Miranda Coutts

Single in the city? Prince Charming hasn't called for you lately? My mother used to say, "Fat girls stay home on Saturday nights" and my grandmother said "Handsome men aren't going to come knocking on your door saying 'Is there a pretty girl in there?'." Don't dispair. It's time to get primped and primed and get out there! Time to leave your pussy on the couch, get up, get out and flaunt your stuff. Starting with toes. You no-doubt know my enthusiastic verdict on toes being pedicured and polished in red. Don't forget to moisturise those pins and show them off if they are worthy of it! Legs don't need to be tanned, just smooth, hair-free and even toned. Stockings are always a good thing! If you are feeling pudgy, start a new diet and try no to eat foods which have been too far from their natural state (or too long since they were growing). I look for foods with less than 4%fat, and limit my carbohydrates in the evenings. Give yo

Paul Leonard Newman was a bombshell kind of man. He stood 177cm tall, was an actor, director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto-racing enthusiast. He also served the United States Navy in World War II. His older brother was a producer and a production manager. Paul prefered New York to Hollywood and was hesitant to move there after studying drama at Yale University and with Lee Strasberg in the Actors' Studio. Paul Newman is one of my absolute favourite men so pardon me if I rave on a bit about him. In 1958 he married the lovely Joanne Woodward with whom he had 3 daughters. They lived away from Hollywood, prefering Westport, Connecticut. Paul often travelled to Hollywood for work, whilst Joanne rarely liked to be in Hollywood. He was devoted to his wife and family. When asked about infidelity, he said "Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?" He died of lung cancer, which isn't surprising as he was a former chain-smoker. He was

"Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got." - Sophia Loren Sophia Villani Scicolone, aka Sophia Loren. She's Drew Barrymore's godmother. We share the same height and her birthday is one day before mine (though she was born MANY years before me). She grew up in the slums outside Naples and her father was never married to her mother (a Greta Garbo look-alike). He just decided to leave them... She and her sister were shuffled away to live with her grandparents, out of desperation and poverty. When she was 17 she married Carlo Ponti (he was 39), the director of her first 2 films. It was annulled to save Carlo from bigamy charges in Italy. She did remarry him later. Her sister married Romano Mussolini (Benito Mussolini's son). Sophia has done time on the inside. She served 18 days in prison for tax evasion. Throughout her career and until his death, Sophia was a close friend of Cary Grant. Many of her films she acted with Marcello

Next week I'm going into a studio and recording my first songs on CD. One is a solo and the other a duet. It's the soundtrack for the stage show I'm currently in. I do hope I sound allright. But Marilyn, Jayne and Audrey couldn't really sing better than I can. So does it really matter that much? What we lack in substance will be made up for with style.

George Timothy Clooney. Man's Man, Woman's Man, Man About Town... Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer bet him that he'd have a child by the time he became 40 years of age. They sent him the cheques. He returned them in a counter-bet, betting double or nothing that he won't have children by the time he's 50. George was in a fistfight with his director of the film "Three Kings" David O. Russell after David derided a few extras out of frustration. This wasn't going to fly with George, therefore the fistfight. They do not remain friends... His palatial villa overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms, a wine cellar, and a master bedroom suite atop three floors. In his garage Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes. Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboat. He's the nephew of singer/actress Rosemary Clooney and was a pallbearer at her funeral. And although he was raised in the tobacco fields of Lexington in Kentucky, he do

Hello lovelies!! I'm back, so sorry it's been a while. House guests are like fish, they start to stink after 3 days. I've been dealing with rude house guests. I hope 2010 finds you well and I wish health and happiness throughout the year ahead. For me, I hope it brings personal assertiveness, people with etiquitte, good champagne, good friends, good hair and good fortune. Tomorrow I'm off to meet the costume designer involved in the production I'm in. I'll be having my 'wings' fitted! Oh glorious! I've always wanted wings!