Cameron Boyce Remembered by Descendants Co-Stars on Sixth Anniversary of His Death
Late actor Cameron Boyce was remembered by three of his Descendants co-stars on the sixth anniversary of his tragic passing. Boyce was just 20…
She’ll do everything to fulfil a client’s dreams, even if asked to install a 24-carat gold and platinum bath when fitting out a private jet. But unstoppable interior designer Celia Sawyer, star of Channel 4’s Four Rooms – and dubbed ‘Queen of bling’ – doesn’t care to see her ideas appropriated by others without a word of thanks, still less financial reward.
But that, alleges the statuesque Sawyer, who stands 5ft 9½in even before she’s strapped on her Yves Saint Laurent gold sandals, is exactly what happened when she suggested a project to Netflix.
‘I sent them a synopsis for a TV show called Kinky Rooms,’ Sawyer, 58, tells me. Netflix said ‘they were going to delete it’.
Sawyer, who left school at 15, got on with her commercial commitments, drawing up plans for everything from yachts to country houses, from her Mayfair office opposite Claridge’s.
But she was taken aback by what happened the following year. ‘A programme came out on Netflix called How To Build A Sex Room,’ she tells me. ‘It was exactly the same idea, exactly the same format we had come up with,’ insists Sawyer, who cites, by way of example, her proposal for an episode devoted to designing a room to cater for those who label themselves ‘polyamorous’.
One episode of Netflix’s eight-part series did exactly the same, bearing the strapline: ‘Melanie designs a swanky dungeon to fit Lester and Soriya’s polyamorous family’. Another was devoted to the creation of ‘a rock ‘n’ roll sex basement’, while a third was summarised as: ‘Meaghan and Dave seek five-star spa vibes for their intimate escape’.
Sawyer, who has an adult son and daughter by her husband, Nick, 63, a food commercials director, didn’t take this lying down. ‘I wrote to them and said it is very similar to the show that I sent you.’
In return, Sawyer claims, she received ‘a stroppy letter – a legal letter from their lawyer telling me that they did not take the idea’.
Celebrity Interior designer Celia Sawyer claims she was told by Netflix they were ‘going to delete’ the synopsis for a TV show she sent them
Sawyer said: ‘You put a lot of work into this stuff and then that happens. I was really upset. It was awful’
A Netflix spokesman declined to comment when approached
Sawyer was incensed. ‘You put a lot of work into this stuff and then that happens. I was really upset. It was awful.’
Subsequently, though, she had her hands full at her house on Sandbanks, Dorset. She and Nick were embroiled in two years of tit-for-tat wrangling with a neighbour who remodelled his house so that – they claimed – it overlooked their garden, prompting Celia to remark that she felt ‘very uncomfortable’ when relaxing in a bikini.
She and Nick are now planning to sell up for £4million and spend more time at their house in Barbados.
A Netflix spokesman declines to comment.
Grubs up? I’m a Celeb’s Toffolo seeks ‘fun chef’
In the jungle, Georgia Toffolo retched her way through cockroaches, maggots and a smoothie of crocodile anus and pig testicles.
Back home, the I’m A Celebrity winner prefers finer fare.
Toff, 30, is seeking a chef to serve her and her new husband, BrewDog co-founder James Watt, 43.
‘We’re looking for a fun young chef to join our family home in London,’ she says in an advert on members-only website Radio H-P.
‘This is a full-time role with flexible hours, cooking for me, my husband and our children.’ Watt has two children with ex-wife Johanna Basford.
The Stones ‘are making a new album – and want to tour again’
Rolling Stones fans were left disappointed when the band scrapped plans for a British and European tour this year.
So this might give them some satisfaction.
I can reveal that Sir Mick Jagger, 81, has been reunited with Keith Richards, 81, Ronnie Wood, 77, and drummer Steve Jordan, 68.
‘They are in the studio right now recording their new album – the follow up to Hackney Diamonds,’ Ronnie’s ex-wife, Jo Wood, tells me at a party in Notting Hill.
She admits: ‘I shouldn’t have told you that.’
Members of the English rock band The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger (L) and Ronnie Wood (R) pictured together
The band are understood to be working with producer Andrew Watt at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick.
They shelved this year’s tour because of ‘logistical issues’ surrounding ‘venues and travel’ and ‘pre-existing plans’.
However, Jo – whose novel The Resurrection of Flo is out next month – says: ‘They want to tour again.’
Jordan replaced drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021 aged 80.
Posh Spice’s royalties continue to roll in
Victoria Beckham hasn’t sung with the Spice Girls since 2012, but her royalties continue to roll in.
Spice Girls Ltd made a £93,000 profit last year, according to newly filed documents.
With Posh Spice owning a fifth of the business, her share comes in at £18,600 – enough to top up her cellar with a few bottles of David’s favourite 1961 Chateau Petrus, costing £3,000 per bottle.
Victoria Beckham hasn’t sung with the Spice Girls since 2012, but her royalties continue to roll in
Lineker banned from football writer’s memorial service
Gary Lineker has been banned from speaking at the memorial service for celebrated football writer Brian Glanville, who died this month aged 93.
‘I vetoed his being invited to speak at my dad’s memorial when my sister suggested it,’ Glanville’s son Mark says. ‘Won’t have him anywhere near.’
Tailor to the stars’ special creation
Celebrity tailor Joshua Kane has revealed that his wife, graphic designer Lottie Archer, is expecting their first child.
Joshua 40, shared this photograph online of Lottie, 33, showing off her bump in a pink suit he created to match his own.
‘Time for some baby bespoke,’ wrote the designer, who has dressed Sir Rod Stewart and actor Jason Momoa.
Paltrow in a pinch over hair loss
Known for her golden locks, Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she is going to great lengths to stop her hair from falling out.
So bad is the problem that she’s even tried injections in her scalp.
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she is going to great lengths to stop her hair from falling out
‘So many women I know are quietly dealing with hair loss,’ says the Hollywood star, 52.
‘I’ve tried a handful of treatments over the years, nothing seemed to move the needle – not even injecting my scalp with actual needles.’
The latest treatment she’s tried involved a plastic surgeon and a device that uses acoustic sound waves and air pressure to stimulate hair growth.
‘It was completely painless,’ Gwynnie (right) says.
‘Honestly, I think my hair’s already feeling a bit fuller.’
