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Kelly Brook Says She's ‘Happier And More Confident Than Ever' As She Reveals Weight Loss (PICS)

May 27, 2015, 5:09 am
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Kelly Brook says she’s happier and more body confident than ever after sticking to a new eating regime.

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The model and actress has shed three inches from her waist and 8 pounds in total after following a low carb, low sugar diet.

And to prove the point, the 35-year-old has stripped off (natch) to reveal the results of her weight loss.

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Kelly Brook


Kelly said: “I’m so happy with my results with Atkins and I can honestly say I have never felt better about my body. My skin is glowing, I feel healthier than ever and I still have my curves – I couldn’t ask for better results.

“I always knew my body would change but I didn’t expect to feel this good as well. I have so much more energy and it feels amazing to be able to wear anything I like with confidence.”

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“2014 was a crazy year for me and I felt I wasn’t able to maintain a healthy diet,” she added. “Whilst working in LA, it was very tempting to reach for naughty treats. I definitely noticed the changes in my body.”

“I did want to lose a few inches around my waist, but the most important goal for me was to improve my energy levels and general health as well as getting in shape.”

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Meanwhile, Kelly’s American dream has been given renewed hope as US TV bosses are considering her for other roles after her sitcom ‘One Big Happy’ was axed.

The model's hopes to break America were dashed when the comedy series was given the chop earlier this month, but it’s now been reported she still has a deal with Warner Brothers, who made the show.

“Warners want to build some successful comedies and see Kelly as a prized asset,” a source told The Mirror.



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No, River Island, We Epileptics Don't Want to 'Seize the Day'

May 27, 2015, 5:19 am
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I'm epileptic. No big news.

And as causes go, epilepsy is hopeless. It's not even third division. It's not cute, not fluffy, doesn't have the big eyes of a dog or the big ears of a donkey.

It's an ugly thing, utterly terrifying for unwitting spectators, and hugely misunderstood.

Which is why any publicity is good publicity. I buy into this - mostly.

Anything which makes epilepsy slightly more mainstream is to be welcomed so that kids can feel like they aren't so weird after all. And why the bags River Island pushed out in conjunction with the Epilepsy Society should be a good thing.

'Seize the day' they said - what a lark! Look at us eppys, nature's fruit cakes, laughing at ourselves and soldiering on. What a hoot! We even shop in the High Street despite ourselves.

But strangely enough, they aren't right. There is something odd about them. Like a picture where you suddenly notice a strange man in a school playground or a song played in the wrong key. They don't sit well with me.

And I've tried to find the words for exactly why that is.

I can imagine some well meaning soul on a Mac designing them in his studio, imagining this is a clever way to make eppys feel strong.

I can see the gang at the Epilepsy Society thinking this continues their ambition to make epilepsy mainstream.

But good intentions have translated into a language we don't understand.

We don't think like this. We don't see our days this way. Seizures are not part of our narrative of life.

The thing we want to do - more than anything - is own the bits of our life we can control. We never view life through the lens of the seizure. We view our lives as all the bits where seizures don't happen and we are being the best we can be. And we wish everyone else could see us the same way.

I know the feeling of coming round, surrounded by people - wholly freaked out because you have just done bonkers stuff with your eyes open even though you weren't behind those eyes to see.

I've shuddered, flapped, slammed my legs against tables until they bled and dislocated joints - without even breaking into consciousness. And then had to reassure people around me its OK. It's nothing. I'm just epileptic. I'm fine.

Poking fun at ourselves is one way to handle this strange world we inhabit. I used to do it to. Laugh first and no one else can get in before you. Some people are still in this phase. And they will like your bags.

But I know better.

I don't need to be told to Seize the Day. Hundreds like me do that every day we wake up and find the courage to live life like everyone else in the knowledge we are not.

We don't need to laugh at ourselves to fit in. That is a defence mechanism and never puts you on the front foot.

We need to accept ourselves. And through our own acceptance, emboldened, we can help others to find it as well.

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Cheryl Fernandez-Versini Denies Louis Walsh's Claims They've Made Up After Public Spat

May 27, 2015, 5:40 am
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Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has laughed off claims she has made up with Louis Walsh, following his shock attack on her last week.

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The ‘X Factor’ veteran branded the Girls Aloud star “lazy and irrelevant” in a magazine interview, before she bit back on Twitter, telling the “obsessed” Irishman to “use his mouth to say something positive”.

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Cheryl and Louis have not made up


Louis has since said that Cheryl had seen the funny side of his comments and they had joked about it over text message.

