Robbie recording with Rupert - 19/09/01
After recording a love duet with Nicole Kidman earlier this month, Robbie Williams has recorded a big band duet with Rupert Everett. The song is another Sinatra classic, "They Can’t take that Away from Me", This is not the first time the actor - famed for his roles in My Best Friend’s Wedding, Shakespeare In Love and The Next Best Thing among others - has stepped into a recording studio. After starring with her in The Next Best Thing, Everett contributed backing vocals to another Notting Hill star’s single. Yep he’s also responsible for Madonna’s "American Pie".

Nicole Kidman and Robbie? - 11/09/01
Seems like Nicole Kidman can’t get enough of the British charm. After making Moulin Rouge with loveable British sweetheart Ewan Mcgregor, it looks like Nicole Kidman is looking to this side of the Atlantic for a possible Tom-replacement. All right, all right, we’d be exaggerating a wee bit (well, quite a lot) by saying wedding bells are in the air. But Nicole and Notting Hill heartthrob Robbie Williams have spoken about the chemistry between them. They recently recorded a Frank Sinatra duet, Something Stupid, for Robbie’s latest album and it seems Nicole - like many before her - might not be able to resist the singer’s roguish charms.

I am a soccer star - as well - 13/06/01
Robbie Williams is to turn a dream into a reality by playing professional football. Although the singer will not be turning out for his favourite team, Port Vale, he will get the chance to play alongside Alan Shearer and Kieron Dyer when he dons Newcastle United’s famous black and white strip for a benefit match against Spanish team Athletic Bilbao. The game, which is a testimonial for veteran player Rob Lee, will take place on 10 August. ’Robbie has been asked and he is thinking about it,’ says a friend. Robbie met the Newcastle team last October when he watched them play against Everton from the directors’ box and sent the team tickets for his gig in Liverpool the same night. I wonder if he is as good at scoring on the pitch as he is off it.

J-Lo keen on Robbie - 02/05/01
Jennifer Lopez is said to be so keen to meet Robbie Williams that she has started sending him raunchy photos of herself. The latina diva is making use of all her seductive skills because she wants to lure Robbie into recording a duet with her, according the UK press. Lopez is quoted as saying: ’I’m desperate to work with Robbie. He’s really hot. He’s a very talented singer. Robbie’s a very popular boy, but no doubt he is trying to play it cool.

Robbie’s Temple & fireman’s pole - 18/04/01
Geri is rubbing off on Robbie, the star who turned to Buddhism after leaving the Spice Girls has introduced Robbie to Buddhist meditation, he is said to be taken to it so much that he is planning to build his own mini temple at the back of the Notting Hill home he shares with his flatmate pop star Jonathon Wilkes. Exact details of Robbie’s home extension are unclear, but the source believes that he wants it as much for aesthetic as spiritual reasons. ’He just believes it will be an oasis of calm,’ we are told. ’A place to chill out from the stresses of his day-to-day life.’ This will not be Williams’s first unusual home modification. Last month, it was reported that he was hoping to secure planning permission to fit his ?2 million semi-detached house with a fireman’s pole.