AMY WINEHOUSE
It’d be unfair to suggest that Amy’s year has been all bad. She won an Ivor Novello songwriting award in May; was honoured with a wax dummy in Madame Tussauds in July and her hubby got out of jail in November. But Amy also received a caution for slapping a man in the face, was arrested after a video surfaced of her smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine, and got in a fight with a member of her own audience during her set at Glastonbury. Amy was too ill to attend the unveiling of her wax dummy, she only found out about the early release of her estranged husband after reading about it in the paper, and she was hospitalised in November after a bad reaction to prescription medicine.
JONATHAN ROSS
Jonathan started 2008 by bagging a prestigious Sony Gold Award for his hugely popular Radio 2 show, and kicked off another series of his chat show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. But all that changed in October, when he teamed up with Russell Brand to make prank phone calls to 78-year-old actor Andrew Sachs on Brand’s Radio 2 show. Eighteen thousand people complained, Brand resigned from the BBC, and Ross was suspended without pay for three months. His £18 million four-year deal was also called into question, he is due to return to work in January 2009.
DANNII MINOGUE
Ms Minogue was the big success story of X Factor 2007, guiding her acts Leon Jackson and Rhydian Roberts to first and second place in her first year as a judge. But in 2008, Dannii’s X Factor fortunes have disappeared (like her tiny nose). Feisty Rachel Hylton and Dannii struggled to see eye-to-eye; there were reported spats between Dannii and Simon Cowell; Simon chose to sit next to new, younger judge Cheryl Cole on the panel; and then Dannii broke down in tears during a live show in November following a spat with Louis Walsh.
Ms Minogue was the big success story of X Factor 2007, guiding her acts Leon Jackson and Rhydian Roberts to first and second place in her first year as a judge. But in 2008, Dannii’s X Factor fortunes have disappeared (like her tiny nose). Feisty Rachel Hylton and Dannii struggled to see eye-to-eye; there were reported spats between Dannii and Simon Cowell; Simon chose to sit next to new, younger judge Cheryl Cole on the panel; and then Dannii broke down in tears during a live show in November following a spat with Louis Walsh.
MADONNA
‘Life With My Sister Madonna’ was written by the star’s younger brother, Christopher Ciccone, who admits he has not spoken to the star for several years. 2008 will also be remembered as the year the queen of pop filed for divorce from Guy Ritchie after eight years of marriage. “I’m sad about my personal life,” she admitted. “But I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life.” Madonna had wanted their three children to settle in New York, but as part of her divorce deal with Guy, she has agreed that he should share custody of his sons.
‘Life With My Sister Madonna’ was written by the star’s younger brother, Christopher Ciccone, who admits he has not spoken to the star for several years. 2008 will also be remembered as the year the queen of pop filed for divorce from Guy Ritchie after eight years of marriage. “I’m sad about my personal life,” she admitted. “But I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life.” Madonna had wanted their three children to settle in New York, but as part of her divorce deal with Guy, she has agreed that he should share custody of his sons.
SIENNA MILLER
Can anyone name a film that Sienna Miller starred in this year? 2008 has been all about Sienna’s private life. The 26-year-old suffered a very public backlash after she began dating a married father-of-four, Balthazar Getty from the Channel 4 series Brothers and Sisters. Sienna’s profile took a further battering after photos surfaced of the topless star kissing Getty on a boat of the coast of Italy, and not long after, Sienna’s London home was defaced with graffiti.
Can anyone name a film that Sienna Miller starred in this year? 2008 has been all about Sienna’s private life. The 26-year-old suffered a very public backlash after she began dating a married father-of-four, Balthazar Getty from the Channel 4 series Brothers and Sisters. Sienna’s profile took a further battering after photos surfaced of the topless star kissing Getty on a boat of the coast of Italy, and not long after, Sienna’s London home was defaced with graffiti.
KERRY KATONA
In August 2008, Kerry was declared bankrupt for failing to pay an enormous tax bill. Then she appeared to be slurring her words during an interview on This Morning in October, prompting hosts Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton to inquire about her wellbeing. Kerry blamed prescription drugs for her condition, but in the days following the interview, she sacked longtime publicist Max Clifford and admitted she had been diagnosed an alcoholic a few years ago.
In August 2008, Kerry was declared bankrupt for failing to pay an enormous tax bill. Then she appeared to be slurring her words during an interview on This Morning in October, prompting hosts Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton to inquire about her wellbeing. Kerry blamed prescription drugs for her condition, but in the days following the interview, she sacked longtime publicist Max Clifford and admitted she had been diagnosed an alcoholic a few years ago.
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