April 2008 Archives

Our chums over at ICYDK report that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have relocated to Saint Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera to stay in Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s villa during Angelina's pregnancy.

By all accounts, Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat is a favourite with the rich and famous. According to Provenceweb

Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat is an exceptional site and one of the most loveliest places on the Mediterranean coast. The peninsula is situated next to Nice and to Villefranche sur Mer and extends out to Cap Ferrat. Its tranquillity and warm climate make it a favourite holiday destination amongst European aristocracy and international millionnaires (sic).

Did you hear that? International millionaires no less. Fancy!

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.

The Daily Mail reports that Paris Hilton was banned from the Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow after signing her name on the expensive wallpaper.

The dippy heiress, 27, scribbled “Paris Moscow 2008” in black marker in the Hyatt’s £8,000-a-night presidential suite for a photoshoot during a stay in the Russian capital.

Update: Well, of course it wasn't true. Preposterous.

Pictures here.

The Sun has pictures of Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie frolicking in the waves in the Caribbean.

She is apparently there with "movie hunk fiancé" Josh Duhamel at the Atlantis resort.

According to The Sun, "the pair spent time riding the waves on jet skis, flying kites and sunbathing."

By coincidence, US domestic goddess and ex-con Martha Stewart has also just been there and blogged her experiences.

Radia 1 DJ Chris Moyles and girlfriend spotted and snapped by Alex Richards recently at the One&Only Royal Mirage in Dubai.

Well done, Alex. A bottle of bubblr heading your way.

Want to holiday like musician and tree-hugger environmental activist Sting? Then head for Halekulani, on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

Sting stayed in their stylish Vera Wang suite back in February when The Police played a gig on the island.

According to halekulani.com

In all the world, this suite is truly one of a kind. Halekulani and Vera Wang represent the most refined and exclusive pedigrees of taste, style and sophistication in their respective endeavors, and now the worlds of luxury travel and fashion design have come together in one stunning place. Immersed in understated and elegant décor, this one-bedroom suite features 2,135 sq. ft. of interior space, plus a 642 sq. ft. Oceanside lanai.

Personally designed by Ms. Wang, The Vera Wang Suite at Halekulani is a timeless, totally original creation that endows its guests with precious, priceless memories. The suite is adorned throughout with various décor hand-selected from Vera Wang's new home, gift, bath and accessories collections, as well as rare furnishings from Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia. Whether celebrating a honeymoon or anniversary, renewing wedding vows or enjoying a memorable Hawaiian respite, guests will have the opportunity to indulge in a unique fusion of the Vera Wang and Halekulani experiences.

Tempted? Well, you had better start saving, because the suite – which comes with butler service - costs £14,669 for a four-night stay.

Apparently he changes hotel every week when he's filming and checks in under the name of Arthur Ripley (as in Talented Mr...) according to the Daily Star. I bet he doesn't any more.

Anyway, he's been staying at the Mayfair Hotel. Presumably this one.

We told you back in December about the Hotel Sax Chicago offering guests the opportunity to stay like a celebrity, with "four unique packages ranging from rock stars to old legends".

Then last month we reported on the April opening of Robert De Niro's Greenwich Hotel ; now, Professional Travel Guide has gone a stage further and published a guide to the top celebrity owned resorts.

There's the Sundance Resort in Utah, owned by director and Oscar-winning actor Robert Redford, through to Dublin based hotel, The Clarence which is jointly owned by U2's Bono and The Edge.

Prices start from as little as $160 (£90) per night to stay at Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch Resort in California, rising to a jaw-dropping $47,000 (£23,789) per week for a suite on Richard Branson's Necker Island.

If that's a little out of your price range, the Necker Island website offers the following deal under the header 'tempting offers':

Make Necker Island your personal retreat when Necker opens its doors for Celebration Weeks - a unique opportunity to book individual rooms on this exquisite private island, where couples can enjoy the facilities "house party" style. In 2008 prices start from $23,500 (£11,891) per couple per week.

Bargain!

