Friday, October 19, 2007

Racy Paris Reveals Her Big Suspenders

Paris Hilton isn't one to reserve racy lingerie for the bedroom.

The heiress flashed her black suspenders as she in headed out for a long night of club hopping in Los Angeles.

Party girl Paris hit three hot spots in one night; celebrity haunt Hyde, Green Door, and her favourite, Le Deux.
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Thighs the limit: Paris Hilton stepped out in skimpy stockings and hold-ups

It's not all late nights and lounging around for Paris - the 26-year-old has been lined up to star in a new reality show called The Philanthropist, which will follow her goodwill mission to Rwanda next month.

Paris promised to visit the country after vowing to reform her life post jail.

The new series is set to follow a number of celebrities doing charity work, according to reports.

Paris has said: "I love having everything documented."

"It shows people what everyday life is like for me, how hard I work. There are a lot of misconceptions about me."

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Party queen: Paris visited three LA clubs in one night

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Another Big Night Out For Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud were back doing what the love most last night - performing, and of course, partying.

The group took to the stage at Sketch last night in their first London performance since returning from a visit to LA.

Dressed in flirty frocks, the girls emerged from the club in high spirits, with Nadine Coyle still clutching a wine glass as they jumped into a cab.
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Cheers: Nadine Coyle took one for the road

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In step: Cheryl Cole and Nadine Coyle both opted for violet frocks

Nadine, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts headed back to the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair after their show for some late-night drinks.

But party girl Sarah Harding wasn't going down quietly, and ended up going clubbing with her boyfriend.

She met Tom Crane after his DJ set at Studio Valbonne and then the pair headed to Soho's Kingly Club.
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She comes in peace: Sarah Harding again showed off her Mr Spock haircut

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High spirits: Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts were all smiles as they emerged from the London club

Cheryl Cole opted for comfort over glamour as she slipped into a green tracksuit before heading home.

Meanwhile, Cheryl has finally called a truce with pop rival Lily Allen over their high-profile feud.

Lily said last week: "When I had my feuds with people [earlier this year], I was in a very bad place... [Now] I haven't a bad word to say about anyone."

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Boys allowed: Sarah Harding's man Tom Crane showed his support

Cole, who once called the Smile singer a "chick with a d***", responded: "She's forgiven and I would have a drink with her if I saw her in a bar."

And in good news for fans, Kimberley Walsh has denied ongoing rumours the group will soon go their separate ways.

She said: "The end is not in sight for the band as we have the album out in November and another tour planned for May next year.

"We don't know what will happen after that. We'll see how the tour and album goes."

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Fashion faux pas: Cheryl snapped leaving last night's gig in her track suit

Devastated Britney Loses Right To See Her Sons

Britney Spears' battered reputation as a mother has taken yet another hit after she was banned from visiting her two young children.

The court ruling reportedly came after the troubled 25-year-old star failed to make herself available for random drug tests.
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Britney Spears has had her visitation rights with her kids suspended

Los Angeles judge Scott Gordon suspended all contact between the singer and sons Sean, two, and one-year-old Jayden until she complies with court orders.

With her life seemingly still in chaos, the visitation ban now puts Spears' chances of winning back custody in serious jeopardy when she returns to court in a week's time.

The latest blow followed an emergency behind-closed-doors meeting at Los Angeles Superior Court requested on Wednesday by a lawyer for Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline.

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Britney and a friend with Jayden James and Sean Preston

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Britney with Kevin Federline before their split, he was granted temporary custody of their children earlier this month

The drastic action was triggered by the 'Toxic' singer's failure to provide contact information so she could be reached for random drug tests ordered by the court.

The order asks for a report to be drawn up by Spears' 'parenting coach' before October 26, the date of her next court appearance.

Spears was allowed to see her sons every other day after being forced to surrender full custody to her former husband at the beginning of this month.

One of the main reasons she had to give them up was because she did not submit to a drug test.

Both parents will be in court in a week's time when Spears plea for custody will depend on whether she can appease the family court judge by fulfilling her court-ordered obligations.
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Motherly love: the pop singer was pictured purchasing clothes for her sons hours before her visitation rights were revoked

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Britney visits a tanning salon on in LA, she is due back in court on October 26

She had to get a California driving licence, attend a 'Parenting Without Conflict' class and undergo random drink and drug testing twice a week because she was engaging in 'habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol.'

Spears also had to spend eight hours a week with a parenting coach who would check her fitness as a parent at first hand.

