According to today's Sunday People, Robbie Williams is hoping to play the part of an East End gangster from the book called "Till Death Us Do Part":

SLANG WHEN YOU'RE WINNIN'

By Garry Johnson
ROBBIE Williams is learning Cockney rhyming slang - because he wants to play an East End gangster in a film.

He is studying old TV tapes of Minder and Only Fools And Horses in preparation.

The pop superstar wants to ditch his Stoke-on-Trent accent to play an ex-boxer turned East London "Mr Big". A source said: "Robbie read about the character in a book called Till Death Us Do Part and it blew him away.

"But he knows he has got to sound like a Cockney if he wants the part." Robbie, 32, whose hit albums include Swing When You're Winning, hopes Madonna's husband Guy "Lock, Stock" Ritchie will direct and has sent him the book. Here are some useful phrases for Robbie:

"You think you're a La Di Dah but you'll end up brown bread." ("You think you're a star but you'll end up dead").

"I've got lots of Bugs Bunny." ("I've got loads of money.")

Source: The People

Not sure about this one, as he said he didn't want to be an actor, although he has also said everytime he sees a camera he begins to act a part, anyway he wouldn't be the first to change his mind. One to watch in 2007?

Robbie Williams' much criticised album "Rudebox" was the second most downloaded album of 2006 by iTunes Germany, although it was only released in September.

Top 10 Albums 2006 in the iTunes Store:

1. Rosenstolz - "Das grosse Leben"
2. Robbie Williams – "Rudebox"
3. Roger Cicero – "Männersachen"
4. Katie Melua - "Piece By Piece"
5. Rosenstolz - "Ich bin ich (Wir sind wir)" – EP
6. Jack Johnson - "Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George"
7. Silbermond - "Laut gedacht"
8. Xavier Naidoo - "Telegramm Für X"
9. Nelly Furtado - "Loose (International Deluxe)"
10. Corinne Bailey Rae - "Corinne Bailey Rae"

Source: iTunes via call magazin

Well in Germany anyway

Robbie Williams was the most searched for man in 2006 in Germany according to Google, although even he didn't stand a chance against Paris Hilton, who not only was the most sought after woman, but landed in 5th place over all.

The Top 5 most searched for Men

1. Robbie Williams
2. Ronaldo
3. Bushido
4. Justin Timberlake
5. Xavier Naidoo

The Top 5 most searched for Women

1. Paris Hilton
2. Christina Aguilera
3. Britney Spears
4. Jessica Alba
5. Angelina Jolie

Source: Google Deutschland via Die Welt

As reported back at the beginning of September in Robbie plans new swing album , the German magazine, "Kulturspiegel", now says the long awaited album wil be released in the Summer of 2007.

The album will contain a collection of American evergreens and will be the last album of his EMI contract.

Source: FS

LONDON, December 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Madonna was the most popular celebrity in 2006.

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The singer attracted great controversy over the much publicised adoption of her son David from Malawi and has also reportedly faced marriage difficulties with her husband Guy Ritchie.

It has not been a good year for David Beckham who has slipped from No 4 ranking as the most requested name in 2005 to his current number 11 spot.

Beckham relinquished his captaincy of the England soccer team following their poor showing in the World Cup, has been dropped from the squad by new manager Steve McLaren and has struggled to hold a regular place in the first team at Real Madrid.

But some consolation - Becks still finishes five places higher this year than his publicity hungry wife Victoria

Little Britain TV star Matt Lucas in 10th position proves a bigger hit than his co-star David Walliams who trails four places behind Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, star judges on the hit TV series "X Factor" battle it out at 31st and 32nd spot respectively. One time showbiz outcast Noel Edmonds has catapulted back into the reckoning through the success of his TV show "Deal or No Deal"

Celebrities Worldwide is accepted as a benchmark of celebrity status and popularity and its website attracts more than 4 million visitors per year.

TOP 10 NAMES of 2006

1. Madonna
2. Charlotte Church
3. Jamie Oliver MBE
4. Robbie Williams
5. Jonathan Ross OBE
6. Billie Piper
7. Ricky Gervais
8. Jeremy Clarkson
9. Stephen Fry
10. Matt Lucas

Full Top 100 can be see here

Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of www.celebritiesworldwide.com

Marianna Partasides from the Daily Star writes in her article:

POP god Robbie Williams has issued his own Christmas message-he reckons he is mates with the Almighty.

