Nutty loves Scary it's official
After months of gossiping Eddie Murphy has finally declared his love for former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, AKA Scary Spice.
The oddest couple in Hollywood began dating earlier this summer and are already head over heels in love, but aren't ready to wed yet.
Murphy announced on Friday in Beverley Hills: "I am madly in love with Mel -- but there are no wedding plans."
Both the former Spice Girl and the Nutty Professor star have been married before. Murphy divorced his wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy - with whom he has five children - in May after 12 years of marriage.
Mel married dancer Jimmy Gulzar in 1998 but the couple got divorced three years later. They have a seven-year-old daughter called Phoenix-Chi.
Pete buys two new syringes
JUST three days and 15 hours after leaving The Priory, PETE DOHERTY has been spotted buying SYRINGES.
I had really hoped the BABYSHAMBLES singer’s latest trip to rehab would be his last.
He emerged on Monday looking healthier than I have ever seen him. But yesterday he was seen visiting a chemist in Dublin to buy two hypodermic needles.
Pete was staying at the city’s Morrison Hotel with girlfriend KATE MOSS. The supermodel joined him on his sell-out Irish tour, which ends tonight at the Heineken Festival in Waterford.
But yesterday lunchtime, before a gig, he left Kate’s side to sneak out and buy his secret package. At 12.05pm he walked into Health Express chemist in Millenium Ways, Dublin, on his own.
Wearing a scruffy white T-shirt and black suit, he left minutes later putting a bag containing two syringes into his top pocket.
An hour after he sprinted back to the couple’s hotel suite, Kate left to catch a plane back to London.
This comes just days after Pete vowed to Kate he was clean from drugs and ready to marry her.
I am so disappointed. Pete’s latest stint in The Priory was supposed to be a new turning point for the junkie rock star.
But it is time to face facts and realise this treatment is not working for him — as my picture of the singer looking bloated and sweaty on his way to yesterday’s gig proves.
What is even more terrifying is the effect on his thousands of young fans. I can reveal The Priory in North London has seen admissions of young girls go through the roof.
The impressionable teenagers have been signing up as outpatients to anxiety classes — just for a chance to see Pete.
A concerned source at the rehab hospital where JUSTIN HAWKINS and TOM CHAPLIN from KEANE were also treated, told me: “The girls turn up complaining of suffering from anxiety and start asking about Pete.
“Pete has even visited some of the girls and helped them write poems. They are hooked on his every word — it’s frightening.
“They think being in rehab is cool . . . it’s not.”
Kate was pictured earlier this week with a suspicious substance up her nose as she watched Pete from the side of the stage at a gig.
There is no doubting they are an iconic couple. But they should be smart enough to realise the influence their reckless behaviour is having on teenage fans.
Des Lynam quits 'Countdown'
Des Lynam has decided to quit Countdown after just 18 months in the presenter's chair.
The popular host told producers the news after growing tired of travelling 250 miles from West Sussex to Leeds for filming. Although Channel 4 offered to move the show to London next year, Lynam refused to inconvenience his colleagues.
"I didn't want to be responsible for that disruption. It would be unforgivable," he told The Mirror.
"When I was first asked to do the series, I asked if there was any chance of it being made in London. But it stayed in Leeds. Then the number of shows a year went up from 180 to more than 200. I was travelling up and down to Leeds sometimes every week.
"We do five shows in a day which everybody finds extremely tiring. It's the sort of schedule I don't want to commit myself to any more. I've decided that after a year and a half, that'll do nicely. I'm going to withdraw and save the wear and tear."
New Start for the Beckhams?
The Beckhams might soon hit America, according to reports. Apparently, the couple are hoping to start a new life there in a bid to make mega-bucks.
George Michael in Cannabis Caution
Singer George Michael has been cautioned for possessing cannabis after being arrested in north London.
The 43-year-old star was arrested on Sunday after motorists called police to report a car causing an obstruction at traffic lights in Cricklewood.
Police confirmed the driver was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive and drug possession.
He was later cautioned and released on police bail pending further inquiries on his fitness to drive.
Police said an ambulance was called and Mr Michael was taken to a west London hospital as a "precautionary measure" after he was arrested.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "At approximately 3.22am on Sunday morning officers were informed of a stationary vehicle with a driver inside causing an obstruction at traffic lights in Cricklewood Lane near its junction with Hendon Way, NW2.
"Officers arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of being unfit to drive and possession of a controlled substance believed to be cannabis."
Mr Michael was cautioned by police for possessing cannabis after being found in his car at Hyde Park Corner in February.
The singer recently embarked on his first live tour for more than 15 years, with the UK leg due to begin in November.
Robbie's "Angel" speaks out
Robbie Williams is a one-woman man and has been for the last year and a half, according to reports.
The Sunday Mirror claims the singer has been dating a barmaid from New Zealand for the last 18 months.
Charlotte Austin, 26, met Robbie when she was working at Chelsea's Conrad Hotel.
Robbie was hiding out from paparazzi at the hotel when the two struck up a conversation.
According to the barmaid, she joked with Robbie and said the snappers were actually after a picture of her, not him.
'He laughed and he told me I was a fabulous-looking girl,' she recalls, adding that they 'hit it off right away'.
Ms Austin told the newspaper that dating a star of Robbie's famous proportion is 'empowering'.
However, it's not just fun and games. 'At other times he's just your mate Rob and you miss him just because you want to spend time with him,' she explained.
Matt Damon famously met his wife Luciana when she was a barmaid. The two subsequently tied the knot and are now parents to a baby girl, Isabella.
