Celebrities: August 2007 Archives

The UK’s Daily Mail printed shocking photos of singer Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who were both seen bruised and bloodied shortly after a domestic argument broke out at a London hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning. Guests at Soho’s luxury Sanderson hotel reported hearing screams and the sound of breaking furniture coming from the couple’s $1,000 a night suite. Winehouse, who had earlier sought first aid assistance from a concierge, was then seen fleeing the hotel with her husband following in pursuit.

"Amy was in floods of tears,” said an unnamed guest who caught an elevator down to the lobby with the fighting couple. “This guy was screaming at her,” the witness continued. “She was cowering in the corner and I thought he was going to hit her. When the lift door opened, she took off across the lobby at a real pace.”

Winehouse, who has a history of self-harm, later defended her husband in a series of bizarre text messages to cult celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. “Blake is the best man in the world. We would never ever harm each other,” wrote the singer, who has a history of drug – and rehab – abuse. “I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn’t good enough for him. I lost it and he saved my life.”

With opposing versions of what occurred that night coming from witnesses and Winehouse, Daily Mantra asked our own psychic celeb watcher, Tanya, for her thoughts.

“Amy is in dire need of help,” says Tanya. “I'm feeling she has some issues from childhood, specifically from between the ages of five and seven, when something devastating occurred in her life. I don't feel she's ever told anyone. I feel that she uses drugs and alcohol to bury the pain of the situation. I don't want to say what I feel occurred, but I will say that she is a stronger than she knows and than others assume. Unfortunately, we shall see another dire situation with Amy, possibly being transported to the hospital in an ambulance, fighting for her life. Sadly, I'm just not so sure she'll win the fight. This is serious.”

Earlier this month Kate Middleton was ordered by royal officials to pull out of a cross channel Dover to Calais charity boat race, sighting security concerns due to intense media coverage. This was the first clear indication that her relationship with Prince William was back on after their split in April of this year, and that Kate is firmly back in the royal fold. Since then William's cold feet appear to have warmed, and the couple have jetted off for a romantic week long vacation in the Seychelles. It's also been announced that Kate has been given security clearance to come and go as she pleases from Clarence House, the official royal residence that Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, and Princes William and Harry call home.

This move, which puts the relationship on a more official footing, is seen by many royal watchers as a sign that an engagement announcement is imminent. It's even been rumored that Wills has asked his uncle, Earl Spencer, if he can use one of Princess Diana's favorite rings for the engagement. But given that Kate and William have already called it quits once, are they destined to follow the path of Charles and Diana and split again? And if so, will it be before or after they marry?

Dishing gossip from a close ‘friend,’ Star magazine reports that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes sleep in separate bedrooms. “It’s a situation that works for both of them. Of course they spend time together alone at night like most married couples; after all, they conceived Suri! In fact, they even joke about having separate bedrooms to their friends – Katie says Tom snores, and this way she can get her beauty sleep,” says a source.

The couple apparently plan to continue with their unconventional nocturnal arrangements when they move to their swish new mansion in Beverly Hills, where their bedrooms are said to be in separate wings – leading Daily Mantra to conclude that Cruise must be one loud snorer.

But Holmes is not the only married Hollywood actress to prefer separate sleeping arrangements. Words of wisdom on sleeping solo from the much-married Zsa Zsa Gabor included, “Never confuse sex with sleep darling.” The Hungarian born actress and socialite, who is currently married to the eccentric Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, is also quoted as saying, "When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument."

Hollywood women aren’t the only ones that achieve a higher quality of beauty sleep solo however; A recent sleep study at the University of Vienna found that “sharing sleeping space with a partner had negative effects on sleep in women,” though researchers reported that, “sexual contact mitigated the negative subjective report.”

Though women fared better sleeping alone, conversely men’s sleep efficiency was reduced if they slept solo. It seems that females are more easily disturbed by their male partners than vice versa. The study concluded that women “are more reactive to the presence of another individual in their bed. This may be a logical consequence of the maternal role in infant sleep and development.”