Even after the public humiliation of losing custody of her children to Federline, Spears has continued to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Hours after handing over her boys she went to a Los Angeles tanning salon.

Spears and Federline were married for two years before their divorce became final in July.

Despite her legal tribulations, the one-time Disney Mousketeer still can't understand why people think she is such a bad role model.

Jewellery designer Tuesday Knight, who has been a friend of Spears since 2003, told In Touch magazine in the US that the star is a 'good mother.'

But she added: "People just read about her not wearing underwear."

However, despite Miss Knight's warning that going out without knickers is 'ridiculous' the singer won't stop the habit.

"Britney knows it's stupid, but says she just doesn't like to wear underwear. She doesn't feel comfortable with it on," she added.

Rod's high heels make him as tall as leggy wife Penny

Even with his towering eighties-style hair, Rod Stewart has been exasperated to find he still falls a few of inches shorter than his 6ft 1ins wife Penny Lancaster.

It was against that background that the pair arrived at a party this week looking strangely different - quite bizarrely they appeared for the first time to be of equal stature.
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Spot the difference: The usually diminutive Rod and 6ft 1inch wife Penny appeared for the first time to be of equal stature

As guests including Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Joely Richardson and Selina Scott filed into the party thrown by jewellers Cartier at London's

Natural History Museum, eyebrows were raised about the couple's appearance.

And it seems eyebrows were not all that was being raised.

On closer inspection, it turns out Rod's patent leather boots also had some quite sizeable lifts on the heels.
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Lifts: Closer inspection revealed Rod had some help in the height department from his high heeled shoes

The chunky lifts looked to have put an extra two inches onto the Scottish singer's height.

Intriguingly, Penny - who is most usually the one seen out in high heels - wore low flat ballet-style pumps for the glittering party.

The end effect was that 62-year-old Rod, who stands 5ft 10ins in his stocking feet, was lifted to seem almost the same height as his much taller 36-year-old wife.

Whether Penny's flat shoes were worn at her husband's insistence we may never know. Perhaps they were just more comfortable after all that high-octane ballroom dancing she has been putting in recent weeks.

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Party feet: Penny was resting her feet in ballet pumps after a gruelling week's training for TV dance competition Strictly Come Dancing

Speaking to the Mail at the party, Rod was quick to dispel talk of any jealousy he may have for Ian Waite, Penny's 6ft 3ins professional dance partner in the BBC1 show.

Asked whether he minded Penny being manhandled by other statuesque dancers on the show, quick came Rod's reply: 'It's not other men, there is only one.

He's a very nice boy. We get on brilliantly. There is no scandal there.' Then he added in rather unlikely terms: 'We're old school mates - we go back a long way together.'

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Mel B blasted by dance judge for having 'mouth like a trucker

The scariest of the Spices, Mel B, was left open-mouthed and after Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie-Ann Inaba said the Leeds beauty had a 'mouth like a truck driver'.

Mel B looked less than her best in the matronly outfit she was given for her performance in this week's heat of the dance competition.
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Gobsmacked: Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie-Ann Inaba said Mel had a 'mouth like a trucker' but that her dancing was 'womanly and graceful'
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Matronly Mel: The Spice Girl won praise from the judges for her performance but her matronly outfit did little to flatter her fabulous post-baby figure

The full length overly-fussy dress did her fabulous figure no favours, and the grandmother hairstyle aged her by ten years.

And to add insult to injury judge Carrie-Ann Inaba said of Leeds-born Mel: "When you open your mouth you're just kind of like a truck driver".

The Spice Girl's face visibly dropped and she was left open-mouthed. But Inaba quickly added: "But when you dance out here you bring together this sensual elegance, you are very womanly and graceful.

"What I love about you is that you've made this incredible transformation".
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All smiles: Mel and Maksim scored a high 26 points out of 30 for their Viennese Waltz

Mel and her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were awarded 26 points for their Viennese waltz.

After the dance Mel revealed that if she is not eliminated from the show during the results show she will take Chmerkovskiy to the U.K. with her while she shoots the new Spice Girls video later this week.

"I think they'll like him," said Mel.

"He's a nice guy. He has to be submissive and he'll be fine."

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Happy couple: Mel with husband Stephen Belafonte

Mel B is set to appear in court with former lover Eddie Murphy - on the eve of the Spice Girls' first reunion performance.

The hearing, to determine how much maintenance he'll pay for their daughter Angel Iris, is scheduled in Los Angeles on November 14.

