Victoria Beckham at the British Fashion Award 2010

Victoria Beckham shows some leg at the British Fashion Awards 2010 on Tuesday (December 7) held at The Savoy Theatre in London, England.

The 36-year-old designer rocked a dress with a thigh-high slit from her own Victoria Beckham collection.

Victoria was nominated for Designer Brand of the Year but lost out to Mulberry.

“It’s great for me to be nominated. I’m just here to celebrate, that’s a really big deal,” she told Sky News. “It gives me a lot of hope for the future of my brand.”

Also in attendance: Alexa Chung, who won the British Style award that was voted by the public, and supermodel Naomi Campbell, who received a Special Recognition award for 25 years in the business.

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Melanie C Supports Local Cancer Charity

Mel C blended her own loose leaf tea at Brew Tea Bar, Bold Street, yesterday as part of North West Cancer Research Fund’s (NWCRF) project, CelebriTEA, which asks well-known personalities to create a tea which will be sold to raise money and awareness for the charity.

Melanie C, who is currently a ppearing at the Empire theatre in Blood Brothers, said: “I’ve always been involved in charity work, but it’s hard to find timefor everybody.

“I’ve lost some people very close to me through cancer, so I like to help charities that are really important to me. I’m a big tea drinker, and I’m really interested in the health benefits, which makes this such a good cause to support”

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Mel C to Play BloodBrothers on Liverpool Empire Stage

Hardened theatre critics gave her a standing ovation when she wowed them in the West End, and now Melanie C is on her way to Liverpool to reprise her stellar performance in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers.

Once she can find her script that is. “I’d put it in that, you know that safe place we always put things in and can never find them?” admits the 36-year-old. “You know you’ve always got one of those drawers, one of those cupboards, in the kitchen with odd things in.Well, it was in there and happily I’ve found it.”

Phew. The show can go on. It’s six months since Melanie last wriggled into the pinny of Mrs Johnstone, stage musicals’ most famous charlady, but she says returning to the part to bring it to Liverpool was a no-brainer.

She explains: “It was coming towards the end of my run in the West End and I had a meeting with one of the executive producers, and he just said, ‘well, we have an opportunity to go to Liverpool in November and we wondered if you’d like to come along?’ And I just jumped at the chance. In fact I’d secretly been hoping they were going to ask.”

She adds: “The Liverpool shows are legendary. It’s just such an honour to be able to play Mrs Johnstone in Liverpool.”

When she arrives with the cast next week it won’t be the first time the Whiston-born singing star has stood on the Empire stage however.

She recalls an early appearance hot-hoofing it in a charity gala as the young Melanie Chisholm.

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Emma Bunton confirms pregnancy

Emma Bunton has announced that she and her partner Jade Jones are expecting their second child.

The former Spice Girl gave birth to son Beau, now 3, in August 2007 and has previously admitted that she and Jones would like another child.

"So our family grows," she wrote on Twitter this morning. "We are SO excited to announce we're having our 2nd baby and Beau's wish for a brother or sister has come true!"

The Dancing On Ice judge did not confirm when the baby is due.

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JLS want to work with the Spice Girls

In a life-imitating-art sort of way, JLS want to make 2 Become 1 with the Spice Girls.

The record, that is. Oritse, 22, asked Emma Bunton, if the girls would be up for it on her Heart 106.2 show.

Marvin added: "It would be a boyhood dream come true." Emma said she'll ask the Spices. But she better hurry - when the boys release Love You More, they'll have to join the queue...

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Melanie nominated for Evening Standard Theatre Award

As she rehearses for a return to the role of Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers, Melanie has received the exciting news that she has been nominated for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for her portrayal as the character at the Phoenix Theatre.

Adding to her Laurence Olivier nomination earlier this year, The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer, once again highlights Melanie’s impressive stage debut which won critical acclaim.

The shortlists will be published a week before the awards, where winners will be announced at the Savoy in London on November 28.

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Melanie C at the Voice Storm Charity

Melanie Chisholm aka Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls at the Voice Storm charity concert in aid of Body & Soul, raising awareness of HIV and celebrating the life of the late Anita Roddick - arrivals. London, England (October 20, 2010).

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Melanie Brown at The Doctors

He're the video of former Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown also known as Scary Spice, pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson, and ‘Entertainment Tonight’ host Samantha Harris join ‘The Doctors' in talking about to teens about sex.

Mel C opens up on affair with Robbie Williams

Ex Spice Girl Girl Melanie C spilled the beans on her affair with superstar Robbie Williams and revealed: It was nothing to write home about.

