There is a 61-year age difference between heiress Ivy Getty, 29, and her composer grandpa Gordon Getty, who turned 90 this week – yet the pair bridged the generational gap by throwing a joint birthday bash in San Francisco to celebrate their big day.
Gordon — the son of oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, once the world’s richest man — and his late wife Ann raised Ivy from childhood, with the billionaire walking her down the aisle to marry photographer Toby Engel in 2021. When asked about the secret to his longevity, Gordon reveals: ‘Red meat and red wine.’
There is a 61-year age difference between heiress Ivy Getty, 29, and her composer grandpa Gordon Getty, who turned 90 this week
The pair bridged the generational gap by throwing a joint birthday bash in San Francisco to celebrate their big day
Jean Paul Getty, once the world’s richest man – and his late wife Ann raised Ivy from childhood, with the billionaire walking her down the aisle to marry photographer Toby Engel in 2021
Selfie with Jo? Ab fab, darling!
While most celebrities view fans taking selfies with them as one of the downsides of fame, Dame Joanna Lumley loves a picture-perfect moment with her admirers.
‘If they’re going to happen, you might as well make it absolutely gorgeous,’ she reveals. ‘I never mind selfies, I’ve made myself accept them because they’re inevitable,’ explains the Absolutely Fabulous star, 77, on actor Rob Brydon’s podcast.
While most celebrities view fans taking selfies with them as one of the downsides of fame, Dame Joanna Lumley loves a picture-perfect moment with her admirers
‘It’s quite sweet, people coming up to me in supermarkets going, ‘I know you’d hate me to come up and approach, I’ll keep this very quiet’, taking a selfie at the same time. It’s fine.’
His psychedelic leotards transfixed TV viewers in the 1990s, but flamboyant fitness instructor Derrick Evans – aka Mr Motivator – now wants to make his mark on politics.
‘If I had my way, it would be ‘Vote For Mote’,’ he tells me at the Royal Osteoporosis Society and JDRF Christmas Carol Service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. ‘Every single politician would be seen to be active.’
Elf job with Dad’s a tall order for Erin
At 6ft tall, it’s hard to consider catwalk star Erin O’Connor Santa’s little helper.
The leggy model, 45, shared this snap with her father, Cahal, in his Santa’s grotto where he dressed up as the man himself —while she mimicked an elf in a green buttoned tunic, matching hat and pointy ears.
‘When your Dad is literally Santa and you’re the world’s most elongated elf,’ she jokes. Erin recently split from her partner, Steve Gibson, with whom she has two sons.
One-time Hollywood lothario Charlie Sheen says he hates how he looks on screen.
Sheen, 58, recently starred in comedy series Bookie — his first time on TV in ten years. He says: ‘It’s my neck. I look like when a really heavy person loses all the weight and their neck is still kind of a turkey gobbler.’
One-time Hollywood lothario Charlie Sheen says he hates how he looks on screen
The star is now planning to go under the knife. ‘The next morning, I was like, “I don’t want to see that again.” ’
Yoga is said to be a path to inner peace. Not so for broadcaster Fi Glover, 54, following a class session with an ageist instructor.
‘I arrived a bit late… within minutes I realised I’d come dressed wrongly in tracksuit bottoms,’ she says. ‘Everyone else was in tiny shorts and bra tops. So I tried to creep out. The teacher was having none of it. He stopped the music and shouted to the receptionist, “Can you make sure this older woman is all right?” I’ve never been back.’
