The 9 O'Clock News – Wed 23 Apr

Posted by heatworld on Wednesday 23 Apr 2008

Filed under: Amy Winehouse, Billy Zane, Blake Fielder-Civil, Craig Fitzpatrick, Gavin & Stacey, Kelly Brook, Ruth Jones

Kelly breaks off engagement with Billy!
Kelly Brook has split up with her fiance Billy Zane – after four years together. According to reports, Kelly, 28, has been re-assessing her life since the death of her father last November and ultimately decided that she was too young to marry her 42-year-old fella. Ouch – we felt that one, Bill. “Kelly has decided that Billy is not the man she want to marry,” said a source. “The split is completely amicable and the decision was made after long conversations here and in the US. They remain good friends.” The Titanic actor has now moved our of their £1million house in Kent and is making plans to move back to LA. Let’s just hope his heart will go on. Sorry...

Amy in book talks
Amy Winehouse and Blakeincarcerated have been offered a cool £1million to write a tell-all book about their marriage. According to reports, the bee-hived one in currently is talks with Penguin publishers, while Blakeincarcerated has said to have agreed to the deal. We bet he has! A source said: “They are prepared for it to be a warts and all.” Oo-er. We can’t wait for that one...

Nessa releases record. Yay!
Lush news, Gavin & Stacey fans – Ruth Jones, aka truck driver Nessa, is planning to release a record. Ruth wants to release her and Bryn (Rob Brydon)'s version of Islands In The Stream in time to make it to the Christmas No.1, which they performed at Gwen's barn dance on the show recently (except their version is called Barry Islands In The Stream *Claps*) "The fans want us to release it. There's already a group on Facebook and I'm up for it," says Ruth. Christmas No.1s, Baftas – Ruth and James Corden for joint Prime Minister next, we reckon. Go team Gavin & Stacey!
 
Waterloo Road star on the run
Craig Fitzpatrick, 21, who plays bad boy and former pupil Lewis Sneddon in TV series Waterloo Road, is on the run after being convicted of attacking his pregnant girlfriend. Craig was due to appear in court yesterday to be faced with the charges (he was found guilty), but did not turn up. The TV actor, who has also appeared in Shameless and Holby City, hit his girlfriend Julie Owens, who is seven months pregnant with their second child, in the face during a row. She called the police, but he hid and once they had left he returned to repeatedly attack her. A spokesperson for the show said that Craig had now left the show due to his storylines running their course.