Bonnie and Clyde’ director Arthur Penn dies at 88

Bonnie and Clyde’ director Arthur Penn dies at 88

Director Arthur Penn has died, a day after his 88th birthday. The legendary director’s daughter Mollu Penn confirmed that the legendary director, who was best known for making ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘Little Big Man’, died at his Manhattan home of congestive heart failure, reports the BBC.


Penn made his name directing Tony-award winning Broadway shows such as ‘The Miracle Worker’ and ‘All the Way Home’. He began to carve out a career in film in the 1960s with his work, which was inspired by the decade's political and social upheaval.


But it was the 1967 hit movie ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, based on true story of famed outlaws, which he will mostly be remembered for. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best director and Estelle Parsons won the prize for best supporting actress. A memorial service has been planned for the filmmaker before the end of the year.

Supermodel Heidi Klum quits Victoria's Secret

Supermodel Heidi Klum quits Victoria's Secret

Supermodel Heidi Klum has walked her last runway for lingerie giant Victoria's Secret - she has quit the brand after 13 years.


The German beauty started modelling for the company in the late '90s, becoming 'Head Angel' in 2002, and has been a regular fixture of the underwear firm's campaigns and popular catwalk events.


She stole the show at last year's fashion bash when she strode out wearing revealing lingerie just five weeks after giving birth to baby Lou.


But Klum has decided to leave Victoria's Secret behind and handed in her resignation to bosses.


She says, "All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria's Secret. It has been an absolutely amazing time."

Madonna prowls around with eye-popping cleavage on show in Dolce&Gabanna advert

Madonna prowls around with eye-popping cleavage on show in Dolce&Gabanna advert

Just in case anyone needed reminding, Madonna has once again set out to prove she's not letting age change her ways.


The 52-year-old has posed for yet another racy Dolce&Gabanna advert, this time while wearing an incredibly low-cut black body suit and hold-up stockings.


Accessorised with sunglasses, a crucifix and a red string Kabbalah bracelet, she prowls around an unmade bed with her cleavage threatening to spill out of her lingerie.


In another frame, she reclines on white sheets accompanied by a black and white cat.


Madonna struck up a friendship with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana while she was filming Dick Tracy in the early Nineties and they were invited to designer her costumes for The Girlie Show tour in 1993.


The Italian designer duo announced their new collaboration with Madonna last year, which came after she spent her birthday with the pair on-board this yacht in Italy last August.


They said at the time: 'To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true.'


Madonna has since launched a fashion label of her own with her teen daughter Lourdes called Material Girl.


Meanwhile, there are mounting rumours Madonna will be performing on the X Factor's first live broadcast on October 9.


The show is already renowned for drawing in some of the biggest names in the music business, with past performers including Beyonce, who dueted with 2008 winner Alexandra Burke on the programme.


A source told the Daily Mirror that she has verbally agreed to appear on the show, saying: 'Madonna would be perfect to kick-off the last stage of the competition.'

Has Samantha Fox lost her curves

Has Samantha Fox lost her curves

Ms Fox, well known for her yummylicious body, had everyone asking, “Where have your curves gone, Samantha? She showed off a very slight frame as she left a TV appearance.

We all remember her for her curvy figure and an impressive bosom that became her bread and butter when she shot to fame as a young girl.


But Samantha Fox looked a shadow of her former self as she left a television studio looking a lot skinnier than in recent years.


The former topless model was snapped leaving the ITV studios in London yesterday having been a guest on the daily chat show, Loose Women. And she looked very tiny, her former curves almost non-existent as she posed for photographers outside the studios.


Although she was wearing black, which is known to be a slimming colour, her face looked very gaunt, and the tiredness around her eyes all too clear to see.


C’mon Sammy. Don’t be this way. We want the curvy Touch Me (I Want Your Body) star back again!

Kim Kardashian is happily single and having fun

Kim Kardashian is happily single and having fun

Socialite Kim Kardashian has revealed that she is not averse to being in a relationship with a man but it is not a necessity for her happiness. The 29-year-old reality TV star recently split with NFL footballer Miles Austin.


She has earlier dated NFL player Reggie Bush, football player Cristiano Ronaldo, pop singer and TV personality Nick Lachey
and singer and actor Ray J. "I feel like I don't need a man, but I'm also such a hopeless romantic. I really think that having someone makes everything more entertaining," the Daily Telegraph quoted Kardashian as saying.


"I'm happily single and having fun. But I think everybody can make time for someone they really like," she told UK magazine More! I'm dating or I'm trying to. I just want to keep it a bit quieter and move
private than previous relationships. "I would just take falling in love a bit slower these days. And I've got so much more going on, being single means I can concentrate more on myself," added Kardashian.

Lip Service - Racy lesbian show on BBC

Lip Service - Racy lesbian show on BBC

Its hot and its got a whole lot of girl on girl action but the new racy drama on BBC has come under fire for its graphic lesbian content.

Lip Service, which will broadcast on BBC Three next month, has already set tongues wagging thanks to its sexplicit girl-on-girl bedroom scenes.

The controversial series stars `Vanilla Sky` star Laura Fraser and former `Hollyoaks` beauty Roxanne McKee.

"Lip Service has the same buzz as Queer As Folk but might prove too edgy. There are a lot of naked sex scenes between women. Bosses think it`s too explicit for BBC1 - so they`re starting it on Three," News of the World quoted an insider as saying.

"Is this an attempt by the BBC to try and gain ratings?" added the insider.

Talking about an orgasm she has in a lesbian scene, Roxanne said: "It turns into a When Harry Met Sally moment. I was encouraged to make it a lot louder than it would ever be in real life."

All we can ask is, “when does it come on?”

Lindsay Lohan to wear SCRAM bracelet after jail release

Lindsay Lohan to wear SCRAM bracelet after jail release

Lindsay Lohan, who is expected to be released from jail soon following bail, will have to get a SCRAM bracelet within 24 hours. And under the terms of her bail, she is not allowed to be around known drug users and must submit to search by law enforcement at any time, reports TMZ.


Also, nightclubs will be a major no-no. The actress has to stay out of places where alcohol is the "chief item of sale." Lohan will be a free woman soon, because a judge has just reversed Judge Elden Fox''s decision and has granted her bail. Lindsay may soon be a free woman after a judge agreed with her lawyer that the star is entitled to bail.




A Los Angeles judge, on Friday afternoon, overturned a ruling to deny the actress bail after Lohan was ordered into custody at a Lynwood, Calif., jail. "An order has been signed by Judge Patricia Schnegg granting writ of habeas corpus," People mag quoted court spokesman Allan Parachini as saying. "Bail has been set at 300,000 dollars, " Parachini added.


Habeas corpus refers to the release of an inmate due to unlawful detention. However, Judge Schnegg ruled that Lohan must be fitted with a SCRAM alcohol-monitoring device within 24 hours if she posts bail. She faces a probation violation hearing on Oct. 22.


Lindsay Lohan may soon be a free woman after a judge agreed with her lawyer that the star is entitled to bail. A Los Angeles judge, on Friday afternoon, overturned a ruling to deny the actress bail after Lohan was ordered into custody at a Lynwood, Calif., jail.


"An order has been signed by Judge Patricia Schnegg granting writ of habeas corpus," People mag quoted court spokesman Allan Parachini as saying. "Bail has been set at 300,000 dollars, " Parachini added. Habeas corpus refers to the release of an inmate due to unlawful detention.


However, Judge Schnegg ruled that Lohan must be fitted with a SCRAM alcohol-monitoring device within 24 hours if she posts bail. She faces a probation violation hearing on Oct. 22.