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Kelly Osbourne Flashes Her Bum In Cheeky Instagram 'Belfie' Photo (PICS)

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Usually when we hear "Kelly", "Instagram" and "bum" in the same sentence, we expect to read that Kelly Brook has posted another belfie, but in fact it's Kelly Osbourne who had a bit of a cheeky moment on Instagram over the weekend, flashing her bum in a photo she uploaded to her account on Friday night.

The ‘Fashion Police’ presenter - who talks frequently about her staunch exercise routine - dropped trou for the photo, which saw her showing off her bum in a pink thong, in a rare moment where her fabulous lilac hair isn’t the first thing our eye is immediately drawn to.

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Kelly flashing her behind on Instagram


With her jeans around her ankles, Kelly joked in the photo’s caption: “It's not a #FullMoon but it feels like one!”

She went on to wish “good luck” to the participants in the 24HourPlays event in Santa Monica, where she seemed to be having a great time as she posed for a photo with singer Alanis Morissette.

Using her hair as a makeshift moustache - well, who can honestly say they haven’t done the same thing on a night out after a few sherberts? - she told her Instagram followers she was having “so much fun dancing the night away” with the ‘Ironic’ singer, before sharing their unique dance move which she’d branded ‘The Beard’.

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Kelly and Alanis debut 'The Beard'


We have to say it makes a pleasant change to hear Kelly being nice about a fellow celebrity on social media, as she’s hit out at the likes of Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga on Twitter in the past, after the latter sent her a birthday cake (the gall of it).

However, Kelly did go on to apologise to Mother Monster claiming she’d acted “like a child” by refusing to accept Gaga’s cake.



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Ella Henderson: 9 Facts In 90 Seconds - What You Need To Know About The 'Ghost' Singer And Chart-Topping 'X Factor' Star

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To say Ella Henderson has had an exciting few months would be a bit of an understatement.

Since leaving ‘The X Factor’ in one of the show’s most controversial exits ever back in 2012, Ella signed to Simon Cowell’s record label Syco and then fell off the celeb radar while she worked hard on her debut release.

While some may have forgotten about Ella soon afterwards, as another series of ‘X Factor’ came and went, her hardcore fan-base were waiting with baited breath for her to put out some material, and their patience was rewarded when she unveiled her debut single ‘Ghost’ earlier this year, which quickly became a hit with critics and listeners alike.

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Ella Henderson


Her live performance of the track - which was produced by Ryan Tedder, best known for his work with Adele, Beyoncé and Leona Lewis - on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ was praised, and Ella wowed crowds at Wembley Stadium when she performed at the Capital Summertime Ball.

As if that wasn’t enough, ‘Ghost’ is now enjoying its second week in the UK number one spot, having beaten off stiff competition from the likes of Ed Sheeran and Australian boyband 5 Seconds Of Summer.

At just 18 years old, Ella is showing no signs of slowing down or leaving the charts any time soon, so it's time to bring ourselves up to speed with all the important things there are to know about Ella. Here are her ‘9 Facts In 90 Seconds’...



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'Annie Get Your Gun' Leaves Edinburgh After a Hauntingly Good Time

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Edinburgh - a city of tremendous culture, stunning architecture, amazing views and incredible whiskies. Also home to one of the largest and most unusual theatres I've had the pleasure of playing - the Edinburgh Playhouse. Standing at the top of the hill down into Leith, it's an epic 3000-seater on three tiers - astonishing considering it was originally a cinema! There's the added oddity that the sound desk is operated from the dress circle, rather than the more commonplace back of stalls position, and then the additional hill which makes the theatre seem as if it was literally hewn from the hillside. The steep walk down to stage door from the front of the theatre would be treacherous in bad weather, and I'm grateful for this week's beautiful sunshine which meant that wasn't going to be an issue.

The peculiarities continue backstage where the space is divided predominantly into two towers that run up the sides of the building, rather than lying across the full width of the space. It's a pretty good workout if you wanted to do the full run around, as the towers span ten floors! Stage Door is on ground level, the front of the theatre sits around level 6 and the stage is on level 3. However most of the dressing rooms are to be found on levels 7 and above. Given the nature of Annie Get Your Gun for quick changes, being in these dressing rooms wasn't really an option for most of us, so we were relegated to sub-stage rooms, with very little in the way of natural light or that aforementioned beautiful sunshine. It was worth it though to not have to climb numerous flights of stairs at the interval. This show is exhausting enough as it is!

Many of us did make the trip up the stairs at least once this week though, in order to pay a visit to the haunted corridor of level 9, which runs between the north and south tower dressing rooms, directly above the stage. This corridor is said to be haunted by Albert, the theatre ghost, who was apparently a stage door keeper at the Playhouse. It's a relatively dark and spooky place with lots of creaks and bangs, yet a cold and eerie silence for such a lively building. However, it seemed only fitting to go and say hello and thank him for letting us spend the week in his home. I'll admit, on the Friday show when the lights started acting a little strange, my immediate thoughts did turn to Albert.

