http://www.phonebabes.co.uk en-us info@phonebabes.co.uk TV stars including EastEnders actress June Brown are to recreate a real-life version of sitcom Are You Being Served? in memory of the late Wendy Richard. Richard, who died in February of cancer aged 65, played Miss Brahms in the 1970s BBC One classic. Nicholas Smith, who played Mr Rumbold in the show, will join Brown and fellow Albert Square star Natalie Cassidy at the charity sale in Selfridges, London. Outfits owned by Richard from designers including YSl and Gucci will be sold. The departm http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/stars-join-wendy-richard-charity-honour_132.html 09-01-2010 Actress Joanna Lumley is joining the cast of the final series of BBC drama Mistresses, it has been announced. The 63-year-old will play Katie's bossy mother in the programme, about the lives of four female friends. Lumley, who spearheaded the Gurkha's campaign for the right to live in the UK earlier this year, said she was "thrilled" to be a part of the show. Filming on the finale is expected to start in Spring next year, and will be screened on BBC One later in 2010. 'Explosive finale' Beth http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/joanna-lumley-joins-final-series-of-mistresses_130.html 30-11-2009 Actress Tilda Swinton has backed efforts to reopen a cinema in Nairn for the first time since the 1970s. The Oscar-winning actress, who has a home in the town and has staged two film festivals there, was the inspiration for Cinema Nairn's bid. She attended the group's screening of classic films in Nairn community centre. The Wizard of Oz was among the films shown. Sunday's event was held to gauge local support for the plan. Swinton said: "It is just what every little town not only needs and http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/actress-backs-new-cinema-for-town_129.html 30-11-2009 South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon has received one of France's top art awards at a film festival in her home country. French Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac made Jeon a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters at the Pusan International Film Festival. Jeon won a best-actress award at the Cannes film festival in 2007 for her role in The Secret Sunshine. Ms Idrac called Jeon "one of the most talented actresses in South Korea today. " Her previous films have included The Scandal and You Are My Su http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/honour-for-south-korean-actress_127.html 26-11-2009 Model Katie Price has walked out of I'm A Celebrity. . . Get Me Out of Here! after a week on the ITV show. Viewers of the programme, which is set in the Australian jungle, have voted repeatedly for the former model to be put to the test in "bushtucker" trials. Explaining her decision to leave, Price said: "It's not about the money, it's not about winning for me - I just don't want to be here any more. " A spokesman said there were "no current plans" to replace Price on the show. The 31-year- http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/model-katie-price-quits-im-a-celebrity_126.html 24-11-2009 I'm A Celebrity. . . Get Me Out of Here! contestant Katie Price has apologised on live TV for her behaviour since she split with ex-husband Peter Andre. During her exit interview on the ITV1 programme, Price said: "For the last seven months I have acted like a right twit and I'm sorry if I upset people. " Price, 31, said one of the reasons she left the jungle after eight days was because she missed her three children. Ex-EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin was the first celebrity to be voted out. http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/katie-price-apologises-for-her-behaviour-since-divorce_125.html 24-11-2009 Actress Nicole Richie is responding well to treatment for pneumonia in a US hospital, her publicist has announced. The 28-year-old admitted herself to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Earlier this week, a judge granted her request for a restraining order against two celebrity photographers. Richie, Paris Hilton's co-star in TV show The Simple Life and the daughter of singer Lionel Richie, gave birth to a son in September. She and her partner Joel Madden, a member o http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/nicole-richie-treated-in-hospital_124.html 23-11-2009 Actress Nicole Richie is responding well to treatment for pneumonia in a US hospital, her publicist has announced. The 28-year-old admitted herself to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Earlier this week, a judge granted her request for a restraining order against two celebrity photographers. Richie, Paris Hilton's co-star in TV show The Simple Life and the daughter of singer Lionel Richie, gave birth to a son in September. She and her partner Joel Madden, a member o http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/nicole-richie-treated-in-hospital_122.html 20-11-2009 Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has been the inspiration behind a new group's bid to reopen the first cinema in a Highlands town since the 1970s. The actress co-organised two film festivals that have featured in Nairn in the past two years. She also has a home in the town. Cinema Nairn said her events suggested there was local demand for a new venue. It will screen classic films in the town's community centre on 29 November to gauge support for its plan. The Wizard of Oz, The Magnificent http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/oscar-actress-inspires-cinema-bid_120.html 17-11-2009 Former glamour model and reality TV star Katie Price has launched her own independent production company. Pricey Media will produce the 31-year-old's next reality TV series for ITV2 called What Katie Did Next. The six-part series will show how the mother of three has been coping with the aftermath of her marriage breakdown to Peter Andre. Andre has also been filming his own ITV2 documentary series called Going It Alone, which is broadcast on Monday. In a statement, Price said: "I'm r http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/price-launches-production-company_115.html 13-08-2009 Actress Leslie Ash is to return to TV screens in Holby City, five years after contracting a hospital infection. The former Men Behaving Badly star still uses a walking stick after the infection left her partially paralysed. "It has taken a long, long time and I'm not perfect, but I'm ready to be back at work," Ash said in a statement. The 49-year-old will play scheming executive Vanessa Lyton. Her first scenes will be filmed in June ahead of the hospital drama's return in October. "I can't http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/leslie-ash-joins-holby-city-cast_105.html 19-05-2009 Audiences for Katie Price and Peter Andre's ITV2 reality TV show grew by 68% after the couple announced their separation on Monday. A repeat episode of the series, Katie and Peter: Stateside, broadcast on Tuesday night, attracted an average audience of 480,000. An episode in the same time slot last week was watched by 285,000 people. New episodes of the fly-on-the-wall series, which follows the couple moving to the US, premiere on Thursday. The shows are repeated on Friday, Sunday and Tues http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/price-split-boosts-show-ratings_99.html 14-05-2009   Katie Price's management company has announced it will no longer represent the former glamour model. Manager Claire Powell, who sometimes appeared in their ITV2 shows, has worked with the star for five years. Powell refused to disclose why Price had been dropped, saying: "We're a very professional company and I don't want to make any comment." The decision comes just three days after the former model and Peter Andre said they were separating. 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It's really made me very confident because I'm a curvy Spanish girl, and I've always felt overweight or not pretty enough." "And to have this man - who is so powerful and hangs around with beautiful women - saying 'yeah, I fancy you', it's like, 'OK, I might not be that bad then'." "Throughout t http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/x-factor-reject-loved-flirting-with-simon_86.html 01-12-2008 DANCING on Ice beauty Holly Willoughby has the most genuine smile in showbiz, a poll claims. The 27-year-olds grin beat X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, 25, in a survey of 3,000 adults. Family Fortunes host Vernon Kay, 34, topped the fellas list. Psychologist Geoff Beattie, for The National Lottery, which conducted the poll, said: These stars have an engaging, genuine smile which instantly puts people at ease and transmits optimism and warmth. 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