Celeb entrepreneurship, new brands, new fashion, different styles and ways to earn fantastic sums

Just when you thought she couldn't get any stranger, Lady GaGa ups the ante.

The famously eccentric songbird has posed for a bizarre series of pics for cult brand Hello Kitty, designed to celebrate the famous white cat's 35th birthday. And she keeps her eyes closed throughout.

In the first, GaGa donned a jewel-encrusted bra with a matching eye-piece, Marilyn Monroe-style locks, fishnet tights and a Hello Pussy purse strung around her waist.

They don’t think it’s plagiarism, do they?

Pop rocker P!nk and her on/off racer husband teamed up to present his latest fashion venture – a collection of tattoo printed tees and hoodies.

Hart & Huntington clothing collection looks so much like Ed Hardy’s trademark prints and styles, don’t you agree?

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Just a month has passed since Nicole Richie had her second baby but she is already planning a new contemporary woman and baby clothing label called Winter Kate.

The label will be started in spring 2010.

Nicole isn’t new to fashion. She has launched her own jewelry line, House of Harlow 1960, this year and a maternity range, Nicole for a Pea in the Pod.

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Keira Knightley took grey scarf at new movie Last Night with Guillaume Canet in Soho, New York on October 20.

She was quite cute as a button when she grins and laughs.

Last Night opens in theaters in 2009.

She may be one of the hottest up-and-coming ladies in Hollywood, but  Sophie Monk is more than just another pretty face.

And she was spotted showing off her business-minded side as she exited the New Wave Entertainment building in Burbank, California October 2

The awesome Aussie actress looked super-sexy as she made her way through the parking lot, posing for pictures and signing autographs in a grey scoopneck long torso tee, denim cutoff shorts and tan platform heels.

According to a report, Sophie is the latest actress to try her hand at the world of reality television.  Her developing show “Bigger Than Paris” is said to be a real look into her quirky life.

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Derek Hatton, 60, is best remembered as a radical socialist when he was deputy leader of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s, and Neil Kinnock expelled him from the Labour party for being a member of Militant.
Now he runs a property company selling villas and apartments in Cyprus

How did your childhood experience influence your attitude to money?

I was a post-war baby and I grew up in a council house with two bedrooms. I was an only child and I learned later one of the reasons was that mum didn't work and my dad, who was a fireman, was concerned about how much it would cost to have another baby.

The post-war period was a time of austerity and my mum was particularly careful. She used to go berserk if ever I left food on my plate. I always say that kind of an upbringing will affect you in one of two ways: either you become frugal yourself or you react and go the other way. My attitude has always been that you don't know how long you've got in this world, so spend what you have while it's there.

What has your change in financial circumstances meant to you?

I now have the freedom to do things my parents could never do. I run my own business and, although there are some strains and stresses associated with that, if I need something I always find a way of getting the money. My parents had a fixed wage and had to stay within it, but I haven't had to live like that for the last 25 years.

Does talking about money embarrass you?

Not at all and I don't mind telling people how much I earn. It is public knowledge that my son and I sold our website business for a lot of money and I'm now involved in property in Cyprus, but it's hard to put an exact figure on my annual income because it goes up and down. It's certainly in the comfortable six figure bracket though.

Would you say you're good with money or irresponsible with it?

I don't think I'm irresponsible, but I'm definitely not good at saving. If I look at my bank accounts and see money in there I tend to think it's not doing much and I want to get it out and invest it in a business or in property. I want it earning money for me and not other people.

Isn't money earning for you when it's in a high interest account?

Not enough – if I get 6 per cent interest I have to pay 40 per cent tax on it through my tax return, so in reality it's only 3.6 per cent. At that rate I'm just about equal with inflation at, say, 3.5 per cent, so in future my pound will be worth a pound. What's the point of that?

Have you ever invested in shares?

