George Michael was in court today following his arrest on July 4th after crashing his Range Rover into a shop front while under the influence of drugs.
The 47-year-old singer was found slumped at the wheel of his vehicle following the crash when police arrived in the early hours of the morning, with the engine of his car still running.
Following his arrest, the former Wham singer was taken to Hampstead police station where he was also found to be carrying cannabis. After a blood test was taken he was found to also have cannabis in his system but no alcohol, he was bailed and charged. This morning at the hearing, Michael received an interim six-month driving ban and will be sentenced at a later date.
It’s about time, this is the fifth time that the singer has been caught following improper driving. In February 2006 he was found asleep at the wheel of his car in possession of a class C drug. In April of the same year he allegedly crashed into three parked cars but was not charged. In October 2006 he was banned from driving for two-years after again being found slumped at the wheel and in possession of cannabis. In 2009, he was arrested after crashing into the back of a lorry whilst under the influence on the A34, although no action was taken.
The star has also been charged twice for incidents in public toilets, firstly in 1998 when he was arrested for engaging in a lewd act and again in 2009 after being arrested for possession of Class A & C drugs in a public toilet in Hampstead Heath.
I happened to spot Jodie Marsh at the British Superbike championship last weekend at Brands Hatch and my god does she look rough.
The former, not really sure what, is now in a relationship with the former British Superbike rider Michael Howarth and seems to be taking a real interest in the series but then I suppose she needs all the attention she can get.
Not only is she covered in the most horrendous tattoo’s, making Amy Winehouse look classy but she has also gone way over the top with the cosmetic surgery with her daffy duck lips and uneven, over-sized chest.
Still it’s not all bad as Jodie did come top in one of the public voting polls, see below. Michael, what are you doing, get out now while you can!
What happens when two teen pop stars meet on a movie set twenty years after fighting it out for chart supremacy in the late eighties?
Well, the answer is pretty obvious when the stars are Debbie Gibson and Tiffany…. FIGHT!
The two former pop princesses star in the film Mega Python vs Gatoroid which is currently under production, although I am not sure if they play either of the title characters.
One thing for sure, there is plenty of ‘bitching’ and ‘bitch slapping’ going on as the pair wrestle across tables and the floor covering each other in food.
A sort of Nine & A Half Weeks for Girl Fight fans! Top stuff.
Research by Europe’s largest online matchmaker, Parship, suggests that the World Cup has caused a drought in Summer dating, predicting a drop in first dates of 25% until the final on June 11th.
High numbers of both men and women have suggested that they will be putting love on the back boiler during the tournament, with 68% of men aiming to watch all of England’s games along with other key matches and 53% of women saying they would be doing the same.
Perhaps surprisingly, female football fans are more ruthless about not missing a game: 22% of women, compared to just 12% of men, said they would prioritise football over a date, while 48% of women, compared to 58% of men, would agree to missing an important game in favour of a first date. The remaining 12% of men and 14% of women would prefer to have their cake and eat it – by suggesting a date at a venue where the game was being screened.
Happily, you can impress your date in more subtle football-related ways: 26% of men and 17% of women would see extra attraction in a date who knew the offside rule; 25% of men and 22% of women would be impressed if a date knew the names of the England team, and 34% and 27% of women would be more likely to cosy up to a date who was hosting a World Cup party, well who wouldn’t?
The survey also revealed that a staggering six out of ten first dates are now arranged online and that 39% of Parship’s members have found someone special through their dating service.
A bill that was thought to have been passed in California banning the sale of electronic cigarettes in September 2009 has in fact not been made law as Governor Arnold Schwarzeneger declined to sign it.
A press release in October 2009 confirmed that the governor had indeed declined to sign the Bill400 that was passed by the Californian Senate on September 11th 2009.
The bill was originally written as “The Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program”, and then was amended to ban the sale of electric cigarettes to minors, which was very supportable. Additional wording in the bill would have also banned the sale of electronic cigarettes in the state of California to adults.
In a statement on the California Government web site, Governor Schwarzenegger made it clear that there is a difference between the freedoms of adults and children. In the letter, the governor made the following comments.
“I am returning Senate Bill 400 without my signature. While I support restricting access of electronic cigarettes to children under the age of 18, I cannot sign a measure that also declares them a federally regulated drug when the matter is currently being decided through pending litigation. Items defined as “tobacco products” are legal for anyone over the age of 18. If adults want to purchase and consume these products with an understanding of the associated health risks, they should be able to do so unless and until federal law changes the legal status of these tobacco products. For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger”
California had been instrumental in banning smoking in public places in the USA and the ‘ban’ on e cigarettes looked like they would be among the first places to stop sales of the alternative smoking aids.
