(au nom de Geri)


September 2002

26/09

>The Spice is not right

Popstars: The Rivals judge Louis Walsh has been giving the press his opinion of fellow judge Geri Halliwell. In an interview with the Daily Mirror Popstars: The Rivals judge Louis Walsh has hit out at Geri Halliwell. Fellow Judge Pete Waterman has already had a tongue lashing from the Irish Svengali along with the show’s hopefuls, but this time it’s the turn of former Spice Girl Geri. He is quoted as saying: “ If Geri came to audition she wouldn’t get through. The Spice Girls couldn’t sing, couldn’t dance and they didn’t look good.” On the positive side he does give her some credit thankfully: “Geri’s famous and she’s had a huge career because she’s very driven and ambitious and that’s what counts. She’s done fantastically well for a very ordinary girl with very ordinary talents.”

source: popstars

>Geri may quit pop

Popstars: The Rivals judge Geri Halliwell has been telling the press that she may quit pop. Geri Halliwell has said that she may give up on pop after just one more album, reports the Daily Star. Talking about her future plans the paper quotes her as saying: "I really think it’s time for some changes.” The revelation comes from her autobiography, Geri Halliwell – Just For The Record and strongly hints that she may well quit in the not too distant future. She says: “I’ve been on this planet almost 30 years. Maybe I should do one more album and then quit.”

source: popstars

22/09

>GERI'S DOWN AND OUT

She's crushed after split with her new lover

GERI Halliwell has dumped her millionaire boyfriend Demian Walker, the News of the World can reveal.

The Popstars beauty, famously unlucky in love, called a halt to the relationship because her commitment to work was wrecking their romance.

The 27-year-old American has returned to Los Angeles "indefinitely." The couple have only spoken on the phone since. Last weekend she was seen wandering unhappily in West London, crouching in a doorway to make a call.

A fan who saw her said: "You see her smiling and chirpy on TV, but she clearly had a lot on her mind. It was an ordinary road and she just looked very unhappy." A close pal said: "Geri was the happiest most of us have ever seen her most of the time she was with Demian. "But then the rows started and things went from bad to worse almost over night.

Former Spice Girl Geri met Demian in an LA pet shop. They were later seen together at an Arizona rehab clinic specialising in bulimia problems. She told the News of the World just last month: "I appreciate that, for Demian, there's an awful lot of baggage to take on board and it requires a huge amount of tolerance. Only time will tell how he copes with my fame." Her pal said: "It was harder than he ever thought. She deserves a good man so much."


GLUM: Now she only speaks to Demian on the phone	HEAD IN HANDS: 'Rows went from bad to worse'	HAPPINESS LOST: Geri with Demian before split

source: news of the world

>New single on January

Geri herself broke the news during a T.V. show, a new single is expecting to be released on January! Moreover, she told she has also been back in studios with Pete Waterman in order to record her third solo album!

20/09

>Geri reveals that Pete Waterman reminds her of her father

Popstar: The Rivals judge Geri Halliwell has revealed that her relationship with fellow judge Pete Waterman is very much like that of a father and daughter. Speaking on ITV1’s This Morning Programme Geri revealed that Pete even reminds her and her mother of her late father. She said: “Pete and I have a strange relationship, one minute we could be arguing and the next the best of friends. He’s very much like my late father, in fact he even reminds my mum of him.” Geri went on to explain that it was because of Pete she decided to appear in the show. “At first I didn’t want to do it, but Pete kept calling me up and eventually twisted my arm,” she said. She also dismissed rumours of a bust up with Pete as, “rubbish” adding: “I just laugh at press gossip now.”

source: popstars

19/09

>Geri launches second book

Hundreds of fans have turned out to see Geri Halliwell promote her second autobiography. Her book, which is said to tell "the honest and heartfelt story of her life over the last four years since the break-up of the Spice Girls", follows her first autobiography If Only, which has so far sold 455,000 copies. The singer signed copies of her book 'Just For The Record' and posed for pictures with fans at the Trafford Centre, Manchester. Around 500 fans, some of whom were queuing since 7am, and others who were practising their Spice Girls dance routines, shouted: "Geri we love you" as they waited their turn to meet her. Geri said: "The last four years have been a rollercoaster ride and a lot has happened to me. I wanted to write about the anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories and my own feelings about things as they took place." Fan Jody Margerison, 20, of Rochdale, who was the first person in the queue at 7am and has been a fan since the Spice Girls' first single Wannabe was released in 1996, said her 10-hour wait to see Geri would be well worth it. "She is the best out of all them. She always has been the power and drive behind the whole group and that is why they did not do as well when she went." Jody added: "She is the original girl power. She should be the Queen of England."