“I got a text from Cheryl, but we haven’t really fallen out – she was just saying funny things,” he told The Mirror.

"She knows I’m writing a book, so it’s all fun and games, there’s no nastiness.”

However, Cheryl has now denied Louis’ claims, saying that her messages were not meant in a humorous way.




She posted on Instagram: “Back pedal until out of sight.

“Ps) I would not have found the text messages I sent to be ‘funny’ but ok!!

“Toodles,” she added, in an apparent dig at Louis being axed from the upcoming series of ‘The X Factor’.

The pair have an up-and-down history, as they first fell out when Louis managed Girls Aloud after they won ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ in 2002.

But they looked to have put their differences aside when they reunited on ‘The X Factor’ last year.

Following their latest spat, Simon Cowell compared them to cartoon cat and mouse characters Tom and Jerry, telling ‘Good Morning Britain’: "There was always going to be a clash."



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Katie Hopkins Pans Epilepsy Campaign At River Island, Claims 'Seize The Day' Is Wrong Message

May 27, 2015, 6:39 am
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Katie Hopkins has hit out at a new campaign to raise awareness of epilepsy, claiming that making light of the condition isn’t the answer.

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The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ runner-up, who suffers from the condition, has claimed in a new blog on HuffPost UK that she doesn’t think it’s appropriate for River Island to be selling bags with ‘Seize The Day’ on them, in a bid to raise awareness of epilepsy.

She writes: “As causes go, epilepsy is hopeless, is not cute, not fluffy, doesn't have the big eyes of a dog or the big ears of a donkey.

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Katie Hopkins


“It's an ugly thing, utterly terrifying for unwitting spectators, and hugely misunderstood.”

After claiming that she’s usually in favour of anything which draws people’s attention to epilepsy, she insists that this new campaign with River Island and the Epilepsy Society “does not sit well” with her.

Katie continues: “Good intentions have translated into a language we don't understand.

“We don't think like this. We don't see our days this way. Seizures are not part of our narrative of life.

“The thing we want to do - more than anything - is own the bits of our life we can control. We never view life through the lens of the seizure.

"We view our lives as all the bits where seizures don't happen and we are being the best we can be. And we wish everyone else could see us the same way.

“Poking fun at ourselves is one way to handle this strange world we inhabit. I used to do it to. Laugh first and no one else can get in before you. Some people are still in this phase. And they will like your bags.”




Later in the blog, she offers advice to fellow epilepsy sufferers, saying: "We don't need to laugh at ourselves to fit in. That is a defence mechanism and never puts you on the front foot.

“We need to accept ourselves. And through our own acceptance, emboldened, we can help others to find it as well.”

Katie has spoken publicly about her epilepsy on a number of occasions, though for many people the first time they heard about it was when she was in the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house, and was shown discussing the extent of her condition with her fellow housemates.

She also previously discussed how her epilepsy will eventually kill her, in an open letter to her children, also published on The Huffington Post UK.

Read Katie’s latest blog on The Huffington Post UK in full.



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'Point Break' Remake Trailer Is Panned Online - 12 Other Remakes That The Critics Hated (PICS)

May 27, 2015, 8:13 am
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The problem when you’re trying to remake a classic film is that the stakes are already sky-high, so it’s very easy for the result to be a crushing disappointment.

When done right - such as with ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘True Grit’ or even ‘Hairspray’ - your remake can end up being a hit, or even cited as better than the original.

Sadly, however, good remakes are few and far between, and since no one wants to see their favourite classic film done wrong, reviews can often be particularly scathing when directors take it upon themselves to give films a spruce-up for a modern audience.

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‘Point Break’ - the 1991 cult classic, starring Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey - is the latest film to be given a modern update, much to the chagrin of many many Twitter users, but it’s not the only remake that viewers and critics have given a rough time.

Here are 12 more of the most poorly-received rebooted films ever...



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Christopher Maloney Reveals He Had A Nervous Breakdown After Online Trolls Targeted 'The X Factor' Star

May 27, 2015, 8:21 am
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'X Factor' contestant Christopher Maloney has revealed he suffered a nervous breakdown caused by online trolls, in his first TV appearance since undergoing £60,000 worth of plastic surgery.

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Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, the singer said he was left traumatised after being threatened on Twitter.

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"X Factor was great, but the series was going on, I was getting really bad trolls and they were telling me that they were going to kill me, shoot me, that I was ugly," he explained.

"It just affected me so much and at the end of the final, I did have a breakdown."

He went on to say that X Factor's executive producer, Richard Holloway, provided 'fantastic' support, and that he received care from The Priory when his mental health deteriorated.




