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Katie Holmes and daughter Suri get into the Halloween spirit with matching pumpkin-coloured costumes

Katie Holmes and her adorable toddler Suri geared up for Halloween yesterday by wearing the same orange, pumpkin-coloured outfits.

Mother and daughter headed out to New York's Central Park to play on the swings dressed in their seasonal dresses.

Later in the day, Holmes took her newfound love of fashionable urban chic to a new level by wearing a pair of sleek stilettos and PVC leggings.

The 29-year-old donned her almost all-black ensemble - the shoes had some dark blue ribbons on them - as she left her apartment in the city.Holmes has thrown herself back into work after taking a couple of years off to raise her only child and has been starring in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons for the last five weeks.



The play has so far been well-received, and it has already become the highest-grossing play on Broadway in its first full week of previews, raking in $684,002 so far.

The star made a return to television recently as a lawyer in the US show Eli Stone.

Dressed in a black unitard, Katie displayed her impressive singing and dancing skills while performing Duke Ellington's Hit Me With a Hot Note.

A respectable 8.8million people watched the first episode she starred in.

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Amy Winegum: Now troubled singer is 'addicted to sweets'


A source told newpaper London Lite: 'Amy seems to be constantly stuffing herself with sugary snacks. She loves all of the stuff from her childhood in the Eighties, from Slush Puppies to Bull's Eyes and liquorice. It may seem harmless but it is not doing her any good.

'She's suffering from chest and lung infections at the moment and she has been warned that all of the sweets could flare up the problems. She used to walk to the local shops at all hours of the night to pick up her sweet fixes, but now she doesn't have to.

'All of her gadgets have been put in one room so she has all she needs whenever she wants it.'

While friends point out that Winehouse is harking back to her innocent childhood days, there might be a more sinister side to the new obsession.

Heroin addicts often have low blood-sugar levels, leading to cravings for sweet things, and many users eat ice lollies or slushies to cool the burning sensation the killer drug can cause.

Winehouse has battled heroin and crack cocaine addiction for more than a year and is currently trying to work on material for her next album.

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Slimmed down Eva Longoria shows off her form in a slinky purple dress

Eva Longoria has dumped her frumpy Desperate Housewives image, and she wants everyone to know.

The Desperate Housewives star, who sparked pregnancy rumours after gaining weight for Gabrielle Solis's latest storyline, slipped into a skin-tight lavender dress for a visit to hairdresser Ken Paves in Los Angeles yesterday.

It's the second time in as many days the actress, who is once again back in amazing shape, has put her svelte physique on show.

A night earlier she looked gorgeous in a flirty little black dress as she arrived at her Hollywood restaurant Beso.

The new Desperate Housewives series, which is currently airing on Channel 4, picks up in the year 2013 when Eva's character has transformed from neighbourhood sex kitten to dowdy mother of two.
In real life, Eva was forced to fend off 'baby bump' rumours, regularly denying she's expecting a child of her own.

The 33-year-old said: 'I'm not pregnant. I stopped working out and gained about seven pounds over the summer, which is a lot for a small person.

However, she is hoping to start a family with husband Tony Parker sometime soon.

She has said: 'I can't wait!'.

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Racy new bondage photos of Georgina Baillie show the wild side that attracted Russell Brand

New photographs of the woman at the centre of the BBC obscene phone call scandal show the racy look that attracted reformed sex addict Russell Brand.

Burlesque dancer Georgina Baillie posed in bondage-style photos for a modelling shoot, in one restrained by a leather studded dog collar held by a male model.

In another she lies on her back in a submissive pose with his fists in her face.
The photos come as Miss Baillie described how the comic was 'obsessed in bed' with the fact that her grandfather Andrew Sachs' played Manuel in Fawlty Towers.

The 23-year-old added: 'The fact that my grandfather was Andrew Sachs clearly tickled Russell. But I never thought he'd use it to cause such a lot of damage.'

'He seemed obsessed by the idea that he was close to Manuel's granddaughter.

'It was only a coincidence that he found out because Fawlty Towers came on his telly when we were together,' she told The Sun.

