Tyra Banks slams engagement rumours

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Newly single Canadian singer-actress Avril Lavigne has dismissed rumours that she has found love again after her split from husband Deryck Whibley. The "Complicated" hitmaker confirmed last month that her marriage to the Sum 41 band star was over just three years after they walked down the aisle, with both parties insisting the split was "amicable".

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - Tyra Banks has regained her sexy curves after vowing to shed pounds earlier this year to beat fellow dieters on her show America's Next Top Model. The former model had gained weight over the years, but her new look makes her as hot as ever.

September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tyra Banks has said that she loves to get naked, but in the privacy of her own home. Banks, who bid adieu to modelling in 2005, has insisted that she would never shed her clothes for cameras.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - A former employee of Tyra Banks has sued her claiming she has held back his wages worth thousands of dollars. Richard Thomas filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court charging the supermodel-turned-TV presenter of not paying him 3, 638 pounds, reports the Daily Star.

August 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former model Tyra Banks has sparked engagement rumours after being spotted with a diamond on her ring finger. The 'America's Next Top Model' host-creator has been dating businessman beau John Utendahl for the last two years.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Shania Twain's publicist has slammed rumours that the country singer is ready to take her vows again. The Canadian star had parted ways with her husband Robert 'Mutt' Lange last year, after his affair with Twain's former assistant and friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud was made public.

August 22nd, 2009 NEW Y - Singer Tyra Banks may be dating her financier John Utendahl. The two were recently spotted together, which sources believe was a date.

July 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American media personality Tyra Banks is said to have taken up a very strict dieting plan, so strict that she has even banned others around her from eating. Banks, 35, looked about thirty pounds lighter at the BET Awards show a few weeks ago, all thanks to her new diet.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British supermodel Kate Moss has been photographed wearing a giant diamond on her ring finger, sparking rumours that she is engaged to her musician boyfriend Jamie Hince. The 35-year-old ramp queen who has been dating The Kills rocker since summer 2007 has sparked rumours the pair are planning to wed after she was spotted wearing a diamond on her ring finger during a romantic trip to Paris, reports contacmusic.com.

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has lashed out at the media for a string of stories linking her to soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, and insisted she wants the romance rumours to end once and for all. The occassional actress-singer ended her six-month romance with basketball player and actor Doug Reinhardt earlier this month and shortly after news of the split broke, she was photographed getting close to Ronaldo in a Los Angeles nightclub.

June 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - A Georgia man, who had been stalking and harassing talk show host Tyra Banks, was on June 18 sentenced to one year of probation. The stalker, Brady Green, 39, has also been barred from contacting the former supermodel for two years, and was also ordered to complete an anti-stalking course.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Outspoken singer Lily Allen slammed the right wing British National Party (BNP) party during a concert in Australia. Thesun.co.uk quoted Allen as saying: "I wrote this song about the BNP.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has sparked engagement rumours after she and beau Jamie Kennedy were spotted shopping for rings.ewitt met Kennedy after she called it quits with her former beau Ross McCall. According to U.S.

May 25th, 2009 LONDON - American actress-singer Jennifer Love Hewitt has sparked rumours that she is marrying boyfriend Jamie Kennedy after the couple was reportedly spotted shopping for engagement rings. The actress, 30, has been dating her Ghost Whisperer co-star since her split from fiance Ross McCall late last year and is now said to be close to walking down the aisle with the new man in her life, reports contactmusic.com.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - American TV host Tyra Banks has issued a public plea to Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts because she's 'obsessed' about landing the movie star as a guest on her talk show 'The Tyra Banks Show'. Emmy-award winning Banks has attracted a host of A-listers since launching her show in 2005, but has yet to chat up the 'Pretty Woman' star on air and for that she even took a break from her interview with TV chef Rachael Ray Tuesday to plead Roberts for an appearance, reports contactmusic.com.