The singer, who finished in third place on 'The X Factor' in 2012, suffered a barrage of abuse and death threats from Twitter trolls, forcing him to leave the social networking site during his time on the show.

Christopher went on to offer some words of advice to this year's 'X Factor' hopefuls, saying: "You are catapulted to stardom straight away - and for me, it was tarnished by the trolls."



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Jack Pack Perform On 'Britain's Got Talent': Who Is The New Member?

May 27, 2015, 8:34 am
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‘Britain’s Got Talent’ swingers Jack Pack returned to the show last night to perform a track from their new album, but you might have been forgiven for thinking something was amiss.

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That’s because there was a new face among the foursome, who finished fourth on the ITV talent show last year.

Original members Sean Ryder Wolf, Alfie Palmer and Andrew Bourn were all present and correct, but they were joined by new recruit Martin McCafferty, who has replaced former member Adam Diplock.

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Jack Pack performed on 'Britain's Got Talent' last night


The group parted ways with Andrew - who was previously a member of ‘X Factor’ boyband Futureproof - last year, when he was accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

While he was later cleared of all charges, he did not return to the band and Martin was recruited in his place - just as the group signed a record deal with Simon Cowell’s Syco label.

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Andrew left Jack Pack last year


It was Andrew’s wife that first spotted Dubliner Martin, paving the way for him to join the band.

But some fans may already recognise him, as he played a member of the Night's Watch in ‘Game of Thrones’, starred as Detective Munro in 2013 TV series ‘The Clandestine’, and also had a small role on BBC Two’s ‘The Fall’.

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Martin is the newest member of the group


Jack Pack have gone from strength-to-strength since Martin joined them, and it was announced today (27 May) that the lads are bringing forward the release of their self-titled debut album following the success of their ‘BGT’ performance.

"We have had an incredible reaction since last night's performance by the band," a Syco spokesperson said.

"So bringing forward the release was the only sensible option.”

‘Jack Pack’ will hit shelves on 29 June.

Watch Jack Pack on 'BGT' in 2014 below...





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'Big Brother: Timebomb' - Week Two Review

May 27, 2015, 8:56 am
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A week ago, I was enthused about this series of Big Brother. Feeling impressed with the line-up, launch night twist and use of this year's "Timebomb" theme, Big Brother's week one stunts had me anticipating more fireworks and a great follow-through for its first few weeks.

Admittedly, I've been rather bored with week two's viewing. A number of housemates have under delivered, failing to live up to their VT's, whilst the latter come across as merely loathable. Last week I could pick a single favourite (Nick), but unfortunately his repeated self-pitying moments, awkward mannerisms and constant self-deprecation of his own character is beginning to leave me a little bored.

This week's talking point is the Irish Jezebel, Jade. Last week her efforts to do nothing bar repeat to her housemates that she was polyamorous, proved irritating enough for viewers. From an entertainment perspective we love a panto-villain, however I cannot pretend to like Jade in the slightest. Anyone who on national television finds it acceptable to call themselves "physically and spiritually beautiful" deserves an immediate eviction simply for being delusional in the first instance. I admire Jade's strength of character for withstanding all pressure to compromise her personality in order to be liked, however her manipulative behaviour, man-eating nature and narcissistic mentality is ghastly to watch. Jade is not even enjoyable TV viewing, she is purely evil.

Many girls in the house have also shown themselves to be unpleasant. Eileen who has recently become popular with the public has proven to also be neurotic and somewhat bitter. Eileen's diary room monologues are quirky and comedic, however the content of what comes out of her mouth is usually sinister and disdainful towards others. It goes without saying that Jade has unfortunately brought the worst out of Eileen and dampened her sparkle; therefore one can only hope that the protagonist (Jade) is evicted, removing the dark cloud from above the house with her. I liked Eileen in the beginning; however I'm starting to see a dark, insecure, cynical side to her that will become her downfall. A lot of her housemates aren't fond of her either and I usually say there's no smoke without fire.

Initially believing twins Amy and Sally were cast as the candy-floss of the house, these two have shown a little more colour in the last week as well. Likewise with Eileen, their sudden growth in popularity has sprouted from their dislike towards central hate-figure Jade. It goes without saying that Jade is hideous on the inside, however I wouldn't for a second claim that butter wouldn't melt in either of these bombshell's mouths.

