Archive for December, 2007

Quasi-Celebrity You’ve Never Heard of #2: Valerie Begue Keeps Her Title

Ever heard of Valerie Begue? No? Me either.
Apparently she’s Miss France 2008, but was in danger of losing the title after some pictures showed up in a gossip magazine. Now I know what you’re thinking, didn’t we do this a while back with Vanessa Williams, and aren’t the French just copying us?
No, [...]

Jude Law Haunted By Frank Sinatra

The ghost of Frank Sinatra has been raiding Jude Law’s hotel mini-bar down in Cuba. Poor Jude Law. Or is it lucky Jude Law? Is he a Sinatra fan? If so, isn’t this good news? Wouldn’t most Sinatra fans love to have his ghost show up to drink their rum [...]

Swimmer Laure Manaudou Not Eating or Sleeping

Oops, this should probably go in the “quasi-celebrities you’ve never heard of” category, right? Oh well, too late, it’s sitting here on its own.
Laure Manaudou is a French Olympic champion swimmer who had naked pictures of herself leaked onto the Internet just hours after she broke up with her now ex-boyfriend. I looked [...]

Robin Wright-Penn and Sean Penn Splitting

Hmm, Robin Wright-Penn (which never sounded right) will once again be Robin Wright, which works much better if you ask me. Princess Buttercap returns to the dating scene, as she’s getting a divorce from the increasingly funny-looking Sean Penn:
Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, their rep, Mara Buxbaum, confirms to PEOPLE [...]