The pop pair had a month-long fling in the late 1990's when both were at the height of their fame. Now former Sporty Spice Mel has set the record straight about Robbie's famous boast that he slept with four of the five Spice Girls.

She made it clear he did not rock her world and jokingly suggested the married Angels star might be more interested in men.

Mel, 36, was talking to an audience of gay fans at a pub in South London, where she was joined by her long-time boyfriend, property developer Thomas Starr.

She said of Robbie, also 36: It was such a long time ago, a decade ago and it was really nothing to write home about.

And the singer had the audience in hysterics after camp comedian Scott Capurro told her that he would like Robbie to perform a sex act on him. She quipped: "Yes, I think he would be better doing that".

Mel also put paid to rumours that she is to marry Thomas, the father of their daughter Scarlett, one. The pair have been together since 2002 after meeting on holiday in Barbados. But she said she was scarred for life by her parents break-up when she was just two and the experience has put her off matrimony.

The singer, from Whiston, Merseyside, said: I have a complicated family, with half-brothers and half-sisters. My parents divorced when I was very young and marriage is a weird one for me. Both my parents remarried but I was scarred very early on. Marriage does not appeal.

Mel, now a West End star in the musical Blood Brothers, has no yearnings to rejoin the Spice Girls. She said the band finally broke up following their reunion tour two years ago because of a clash between the girls.

She said: We talk about booking the stadium dates and getting back together when we meet up for dinner. But when we sober up, we realise its a bad idea.

We were exhausted. Some of the girls will admit they had breakdowns of sorts. A lot of the frustration was on the performance side. Some of the girls did not take things as seriously as I did.

But despite the fall out, Mel C says she still remains close to the girls and to Victoria Beckham. Asked why Victoria looks constantly glum in photos, Mel replied: Its her protection, don't you think? She is more comfortable presenting herself like that. She may feel more vulnerable if shes smiling. I have always got on well with her but we are extreme opposites. She has done very well to break into the fashion business after being in a pop band and I have a lot of respect for her.

All the girls are now looking forward to the release of a musical based on The Spice Girls in 2012, which is being written by Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders.

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But Mel has no desire to go into reality TV unlike Emma Bunton, who has starred in Strictly Come Dancing, or Mel B, who appeared in Dancing With The Stars in the US two years ago.

She said: I have been asked to do Strictly about 15 times but I would not want to put myself through it. The rehearsals are stupid amounts of hours.

Now focusing on the release of her new album, Mel is watching today's stars with interest including X Factor judge Cheryl Cole. She said: When our band started we thought we were sexual but today's bands are humping the floor.

I met Cheryl a long time ago. At my age, when you meet bands of today, they are all fans and they are very sweet. Cheryl is incredibly beautiful, has a cute regional accent and ticks all the boxes. Her style of music is not one I am into.

Mel also raised the Girls Aloud singers assault on a nightclub worker in 2003.

She comes across great on X Factor but I was working with someone the other day I wont tell you who who said, Has everyone forgotten she beat up a black woman in a toilet? But we shouldn't slag off people who become successful. It's just jealously.

Mel B shapes up for U.S. X Factor

As the 'face' for a fitness group, Mel B has to practice what she preaches and here she is being put through her paces.

Scary Spice, in black and lime green gym wear, looked svelte as she filmed a video in a London park with two fitness instructors last week.

The mother-of-two, 35, who was also wearing a pair of bright pink trainers and had her extremely long hair loose, is fronting a new set of classes for Fitness First. It includes a boxing-style warm-up and full body workout which will help those striving for the star's enviable washboard stomach.

The former singer is also said to be in talks to be a judge on the U.S. version of X Factor, which starts next year. But she was also tipped to take part in the UK show while Dannii Minogue was off on maternity leave and it never happened.

The position was filled by a range of stars including Katy Perry, Geri Halliwell, Pixie Lott, Natalie Imbruglia and Nicole Scherzinger. Despite now living in LA most of the year, she is also endorsing its International Fitness Week for the third year in a row.

Melanie, who is originally from Leeds, lives there with second husband movie producer Stephen Belafonte and their family. She has an 11-year-old daughter Phoenix by first husband Jimmy Gulzar and three-year-old Angel with actor Eddie Murphy. The couple, who have been married for three years, are said to be talking about having a child of their own sometime next year.

Meanwhile, the former Spice Girl is also working on the band's musical Viva Forever which is being written by Jennifer Saunders. Her reality series Mel B: It's A Scary World about her family life in LA is currently being shown on Style.