In my opinion, Amy and Sally are two of the nastiest housemates. Whilst they constantly mope around like a pair of stuck-up bitches, moaning away, slagging off every other housemate in the diary room, I am yet to see anything pleasant in either of the sisters. Saying that, I cannot tell Twin A from Twin B therefore I am only left wondering whether both of them are equally as nasty as the other, or whether it's just one of them doing all the talking and getting the airtime. So far, they have come across as egotistical, vacuous, grumpy and utterly miserable since they entered. Currently, I'm in doubt whether the twins actually auditioned for Big Brother. I wouldn't be surprised if they had only chosen to take part because they were persuaded to do so by a bull-shitter agent who promised them fame.

Saving the best until last (and the one with the most issues) is the ill-mannered, hostile, abrasive bitch Harriet. One could only think that in her own mind the world must owe her something. The girl who posed as a down-to-earth "cafe girl", has shown her true colours now as an acidic person. If I thought I had ever known someone with a chip on their shoulder, I had another think coming after watching Harriet over the last week. As we watch her self-destruct day by day, there are times where I admittedly refrain from judging Harriet as a civilised human being and succumb to the entertainment of the carnivalesque freak show she exhibits on for us.

Whilst the majority of male housemates slip under the radar including pathetic attention seeker Aaron, I remain fond of Joel, Nick, Jack and Christian, purely because they are all mainly misunderstood and haven't done enough to make utter fools of themselves yet. Currently, against my expectations Sarah is now the only girl I like and has potentially become my new personal favourite.

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The BBC Licence Fee Is Killing Creativity

May 27, 2015, 8:57 am
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Creativity. The clue is in the word - it's about creating something new. Never seen before. Original. Arresting. Shocking, even. When was the last time a BBC drama gave you that zinging sense of witnessing something dazzling, wonderful and challenging? Or opened up new areas of consciousness and forged hitherto unmade connections in your brain?

Time was when the BBC set out to do just this: use drama to open doors in our collective psyche and change our perspectives on the world. In 1978, GF Newman's four part drama, Law and Order, caused such a stir with its casual, deadpan depiction of police corruption that outraged questions were asked in the House of Commons and the Attorney General sought the BBC's assurance that the programmes would never be shown again. The BBC obliged. It would be more than 30 years before they saw the light of day. That's what you call a consciousness changer - a piece of drama that shakes society down to its boots in four short episodes. A similar thing happened with the Play for Today, Cathy Come Home, which helped bring the homeless charity, Shelter, into existence. Dennis Potter's, The Singing Detective, although not a polemic, delivered an insight into the delirious, tormented mind of an artist whose message is still being unpicked - a Jackson Pollock of the small screen.

The thing about television drama, you see, is that it's powerful. Awesomely powerful. When it's art rather than entertainment, when the artists' voices are heard purely, it delivers a blow like no other - it can sweep a nation like a tsunami. Art, by definition, can never be a lie; art is honesty; truth. The millions who watched Law and Order saw the truth from an artist years before the journalists dug it out. It lifted the lid, shone in the light and ,arguably, ended unquestioning deference to the police for good.

During the 1990s this sort of art slowly disappeared from the BBC output. It wasn't a cynical or calculated move, but rather came from the gradual 'professionalisation' of television. Armed with the science of marketing and sophisticated ratings analysis, all television channels were able to monitor themselves like never before and could predict, with some measure of accuracy, what would 'work', i.e. what would deliver an acceptable audience. Without consciously doing so, television did what pop music has done and learned to operate on the 85/15 principle: every piece of new output is 85% familiar and 15% original. Pieces of drama that buck this trend are thin on the ground.

This cautious, small-steps approach to creativity, is inevitably its nemesis. Art moves in giant steps after which there is a period of catch-up before another chunk of new ground is cut. Try to rein it in and package and sell it like fast food or fizzy lager and you end up with a product that's vaguely satisfying for the brief moment of consumption, but rarely challenging to the palate.

The BBC is especially hamstrung when it comes to journeying into the creative unknown. It feels obliged to deliver consistently large audiences across all its output in order to justify itself as a public service broadcaster (one that gives the public what it wants), while it also feels pressure from governments and other interests not to be overly controversial. Editorial guidelines apply as harshly to drama as they do to factual output. If a thorny issue is dealt with in drama, there is a requirement for counterbalance. For example, two episodes of BBC1's Judge John Deed have been banned from further broadcast and DVD release following a complaint from a single viewer. The episodes touched on the debate over MMR and were judged by the BBC's internal editorial complaints unit not to be in compliance with the requirement for balance.

Confining drama to the realm of well-made entertainment is therefore the safest and perhaps the only viable option open to the BBC. Why risk money, ratings and political hassle making a weekly one-off original drama when you can have Holby City delivering five million viewers every week? Hospital-based soap is demonstrably what the audience wants, or at least, what it thinks it wants: television as a perpetual comforter, delivering the same predictable rhythms week after week.

