Baywatch and Knightrider star David Hasselhoff said Thursday he was in “deep like” with his new girlfriend, reportedly a Welsh factory worker and part-time model 27 years his junior.
“You know, I don’t know that I’m in love yet but I’m in deep like,” the 58-year-old told the Bild daily in Germany, where he is highly popular and currently promoting a new album. “It’s a very kind of private time for us and we’ll see what happens. But we’re in deep like ... I want one solid partner to share my life with. That would be a dream.”
Reports said that he has been dating Hayley Roberts, 31, for three months, and “The Hoff,” as he is nicknamed, has become a regular visitor at her mother’s home near Swansea.
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Hasselhoff also spoke of his great affinity for Germany ever since he famously performed his hit song Looking for Freedom in front of half a million people in 1989 just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Britain’s Got Talent star has a large and loyal fan base in Germany as a result.
While “The Hoff” is in “deep like,” British musician Pete Doherty, best known as a member of Babyshambles and The Libertines, is in deep trouble.
He was warned by a judge on Friday that he could face time in prison for repeated drug offences.
Doherty, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine at Snaresbrook Crown Court, east London, according to the Press Association.
Judge David Radford described Doherty’s criminal record as “unattractive.”
Addressing the singer’s lawyer Peter Ratliff, he added: “When someone constantly commits the same offence the law must be made very clear. Is your client aware he could face a sentence?”
Doherty was granted unconditional bail and ordered to return to court for sentencing on May 20, a date when he is due to be touring.
The singer, wearing a dark blue two-piece suit and cravat, looked physically shaken by the court proceedings.
Doherty, who once dated supermodel Kate Moss, was arrested after police investigated the suspected overdose death of heiress Robin Whitehead, who spent the last 10 days of her life making a documentary about him.
The 27-year-old’s film, The Road to Albion, focused on Doherty’s former band, The Libertines.
Doherty has said he was “shocked and saddened” following her death in January last year.
In movie news, South Korean director Boon Joon-Ho will chair the jury that picks the winner of the Camera d’Or prize for best first film at this year’s Cannes film festival, organizers said on Thursday.
Boon, 41, whose films include Barking Dog, Memories of Murder and The Host, is no stranger to Cannes, having premiered his most recent feature Mother in its Un Certain Regard section in 2009.
The festival on the French Riviera opens on May 11 with US actor and director Robert De Niro presiding over the jury that will decide its most coveted Palme d’Or award.
Developing its online presence, the festival has expanded its Web site (www.festival-cannes.org) with “An Illustrated History of Cinema Around the World” that highlights filmmaking in 12 countries — with more to follow.
While Cannes expands, the annual Grammy music awards ceremony is contracting. The US Recording Academy, the group that hands out the awards, said Wednesday that it would trim the number of its prizes from 109 to 78.
The changes — the first restructuring since the group started handing out awards in 1959 — also includes a switch-up for the voting system.
There will now be single awards in the best pop, R ’n’ B and country singer categories, and not broken down in male and female groups, the Recording Academy said in a statement.
“After careful and extensive review and analysis of all categories and fields, it was objectively determined that our Grammy categories be restructured to the continued competition and prestige of the highest and only peer-recognized award in music,” said group president and CEO Neil Portnow.
Axed categories include best rap interpretation by a duo or group, some of the pop, rock and country instrumental categories, zydeco/Cajun music, polka, light classical music, and Native American music.
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