source: ananova

18/09

>Geri 'may adopt baby'

Single Geri Halliwell said she would consider adopting a child if she cannot find a man. The singer told BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright that she would "so love" to have a baby. Other stars to adopt in recent months have included Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart and Tomb Raider actress Angelina Jolie. Halliwell said: "I so, so would love to have a baby. Having a baby must be the greatest gift of any human being. "To learn about selflessness and to watch your own child run down the street in a Batman costume, all free and just with the biggest smile on its face." But she added: "I don't think it's up to me. I might just adopt. I would seriously consider that." Her former bandmate Victoria Beckham recently called her second child Romeo. Asked whatShakespeare-inspired name she would go for, Halliwell said: "Hamlet". "It doesn't really matter what you call your baby - they grow into their names," she added.

source: ananova

17/09

>Three articles about Geri's new waxwork

Geri Halliwell unveils new waxwork

Geri Halliwell has unveiled her new waxwork at Madame Tussaud's in London. The singer missed out on being modelled as part of the Spice Girls after leaving the group in 1998. The waxwork shows a toned Geri, showing off her tan in a low-key black outfit. Diane Moon, of Madame Tussaud's, believes Halliwell will attract plenty of visitors. She said: "Geri is everywhere at the moment, she is just so hot. We have had a lot of people asking after her." Moon says visitors to the museum in central London had been requesting a model of Halliwell since she reappeared on the pop scene with the Bridget Jones film soundtrack. She said: "The time we asked Geri was when she made a comeback with Raining Men and appeared looking all thin and gorgeous." She added: "It would have looked vastly different if we had modelled it when she was a Spice Girl." Tussaud's sculptors measured the 30-year-old singer last year but the figure is not only a different shape from Halliwell in her Spice Girl days - it also lacks her tattoos. The model was completed with tattoos but when Halliwell recently decided to have them removed Tussaud's quickly painted them out. Halliwell chose a sexy black Donna Karan dress to show off her new waxwork figure. It will appear in a new Karaoke attraction where visitors will have the opportunity to perform in front of the Halliwell model and hear a recorded response from the figure.

source: ananova

Star Geri's a double act

GERI Halliwell's cup runs over - as she meets her wax lookalike. Geri, now a judge on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals, finally made it to Madame Tussaud's yesterday, two years after her former Spice Girl partners. They were modelled for the popular London museum in 2000, two years after Ginger Spice Geri quit the group. After her close encounter with her double act, Geri said: "It's prettier than I am - but can the world cope with two Geris?" Earlier, the 30-year-old revealed she might try to adopt a child. She told Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright: "I would love to have a baby but I don't think it's up to me. I would seriously consider adopting."

source: the sun

Geri Gets Waxed

Geri meets her match at the unveiling of her wax double at Madame Tussaud’s yesterday. Not content with meeting a host of Geri look-a-likes at the Popstars: The Rivals auditions, Ms. Halliwell went one step further yesterday on a visit to London’s famous wax museum Madame Tussaud‘s. Geri arrived at the museum to unveil her wax likeness having missed the chance with the Spice Girls. The other Spice’s were immortalized in 2000, two years after Geri quit the band. After meeting her match Geri joked: “It’s prettier than I am – but can the world cope with two Geri’s?”

source: popstars

09/09

>Popstars 2 attracts seven million viewers

Over seven million people tuned in to the first episode of Popstars: The Rivals. The first show featured a huge row between judges Geri Halliwell and Pete Waterman. Unofficial figures showed it had an audience of 7.4 million viewers. Pop Idol attracted up to 12 million viewers.

source: ananova

>"My gran is going to sort out Waterman"

