boys are coping with her hectic schedule.

Posh wrote: “I’m currently sat in our rehearsal studio and I am about to have another fitting with the Cavalli team for our costumes.

“The other girls will kill me if I give anything away and I don’t want to ruin any surprises… but they look amazing! Roberto and his team have done us proud.

“Rehearsals are going really well, I can’t believe that there are only a few weeks until the first show in Vancouver.

“It’s really scary but exciting at the same time. “David and the boys have been laughing at me because I’ve been wandering around the house listening to my iPod and practising the routines.

“We are including some parts of the old routines but bringing them up to date a bit.

“All of the kids have been down to rehearsals. We have an area where they all hang out… its a Spice creche!

“My boys are so excited about the tour, they can’t wait and I’m really looking forward to them seeing me up on stage. I just hope I don’t get over emotional when I see them!”

Posh went on to plug her cameo appearance on hit US TV show Ugly Betty which airs in the UK later this month.

She said: “Ugly Betty was shown over here in the US on Friday, I had such a laugh filming it. If you’re in the UK then you will be able to see the episode on Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday 23 November.

“Friday is BBC Children In Need day in the UK and we will performing from LA. We will be doing two songs, our new single Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) and also Stop - which is going to look fantastic.

“I can’t give too much away but it’s definitely going to be worth watching.”

And in other news, Scary Spice was voted into the final four of the US version of Strictly Come Dancing, and is one of the hot favourites to lift the Mirror Ball trophy.

She is joined in the last four by singer Marie Osmond, actress Jennie Garth and Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves.

Mel, 33, showed she hadn’t lost any of her scary ways when asked what she would do if she didn’t get through.

She jokingly said: “I’m going to beat them all up!”

Besides the spectacle of the reunited Spice Girls, there was plenty to see onstage at the Kodak Theatre, home of the Academy Awards.

The Victoria’s Secret models, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week, sported a series of animal-inspired lingerie looks, as barely there bras and panties were accessorized with plumage, skins and antlers seen usually only in the Serengeti.

In a respite from the overload of skin onstage, singer Seal, outfitted head to toe in glittering silver, crooned, “You’re my angel, you’re my girl,” in a duet with wife Klum that culminated in a lingering kiss at the base of the catwalk.

The Black Eyed Peas’ William Adams, also known as will.i.am, started the show with the fitting rap hook: “Baby, where you get your body from?”.

Adams was a last-minute stand-in for hip-hop star Kanye West whose mother died earlier in the week.

November 16, 2007 at 6:48 pm | main | No comment

Spice Girls’ raunchy photoshoot proves they may be older but they’re not past itNovember 12

t is a sexy new look that the Spice Girls desperately hope will show their younger pop rivals they can still compete in the glamour stakes.
Posing for a raunchy photo shoot, they want to prove to the likes of Girls Aloud that they are not past it yet - despite being ten years older than them.

Wearing little more than a bra and a bizarre skirt resembling a stack of lampshades, Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice boldly shows off her slim figure.

And Mel B, better known as Scary Spice, is also refusing to grow old gracefully with her decolletage clearly on show in a revealing bra.

But the sexy new look has been criticised by pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor who feels it does not fit in with their comeback single ‘Headlines’.

“I don’t like the video. I don’t understand why they’re singing in their underwear when they’re talking about friendship,” said the singer.

“It’s all about context. I’ve done advertisements for Monsoon [she posed nude] and spreads for men’s magazines but they are supposed to be singing about being friends - why do they have to be in their bra and pants to do that?”

Miss Ellis-Bextor beat Victoria Beckham to the number one spot with her single “Groovejet” when they both went head to head in 2000.

The pictures are from the spice Girls official tour programme. They are releasing their greatest hits album today.

It comes after it was revealed that stick thin Victoria Beckham is going on a diet ahead of the forthcoming Spice Girls Reunion Tour.

But the shock is that the diet will involve Posh actually eating more.

The 33-year-old – who maintains her 23in waist by eating steamed fish and edamame (soybeans) – has been told she has to increase her food intake if she wants to keep up with the strenuous dance routines planned for the tour, which kicks off in December.

The band is leasing a Boeing 757 they have nicknamed Spice Force One to jet them around the globe during their world tour.