Robbie has stunned fans after posting the religious video rant on website YouTube.

I won't bore you with the rest of the article (you can read it here), basically she repeats Robbies comments, from what is blatantly a very tongue in cheek interview, and then adds some of her own bits from previous stories just to spice it up a bit. (Video can be seen here.)

Don't know which fans she knows, as all the ones I know and from what I've read on the web, nobody has mentioned the religious side of the video.

Most find it humourous, with one or two (especially here in Germany) a bit upset that he has decided to go with the drag idea. Their idea of what Robbie should be aiming for can be seen in the latest photo at Robstuff.

The video has certainly creating a wave of publicity for his new single ("She's Madonna?), as the popular German television channel RTL, has also shown the video.

Me? I'm looking forward to seeing the complete video.

The Rumour is that Robbie Williams will be releasing "She's Madonna" in the UK and Ireland in January as his third single from the album Rudebox.

As we reported in the article Robbie Williams as Drag Queen, the accompanying video should see Robbie in Drag.

This seems to be borne out by the fact that a video teaser has turned up on You Tube, showing an interview with Robbie dressed as a woman. The video was seemingly shot in Brazil and is in Portuguese (Robbie obviously speaking in English).

Judge for youselves:

In France it seems "Bongo Bong" will be released, the single being originally a hit for the French artist Manu Chao. The rest of Europe also getting "She's Madonna", although some reports suggest "Bongo Bong".

What will be released to the rest of the world? Probably "She's Madonna."

If the British tabloids are to be believed Robbie Williams is history. Although their steady flow of articles telling us this and the many put downs he's recently had in the press, seem to me to contradict this statement some what.

But Robbie can rest assured that the British public don't always believe what they read, with recent polls in the UK revealing he is still a much loved and admired performer.

Here's what the polls say:

Poll 1 - BRITS’ WISH LIST THIS CHRISTMAS
When it comes to Christmas day, the best most of us can hope for is a no-stress day with our families. However new research carried out by Disney Store in celebration of their Christmas Wishes campaign has uncovered that rather than a sweater knitted by Gran, most of us would wish for a celebrity or two to make the big day more eventful.

Robbie Williams tops the nation’s wish list as revealed by the YouGov poll of 2,571 adults to discover which celebrity we’d most like to spend the festive period with.

Results were as follows:

1. Robbie Williams – 14%
2. Peter Kay and Kylie joint – 11.5%
3. Paul O’Grady and Jonathan Ross joint – 10%
4. Gordon Ramsey – 7.5%
5. Jamie Oliver – 7%
6. Johnny Depp and George Clooney joint - 5%
7. Kelly Brook, Daniel Craig, David Beckham and Cliff Richard joint – 3%
8. Ant& Dec and Brad Pitt joint - 2%
9. Angelina Jolie and Carole Vordeman joint - 1%
10. The Queen – 0.5%

Poll 2 - WHO DO YOU WANT TO SING A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Chocolatier Thorntons asked 2,000 Britons which celebrities they would like to see perform a Christmas carol especially for them.

Although second to Charlotte Church, Robbie was top male by a mile, as the results below show:

1. Charlotte Church (27.9%)
2. Robbie Williams (26.3%)
3. Kylie Minogue (24.3%)
4. Gary Barlow (6%)
5. Katie Price and Peter Andre (3.4%)
6. Cheryl Cole (3.3%))

Poll 3 - BEST OF BRITISH
More than 1,000 people took part in the survey to find the Best of British by website www.thebestof.co.uk , which recommends shops, restaurants and businesses in British towns and cities.

And who came second in the category Best British male band/pop star, of course Robbie Williams, beaten only by the iconic Beatles. Here the list:

1. The Beatles
2. Robbie Williams
3. Queen
4. Take That
5. Coldplay

So who's past his sell by date??

Could this be the very first video featuring Robbie Williams?

And appropriately enough for the time of year he's appearing here in Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist'.

