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Welcome back to the first installment of the new millennium, unsurprisingly the world of show business is no less corrupt and again I will be shining my lantern of justice into its darkest corners.  This issue I get behind the stink surrounding Britney Spears and her previously mysterious visits to Smiley Sam's Sweet Emporium.  I also bring the tragic story behind Clive Goodman, the man from Essex who invested his entire fortune in Garry Glitter merchandise only one year ago.  Finally in a global exclusive I preview the scientific genius Stephen Hawking's debut album 'A Brief History of Rhyme' and reveal his boredom with the dry world of the academic and search for a wild life of sex, drugs, rock and roll. 

Spears-Mint

Britney Spears may appear to be the girl who has it all, young, beautiful, busty, rich and to top it all American.  However the expensively produced videos and glossy photos hide Britney's ongoing battle against chronic halitosis, which is causing not only social aostracization but financial stress as huge percentages of her fortune disappear on tic-tac's and polo mints.  A reliance upon such sugar based props has only added to the ailing singers oral difficulties and her now rotting and yellow teeth have to be painted white with a thin layer of tip-ex before each of her celebrity performances.

Spears - Rubbish coming out of her mouth.

Obtaining an interview with the now reclusive singer obviously posed significant difficulties and was only possible via a secret meeting in an internet chat-room, for the sake of completeness I shall now include a transcript of the discussion, I feel it's content shall speak for itself.  I went under the name of C.G. and she was B.S.

C.G.-    Hi Britney, it's wonderful that we have this time together, it's only a  shame that it has to be via this rather impersonal medium.

B.S.- Yes I know but unfortunately it is absolutely necessary, I have not talked to anyone other than a family member directly in over a year.

C.G.- That's awful surely you must be going out of your mind, have you imposed this isolation voluntarily in order to permit your musical style to mature and deepen?

B.S.- Well that will be a silver lining surrounding this dark episode, the truth is that it has simply become too embarrassing to venture out.

C.G.- Embarrassing?

B.S.- Yes, people were starting to talk behind my back, given more time I'm sure I would have developed into a global laughing stock only by becoming a recluse have I managed to save my face.

C.G.- What were they talking about?

B.S.- Well it all started when my new hectic lifestyle led to a disintegration in my diet, I found myself eating less and less fruit and vegetables and drinking expensive red wine instead of my usual pure bottled water.

C.G.- That can only be expected, sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of fame, surely the consequences can't have been that great.

B.S.- Yes well that's what I thought and initially I got away with it, however soon my stomach was giving uncontrollable grumbles and nauseous gasses were bubbling to the surface.

C.G.- Oh, that's nasty, when did people start to notice?

B.S.- Well I was being interviewed by Donna Air on MTV and she suddenly noticed a faint smell of rotten eggs, I passed it off as the packed lunch my mum had prepared for me, however from that moment I knew my secret was out.

C.G.- With your vast monetary resources could you not have turned to medical science for a solution?

B.S.- I tried, however my digestive tract proved to be beyond them.  I was in and out of hospitals and clinics for several weeks before they told me that they could do nothing, it was at that point that I turned to mint snacks.

C.G.- Mint snacks?

B.S.- Yea, I can just about keep my problem in check by getting through a packet of mints every half an hour.  I get it at wholesale prices and am currently negotiating a sponsorship deal with Wrigley's which should see me through until 2003.

Wrigley's - A girls best friend?

C.G.- Is this a successful solution?

B.S.- Yes and no, I still don't have complete freedom of movement however it is now possible for me to make limited celebrity appearances between mint top-up's.

C.G.- How's the breath at the moment?

B.S.- Totally rancid, I have stopped noticing myself, but the giveaway is when the cat starts to run away from me.

C.G.- Our sympathies, we hope you get through this difficult time and emerge on the other side smelling of roses.

B.S.- Thanks, you won't tell anyone any of this will you?


All That Glitters Aint'...
 
Clive Goodman is not a celebrity, and certainly never will be as he is a short squat balding man from Basingstoke.  However what he shared with many of the readers of this page was a love of all things famous, combined with a shrewd financial mind and an eye for business.  Possessing of these facets it is perhaps unsurprising that given the entertainment climate of two years ago Clive saw fit to invest his entire fortune in Garry Glitter merchandise, the now shamed glam rocker seemed poised on the edge of a global revival, which was of course cut off by that ill fated trip to PC World.
Glitter - Sorry we can't oblige.

"It all seemed so logical at the time" says Clive, "I sold the Cortina took out a loan from the Nat West and invested in a huge supply of T-Shirts with a picture of Gary on the front and 'leader of the pack' emblazoned on the back in large letters".  These goods  have of course depreciated by upwards of 1000%, even the charitable organization Oxfam are refusing to take them off his hands describing, them as "disgusting and crass".  The effects on Clive and his family have been devastating with them moving out of their comfortable two up two down suburban home to a soggy cardboard box at the end of the street.  The children now only get two cold lumps of coal to eat every day and only get these through the sacrifice of Clive and his good wife, who chew on yesterdays newspaper for sustenance.

Celebrity Gossip attempted to approach Glitter to obtain a comment, however he was unavailable, although I'm sure he's out there somewhere in cyberspace. 


'Rhyme and Reason'

Here at Celebrity Gossip we have not been immune to criticism ourselves, often being told that we revel in the lower things of life, pop music etc., whilst ignoring the better things, fine wine; art and the suchlike.  Today those claims will be put to rest forever as we can exclusively reveal a groundbreaking interview with the undisputed master of science, Stephen Hawking.  Our inquiries came at quite an ironic time however for just as we were discovering the finer things in life Stephen was thinking 'sod the universe - I fancy some drugs'.

Hawking-'Sod the universe-I fancy some drugs'.

As a first step in this rock and roll lifestyle Steve has decided to launch an album, hoping to mirror the success of his top-selling books.  The album, provisionally titled 'A Brief History of Rhyme', is rumored to be 'experimental' and although the record company has cast a veil of secrecy over it we can reveal that it is a collaboration with veteran rockers ZZ_Topp.  The big S's vocal style is obviously somewhat restricted and the songs will most probably involve him rapping quantum equations and anecdotes about his torrid affairs over that full southern sound.  Perhaps the most exciting part of the project is the visual concept - in the videos Stevie Boy will go on a magical trip around the world empowered by a super wheelchair given to him by his mystical fairy godmother.

Topp - RRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK.

Hawkings defection to the world of 'yoof' will obviously be deeply felt by the crusty world of academia, however at the moment they are too bitter to show it.  Their only statement was 'we don't care' followed by an unnecessary 'We think he cheated in all his tests anyway, wrote the answers on his arm if you must know'.  So far talk of a global tour is pure speculation, however be sure if there are any developments you'll here it here first.  As for the promised interview, sorry it never happened we turned up as promised on the dusty Texas highway S.H.'s chair pulled up half an hour later bearing a clearly loaded Hawking;  "so Steve tell us all about your universe" I casually asked "sod it" he screamed, threw his television at me and left me in a fog of his dust as he disappeared over the horizon; theres just no stopping that crazy cat.

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This sight was last updated on 18th December 1999.

The events described in this page are fiction and bear no relation to any actual events, any similarities seen are entirely coincidental and should be put down to an over-active imagination and rectified with an early trip to bed.
©Dec. 1999, Neil Mccreadie enterprises ltd.
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