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Visit to Sierra Leone charity project hailed as an ‘inspiration’ by model
Model Tali Lennox has hailed a charity visit to Sierra Leone as an “inspiration”.
1 commentJackson’s costumes go on one final tour
Michael Jackson’s spangled gloves, sparkly jackets and stage costumes are going on a world tour before being sold.
The Voice talent show hit by vomiting bug
A VIRUS has hit the contestants of BBC1 talent show The Voice and is threatening to damage their hopes of winning the top prize.
In pictures: Celebrities honour Prada and Schiaparelli at Met Ball video
Commonly known as the Met Ball, the Costume Institute Gala never fails to deliver fashion’s biggest event of the year.
Bloody art goes up for auction
Artwork by musician Pete Doherty – which includes pieces created with his blood – is expected to raise tens of thousands of pounds at auction.
Simon Cowell ‘feels restless with ITV bosses’
Simon Cowell feels “restless” with ITV, while top executives at the broadcaster resent the TV mogul’s huge influence over their network, biographer Tom Bower has claimed.
Vampire to star in Saddam film
Twilight star Robert Pattinson is set to play the man who spearheaded the hunt to track down Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein, according to reports.
2 commentsChart accolade for ‘sexiest woman’
TULISA Contostavlos could top another chart this week as her debut solo single heads for the No1 spot.
Paolo Nutini to represent Scotland at London Olympics concert
PAISLEY singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini has been chosen to represent Scottish musical talent at a concert in London marking the start of the 2012 Olympic Games.
4 commentsRobbie to sing at jubilee concert
Robbie Williams has been added to the bill for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, organised by his Take That bandmate Gary Barlow.
Former Sex Pistol says Simon Cowell is poisonous and bans use of song
Punk veteran John Lydon has revealed he banned TV bosses from using one of the Sex Pistols’ best known songs after they tried to feature it in hit show American Idol.
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Edinburgh International Magic Festival reveals broad line up
MORE than thirty performers from across the world have been lined up for this year’s Edinburgh International Magic Festival.
Darcey Bussell named as new Strictly Come Dancing judge
THE WORLD-FAMOUS former ballerina Darcey Bussell spoke of her joy today after signing as the new judge for BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Belle de Jour blogger Brooke Magnanti’s life has changed since being a high-class prostitute but her views remain controversial
THE Inverness Whisky Festival takes place on an old farm a couple of miles south of the city. Outside, a bracing view of the Moray Firth and a few folk smoking roll-ups and talking tasting notes.
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Bafta nominations: Fred West drama leads contenders for TV awards
THE SHORTLIST for the TV Baftas was announced today with a TV drama about serial killer Fred West among the nominations.
EastEnders actress renews her vows
EastEnder Patsy Palmer has finally had a white wedding, 12 years after tying the knot with her husband Richard Merkell.
‘Role model’ Holden hits back at rumour
Amanda Holden has hit back at suggestions that she and fellow Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon have fallen out
Emily Blunt on her role in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Emily Blunt can speak Mandarin. Of sorts. “I only know how to speak about river beds and water pressure,” she says with a laugh.
Simon Cowell: How King Midas lost his mojo
Can Simon Cowell learn from the kind of public drubbing he’s so often meted out to X Factor contestants, asks Anna Burnside
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Sex tape drove Tulisa to sleep on floor for a week
SINGER Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed she was so distraught after a sex tape of her appeared online that she slept on the floor for a week.
Bruno leaves hospital and thanks fans for support
Boxing veteran Frank Bruno has thanked fans for their support after he was discharged from hospital following treatment for exhaustion.
1 commentDancing on Ice star all set for Girls’ Day out
Dancing on Ice judge Louie Spence cosied up to three half-naked men as he officially opened an event designed specially for women.
Madonna lets Lourdes be
Chart queen Madonna says her teenage daughter, Lourdes, has no plans to follow in her footsteps as a performer.
The King’s Speech to close after poor ticket sales
A WEST End stage production of Oscar-winning hit The King’s Speech is to close early due to poor ticket sales.
It was originally envisaged as a theatre show but director Tom Hooper picked up the project to make the movie starring Colin Firth.
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Darkly comic thriller to open Edinburgh International Film Festival
KILLER Joe, a comic thriller from the director of The Exorcist, has been announced as the Opening Gala film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
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Emma Cowing: Pippa Middleton’s party poses sound a bum note
WELL, of course there were dwarves. Of all the details that have emerged from the 18th century themed party thrown by French aristocrat Vicomte Arthur de Soultrait last Friday that was attended by Pippa Middleton, the fact that guests were greeted by three dwarves lounging on a sofa for their “entertainment” seems, somehow, par for the course.
1 commentPippa Middleton could escape police probe over pistol pictures
PIPPA Middleton could escape being involved in a police inquiry if a formal complaint is not made after pictures showed her being driven through Paris by a friend apparently brandishing a handgun.
Lorraine Kelly talks about horse-riding accident on TV return
LORRAINE Kelly returned to television screens today, and revealed that her horse-riding accident could have been “so much worse”.
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