Then again, as Katie seems to have found, it may just be a natural consequence of man’s ability to snore louder than women. As Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) famously said, “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”

Christie Brinkley was caught canoodling with Sir Paul McCartney at a James Taylor concert in the Hamptons recently. It is said the couple slow danced to the romantic ditty 'How Sweet It is To Be Loved By You.”

Brinkley’s ex, Billy Joel, dismissed reports of a blossoming romance however. “We knew Paul, his late wife Linda and their children. I think Christie knows him from the same way,” Joel told Extra, “they're just old friends."

But would serial monogamist and PETA activist Brinkley, who has been married four times, be a sweet distraction for evangelical vegetarian McCartney, who could do with some friends-with-benefits action since his acrimonious split with Heather Mills?

America’s first Next Top Model and reality TV star Adrianne Curry has been blogging about her own pregnancy scare on her MySpace page. Apparently her psychic pal Allison Dubois (who’s the inspiration for the Medium TV series) keeps checking in to see if Adrianne is pregnant, and it’s “freakin’” her out. “We are not ready to get knocked up right now,” says Adrianne, who is married to The Brady Bunch’s Christopher Knight, whom she met while living at VH1’s Surreal Life house. “I have taken two pregnancy tests in the last 3 weeks because of this woman!” So will Adrianne and Christopher be having a Brady baby anytime soon? I asked Daily Mantra’s own psychic Tanya to weigh in on the subject.

“I don't feel that Adrianne is pregnant, but as with any female within child bearing years who has the capability of having kids, pregnancy can arise. A psychic medium isn't needed for that bit of enlightenment,” says Tanya. “I would say, however, that I do see a female around Adrianne becoming pregnant; She has dark hair, dark eyes and is petite. I'm not sure if she is married though, possibly engaged. Furthermore, I'm feeling there are problems in paradise with regards to Adrianne and Chris’ marriage. Individual issues haven't been worked out therefore the closeness they once shared (which I don't feel was true intimacy since I feel there are some things left unsaid between the two) has lessened in intensity. It feels like unresolved issues, as well as outside influences, may be the force that drives these two apart. Adrianne truly cares for Chris, I just don't feel the marriage will last.”

According to Life & Style magazine, Paris Hilton has struck-off one-time party pal Britney Spears from her exclusive list of friends. Apparently Britney is “dying to hang out with Paris,” but Paris, according to an unnamed friend, has “moved on.” This is probably a smart move on Paris’ part, given that she desperately needs to avoid the kind of trouble Britney seems to find herself in on a daily basis. Meanwhile Paris and pal Nicole Richie, having moved on from their much publicized frienemy phase, are still keeping a distance from each other and have not been seen together in recent weeks. Again, this distance may be a good idea since Paris & Co’s incestuous friendships seem to have reached a level of toxicity that’s causing damage to all around. Perhaps if they’d have reacted sooner, all three girls might have avoided the problems they now face. But how do you recognize when friendships are bad for you?

People magazine recently confirmed that Spice Girl Melanie Brown secretly married music producer Stephen Belafonte. The Vegas ceremony took place on June 6th, 2007. According to a statement released by Ms. Brown’s publicist, “Mel and Stephen have know each other for many years and were great friends first. Now they are deeply in love. The two are very happy together."

The Daily Mantra is a little dubious about this hasty reunion given that Mel B is still on the rebound from a relationship with Eddie Murphy that turned very sour. Is Stephen the new love of Mel’s life? Or is she just in need of some comfort? I asked my California Psychic pal Tanya.

“Mel B is reaching out for any pair of arms to hold her,” says Tanya. “She desperately needs love, and therefore will attempt to obtain it from anyone. She is a sensitive being yearning for an exchange of emotion, yet the people she selects to offer that exchange, aren't willing, capable or desiring to do so. She was devastated when Eddie acted the way he did. Stephan came along and comforted her, but she turned that into a 'loving relationship,' which I don't feel it is. I do think he cares for her, but I'm not feeling that he is truly who she wants. I feel she still wants Eddie. This marriage to Stephan may last between 13 and 24 months. I see her growing tired of him, for again, he is not who she truly wants. Perhaps if she would start the healing process, working on her emotional wounds, not just from Murphy, but those from the partner she was in love with before her relationship with the man who fathered her oldest child, she'd be in better position emotionally to secure a love that is closest to what she envisions love should be.”