Not content with spooking ourselves out in the Playhouse, many of the company headed out on a midnight ghost walk around the city for some additional socialising post-show. We visited the historic vaults of the city, hearing tales of torture and treachery, as well as Greyfriars Kirkyard en route, taking many a photo in the hope of capturing something unexplained. There were certainly an odd couple of things that showed up on my camera but what they truly are, who knows. I'm certainly not going to dismiss them just in case!

There's so much to do in Edinburgh that having only one afternoon off (and none if you're an understudy) was simply not enough, but we've all tried to make the most of it in our own personal ways. There have been trips up Arthur's Seat (kudos to those who used it for running training), the penguin parade at the zoo, the disappointing football (ho hum) and then the glorious post-show jaunt tasting various Scottish whiskies! But, sure as the sunrise, no sooner have we begun to settle in, it's time to pack up and travel on again. Our next stop is Oxford, another beautiful city and one that several of the team will be able to commute to. It will be the first time that our company will be broken up into those who are fully on the road, and those who are trying to spend time at home wherever vaguely possible. We also have the added excitement next week that Irving Berlin's family will be paying us a visit! I'll admit, I'm a little nervous. It's a privilege to be playing this role and singing Berlin's beautiful score, so I'm sincerely hoping they'll be happy with my interpretation of Annie, and the production in general. Watch this space!

You can read more about the exploits of Emma and the Annie Get Your Gun company as they tour the UK, at www.emmawilliamsactress.blogspot.co.uk and visit www.atgtickets.com/shows/annie-get-your-gun for tickets.

Felix Dennis - a Tribute

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Felix Dennis has today lost his battle with Cancer.
In tribute to an inspirational poet and a true lover of nature, I share my last interview with a man who through tireless planting of trees, has made this world a better place for us all.

'What do you make of the widespread notion that you need to be poor in order to make art?' I ask 'millionaire poet' Felix Dennis. 'It is absolute nonsense', he replies swiftly, 'you don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry'..

Dennis himself is the ultimate dispeller of this baseless myth; he was already one of Britain's richest men when his acclaimed, eloquently observant first book of poems A Glass Half Full was published. This surprisingly successful collection marked the start of an illustrious writing career that like Dennis, left fans wishing he turned to poetry in his twenties instead of his fifties.

The following years have seen his 'beautifully crafted' poetry winning over many high profile luminaries; Stephan Fry describes Dennis as 'the real thing', Mick Jagger enjoys reading his poetry 'immensely' and to Sir Paul McCartney 'his poetry sings like summer breeze through the fairground'. Sky Arts' Millionaire Poet' documentary (to be screened Wednesday 10th October at 9pm) even features long time admirer Tom Wolfe reciting one of Dennis's poems.

'The start however was far from smooth' Dennis tells me, 'I had huge problems finding a publisher. It was actually a poem I wrote on the spot about the dog sitting next to Sue Freeman in her Hutchinson's office, that finally won the publisher over'.

Recognition by Benjamin Zephaniah meant the world as did Melvin Bragg's somewhat visionary endorsement. Bragg has dedicated an entire South Bank show to Dennis's poetry, vehemently ensuring the skeptics that 'at least one of these poems will be instantly anthologized'..

Dennis has gone on to write six best selling collections of poetry, all of which are still in print with Tales From The Woods reprinted three times. His poems have also been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, featured in the 2009 UK school curriculum as well as the iconic US show 60 Minutes.

I give it to Felix Dennis that he is the most unfamous famous person alive. "I like that" he says with a pleasant chuckle. Be it from his imprisonment as an OZ magazine co-conspirator, the instantly recognizable red Dennis publishing logo on countless magazine titles or his much publicised support for Wikileaks's troubled Assange, people know Felix Dennis's name. Dennis has recently joined Jemima Khan, Michael Moore, Ken Loach, John Pilger and other high profile figures in bail backing the enigmatic 'world agitator'.

"Assange is not a personal friend," Felix is quick to explain. "What was happening here last Christmas was wrong, people were ready to place him in solitary confinement even before any guilt was proven..I was defending a basic democratic principle as a UK citizen; a man is innocent until proven guilty..what is clear is that the US cannot wait to get its hands on him and that he is in fact fighting for his life."

Dennis's greatest love, more so an obsession is trees. The love affair that began many years ago in London's Golden Square, is the subject of the haunting Hornbeams from his book Tales from the Woods;

'..High up above those streets of woe
Four massive hornbeams clawed the sky
Each bough a silhouette of snow
A sight to paralyze the eye
To stun the mind and warm the heart
That nature might produce such art..'