And yet all of us who work in and consume TV drama gaze longingly across the Atlantic where subscription channels have taken over as the home of the art of television. The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men and Breaking Bad have set the gold standard, and nearly all of these come out of HBO and AMC. Subscribers make a contract with these channels: I'll pay my monthly fee and you take some risks to entertain me. The shows are largely run by writers, who, while not completely unfettered, nevertheless experience something close to creative freedom. What emerges from their freedom are myths for our time that resonate across the globe.

US subscription channel drama has succeeded so well partly because of its willingness to embrace anti-heroes and delve into the dark unknowns. Would the BBC allow a writer to interpret the effect of recession on the middle classes through the character of a chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer and murderer? No. Out of the question. Too toxic. Too potent. Too disturbing. Too far from the comfortable middle ground. Too far from the what is expected of the BBC as a national, public service broadcaster, one of whose functions is to stabilise society. Fair enough. All of these pressures are understandable, but the far bigger question is whether as the country's biggest patron of the arts and the gatekeeper to so much output, the BBC should be content to be shackled like this? If modern myths require anti-heroes, should we be content that the BBC feels obliged to bow out of the game and re-make another Jane Austen?

The licence fee and all the obligations that go with it are feeling increasingly like a brake on creativity. There is broad consensus that the BBC is a good thing, but equally an uneasy feeling that a huge, state-funded broadcaster hemmed in by self-censorship feels in many respects like a relic from the previous century: the televisual equivalent of a well-maintained stately home. Pleasant, comforting, but ultimately rather dull.

Part of the answer to releasing creativity might be to cut the licence fee to say £75, but at the same time to free the BBC to create its own subscription service to rival Netflix with a brief to provide content not just for a UK audience but for the rest of the world, and free from stifling editorial guidelines. All the infrastructure and know-how for delivery already exists with iPlayer, and for £6 or £7 a month a large slice of the population would no doubt subscribe if it promised something as edgy, meaty and audacious as Breaking Bad every now and then.

I want the BBC to survive, but in the 21st century there has to be a genuine two-way street with the audience. That means partial subscription, ditching the creative handcuffs and diving back into the risk business.

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Mary Portas: 'Catholic Priest Refused To Baptise My Son'

May 28, 2015, 3:16 am
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Mary Portas has revealed that a Catholic priest once refused to baptise her son, Horatio, who she is raising with her wife Melanie Rickey.

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The TV personality revealed the incident in her latest memoir, ‘Shop Girl’, and discussed it while promoting the book at the Hay Festival in Wales.

She admitted that her eldest two children “thought they were mad” when she and Melanie told them they wanted to get Horatio baptised in a Catholic church, but things didn't go as she hoped when she went to meet with a priest.

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Mary Portas


As reported by Wales Online, Mary revealed: “I went up with Horatio to the priest in the baptist class, and I could see he was just uncomfortable.

“I wanted him to know that we were the parents and was he comfortable with that. I felt bad because I was stressing him out but I wanted to stand my ground. He said: ‘I’m not baptising you.’

“Well that was it I stood up and said: ‘I can’t do this.’”

She later confronted him over the telephone, telling him she was “disappointed” at his decision, adding: “He wrote me back this lovely letter and he just asked me to pray for him.

“The baptism just wasn’t meant to be.”

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Mary Portas and Melanie Rickey


Mary and Melanie were one of the first same-sex couples in Britain to turn their civil partnership into an official marriage, after the law was changed last year.

The couple’s son - whose biological father is Mary’s brother, Lawrence Newton - is now two years old.

Mary also has a son and a daughter from her previous marriage, to Unilever executive, Graham Portas.



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Emilia Clarke Turned Down 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Over Nude Scenes Worry

May 28, 2015, 3:27 am
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Emilia Clarke has revealed that she turned down the leading role in ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’, because she wasn’t comfortable with the “huge amount of nudity” in the film.

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The ‘Game Of Thrones’ actress was up for the role of Anastasia Steele, which eventually went to Dakota Johnson, admitting that she was worried that, because she’s done nude scenes in the past, she’d be typecast.

Speaking in the new issue of Marie Claire magazine, Emilia explained: “I'll never say 'I'm never doing nudity' because I've already done it, but I thought I might get stuck in a pigeonhole that I would have struggled to get out of.”

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Emilia Clarke


She went on to say that the main appeal for her to do ‘Fifty Shades’ would have been its director, admitting: “I really wanted to work with Sam Taylor-Johnson because she's f***ing amazing. But there is a huge amount of nudity in the film.”

