Top Gear's Richard Hammond was in his new home for just 70 hours before deciding to move back to his old one.
Hammond, 38, soon realised the new place was not for him - and now faces a nightmare bill of up to €60,000 for changing his mind.
The TV presenter and his family left their rented farmhouse in Gloucestershire for a new home in Buckinghamshire on Friday.
However, he lasted only three days in the property before deciding that the change in "lifestyle" didn't suit him.
He told the Mirror newspaper: "It only took us a couple of days to realise we were changing a lifestyle that suits us. It's an expensive lesson.
"I got there first, ready for the removal men. And as they started unloading, I began to wonder. Everything was smart, and rather posh and lovely, but could we fit in?
"When Mindy and the girls arrived, I thought 'This isn't right'."
Thursday 29 May 2008
Wednesday 28 May 2008
Lily Allen's TV show fails to attract viewers
Lily Allen's new talk show failed to attract a significant number of viewers, when it aired as part of BBC3's re-launch on Tuesday night.
The pop singer has turned TV presenter with 'Lily Allen and Friends', yet the high profile TV show attracted just 255,000 viewers, around 2% of the audience share according to reports.
The first night guests were Hollywood actor Cuba Gooding Jr and comedian David Mitchell.
Despite the figures a spokeswoman for the digital channel said: "It's a solid start for the show. It's only the first one but it performed really well with the 16-34 age group."
Some audience members were reported to have walked out of the recording because they were so bored.
But Allen, 22, wrote in her MySpace blog: "The audience were great, standing in a hot studio for two hours watching me fluff my lines is not my idea of fun, but they seemed to enjoy it."
She continued: "Due to it being the first show we've done, we ran over a little and naturally a small number of the audience had to catch the last trains back to wherever they came from."
Allen recently suffered a miscarriage and said she was "trying to get back to normality after what has been a rocky start to the year".
The pop singer has turned TV presenter with 'Lily Allen and Friends', yet the high profile TV show attracted just 255,000 viewers, around 2% of the audience share according to reports.
The first night guests were Hollywood actor Cuba Gooding Jr and comedian David Mitchell.
Despite the figures a spokeswoman for the digital channel said: "It's a solid start for the show. It's only the first one but it performed really well with the 16-34 age group."
Some audience members were reported to have walked out of the recording because they were so bored.
But Allen, 22, wrote in her MySpace blog: "The audience were great, standing in a hot studio for two hours watching me fluff my lines is not my idea of fun, but they seemed to enjoy it."
She continued: "Due to it being the first show we've done, we ran over a little and naturally a small number of the audience had to catch the last trains back to wherever they came from."
Allen recently suffered a miscarriage and said she was "trying to get back to normality after what has been a rocky start to the year".
Anderson scraps her divorce plans
Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has reportedly reconciled with her third husband just three days after filing for divorce.
In a divorce petition filed in Los Angeles on Friday Anderson cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the breakdown of her two-month marriage to Rick Salomon.
However, yesterday she posted a message on her website diary saying: "We're working things out."
The diary entry did not give any further details and the actress' representative declined to comment on the subject.
Celebrity website TMZ reported that the divorce was no longer going ahead, quoting a source close to the couple, who said that they had patched up their relationship.
Anderson and Salomon married in Las Vegas last October. This is the third marriage for both.
In a divorce petition filed in Los Angeles on Friday Anderson cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the breakdown of her two-month marriage to Rick Salomon.
However, yesterday she posted a message on her website diary saying: "We're working things out."
The diary entry did not give any further details and the actress' representative declined to comment on the subject.
Celebrity website TMZ reported that the divorce was no longer going ahead, quoting a source close to the couple, who said that they had patched up their relationship.
Anderson and Salomon married in Las Vegas last October. This is the third marriage for both.
Dave Matthews Band Plugging Away
Collaborative album in the works
The Dave Matthews Band is emphasizing the "band" part of its equation on the group's next album. "It literally was a collaborative effort from beginning to end," violinist Boyd Tinsley tells Billboard.com. "Every song was written by everybody at the same time -- we've never really done that before."
"We all got together and played and got these ideas, and we'd all work through building these songs all together," he continues. "Everybody's just really excited about it. That's why I say it sounds very much like DMB. It couldn't be more purely DMB than what it is."
But the album, DMB's first since 2005's chart-topping "Stand Up," is a long way from done. The group, along with guitarist Tim Reynolds and producer Rob Cavallo, got together early in the year in Charlottesville, Va., to start working on ideas, then in March continued in Seattle to be closer to Matthews' home.
Tinsley says the songs have been composed and are now waiting for Matthews to write lyrics, with a plan to return to the studio after the group comes off the road in early September.
Tinsley says the music "sounds very much like DMB, but like songs you've never heard before." He says the "vibe, the whole mood of the songs" reminds him of album such as "Under the Table and Dreaming," "Crash" and "Before These Crowded Streets" but "coming from an entirely different direction" and benefiting from having Reynolds' guitar back in the mix for the first time since "...Crowded Streets."
"Tim just sort of expands upon things," Tinsley explains. "He's such an amazing musician. [He] adds this quality to the music that opens it up."