I’m very conflicted about these “Bored of the Beckhams” shirts. The devil on my shoulder loves them for their timely wit, but on the other hand I actually like the Beckhams. As long as Victoria’s heading back to Spiceworld to promote girl power again, she’s fine with me, and I love David for quietly getting on with his work with kids at his Beckham Academies. He could easily milk it for photo ops to score points with Hello and OK readers, but he chooses not to. Indeed, one of the reasons he came to the States, aside from the obvious benefits to his own bank account, was MLS’s financial backer’s willingness to pour money into his football academy coffers. And you’ve got to admire the Beckham’s for taking the Cruises in hand. Their carefully staged, double-date outings making TomKat look almost normal next to the impossibly glamorous Beckhams. So appreciate the irony, and wear the T-shirts with love.

The Daily Mantra shared a bathroom with Paris Hilton at S.I.R. studios in Hollywood a year or so ago. While taking care of business in a stall we couldn’t help but overhear the bottle blonde heiress whining to a girlfriend, while retouching her make up, that the world didn’t take her seriously. “Don’t they understand it’s just a character I’m playing,” she said of her Simple Life persona. Sadly, nothing in the past year has led us to believe she’s blessed with any more smarts than her reality TV 'character.' After all being arrested for a DUI, when you can easily afford a driver or a cab, has got to be the definition of dumb. I asked Daily Mantra astrologer Maria to weight in on the subject. Is Paris really that stupid?

“My take on this is no,” Maria says. “I haven’t met too many Aquarians who are not intelligent and innovators. What Paris seeks most is attention. She craves it, and uses her childlike persona to get it. Her ability to charm the pants off of someone is truly her karmic gift in this lifetime. Paris has a great ability to communicate what it is that she wants – and that happens to be power and money. She spent many past lives standing on the sidelines waiting for her turn, and in this life she’s taking it. Because she is somewhat detached in her thought process, she can come across as cold and heartless. She probably isn’t even aware of the fact that she has some great self-worth issues.”

“When she wants too, Paris can be very compassionate. I truly believe her days behind bars taught her a lot about her self and how she can help those less fortunate. I feel Paris has another three years with this party girl behavior and childlike image before her world is going to come crashing down again and she is going to be forced to grow even more. In the meantime she will be making millions and forgetting about the women she promised to help after her release from Lynwood jail. The time will come in mid to late 2010 during her Saturn return when she may encounter a second (maybe third) DUI arrest or other legal issues. Hopefully then she will finally realize her purpose of helping others and becoming the humanitarian she was placed on this Earth to be, but still her ultimate goal will be to see how much money she will be able to generate as she helps those in need.”

Pictures surfaced yesterday of a tan and fit looking George Clooney hugging an unnamed brunette this past weekend on a yacht moored just off Saint Tropez. Gorgeous George has been one of Hollywood’s busiest serial daters since he divorced first wife Talia Balsam in 1993, but will he ever settle down again? I asked Daily Mantra astrologer Maria for the answer.

“Unfortunately, ladies, right now none of us are in the running to be the next Mrs. Clooney,” says Maria. “George’s first marriage scared him to death and made him realize he wasn’t good at something. He shies away from things when they do not appear to be perfect. His failed marriage played havoc with his self-worth. George is a very black and white thinker and until he makes up his mind to do something or have something, it’s hard to penetrate his Taurus stubborn ways.”

“However George has entered a new phase in his life, which began around his 46th birthday in May 2007. For the next 2 ½ years we will see George drop a lot of his activism because it will be taking a back seat to a new relationship in his life. In June/July 2008 he will meet someone special or marry someone he’s been dating for a while. The Universe will send him a woman with a lot of Libra or Scorpio traits. The perfect woman will share his passion for social causes and together they will not only conquer world issues but will also share a beautiful love for one another.”

In the meantime, for those looking for something a little more permanent than a relationship with George, the actor’s designs are featured on a mug produced by charity art organization 21st Century Leaders. The mugs can be purchased from the Whatever It Takes website. Proceeds from the ethically produced product go to Care International.