LIGHTS, AMANDA, ACTION!

Meet Fabulous’ feisty new columnist, Amanda Holden – here to give you all the glitz, the glamour and, most importantly, the gossip from Planet Celebrity

By Gemma Calvert. Photography by Simon Fraser, 26/07/2009

She's got a fistful of VIP tickets, is the queen bee of the celebrity social scene and has a BlackBerry bulging with A-list numbers. So who better to report from the front line of celebrity than our new BFF Amanda Holden?

Whether it's the truth about Simon Cowell's latest crush, what Demi Moore whispered to her in the ladies, or what the A-listers really look like without make-up, Amanda, 38, has promised she won't, ahem, be Holden back. Starting today, she'll be giving us the skinny on her whirlwind life every week - the tasty morsels from Planet Celeb and the hilarious highs and challenging lows of parenthood as she and her record producer hubby, Chris Hughes, 36, bring up their three-year-old "princess" Lexi. In short, Amanda's going to be our very own VIP - that's very indiscreet person. But before we send her off into the showbiz world, we thought you'd want to know a little more about our hot new A-list signing...

See Amanda Holden's video interview and photoshoot for Fabulous magazine

We have to admit we're a little green-eyed about your life right now. You're the star judge on Britain's Got Talent and have job offers flooding in from America. Is it true you're about to go global?

Yes, I'm now a correspondent for CBS' The Early Show. It's America's version of GMTV and I've done a stint on the sofa, a couple of pieces from England and I'm in talks to turn that into something more so I've been backwards and forwards to New York. I feel really at home over in the States, but I could never live there, I'd miss England too much.

Your comments

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Can she tell us more about lampooning Susan Boyle and how hard it is to be jealous?

By David's mum.. Posted August 20 2009 at 8:30 PM.

Hey Amanda,

It is great to see that things are great for you now. Look forward to seeing more things from you here in the USA. Hope that you will to Las Vegas one day to host a event or just so that some of your fans can meet you in person.

By Matt.. Posted August 6 2009 at 7:19 PM.

hi Amanda !
i love you so much :D
you're my favorite celeb, and the only one I've ever loved, so you are really special to me :P
congrats on your own column, I'm really looking forward to more !
i love you ! :) <3

By Yvonne Tran.. Posted August 4 2009 at 3:42 AM.

hi amanda you look great i would love to meet you love you on britains got talent xxx

By alex gardiner.. Posted August 1 2009 at 12:00 AM.

Hi Amanda It's Michelle i don't know if you heard from studio lambert but i had a baby boy called DEXTER. The family miss you so much, Many congrats on your new colum we looking forward to reading it every week. Me and Babak would like to wish you continue succses in your career and we thank you for everything and the time we shared . God bless you hun x x

By Michelle Behzad.. Posted July 28 2009 at 8:54 PM.

is she leaveing bgt if she wants to work in amaerica

By nicole.. Posted July 28 2009 at 12:11 AM.

I'm so so happy about this collum,
i got a note from amanda in the post :]
she is my idol and i love her so much! xx

By Heidi Jackson .. Posted July 27 2009 at 1:47 PM.

Congrats on this collumn, i'll be reading every week! your great, i love you! xx

By Melissa.. Posted July 27 2009 at 9:49 AM.

Congratulations Amanda on your new column!
Your my Favorite celebrity in the world.
love you amanda xx

By Stacy.. Posted July 27 2009 at 8:38 AM.

am so happy amanda has got her own coloum so i can keep up to date on whats shes up to.. i try to on twitter but she isnt on it as much as i hope so i hope to read it all on her coloum!
i love her soo much, you are my idol! you are soo gorgeous:) i would do anything to meet her! love you amanda xx

By Laura McWilliam.. Posted July 27 2009 at 1:36 AM.

loved the dress on the back page but cant find it on the topshop website

By Angie.carruthers.. Posted July 26 2009 at 10:43 PM.

Hi, am so pleased Amanda will have a weekly spot on fashion. Her style is amazing & i loved the clothes she wore for the Finals of BGT. I would like to know where Amanda bought the dress in her photoshoot above, the white jewelled one, she is wearing, sitting in the back of a limo. & also the One she wore on BGT with the gold bodice & feathered skirt. good luck amanda- you are fab for Fab. xxxx

By Jillian Mitchell.. Posted July 26 2009 at 3:13 PM.

I love the wardrobe! where are the amazing dresses from?
Congratulations on your new column!

By ella.. Posted July 26 2009 at 3:01 PM.

i am so so happy for her amanda and i love the shoes she is wering

By rebecca.. Posted July 26 2009 at 11:48 AM.

OMG Amanda Holden i LOVE you soooooooooo much. i am soooo glad that i can see you in pics and read about your life all in this magazine. i love you soooo much that i would name my child after you. but i have a long time to go before that happens. i am definately buying the paper from now on.
i would do anything for you and you said that you had no nanny for lexi well hold that spot for me lol.
you are my life rolemodel and i cant wait to read more about you. LOVE YOU SO MUCH. deb xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
p.s i love you more than anything in the world

By debbie from dublin ireland.. Posted July 26 2009 at 11:01 AM.

OMG! I love you Amanda. You are gorgeous, cute, sexy and awesome! I can't wait to read what you have for us each week. Well done hun! Love ya! X0X0X0X0X0

By Beefy Bertha.. Posted July 26 2009 at 5:31 AM.

Have to say that posh look alike seems like her!!They may be related smwhere!!!Love Amanda***

By rosie.. Posted July 26 2009 at 1:03 AM.

OMG i love amanda i went to see her a BGT but thease girls pushed me over the kicked me so i couldent get up to try and see her :( i would do anything to meet her but it is kind of hard as i live so far away but if she ever came to bude i would love to show her around

By Nikki from bude.. Posted July 26 2009 at 12:25 AM.

Finally! About time a magazine snapped Amanda up as a columnist! Definately buying the paper from now on! xD

By Stacey .. Posted July 25 2009 at 10:54 PM.

i am so so so so happy someone has finaly made amanda a collomist woooooo lol i love this women love live amanda holden YAY XX

By Anna.. Posted July 25 2009 at 10:17 PM.