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Video: Morgan Freeman falls asleep in TV interview video
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has shocked and amused TV audiences after he fell asleep during a live interview.
Psy imposter fools Cannes celebrities
A MAN masquerading as South Korean rapper Psy, who took the world by storm with the ‘Gangnam Style’ song, has been outed - after two days of partying with various celebrities on the French riviera.
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KT Tunstall’s marriage ‘broke down irretrievably’
A divorce judge today signalled the end of singer KT Tunstall’s marriage to drummer Luke Bullen.
Ewan McGregor sports a retro look in Hollywood
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is almost unrecognisable after a few hours spent in a hairdressing salon in Los Angeles yesterday.
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Brad Pitt reveals drug use and ‘wasted life’
Hollywood star Brad Pitt has revealed how he felt drug use was causing his to waste his life, during his marriage with Jennifer Anniston.
5 commentsSharon Osbourne replaces Tulisa on X-Factor
TV bosses confirmed Sharon Osbourne will return to The X Factor judging panel to replace Tulisa Contostavlos.
Angela Merkel named world’s most powerful woman
German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world for the third year running by business magazine Forbes.
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Gran Slam: Grandmother tells of Andy Murray pride
HE MAY be an international tennis superstar, but to Andy Murray’s adoring grandmother, he’s still her bonnie boy from Dunblane.
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Emma Cowing: Fertility drive is offensive to women
KATE Garraway, her off Daybreak who is married to Derek Draper, is fronting a new campaign called Get Britain Fertile. It features Garraway made up to look like she’s about 102, sporting an enormous baby bump.
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Nicola Benedetti takes a bow as she picks up MBE
A STYLISH Nicola Benedetti was among Scots to receive honours from the Queen at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
The violinist, from West Kilbride, said being an MBE, awarded for services to music and charity, was a “big honour and privilege”.
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Emma Cowing: Fertility drive is offensive to women
KATE Garraway, her off Daybreak who is married to Derek Draper, is fronting a new campaign called Get Britain Fertile. It features Garraway made up to look like she’s about 102, sporting an enormous baby bump.
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George Michael ‘fell out of car on motorway’
INJURED former Wham! singer George Michael fell from his vehicle on to the carriageway of the M1 motorway, an eyewitness has claimed.
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Amanda Abbington: Bankruptcy revelations ‘mean’
ACTRESS Amanda Abbington – who is the long-term partner of Hollywood actor Martin Freeman – has described reports that she has been declared bankrupt as “mean” and “upsetting”.
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Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift’s eight gongs
TAYLOR Swift won eight awards at this year’s US Billboard Music Awards. The country pop singer took categories that included, Top Female Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist and Top Country Artist.
Lost Edinburgh: The Royal Patent Gymnasium
THE view today looking down onto King George V Park from Royal Crescent at the northern edge of Edinburgh’s New town offers little evidence that it was once the site of one of the most remarkable and unique attractions in Victorian Britain.
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Rod Stewart’s Time makes it to No 1 spot
Rod Stewart has celebrated a return to the top of the album charts after 34 years with a champagne toast.
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Carey Mulligan snapped up at Cannes Film Festival
DRESSED in an eye-catching black shift dress, Great Gatsby star Carey Mulligan poses for the cameras at the Cannes Film Festival, where she is promoting her new film, the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis.
George Michael injured in car crash on M1
Popstar George Michael has been injured in a car crash on a motorway.
Grant Stott to take on new ‘serious’ acting role
HE is used to being booed as he stalks the stage as a panto villain or rolling back the years on Forth One’s golden hour – but now Grant Stott is out to show he has a serious side too.
Sacked Apprentice Sophie Lau plans to bounce back
SHE may have heard the dreaded words – but Apprentice-hopeful Sophie Lau insists being sacked by Alan Sugar won’t stop her sinking her teeth in to a new venture.
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Scottish independence: Sharleen Spiteri ‘no’ vote
POP star Sharleen Spiteri has said she does not believe an independent Scotland would be viable, questioning whether it would have the resources to survive.
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One Direction to play Edinburgh’s Murrayfield
Chart-topping boyband One Direction are to play at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium next year, it has been announced.
12 commentsComic Rory McGrath arrested ‘for drunken assault’
Comedian Rory McGrath has been arrested on suspicion of a drunken assault against a couple.
Ewan McGregor wants to do Trainspotting sequel
EWAN McGregor has said that he would love to reprise his role as Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s sequel to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting follow-up Porno.