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Halliwell: 'X Factor John was forgettable'

Geri Halliwell has revealed that she backs the public's decision to axe John Adeleye from The X Factor.

The 29-year-old became the fifth act voted off the show earlier this evening, after ending up in the bottom two with Treyc Cohen.

Speaking about his exit on The Xtra Factor, the Spice Girls singer said: "Part of being a popstar is having it all. Being a fantastic singer, being a great performer, but you've also got to have that something extra. I loved John's song 'Zoom', but I forgot him instantly afterwards. Among all those other people I just forgot him."

Halliwell, who was a guest judge at the auditions, said that she had been most impressed by Katie Waissel so far in the live shows.

"I love Katie, I love her tone and that will sound great on record," she said. "And I think little girls will like her as well as boys. You have to think who will buy the records."

Source : Digital Spy

Melanie C is Busy Busy Busy

Phew! Where does the time go?! It feels like my feet haven't touched the ground for the last six weeks or so.

I've been busy working with Unicef and the Pampers Big Kiss campaign to raise funds for tetanus vaccines - such an important cause. I've also enjoyed lending my voice to the CBBC series 'The Big Performance'. It's so uplifting to see how music can enrich young peoples' lives and bring them the confidence they are looking for.

Of course, I've spent most of it writing lots of great songs for the new (fifth!) album. I'm so excited about it! We've got some amazing tracks already and still have sessions booked in with some fantastic writers over the next couple of months. It's gonna blow you away!

Looking forward to this week's Voicestorm show to raise money for children, young people and families living with HIV, it is going to be really special. I'm going to be trying out some very different arrangements of a few old favourites and a couple of covers. It's going to be a challenge but it'll be worth it. And I get to watch Annie Lennox too! Then, the following night, I can let my hair down with Scott Capurro at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Nervous? Me?!

And then, before I know it, it'll be back to Blood Brothers in Liverpool for two weeks. I never thought the idea of being Mrs J again would seem like a rest!

Hope to see some of you there.Mx

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Dean Piper Interviews Melanie C

Hello Melanie – not spoken to you for a while! How goes it?

I feel like I’m in your life a lot. Because I follow you on twitter. I was so reluctant to tweet but then when I started doing it I got into it and thought it was fun and now I’m bored of it!

I think I’ll get into it when I’ve got something to say. At the moment I’m really getting my head down and I’m working on writing and recording. When I’m travelling and doing my promo I’ll have more to talk about. When I’m in promo I’ll have far more time. Sitting in the back of cars and all that shit.

Who do you love following most?

I’m enjoying following Mel B – she’s mad and bonkers and what’s really nice about twitter is it’s bringing us Spice Girls together more. Not as often as we like. Twitter is essentially keeping us in touch. Victoria doesn’t tweet that much, Emma goes through her phases and Melanie is always tweeting. It’s kinda like you’re still in each other’s lives.

Mel B has turned into Sporty Spice these days with all her exercising! It’s like a role reversal!

Are you saying I’m Scary Spice now? She’s pretty hardcore. The thing is with Mel is she’s always had a great physique but she’s never been into the gym. Since she’s been in LA the lifestyle and the health aspect seems to have gotten her into her exercise. All the lovely weather works wonders for you.

You’re appearing at Body and Soul’s Voicestorm Concert – tell me about it. It’s been a while since you performed solo stuff!

I did a brief appearance at the Jazz Festival up north recently but it was low key. But for me I’m so excited to be doing this gig for such a fantastic charity. In memory of Anita Roddick – it’s something amazing to be able to celebrate her life and raise money for the charity too. It’s also going to be amazing to play the Roundhouse – I’ve never played there before. It’s an incredible venue and Annie Lennox is headlining. Such a lovely lady. I’ve loved her music for a long time. She’s eloquent and lovely and one of those legends that in her presence you feel very comfortable.

And what will we be performing?

I’m going to sing some Melanie C songs and some covers. I’m working on a new pop record, as you all know. And I’ve also been recording some musical theatre songs too. I’m not sure whether they’;ll end up being released yet. I went to performing art college and after appearing in Blood Brothers it seemed like a very good opportunity to get some of my favourite songs together.

For the show I’m going to do I Ain’t Got No from Hair and I’m also covering Dusty Springfield’s I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself. I’m quite nervous about it all because it’s not my usual stuff. I’ll also do some of my hits. I’m going to bring on a guest to do When You’re Gone – James Walsh from Starsailor. He’s a really really lovely guy with a fantastic voice.