POP Rivals judge Pete Waterman is to face the music over his latest TV outburst — from contestant Paul Rose’s GRAN. Furious Margaret Simmons, 74, watched on Saturday as records boss Pete tore into 17-year-old Paul, declaring: “I’m not having him in my band. He can’t sing.” And last night Paul, who made the next round after fellow judges Geri Halliwell and Louis Walsh backed him, revealed Margaret was on the warpath. He said: “My nan got really upset when she saw the judges arguing and she said, ‘I’m going to write that Pete Waterman a strongly-worded letter’. “I hadn’t realised what a battle they had over me until I watched it on TV.” Millions of viewers saw the ITV show judges launch into a huge bust- up after Paul sang Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone at his audition. Pete, 55 — who helped launch Kylie Minogue’s career — told Paul: “I said astound us, kid, not kill us! I don’t think you’ve got what it takes.” But former Spice Girl Geri, 30, and hitmaker Louis, 47, angrily hit back. In a sideswipe, Louis said Paul was better than Jason Donovan — who was also launched by Waterman. Paul, of Chelmsford, Essex, joked: “When they all began shouting, I thought I’d started World War Three.” Later, Geri grabbed Paul’s phone as he chatted with mum Pat, 48 — and told her he was in the next round. Some 120 youngsters are battling it out in the show, which will form rival girl and boy bands.

source: the sun

08/09

>"I'VE SLEPT WITH ROBBIE... BUT WE NEVER HAD SEX"

More on the Just For The Record page...

05/09

>Pete takes a pop at Rivals

THIS is the moment PETE WATERMAN lost it with fellow Popstars: The Rivals judges GERI HALLIWELL and LOUIS WALSH. Pete was caught mid-rant, demanding that wannabe JOHN ROSE should not go through to the next round. But after Geri and WESTLIFE manager Louis dared to disagree, the music guru snapped and ordered cameramen to stop filming. A source said: “Geri and Louis thought John was really good and should go to the next stage. But Waterman said he was rubbish. “Geri wouldn’t back down and he went absolutely ballistic. He shouted at cameramen to stop then walked out in the middle of the auditions.” In the show, fronted by DAVINA McCALL, a girl and boy band will be picked. The show hits screens on ITV1 on Saturday.

source: the sun

03/09

>More infos about Geri's tour for Just For The Record

Date	Time	Place
18/09/2002	17:00	WH Smith (Trafford) Peel Avenue Manchester M17 8BA
19/09/2002	18:00	Waterstone's (Piccadilly) Piccadilly London W1V
20/09/2002	18:00	Ottakar's (Milton Keynes) Midsummer Place Milton Keynes MK9 3GA

source: randomhouse.co.uk

02/09

>Strop-star judges Bad language ...

TV editors on new talent show Popstars: The Rivals are working overtime to cut out all the bad language used by judges PETE WATERMAN. GERI HALLIWELL and LOUIS WALSH. A show insider said: “Pete, Louis and Geri feel very passionate about the show and the talent that they are seeing. “They keep forgetting the cameras are rolling when they start laying into each other. It’s supposed to be a family show but at the moment the unedited version would be more suited to a late-night viewing slot because of all the effing and blinding.” The programme, which starts this Saturday at 7.15pm on ITV1, aims to create a girl band and a boy band to release singles and try for a Christmas No1. More than 30,000 young hopefuls called in when the programme’s audition hotline opened in July.

source: the sun

>Geri Halliwell admits rummaging through George Michael's bins

Geri Halliwell has revealed how she rummaged through George Michael's bin bags for food as she struggled with an eating disorder. In her new autobiogrpahy, Just For The Record, she says the problem came to a head when she was staying at George Michael's house in Los Angeles in 2000. The ex-Spice Girl says she attended an eating disorders support group in an attempt to tackle her obsession to binge on left-over food. In an extract from the book, published in News of the World newspaper she said: "When I came home from the support group that day, I wrote in my diary: 'My name is Geri and I am a recovering compulsive overeater, bulimic anorexic'. "Confessing my problem seemed to reduce my compulsion to binge and take away some of its power. This was just the beginning of the road to recovery." She also admits she had an underwear obsession. She says she would spend up to £200 a day on lingerie.

source: ananova

>New autobiography

A new autobiography about Geri is to be released on the 15th of September. It is called "Geri's Secrets" and is written by Virginia Blackburn... This is the synopsis made by amazon:

"She was the loudest and most outrageous of the Spice Girls. Her dramatic exit from the group hit the headlines and caused scandal throughout the world. There followed a dramatic transformation: from buxon, curvaceous and brash to lean, beautiful and driven. This book reveals what makes Geri tick and why her image has changed so dramatically. It uncovers the truth behind the pop sensation and spills Geri's secrets on life after the Spice Girls; how she battled with her eating disorder; the ongoing feud with the other Spice Girls; and her on/off relationship with Robbie Williams."

01/09

>"I WEPT WITH SHAME AS I SCAVENGED FOOD SLOPS FROM GEORGE MICHAEL'S RUBBISH BAG"