UK News

LONG QUEUES FOR MICHAEL JACKSON TICKETS

March 13, 2009

Fans queue outside the 02 Arena earlier this morning I’ve said it for years that the moment Michael pulled himself together and announced concert dates that it would be a wrap! Tickets would sell out within minutes. Via BBC News Hundreds of fans are queuing at the O2 arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets go on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran is playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on 8 July. Some 360,000 tickets were sold to registered fans […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY LEAVES HOSPITAL

March 12, 2009

Jade Goody left hospital yesterday while hoards of photographers (called in by Max Clifford), took pictures of an ailing Goody being carried out on a stretcher, barely able to open her eyes. Click here to view photographers of Jade leaving hospital yesterday. The terminally ill reality TV star is now at her Essex home with family members and it’s been said that she only has a “few days” to live. The Sun Newspaper urges the nation to sign it’s ‘Jade’s Legacy Petition’ to lower the age of cervical cancer screenings. They will then […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY IS GOING BLIND

March 10, 2009

It’s my job to keep you all updated… Via Digital Spy Jade Goody’s condition has reportedly worsened to the point where she is going blind, with her remaining vision limited to one eye. The reality TV star was diagnosedwith cervical cancer last year and the condition has since spread to her liver, bowel and groin before moving to her brain. Goody wants to go home to spend more time with her children but her sight has deteriorated since she was christened in hospital […]

YOUTUBE TO BLOCK UK MUSIC VIDEOS

March 9, 2009

Via BBC News YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS). Thousands of videos will be unavailable to YouTube users from later on Monday. Patrick Walker, YouTube’s director of video partnerships, told BBC News that the move was “regrettable”. Steve Porter, head of the PRS, said he was “outraged… shocked and disappointed” by YouTube’s decision. In a statement, Mr Porter said the move “punishes British consumers […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S STORY ‘COULD BE MADE IN TO A HOLLYWOOD FILM’

March 9, 2009

A Hollywood film – What the hell????? And who have they got in mind to play Jade? Queen of playing British characters Rene Zellweger? I can’t.. I just can’t….. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Jade Goody’s publicist/agent Max Clifford said his client’s tireless fight against cervical cancer had attracted enormous interest and sympathy across the US entertainment community. He described a film about her life as a distinct possibility, adding: “The interest in Jade, not just in America but around the world, is rising every day. “Everyone […]

UK NEWS: MICHAEL JACKSON CALLS JADE GOODY

March 9, 2009

So now Michael’s offering words of comfort and sympathy…… Via Digital Spy Michael Jackson has telephoned Jade Goody to give the terminally ill reality TV star his support, it has been claimed. The pop superstar knew Goody after she starred alongside his brother Jermaine on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, The Sun reports. A friend said: “He learned of Jade’s suffering and wanted to lend his support and comfort her at this awful time. “When she was told Michael was on the phone […]

UK NEWS: TERMINALLY ILL REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY CONFRONTED IN HOSPITAL BY WOMAN HOLDING HAMMER

March 9, 2009

Via BBC News Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody has been confronted in hospital by a woman leaning over her holding a hammer, according to her spokesman. Max Clifford said Ms Goody’s husband had left her for a few minutes when the intruder entered her room at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London. The star was not hurt but had been left “very shaken up”, he added. A 41-year-old woman was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon, but was […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S AGENT/PR GURU MAX CLIFFORD SAYS ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’

March 5, 2009

Well this is a surprise! Max now realises that helping to whip up the media storm that currently surrounds Jade Goody, has perhaps gone to far…. Via The Metro Jade Goody’s friend and publicist Max Clifford said today that if her condition continued to worsen he would tell her that “enough is enough” and she should withdraw from the public eye. Goody, who is terminally ill with cancer, is recovering in London’s Royal Marsden Hospital following emergency surgery to relieve pain in her bowel. Speaking […]

UK NEWS: MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HARRY POTTER ACTOR

March 4, 2009

Murderer/Lunatic: Karl Bishop Via BBC News A man who stabbed 18-year-old Harry Potter actor Rob Knox to death outside a bar in south-east London has been found guilty of murder. Karl Bishop, 22, from Sidcup, attacked the teenage actor after a fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup last May. Bishop denied murder and five counts of wounding at the Old Bailey. Mr Knox was stabbed five times as he defended his brother Jamie from Bishop, the court had heard. Five other […]

MICHAEL JACKSON TO ANNOUNCE LONDON DATES

March 3, 2009

Via BBC News Michael Jackson is expected to announce a series of comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London. The pop legend is due to appear at the venue on Thursday make to a “special announcement”, a statement said. It follows months of speculation about a string of money-spinning shows. Jackson last performed in 2006, at the World Music Awards in London.  Continue Reading If he does announce tour dates then I guarantee that when those tickets go on sale it will be a wrap! […]