And how is the work on the fifth Melanie Chisholm solo record going so far?

I’m just being really adventurous. There’s ideas for rocky stuff, dance stuff, more acoustic stuff and at the moment I’m working with loads of new people and writing loads of songs. I need to see how it all goes and find out what kind of album I want to make. I think eclectic is the style right now. A bit of everything. That’s actually how Northern Star began so it would be nice to recapture that feeling of lots of styles but coming together. There are no collaborations so far but it’s very early days. I’m in the writing stages now. I’m hoping for a single around summer time and an album around Autumn. I want it to be the best album of my career and it’ll be on Red Girl again.

How’s motherhood now – Scarlet’s 19-months old and it has gone so quick!

Scarlet’s incredible. It’s gone very quick. She’s walking, she’s saying a lot and she’s a proper little character. She’s started singing too – so that is very good fun.

Are you watching this years X Factor?

I am indeed. Saturday night was the first night I saw everyone perform. I always liked Katie – I think she’s really interesting. I wasn’t sure how she actually ended up in the bottom two. She seems to have taken a lot of stick.

The good thing about music right now with artists like Lady Gaga is that the pop world is being more creative visually. I think if things look genuine and sincere with Katie then it will work.

I love Cher Lloyd too. To me I think she has the X Factor. Her vocals were a little bit shaky but hey she’s so young. The nerves must be so intense and to get up on the hugest platform on British TV to perform is a big deal. So much of it is charisma. For me Cher Lloyd has that charisma and I think she’ll go far. My favourite performance of the night was Aiden performing Mad World last week. It was so believable and genuine.

Would you have gone on a show like that?

I’m sure I would have gone on a show like that. I auditioned for a girl band at 13 first of all. I would have gone on the X Factor. I think it’s good that people have a good idea of what these shows are nowadays. I used to be quite negative about these shows but I’ve changed my mind. Now people know what they are in for. There are no shocks.

Do you think the Spice Girls could ever be emulated successfully nowadays?

I’m not sure – we were of a moment. There are so many girl bands in development right now. I went along to see one recently. They’re called Parade. There manager is John Giddings. They are cute, there’s five of them and they have a great energy. They are based on the Spice Girls and Gwen Stefani. They’ve got more attitude and they’re not all glamour. They can sing and dance. But they’ve got a personality.

How is everything coming along for the Spice Girls musical too?

It’s all in development right now. We’ve seen the storylines, the characters, the songs that are going to be used. We know where it’s at at the moment and we’re so excited to have Jennifer Saunders on board. She’s an incredible writer and we have history with her from Spiceworld so we trust her ideas.

In the new year we’ll be looking at work shopping and casting. I think at this stage Jennifer and Judy are working hard on the storylines and we feel those ladies are well within their rights to get on with that.

When it comes to the music we’ll be a lot more involved. A lot of the people that we worked with originally – like Richard Stannard – will be involved creatively. And Judy wants to keep us involved all along the way. We’re not going to be there as creative directors but we’re definitely going to be there in the auditioning process in the different roles. We just can’t wait for our songs to be performed on stage every night of the week. All five of us want it to be fantastic and for those songs to live on.

And what about the idea of one final ‘hurrah’ of the Spice Girls – performing at the Olympics ceremony in 2012?

We don’t know anything about it as yet but I’m up for it. It’s a wonderful idea and I think all five of us would be very proud indeed. Let’s petition for it and make it happen.

Source : Dean Piper

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Mel B wont be joining 'I'm A Celebrity'

A report in the Daily Star suggested the Spice Girl would be the first celebrity announced for the tenth series of the ITV1 reality show.

The newspaper said producers had been trying to persuade the outspoken 35-year-old to take part for several years as they believe she would create ‘explosive TV’, and were delighted she had finally signed up.

No one was more surprised to hear the news than Scary Spice herself.

She tweeted: ‘No no no noooo I am not doing the show “I’m a celebrity get me outta here” not me, they got it wrong as usual silly billys!!!!’

The singer recently launched her own fly-on-the-wall reality TV show, Mel B: It’s A Scary World, on the Style Network in both the US and the UK.

Source : Metro

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Mel B to join 'I'm A Celebrity' lineup?

Melanie Brown has become the latest name attached to feature in the next series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.

The former Spice Girl could join other rumoured stars Jedward, Chico, John Leslie and the Chuckle Brothers in entering the jungle.

