Melanie C is featured in "The Week in Pictures" in this week's Heat Magazine (UK). Thanks to Kevin for the info and thanks to [Hannah] for the scanning the page:

View new photos of Melanie C attending the English National Ballet Christmas Season launch and seeing a performance of 'The Sleeping Beauty' in St. Martins Lane Hotel in London on December 4th. Photo Credits go to Stefan/Melanie C Base and Dennis "Mcrulesme".

Melanie C is supporting Girlguiding UK members all over the country as they take part in the Friendship Challenge in aid of the Mental Health Foundation - in a bid to stop girl-on-girl bullying.
For girls and young women, healthy friendships help to keep them mentally well and boost their self-esteem. But not all friendships are good for a girl's emotional wellbeing, and research shows that some types of bullying are more common among girls than boys.
With the help of Girlguiding UK members, the charity hopes to raise awareness about girl-on-girl bullying and any money raised will go towards ground-breaking research to find out why it happens and how to put a stop to it.
Girls and young women taking part in the Friendship Challenge will learn how to develop and maintain healthy friendships through a range of fun activities, and will be encouraged to reach out to other young people in their communities who may be lonely. There is also an opportunity to enter a national jewellery design competition and the winning design will be made into a real piece of jewellery!

Melanie C said:
"I'm really glad to be supporting the Friendship Challenge. Bullying leads to people feeling sad and lonely and so the sooner we can put a stop to it, the better."
Celia Richardson, Campaigns Director at the Mental Health Foundation, said:
"We are delighted that Melanie C is lending her support to the Friendship Challenge to highlight the importance of good friendship. Bullying is a problem that many girls and women living in Britain experience and it can have lasting negative effects on an individual’s emotional wellbeing and self-esteem."

The Mental Health Foundation, which works to help everybody enjoy good mental health, is one of 19 charities working in partnership with Girlguiding UK as part of the Girlguiding UK: Changing the World project. To find out more about the Friendship Challenge, visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/changingtheworld

Source: Mental Health Foundation

Leigh Francis' alter ego Keith Lemon has released  a new DVD called "Keith Lemon's very brilliant World tour", showing his journey to a lot of places around worldwide. The DVD also features Keith visiting Mel B in Las Vegas and the "pregnant girlfriend Mel C"-skit with Melanie C. Read a review here.

Melanie C was amongst UK celebrities, who took part of the 2008 BBC Children in Need charity auction called "Do Something Different". They each have designed a new look for the children's character "Igglepiggle" from the CBeebies pre-school show "In The Night Garden", which have been auctioned off for the charity on eBay on November 12th.

"It’s Robbie Williams Igglepiggle, circa 1996! No, of course not, it's Melanie C, formerly of the Spice Girls. His red blanket appears to have been replaced by the middle section of a Rothko painting. Maybe she ballsed it up and had to scribble all over it. What would Dr Linda make of that?"
Source: Guardian, Primary Times

View new high quality photos of Melanie walking in London, UK last tuesday. Special thanks to Dennis "Mcrulesme" for contributing his photos.

Thanks to Dennis "Mcrulesme" you can now download the full show "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", where Melanie appeared in last week. Go to the Video Section:

Watch Melanie C's appearance at the Pop Quiz Show "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", which aired on BBC Two yesterday:

more Videos: Part 2 and Part 3

Melanie C's Official Website confirmed Mel's appearance on thursday's show "Never Mind The Buzzcocks":

"Well, for someone we thought was taking it easy, Melanie is certainly keeping busy!

Following a last minute appearance on Al Murray's Happy Hour, a charity gig in Manchester, catching up with Mel B on the Paul O'Grady show, and an impromptu performance at the O2 with Bryan Adams, Melanie will round off a busy few weeks with a guest appearance on Never Mind The Buzzcocks this week.

Will she ever slow down?!"

Mel C was joining Bryan Adams on stage on his concert last wednesday. Read a review by Susan Greenwood from thelondonblog:

"[...]Summer of 69 followed by Cuts Like a Knife, When You’re Gone featuring a heavily pregnant Mel C and Run to You were among the highlights for those in the crowd who knew how to dance, jump or indeed do anything except suffer from advanced rigor mortis.[...]"

"HE’S the man the celebrities love ... or love to hate. But however his A-list targets feel about Perez Hilton, probably the most famous internet blogger in the world, they can’t ignore him.

Because when he posts on his perezhilton.com site, millions click to log on to the latest showbiz gossip accompanied by Perez’s trademark bitchy comments.

On Thursday night, he will be reporting live from Liverpool, casting a critical eye over proceedings on the ECHO arena red carpet as the stars arrive for the MTV Europe Music Awards.

He’s already landed in the city to get some sightseeing in before the event.

“I’ve come here early so, hopefully, I’ll be able to wander about and see where all the action’s at. I’ve never been to Liverpool before so I had no impression of what it would be like,” he admits. “The only thing I knew before was that it’s where the Beatles came from and it’s City of Culture – which I like because I love culture.”

His only other Liverpool link comes through a certain Spice Girl, who Perez has got to know on the celebrity circuit.

“I love Melanie C, she’s so talented and I’ve always been a big supporter of her,” he says. “Of all the Spice Girls I think she’s the only one really making any music and I’m thrilled that she’s having a baby now.

“Her career may not be at its Spice Girls height, but her personal life is probably at its highest point ever and I’m really happy for her about that.”

Luckily for Melanie, she’s one of the famous names who’s not been on the receiving end of Perez’s notoriously sharp tongue (or keyboard, to be precise)."

Read the full article in the Liverpool Echo.

Posted on The Sun today (check some photos from the show below the article, thanks to Dennis "mcrulesme"):

"MEL C insists she won’t rush down the aisle just because she’s pregnant.

It had been claimed the former SPICE GIRL wanted to be a married woman before welcoming her first nipper into the world.

But speaking on the Paul O’Grady Show – coincidentally guest-hosted by her ex-bandmate MEL B – the singer said she’ll marry property developer THOMAS STARR when the time feels right for them.

And she laughed off rumours VICTORIA BECKHAM was on board to organise the ceremony.

She said: “I know there’s been a lot of things written recently saying I’m getting married and they’ve said the date and the church and that Victoria’s organising it, but, no, we’ve got no plans.

“But, you know, we say we’ll get married one day but just not at the moment.

“I’ve always wanted to have children and it’s just never been the right time for me. You have your path in life and you just follow it.”

KIM CATTRALL also appeared on the show - and confirmed there will be a second Sex and the City film."

Watch Melanie C being interviewed at The Paul O'Grady Show by Mel B, who replaced Paul as he is on vacation. Other guests included actress Kim Cattrall and singer Solange Knowles, who congratulated Mel on her baby.
 
More Videos:
Kim Cattrall, Melanie C & Mel B
Solange Knowles, Kim Cattrall, Melanie C & Mel B
Solange performing Sandcastle Disco

Melanie C is supposedly going to be interviewed by Mel B on the Paul O'Grady Show tomorrow according to a message on her Facebook:
17:00 The Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4
"Paul takes his regular week off and invites his famous friends to host the show for him. Today's guest presenter is Mel B."