I share my love of trees with Dennis and feel immense gratitude towards the man who plants 300 acres of land each year with native British broadleaf trees and whose life's ambition is to plant a huge broadleaf forest in the Heart of England.

I tell Dennis of my questioning urgent calls to the local council whenever I spot a tree being cut down and when I complain of the recklessness that takes just minutes to kill a magnificent source of life that took hundreds of years to grow, Dennis suggests I become a tree warden. I jump at the idea.

If you were to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow, I ask Dennis in conclusion, what would you say to him?

"I would ask David Cameron to stop putting wind turbines up, they should be off shore and not here as this is a small island. I would tell him that France, Italy and Germany have approximately twenty five percent of their land surface covered in trees where in England it is only five percent..that is shocking."

Dennis intends to leave his vast fortune to the Heart of England Forest charity, 'so they can plant 30 000 thousand acres of native deciduous trees in the heart of England.. from Shakespeare's old forest of Arden, going south towards Vale of Evesham '

What a vision..

NUA Entertainment Launch Major Talent Competition With £100,000 Recording Contract Prize

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NUA Entertainment founders Neil and Nicky Utley offered me the post of Chairman of NUA.
Neil is one of the UK's most successful businessmen, but always wanted to be involved with music and I have for some time been thinking of getting involved in the business side of the industry, so I accepted. One of the first things we did was to launch a talent competition in conjunction with UTV Media, the third largest radio group in the UK.

My friend Steve Betts has great contacts in the media and together we took the idea to Terry Underhill, group program director at UTV, who loved the idea, so NUA and UTV joined forces.

I have been in the music biz for over 30 years now during which time I have gained a lot of experience, especially as I worked with Simon Fuller, who was my manager for 15 of those years. I'm sure you know that Simon named his management company after my number one record '19'.

The competition has so far been a great success as we have had over 1000 entries. However, this is not just another X-Factor. Apart from the fact that this has never been done before on UK radio, the main difference in what we are doing compared to programs like X-Factor and The Voice is that I, along with other industry experts, will be choosing the winner.

And I can tell you this for certain, it will be pure talent that eventually wins the £100,000 recording contract that is on offer.

I am fortunate in my role to have a founder who is willing to back me in my decisions and we have a great team of people involved, including Gary Boorman who has a wealth of experience in the music industry.

I have to say that it's really interesting working on the other side of the business with the label. However, I think our artists will benefit from my experience as an artist, as I can see things from different angles and can be sympathetic over issues that other record company bosses might not understand.

We are not genre specific and are not trying to be uber cool. We are just looking for great talent that will endure; otherwise I don't see the point of being involved.

The first release on NUA will be Charlie Simpson, the former front man of Busted. He has moved away from the pop side of things and has really concentrated on the songwriting for his new album 'Long Road Home'.

We also have some other exciting projects including a young female singer Chesca Miles, who has a fantastic voice and is also one of the country's top stunt riders! Plus, obviously, the winner of The Next Big Thing, which is the name of our talent competition. Incidentally the final is being held at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool,

So all in all things are looking great for NUA entertainment.

At the time of writing Paul's new album, 'Jazzmasters 7', has entered the Billboard Jazz chart in the USA at number 1, giving NUA their first number 1 Album.

Anyone can enter The Next Big Thing here - http://www.nuaentertainment.com/win-recording-contract-worth-100000/

17 Impossilby Cute Pictures Of Baby Orangutans Ahead Of Nat Geo Wild's 'Orangutan Rescue: Back To The Wild'

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Nat Geo Wild presents 'Orangutan Rescue: Back to the Wild', a one-off special offering viewers privileged access to International Animal Rescue’s orangutan rehab centre in West Kalimantan in Borneo, Indonesia. Only 100 years ago, an estimated 600,000 orangutans roamed the Borneo and Sumatran rainforests. But now they are one of the world’s most endangered species due to poaching, habitat destruction and the illegal pet trade.



There is hope. An extraordinary and dedicated team of international vets, scientists and volunteers have joined forces with locals to build and run the rehabilitation centre. Their aim – to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned orangutans and release them back into the wild. This programme follows the work of the team and the progress of the orphaned orangutans, as they learn the skills necessary to survive in the wild.

Orangutan Rescue: Back to the Wild premieres tonight at 8pm on Nat Geo WILD. Watch the clips above and below...

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Glastonbury 2014: From Dolly Parton To Lily Allen, The Festival Line-Up's Best Female Acts

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While Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage is set to play host to three male headline acts - aside from Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne, of course - there’s no shortage of fantastic female musicians performing at the festival over the weekend.

