The Column

By Charlotte Hope, @charlottehope George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin wed in Venice Did you know that George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin got married this weekend? The ‘perpetual bachelor’ was ‘finally tamed’ by an incredibly accomplished human rights barrister. Why we have to equate George Clooney to a wild beast in dire need of taming I’m not sure, but we do. We do have to. If you live in Venice, which I’m sure so many of you do, you were probably...

By Charlotte Hope, @charlottehope Emma Watson is a Feminist  There’s very little disparaging I can actually say about this but I feel it should probably be brought up. Emma Watson (Hermione, for those of you who don’t know) is the UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador and is the face and spokesperson for a new campaign called ‘He for She’. Make of Watson in the Harry Potter series what you will - it’s hard to say she didn’t deliver a powerful and...

By Charlotte Hope @charlottehope Katie Price names baby ‘Bunny’  Katie Price, at least initially, became famous for having massive boobs. Is that an incorrect analysis? Obviously she’s expanded her empire to reality TV, books, a song (did she release that song?) and probably fragrances. I haven’t looked properly. What do you think Katie Price’s fragrance (provided she has one) smells of? I dare not venture a guess. Okay, you twisted my arm. I reckon it would smell like sweaty fishnets...

By Charlotte Hope @charlottehope Kate Middleton is pregnant Did you hear? Of course you did. It was actual breaking news on rolling news stations regardless of continent. There’s something unifying about a Royal baby. The weight on that poor foetus' shoulders is quite something. At least it can stay incubated, blissfully unaware, for another little while. The two things I’ve taken from the almost relentless news coverage of what is seemingly quite an ordinary pregnancy are: People are using this...

By Charlotte Hope @charlottehope Britney Spears is single again  Britney Spears’career is trucking along at a steady ‘under the radar’pace with a residency in Vegas (which, by the way, she only performs on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Pretty sweet little deal she’s got there) but last week we were alerted, via the beautiful medium that is social media, to her recent relationship status: single. Spears set gossip sites on fire with the cryptic tweet ‘Ahhhh the single life!’More intrigue...

By Charlotte Hope @charlottehope VMAs Special The MTV Video Music Awards happened this weekend. Did you know? Of course you did. The annual ceremony is the focal point for many pop stars the world over. It is, after all, the forum in which Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake decided to wear matching patchwork denim outfits (2001) and in with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announced her pregnancy (2011). These two events alone give the VMAs a huge amount of significance, so I thought...

By Charlotte Hope Celebrities Throwing Water on Themselves Remember ‘necknominate’? Remember how terrible that was, and how people kept getting put in hospital and disowned by their friends for being the worst? Yes. So do I. So it’s time to welcome the new craze - the ‘ice bucket challenge’! I think you’ll agree that it’s come at an ideal time given the swelteringly hot Summer we’re experiencing in the UK, with temperatures in the North soaring to 17 degrees celsius....

By Charlotte Hope - Celebrity Writer Kim Kardashian: Selfish Do you follow Kim Kardashian on Instagram? Don’t answer that. I’ve taken the mantle and followed her for you. I can confirm here and now, exclusively, that Kim Kardashian’s Instagram is mostly pictures of Kim Kardashian. I know this will come as a shock to you, so please feel free to take a moment. For those of you who don’t follow her on Instagram - or indeed have Instagram on your...

By Charlotte Hope – Celebrity Writer Russell Brand v Sean Hannity Russell Brand has never been known for his reticence when it comes to political issues so it should come as no surprise that he has some feelings about the current conflict going on in Gaza. Brand posted a 12 and a half minute video on July 29th as part of his YouTube ‘Trews’ series which, at time of writing, has garnered 12.5 million views. In it, he picks apart...