Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
If we were of a more cynical bent, we might think that Lily Allen was deliberately trying to get publicity for oh, we don’t know, maybe a new single that’s coming out later this month? Not a day’s going by where she’s not restarting a feud, hooking up with an older man, wearing a massive ring or now, getting all controversial about drugs.
“I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem at all. But we never hear that side of the story. I have no statement to make, I just wish people wouldn’t sensationalize this thing that just exists. The only story is that drugs are bad and they will kill you - you will become a prostitute, a rapist or a dealer. But that’s not true,” the star told Metro.
Oh, Lily! You and your funny little ideas! It’s so strange that everyone thinks you’re just saying this to get noticed. We know you’re just a little naive. Never mind, love. We know how that jet-lag coming back from the Caribbean can affect your brain (we wish). [Photo: FilmMagic]
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Just days after Lily Allen was spotted canoodling in the Caribbean with Jay Jopling, an art dealer 22 years her senior, she was snapped back in London wearing what looks like an engagement ring. Did 45-year-old Jay propose to 23-year-old Lily during the holidays? If so, she may have a new reason to “smile” (sorry, people).
By representing super-successful artists like Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George, Chuck Close and even his ex-wife Sam Taylor-Wood (the two just split last September), Mr. Jopling has amassed a pirate’s booty of about $150,000,000. Oh, and seeing as his daddy is Lord Jopling, who was Margaret Thatcher’s Agriculture Minister, a chunk of that fortune may have come from family. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
It’s not over! It’s back on! Woop! A few weeks ago, we plotted the burgeoning uber-feud between Katy Perry and Lily Allen, only to be a bit let down when it all seemed to fizzle out. To recap, Katy called herself a “skinny version of Lily Allen,” to which Lily slammed back that Katy was an American version of her. KP retaliated by, er, sort of apologizing and saying “comedians are not supposed to be taken super-seriously.” But even having a lovely relaxing break with her new elderly boyfriend doesn’t seem to have mellowed Lily, and she’s taken out her revenge in a fashion befitting this mature argument. Yes, that’s right, on her Facebook page.
“I have Katy Perry’s number, someone did me a favor. I’m just waiting for her to open her mouth one more time then it hits Facebook,” she writes, according to the Sun, after also joining some Katy Perry hater FB groups.
Girls, girls. Can’t we all just get along? (Actually, don’t. The world would be a much duller place and we need something to brighten our gray and gloomy January) [Photo: WireImage]
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Finally! Something more interesting than a parade of celebrities in bikinis has arisen from their annual New Year exodus to the Caribbean. Lily Allen has been spotted getting all From Here To Eternity in the St Barths surf with mega-rich art dealer Jay Jopling who recently split from his artist wife Sam Taylor-Wood. Lily, 23, has fallen for the silver fox charms of Jay, 45, after past boyfriends Seb Chew (31) and Ed Simons (38) didn’t prove quite old enough.
If we were armchair psychologists, we might think that having notorious womanizing actor and general bad-boy Keith Allen as a dad might have given Lily a desire to replicate a father figure in her life. But, of course, we don’t think that at all … [Source; Photo: Splash News Online]
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Amy Winehouse landed in rehab so many times in 2008 that we lost count, and she won this category by a landslide. In fact, 96% of voters agreed with Lu, who commented: “This one was a given.” Official results below …
Scandalist mobile winner: Amy Winehouse.
Amy Winehouse (2008) [Photo: Getty Images]
Amy Winehouse attend the End of Summer Ball. [Photo: WireImage]
Amy Winehouse trips. [Photo: Getty Images]
Lily Allen performs on July 3, 2008 in London, England. [Photo: Getty Images]
Lily Allen attends London Fashion Week on February 11, 2008 in London, England. [Photo: Getty Images]
A drunk Lily Allen tells Elton John to 'f*ck off.' [Photo: Getty Images]
Lily Allen attends GQ's 20th Anniversary party at St. Albans in London. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Lily Allen on July 4, 2008 in London, England. [Photo: Getty Images]
Peaches Geldof attends a fashion show. [Photo: Getty Images]
Peaches Geldof and Cora Kennedy attend the Diesel xXx Rock & Roll Circus on October 11, 2008 in Brooklyn, New York. [Photo: Getty Images]
Friday, December 19th, 2008
We don’t get Lily Allen - one day the British diva is stomping around London in Uggs and sweats, and then next day she’s casually stolling into the Prada store, decked out like she’s about to perform a burlesque show. Sexy stockings, super-high heels, itty-bitty suit, red lipstick and purse, and a see-through shirt. Va-va-va-voom, big time. It’s overkill, sure, but she looks amazing. More important, she’s almost having a nipple slip the whole time, which is obviously a holiday present from Lily to you. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Oh. Well that’s the end of that feud before it even started. Katy Perry - in lightning quick speed - has already apologized to Lily Allen for making a crack about her weight. We told you yesterday that Lily was pretty pissed off after Katy billed herself as a “skinnier version of Lily Allen”, and so launched into her rival, dubbing her “an American version of me.” We were all set for a trans-Atlantic superbeef, but now Katy’s called a truce.
