Disgruntled contestant confronts Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue fled the set of a British TV talent show audition in terror after being threatened by a contestant’s family.
Minogue had been judging performers in a round of auditions for the X Factor when she used her casting vote to stop a male singer from going through to the next round.
Her vote angered not only the singer but his family as well, who waited to confront her.
The 36-year-old has told a Scottish newspaper she was “petrified” as the singer and his family tried to corner her.
She says she only felt safe enough to return after fellow judge Simon Cowell agreed to lend her his hefty bodyguard. (news)
Helen Mirren appears in bikini, puts younger women to shame
The British are calling it “the bikini that could start a revolution”.
Yet it’s not so much the bright red two-piece causing the sensation but the show-stopping, 62-year-old body of Dame Helen Mirren that fills it.
These jaw-dropping snaps of the Oscar-winning actress frolicking on rocks with her husband in Italy evoke memories of sexpots Ursula Andress and Brigitte Bardot in their heyday.
As one British commentator remarked, Mirren looks better in a bikini than most women four decades younger than her could.
When the photographs were published in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper last week – and replicated extensively online – they caused a frenzy. (news)
Kylie Minogue to receive Order of the British Empire
Kylie Minogue, the former soap actress who become one of the world’s most famous female recording artists, was honored for her services to music on Thursday.
A beaming Minogue, who recently overcame breast cancer, received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Prince Charles, who was standing in for the Queen Elizabeth at the ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
“It is an incredible honor for me to receive this award. It makes me feel both humble and proud to be recognized for doing a job that I love so much,” she said.
Minogue became a household name in Britain in the 1980s after starring as Charlene in the Australian TV soap “Neighbours.” (news)
Chef Gordon Ramsay upsets Aussies with language
It’s enough to rip an oath of surprise from the most genteel of throats — tough-talking Australia is complaining about the foul language of a British celebrity chef.
A Senate committee looking into swearing on television, prompted by objections to chef Gordon Ramsay’s expletive-laden Kitchen Nightmares show, recommended changes on Thursday to broadcasting standards.
Liberal Party Senator Cory Bernardi said one episode had contained “the F-word” 80 times in its 40 minutes.
“And I’m not referring to fondue,” he said.
The senate’s environment, communications and arts committee recommended parental lock-out systems should be made an industry standard for all digital televisions sold in Australia. (news)
Rupert Everett apologizes to ‘wimps’
Actor Rupert Everett has apologized for calling British soldiers “wimps” and suggesting they joined the army to torture prisoners.
The 49-year-old on Monday issued a lengthy statement apologizing “without reserve” to the “many in this country, and hundreds and thousands of others across the world who have lost their brothers and sisters, their fathers and mothers to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and all the countless others,” Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reports.
The apology came after he said during an interview to promote his new film The Victorian Sex Explorer – in which he plays the renowned explorer Sir Richard Burton: “In Burton’s day they were itching to get into the fray. (news)