The next day the Spices are booked for a Victoria's Secret fashion gig which will act as a warm-up for their world tour.

But despite her packed schedule, mother-of-two Mel, now wed to producer Stephen Belafonte won't postpone the hearing.

A friend said: "Eddie refuses to see Angel so this is important to her."

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Court date: Mel will face ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy in court next month to determine maintenance payments for their daughter Angel Iris

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The moment JK Rowling revealed a little more than intended

She is wizard at keeping secrets. Keeping her underwear to herself is obviously another matter.

The usually discreet JK Rowling found herself revealing a little more than she would have liked as she addressed a group of children in the US.

The writer who managed to keep Harry Potter's fate under wraps for seven books, bared her bra as she leaned forward.
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Now you see it...now you don't: JK Rowling shows off her bra

Seemingly unflustered, she simply adjusted her neckline and kept talking.

Perhaps she was drawing inspiration from TV presenter Judy Finnigan, whose top fell open while on stage at the National TV awards in 2000, exposing her bra to the nation.

Blissfully unaware, she carried on talking while her image was beamed around Britain until a fellow presenter ran forward to cover her up.

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Been there, done that: Judy Finnigan

Miss Rowling, 42, and estimated to have a £500million fortune thanks to her Harry Potter novels, was reading to children at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood when her dress let her down.

Her appearance was part of her first tour of the US for seven years.

Denise pays the Rent with her raunchiest role yet

Playing murdering jailbird Roxy Hart in Chicago clearly wasn't enough for Denise Van Outen.

The 33-year-old is now starring as scantily clad bisexual Maureen in the West End's production of Rent.

Denise will certainly give the critics a couple of things to think about when the curtain goes up at the show's press night tonight at the Duke Of York Theatre.
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Outen about: Denise Van Outen as bisexual Maureen in Rent. Press night is at the Duke Of York Theatre this evening

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Vice Den: the show follows a gang of New York artists

The play follows the ups and downs of a bunch of impoverished artists and musicians trying to make a living in New York.

The show is being directed by Kylie Minogue's close pal William Baker.

Kylie is said to have recorded a series of phone messages in different accents that will be played during the show.

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Sizzling: Denise strips off for her latest role

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Sultry: She strikes a pose

Denise has revealed the role will be her raunchiest yet: "There's a bit of girl on girl action going on," she has said.

"I've got my girlfriend in the show and, in one scene, I'm a bit of a tart when I then kiss another girl.”

"In the space of three minutes I kiss two girls. It's a bit of a challenge for me because I like boys.

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Costume; Denise combines leather jacket and fishnets with thigh high boots

"But then, I have my eye on one of the cast who looks like a young David Beckham!"

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Laid back: Denise will take on the role of Maureen

Rent first appeared on the West End stage in 1998 and is loosely based on Puccini's La Boheme.

The latest version is designed to win a younger generation of fans and features a paired down score and more minimalist stage design.

Keira Knightley's Very Big Hair Day

Her new starring role in The Duchess is certainly weighing heavily on Keira Knightley.

The actress was seen wearing a towering foot-high wig on location of period drama The Duchess, completing her 18th century attire with a billowing gown and bustle.
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Hair raising: Keira donned a foot-high wig for her role in The Duchess

Keira, who plays Georgina, the Duchess of Devonshire, looked less than thrilled with her heavy costume, barely mustering a smile between takes in London's Greenwich yesterday.

She stars opposite Ralph Fiennes, who plays her onscreen husband, while British actress Charlotte Rampling also among the cast.

Georgiana, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, was a socialite at the centre of a circle of leading political and literary figures.

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Oh beehive! The actress is filming another period drama on the back of her successful film Atonement

She was also notorious for her extravagant lifestyle and infamous for her marital arrangements - her best friend becoming the Duke's mistress.

According to reports, Keira had intended to have time off this autumn, but couldn't resist the part after reading script.

Keira recently wrapped The Edge Of Love, a film based on the life of poet Dylan Thomas, which co-stars Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys.

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Gown frown: Keira looked less than thrilled under the weight of her costume

Sienna shares an intimate kiss with Rhys

They have insisted, despite all the rumours, that they are nothing more than friends.

Yet pictures of Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans which emerged over the weekend in Notting Hill, where Miss Miller has a home, seem to leave no doubt that the pair are indeed an item.