You can view the full list of Celebrity-owned Resorts over at Professional Travel Guide

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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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

Bit complicated this one so pay attention. According to MSNBC the Brangelinas have been trying to negotiate a 95 per cent discount on their hotel accommodation costs at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin, Texas..

Pitt is in Texas to film the lowish budget Tree of Life.

According to MSNBC:

Before the Jolie-Pitt clan arrived in town, a member of the film’s production company looked into having the family stay at the resort, but Pitt’s people balked at the price. Sources familiar with the inquiry say that Pitt was interested in the Litton House, a 2,600-square-foot residence separate from the main property, which costs about $2,000 a night. Pitt's offer, via the production company, was reportedly only $3,000 for a 30-day stay.

The Mirror reports that:

Fussy Heather Mills has issued an amazing list of dietary demands for daughter Bea while she is on holiday with Sir Paul McCartney.

She has faxed the five-star La Gazelle d'Or hotel (Don't click! Excruciatingly annoying Flash website alert!) in Morocco - where Macca plans to take the four-year-old next week - with EIGHT pages of instructions on what she can and can't eat.

The hotel sounds lovely, but we're rather amused by this reader review on TripAdvisor:

Everything was almost perfect, until the owner came. The whole atmosphere has changed in a second as she stepped in. Manhandling the nice staff who have no other employment opportunity in Taroudant but La Gazelle d'Or, she was bowing and bending in front of her friends, litterally ignoring other guests, new and/or young, also paying, probably more...Disabled people were required by management to stay and have their meals in hidden isolated areas of the hotel...

George is in London town hitting the red carpet for the premier of new film Leatherheads. And when not out partying and meeting prime minister Gordon Brown he is putting his feet up at his suite at The Dorchester.

Here he is on the red carpet with Renee Zellweger.

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The Metro reports that Paris flew into Liverpool to meet squeeze Benjii Madden, who is on tour in the UK with band Good Charlotte.

Rather than staying in luxury they hit the two-star Lord Nelson hotel.

Rates for superior rooms are from £45 for a single, £75 twin/double, £95 family.

Hello magazine reports that Sharon Stone was staying at the Ritz in Paris at the weekend. According to the celeb mag, Stone was in town with a mystery companion . . .

Superior suites at the hotel cost up to €12,000 a night. It's one classy hotel and even features lavish private banqueting rooms.

Well, I guess she would say that she loves Canada as she was visiting to promote her new footwear range . . .

And here is where other celebs stay in Canada.

Well, the supermodel got off to a bad start on this particular trip. According to the Sun, an altercation over luggage flared up and resulted in Naomi being removed from a BA flight by police. Pity the other passengers who were delayed by an hour and a half.

Kate and her daughter have been in Malibu this week.

With his recent trip to London to see Prime Minister Brown, celebsonholiday wondered where the French president likes to holiday.

In May last year, he was in Malta.

In the summer, he stayed in New Hampshire for a two week summer holiday - staying at a villa in Wolfeboro, north of Boston.

And yes, that holiday was spent with his wife and children.

Fast forward December and he was in Luxor, Eqypt with his now wife Carla Bruni. There they stayed at the Old Winter Palace hotel.

Lots of pictures on WENN of diva Mariah Carey either arriving at or leaving (who cares?) Claridges yesterday.

Sacre bleu! Popular party resort Ayia Napa isn't known for its royal connections, but all that is set to change in July 2008 as none other than HRH, Queen Elizabeth II flies in to open an exclusive beach front nightclub for über wealthy toffs.

According to reports, Queen Elizabeth was approached back in 2006 to open the venture. She agreed as several members of her close circle were involved in funding the exclusive, 5 star project.

One wonders if one will see her majesty making shapes in the church of dance?

No, we know. She's not on holiday. But of course you want to know where the diminutive antipodean songstress stays when she's in New York, don't you?

She's been staying at the Mercer Hotel in SoHo. Don't bother clicking on the link; it's a Flash website (ugh) and unbearably slow to load.

It's one of André Balazs' properties who - as celebrity watchers will know - once dated actress Uma Therman.

Gary and squeeze Danielle Bux are back in Barbados staying at his villa. The Daily Mail seems to be on bikini watch for Danielle.