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Susan Boyle to embark on first ever live tour
SINGING sensation Susan Boyle is to embark on her first ever live tour - with a seven-night run across Scotland.
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Bill Roache appears in court on rape charge video
Veteran Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in the long-running soap, has made his first appearance in court accused of raping a 15-year-old girl.
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Angelina Jolie double mastectomy: Brad Pitt praise video
ANGELINA Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy was “absolutely heroic”, according to her partner Brad Pitt.
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Delia Smith criticises Masterchef
COOKERY queen Delia Smith has taken a swipe at MasterChef for undermining the confidence of aspiring cooks.
Eddie Izzard touts to be Mayor of London
COMEDIAN Eddie Izzard has said he is prepared to take the flak for announcing his intention to pursue a career in politics.
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Rod Stewart uses steroids that nearly killed him
IT WAS an addiction which threatened to bring his half-century of stardom to an abrupt and tragic end. But Rod Stewart has revealed he still relies on the steroids which almost cost him his life.
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Louis Walsh to form One Direction rivals
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has announced plans to form a new boy band to rival One Direction.
Prince Harry lays wreaths to honour US war dead
PRINCE Harry honoured America’s war dead and former president, John F Kennedy, by laying floral tributes at the cemetery commemorating the country’s fallen heroes.
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Police officer jailed over Katie Price child story
A former police sergeant has been jailed for ten months for trying to sell a story about celebrity Katie Price’s daughter to the News of the World.
Gavin and Stacey set for US television remake
US TV bosses have commissioned a full series of the remake of British hit Gavin And Stacey.
YouTube pull plug on new David Bowie priest video
YOUTUBE has withdrawn David Bowie’s newest music video from its site - hours after being released on the Google-owned website.
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Wife of ex-PM Sarah Brown in £80 rail ticket fine
SARAH Brown, the wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown, was hit with an £80 fine after failing to pay for a rail journey in London properly.
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Chris and Mary Gorman slash mansion price by £300k
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE couple Chris and Mary Gorman have knocked down the price of their Renfrewshire mansion by more than £300,000 after struggling to sell the property for nearly a year.
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Scott Harrison: Spanish jail immiment for boxer
Scott Harrison has been issued an ultimatum by a Spanish court to begin a four-year prison sentence for assault or face arrest after the former world champion’s final appeal was rejected.
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Kevin Bridges’ apology for damaging car while drunk
COMEDIAN Kevin Bridges has apologised for “acting aggressively” as he offered to pay compensation to the owner of a car he damaged while drunk in Ireland.
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Emma Cowing: It’s not ‘Glasgwegian’ Billy, it’s just … old
THE WORST thing about being a Scottish woman is having to deal with Scottish men.
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Fugees singer Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion
Former soul star Lauryn Hill has been jailed for three months after failing to pay £643,000 (around $1m) in taxes.
Justin Bieber faces quiz after Dubai speeding
POP star Justin Bieber faces being questioned by police after setting off six speed cameras in Dubai while driving a Lamborghini.
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Jimmy Tarbuck quizzed over sex attack allegation
COMEDIAN Jimmy Tarbuck was arrested in connection with the alleged sexual attack on a young boy in the 1970s, it emerged last night.
Police detained Tarbuck, 73, at his home in Kingston Upon Thames, London, on 26 April.
Paddy Considine: ‘My brain told me to shut down’
Actor Paddy Considine has told how he was gripped by despair before doctors found out he was suffering from a rare condition that made it difficult for him to cope with light.
‘I knew I would return from Dambusters raid’
THE last living British Dambuster has told how he always believed he would survive the daring raid.
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Helen Mirren in street rant while dressed as Queen
Dame Helen Mirren has spoken about the moment she shouted at a group of drummers to be quiet while still dressed in her stage costume as Queen Elizabeth II.
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Song penned for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge baby
THE composer who wrote music for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has written a lullaby for the couple’s baby, to be sung by classical superstar Hayley Westenra.
Lost Edinburgh: Jacey Film Theatre, Princes Street
THE premises at No.131 Princes Street once contained a cinema that was small in capacity but big in reputation.
2 commentsArlene Phillips: ‘I’ve had no cosmetic surgery’
Dance queen Arlene Phillips says she has no plans to slow down, as she prepares to celebrate her 70th birthday.
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Keira Knightley marries James Righton in France
Hollywood star Keira Knightley opted for a low-key wedding to her musician boyfriend James Righton in France.
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