A source told Heat: "Mel B will make explosive television. She's got a gob on her and she speaks her mind. She is quite a force to be reckoned with, so heaven help the celebs - and the wildlife!"

The singer is currently in the UK to promote her reality show It's A Scary World. The next series of I'm A Celebrity... will be its tenth edition.

Source : Digital Spy

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Melanie Brown plots pop comeback

Melanie Brown has revealed that she is making a comeback to music. The former Spice Girl, who currently stars in reality show It's A Scary World, has recorded a new single with American rapper Ludacris.

"I am beyond excited. With me and him together it's gonna be a winner," Music Rooms quotes her as saying. "My track sounds amazing. I can't wait for everyone to hear it."

Ludacris, who recently featured on Justin Bieber's hit 'Baby', initially joked with the singer that he would not feature on the song because she wasn't "serious" about her music.

"I know it's been so long since you really got back into that music world. But I don't know how serious you are about this thing," he said, before adding: "Nah man, I'm just joking. I'm definitely gonna make it happen - I love the song!"

Source : Digital Spy

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Mel B: 'Spice Girls are my true love'

Mel B has reportedly revealed that her former Spice Girl bandmates are still her "best friends".

She admitted that Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Mel Chisholm are the "loves of her life" and that she enjoyed touring with them in 2007.

She told the Daily Mail: "I've had affairs with all the Spice Girls as far as I'm concerned - they're the loves of my life. We are always in touch with each other. We're supportive of each other because we've known each other a long time. When we were younger, it was five girls who had our periods together, so we screamed at each other, but we all made up afterwards."

The 35-year-old said that their reunion was a lot different to when they first started out in 1994.

She explained: "The first time we did it, it was sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and the last time it was all nappies and dummies. But I got to travel the world with my four best friends. What could be any better than that?"

Speaking about new Spice Girls musical Viva Forever, Mel B added: "I don't know yet if it's going to be based on our real stories or a fabricated story. We've talked about 20,000 different storylines, but it's down to five and we'll all have to agree. There are no plans for a movie yet, but that would be great."

Source : Digital Spy

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Victoria More Influential Than Queen of England

Behold the power of the Posh!

Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has been named the second-most influential woman in the UK, sandwiched between "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and a little lass named Queen Elizabeth II, the Guardian reports.

Just a week after Forbes unveiled its Most Powerful Women in the World list, the National Magazine Company has revealed its own selection of influential Brits, according to the paper.

And it's not hard to see why Beckham made the cut. Between her inspiring chic style and her celeb-adored designs, the fragrance spokesmodel has proved that a little pouting can go a long way.

Along with the famously fashionable Marie Claire November cover girl, the top 10 also reportedly includes style icons such as pop star Cheryl Cole (#5), First Lady Samantha Cameron (#6), designers Cath Kidston (#7) and Vivienne Westwood (#9), and supermodel Kate Moss (#8).

Good work, gals. The champers is on us.

Source : Stylelist

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Melanie Brown shows off a figure-hugging dress

Melanie Brown looked gorgeous in a figure-hugging, short dress as she and her husband Stephen Belafonte went out for dinner.

The former Spice Girl singer lives in Los Angeles but has been in the UK to promote her reality show which starts on starts on The Style Network on October 11.

The series follows the star, her husband Stephen Belafonte, and her two daughters, Angel, three, and Phoenix, 11, as she juggles her career as a singer and actress with life as a wife and mum.

Source : Daily Mail

Melanie B stepped out in London

Just like the Spice Girls, we never thought these would see the light of day again. But if the girl band can be reunited, so can Mel B and her two-year-old trousers, as the pop star proved today.

Mel, 35, stepped out in London this afternoon in a pair of tight leather lace-up pants which she first wore for the Spice Girls reunion tour in 2008.

Mel flaunted the kinky look as she arrived back at her hotel after a day of promoting her new reality TV show. And the star, who has turned into a prolific Tweeter recently, took to the social networking page to show off her trousers.

And while most people would have assumed that the tight trousers would be uncomfortable, Mel soon put them straight.

She posted up a picture of her wearing the trousers and wrote: 'Loving my 2008 spice girls "hollar" leather pants!!! Sooo comfy!'

She had been out and about promoting her new reality TV show It's A Scary World and was a guest on Heart FM this morning.

Her fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton, 34, hosts her own show on the station in the afternoon but sadly the two girls missed each other, with Mel taking to her Twitter again to announce: 'On my way to heart fm radio!!!! Boo hoo @EmmaBuntonHeart won't be there ahhhhh!!!! But let's meet up for tea before we leave!!'

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