Emilia previously told The Hollywood Reporter that she’d got as far as having two meetings with the director, but says now she has “no regrets” about not taking on the part.

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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan


If working with Sam Taylor-Johnson was the only draw for Emilia, it’s probably for the best she didn’t sign up for ‘Fifty Shades’, as Sam announced earlier this year she was stepping down as director for the forthcoming sequel, ‘Fifty Shades Darker’.

While promoting the first film, Sam spoke openly about her on-set disagreements with E.L. James, the author of the original ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy, and one of the film’s producers.

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‘Celebrity Big Brother' Contestant Casey Batchelor Reveals Suicide Attempt

May 28, 2015, 3:37 am
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Former ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star Casey Batchelor has opened up about how teenage bullying pushed her to attempt suicide.

The former glamour model admitted she tried at take her own life at the age of 15, after struggling with depression.

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Casey Batchelor


After her parents separated, and she found herself being picked on by jealous girls for having big boobs and being a dancer, Casey took an overdose of pills that she found in her dad’s bathroom cupboard.

“I took the pills and waited on my bed for the drugs to take effect,” she told The Sun.

“I expected to feel drowsy - that was my hope, that I would just drift off.”

She continued: “I just couldn’t pull myself out of the depths of despair and isolation I had been feeling for some time. I couldn’t see a way out.

“I always felt blue and down in the dumps and had nobody to share my feelings with.

“My mum had stopped speaking to me because I’d chosen to live with my dad and I had no friends at school, where the day to day was miserable.”

She then kept her suicide bid a secret for six months until she told her mum, after finally realising she needed help.

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Casey was picked on for the size of her boobs


Casey then went on to launch a career as a glamour model, although the aspiring actress reduced her natural GG sized cleavage last year, in the hope of being taken more seriously.

"People think everyone wants to get big boobs and they're good. But there are disadvantages to larger boobs,” she told OK! magazine at the time.

"They've got me some amazing stuff, but if I want to do film and do these action movies they're going to get in the way."

If you've been affected by the issues in this article, please call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90.



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Miranda Hart Towers Over Melissa McCarthy At The ‘Spy' Premiere In London. Cue Giggles All Round (VIDEO, PICS)

May 28, 2015, 3:48 am
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Little and Large move over, there’s a new duo after your comedy crown - and moniker by the looks of it.

Miranda Hart and Melissa McCarthy made for an amusing sight - for them and us - at the ‘Spy’ premiere in London on Wednesday night when they posed together on the red carpet.

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Miranda, who at 6ft 1in, towered over her rather more vertically challenged 5ft 2in co-star, even wore flats for the occasion.

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Melissa McCarthy and Miranda Hart


The joke obviously wasn’t lost on the ‘Bridesmaids’ star, who spent most of her time on the red carpet looking like she was playing a solo game of hide and seek behind Miranda.

Luckily, Melissa’s other (less vertiginous) co-stars, Jason Statham and Jude Law, were on hand to redress the height balance.



Miranda and Melissa play CIA analysts Nancy and Susan in the 007-style spoof movie, which is directed by Paul Fieg, who also brought us ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘The Heat’.

Speaking about casting British star Miranda in movie, he told More! magazine: “She's a real person. She's beautiful, but she's not your standard image of the supermodel-y movie star.

“Plus, one of the hardest things in the world to find is people who can swear effectively in a way that's not ugly."

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Jude Law (left) and Jason Statham (right) joined co-star Melissa on the 'Spy' red carpet


Miranda has previously admitted she struggled to keep a straight face when she was filming with Melissa.

"Melissa and I had a few times of getting giggles. Particularly when she attempted a British accent,” she said.

‘Spy’ hits cinemas on 5 June. Watch the trailer below...



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Kim Kardashian Channels Marilyn Monroe In New Vogue Photo-Shoot (PICS)

May 28, 2015, 4:47 am
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Kim Kardashian has paid homage to Marilyn Monroe in a new photo-shoot.

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In the glamorous new pictures, published in Vogue Brasil, Kim is shown in a variety of poses, in the style of the original blonde bombshell, while showing off the bleached hairstyle she briefly sported earlier this year.

Sharing the cover, shot by acclaimed photographer Ellen von Unwerth, with her Instagram followers, Kim joked: “Had to capture my blonde moment for Vogue Brasil.”

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The magazine have also teased some of the photos on their Instagram page, including one picture where Kim is shown posing topless, wearing just a pair of tights and some long leather gloves.