We are now able to embed videos in our posts, so watch out for more to come!

Well seems to be working after a few teething problems.

I’ll get the fine tuning done in the next couple of days and hopefully everything will work out!!!

We will be shortly going offline to update the our blog software, which will allow us to add more features among other things.

This will hopefully not take too long.

So fingers crossed.

OH yes he did...Robbie Williams popped up as a genie during a Christmas panto.

Pal Jonathan Wilkes was performing in Aladdin at Stoke's Regent Theatre when he got Robbie to participate.

Robbie said: "I've always wanted to be a genie."
by Liz & Beverley Lyons

Source: Daily Record

Just what have the girls from 3am at the Mirror got against Robbie at the moment? Earlier this week they presented the following article:

WHAT has Robbie Williams and the England cricket team have in common? Neither have impressed the Aussies.

Hundreds of fans walked out of Robbie's Melbourne gig disappointed by the 32-year-old singer. The last leg of his world tour was also savaged by Australian critics.

One spat: "He failed to deliver or even resemble the energy and vibrance of past visits.

"He should hold true to his promise to retire." Ouch.

Where they got this from I don't know as the Australian press were generally upbeat about his tour and his performances, with no mention of any walk outs. I've not seen anything about this in any blog either and our Melbourne sources knew nothing of this. Usual tabloid rubbish?

Furthermore on the subject of Kylie Minogue, our sources in Melbourne have said that she was in rehearsals but cancelled at the last minute to rush back to Europe for a showdown with wayward lover Olivier Martinez. She was seemingly furious after he was photographed walking by the River Seine with model Sarai Givati, 24. (Full story The Sun)

You can send your own unique Robbie William's Christmas card as an email, print it out or even make gift tags. Choose your background, add Christmas objects, a speech bubble, a frame perhaps or even your own picture.

All no problem with the Robbie Card Maker.

Not to be outdone by Kylie and as something special for his female fans, Robbie Williams had a couple of raunchy male dancers accompany him during his rendition of 'Let Me Entertain' you in Brisbane.

Watch here

Actually the boys with the poms poms are Jez Webb and Mickey Winder, two of Robbie's background crew and play in his tour football team.

Compared with Kylie Minogue's dancers, seen here in Sydney, I don't think there is any contest!

Source: robbiewilliams.com

Watch Robbie Williams live from the 17th & 18th December 2006 at the Docklands, Melbourne, Australia.

Click here to watch the videos

Robbie Williams. Live at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne 17th & 18th December 2006.

The last concerts of the 2006 Close Encounters Tour. Click here to view

A Bonde had prime position – and Robbie Williams' eye – at the singer's gig at the Telstra Dome on Sunday night.

According to Eye spy Callum, a tall, blonde woman and her two friends were escorted to the front row by one of Robbie's "people", much to the displeasure of fans who'd been waiting practically all day for the plum spot.

Callum said Robbie "looked, winked and licked his lips" at the woman, and pointed at her during the lyric "I've had more blondes than brunettes" in Monsoon.

Lucky blonde.

Source: Herald Sun

Robbie Williams has been partying with the pop duo the Pet Shop Boys, acording to techstickle.com, despite playing down rumours he is homosexual.

The singer has flirted with homosexuality in the past but insists he only has eyes for women, despite constant speculation to the contrary. Williams loves visiting London’s top gay nightspots with the Go West hitmakers, because the gay community is totally accepting of him.

He says, “We go to Heaven nightclub and I f**kin’ love it - it’s great. They enjoy seeing it through my eyes, I think, and I enjoy being with them and being accepted.”

British pop star Robbie Williams has vowed to quit smoking for good on New Year's Day (01JAN07), despite currently inhaling 60 cigarettes daily.

The Rudebox singer has always refused to ditch his unhealthy habit in the past because he fears he will pile on the pounds as a result.

But he now says, "I smoke loads and I really don't want to any more.

"I want to give them up for good in 2007 but I'm a fat bloke inside this body and the minute I stop smoking, I'll get even bigger."

Source: Contact Music

Despite the eagerly awaited duet with Kylie in Melbourne, Robbie’s last concert of his Close Encounters Tour 2006 came and went without the Australian Superstar. So much for the well informed rumours.

