>> Klum-stuff <<
A five-star service
Rumours have been circulating
on the internet about a Heidi
Klum sex tape. The story's come
to nothing so far but it doesn't
sound implausible. She certainly
has an appetite for adventure.
We know of one five-star hotel
in London which once declined
a magazine's request to book a
suite for Ms Klum due to some
hi-jinks that she had engaged
in on a past visit with one of
their bellboys.
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London City Airport: Naomi Campbell
jumping security queue. "All staff
went to help her with her bag. Her
large rings & sunglasses meant she
couldn't do anything herself".
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>> Murray: Mint <<
Colin is a man of his word
Colin Murray resigned from his
radio show this week when News
UK bought TalkSport. People who
have worked with him suggest he's
always been a man of principle.
We're told of a time when he
agreed to do a last-minute charity
campaign but came down with food
poisoning from a dodgy sandwich
on the day. He still soldiered on
through a pretty physical open-air
photoshoot, stopping to throw
up in the bushes between set-ups.
He didn't even complain when his
own shirt got so badly covered
in mud he had to be taken by the
client to get a new one for the
rest of the shoot, which he
insisted on paying for himself.
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Francois Hollande spends €9,895 on
his hairdresser every month.
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>> Big Questions <<
Who's asking what this week?
Which pair of celeb friends
act as each other's wingmen
out on the pull at Hollywood
Hills parties – always ready
to provide a good alibi for
the other's wife?
Which journalist likes being
painted as a Native American
warrior with a lady’s...
erm... monthly 'warpaint'?
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A study by a Texan University shows
that 95% of hot tubs host bacteria
derived from faeces.
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>> Tennis elbowed <<
Spending time with the family
Many tennis fans and pundits
watching Wimbledon were struck
by Novak Djokovic's agitated state
and odd post-match press conference
when he said he was pulling out
of some matches to spend some
time with his family.
The consensus around the Bisham
Abbey tennis centre this week was
that Djokovic was doing the right
thing. Things haven't been so rosy
at the Djokovic household since
photos were published a few weeks
back of the tennis star leaving
a nightclub with Bollywood
star Deepika Padukone.
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RIP Channel U's Darren Platt, the
man credited with making grime and
British urban music go mainstream.
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>> MTV Most Wanted <<
Gentlemen prefer eights
Richard Blackwood crashed and
burned on Celebrity First Dates
this week. When his blind date
said she didn't fancy him,
Blackwood claimed he was happy
with the result. Why? "She's
actually too good. She's a 10.
I like girls that are an 8".
We can vouch for that. Back
when RB was on MTV Select
they ran a ropey reality
show to find him a sidekick
called 'Is She MTV?'. According
to someone who worked on the
show, RB did what he could
to work his way through the
list of contestants, mainly
choosing "white girls with
large arses and big breasts,
and wasn't too bothered
about the face."
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US adults were surveyed on whether
they trust the news they get from
social media. 4% said yes.
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>> The Right Honourable MC << Disco goth to the Treasury
Richard Madeley was dishing dirt
on the new Chancellor – his old
classmate, Philip Hammond – this
morning, telling the nation what
Popbitch readers have long known
about Hammond being a bit of a
long-haired goth when at school.
Another interesting detail that
Madeley didn't mention is that
Young Hammond was also the owner
of a mobile disco, which he ran
around Shenfield and surrounding
areas in Essex.
He owned a set of decks and a PA,
and went halves on the door
proceeds with the classmate who
was the DJ: Graham Norton.
(Not that Graham Norton,
sadly. Another one.)
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Owen Smith, challenging Corbyn for
the Labour leadership, washes his
hands after using the toilet.
Unlike Tom Watson.
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>> Drinks cabinet <<
Bottoms up, Liam!
Disgraced former minister Liam Fox
MP has returned to the cabinet,
meaning we should probably now
refer to him as disgraced current
minister Liam Fox MP.
Visitors to Fox's London Bridge
lair tell us that he kept a fridge
there that was entirely full of
vodka. Apparently his capacity
to drink the stuff and then rise
early with no hangover was nothing
short of astonishing.
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Old New Labour Jokes Home:
Q/ What is Angela Eagle's
favourite ska band?
A/ De Selecter.
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>> PR pressure <<
Lending a helping And
It's five years to the week since
the News of the World closed.
Former editor Andy Coulson has
been trying to shake off the long
shadow cast by all those years
of legal action (and subsequent
stretch in prison) by starting
up a PR consultancy.
Coulson Chappell is a spin-off
from Pitch (the sports PR agency
run by Henry Chappell; bankrolled
by Matthew Freud, long time friend
of both Chappell and Coulson).
Friends say Coulson intended to
use his media skills and his
political experience to develop
a Tony Blair-style international
consultancy for high-paying
clients and governments whose
reputations were in need of a
bit of a massage.
Clients have not been easy to
come by though, so - despite
having no real desire to develop
a public profile of his own –
Coulson has finally accepted
advice that he needed to be
seen out and about again.
Favours were duly called in from
old friends like Tom Bradby and
Piers Morgan – so if you were
wondering why Coulson was suddenly
appearing on TV as a Brexit
analyst, now you know.
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Media Masters podcast: LBC presenter
Iain Dale spills the beans on life
at the station and his seafront fight
with that homeless man to promote
Damian McBride's book. Listen.
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>> Celebrity baby names <<
Dave and Liv; wild at heart
Liv Tyler and Dave Gardner (aka
David Beckham's best mate) had
their second child this week, a
girl called Lula. Their other
child is a boy called Sailor.
If they sound familiar, it's
because Sailor and Lula were
the names of Nicholas Cage and
Laura Dern's characters in the
oddball David Lynch film,
Wild At Heart.
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The name of the Philippines National
Police Chief who just retired with
P100million is... Vicente Loot!
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>> Global downturn <<
Getting the house in order
With Brexit biting already, Global
Radio have had to cancel their
staff party and Global Awards
this week, blaming an expected
downturn of ad revenue.
Global CEO Ashley Tabor must
be crossing his fingers that
Brexit contagion doesn't affect
the LA property market. He
spent $25 million on buying
up a couple of Megan Ellison
(daughter of Larry)'s houses
overlooking Sunset Strip – and
has just had them both totally
demolished, ready to rebuild
as a properly swanky abode.
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Synthol Freaks - men (and a woman)
so desperate to get big they injected
their muscles with chemical sludge
until they deformed or exploded.
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>> Hmmms <<
Words, birds, pigfucking
How big is your vocabulary?
Here's a fun test to find out.
Norwegian slow TV from Hornøya,
a small island above the Arctic
Circle with thousands of birds.
Leslie Grantham (of Dirty Den
and webcam-wanking fame) has
written a YA book, and called
his main character Jack Bates.
The New Yorker's take
on Brexit.
Jimmy Page, Kevin Shields
...Brian May?
A button to make everything OK.
Farewell, David Cameron – proud
owner of the third ickiest animal
sex rumour of the modern era.
Thanks so much to everyone who
donated to us this month for a
new email system (which we expect
to launch end August).
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Old Jokes Home:
Theresa May moved into Downing St
with a baby pig under each arm.
The police guard on the front
door said "Nice pigs, Ma'am".
Mrs May replied, "These are not
just pigs, they're prize Gloucester
Old Spots. I got one for David
Cameron and one for George Osborne".
"Wow", replied the copper.
"Nice trade, Ma'am!"
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