The new songs are still in such an unfinished form, however, that Tinsley isn't sure if any of them will be debuted during DMB's extensive summer tour, which begins May 30 in Burgettstown, Pa., and runs through Sept. 10 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
"It might be a situation where we might take a couple of those in rehearsals and in sound checks and sort of work out arrangements to play this summer," he says. "We haven't really discussed that too much. That's the sort of thing that really comes spontaneously when we get together."
The Dave Matthews Band is emphasizing the "band" part of its equation on the group's next album. "It literally was a collaborative effort from beginning to end," violinist Boyd Tinsley tells Billboard.com. "Every song was written by everybody at the same time -- we've never really done that before."
"We all got together and played and got these ideas, and we'd all work through building these songs all together," he continues. "Everybody's just really excited about it. That's why I say it sounds very much like DMB. It couldn't be more purely DMB than what it is."
But the album, DMB's first since 2005's chart-topping "Stand Up," is a long way from done. The group, along with guitarist Tim Reynolds and producer Rob Cavallo, got together early in the year in Charlottesville, Va., to start working on ideas, then in March continued in Seattle to be closer to Matthews' home.
Tinsley says the songs have been composed and are now waiting for Matthews to write lyrics, with a plan to return to the studio after the group comes off the road in early September.
Tinsley says the music "sounds very much like DMB, but like songs you've never heard before." He says the "vibe, the whole mood of the songs" reminds him of album such as "Under the Table and Dreaming," "Crash" and "Before These Crowded Streets" but "coming from an entirely different direction" and benefiting from having Reynolds' guitar back in the mix for the first time since "...Crowded Streets."
"Tim just sort of expands upon things," Tinsley explains. "He's such an amazing musician. [He] adds this quality to the music that opens it up."
The new songs are still in such an unfinished form, however, that Tinsley isn't sure if any of them will be debuted during DMB's extensive summer tour, which begins May 30 in Burgettstown, Pa., and runs through Sept. 10 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
"It might be a situation where we might take a couple of those in rehearsals and in sound checks and sort of work out arrangements to play this summer," he says. "We haven't really discussed that too much. That's the sort of thing that really comes spontaneously when we get together."
Double success for Take That at the Brits
Take That, Arctic Monkeys and the Foo Fighters were among the acts that triumphed at last night's Brit Awards in London.
Take That claimed the award for Best British Live Act, fighting off competition from the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys.
The group also picked up the award for Best British Single for their hit 'Shine'.
The Arctic Monkeys, who initially built up a steady fan base on the Internet, won the awards for Best British Group and Best British Album.
Foo Fighters, who could not attend the ceremony, claimed the awards for Best International Group and Best International Album.
Pop singer Kylie Minogue picked up the award for Best International Female, while newcomer Kate Nash claimed the Best British Female award.
The award for Best British Male went to DJ and musician Mark Ronson, while rapper Kanye West topped the Best International Male category.
The award for Best British Breakthrough Act went to Mika and the Critics' Choice Award was presented to newcomer Adele.
Former Beatles star Paul McCartney, whose performance closed the show, was presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
There were also performances on the night from Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Leona Lewis and Kylie Minogue.
Speaking after receiving her award, Kylie Minogue said: "I'm all overcome. This is so incredible."
Amy Winehouse also used to the show to send a message to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in jail. After her performance, the singer said: "Make some noise for my husband, my Blake."
The awards ceremony was presented by Kelly, Jack, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.
Check out all the style from the red carpet in our Brit Awards gallery here.
Take That claimed the award for Best British Live Act, fighting off competition from the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys.
The group also picked up the award for Best British Single for their hit 'Shine'.
The Arctic Monkeys, who initially built up a steady fan base on the Internet, won the awards for Best British Group and Best British Album.
Foo Fighters, who could not attend the ceremony, claimed the awards for Best International Group and Best International Album.
Pop singer Kylie Minogue picked up the award for Best International Female, while newcomer Kate Nash claimed the Best British Female award.
The award for Best British Male went to DJ and musician Mark Ronson, while rapper Kanye West topped the Best International Male category.
The award for Best British Breakthrough Act went to Mika and the Critics' Choice Award was presented to newcomer Adele.
Former Beatles star Paul McCartney, whose performance closed the show, was presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
There were also performances on the night from Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Leona Lewis and Kylie Minogue.
Speaking after receiving her award, Kylie Minogue said: "I'm all overcome. This is so incredible."
Amy Winehouse also used to the show to send a message to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in jail. After her performance, the singer said: "Make some noise for my husband, my Blake."
The awards ceremony was presented by Kelly, Jack, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.
Check out all the style from the red carpet in our Brit Awards gallery here.
Angelina Jolie - Jolie Adds To Pregnancy Confusion
LATEST: ANGELINA JOLIE added to the confusion surrounding her pregnancy after revealing she is due to give birth in as little as two weeks - despite confirmations of an August delivery.
The actress' baby news was exposed by her Kung Fu Panda co-stars Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman during separate press interviews at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday (14May08).
After Black inadvertently let it slip that Jolie was expecting twins, Hoffman revealed the actress was set to give birth on 19 August (08).
But, according to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Jolie declared she is preparing to give birth in a matter of weeks during a chat with a French TV network on Thursday (15May08).
Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax and Zahara. The couple's first natural child, Shiloh, will turn two later this month (May08).
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