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lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014 Gossip MEL C wants to write an autobiography

KATY PERRY wants to have a baby he ‘Dark Horse’ hitmaker, who split from John Mayer for good in February after two tumultuous years together, has told friends that she is Tyearning to become a mother and doesn’t think she needs to be in a relationship. A source told gossip website RadarOnline.com: “Katy wants kids as soon as possible. She’s not talking about new boyfriends so much as finding a guy who can get her pregnant without expect- ing marriage.” The 29-year-old singer is due to kick off her The Prismatic World Tour in , on May 7 but thinks having a baby afterwards would be good for her. The insider claimed: “If she goes through with this, it will be as much a publicity stunt as anything else in her career. As she admits to her friends all the time, she is addicted to attention!” Katy split from ex-husband in December 2011 and the Despicable Me 2’ star’s desire to have kids was one of the reasons their 14-month marriage broke down. She previously admitted: “Russell really wanted me to have children and I knew I wasn’t ready. “I think it was a way of control. I’d have to be home more.” he former Spice Girl plans to reveal the band’s secrets in a tell-all book, but Tsays she wants to wait until she’s an “old woman” so she doesn’t get into trouble with her former band mates - Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Mel B and Victoria Beckham. She said: “Of course shenanigans did go on [in the 1990s] but I’m not going to share them. “I’m going to save them for my book when I’m 80. It’s not something that I’m inspired to do at the moment. But when I’m an old lady and I don’t mind who I upset, I might dish all the dirt then, I think we’ve all got dirt.” The 40-year-old singer, who last performed with the Spice Girls at the 2012 JULIO IGLESIAS Olympic Games, says her and the other members understand Victoria, 39, doesn’t enjoy performing anymore and is focused on her fashion career. Mel C said: “I don’t think we’ll ever do anything which was as exciting or fantastic as the Olympics. “Of course, us girls are very aware that Victoria doesn’t enjoy performing has never met Anna Kournikova anymore and that’s not her passion now, we completely understand that.” The he 38-year-old star has been in a relationship with the Russian tennis singer is “proud” of everything Victoria has achieved, after taking the industry by Tplayer for 12 years, but Julio Iglesias admits he has never been in the storm, and thinks her success is “remarkable” coming from a pop group. She said: same room as his son’s girlfriend. The 70-year-old Latin singer told the “It’s unprecedented. You would never imagine a girl from a band in the UK would April issue of Billboard magazine: “The last 14 years, 15 years of my life have absolutely reign in the world of fashion. I always feel proud on the red carpet say- flown by. And that’s the only way I can truly explain it. There’s no reason why- ing, ‘I’m wearing Victoria Beckham’.” it’s not his fault, and it’s not my fault.” Enrique started dating Anna, 32, after meeting her on the set of his ‘Escape’ music video in 2001, but he recently admitted that they have no plans to get married. He said: “I’m not against marriage, not at all, but when you’ve been with someone for such a long time, I don’t think it’s going to bring us closer together. I don’t think it’s going to make us any happier.” But the hunky star always knew they would end up RYAN together because they got on so well. He said: “She was just the coolest girl in Seacrest the world to me and we just, we got along.” planning to quit ‘Idol’? he 39-year-old star, who has host- Ted the US reality singing competi- tion since its first season in 2002, wants to jump ship before the FOX series is cancelled due to declining rat- ings. A source told gossip website RadarOnline.com: “Ryan is telling friends that this season of ‘Idol’ is likely to be his last. He’s lost the passion for it, and des- perately wants to do different things at this point in his career, like produce the Oscars and start developing more of his original ideas.” The presenter, who also hosts E!’s red carpet coverage at major award shows, is coming to the end of his $30 million two-year contract with ‘’ and is ready to focus on his career as a producer, as he has already has a lot of success with shows, including ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians.’ The source explained: “Ryan’s reduced role in this year’s Emmys red carpet coverage is a clear move toward a life that involves less hosting and more producing. He wants to transition to behind the scenes more, and is getting fed up with the ‘inter- viewing people’ part of his job, when his heart is really in the work he does as a producer.” The insider added: “This season of ‘Idol’ going to be a real endurance test for Ryan. ‘Idol’ is holding him back right now, but it’s also the most money he’s ever been paid for anything, so he has to be a politician about it.”

LINDSAY LOHAN is in a good place right now he 27-year-old actress dismissed rumors that she has fallen off the agonw again following her sixth stint in rehab for alcohol addiction last summer, Tand claims she has no regrets about documenting her sobriety struggles on her OWN reality series, ‘Lindsay.’ Guest-hosting ‘The View’ on Friday, the ‘Mean Girls’ star said: “It was important for me to be open and share that with viewers. Especially with me, because people have so many miscon- ceptions without knowing a person directly.” Lindsay is also trying to be “proactive” about getting her career back on track. She said: “I became an actress because that’s what I love to do, and I think a lot of people forgot that that’s what I’m actually in this industry for. So I think throughout the show, it’s a bit of a journey of me getting back into work mode and fighting to get the roles that I want to get, which I’m willing to do.” She dded:a “I’m very proactive. I’ll email people myself, or I’ll go to the studio myself, and I like doing that.” The troubled starlet isn’t dating anyone right now, as she is too busy. Asked if there was a man in her life, she said: “No. They’ve been a distraction for me in the past.”

KANYE WEST moves into a hotel in LA he ‘New Slaves’ hitmaker is reportedly fed up of living with his fiancée Kim feels like a ‘chipmunk’ TKardashians’ mother, Kris Jenner, while their $11 million Bel Air mansion is being renovated and has decamped to the Beverly Hills Hotel with the he 28-year-old singer was feeling sorry for herself after developing a puffy face from ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ star and their daughter North, 10 months, to Thaving her teeth yanked out prior to her ‘ArtRave: The Artpop Ball’ tour in May. The record his next album. A source told OK! magazine: “Kris’ constant meddling took a eccentric star posted a picture on her account last night of her in bed, clutching toll on him. He was miserable and wanted his own space, but their house won’t be a monkey, with a sad expression plastered across her face. She accompanied the snap with ready until the summer, so he and Kim have been staying at the hotel with North. the caption: “Chipmunk Cheeks Wisdom Teeth out before tour. I can’t eat. I’m gonna put some “They have a large suite for their living quarters and Kanye has another room that meatballs in a blender. (sic)”. Lady Gaga had informed her followers earlier on in the day that he uses to record in.” The couple, who are set to get married in Paris on May 24, she had undergone the operation and was on medication to control the pain. She tweeted: hoped they would be able to move into their new home, which they purchased “Wisdom teeth out. P-p-Percocet p-p-Percocet (sic)”. Meanwhile, the blonde beauty is deter- last June, as soon as they return from their honeymoon but the house is nowhere mined to look her best at all times and recently admitted to using facelift tape as part of her near complete. The insider added: “It’s been one setback after another for Kim and morning ritual to pull her skin back on her face and neck to give her a more youthful appear- Kanye. They are pretty much homeless at the moment.” Kris, 58, previously insisted ance. She said previously: “When I have my wig cap on and I’m taping my face, it’s a sort of she and Kanye, 36, were getting on very well at her home in Calabasas, California. meditation for me. Every day, it starts the same way. It’s like a mantra. “I wash my face, I pin my She said last August: “He is a great guy. We live together. He’s my roommate. He’s hair back and put on a wig cap and I ask, ‘How am I going to form my eyes today with this an amazing guy and he is so clean. He is such a great member of my family.” tape? How will I pull back my neck with tape?’” —Bangshowbiz