These pictures aren’t the first time Kim has been mentioned in the same breath as Marilyn, with Kanye West first drawing the comparison during the early days of their relationship.

He told Power 105’s The Breakfast Club: “[The paparazzi] are empowering us over Vanity Fair that want to say that Kate Upton is Marilyn Monroe. Kate Upton ain't Marilyn Monroe, Kim is Marilyn Monroe. You know that. She was controversial; she's controversial.”

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This marks Kim’s third Vogue spread, having first graced the cover of the fashion bible last year, alongside Kanye, where she was seen wearing bridal couture in the run-up to their wedding.

It makes a change to see Kim posing in front of a photographer, rather than her own outstretched arm, to the point she recently released a photo anthology of her old selfies, titled ‘Selfish’.

However, not everyone was thrilled with the book, notably animal rights activists, who stormed a book signing she was doing in New York earlier this month, to protest the fact she’s seen wearing fur in some of the photos.



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Rita Ora's Video Diary Sees Singer Admit: ‘It's Been One Of The Hardest Years'

May 28, 2015, 4:51 am
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With a back catalogue of number one hits, a role on ‘The Voice’ and a new album on the way, Rita Ora has got a lot to smile about - but the star admitted the last 12 months has actually been “one of the hardest she’s ever faced”.

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The ‘R.I.P’ hitmaker opened up about her woes in a candid video diary, which she shared with her fans on YouTube.

Rita gave them an insight into her life as the camera followed her recent trip to the Cannes Film Festival and the shooting of the video for new single ‘Poison’.

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Rita Ora in her video diary


Speaking to the camera, she said: "This year has been amazing, it's actually been one of the hardest I've ever faced, good things and bad things. I've got to experience amazing things like ‘The Voice’ and doing my Adidas line and have amazing hit records with people I love."

The past year also saw her breakup with boyfriend Calvin Harris, something which she admitted had delayed her new album, amid rumours the pair had been fighting over the tracks they wrote together.

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Rita with ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris


She added: "This week has been kind of mental, it's been a very up-and-down, crazy, anxiety, emotional, amazing journey. I'm very happy you caught it with me."

However, Rita is facing fresh worry after rapper A$AP Rocky took a swipe at her in his new single.

He name checks her in an NSFW verse on 'Better Things', which made very explicit claims about her, adding: "I swear that b*tch Rita Ora got a big mouth.”

Charming.



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Fleetwood Mac Reviews: Critics Hail Band's London O2 Gig Reuniting Stevie Nicks, Lyndsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood And John McVie

May 28, 2015, 5:56 am
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It was the gig British Fleetwood Mac fans have been waiting years for - the original line-up back on-stage on UK soil.

So it’s fair to say that expectations were high as the band took to the stage at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday night (27 May) as part of their ‘On With the Show’ tour.

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Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood on stage at The O2


Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were reunited with keyboard player Christine McVie after sixteen years, and it seems the critics absolutely loved it.

Here’s what they had to say…

The Guardian (4 stars)

“There’s nothing to fault except Nicks’s getting so lost in her cocaine-warning song, 'Gold Dust Woman', that it goes on for a week – time that could have been better spent hearing the blaring 'Tusk' again. Apart from that, it’s just about perfect.”

The Telegraph (5 stars)

“With that taut, explosive rhythm section, Buckingham's imaginative flair, Nicks' wildcard charisma and Christine McVie's singalong soulfulness restored to the heart of the matter, there is really no way this band could be anything less than extraordinary.”

Daily Star

“With the crowd featuring die-hard fans, teenagers and even Harry Styles, we can't see Fleetwood Mac ever losing their appeal – especially considering how incredible their live act is.”

Evening Standard (4 stars)

“When the individuals surrendered to the collective, the evening turned celestial. Harmonies sparked off each other on The Chain; the comforting 'Don’t Stop' and its dark twin, 'Go Your Own Way', were all singalong moments of adult pop perfection.”



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Little Mix's New Video For ‘Black Magic' Sees Them Paying Tribute To Their ‘X Factor' Style Roots (PICS)

May 28, 2015, 6:12 am
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Little Mix have gone back to their roots - sartorially at least - in the video for their rather splendid new single ‘Black Magic’.

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Cast your minds back to 2011 when the fab foursome were put together for the Judges’ Houses stage of ‘X Factor’ and we were introduced to their rather unique style.

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Little Mix in the video for 'Black Magic'


The girl’s outfits in the new clip don’t look a million miles from those early clothing choices as they send themselves up in the American High School-themed video.

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Little Mix at Judges' Houses on 'The X Factor' back in 2011


Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall are gearing up for the release of their third album later this year, and ‘Black Magic’ is the first single from it.