The fuselage of the 757 will be adorned with official Spice Girls reunion artwork - and inside it will have facilities including a creche and make-up parlour.

The jet will transport the five girls - Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell - plus their families, management, wardrobe and make-up assistants and bodyguards.

(source)

November 12, 2007 at 7:20 am | main | No comment

Keeping Scary AwayOctober 24

Mel B's fellow Spice Girls have got behind their bandmate in her quest to win Dancing With The Stars. Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell recorded a video message of support that was screened after Scary Spice’s latest performance on the hit TV show. Emma said, "Please vote because she's fab. We need her in - because then she's not with us." Mel danced the samba to her band’s hit, Spice Up Your Life.

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Posh Gets Snubbed on New Spice Girls SongOctober 21

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has been snubbed by the other Spice members, given just four short lines to sing on the band’s comeback song, Headlines (Friendship Never Ends).

The Daily Star is reporting today that Posh’s four-line solo stint in the track lasts for little over fifteen seconds, with fellow Spicey Melanie Brown jumping in and hi-jacking her last line, turing it into a kind of impromptu duet.

Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell penned the new song, and both girls feature prominently, singing an entire verse each at the beginning. The two Melanies also sing a large portion on their own, leaving Posh to pick up the slack in the chorus and three measley solo lines.

A spokesperson for the band was quick to dispel any rumours of disharmony or jealousy between the girls, and stated: “The verses have all been shared out equally among the five members and they all sing together on the chorus.”

Maybe snubbing Posh in the song had nothing to do with jealousy over her larger celebrity profile and more to do with the fact that she’s always been the least-talented singer of the five? Perhaps the girls were just stating the obvious and heading back into the pop world with the strongest possible showing… and that includes having Posh’s solo hi-jacked by Scary Spice.

[Source]

October 21, 2007 at 11:50 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Spice Girls lease Boeing 757 with make-up parlour and creche for tourOctober 8

When the Spice Girls kick off their world tour at the end of the year, they intend to travel in style.

The band – not content with flying first-class – are leasing a Boeing 757 they have nicknamed Spice Force One to jet them around the globe.

The fuselage of the 757 will be adorned with official Spice Girls reunion artwork – and inside it will have facilities including a creche and make-up parlour.

The jet will transport the five girls – Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell – plus their families, management, wardrobe and make-up assistants and bodyguards.

“Spice Force One will be a flying palace,” said my source.

As well as the creche and make-up facilities, it will include a dining room, business centre, state-of-the-art bathrooms, a media centre and sleeping quarters.

“Along with the immediate entourage, the girls will have a team of chefs and nannies who will be on hand 24/7 to feed and look after all the VIPs on board.”

The eagerly awaited tour kicks off on December 2 and will see the girls visit Vancouver, San Jose, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Shanghai, Madrid, Beijing, London and Cape Town.

It is the first time all the girls will have appeared on stage together since Geri left in May 1998 – leading to the group eventually splitting in 2001.

In addition to Spice Force One, the band is also set to hire two further jets – dubbed Spice Force Two and Three – for their dancers, remaining staff, stage hands and equipment.

Sources say a budget of between £7million and £10million has been set aside to pay for the three aircraft.

(source)

October 8, 2007 at 3:27 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Is Geri Halliwell’s new romance the real thing?August 23

He’s the son of a KGB spy, heir to a billion-pound fortune, friend of Elton John…and sure-fire source of publicity. So what DOES Geri Halliwell see in her new toyboy?

One warm summer evening in St Tropez, a gaggle of red-wigged models in matching Union Jack outfits are belting out a deafening and tuneless medley of Geri Halliwell’s hits.

Their performance has all the marks of a spoof of the unique vocal style of the former Spice Girl.

And there, beaming in the front row, is Miss Halliwell herself, apparently enjoying this musical homage.

Seated next to her is the man responsible for the night’s festivities, the 26-year-old Russian heir to a billion-pound fortune who is being described as Geri’s toyboy lover.

Dark-haired Evgeny Lebedev, voted London’s third most eligible bachelor in a recent poll by Tatler magazine, has taken charge of the singer’s surprise 35th birthday party.

