“I was surprised by the criticism but it brought everyone close together, Katie’s entire family and my family. Going through that stuff is not pleasant, and I think it hit an extreme, but Kate’s a very sure and confident and strong woman. She gets it, you know.”
“I was surprised by the criticism but it brought everyone close together, Katie’s entire family and my family. Going through that stuff is not pleasant, and I think it hit an extreme, but Kate’s a very sure and confident and strong woman. She gets it, you know.”
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise on how negative press following his notorious appearance on Oprah has made his relationship with partner Katie Holmes stronger
“This is an idiotic waste of money. People don’t pay taxes for drunk women to get free flip-flops, they want police to fight crime. Police aren’t there to be an emergency supply of flat shoes.”
Matthew Elliott, spokesperson for UK campaigners The Taxpayers’ Alliance, on the £30,000 late night policing initiative in Torquay to provide flip-flops for women revellers in high heels
“My dad’s happy. He’s always happy. He’s doing what he wants to do. And I agree with him. I think he will spend a long time in jail. But I’m proud of him – all the time. I’m glad my dad stayed there. You can’t do anything from outside. You can only make change from inside.”
Burmese exile Myat Kaung, whose pro-democracy comedian father Zarganar was recently sentenced to 45 years in jail for public order offences
“Under these circumstances, to start off the season in this fashion is truly amazing and is a testament to the resiliency of the American consumer, and undeniably proves a willingness to spend.”
ShopperTrak co-founder Bill Martin on the encouraging start of the US Christmas shopping season, which is up three per cent from 2007
“We’ve had no government for 18 years. We have no life. Our last resource is the sea, and foreign trawlers are plundering our fish. They can move from place to place. They can sleep in their own beds. They even have their own keys. The only thing they’re missing is their freedom to leave the ship.”
Daybad, a Somali pirate, tells the BBC why his people had no choice but to take to the high seas
“He’s such a flirt! It’s really made me very confident because I’m a curvy Spanish girl, and I’ve always felt overweight or not pretty enough. And to have this man – who is so powerful and hangs around with beautiful women – saying ’Yeah, I fancy you,’ it’s like, ’Okay, I might not be that bad then.’”
Spanish singer Ruth Lorenzo, the latest performer to be voted off X Factor, reveals flirting with judge Simon Cowell on the programme was the source of her improved confidence
