google

Germans go Google gaga for Megan Fox

Hollywood’s raven-haired beauty Megan Fox has edged out Britney Spears as the most googled person in Germany, according to the company’s “Zeitgeist 2009” list released this week.

boris becker

Introducing…Boris Becker

Introducing…is The Local's guide to the fabulous world of German celebrity. Know all there is about tennis legend and public lothario <b>Boris Becker</b>? Meet the man who is as famous in Germany for his turbulent love life as his boom-boom backhand.

models

Klum crowns Sara 'Germany's Next Topmodel'

Sara, a 19-year-old whose parents come from Ethiopia, became the fourth winner of Heidi Klum’s show "Germany’s Next Topmodel" on Thursday night before an audience of 15,000 in Cologne.

media

Germans find their celebrities dull

German celebrities aren’t worth talking about – even in Germany – according to an online media study published this week. Madonna and other foreign celebs ranked well above the country’s dimly shining stars for web gossip.

Family

Heidi Klum expecting fourth child

German supermodel Heidi Klum on Friday confirmed she was expecting her fourth child with her pop singer husband Seal.

Munich

Dumped fiancée ‘disappointed and hurt’ by Boris Becker

Sandy Meyer-Wölden, the recently dumped fiancée of retired German tennis star Boris Becker, said on Thursday she was crushed by the decision to end their three-month whirlwind romance.