As well as paying for this sumptuous event, he has, say friends, been bestowing breathtakingly expensive gifts on a delighted Geri. No wonder she’s smiling.

The couple, who were introduced by Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, have been keen to put their burgeoning romance on display.

Meanwhile, Geri has been only too happy to show off her slimmed down figure by wearing skimpy bikinis. (Her yo-yoing figure is now a tiny size six; she has lost two-and-a-half stone since becoming a mother 14 months ago.)

At the same time, her “friends” have been telling anyone who will listen that Geri is desperate for a sister or brother for her baby daughter Bluebell Madonna.

Such fevered speculation, and those daily photo opportunities, have put Geri back in the spotlight.

The publicity of being linked to the famous Miss Halliwell has not exactly done any harm to the previously little-known but assiduously self-promoting Lebedev, either. (He is the son of former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev, one of the world’s richest businessmen.)

Witness their overly amorous display a month ago at a party at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park.

The other guests were treated to Lebedev groping his laughing date’s bottom on the dance floor, before blurting out: “Are you wearing a thong, darling?”

The high-living Lebedev Junior, who is launching his own London restaurant and clothing firm with his father’s money, seems determined to place himself firmly on the capital’s social map.

In June, he and his father hosted a £1.3 million charity party at Hampton Court Palace, attended by Mikhail Gorbachev and Baroness Thatcher.

Guests were entertained by Elton John and the outrageous camp band the Scissor Sisters, whom Lebedev regards as personal friends.

And yet the flamboyant Evgeny does not seem typical husband and father material.

With a dandy-like taste in clothes, and a love of art and diamond jewellery, he persuaded his father, who is worth an estimated £1.75 billion, to buy him a stake in trendy British-based fashion house Wintle.

Friends say he is known for his generosity and can regularly be seen paying the bills of virtual strangers at Volstead, the 1920s-inspired hedonistic private members’ club just off Regent Street.

Leaving a London club on a date with Geri recently, he cut a colourful figure.

Wearing large sunglasses (although it was dark at the time), he sported two-day stubble and a shiny designer suit - the likes of which were last seen on TV series Miami Vice.

Lededev is not known to have had any long-term relationships. Given Geri’s inability to hold down one serious relationship in her adult life, this does not auger well for a life of domestic bliss.

Her most notable boyfriend has been 41-year-old Sacha Gervasi - the British-born former public schoolboy, now a Hollywood scriptwriter, who fathered Geri’s daughter Bluebell during a six-week fling in 2005.

Geri has, allegedly, stopped him seeing his child, however, and didn’t invite him to the star-studded christening in London in April.

Few who know Lebedev well expect this latest fling to be more than a passing fancy.

But then, as previous objects of Geri’s affections such as Robbie Williams and Chris Evans can testify, she tends to scare men off.

Friends say the woman famous for inventing Girl Power, with her Spice Girl companions, transforms from strong, demanding woman to doe-eyed doting little girl when a potential suitor appears.

“I know it sounds harsh,” says one of her circle, “but around men she is attracted to, Geri gets overly clingy almost immediately and frightens them off.

“If they hang around long enough, her puppy-dog phase soon wears off and she is back to being demanding again.

“Also, with all this talk of her desperation to have another baby, every man she meets feels he is being weighed up for his suitability as a father.”

Geri’s plans for more children will have to go on hold anyway until after the Spice Girls’ reunion tour, which starts in Canada in December.

She is said to have been the only group member to be asked to sign a contract which bans her from getting pregnant until after the 14-date, six-continent tour.

Not that she is in a position to complain, though, particularly as she was forced to go cap-in-hand to her former bandmates - most notably Victoria Beckham - as her own music career slumped.

Sources close to the five Spice Girls say Geri has been lobbying for three years to persuade them to reform.

It was only the prospect of playing to fans in the US - where Victoria is desperate to promote herself since husband David’s switch to LA Galaxy - that made Posh relent.

But despite the girls’ staged show of togetherness, insiders say the bitter rivalries that saw Geri leave the group in 1998 are as evident as ever, with Halliwell the focus of much of the feuding.

Sources say the towering egos of the former members - Geri, Victoria, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm - were in evidence when they made their announcement of the reunion in Greenwich at the end of June.

