December 2007 Archives

According to Perezhilton.com, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have jetted off to Colorado for a sporty break. The pair are staying at the Monarch resort in Salida.

According to the Daily Mail, Pete Doherty is currently in Wiltshire renting a nine-bedroom mansion from the Earl of Cardigan. Apparently he is planning a New Year's Eve bash for a few friends - Amy Winehouse invited?

The Capri Film Festival is taking place now. And according to Celebrity-gossip.net, Lindsay Lohan is staying at the La Palma Hotel. It has 74 rooms ranging from standard doubles to deluxe suites.

According to the Sun, ex England star and football pundit, Gary Lineker, is currently having a break in Florida with his new squeeze Danielle Bux.

A nice article in the Sydney Morning Herald called "In the wake of Britney" about the celebrity favourite Turtle Island.

Apparently Britney, K-Fed and Jessica Simpson have all stayed there. But don't let that put you off.

The idyllic island was the setting for both the 1949 and 1980 Blue Lagoon films and hosts just 14 couples at any one time. It's not cheap, of course:

A six-night minimum stay operates at Turtle Island, costing from $US1,632 ($A1,898) per night plus government taxes. A round-trip seaplane flight from Nadi is an extra $US790 ($A919) per couple. Children are only permitted at limited times of year - it is couples only for the remainder.

According to Hotelchatter, a whole host of celebs, including, Tim Robbins, Christie Brinkley, Alec Baldwin, and Pierce Brosnan, Jason Priestly, Darryl Hannah, Josie Bissett, Kelsey Grammer and Leslie Nielsen will be battling it out at a charity sports event at the Fairmont Banff Springs resort.

According to Showbizspy, Jude Law and ex-wife Sadie Frost are heading off to Havana, Cuba, for Christmas.

Supermodel Kate Moss is heading back to the Caribbean for a luxury Christmas break with rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince.

Katie Holmes was 29 on Tuesday so Tom Cruise took her for a romantic night without the children at the Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills.

Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell and his wife Vicky lost more than $30,000 worth of valuables when their hotel room flooded.

Thanks to Jez Rourke at Directline Holidays for this rundown of where A-listers like to take their ski holiday.

Aspen, Colarodo attracts the likes of: Mariah Carey, Kevin Costner, Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas.
Sun Valley, Idaho (for Bald Mountain): Demi Moore, Bruce Willis.

The Daily Mail reports that "It was a case of: 'Phone scandal? What phone scandal?' for X Factor judge Simon Cowell, who has jetted off for a luxury holiday in the Caribbean. The 48-year-old mogul jumped straight on a plane to Barbados with his girlfriend Terri Seymour after the show wrapped, avoiding the wrath of furious fans who claim the voting lines for Rhydian Roberts were blocked."

Don't know where exactly, but Gossip Girls report that Adam Sandler and family are vacationing in Hawaii.

Scottish singer KT Tunstall has told The Times that she has taken a holiday in the Dordogne area of France.
She stayed in a 17th-century windmill, just outside Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

According to Hotelchatter, Lenny Kravitz has been spotted at the Delano Hotel, south beach, Miami. He was hanging out at the bar he designed!

So, just how does the average multi-billionaire keep the paparazzi at arm’s length on his wedding day? If you’re Google co-founder Larry Page you simply ask a pal if you can borrow his island.

Page, 34, America’s fifth-richest man with a fortune £9.1bn, took over Necker Island, owned by fellow-billionaire Sir Richard Branson, to wed 27-year-old Stanford University student Lucinda “Lucy” Southworth at the weekend.

At one point the guest list was set to include both Bill and Hillary Clinton, a couple of George Bushes, Leonardo Di Caprio and Johnny Depp. Former presidential hopeful Al Gore had to decline – the small matter of collecting a Nobel Peace Prize in Stockholm got in the way.

Taking over the island for the three-day bash cost an estimated £500,000 – it’s uncertain whether or not that included the entertainment - U2’s Bono and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Page’s Google partner Sergey Bin married Anne Wojcicki six months ago in an exclusive ceremony in the Caribbean.

It's one thing to stay where the celebrities stay, it's quite another to stay like them.

The Hotel Sax Chicago offers packages which feature demands placed on hotels by celebrities.

Rapper Jay-Z and singer/actress Beyoncé Knowles have been staying at the Hotel Meurice in Paris.

Where does the woman who has it all stay when abroad? Well, while Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh were in Uganda for a recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting they stayed in the Royal Suite at the Kampala Serena Hotel.

The suite boasts a luxurious king-sized bedroom, balcony, a large walk-in closet and bathroom. There is also a kitchen and a living area with a lounge, dining and study area. Apparently, the suite was filled with orchids - rumoured to be one of the Queen’s favourite flowers.

Well, we didn't see this one coming. Hollywood stars Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson have been getting away from it all by bathing in irrigation ditches and staying in a series of cheap hotels in Peru.

The last gig of Justin Timberlake's tour was in Abu Dhabi at the Emirates Palace Hotel.

Ooo matron. Could it be that Celebsonholiday favourites Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have turned their backs on multi-million dollar private residences? According to our chums over at Celebitchy, the two lovebirds were allegedly spotted on a flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles, "sharing" the loo and snuggling together in Reese's reclining seat. Their sources say:

“Reese and Jake kissed and cuddled together under a blanket in her recliner seat in the back row,” the eyewitness adds.

Three hours into the 12-hour flight, Reese got up and walked to the forward bathroom. “Two minutes later, Jake got up and casually strolled into the same bathroom! I started timeing them - they were together for a full 11 minutes!” says the eyewitness.

Jake finally came out alone, and Reese followed three minutes later, the eyewitness adds - “and when they each walked by, it seemed like everyone in their entourage took pains to look away!”

For the rest of the flight, “Jake worked on his laptop, and then he and Reese took a nap side by side.”

Our sister blog over at TravelWeekly.co.uk has posted a list of the world's top 10 converted hotels, as compiled by TripAdvisor.

Top of the list is Hotel Im Wasserturm, a converted 130-year old water tower in Cologne, Germany.

Very nice, I hear you cry, but what has that got to do with lovely celebs? Fret not dear reader. The hotel is endorsed by none other than A-list uber celeb BRAD PITT.

The hotel's website quotes Mr Pitt as saying "Rapunzel would have been proud to let her hair down here". Rumour has it that Madonna is a fan too!.

Prices at the hotel start at €180.00 to €275.00 without breakfast for one night in a Superior (single) room up to a nail-biting 'price on request' for the Presidential Suite.

There's a whole website to be written about celebrity hotel deaths but we'll save that for another time. This week the charmingly named rapper Pimp C was found dead in his Los Angeles hotel room.

What more could you possibly ask of a hotel? The Peninsula has apparently banned Britney Spears. Fantastic. A Britney-free zone

The gossip world is abuzz with questions about the relationship status of supermodel Kate Moss following the publication of some photos showing her and a mystery man in Mexico.