“Yeah, I made a joke about [that] earlier this year. I was just kind of joking and trying to be funny. I didn’t mean anything by it. Comedians are not necessarily to be taken super seriously,” she told usmagazine.com.
That’s very noble of you, but we didn’t know that you were a comedian as well as singer, and faux lady-lover, too! Our mistake, Katy. Sigh. Now we don’t know what next to look forward to feud-wise. Never mind. [Photo: Getty Images]
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
It’s been rumored already that they’re not the best of friends (just take a look at that photo from Paris fashion week in September if you want to see a great example of girls totally ignoring each other), but now Lily Allen herself has spoken out about Katy Perry. The London singer has waded in on Katy after she apparently took pot shots at her weight. Now Lily’s dealt her the ultimate disservice by accusing KP of being a mere copycat.
“I happen to know for a fact that she was an American version of me. She was signed by my label in America as, ‘We need to find something controversial and kooky like Lily Allen.’ And then they found her. I think the lyrics and stuff are a bit crass. When I met her I was bit frosty with her because someone asked her to describe herself. She’s like, ‘Aha, I’m like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinner version of Lily Allen!’ It’s like, you’re not English and you don’t write your own songs, shut up!” she told London radio station Capital FM.
Both these girls are feisty and smart, so this is one celebrity feud that should throw up some witty disses. Come on Katy, next? [Photo: WireImage]
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Well, it wasn’t a coincidence that saw Robert de Niro, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Ben Affleck, Lily Allen, Charlize Theron, Michael Jordan, Mischa Barton, Mary-Kate Olsen and Lindsay Lohan (plus SamRo, natch) all turn up in Dubai last night. They were all (plus lots more hangers-on) attending the launch of the $1.5 billion Atlantis resort on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island. If you’re feeling financially embarrassed by the credit squeeze at the moment, you might not want to know that the launch party cost $22 million, and celebrities enjoyed eating tons of lobster, smoked salmon, oysters and champagne, while watching Kylie Minogue perform a set in front of the world’s biggest fireworks display. Oh, and they were all flown out there for free, and got to stay in suites worth tens of thousands of dollars a night.
Next time you hear someone complain about “loss of privacy” or “paparazzi intrusion”, just look at their happy little faces last night. Honestly, it’s totally worth it. [Photo: Getty Images]
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson attend the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: Getty Images]
Mary-Kate Olsen attends the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: WireImage]
Kylie Minogue performs at the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: Getty Images]
Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend attend the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: WIreImage]
Lily Allen and Mischa Barton attend the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: WIreImage]
Natalie Imbruglia and Rhys Ifans attend the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: WIreImage]
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra attends the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: Getty Images]
Robert De Niro attends the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the man-made island Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo: WIreImage]
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Granted, it hasn’t been an easy year for Lily Allen, but we wonder if she isn’t doing herself any favors with her approach to the art of seduction. When it comes to boys, Lily seems to think the only way she can get them is to lie, hop into their beds naked and pretend to be asleep. The British cutie, who’s got an album coming out shortly, told Nylon magazine the way she’s snared her last two boyfriends (music executive Seb Chew and Chemical Brothers‘ Ed Simon).
“I got really drunk and lied to [Chew]. I said, ‘I’ve lost my keys and I can’t wake my mom up, can I stay on your sofa?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, OK.’ He went to go and brush his teeth, and I literally just took all my clothes off and jumped in his bed and pretended to be asleep…That’s also how I got together with Ed. That’s the only way I can ever get together with people!” the singer added. We find that a bit hard to believe, but we think the single Lily should attempt a different approach.