Each travelled separately to the event in their own limousines, with a retinue of up to 12 of their own PAs, press agents, make-up artists and hair stylists.

Meanwhile, Geri is said to be angry that, despite talk of a £10million payday for each girl, she will earn much less from a Greatest Hits album due out at Christmas than the other four, because she will not be entitled to royalties for songs the group recorded after she walked out.

Yet she is said to have signed up respected singing coach Zoe Tyler to make sure her much-derided singing voice is up to live performances.

The team surrounding the reformed pop group is also buzzing with rumours of tension between Geri and Victoria over Halliwell’s attempts to resume her position as unofficial band leader.

Even so, the reunion could not have come at a better moment for Geri, given the uncertain state of her career in recent times.

Her once successful solo career (she had four Number Ones of her own after quitting the Spice Girls) crashed with the release of her last album, Passion, in 2005.

The record was branded “embarrassing” by critics and sold fewer than 10,000 copies; while a single, Desire, reached only Number 18.

In desperation, she has recently written a children’s book, and done some television presenting.

She has been trying to remodel herself as a new Cilla Black, fronting a Saturday evening show where celebrities help members of the public who lack confidence.

Last week, though, ITV insiders revealed the idea had been quietly dropped.

In October, Geri closed her company, Waterfall Productions, after giving herself a final payment of £250,000 - a fraction of the £6.2 million-ayear she was earning with the Spice Girls.

Until recently, she has been staying rent-free in a house owned by her close friend George Michael in Primrose Hill, North-West London.

In the meantime, of course, as she waits for those millions to roll in, she can rely on the generosity of the big-spending Lebedev.

A friend of the Russian told the Mail: “I get the impression that they are both getting something out of it.

“They are equally keen to see their pictures in the papers, and Evgeny is generous to a fault with his friends.”

Given Miss Halliwell’s famous love of attention (not to mention all those expensive gifts), it sounds like a perfect match.

(source)

August 23, 2007 at 1:55 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Humpday BackwashAugust 8

Kim Kardashian Gets A Reality Show - Derek Hail 

Charlize Theron Bikini Candids - The Feeding Tube (NSFW Site)

Kristin Bell May Be Joining Cast Of LOST - Girls Talkin Smack

Katherine McPhee Upskirt - Drunken Stepfather

Add Jessica Biel To This Week’s Upskirts - Ninja Dude

Jennifer Aniston Dumped Again - The Blemish

What Did W Magazine Do To Gwyneth Paltrow? - Bumpshack

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Weighs More Than Angelina Jolie - Gabby Babble

More Geri Halliwell Bikini Candids -Jordan Is Your Homeboy 

Why Would We Want To See A Video Of Anna Nicole Smith’s Breast Surgery? - Celebrity Smack 

Everybody Loves This Zac Efron Kid - Seriously?OMG!WTF! 

Rihanna Gets Her Eat On - Skinny Celebrities

August 8, 2007 at 11:25 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Spices Go StatesideJuly 6

Victoria Beckham is clearly in charge of the Spice Girls reunion – she has reportedly insisted that rehearsals for their comeback tour take place in Los Angeles – the Beckhams’ new home. Mel B is also a Hollywood resident and Posh apparently only agreed to the reunion on the condition that preparations would take place Stateside. The move might not thrill two other members of the band - Emma Bunton will have to move to LA with a newborn baby, while Geri Halliwell will be bringing 14-month-old Bluebell with her. One insider said, “There was no way Victoria would agree if it meant she had to schlep back and forth to London.�

David has also signed a deal to have a film crew following his move from Real Madrid to LA Galaxy. Entitled the cringe-inducing David Beckham's Soccer USA, is said to be about his sports career, as opposed to Posh's programme, which will concentrate on her love of shopping.

July 6, 2007 at 2:31 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Victoria Beckham Puts The Spice Girls On Her Anorexic DietJuly 3

Victoria Beckham has devised a strict diet and exercise regime for the Spice Girls to help get them in shape for their upcoming world tour.

Victoria is keen for her bandmates - Emma Bunton, Mel C, Geri Halliwell and Mel B - to look their very best when they take to the stage in December, and has allegedly told the girls they should follow her healthy eating plan to shift any excess pounds.