Glastonbury veteran Lily Allen is tasked with playing before Elbow and Arcade Fire on Friday evening, while country legend Dolly Parton is set to make her Glastonbury debut on Sunday.

Glaswegian trio Chvrches will also be performing and Blondie fans - who have been looking forward to the festival since Debbie Harry self-confirmed her band’s set back in February - will get to see the 80s legends live at Worthy Farm for the first time in more than twenty years.

Check out Glastonbury’s must-see female acts below. Have we missed any? Let us know below...



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Glastonbury 2014 Weather Update - Sunshine Or Showers Set For Worthy Farm?

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Glastonbury festival-goers might want to double check they've packed their raincoat for this weekend, as the latest weather reports indicate rain is on its way to Worthy Farm.

Despite last week’s optimistic murmurings from the Met Office, the latest detailed reports suggest music lovers will be greeted by cloudy skies.

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2013's muddy conditions look set to return...


The Western Daily Press reports that campers arriving on Wednesday will have dry conditions, but on Thursday, the “heavens will open”. Gulp.

Showers are expected to continue throughout Thursday evening, while the current forecast for Friday and Saturday states “sunshine and showers” are likely.

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Emma Sharples, from the Met Office, told the paper: “We can expect it to be cloudier and there will be some rain around but it will still be fairly warm.”

Last year’s Glastonbury revellers experienced everything from bright sunshine to downpours, so perhaps it’s best to pack sunscreen and wellies…



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Don Johnson Interview: 'Cold In July', 'Miami Vice' Madness And How Happiness Meant Eliminating A Wife Or Two...

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30 years after he used to turn up to work on a speed boat, Don Johnson can still create a buzz when he enters the room – in today’s case a London hotel bar, where he stops and shakes many a hand before sitting down with me, evidently loving the city, loving the sunshine.

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Don Johnson in dark caper thriller 'Cold in July'


Loving having a film to talk about that’s garnered good reviews both generally and for him personally – dark thriller-caper ‘Cold in July’, which sees him scene-stealing with cowboy hat and bon mots, even alongside Michael C Hall and Sam Shepard.

As he puts it…

“Some years ago I became more aware of how lucky we are to be gifted with this. The light bulb goes on, and you go ‘oh.’ It’s nice to still be in the conversation.”

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Don Johnson co-stars in 'Cold in July' with Michael C Hall


Even without his distinctly West Coast-ey description, the facts speak for themselves. With ‘Miami Vice’, Don became officially the world’s best-looking man in rolled-up sleeves, starring in the world’s most slick detective show, with a era-defining soundtrack.

Don enjoyed the kind of success and adulation that only a few people will ever taste – including one surreal moment he tells me about, still with a glint in his eye, when he was filming a scene in New York and suddenly the air was full of “a million pairs of undergarments, all thrown by women from office blocks” – and he’s smart enough to know his head was firmly turned.

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Don Johnson at the height of Vice fame, alongside co-star Philip Michael Thomas


“I was in my mid-30s, not really young, but still immature,” he admits now.

“It was a part of the collective psyche at the time in the 80s – bigger, flashier, more – and everyone was sort of drunk with style and fashion.”

Ah good, he’s mentioned it first, the suits - courtesy of Versace, Armani and co – that brought Italian tailoring, normally with a T-shirt underneath and in a variety of ‘approved’ pastel shades, into American culture, along with the equally Italian Ferraris that had Don Johnson at the wheel.

But, yes, it is time to start tuning up the world’s smallest violin, because it turns out People’s Sexiest, Scrummiest, Smuggiest wasn’t always the Happiest.

“I think you do lose yourself,” he explains. “At a certain point, you look around and you think, ‘I have all of this stuff that supposedly happiness is made of – why am I not happy?’

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Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith - married twice - at the height of their 80s combined star-power


“That begins the process of going, ‘What in my life serves me and what doesn’t serve me?’ and I started eliminating the things that didn’t serve me. Some of them were, like, wives…” he grins.

Nobody at this point mentions Melanie Griffith, the woman he married twice, and with whom he has daughter Dakota, about to become a household name herself as the defrocked ingénue in ’50 Shades of Grey’.

He continues... “Some were belief systems, ego-based, ambition-based…” Clothes, I wonder? “Clothes, yes, a lot of just stuff. And once I started doing it, the better I liked it. So now I keep it simple. Which is, of course, a relative term.”

With his long career and Old Hollywood connections (Tippi Hedren was twice his mother-in-law), Don describes it as more of a club than a system these days…

“It’s more of a speak-easy,” he explains.

“We all know who’s in it, and who isn’t. It can be interchangeable from one week to the next, depending on how well your movie did.

A big, philosophical chuckle comes, before he adds, “Believe me, I’ve been in and out of the club a lot.

“These days, I’m into the pure joy of the work. I’m past the ambitious and ego stage. That’s normal for any business, and it’s just a little more obvious and unattractive in our business.”

