New book reveals………….
A report by Clair Weaver and Sally MacMillan in The Sunday Telegraph says that if you want to know where Nicole Kidman gets a spray tan while in Sydney, or which celebrity chef’s menu was rejected by Jessica Simpson in favour of a large pepperoni pizza with double cheese?
The you have to get this new guide book which lifts the lid on what the rich and famous really get up to when they are in Sydney.
Revelations range from Jessica Alba’s obsession with pavlova to Ralph Fiennes’s wild night of partying at Surry Hills before he joined the mile high club with a Qantas stewardess.
For the record, Kidman gets bronzed in Venustus at Paddington and Simpson ordered in pepperoni pizza instead of the quail eggs and wagyu steak served at Luke Mangan’s restaurant glass, in the Hilton Sydney.
Princess Mary and her husband Frederik, who hired Mangan to prepare a royal banquet, would be horrified.
The Red Carpet Guide To Sydney, written by entertainment writers Renae Leith-Manos and Kristy Meudell, is a compilation of 25 years’ worth of celebrity gossip.
“When Kristy and I met, we realised that collectively we just have the most massive bank of information,” Leith-Manos said. “It’s a bit of fun in a world where we are all so busy.” “People can relate to celebrities.”
City workers who train at Fitness First in Bond St should watch out for Will Smith when he is in town.
Actor Matt Damon uses his movie character name Jason Bourne to check into hotels while Kate Bosworth apparently calls herself Miss Torstar, which is the name of her management company.
Among the more bizarre anecdotes was Michael Jackson’s demand that room service staff pour cola on his floor to make it sticky, so he could practice his dance moves.
While the eagle-eyed paparazzi don’t miss much, Leith-Manos believes celebrities can take measures to ensure their privacy.
“A lot of celebrities like coming to Sydney but it is becoming much harder to escape attention,” she said. “My view is a celebrity decides how much attention they get, to a point.”
Report by The Mole from The Sunday Telegraph
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