She told how he pranced around the bedroom yelling 'Que?' and 'I Know Nothing' - well-known phrases uttered by Spanish waiter Manuel during the iconic TV series.

Brand, 33, has quit the BBC after he left lewd messages on Mr Sachs' answer phone, describing how he had slept with Miss Baillie.

Jonathan Ross, who also took part in the obscene sequence, is currently suspended.

]Miss Baillie said she was particularly disgusted with the TV presenter as he was a family man who has three children.

'In some ways he is the biggest disappointment because he has daughters,' she said.

'I bet if you asked him he would say he'd lay down in traffic to defend their honour.

'But what a hypocrite he is and what a shabby man he has turned out to be. Shame on him.'

In the wake of the pair being suspended, Miss Baillie, who had a relationship with Brand, said that she was 'thrilled justice had been done,' and welcomed an investigation into the affair.

'Let's see what Ofcom choose to do about it. I don't know how it's going to go from here.' she said.

'I'm really happy with the investigation. Me and my granddad are both really happy because it could have damaged our reputation permanently.'

A source close to Miss Baillie revealed that she was privately 'disgusted' with Brand.

'This wasn't just a one night-stand, it was a relationship which lasted for over a year,' he said.

'She's upset for herself and for her family.'
Miss Baillie's comments came as her pro-wrestler ex-boyfriend threatened to 'give him a smack.'

Alex Shane, a 19-stone twice British champion heavyweight wrestler, said: 'I thought it was really out of order.

'I think Brand is used to getting away with these things.

'He needs to be taught some humility. He's very quick-witted but shows a real lack of class. It's gutter low.

'Just give me five minutes in the ring with him!'

In a frank interview with The Sun, Miss Baillie described how Brand was a flop in the bedroom, despite his reputation as a lothario.

Revealing that she slept with the star after their 'lavish' first date, she said: ' I'm not going to go into detail about what happened there although I'm obviously no shrinking violet.

'I will only say he's a disappointment in the bedroom considering he has had so much practice'.

She also said that Brand was 'clean freak' and would ask her to use mouthwash before she kissed him.

The details of the affair will heap more public humiliation on Brand, who has always been proud of his ladies' man image.

Yesterday he issued a public apology and resigned from the BBC after a storm of protest over the phone scandal.

Miss Baillie's publicist Max Clifford said today that she was happy with Brand's resignation from the BBC.

'Russell Brand has done the right thing and his apology came across as genuine,' he added. 'He realises he'd made a total mistake.'

Miss Baillie's latest interview about the Brand and Ross affair come in the wake of an initial stinging attack yesterday.

'Russell Brand has embarrassed me by making a private relationship very public in the cruellest way imaginable,' she said.

'He has betrayed me for a few cheap laughs and left my grandfather distraught.

'What happened between us was supposed to be private but he is clearly no gentleman.

'Worst of all my poor grandfather had to confront the fact I'd slept with such a rat. What girl would ever want to have to tell her granddad who she has slept with?'


Miss Baillie has also spoken of her anger at Ross and Brand's further broadcast in which they discussed breaking into Sachs's home and performing a sex act on him. 'They are beyond contempt,' she said.

'They must be the only people sick enough to think that breaking into an old man's house and sexually abusing him might be funny.

'They are warped for what they have put me and my grandfather through.'

Miss Baillie - who dances under the stage name Voluptua in burlesque troupe The Satanic Sluts - said they also telephoned her in an attempt to cover their tracks.

'They seemed to be trying to make a joke of it but I could tell that they were a bit concerned at the same time,' she said.

'I sensed they might have realised they had gone too far and were trying to limit the damage.'

Ross and Brand were both suspended yesterday, before Brand's resignation, and filming for Friday Night With Jonathan Ross show was cancelled hours before it was due to be recorded last night.

Ross has apologised to Sachs personally and yesterday issued a public apology for his, 'juvenile and thoughtless' remarks.

Former heroin addict Brand had presented his Radio 2 show since November 2006 and was thought to be paid more than £200,000 a year by the BBC.

The BBC last night refused to discuss the arrangements for the termination of his contract, but reports suggest Ross has been suspended on full pay.