Although as we reported, Robbie was a no show at Kylie's concert on Saturday, preferring to play football with his mates and the Melbourne Victory team, followed by a quiet drink at the Langham Hotel bar.

This didn't affect the atmosphere in the Telstra Dome with one fan declaring: "It was one big happy sing-a-long with some 63000 people. The love in that room was palpable."

And here a review from Higgo:

So.. I went to Robbie Williams twice. Second night, in all honesty, wasn't as good as far as I'm concerned. Sure attributing factors could have been that last night was his last concert on his world tour, so he's a little tired, the fact that everyone was so amped that it was his last concert and expected shennanigans, and there were none, the rumour that Kylie would come out and sing 'Kids' with him, didn't eventuate either.

He didn't drop from the top of his set like he did on Sunday night.. what's up with that? OH&S issue perhaps?

Or could I feel that way about the concert because the shine had been taken off after seeing it the night before from the floor section, and then being seated last night?

At any rate, the guy is incredible live, a true entertainer. thoroughly enjoyed both nights, just Sunday, for mine, was better. Eat shit those that could only make Monday nights 'inferior' gig, you missed out.

Source Higgo's myspace

Looks like Robbie Williams has no plans for little Angels in the future.

The Rudebox singer, who has achieved massive success in the charts, admits he can’t see mini Robbies fitting into his immediate life plan.

The cocky star - who has been linked to Geri Halliwell and Nicole Appleton in the past - told The Big Issue: "I don’t know if I want to be in a relationship.

"I don’t believe that to be fulfilled you have to have kids.

"What’s the point? I can’t guarantee my child won’t suffer pain - because that kid’s going to be in pain at some point in their life.

"I don’t want to see that."

Just make sure you don't grow old and lonely, Rob.

Source: The Sun

BRITISH pop star Robbie Williams wowed a record 64,000 fans at Telstra Dome last night in one of the last, but most eagerly anticipated, concert tours of the year.

The ever-entertaining Williams gave fans a hi-tech production filled with pyrotechnics and a string of hits.

Unfortunately, there were no added bonuses on offer at the first of Williams' two Melbourne gigs. However tonight's could offer some special treats, as it is the last of his world tour.

The seasoned entertainer arrived on stage amid plumes of smoke and fireballs, opening the show with Radio.

Williams was soon up to his old stage tricks, prancing about and preening, his arsenal of slightly deranged facial expressions displayed on giant screens.

However looking tired and drained from months of touring, Williams appeared all too aware he was nearing an indefinite hiatus from performing.

Williams's powerful voice shone in the falsetto-ridden Trippin' and the Take That song Back for Good.

Let Me Entertain You rocked the Dome, and the show ended on a spine-tingling note with Angels and Kids.

Source: Herald Sun with Photos of Robbie playing football in Melbourne here

Robbie Williams obsessively searches for bad reviews about himself because he thinks he deserves to be slammed.

The ex-Take That star is suffering from depression, and finds the pressure of fame causes him to seek out any negativity.

He says, "Being an addictive personality or having a mental problem of sorts - you search for the stuff that's going to tell you that what you think about yourself is true.

"And when you do, it's heart-breaking because you validate your own insecurities."

Source: Contact Music

Robbie Williams is fleeing England because he no longer feels welcome by his British fans.

The hitmaker has enjoyed a decade of success as a solo singer, but now feels it is time to leave his homeland as he believes Britain is sick at the sight of him.

He plans to relocate to Los Angeles. The former Take That member says, "Back home, I feel like I've overstayed my welcome a little bit.

"I've enjoyed tremendous success for over ten years now - far more than I should have or I ever would have dreamed I'd have. And now it's the time for Robbie to go away in people's minds. I think it's time to not be in Britain for a bit."

Source: Contact Music

Melbourne: According to news.com.au, while Kylie Minogue and her sister Dannii performed the Kylie-Robbie Williams hit, Kids, at the Rod Laver Arena, Robbie was across the road playing football.

Robbie has played football throughout his tour, as a way of keeping fit and yesterday he turned out at the Olympic