Yes, I owned shares in a variety of companies in the 1980s. I invested a few thousand here and there, but I found it frustrating because unless you were monitoring it constantly you couldn't make the decision to sell at the right time. All of a sudden I'd look and see my investment going down. I remember I put £1,000 into Millwall football club in the 1980s because I heard from an influential friend that Chris Evans and Danny Baker were thinking of buying it and I passed the tip on to a couple of friends who've never forgiven me.

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During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show, Australian actor Russell Crowe offered up his solution to the economy crisis in the United States.

 

“I was thinking if they want to stimulate the economy, get people spending,” Crowe told host Jay Leno.

“I think you take the first 300 million Americans, if that’s the population at this point in time, give everyone a million bucks,” as $300 billion would be a fraction of the $700 billion financial bailout package rejected by Washington politicians. Leno responded with,

“Oh yeah, that’ll work.” Um, the cost of doing that would be $300 trillion, much more than $300 billion. Oh well. Not sure if Crowe was serious about that anyway, because he also claimed to be growing his hair and putting on weight for the dual role of Maid Marion/Friar Tuck in his upcoming movie, Nottingham (He’s actually playing the dual role of Robin Hood/the Sheriff), which begins shooting next March. 

There's good news for British fans of buxom singer Katherine Jenkins. 

The Welsh-born mezzo-soprano, who has just signed a record $5.8million deal with American label Warner Music, says that  -  contrary to reports  -  she will not be moving to Los Angeles.

'I'm not going to live there permanently, like everyone has been saying. I'll only be there for a few months while I promote my album,' says Katherine, 28, at the Harrods launch of her record Sacred Arias.

'I'm keeping my house here and I wouldn't want to make a big change like that at the moment.'

The Forces sweetheart, who is dating former Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones, also revealed her plans eventually to retire from performing.

'When I get older I would like to go back to teaching,' she says.

'I used to be a singing teacher and I loved it, so I see myself teaching master classes and that kind of thing.'

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With baby number two in tow, the musician is onto the next project — designing  uniforms for Rande Gerber’s Living Rooms at the W hotels. Her Harajuku Lovers young contemporary apparel and accessories are also going strong, according to retailers, as is her new Harajuku Lovers fragrance.

The L.A.M.B. fragrance has an estimated $30 million in annual sales and Harajuku Lovers has already tripled that.

In his hometown of Chicago, his first store, Clandestine Industries, is reeling in customers eager to copy his onstage looks. Wentz has DKNY Jeans to thank for jump-starting his fashion career.

Nordstrom has the exclusive this fall for the label’s wholesale.

She may be a big star on “The Hills,” but Conrad is even more serious about fashion, claiming she’ll always be a designer even once the reality show ends. The year-old line is already a $4 million business.

“The sell-throughs have been fantastic,” said Frank Doroff, vice chairman at Bloomingdale’s.

“We got it in and sold out immediately. We can’t get the merchandise on the floor fast enough. It is, by far, the best-selling celebrity line we have. It’s so much better than I thought it would be.”

Besides selling in Saks Fifth Avenue, Intermix and Henri Bendel, the Twenty8Twelve by S.Miller label has its own store in the sister's native London.

“We’re constantly learning, not only aesthetically, but from the point of view of being a new business,” Savannah Miller said.

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Matthew McConaughey has plenty on his plate between his acting career, modeling for Dolce & Gabbana and being a new dad, but he just launched a brand-new online store for his clothing line j.k. livin.

The name takes its inspiration from McConaughey’s 1993 film Dazed and Confused, while his father is the man stenciled into the line’s logo. So what can you expect from the online arm of such a personal project?

Jklivinstore.com has apparel for men and women, including sweatshirts and T-shirts, as well as accessories, infant onesies and even frisbees and wristbands! In the next few weeks, expect to see more T-shirt designs and sweatbands with music downloads, gift cards, foundation donations and more to roll out in the future. Check out the brand’s inspirational message and organic items at jklivinstore.com.

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