This weekend’s entertainment news – at a glance: Part two!

It’s been the busiest weekend for entertainment news since the
weekend in 1974 when Cliff Richards accidentally put salt in his tea
instead of sugar. That crazy kook! So much has happened that we’ve sliced the weekend digest in two.

Yo’u've read part one, and you’re back for more. Like the big gossip addicts that you are.

SHARON STONE GETS ANOTHER KID

We do make it sound like she just nipped down the local Wal-Mart
and picked one up with two coupons and her credit card, but we’re sure it’s not
that easy.

Sharon Stone (DVDs)
has adopted her second baby boy (she already has a little four year old adoptee
Roan). According to her publicist he was born to “unknown and unrelated
parents in Texas”.

Stone divorced her husband of five years Phil Bronstein in 2004. Nothing
more for us add to that other than to say "Congratulations Sharon". And also, "short
hair doesn’t suit you".
 

MARTIN PLATT IS AXED

Opps, there goes the mortgage! He may have been on the tired old
parent-replacing soap opera since 1985, but actor Sean Wilson who plays dreary
Martin Platt is soon to be off like a bottle rocket.

“Sean has been a valued member of cast for 20 years - during my time as
producer he has been terrific and his performance during the recent Killer Katy
storyline has been superb."

Coronation Street (DVDs)
producer Tony Wood there, laying it down for the masses.

“We are currently working on storyline ideas for his departure.”

That must feel nice for Wilson sitting in bed tonight. ‘Will they shoot
me? Stab me? Put me on a train to London? God, no!’

“I’ve been considering my position for some time now as I feel I have so
much to achieve and I’m very much looking forward to working on all kinds of
other projects.” commented Wilson tacfully.

Coronation Street’s loss is regional theatre’s gain. We recently
spotted a vacancy for ‘pasty-faced northerner number three’ at York’s
Theatre Royal. Nice one Sean, you’re ‘free’ to go for it now.

PARIS CAN’T READ HER MENU

We might be wrong here (let’s face it, we often are), though we can’t help but
feel former Baywatch bobbler Pamela Anderson (DVDs )
is going through something of a revival.

In the beginning, of course, she was every teenage boy’s fantasy, then we all
realised that without the soft focus she looked like a Shoreditch stripper on her
hen night, and yet now we all seem to like her again. Maybe because she’s got a
wee bit self-deprecating? We don’t know to be fair.

Pammy and Paris Hilton (DVDs)
recently went out for a meal together, and the result kinda illustrates what
we’re talking about.

Take it away, Pam.

"Last time I met her we were in a restaurant together - she (Paris)
slammed the menu down and screamed: ‘I hate reading! Someone tell me what’s on
the menu!’"

If Paris is going to inherit that famous chain of hotels one day she might
actually have to learn how to order the food they serve. Even if it might be in
French sometimes.

"I mean, I’m blonde but c’mon." added Pam during her recent
GQ
interview.

Yes, you are blonde, but unlike Paris it doesn’t appear that you think
you’re God. Or a god at least. ‘God of the Night Filtered Fellatio’
perhaps?

MADONNA IS LIKE EVITA APPARENTLY

The Sun’s Bizarre
column is not published for heavy Latin revision, we all know that. But this
story of theirs baffles even our own lambasted attempts at pointlessness.

"The scene as Madonna was mobbed by snappers outside London celeb haunt
The Ivy restaurant was just like one from her film Evita."

No bombs, naked school teachers, sightings of Jason Voorhees, or animated
apple pies singing Holiday. Just a lot of photographers and Madge (CDs).

You read it as we do.

TIMBERLAKE PLAYS GOLF

He’s a guy with a lot on his plate, Mr. J. Timberlake (CDs).
What with last week’s throat op and his girl Cameron Diaz getting a little too
much fresh air and all.

Nice to know he can find time to relax and play golf though. LA’s nice
weather helps too, we suppose. Have you looked outside recently? This county, it
looks all hot and sunny then you get outside and freeze your jaffas off.

Oh, and Timbers is doing well after his op. No lasting damage and he’s still
squeaky. Click here
if you want to know why he’s about to feel like crap on a size 12.

NOISE NEXT DOOR DYE THEIR HAIR

Brit boy band Noise Next Door have shocked their fans (none of which are yet old enough to get on public
transport by themselves) by dying their trademark red hair.

"I really loved the red" blabbed lead singer Ed "but
I had that hairstyle for over two years. It was definitely time for something
different. I’ve got purple at the moment and I am really liking that."

And with that piece of celebrity pile cream we’ll bid you goodbye and good
living. This should have given you enough to talk about over a bottle of Merlot
on a Sunday night.

“I’m not drinking any fuckin’ Merlot!”

Great film, that Sideways (DVDs).

 [story by Chris Laverty]