Current stars of Neighbours celebrated 25 years and 6000 episodes of the soap with a party at The Olsen in Melbourne yesterday. Sam Clark, who plays Ringo Brown, will be leaving the show at the end of the month to persue his singing career. He was surrounded by his female cast mates, including Brit Gabriella Darlington who won Five's competition to play Poppy Rogers. Even though initial reports were laughed off, rumours of a Kylie Minogue cameo continue, as the former star of the show is in the Australian city visiting Dannii and Ethan.
Stefan Dennis (aka Paul Robinson) sipped bubbly with Scott Major (Lucas Fitzgerald) and Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy). Stefan appeared in the first ever episode, and he plays a key part in the 6000th episode. His onscreen son Jordan Smith (Andrew Robinson) smiled wide with Ryan Moloney (Toadie Rebecchi) and Matthew Werkmeister (Zeke Kinsky), while Carla Bonner (Steph Scully) got close to Sam. Check out loads more pictures after the jump!
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Julia Roberts and the cast of Eat Pray Love (sans James Franco) sat down with reporters, including my girl Buzz, to discuss their new film yesterday. As leading lady, Roberts was obviously the focus of the press attention, as she rattled off stories about working with Javier Bardem — whom she says she was "terrified" to work with at first — and how much weight she really gained while shooting with all that pasta (for the record, she looked amazing in person). Read on to hear her thoughts!
On if she had read the book before shooting:
Julia Roberts: I had read it before it became so widely popular, and I thought it was so terrific 30 pages into it, that I went on Amazon.com and sent one to my best friend in Chicago, and said, "Let's read this."
On her own love advice to young women:
JR: Talk to your mother. Get your mother to tell you what she really knows, and don't take advice from actors. We don't know anything.
On her many outfits in the film:
JR: I think the most costume changes I've had in a movie is maybe 40 or 50. I think that's maybe average. This, by the time I think we were done, was maybe 103. [Michael Dennison] worked tirelessly over making it really authentic and making it great . . . It was like wardrobe Olympics, this movie.
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Lily Allen and her man Sam Cooper attended the launch party for A. Sauvage's first collection at Matches in London yesterday. She smiled with George Lamb, and hugged Miquita Oliver in the store. The singer's been focusing on her own vintage shop recently, and talks about fashion, babies and her career break in the current issue of Elle UK. Lily pulled out of performing at Benicassim earlier this month due to ill health, so it's good to see her well again.
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Cheryl Cole had Derek Hough by her side as she arrived at LAX last night. The singer was spotted at a Starbucks in Guilford on Wednesday, making her first appearance in public since her malaria diagnosis a month ago. Her rep has confirmed that Cheryl won't be returning to work for a few weeks, so it seems the Girls Aloud star will be using her time in the States to rest and recuperate. She reportedly thanked NHS staff for saving her life, and has changed her diet to aid her recovery. Cheryl has the support of friends, family and fans to get better.
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