The Daily Tonic: Shatner’s Gallery

Ahead of releasing her 2005 album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, Madonna gave some friends a little preview of lead single, Hung Up, to gauge their reactions.

One told her, “It’s quite Gwen Stefani, isn’t it?”

To which Madonna replied, “That cunt’s been stealing from me for the last ten years so I thought it was about time I paid her back”.

2005 saw the notorious “Cocaine Kate” front pages, with the tabloids blowing the least-secret secret in showbusiness wide open: that Kate Moss liked cocaine.

Like most A-listers, Kate Moss has had a lifetime of putting up with pesky hangers-on who want to hog her drugs. Her clever solution to the problem? Always have two entirely separate cocaine stashes.

The “premium” bowl, reserved for her friends and fellow celebrities.

Then one for visitors, compiled from all the dregs of left-over wraps.

During his 2005 world tour, Henry Rollins was telling people how William Shatner’s garage was chock-full of portraits of the former Starship captain. Paintings of Shatner as TJ Hooker, as Captain Kirk, as himself – at all ages and stages of his career.

Even the best-known divas don’t install full-scale galleries of themselves in their own homes. So is this a sign of Shatner’s colossal ego? Not exactly.

Apparently Shatner is constantly being given paintings by Trekkies at conventions and he just doesn’t have the heart to throw any of them out. Bless.

2005 was a very rocky year in the marriage of Ross Kemp and Rebekah Wade. Not only was it the year that the police were called to their house because of a disturbance, there was also this rowdy scene in Sheekeys.

The pair were at the restaurant with a couple of chaps from the Press Association who had asked Rebekah to attend an event. “Sure,” she replied. Then nodded at her husband, asking “Want me to bring him?”

Perhaps not enjoying being referred to as “him” in front of company, Kemp was quick to assert himself, shouting “Have you spoken to my fucking secretary about this? I won’t be free that night as I’m playing football with my SAS mates.”

“Women are more different than anything, any creature, [any] beautiful animal in the world. They’re just the most complex, different. I don’t think no human being has been able to just figure out the woman. As complicated as I’m explaining it to you, that’s how it is.” – P Diddy

“Coffee’s one thing but coke is another.” – Jennifer Love Hewitt

“Sometimes, when people are constipated, you gotta help them out.” – Bobby Brown

“We both lie there [in bed] next to each other, all tanned up. We’re like a pair of hot dogs.” – Katie Price, on married life with Peter Andre

Here’s another set of top ten hits, this time from 2005. You’ll hear about 15 seconds of each, all strung together into one long string.

As ever, you get a point for each artist you manage to name and another for each song title too. There’s ten songs, which means twenty points in total.

[Ready to play 2005?]

Hamilton, performed by the Muppets
[Listen on YouTube]

The rumours were picking up speed, now Ellen’s workplace is under investigation
[Read on Variety]

Disco-pop remix of Trump’s ramp story
[Songify Version]