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Steve Martin, actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer has made his villa in St Bart's available for rent for a bargain $28,000 a week!

According to Wall Street Journal, the half-acre villa is located in the "hills of Lurin" and has "four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, a large deck and wide views of St. Jean Bay" where Martin likes to bodyboard.

The property also comes with a "caretaker's house, a pool, a lily pond and a Balinese-style gazebo".

For those of you with $30k burning a hole in your pocket but who remain unconvinced, check out Wall Street Journal's slideshow. 

The villa is available to rent  through www.stbarth.com/villas. 

Below: A youtube clip from the 2006 version of Pink Panther in which Steve Martin plays Clouseau and attempts to learn a flawless American accent: "I would like to buy a hamburger"

Thanks to our chums at World Hum for the heads up

Firstly, I want to apologise to all our loyal celebsonholiday readers for the delay in posting  - unfortunately I've been laid low by the lurgy. 

But I'm fighting fit now and ready to provide you with your regular celebdest fix! 

Anyway, dry your eyes ladies...  it seems Peter Stringfellow now only has eyes for one lady!

The 68-year-old nightclub owner (and former ladies man) was spotted frolicking on a Barbados beach with his 27-year-old wife (and former Royal Ballet dancer) Bella Wright.

The pair were apparently "oblivious" as they "swam and hugged, with a laughing Stringfellow pulling his young wife into his arms for a kiss and a cuddle."

See the Daily Mail website for the full story more images

Below: Peter Stringfellow with wife Bella Wright at The Boodles Boxing Ball, in aid of Starlight Children's Foundation, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London (June 7 2008)

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the richter scale has hit the Caribbean island where George Clooney and Ewan McGregor are filming anti-war satire  'Men Who Stare At Goats'.

Fortunately no-one was hurt and the pair were able to return to the set immediately

By a bizarre coincidence, Saturday's quake struck on the 90th anniversary of the worst quake to hit the region, which measured 7.5 on the previously used Rossi-Forel scale

 Below: Ewan McGregor at the Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards, Grosvenor House Hotel on March 9, 2008

Gorgeous George Clooney has been spotted pulling some decidedly odd faces in Puerto Rico this weekend.

The actor, who is in the Caribbean for the film 'Men Who Stare At Goats' was spotted on a beach catching some rays and rehearsing his lines 

The film will star George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey. 

French actor Jean Reno has been airlifted to to a hospital on Mustique after suffering a serious health scare while on holiday in St Barts.

Initial reports suggest the actor, famous for his roles in Léon, The Da Vinci Code and Mission: Impossible suffered a heart attack, however his spokesperson denied the rumours:

"Reports that actor Jean Reno is in the hospital due to a heart attack are false. He is vacationing in the Caribbean and went to a local hospital as a precaution for some discomfort he was feeling due to heartburn and gastroenteritis.

"It was definitely was not a heart attack. He is fine and healthy and enjoying the rest of his vacation travelling in the Caribbean."

 

Below: Jean Reno with wide Zofia Borucka at the Palme d'Or Closing Ceremony

 

Source: Telegraph

Rihanna and Chris Brown are enjoying a mini-break in Barbados. The lovebirds were spotted chilling with friends at Paynes Bay, St James.

You may also remember we posted back in June about the Barbados Sports Camp for kids in which sporting legends in football, cricket and netballing will be coaching kids for free.  That kicked off on the 5th August and will run through to the 29th.

Below: pictures of Chris Brown and Rihanna in Barbados

 

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Sporting legends from the world of football, cricket and netballing will be coaching kids for free at the Barbados Sports Camp held between 5 - 29 August this year.


Football coaches include Alan Hansen, Mark Bright, Sir Geoff Hurst and Peter Shilton.  Cricket coaches include Gladstone Small, Mike Gatting, Desmond Haynes and Wayne Daniel.  Netball coaches include Olivia Murphy, Alex Astle, Kendra Slawinski and Fiona Murtagh.

The annual event, which launched last year, is available to both local and visiting children aged 9 to 17 and will be held at the University of West Indies sports ground in Bridgetown.

Participation is strictly first-come, first-served with places limited to 100 children per sport, per day... parents can register online at the Barbados Sports Camp website.

F1 whizz Lewis Hamilton and new flame, Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger, are on a romantic holiday in the Caribbean, according to exclusive reports by the Daily Mirror.

Apparently, Hamilton splashed out on the £50k getaway after winning the Monaco Grand Prix. 

The Mirror website reports:

The couple enjoyed unlimited champagne on a private plane from Nice to Grenada where they were to stay on a private estate.

The source added: "He is really pushing the boat out for Nicole. They are on a short break before he heads to his next race in Montreal."

