I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here

The full line-up for the ninth edition of ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here’ has now been released with the highest paid earner being reported as Katie Price, who is the first celebrity to have entered the jungle twice.

Ms. Price will be joined by the American actor George Hamilton, former Eastenders actress Lucy Benjamin, Stictly dancer Camilla Dallerup, former glamour model Samantha Fox, Mis-teeq singer Sabrina Washington, Kim Woodburn, from ‘How Clean Is Your House, Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning, Snooker player Jimmy White, Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo and the gay interior design couple Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan.

Actress Ashley Jensen, star of ‘Ugly Betty’ and also known for her role opposite Ricky Gervais in ‘Extras’, has given birth to her first child.

The Scottish actress and her husband Terence Beesley, welcomed their new son Francis Jonathan Beesley on the 20th October.

X Factor judge and singer Dannii Minogue, was presented with the award for ‘Ultimate TV Personality of 2009′ last night at the Cosmopolitan Woman Of The Year Awards.

The GMTV weather girl Clare Nasir, has given birth to her longed for first child after being told that she may never become pregnant due to suffering with fibroid growths in her uterus.

Her daughter arrived seven-weeks premature and is currently in the special care baby unit of a London hospital.  Sienna Clare Nasir Hawkins, weighed in at 4lb 1oz and has been described by her parents as their miracle baby.

Wendy Richard As Pauline Fowler

Wendy Richard has had a plaque unveiled in her memory at the Shepherd’s Tavern pub in Mayfair, attended by a host of celebrities to pay tribute to the actress.

The 65-year-old actress, lost her battle with cancer in February and the plaque was uncovered to celebrate her life,  stating that she had  lived at the address from 1943 until 1953.

Liz Smith, who most recently played the part of Nana in The Royle Family, has announced that she is retiring from acting at the age of 87.

The actress has spent the past two-months in hospital after suffering a stroke and feels that further acting roles are beyond her although she is hoping to continue with her writing.

Kirsty Gallacher, now known for her stints on Ant and Dec’s Saturday night show, has become engaged after her boyfriend, rugby player Paul Sampson, proposed on Saturday.

The couple who have been together for eight years, and have a two-year-old son together called Oscar are hoping to get married sometime next year.

Rupert Grint, who plays the part of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is said to have contacted the swine flu virus and had been kept away from the latest film set for fear of the infection spreading.

According to reports, the 20-year-old actor has now recovered from what was said to be only a mild bout and is looking forward to returning to work this week.

Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond narrowly escaped further injury at the weekend after being thrown from a horse he was trying out ahead of the Hayes Golden Button Challenge in Gloucestershire.

Something appeared to have spooked the horse which then bucked the mini Top Gear presenter onto the hard ground.  He seems to have got off with only bruising and was spotted watching the event on crutches from the sidelines.

According to reports, Michelle Ryan, who played Zoe Slater in Eastenders, is to be the new Doctor Who’s assistant.

The 24-year-old actress, went to the USA where she starred in the remake of The Bionic Woman before returning to the UK for her role in Merlin, playing the part of the sorceress Nimueh.

Declan Donnelly, a host of ‘I’m A Celebrity’ is said to be dating Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson, after meeting through mutual friends.

The couple have been spotted out together on several occassions and his agent has said to have confirmed the budding relationship although he stated ‘It’s early days’.

Jamie and Louise Redknapp

Louise and Jamie Redknapp have become the proud parents for the second time, after Louise gave birth to the couple’s second son last night.

Mother and baby are said to be doing well although no name has yet been decided and Louise admitted recently that she would work up until the birth as she has been busy on her latest album.

The daughter of Katie Price and Peter Andre, Princess Tiaamii, has been given her first modelling contract at the age of 16-months.

The toddler will be modelling dresses for Prima Baby & Pregnancy, and her mother admitted that she would also like her youngest son Junior to model as well.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, starts again this weekend and the celeb’s are preparing to make their way to the Australian jungle.

This year’s contestants are; Carly Zucker, who is engaged to footballer Joe Cole, Simon Webb from the boy band ‘Blue’, Nicola McClean the page 3 model, Brian Paddick the former Metropolitan police deputy commissioner, the tennis champion Martina Navratilova, Joe Swash who played Mickey Miller in Eastenders, Esther Rantzen the TV presenter, Dani Behr TV presenter, David Van Day the former Dollar singer, who is only on standby and Robert Kilroy-Silk former TV presenter and now MP.

In the evening, the Scottish singer attended the Music Industry Trusts’ Awards 2008 at the Grosvenor House in London.

The 21-year-old daughter of Richard and Judy, is to make her debut in ‘Dancing On Ice’ which begins in January 2009.

Chloe Madeley has been planning a career as a TV presenter and she will be joining celebrities on the show such as Todd Carty, who played the part of Mark Fowler in Eastenders, Jeremy Edwards from Holby City and the Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrove.

Robert Killroy-Silk, is another celebrity allegedly signed-up to take part in the next ‘I’m A Celebrity’, which takes part in the Australian jungle.  The show hosted by Ant and Dec is also said to have Esther Rantzen taking part.

Here is a little clip of Lulu singing ‘To Sir With Love’ from 1967, Happy Birthday Lulu;