Yes, we’re in the gutter but we’re looking at the stars.
Carrie Fisher reveals: Cary Grant told me not to take acid. If your daughter’s taking drugs, what’s a mother to do? If you’re Debbie Reynolds, put in a call to Cary Grant. Carrie Fisher, with a memoir to promote, Wishful Drinking, told America’s Today Show all this week. By all, we mean how her husband left her for another man, how George Lucas made her lose weight to play Princess Leia and more.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP. As Crikey’s trash wrap has noted in the past, actress Gwyneth Paltrow has an email newsletter, GOOP. In other words, she’s just like us! Except, not really. Here’s the editorial from her latest missive, LA hot spots, which takes English to some truly beautiful places:
Los Angeles, where I was born and partially raised, will always hold a special place in my heart. Not the L.A. of Hollywood, but the old-school seventies beach vibe that which still lingers in corners. As strange, spread out and flatly lit as it can sometimes be, Los Angeles, with its bougainvillea, sea breezes, avocados and eccentric inhabitants, is like no other place and will always be in my soul.
Want someone to plumb the depths of your heart? Australia’s Hottest Tradie, a division of online dating site RSVP, is the place to get a date with a plumber, a carpenter or a mechanic. The website even instructs women in how to meet a tradie. Eg. throw a giant octopus in a pool to get a … pool man. Dating never looked so easy.
Nicole Kidman update. Our Nic insists she gets ready in five minutes. Vogue has the “news”. Is Australia finished yet?
Will Robbie Williams rejoin Take That? When a story’s a Sun exclusive written by Chief Reporter John Kay and Bizarre Editor Gordon Smart, you’ve got to sit up and take notice. They report that “Last night Robbie, exiled in LA for five years, penned an emotional message about his plans on his Inner Sanctum website.” One thing he said was ““I’d love to be in the band again”. From which Kay and Smart deduce, etc.