Below: Nicole is shown around the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix by Andy Hamilton, Lewis's dad.

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Did they or didn't they? Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's alleged wedding has been the subject of much speculation this week, but according to E! News, they DID tie the knot last Wednesday, April 30 on Windermere Island, just off Eleuthera, Bahamas.

The site reports:

The ceremony took place on Carey's private estate on Windermere Island, just off Eleuthera. As for a potential honeymoon, a source tells E! News that as of Thursday night, Carey and Cannon were still on the island.

It's unclear when the couple of less than two months first arrived in the tropical paradise. Cannon appeared live on MTV Monday afternoon.

But per Bahamian law, couples are required to have spent at least one day in the island nation before they can get a marriage license, and bride and groom are required to show birth certificates or passports, as well as fork over the requisite $40.

About Windermere Island

• It's only 5 miles long
• It has a pink sand beach running its entire length
• It sits off the Atlantic coast of Eleuthera
• It's accessed by a guarded bridge; entrance is limited to residents and their guests
• There are no shops, hotels or guest house accommodations although some residents rent their homes to the public

Princess Beatrice is holidaying on the Caribbean island of St Barts with her American boyfriend Dave Clark.

The Sun website reports the holiday to be the "latest in a string of gap-year stops for Beatrice who is fifth in line to the throne"

Beatrice has taken in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Belgium, not to mention two skiing trips to Switzerland.

She has also been spotted in Los Angeles.

The website also - in true Sun style - has a deeply unflattering photo of the royal teen, sat astride a jet ski. Poor girl

According to the Sun, ruthless Apprentice über-bitch Katie Hopkins (spouse nicking rated a mere 8/10 on the Hopkins ruthlessness scale) is pregnant and celebrating the news on holiday in Barbados.

The Sun website reports:

APPRENTICE bitch Katie Hopkins is expecting a baby with the married lover she was caught romping with in a cornfield.

The feisty blonde, 32, and boyfriend Mark Cross are celebrating their happy news on holiday in Barbados.

Love rat (and footballer) Ashley Cole, is reported to be planning a holiday to the Bahamas in a last ditch attempt to woo back his wife, Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy)

Ashley was busted back in January this year, after the Sun published details of his romps with Aimee Walton just five months after his wedding to Cheryl.

But, according to sources:

"Ashley has a tough task on his hands to even get his wife on the plane."

To try to tempt her abroad to sort out their problems, he has also offered to take her to a secret mansion he owns in Saint-Tropez as an alternative.

They could have more privacy there if Cheryl is embarrassed about being seen at a romantic resort with her cheating hubby.

A pal of the pop star said: “Cheryl accepted Ashley back because she loves him. But she’s finding it hard to put his cheating behind her.

“She could refuse the holiday offers all together. He has a long way to go before he wins back the place he used to have in her heart – and her bed.”

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Happier times for Ashley and Cheryl Cole pictured above at the Alien Autopsy world premiere (with what appears to be Mutya Buena in the background!)

The actor Christian Slater and his girlfriend, founder and president of Jimmy Choo Tamara Mellon, have been spotted sunning themselves in St Barts. Or, as the Sun so delicately puts it, "Tamara gets her mellons out"

The above image was taken by the St Barts webcam, located at Villa Au Soleil on 13 April 2008. According to the website:

From the top of Lurin, the view includes the airstrip, St-Jean's Bay and salt pond, islands to the north, and, on a very clear day, a glimpse of Anguilla on the horizon.

Some facts about St Barts

• Its full name is Isle de St. Barthélemy
• It is located in the northeastern corner of the Caribbean Sea
• It's very small - little more than eight square miles
• It has 14 sandy beaches, one town and a dozen villages
• Year round temperature ranges from 72° to 86° Fahrenheit
• Celebs love it

Natasha Bedingfield is staying at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas.

According to the Gossip Girls website, Ms Bedingfield was there for the Pop Rocks Atlantis concert, along with Rihanna and Sean Kingston, then went on to perform a session in the Bridge Suite, voted one of the world's most expensive hotel rooms by Forbes.

You can also read Travel Weekly's interview with Brett Armitage, senior vice president of sales at Atlantis Paradise Island's sister resort Atlantis The Palm in Dubai, which opens in autumn 2008.

He has denied it, but that doesn't mean to say it isn't tue. The now ex-England football manager Steve McClaren is due to be jetting off for a (well-deserved?) break and we think Barbados is the destination.

Leonardo Di Caprio - actor, heart-throb and environmental activist - is teaming up with the Four Seasons Hotel chain to build an eco-hotel in the Caribbean.

According to the Marie Claire website, the hotel will be built just off the coast of Belize on an island already owned by the Hollywood hunk.

Work is scheduled to begin 2008.