Gossip Girl star Blake Lively has said it can feel like you are a ‘zoo animal’ sometimes as a celebrity.
The 22-year-old actress plays Serena van der Woodsen in the US TV series and she said the media interest can sometimes feel too much.
She said to Parade.com: “The paparazzi frenzy and the media frenzy that is [...]

X Factor star Simon Cowell and TV presenter Myleene Klass helped raise £3 million at a recent celebrity fundraiser.
The 50-year-old music mogul was just one of the stars at the party in aid of the learning disabilities charity Norwood.
Myleene, 31, who presented the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here earlier [...]

The belief that celebrities endorse alternative health therapies could see the ordinary public taking health risks, according to a UK insurance firm study.
Four out of five women are willing to spend money on a health treatment they believe is being used by celebrities without evidence it is working, the study that polled 200 doctors found. [...]

Hollywood actress Hilary Swank has said she has never “courted fame” and doesn’t consider herself a celebrity.
Hilary, 35, who has starred in movies such as Million Dollar Baby, said that she loves her job but the intrusion by the paparazzi isn’t ‘enjoyable’.
She said: “I have never courted fame and I don’t think I have ever [...]

Marie Osmond has been branded an ‘ungrateful celebrity’ by her former manager.
Karl Engemann has sued Marie, claiming he singlehandedly helped rebuild her career, but that she fired him 18 months into a five-year contract and then defamed him.
Engemann’s lawyer, Larry Stein, calls the attacks against his client ‘scandalous and ‘scurrilous’.
Stein claims that Marie is now [...]

Guy Ritchie’s London pub The Punchbowl has received support from his celebrity pals as neighbours complain.
The 41-year-old director owns the pub in London’s Mayfair, and it has received several complaints from its neighbours about the noise - neighbours have been petitioning for a review of the venue’s licence.
The residents have complained about a “severe downward [...]

New Moon actress Kristen Stewart has said she doesn’t want to be a celebrity she just wants to act.
Kristen, 19, hit the big time after appearing in Twilight and will reprise her role for the movie’s sequel New Moon, which is out in cinemas later this month.
She said to Britain’s Fabulous magazine: “I don’t want [...]

Amy Winehouse’s dad Mitch is to front his own online celebrity chatshow with former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff.
The Rehab singer’s dad has been signed up by Virgin Media Television to front the new weekly show that will be shown on Living TV’s online spin-off Liv.
The show will be called Mitch Winehouse’s Showbiz Rant and each [...]

Actress Kerry Washington has become the latest Project Runway celebrity judge.
The Fantastic Four star joined German supermodel Heidi Klum on the hit fashion design show as another wannabe was cut.
Washington is the new spokesman for L’Oréal, appearing in ads alongside Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria Parker.
Washington and her fellow judges were asked to give their [...]

Newlywed Lamar Odom will have some celebrity spectators at team LA Lakers home opening match as his wife Khloe’s family will be watching.
Khloe, 25, married boyfriend Lamar, 29, in a ceremony last month and he will soon be playing a hope opener for the Lakers.
It is claimed by TMZ that new wife Khloe will be [...]