The pair were photographed taking 26-year-old Miss Miller's two dogs for a walk in the fashionable enclave of west London hand-in-hand and occasionally stopping to embrace and lock lips.
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Sealed with a kiss: Sienna and Rhys have previously denied that they are an item

At one point, they cosied up to one another in the unlikely surroundings of a graveyard for an intimate kiss.

The couple have been constant companions for weeks and are most often pictured lurching from party to party around London.

They have consistently denied they are dating, and Sienna insists Ifans has merely been sleeping on her couch since his London houseboat flooded.
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Walkies: Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans

This summer they went on holiday on the hedonistic party island of Ibiza and last month they were in Dublin where Ifans, 39, best known for his role as Hugh Grant's slovenly flatmate in the film Notting Hill, had a dainty bird tattoo on his wrist to match the one Sienna already had on hers.

Sienna first became famous as girlfriend of actor Jude Law, who she starred with in Alfie, the remake of the Michael Caine film.

Law proposed to his young lover in 2004, but the relationship was blown apart after it emerged he had an affair with his children's nanny.

Despite successive attempts to rebuild the relationship, Law has been out of the picture for some time.

While Ifans is an actor of considerable talent, Miss Miller is still better known for the men on her arm - and her Boho chic dress sense - than her acting ability.

Friday, October 12, 2007

'Why I'm loving the single life after seven years with an abusive boyfriend,' says Jennifer Ellison

Her ex-boyfriend cheated on her, smashed her over the head with a bottle and never complimented her - so it comes as little surprise that Jennifer Ellison is relishing the single life.

The former Brookside babe, 24, is determined to enjoy more girls-only holidays with pal Danielle Lloyd and the attention of other men since ending her abusive seven-year relationship with Tony Richardson.

"When I was in a relationship I was never chatted up by guys but now all that's changed," Ellison told The Sun.
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Regularly voted the sexiest woman on the planet, Jennifer Ellison is relishing the single life. She says: 'I want to go on single girl's holidays and have fun with my mates'

"It's made me feel really attractive and nice. It's been good for my ego.

"Having someone cheat on you and having a relationship that ends so badly, you really need that.

"I want to go on single girl's holidays and have fun with mates," she added.

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Jennifer in London's West End last night where she was appearing in the comedy play, Boeing-Boeing

Ellison, who has also starred in Hell's Kitchen and the West End musical Chicago, was left devastated after discovering that her fellow Scouser Richardson had cheated on her with kiss-and-tell girl, Shalimar Wimble earlier this year - spelling the end of their romance.

She later admitted he had beaten her - smashing her over the head with a bottle in a nightclub row and breaking her collar bone by throwing her to the floor in a temper.

Despite Ellison regularly featuring in the sexiest woman on the planet polls, the one person who never paid her a compliment was her boyfriend, shattering her self-esteem.

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Jennifer says that when she dated Tony Robinson she was never chatted up, however since their relationship ended earlier this year all that has changed...

However Ellison is now regaining her confidence and refuses to let her bad experience deter her from falling in love again.

"I've been in a relationship for a long time so I'm not on the lookout for another man yet.

"But what's happened hasn't put me off men.

"If one came along I wouldn't go, 'No, I don't want to meet anyone else.' If it happens, it happens.

"I want to have children and get married but it is not the main priority at the moment."

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Jennifer ended her relationship with Richardson after he cheating on her with John Terry's ex, Shalimar Wimble

As for the type of man Ellison is looking for, she's open to offers and favours personality over looks.

"I have never been with someone that was a stunning, attractive, pretty man.

"Personality means more to means more to me. If someone makes me laugh and and we have that connection, that's what I go for."

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Jennifer soaking up the sun Marbella in July 2007, where she was enjoying a girls-only holiday with best pal Danielle Lloyd

Ellison is currently presenting the reality series Dirty Dancing: The Time Of Your Life where a group of British girls battle it out for a role as the legendary movie's leading lady, Baby.

The Living TV series was filmed at the hotel in Virginia, U.S. where Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey made the original 1987 film.

While Ellison admits, "I'm missing somebody - but not him (Richardson)" - she's clearly too busy and enjoying her single status too much to relinquish her single status just yet.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Angelina Jolie is even skinnier than ever

As Angelina Jolie stepped out to collect her son Maddox yesterday, it was shockingly clear that her once fierce action heroine frame has been reduced to just skin and bone.

The mother of four arrived at the New York school wearing a black pencil skirt and mustard v-neck which sat loosely around her now tiny body.
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Fragile: Angelina Jolie looked a shadow of her former self as she stepped out in New York yesterday

Angelina looked worrying thin, with her sinewy legs and gaunt face again sparking concern for her health and quelling recent rumours she is expecting another child.