'Cold in July' is in UK cinemas from this Friday 27 June. Watch the clips above and below...

Speaking of Grief

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It was an arresting image - to see the faces of our comedy elite with the coffin of such an iconic figure. An unintended tableau of England's great and talented comedy pioneers - who have shaped the 80s.


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And it was weird seeing people you know a bit - only a bit mind - with the coffin of someone who means a lot.

What does meaning and attachment at these time do to us? Is there a possessiveness in grief?
Is there a Leveson ruling that dictates who should be allowed to speak of the deceased? I was asked to comment on Rik's death and I did - instinctively and carefully. With respect to Rik's family. I was interested to hear from other people as well. Recollections are reassuring and connecting.

Or is that the grief talking, and if grief talks what does it say? In my case, I wanted to share that I was connected to the person that was, and wished to process that - but wasn't quite sure how to. It's a heightened time.

I have love, respect and admiration for England's comedy elite - while not being part of that grouping from close quarters. People say 'you must see each other all the time'. And I say 'well I do go round to their houses - not when they're in obviously - that would be stalking'. (Joke)

Coming of age and being a crone - as I am this year- has given the wisdom to know I'm at the end of my Life. Rik dying has highlighted that most adroitly - what happens now is the last phase. Time to claim it, change tack, and not waste a second.

On the day of the funeral I was in a field. I was glad to take the time in this way and send some love out and up and around. Or where it goes.

I have always done my own thing - it took me close to the comedy elite. I am eternally grateful for the jobs Rik, Ade, Jennifer, Dawn and Ben gave to me - these jobs defined me. I loved the times I had with them. I loved them as people as well.

I was in a field and said my Farewell from there. As I expect so many did from wherever they were. We all go to the same place in the end... and those who do the waving off, will go there too...

'X Factor': Cheryl Cole Praises 'Funny' New Judge Mel B... But Seems Less Keen On Louis Walsh

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Cheryl Cole has spoken about what it’s like working with the newest ‘X Factor’ judge Mel B, as auditions for the new series get underway.

Eariler this month, it was confirmed that Mel would be joining Cheryl, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh on the judging panel of the TV talent show.

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Cheryl Cole


Cheryl has dismissed the idea that there is any ill-feelings between herself and the former Spice Girl, telling The Sun that they’re already having a laugh together, adding that Mel feels like “an old friend”.

She said: “I admit we are very different characters and very different people. But it works. She actually makes me laugh. Sometimes I have to stop myself laughing at her because it’s really rude - the contestants think I’m laughing at them.”

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Mel B


It also sounds like Mel is going to be every bit as blunt and straight to the point as she was during her brief appearance as a judge in 2012, with Cheryl praising her style of judging the auditionees, saying: “She’s quick and she’s very direct. A lot of the stuff she says I couldn’t bring myself to say. But I love that — it’s a good dynamic for the panel.”

However, she seems less keen on returning judge Louis Walsh, who she was recently reunited with after a three-year absence from ‘The X Factor’.

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This year's 'X Factor' judges


Speaking about Louis - who she’d previously told Graham Norton there had been a “frosty” atmosphere around on the first day of filming - Cheryl said: “I don’t have to be near him because Mel is in the middle.”

It was even claimed ahead of the first round of auditions that Cheryl had refused to sit next to Louis on the panel, while Simon Cowell revealed earlier in the year that the former Girls Aloud star hadn’t wanted him to come back at all.

Meanwhile, it was reported recently that there’d already been some behind-the-scenes drama, with Mel telling show boss Simon straight that she had no intention of playing up to a ‘Miss Nasty’ persona on the show, and wasn’t interested in creating any unnecessary tension with Cheryl.



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‘Coronation Street' Spoiler! Michelle Keegan To Return In Funeral Episode

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‘Coronation Street’ fans are set for a surprise as Michelle Keegan’s character Tina McIntyre makes a brief return.

Unseen footage of Tina will feature in the funeral episode being aired on Monday 23 June, with an extended cut being posted online shortly afterwards.

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Michelle Keegan


Digital Spy reports that Tina’s pal Steph, played by Tisha Merry, opts to miss Tina’s funeral, choosing to stay at home and reflect on her own memories instead.

She then finds a video on her phone, which features herself and Tina dancing around before a night out.

Since making her dramatic exit earlier this month, Michelle is yet to announce any new plans, though she could be set to ditch her usual glamorous look for a certain survival, reality TV show.

The residents of Weatherfield are still unaware that Rob Donovan is Tina’s killer and it’s still not clear whether the murderer’s identity will ever be revealed.



