Daily Mail - Access Interviews

Elton John

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Sir Elton John has revealed that he was left devastated when a former lover tortured by his sexuality killed himself. The multi-millionaire singer, who was himself married to a woman before his high-profile 'gay wedding' to lover David Furnish, said the ex-boyfriend was torn between his homosexuality and his Christianity. Ultimately, said Sir Elton, the man jumped to his death in front of a lorry. The star declined to identify the ex-boyfriend.

Sara Dale

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

She's the cancer nurse accused of sleeping with three men whose dying wives she'd cared for: What HAS she got to say for herself? Could there be a more devastating betrayal of trust, a more serious dereliction of duty? A nurse who cares for dying women stricken with cancer, jumps into bed with their husbands as soon as the women are dead?

Carly Simon

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

She's been romanced by a string of legendary Lotharios. Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson and Albert Finney - all are famous notches on Carly Simon's bedpost. 'And, to this day, I'm happy if I bump into any of them,' she says, with genuine good humour. 'I only have warm feelings about anyone I've ever been with.' Well, almost (as we shall see). We are sitting in her hotel suite, the detritus of life on the road clearly visible on every surface.

Richard Gere

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Richard Gere has been described as the most miserable and insular actor on earth. Perhaps it's not surprising as he's often asked in interviews if it's true he exposed himself to a female reporter (he doesn't remember). Others ask if he is gay (an urban myth, he insists). Today, however, Gere is warm and friendly. He is so charming that I find myself daydreaming about him sweeping me off my feet, as he did with co-star Debra Winger in An Officer And A Gentleman.

Rebecca Hunter

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Rebecca Hunter's son was three years old when she stopped breastfeeding him in public - she carried on in private until he was six. It wasn't the comments from strangers that drove her indoors, it was the cutting remarks she faced from her own friends. 'I hope you're not going to be one of those women who breastfeeds until her child is old enough to know what boobs are for,' said one

Melinda Messenger

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Television presenter Melinda Messenger today revealed the real reason behind her decision to quit Live From Studio Five, pinning the blame squarely on jack-in-the-box co-host Ian Wright. The model, 39, claims she was driven out of the job by the former Arsenal striker, branding their relationship 'intolerable'. Melinda's comments come after the football star told a newspaper she was 'not right' for the show.

Jeremy Darroch

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

BSkyB boss Jeremy Darroch is standing up straight, tapping into his computer while overlooking a dreary business park in the West London suburb of Isleworth. No polished walnut desk and gilt-edged paintings in this glass-walled office. As befits a media executive, an open-necked Darroch uses a waist-height ergonomic desk with no chair to conduct his business.

Melanie Prescott

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

When Melanie Prescott conceived her twins through IVF on Mother's Day last year, she thought she was the luckiest woman in the world. At 39, she finally had what she wanted. 'I was so lucky it happened with the first cycle,' she says. 'We'd been trying for a baby for a few years and decided on IVF because I had got to the point where I was waking up every morning thinking: "I'm just never going to have children."

Christian Bale

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

As much as she loves him, Christian Bale's mother must admit that her little boy has developed quite a temper. He may be one of the most talented and dedicated actors of his generation. He may be one of Hollywood's highest earners.

Fiona Phillips

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Fiona Phillips is worried she looks a complete mess. She has, it turns out, had one of those mornings. Her sons, Nathaniel and Mackenzie, were fighting and telling tales to mum, while her husband, Martin Frizell, was being as much help as a chocolate teapot. 'I said, "Just get on with it." I was so furious,' she says. 'I was brushing my teeth, thinking, "God, can't they do anything without me?"

Denise Fergus

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

The first question Denise Fergus asked when she was informed at 4pm on Tuesday that Jon Venables had been taken back into custody was: 'What has he done?' Had he harmed another child, she demanded to know. Had he hurt someone? How serious was it?

Andrew Lloyd-Webber

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

When the curtain goes up on the long-awaited £ 6 million sequel to theatre legend The Phantom Of The Opera next week, there will be as much anticipation and excitement for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies as there was when the original became an overnight sensation in 1986.

Peter Sands

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Having just announced his seventh successive year of record profits, it is perhaps not surprising that Standard Chartered chief executive Peter Sands is a little irritated to be quizzed about bonuses. This might be a telephone interview, but his clipped tones are unmistakable as he refuses to give further detail on the bank's $1.1bn bonus pool. 'No, I am not giving a comparison for last year. We have never disclosed this number before and we've had a whole lot of changes to the way we organise our bonus arrangements.'

Ruth Langsford

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

This Morning's Friday show presenter Ruth Langsford, 49, hates shopping in the sales and would love a capsule wardrobe. She lives with her fiance and co-presenter Eamonn Holmes and their son Jack, in Weybridge, Surrey.

Sarah and Hannah Burge

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

A teenage girl has become Britain's youngest Botox user at the age of just 15 - thanks to injections administered by her own mother. Hannah Burge, now 16, first had Botox injections into her facial muscles at a clinic in Spain last year after her mother Sarah, 49, gave consent.

Alistair Urquhart

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Alistair Urquhart was just 20 when he was called up in World War II. For 60 years, he has remained silent about the relentless brutality he endured at the hands of the Japanese army. Now, he reveals the full horror of his 750 days as a Far East prisoner-of-war. Here, in our first extract of his compelling autobiography, we learn of his capture and enforced labour on the notorious 'Death Railway'.

Barbara Want

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Nick Clarke, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's World At One programme, had one of the best-loved voices on radio, and his death from cancer in 2006 was a huge shock to the millions who listened to him daily. Here, in our first extract from her extraordinary new book, his widow Barbara Want tells the haunting story of their doomed love . . .

Luke Gamble

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

When Dorset vet Luke Gamble felt like a fresh challenge, he had no idea that his heroic efforts would turn him into a TV star. There are many moments of high-octane drama in Luke Gamble's life that really, honestly and truly shouldn't happen to a vet. Like the time a sedated leopard in Malawi began to stir unexpectedly early from its anaesthetic

Carol Vorderman

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

Carol Vorderman reveals the truth about her vicious battle with Channel 4, her tumultuous love life - and why she's decided to turn her back on celebrity... Carol Vorderman loves change. Which is a good thing, really, given that in the past few years everything has, well... changed. There's no more Countdown. No constant whirl of red carpets and celebrity parties. No more London. Oh, and soon, no more 40s.

The Sugababes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000

The Sugababes are running late. One is booking a skydive, another has stopped for a bacon sandwich and the third is rowing with her boyfriend. At least they're not arguing with one another. Pop's most volatile divas are known as much for their bickering and break-ups as for their hits.