Richard Branson

Ashton Kutcher is Going Into Space
March 19, 2012
When you’re the highest paid sitcom star on television, riding on a regular airplane is so, ugh, pedestrian. Not even renting out the entire first class is good enough for some celebrities, so that’s why Ashton Kutcher is flying suborbital on Virgin Galactic.

Ashton Kutcher is going to be the 500th “astronaut customer” on the Virgin Galactic outer space flight.

Virgin CEO Richard Branson announced on his blog, “I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulate and welcome him.
Kate Winslet Dating Richard Branson's "Rocknroll" Nephew?
September 23, 2011
First Kate Winslet saved Richard Branson's 90-year-old mother from a house fire but now she's supposedly dating Branson's Nephew? Somebody wants a piece of the airplane tycoon real bad.

Ned Rocknroll, and yes that's his legal name, his birth name was Abel Smith which is totally embarrassing so his changed it to the far less-embarrassing, Ned Rocknroll. Anyways, after Kate Winslet vacationed at Richard Branson's Necker island home last month she apparently found a connection with Ned who was also staying at Necker Island at the same time.
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Kate Winslet Escapes Fire on Necker Island
August 22, 2011
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So much for paradise. While vacationing in Richard Branson’s estate on beautiful Necker Island, Kate Winslet narrowly escaped a massive fire that destroyed the home.

Winslet reportedly carried Branson’s 90 year-old mother, Eve, out of the home as flames blazed through early Monday morning.

"She (Winslet) was staying there with her children and in fact it was she who carried my mother out of the house," Branson told Britain's ITV News. "She swept her up into her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible."

The fire broke out around 4 a.m. during a tropical storm, and lightning is said to be the cause.

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