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Kristen Stewart To Sue Joan Rivers? ‘Fashion Police' Presenter's Memoir Mentions Actress's Affair With Rupert Sanders

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Kristen Stewart is apparently not too happy with Joan Rivers, who mentions the ‘Twilight’ actress in her new book ‘Diary Of A Mad Diva’.

Kristen is reportedly incensed with one particular passage in Joan’s memoir, which references her affair with ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ director Rupert Sanders.

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Kristen Stewart and Joan Rivers


In the passage, Joan writes: “Many stars only do one thing well. Of course, the best one-trick-pony is Kristen Stewart, who got a whole career by being able to juggle a director's balls."

Following the book’s publication, the funny woman told TMZ that she is “now being sued by Kristen Stewart".

“Her lawyer contacted my lawyer, which shows the sense of humor she has,” she says. “Zero.”

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Kristen and Rupert Sanders


However, a source has now told HollywoodLife that Kristen has apparently changed her mind and has no further plans to take legal action.

“The reason that Kristen backed down from suing Joan Rivers was because she didn’t want people to talk about the Rupert Sanders incident again,” the source told the website. “That was the moment that ruined her relationship with Rob [Pattinson] and affected her career, with some people thinking she was and is a homewrecker.

“She now thinks people have mostly forgotten about that incident. If she went through with suing Joan, it would cause so much unwanted and unneeded media attention, that at the end of the day it was easier to refrain from suing,” they added. “Kristen thought, ‘Why help sell Joan’s book by raising attention to it?’

“Kristen thinks the statement Joan made is hurtful and untrue, so to give it extra life would be the bad move.”

The actress issued a public apology in 2012 when her affair with married director Rupert Sanders was revealed.

Following the affair, Kristen and Rob Pattinson split and Rupert Sanders also separated from his wife Liberty Ross.



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Lauren Goodger 'Sick Of Drama' And Starting A New Life In Los Angeles, Reveals Mark Wright Would Never Let Her Go Naked On Camera

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Lauren Goodger has announced that she's bidding farewell to old Blighty and heading Stateside to start a new life in America.

The former ‘TOWIE’ star says she’s leaving Essex behind because she’s “sick of all the drama” and instead will be focusing on her music career in Los Angeles - which famously has no drama whatsoever, in fact the whole state of California is completely drama-free.

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Lauren Goodger


She explained in the latest edition of new! magazine: “I’ve wanted to move away from Essex for a while because I’m sick of all the drama," she tells new Magazine.

"So I’m excited to say I’m moving to Los Angeles! I leave this week and I’m moving in with two personal trainers. My plan is to stay out there for three months, but nothing is set in stone."

Slightly straying from her new “no drama” outlook - well, she’s not in LA yet - Lauren also took the opportunity to comment on her ex-fiancé Mark Wright’s relationship with former ‘Corrie’ star Michelle Keegan, after she revealed she’d be willing to do a nude scene for a part in ‘Game Of Thrones’.

Lauren revealed that when they were together, and were both cast members on ‘TOWIE’, Mark was totally against her stripping off on camera, saying: “Even when I did my first scene with spray tan he fucking went ballistic. And that was having a spray tan with shorts on. But he’s probably grown up now hopefully.”

Mark recently made a public plea to Lauren on Twitter, asking her to stop talking about him in magazine interviews, saying: “Please leave me out of your public conversations, stop embarrassing yourself. Start having some respect and MOVE ON.”

Luckily for Mark, she’ll soon be soaking up that drama-free California sun.

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Read what she had to say in full in the new issue of new! magazine, out now.



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'The Lion King' Is 20 Years Old Today: Mustafa Teaches Young Simba The Most Important Lesson Of All (VIDEO)

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It's 20 years today since one of Disney's greatest modern fairytales first came to the screen, with the adventures of 'The Lion King'.

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A new King is born, and the jungle rejoices...


To celebrate two decades of the adventures of Simba, the wisdom of father Mustafa and the villainy of Uncle Scar, we've posted below that glorious moment when young Simba is presented to the other residents of the jungle, and above his lesson with Mustafa, when young Simba learns just what a large legacy lies on his small, furry shoulders.

Is 'The Lion King' up there with your Disney favourites?



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Glastonbury 2014: The 21 People You'll Definitely See At The Music Festival

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In less than 24 hours time, Glastonbury Festival 2014 will officially start and, as everyone knows, it's not just about the music.

Alongside the bands taking to the stage, there are also plenty of other performers, including everything from circus acts and trapeze artists to poets and experimental scientists.

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Then, of course, there are the festival-goers themselves. While it's impossible to guarantee a rain-free weekend, you can be almost certain that you'll spot a few of these classic, festival cliches making their way through the crowds at Worthy Farm.

How many of these weird and wonderful music-lovers will you spot over the weekend?

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HuffPostUK will be bringing you all the latest news from Glastonbury on our dedicated news page.