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Even Paris Hilton feels the squeeze as credit crunch forces nightclubs to drop appearance fees

The last time Paris Hilton graced London with her presence, she received an estimated £70,000 in 'appearance fees'.

So one would imagine that she's been coining it in during her recent over-extended stay in the capital.

But this time, the credit crunch has definitely hit the hotel heiress.

Despite the fact that she's been pictured posing and pouting outside almost every fashionable club in London, she's only managed to rack up around £25,000 - which is close to £50,000 less than her last visit.
A source close to the 27-year-old socialite said: 'Paris demanded £50,000 from Paper nightclub. They were prepared to pay - but on the condition that she turn up twice, not go anywhere else before or after that evening, and stay for a minimum of two hours.

'But she didn't want to adhere to all the conditions so the club cancelled her appearance.'

Our spy added: 'Whisky Mist also refused to pay. But she went there anyway because there was a chance that she would bump into royalty - and she did in the end.

'The only club that paid her was Movida, and that was an estimated £25,000. Although it's a lot of money, to Paris's people it's nowhere near as much as she used to be able to command.'

Paris is over in the UK filming her new TV show, Paris Hilton's My New BFF (Best Friend Forever), which sees her trawling Britain in search of a new pal.

However, we reckon not many potential chums have had the chance to get near her - as she's spent most of her time holed up in her hotel room, or deep inside various nightclubs' VIP areas surrounded by bodyguards.

The American star caused quite a stir in Movida after turning up and making a bee-line for glamour model Katie "Jordan" Price. The pair were spotted dancing away in the VIP room where Paris quenched her thirst with bottles of Fiji water.

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Scabby Amy Winehouse looks painfully ill as she's taken to hospital again

Amy Winehouse is in hospital again amid new concerns over her health.

The singer, 25, who was seen heading to hospital looking painfully thin, with yellow teeth and scabby skin, was taken to The London Clinic on Saturday.

Her spokesperson denied initial reports the troubled star was heading back to rehab.

He said: 'Amy is being checked out for a chest infection. She's fine and is expected to return home soon.'

Amy, who has largely remained out of the spotlight in recent month, was joined in the cab by her American friend Blake Wood.

Ms Winehouse, who has been fighting a very public battle against heroin and crack cocaine, has been hospitalised numerous times this year.

In June she was given the stark warning by doctors to 'quit drugs or die' and at the end of that month she was diagnosed with the early stages of the lung disease emphysema.

However, as soon as she left the clinic she was seen smoking a cigarette.

In yet more troubling news, the singer has been warned she faces arrest after failing to earlier she failed to turn up for a meeting with police last week.

The Metropolitan Police want to quiz the singer over claims she hit a female fan, according to reports.

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Spooky! Cindy Crawford shows up at Hallowe'en party looking like an ATTRACTIVE Amy Winehouse

Cindy Crawford shed her usually groomed image last night to give her best impersonation of Amy Winehouse at a Hallowe'en party.

Beehive stacked high, make-up caked on her face and arms covered in mock tattoos, the supermodel's resemblance to the troubled singer was uncanny as she arrived at the star-studded event.

She opted for a strappy leopard print dress and huge hoop earrings to complete Amy's trademark trashy look.






But while Amy, 25, has looked increasingly bedraggled in recent years, the statuesque model still managed to look attractive, with her complexion positively glowing beneath the heavy make-up.

Cindy, 42, was just one of a host of celebrities who donned all manner of outfits for Kate Hudson's party in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Keeping true to the spooky spirit of the occasion, husband and wife Courtney Cox and David Arquette dressed as a witch and wizard.

Another couple - Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen and actress Isla Fisher - also put in an appearance.


But while Isla, 32, looked pretty is a shimmering fairytale-style dress, Sacha threw dignity to the wind and dressed head-to-toe as a cow.

Kate Hudson's step-father Kurt Russell looked dapper as a smartly turned-out sea captain.

And Spider-man actor Tobey Maguire, 33, wore a lumberjack shirt and a baseball cap emblazoned with the legend: 'I love my white trash wife'.

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