Earlier this year, Angelina attributed her weight loss to the emotional strain she suffered over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in January.

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Shrinking: Angelina's tiny legs looked thinner than ever

She said in June: "Someone saying to me that I'm thin is not a compliment."

But Angelina, who is also mother to Pax, 3, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 1, has continued her disappearing act in recent times.

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Gaunt: the actress arrived to collect her 6-year-old son Maddox

Meanwhile, the star and her partner Brad Pitt, who have spoken regularly of their plans to expand their family, are now searching for a luxury home in the South of France to bring up their brood.

That's if they can squeeze time into their already full schedule - Angelina been busy a in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency while Brad is filming Burn After Reading, which costars George Clooney.

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Action star: Angelina shot to fame as fierce heroine Lara Croft

Do your buttons up, Britney.and watch out for that bald patch

Britney Spears appeared topless in uncensored outtakes from her racy Gimme More video and it seems the singer is still refusing to cover up.

The troubled star stepped out in LA yesterday in a tight red dress, which was unbuttoned right down to reveal her braless cleavage.

It wasn't the only sight that caught attention - Britney also appears to have developed a small bald patch on the back of her head after years of wearing heavy extensions.
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Going pop: Britney Spears sure has come undone

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Testing times: Britney is rumoured to have undergone a drug test during a visit to a medical centre yesterday

The dishevelled star was visiting a local medical centre where she is rumoured to have undergone a mandatory drug test as part of her custody arrangement.

Lawyers for the singer have filed an emergency court motion seeking to expand visitation rights with her boys, who she lost custody of last week.

Spears left a supervised visit with her boys in tears earlier this week.

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Hair raising: years of wearing heavy hair extensions have left Britney with a small bald patch

Mark Vincent Kaplan, lawyer for Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline, said that he received the motion Wednesday and will be in court Thursday.

An after-hours call to Spears' attorney was not immediately returned.

Spears was ordered October 1 to relinquish custody of her children by a court commissioner who had raised concerns about drug and alcohol use.

Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon later granted some visitation rights to Spears, but required that a monitor must watch her while she's with her sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James.

Meanwhile, the release date of Britney's new album Blackout has been brought forward because of internet leaks.

Originally due to be released on November 12th, it will now be available from October 29.

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Hunger strikes: the singer stopped off at a Mexican restaurant for lunch with a friend





Carrie Bradshaw's back - and so is her bizarre fashion

While speculation about Sex and the City movie plot lines continue to run hot, one thing is for certain - Carrie Bradshaw's fashion sense remains as eccentric as ever.

Sarah Jessica Parker, who reprises her role as the New York columnist in the upcoming movie, was spotted on set yesterday in a look best described as 'bag lady' chic.

The thrown-together ensemble featured thigh-high argyle socks teamed with peep-toe stilettos, a cobalt blue 'Stay alive in 85' slogan jersey and charcoal button down overcoat.
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Socks appeal: Sarah Jessica Parker, in character as Carrie Bradshaw, teamed knee-highs with open toe heels

The quirky combination broke all the usual conventions of good fashion, but of course, it's what Carrie Bradshaw has long done best.

Excitement around the upcoming movie has reached fever pitch, but Chris Noth, who plays Mr Big, says not everything is as it seems.

Earlier this month, pictures emerged from the set showing Carrie Bradshaw in a voluminous bridal gown.

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Flashback: Carrie Bradshaw pays homage to the era that style forgot

But Noth says some are making "wrong observations" about the movie's plot.

He added: "It's safe to say anything is possible and anything you read in the papers, take with a healthy, healthy dose of scepticism."

Meanwhile, a source told the New York Post's Page Six, some scenes are just a rouse: "[Producers] are playing mind tricks with the fans."

"The pictures have been staged to make people think they're following a predictable plot, but these are really only dreams.

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Carrie's clothes are never boring: The star was spotted in several other dynamic outfits today

"Everyone's wondering how Charlotte could finally get pregnant after all that time. They're loving that everyone's imaginations are running wild."

While Noth wouldn't let any script details slip, he did say he's enjoying being back in Mr Big mode, adding: "Everyone's great. It's a lot of work. It's a big, robust script. I said that word, 'big!'".

Noth concluded: "Big! Robust! Script! Sort of like a wine - a good, healthy wine."

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Boots were made for walking: Sarah Jessica Parker makes another costume change