Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel is a 34 year-old New Yorker with a history of dating married celebrities after she lost her fiancée in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

In the wake of reports that Tiger Woods was involved in a single car accident on Friday, November 27, more details have been exposed on the avid golfer's alleged affair with Rachel Uchitel. Star Magazine claims to have been informed by Uchitel's friend Ashley Sampson that Uchitel first met Woods when she was still working as an event planner and the director of VIP Operations for the Big Apple hotspot Griffin.

Spice Girls musical to hit stage

NEW YORK - THE Spice Girls are out to conquer the world again with a musical based on their hit songs.

The British all-girl band is collaborating on the show, which will have an original story and be built around Spice Girls hits. It has the working title Viva Forever after the group's 1998 British No. 1 single.

The show is being created by the band's former manager Simon Fuller and Judy Craymer, who produced the musical Mamma Mia! featuring the songs of Swedish band Abba, which was a worldwide hit.

The group's five members are 'Sporty Spice' Melanie Chisholm, also known as Mel C, 'Posh Spice' Victoria Beckham,'Ginger Spice' Geri Halliwell, 'Baby Spice' Emma Bunton and'Scary Spice' Melanie Brown.

The creators hope the show will have its debut on the London stage in two or three years and, if successful, could be performed in other countries.

The Spice Girls' sex appeal, catchy tunes and 'girl power' philosophy made them a pop music phenomenon after the release of their first single Wannabe in 1996. The group split up in 2000, but came together for a successful reunion tour in 2007. -- REUTERS

Posh spends $1.1m in Milan

'I've spent too much. Shopping is like a drug. The more you have the more you want. When I'm in Milan I don't know how to resist it,' Beckham said. -- PHOTO: AFP

LONDON - FORMER Spice Girl and wife of soccer star David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, has reportedly spent S$1,116,512 during a shopping spree in Milan, Italy, where her husband is playing soccer for AC Milan, reported entertainment media on Monday.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, among the items she purchased were 20 pairs of Dolce and Gabbana shoes, 12 pairs of Versace sunglasses and a Rolex watch.

Beckham, also known as 'Posh' Spice from her days as a pop star, admitted she always overspends when she is in the Italian fashion capital, reported celebrity website Bang Showbiz.

'I've spent too much. Shopping is like a drug. The more you have the more you want. When I'm in Milan I don't know how to resist it,' Beckham said

'The things in those wonderful boutiques are saying, 'Come and buy me, come and buy me.' Anyway, it helps the economy.' -- AP

Sandra Bullock 2009's top star

LOS ANGELES - IN THE eyes of US movie theater owners, Sandra Bullock shined as 2009's top Hollywood star at the box office, as the actress nicknamed'America's Sweetheart' scored with audiences after a two-year absence from screens.

Quigley Publishing Company's annual list released on Thursday of top money making stars, based on a poll of hundreds of theater executives, had Bullock beat out such stars as George Clooney and Denzel Washington, on the strength of her roles in'The Proposal' and 'The Blind Side.'

Romantic comedy 'The Proposal' made US$315 million at worldwide box offices following its June release, and football drama 'The Blind Side' has made US$193 million only in the US and Canada since its Nov 20 release, with its roll-out in other countries still to come.

Bullock, who also starred in the 2009 comedy 'All About Steve' with its US$34 million take in the US and Canada, is the eighth woman to top Quigley's list of top money making stars, which the company has put out each year since 1932.

Quigley Publishing said the list does not rank stars only on how much cash their films made, but on what theater owners say about who attracts audiences on their star power alone. For instance, 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' was the top movie at US and Canada box offices in 2009 with more than US$400 million, but many in Hollywood attribute that to the appeal of the franchise itself and the toys it's based on.








The last woman to top Quigley's list was Julia Roberts in 1999. She failed to make Quigley's 2009 top 10 this year, after her turn in romantic comedy 'Duplicity' bombed at the box office. -- REUTERS