A source said: “Victoria has told the girls her secret to getting in shape is 200 sit-ups a day and a diet of edamame soya beans, strawberries and lettuce. She is determined to make sure the reunion goes well because her image in America is important to her. She wants the girls to all look their very best, and says her diet is a guaranteed way of losing the pounds.”

The girl group announced they were reuniting last week for an 11-date tour and to release a greatest hits album.

The band will kick off the series of shows in Los Angeles, followed by concerts in Las Vegas, New York City, London, Cologne, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires.

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July 3, 2007 at 3:16 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Spice Girls Get Paid $13 Million Each For Reunion TourJune 29

What a difference a few years makes. Remember when the Spice Girls were washed up and solo albums failed left and right? Now that the 90’s girl power groups fans have grown up and are ready to shell out big bucks to see Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice and Scary Spice. Maybe everyone just wants to see just how skinny Victoria Beckham is real life.

No work on whether Geri Halliwell got her Union Flag dress back from The Hard Rock Cafe yet, but we’ll keep you update.

June 29, 2007 at 5:07 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Geri Halliwell Wants Her Spice Girls Union Jack Dress BackJune 19

Geri Halliwell wants her iconic Union Flag dress back to wear for the upcoming Spice Girls reunion. After leaving the group Geri sold it to the Hard Rock Hotel for about $80,000 in aid of charity.

Geri asked the reunion mastermind Simon Fuller to get it back so she can show off her post-baby body. It’s going to cost a fortune to get it back and borrowing it isn’t an option because Geri is much slimmer and less curvy than she was back in those days.

Much ado about a hand sewn dress made by Geri’s half sister out of a flag an old dress.

June 19, 2007 at 5:52 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Geri Halliwell And Conan Take A WalkJune 14

What is wrong with this picture?

While most stars are content to have a simple dog as a pet, as Geri does here, it seems that is not enough for her; no, she has to go one step further and get her own pet gorilla.

Shouldn’t she have that thing leashed and a high voltage rectal cattle prod on hand.

Having said all that, she looking pretty good., hot, body

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June 14, 2007 at 5:41 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Spice Girls ReunitedMay 20

British pop sensation the Spice Girls have reformed after a seven-year split, and are in the recording studio putting the finishing touches on a song they hope will be this Christmas’ number one release.

Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton, aka. Ginger and Baby Spice, were snapped outside their former producer’s million-dollar mansion, where they’re said to be recording their new album.

Both Halliwell and Bunton were unable to contain their joy after completing their session, jumping up and down, hugging and giggling.

“It’s phenomenal news for them, and the girls are really excited,” a source close to the band said.

Sporty Spice Melanie C is said to have already recorded her parts, while LA-based members Melanie B and Victoria Beckham are supposedly flying to the UK this week to complete their parts.

News of the World have the exclusive pictures of the reunion, and if you’d like to check them out, click here.

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May 20, 2007 at 11:12 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Wednesday BackwashMay 2

Because We Love A Blonde David Beckham - Gabby Babble 

Sharon Stone Is A Smart Cookie - Celebrity  Smack

Sienna Miller Nip Slip - Drunken Stepfather 

Pamela Anderson Click Magazine Pictures - The Feeding Tube

The Beckham’s Party with Geri Halliwell - Into Gossip 

Kimberly Stewart = Street Walker - Ninja Dude

Are The Britney Spears Topless Pictures Real??? - Derek Hail 

Here Are The Britney Spears Topless Pictures…Flowers and All - The Blemish 

Sanjaya’s Mom Busted Again…This Time With Bong - Bumpshack 

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Posh Godmother to Halliwell’s BabyApril 20

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has just asked her ex-band mate and one-time enemy, Victoria “Posh” Beckham, to be the godmother of daughter Bluebell, and Posh couldn’t be more happy!

A source revealed: “Victoria was thrilled to be asked to be godmother.”

The pair have recently rekindled their friendship after years of bitter fueding, which stemed from Halliwell’s quitting of their band.

“Although they fell out when Geri walked out on the Spice Girls years ago,” the source continues, “they became really close again. Geri’s relied on her old friend for advice on motherhood and is delighted Victoria is flying over.”

