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Lil splits from Blue's Lee |
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28/3/2002, 6:00pm GMT
Lil has split from Lee Ryan (pictured),
one of the members of the highly popular
all-male group, Blue, after a few months
dating each other. They first got
to know each other more while they were
stranded in New York, following the
tragic events on September 11th, last
year. They were seen together at
the wedding of Bryan McFadden and former
Kitten, Kerry, at the start of January,
this year. The split comes about
because of the busy schedules that both
Lil and Lee have with the commitments to
their own bands and that as a result,
they were seeing very little of each
other.
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Tour, single, nomination |
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 22/3/2002, 7:00am GMT
Just reminding you of what's really
important on the Kittens at the
moment!!! First, Atomic Kitten are
onto the final part of their tour with
dates at the end of this month and also
into April. If you've seen the
Kittens in concert already, please tell
us about it!!! Send us your
reviews and we can put it up on our
Concert Reviews page if it's okay!!!
If you're going to see them - have
fun!!! The remaining dates for the
tour can be found on the
Tour &
Appearances page. Next, the
Kittens have all-new music coming up
with a brand new single called 'It's
OK!' expected to hit the music store
shelves on the 6th May 2002!!!
They're filming the video for the new
single in Cape Town, South Africa.
We'll keep you posted on the details of
the new single as we get them!!!
Finally, Atomic Kitten have been
nominated for Best Pop Act at this
year's 95.8 Capital FM awards which
takes place on the 27th March 2002 at
the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, UK,
and will be hosted by entertainer and
Capital FM DJ, Chris Tarrant. |
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Kittens give help to ill child |
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13/3/2002, 7:00am
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Atomic Kitten are aiming to raise money
for a 6-year old child who is in need of
a life-saving operation in the USA for a
very rare condition called neuroblastoma.
Robyn Brooks is affected by the
condition which involves the spine.
Half-a-million pounds is needed to send
her to the USA and already £125,000 has
been raised by Robyn's parents with the
help of neighbours and friends in
Rochdale, UK, where they live. To help in the cause,
Atomic Kitten have donated £1 from every
ticket sold at the gig in Manchester, UK
and are working to find other ways to
raise more money. Atomic Kitten
appeared yesterday (12th March) morning
on 'GMTV' on ITV to speak of the appeal.
They said that they had fallen in love
with Robyn as soon as they had met her
and aim to provide their full support.
You can find out more about the appeal
at the
Official Atomic Kitten website.
If you would like to donate some money
to the appeal you can write to: Robyn
Brooks Appeal, Karen Brooks, PO Box 266,
Rochdale, England, OL12 0XB. |
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Kerry is best celebrity mum!!! |
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  8/3/2002, 7:30am
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Kerry, the former Kitten, has been voted
Best Celebrity Mum of the Year in a
special poll by the toy company, The
Blue Foot Bear Company. To mark
this special award, Kerry was given a
Super Mum teddybear at a special
ceremony held in London on Wednesday
(6th March). The NSPCC will
receive a donation of 50 teddybears from
The Blue Foot Bear Company. Kerry
was more than delighted to have received
the coveted title: "All I've ever wanted
to be is a mum and have my own family.
To get an award for it is amazing."
Kerry beat off competition from TV
presenter, Davina McCall (pictured
centre) and former Spice Girl, Victoria
Beckham (pictured right). Kerry,
who is herself now a TV presenter,
scored the majority 21% of the votes in
the special poll, followed by Davina
with 20% and Victoria with 12%.
Also in the running for the title
included: Cherie Blair (who came 4th),
TV presenter, Ulrika Jonsson and
actress, Kate Winslet while at the
bottom saw names like actress, Daniella
Westbrook and former All Saints star,
Nicole Appleton. The title of Best
Celebrity Mum was won last year by
former Hear'say member, Kym Marsh but
this year she didn't appear amongst the
host of celebrities in this poll.
Kerry gave birth to her baby daughter,
named Molly, back in September of last
year with Westlife star, Bryan McFadden.
The two got married in January this
year. Congratulations to Kerry for
being Best Celebrity Mum!!! |
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Tash to take time off after birth of new son |
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7/3/2002, 6:30am
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Following the official announcement that
Tash is four months pregnant, Tash has
said that she'll be taking time off work
after her new baby son is born.
Tash will have her new son with fiancé,
Fran Cosgrave, a former security guard
for successful pop group, Westlife.
They're expecting their new child in
August this year. Speaking to The
Sun newspaper, Tash made it clear that
she had no plans to permanently leave
Atomic Kitten which was what former
Kitten, Kerry did when she was expecting
her child with Westlife member, Bryan
McFadden. Tash said: "Being in
Atomic Kitten is my dream job. I'm
not going to give it up that easily.
Kerry's time in Atomic Kitten had come
to an end. She wanted to get into
TV presenting and decided to leave.
The band is my life so I'm not leaving.
I will have two months off after the
birth and then we will all be back.
I don't think having a baby will have a
bad effect on us as a group." Tash
believes that the birth will fit in with
her commitments to the band and gave
examples of how it worked out with other
groups: "When the All Saints started,
one of them already had a child, and
starting families didn't harm the Spice
Girls. It's inevitable with a girl
band that one or all will become mums."
Tash is absolutely delighted to be
having a baby and is keen on having
children of her own especially after
Kerry announced that she was expecting
hers: "I found out I was pregnant when I
came back to work in January and told my
parents a couple of days later.
The baby wasn't planned but I have
always wanted kids. Since Kerry
became a mum last August I've been
feeling pretty broody so I was really
excited when I found out. I wanted
to scream out the news to the world but
I couldn't." Tash felt she had to
let Lil and Jen know first before the
public got to know of the good news: "If
I was a solo artist, I could have told
everyone but I had to tell the other
girls first. I only told them and
my manager last week once I knew
everything was fine. They were
delighted for me and Fran and we haven't
stopped the baby talk." Tash and
Fran have already thought up names for
their new son with candidates being Josh
or Corey. Both Tash and Fran met
at a gig and got ever closer, getting
engaged at the end of April last year.
They've already bought a house worth
£800,000 in West London, UK.
Recently, Kerry and Bryan had their baby
daughter in September, last year, whom
they named Molly. In January this
year, Bryan and Kerry got married.
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Tash is pregnant |
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4/3/2002,
7:00am GMT
It has been confirmed that Tash is four
months pregnant. Tash will have
her new baby with her fiancé, Fran
Cosgrave, a former security guard for
successful pop group, Westlife.
They're expecting a son in August.
In speaking to The Sun newspaper, Tash
said: "Fran and I are both really
thrilled. We're still getting used to
the idea." The news follows on
from the special moment that both former
Kitten, Kerry and Westlife star, Bryan
McFadden experienced when Kerry gave
birth to their daughter, Molly back in
September of last year. Only early
on this year, back in January, did Bryan
and Kerry marry. |
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