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Clued-up Alicia calls the shots.


Gorgeous Alicia Silverstone is nothing like her brain-dead character in Clueless clue·less  
adj.
Lacking understanding or knowledge.


clueless
Adjective

Slang helpless or stupid

Adj. 1.
 - she's producing her next film.

The 19-year-old actress has shaken Hollywood bosses by demanding complete control of Excess Baggage excess baggage nexceso de equipaje

excess baggage excess nexcédent m de bagages

excess baggage excess n
, the story of a rich girl who stages her own kidnapping because she's desperate for attention. But one glance at my picture and it's hard to believe Alicia suffers from a lack of attention in real life.

Despite setting pulses racing with her sexy performances in three Aerosmith videos, she hasn't got a boyfriend.

"I don't really date," she tells Vanity Fair magazine. "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that no one really ever asks me."

And if my picture has got mouths watering, think on this - Alicia has just signed a pounds 1 million deal to dress up in rubber for the new Batman movie, due to go into production this autumn.

She will play Batgirl bat·girl  
n.
A girl who is employed by a baseball team to look after its equipment, especially the bats.
 opposite Dani Behr's new love, George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER , the star of TV hospital drama ER.

Fantazia dig rave for Oasis

Oasis have hired rave masters Fantazia to host their Knebworth aftershow VIP parties.

The wild rockers have ordered the dance specialists to mix classic pop with modern club tracks.

Fantazia landed the pounds 100,000 deal after beating off other rave specialists including Cream and Ministry of Sound. My insider says: "Oasis have invited 7,000 VIP guests to each gig and want to look after them."

ElvisCostello queued with ordinary fans to see Paul Weller Paul Weller may refer to:
  • Paul Weller (singer) (born 1958), English singer-songwriter, rock musician
  • Paul Weller (politician) (born 1959), Australian politician
 play for C4's White Room. A studio worker eventually spotted the lonesome lone·some  
adj.
1.
a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone.

b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar.

2.
 Elvis and went to his rescue.

Alanis Pulped

My pal Jarvis Cocker has slammed Alanis Morissette for a ludicrous snub by the Canadian upstart.

She banned Pulp - favourites to support her on her recent sell-out US tour - because of Jarvis's stage invasion during Michael Jackson's performance at the Brit Awards last February.

"She wouldn't even consider us," said Jarvis, 34. "She thought that was a really terrible thing to do. She's such a fake."

BACHING MAD

Nigel plays fiddle to his unborn baby

Eccentric violinist Nigel Kennedy has a secret love. But there are strings attached - she's seven month's pregnant.

The punk fiddler has kept gorgeous Eve Westwood hidden from his fans since they first started dating two years ago.

But I caught the love-struck couple nipping nip·ping  
adj.
1. Sharp and biting, as the cold.

2. Bitingly sarcastic.



nipping·ly adv.

Adj.
 into a hospital for a routine check-up the other day.

And the thumbs up Nigel gave me suggested all was well with their baby, due in October.

Nigel, 39, is already acting like a doting dote  
intr.v. dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes
To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.



[Middle English doten.
 dad and has taken to playing Bach lullabies on his violin to Eve's bump - he reckons it will help mum relax and turn their kid into a musical prodigy.

Nigel has arranged for Eve to give birth in the smart St John And St Elizabeth private hospitain in London's exclusive St John's Wood.

But it seems posh healthcare is about the only upmarket up·mar·ket  
adj.
Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker.
 trapping the star is lavishing on his love. Their clothes look like jumble sale rejects but that's nothing compared to the appalling sight of Aston Villa fan Nigel's "new" car.

Scrawled across one side of his beaten-up Jaguar is Villa 5 - Liverpool 1 while the other has AVFC AVFC Aston Villa Football Club  Rule OK sprayed in rust-coloured paint.

Whether fatherhood will mellow the manic musician, only time will tell.

Last night a close friend said: "Nigel and Eve are deeply in love. They are really looking forward to their baby but have no plans to marry just yet."

MEL (Maya Embedded Language) See Maya.

Mel - The story of Mel
 OF SUCCESS

Mel Gibson is to pocket pounds 13 million for starring in the new flick Conspiracy.

Oscar-winner Mel's big payday rivals Arnie Schwarzenegger's fee for the next Batman.

The comedy-action adventure reunites 40-year-old Mel with his Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner.

"In bed I'm either fantastic or sleeping."

- Jonathan Ross

"I wanted to write music that would be played in lifts for ever and ever."

- Barry Manilow

TAMARA SHOPPED

My upper-crust mate Tamara Beckwith has been roasted in a cruel Channel 4 documentary.

The show, Filthy Rich - Daddy's Girls, follows the 30-year-old heiress and chums through a typical day of shopping, being pampered pam·per  
tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers
1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child.

2.
, partying, and more shopping.
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Title Annotation:Features
Author:Wright, Matthew
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 7, 1996
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