“Kenny will be godfather - so she will have interesting godparents.”

The “Kenny” the source is referring to is none other than Elton John’s partner, Kenny Goss, so Bluebell will indeed have “interesting” godparents, no doubt to go along with her equally interesting name…

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April 20, 2007 at 6:04 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Weekend BackwashApril 13

Courtney Love Weight Loss Not Macrobiotic…Gastric Band - Into Gossip

Pete Doherty and Kate Moss Engaged and Stoned - The Blemish

Olivia Mojica’s American Idol Sex Tape (NSFW) - Bumpshack

Madonna Is Working Timbaland and Justin Timberlake To Death - Hollyscoop

Kim Kardashian Is A Fashion Nightmare - Celebrity Smack

Not A Cute Look For Gerri Halliwell -Drunken Stepfather

Tori Spelling Jogging Off Baby Weight…Maybe A Bit Too Soon? - The Skinny Website

This Is Your Brain…This Is Pete Doherty and Kate Moss Partying…Gross - Ninja Dude

Please Tell Me Lindsay Lohan and Kevin Federline Have Not Mated - Derek Hail

Brooke Shields And Katie Holmes Planning Joint Baby Birthday Party? - Glitterati

April 13, 2007 at 9:49 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Quickies reduxApril 13

+ Geri Halliwell’s ass, if you can even call it that [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Karolina Kurkova Topless Pictures [Egotastic!]
+ Kim Kardashian loves flashy jewelry [Bastardly]
+ Jennifer Hawkins is the new Stacy Keibler [Hollywood Tuna]

Laughing Reporter: It can be hard to keep a straight face when the topic of conversation is birth defects

With that, I bid adieu for a weekend full of intrigue and skeet shooting.

XOXOXO,

Nick

April 13, 2007 at 7:38 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

Another Outrageous Celeb Baby Name!April 6

Ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown has followed in the footsteps of former bandmate, Geri Halliwell, and given her newborn daughter and outrageously ridiculous name!

Fortuna Daphne Bay Brown.

Now, “Fortuna” apparently means “fate,” but what’s with all this naming a kid after something “meaningful?” It’s the latest celebrity craze after adoption (both of which I believe started with a certain “humanitarian-type” actress).

But seriously, what happened to picking a sweet, beautiful name for a little girl…like Belinda, or Penelope, or Ebony?? Actually, scratch that last one

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Technorati Tags: melanie brown, outrageous, ridiculous, baby, name, fortuna, daphne, bay, craze

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Baby Spice Emma Bunton Is Having A BabyJanuary 27

Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, and her boyfriend of eight years Jade Jones are epxecting their first baby. “I guess I will be handing over the ‘Baby’ tag now to a deserving little new owner,” emma said in a recent statement.

Bunton’s new baby will join the rest of the growing Spice Girl brood: Geri Halliwell gave birth to her first child, Bluebell Madonna, eight months ago and Victoria Beckham has three children: Brooklyn, 7, Romeo, 4, and Cruz, who turns 2 on Feb. 20. Oh yeah and Melanie Brown has Phoenix and an Eddie Murphy on the way.

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January 27, 2007 at 3:03 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Geri Halliwell = PrettyDecember 19

Geri Halliwell shines at the UK premiere of “It’s A Boy Thing”. Geri is definately all grown up and gorgeous, but at the risk of sounding like Janet Jackson, what has she done for me lately? Is she really still just getting by on her Spice Girl fame? Or the fact that she named her daughter Bluebell?

December 19, 2006 at 9:24 am | Uncategorized | No comment

Geri Halliwell flexes her girl power for the UNDecember 4

It's always refreshing to see celebrities doing things for the greater good, rather than their own good. Geri Halliwell recently shared with CNN the details of her travels to Zambia, where she helped raise awareness of the country's HIV pandemic with the United Nations Population Fund. Halliwell has been a UN Ambassador for the UNPF since 1999, after her separation from the Spice Girls. Meanwhile, Posh is so busy worrying about what she looks like naked, while we worry about what the hell she's wearing. Nice to see at least one of the former Spices has some real girl power.

December 4, 2006 at 7:00 pm | Uncategorized | No comment

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