With thanks to Escapade.

Katie Price Reveals She's Still Spending Time With Cheating Husband Kieran Hayler On Fubar Radio Show

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Katie Price has revealed that she is still spending time with her husband Kieran Hayler, who she split from last month.

During her weekly show on Fubar radio, Katie revealed that she and Kieran were sharing custody of their baby son, Jett, and that the builder and occasional stripper is still spending time at her house.

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Katie Price and Kieran Hayler


When discussing whether big age gaps cause problems in relationships, Katie let it slip that Kieran - who is nine years her junior - was still spending time at her house, telling co-presenter Mark Dolan: “I had this the other day, Kieran was round the house, and I said to my brother about Rik Mayall, 'I used to watch The Young Ones,' and Kieran said, 'What’s that?'"

Katie, who is expecting another child with Kieran in a matter of months, also revealed that he was taking care of Jett while she co-presented her show, saying: “Kieran's with Jett today, not the nanny.”

The former glamour model initially took to her Twitter back in May to reveal that she was planning on divorcing Kieran after discovering he’d been sleeping with her close friend, Jane Pountney.

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Katie Price


However, since their split Kieran has admitted he suffers from a “compulsive disorder” that he was seeking help for in a bid to win Katie back, and on her radio show last week she suggested there could be some kind of reconciliation in the future.

Unfortunately, her friendship with Jane Pountney seems less likely to be fixed, as Katie has branded her an “ugly tramp” and a “home wrecker” on Twitter.



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Do the Oldies Love the Goldies?

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Having spent a large proportion of my working life in advertising, I now do all I can to avoid the commercials.

However, on a recent trip to the cinema to see 'Edge of Tomorrow' (how many times can Tom Cruise save the world?), I somehow got my timings wrong and happened to catch the latest advert for Vodafone Red 4G? It promotes Spotify's Premium music download service.

Liverspotify might be more appropriate because it features a collection of pensioners strutting their stuff and singing along to latter day musical refrains from the likes of Matt Monro, Kay Starr and Frankie Vaughan. Ouch! When that old boy who's walking through the countryside with his dog attempts one of Frankie's high kicks while warbling 'Give Me The Moonlight', it almost makes your eyes water.

Alas, this isn't quite true.

The songs are considerably more up to date than those just mentioned.

In an ironic twist, the sort that creatives are so fond of, the tunes are actually made up of such future classics as 'Milkshake'- although surely that should be 'Complan Shake'- from someone called Kelis.

Apparently, she's a big hip-hop artist quite a few decades away from needing any form of hip operation. Of course, I know exactly who she is. I'm simply trying to be more out of touch than I really am.

Other numbers include 'Bad Girls' by M.I.A, 'She Said' by Plan B and 'Love Me Again' (fat chance when you're past 70 unless it's by prior arrangement and with an accompanying doctor's note) by John Newman, who weirdly has a slight look of the Bobby Darin's about him. Not that I particularly believe in reincarnation, but it makes you think, doesn't it?

Anyway, whether you consider this slice of commerciality to be life affirming or condescending- the latter, I feel- it does raise a question.

As we get older, do our listening and viewing habits change?

One day we're tuning in on a Sunday evening to hear who's no.1 and the next, we're listening to the Paul O'Grady show-Radio 2 from 5 pm to 7pm also on the sabbath- to hear the nation's favourite dog lover read out letters from people who've recently been ill, but are now thankfully much better. In fact, so much better, they should just about hang on in there long enough to switch over to Radio 4 to catch the Archers.

Then there's Smooth, aka, well, to me, at least, as Deceased FM. It's rather like a depressing version of 'Name That Tune' on the radio. You hear the first few bars of a song and you can't help yourself shouting out the title. Invariably, it's Randy Crawford and 'Midnight Train to Georgia' or Gladys Knight and the Pips and 'Rainy Night in Georgia'. Oops! I think I might have got those mixed up. No sign of my advancing age, I can assure you.

As if the repetitiveness of the music played- those listeners with alzheimer's, whom I'm certain make up the core audience, are hardly likely to be critical- isn't bad enough, the paid messages in-between make you feel like giving up the ghost.

Rather spookily, 'Ghost' by Ella Henderson is still at the top of this week's hit parade. Oh, get me and my contemporary pop knowledge. Beware Ella, my dear, in 50 years you could be a featured artist on Smooth.

Anyway, back to the ads. 90% of them are for those who want to relinquish equity in the homes, thereby allowing them to move to secure warden controlled housing. The remaining 10% are for Saga cruises, high fibre cereals and baths you can get into and out of unaided.

It's all enough to have you turning on the TV instead.

