Quick Celebrity Snippits

Simon Cowell Pushing It
Terri Seymour has revealed just how body conscious Simon Cowell is. That's about his own body, of course. She says that Simon Cowell has to do 300 press ups every day, no matter where he is. He'll even do them on a plane. It couldn't be because he's now reached the ripe old age of 47 against Terry's 32 could it?

No Booze Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan had to celebrate her 21st birthday without the aid of any alcohol after a session in rehab. Her 'boyfriend' Calum Best was present and flew in specially.

Pete Down And Out
She's done it. Kate Moss has locked Pete Doherty out of her house and has changed the locks. It's left him virtually homeless and all of this following a court case yesterday. He appeared in West London Magistrate's Court but avoided an immediate jail sentence despite admitting to motoring offences and possessing crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis. Sentence has been deferred until next month to give Pete Doherty a chance to undergo a rehabilitation programme.

Paula Abdul Smells
Paula Abdul has gone into the scent market with her own fragrance called Sexy Thoughts. Why that name? Paula explains, "It's something that happens when people smell me. It provokes that. It's fun. It's chic, it's sexy. It captures the spirit of who I am." What a load of clap trap!

Facebook Harry
Friends say Prince Harry is spending too long on Facebook the Social networking website. He's trying to turn his friends into zombies - it's a Facebook game. He also hurls various animals at them. And he wonders why the army wouldn't let him got to Iraq - and how come an army officer has got all of this free time. The UK is supposedly down on army numbers.

Charley Is a C
Charley Uchea, the Big Brother celebrity, says that she is a C-list celeb and all of the other housemates are Z-list. She also says, "I think I'm quite a celebrity because I'm always with celebrities." Nothing like self confidence - even if misguided.

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Simon Cowell The Man With The Midas Touch

Today's post is a feature on Simon Cowell.

Simon Cowell was born on October 7th, 1959 in Brighton, England but was brought up in Elstree. His father was a music industry executive as well as being involved with property development. So Simon had a good start in life.

He went to college in Dover but left early and moved from job to job. His start in the music business was when his father got him work in the mail room of the EMI - a large music company near London.

In 1984 he met Pete Waterman previously of Stock Aitken Waterman who produced and wrote many hit records including number ones for Kylie Minogue. Simon Cowell is quoted as saying, "I learned more from Waterman in a short time than I could have in an entire career with any major label."

Things went well at first but he was forced into bankruptcy in 1989 and was so skint he had to move in with his parents. The same year he started to work as an A&R consultant. This led to a reasonable degree of success with many hit records but the real Big Time was still to come.

Big Time shows made Cowell famous worldwide. This started with Pop Idol in the UK and American Idol in the USA. His acerbic comments made headline news, created controversy and turned him into a star in his own right.

The X Factor televison show followed and then came America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent.

It's hard to estimate Simon Cowell's wealth, though it must be somewhere in the region of £125/$250 million. His present income could be anything up to £23/$46 million per year.

His long term girlfriend is Terri Seymour though he is said to have been unfaithful to her - according to the News of the World newspaper. In fairness though Simon has always made it clear that he does want to settle down or have children.

At the moment the man has the midas touch and will no doubt continue his amazing success.



Further reading: Paul Potts Wins Britain's Got Talent