The popularity of programmes such as 'Antiques Roadshow', 'Antiques Road Trip' (I sense a pattern forming) 'Springwatch', 'Autumwatch', 'Winterwatch' (no 'Deathwatch' yet), 'Pointless' and 'Escape to the Country' suggests that the schedulers are onto something.

Sad though it is, I Sky + 'Escape to the Country'. This used to be for a giggle at those taking part and the appalling taste of some people's homes. Now, I increasingly find myself thinking 'I could see myself living there when I retire'.

There is no doubt that our entertainment choices do alter as we advance along life's highway. That reminds me, when are ITV going to bring back 'Highway'?

Personally, I look forward to watching 'The Other Side', a network broadcast exclusively in heaven for those who have passed over, but can't give up on their telly viewing habits.

Mind you, the channels will undoubtably be full of the same old rubbish and repeats we've already seen here on earth.

Ian McKellen Gets Honorary Degree From Cambridge, University Flies Gay Pride Flag To Celebrate

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X-Men and Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen was given an honorary degree from Cambridge, with the university flying the gay pride flag in honour of the actor.

McKellen was one of seven people awarded doctorates by the institution, and was made a Doctor of Letters in recognition of his lengthy career as an actor and director. The star read English at St Catharine's College in the 1950s and tweeted and Facebooked a picture of himself at the university, with the rainbow flag in the background, writing: "I am now an honorary Doctor of Letters at Cambridge University UK. My old college St Catharine's celebrated by flying the rainbow flag."








Blow By Blow

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OK, here's the thing. I think anyone who tries to make their own guitar, must be mad. First you have to cut the whole thing out from a bit of wood, somehow make the strings stay on the thing, add the knobs, wires and electric bits, paint it. And then learn how to play the thing!

This man did all that and more. He then went on to become one of the greatest rock guitarists who ever lived.

He attempted to make guitars from cigar boxes using aircraft control line wires as strings? Another attempt saw him cut a guitar shaped body from a very thick piece of wood using memorized measurements. Unfortunately the measurements he had remembered were those of a bass guitar.

Happy birthday today to the "guitarist's guitarist", Jeff Beck.

Beck was born 24th June 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England. On hearing Les Paul on the radio, the former choirboy fell in love with the sound of the guitar. Beck later stated; "I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one."

Along with Les Paul, Beck was blown away by the twanging of Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps and the style and songs of Chuck Berry.

Upon leaving school he attended Wimbledon Art College, then he briefly worked as a painter and decorator, a groundsman on a golf course and spray painting cars, (a love of which has stayed with Beck, as his other obsession is classic Ford hot rods).

Like many young rock musicians in the early 1960s, Jeff began his career working as a session guitarist. In 1965, when Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds for John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Beck was recruited to replace him on the recommendation of Jimmy Page, (who had been their initial choice). It was during this his tenure with the Yardbirds that they recorded most of their hits - "For Your Love", "Shape Of Things" and "Heart Full Of Soul".

For a few months he shared the dual-lead guitar role with Jimmy Page, who had joined the Yardbirds as a bass player, but quickly moved to co-lead guitar, with Chris Dreja moving on bass. Beck left after 18 months, partly for health reasons.

The following year, he recorded the one-off song "Beck's Bolero" (with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones who would go on to be one half of Led Zeppelin, and Keith Moon from The Who on drums, what a group that was!), had two solo vocals hit singles in the UK - "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Tallyman".

Beck then formed a new band called The Jeff Beck Group, which featured a young Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass and Nicky Hopkins on piano.

The group produced two highly acclaimed albums, Truth and Beck-Ola. Truth was released five months before the first Led Zeppelin album, and featured a cover of "You Shook Me", a song first recorded by Willie Dixon, which was also covered on the Led Zeppelin debut.

Stories about Beck's volatile temper began to circulate and coupled with touring-related incidents, led the group to dissolve. (Rod and Ronnie went on to form The Faces).

Becks next outing was the power house trio of Beck, Bogert & Appice, again a short lived project when the guitarist walked out during sessions for their second album.

In October 1974, Beck began recording instrumentals at AIR studios with George Martin producing and providing string arrangements. The resulting album, Blow by Blow displayed Beck's technical prowess in a jazz-rock format. If you're going to check out one of his albums, this is the one. The album reached #4 on the charts. It is Beck's most commercially successful release.

George Martin has said that Beck never seemed to be happy with his solos. A few days after a recording, when he'd had time to digest his own performance, he would phone Martin and say, "I think I could do a better one on this track". A couple of months went by and Martin received another phone call from Beck: "I want to do this solo again." Bemused, Martin replied: "I'm sorry, Jeff, but the record is in the shops!"

Beck's last album, Emotion & Commotion, was released in April 2010 and featured a mixture of original songs and covers such as "Over the Rainbow" and "Nessun Dorma" and featured Joss Stone and Imelda May on guest vocals.
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