After leaking ahead of its first official play last week, the song has already had the thumbs up from the girl’s legions of fans - or Little Mixers - as well as us here at HuffPost UK.

The single, which is written by One Direction hitmaker Ed Drewett and rising UK star Camille Purcell, looks set to continue Little Mix’s string of hits both here and in the US when it’s released on 10 July, while the full video for ‘Black Magic’ is set to debut on Friday 29 May.

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Madonna Threatened With Arrest In Toronto Over 'Like A Virgin' Faux Masturbation: 25 Years On, Was This Her Most Controversial Moment?

May 28, 2015, 6:34 am
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Long before Miley Cyrus made the headlines with her foam finger, or Rihanna’s provocative stage routines had us all talking, there was only one reigning Queen of Controversy, and that was Madonna.

Over her long career, she’s pushed the envelope as far as it will go, mixing sexual and religious imagery in her music videos and stage shows long before anyone was doing it.

Whether she was rolling around the stage at the VMAs, having her controversial ‘Justify My Love’ video banned from MTV or just snogging Jesus on an altar in ‘Like A Prayer’, Madonna was the undisputed champion of raising eyebrows - but there was one notable occasion she might have taken things a bit too far.

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Madonna performs 'Like A Virgin'


In fact, 25 years ago today, Madonna’s raunchy on-stage behaviour almost landed her in trouble with the law, due to a particularly provocative performance of her hit ‘Like A Virgin’.

For her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna revamped the song with an Eastern vibe, performing it on a bed, alongside two male dancers - who were wearing conic bras, of course - while simulating masturbation on stage.

Unsurprisingly, not everyone was impressed with her not-exactly-family-friendly display, and she was even threatened by the police, before taking to the stage in Toronto, that they were prepared to arrest her if she included the faux masturbation sequence in her routine.

Of course, being Madonna, she went out and did it anyway... and the police, perhaps wisely, decided not to arrest her.

Check out the performance for yourself below...





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Meteorologist Michael Fish Debunks Weather Myths: Red Sky At Night - True Or False?

May 28, 2015, 6:46 am
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Michael Fish has spent decades talking weather to the nation, and now he's willing to debunk some of the most popular myths about the British forecasts.

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Red sky at night - shepherds' delight?


Now, in his new role as Mountain Warehouse consultant meteorologist, Michael has examined lots of weather lore and now reveals if there is, in fact, any truth to some of our most established beliefs.

Do cows lie down when it's about to rain?

According to the retailer's commissioned research, almost of a third of Brits surveyed believe this to be true. Michael says, "Cows lying down simply means they’re tired! I have however noticed seagulls often fly inland ahead of stormy weather. Perhaps they can detect the rapidly falling pressure.”

Can trees and bees be used to predict the weather?

93% of us don't know this, but Michael reveals, “Trees can be used to make a forecast in many ways. When trees show the underside of their leaves, giving a much lighter appearance than usual, it is a sure sign of rain. The phenomenon is caused by the humidity increasing and softening the stalks of the leaves, causing them to turn over.”

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Michael Fish thinks it prudent to pack an umbrella for most occasions


Wind in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast - True or false?

90% of the UK don't believe in this age-old saying but, according to Michael, this myth is actually fact. “Our coldest weather in the winter comes from the East, even as far away as Siberia. Temperatures often remain below freezing day and night.”

If bees stay at home rain will soon come: if they fly away, fine will be the day - True or false?

94% of those surveyed believe this to be false, but Michael confirms this ancient fable to be accurate. Bees sense the humidity in the air and will stay in their hive if they predict rain coming.

Lightning never strikes the same place twice - True or false?

88% of Brits correctly believe this to be a false belief. And Michael confirms, “Oh yes it does, I’ve seen it.”

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - True or false?

More than half of Brits trust this one to be true, but Michael Fish says it's all a bit more complicated than that.

"This is based on a passage of weather fronts around a cyclone. The high cloud on the advancing warm front catches the rays of the rising sun and looks red due to the scattering of the sun’s rays. The rain follows.

"Similarly, if the timing is right, as the rain clears the following cold front, cloud could be caught by the setting sun and turn red.”

So not every red sky at night guarantees a sunny day after. If you're in the UK, best play safe and pack your brollie for all events.

Michael Fish is the new Meteorological Consultant for outdoor clothing retailer Mountain Warehouse.



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'Big Brother': Aaron Removed From House For 'Inappropriate Behaviour'

May 28, 2015, 8:09 am
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Aaron Frew has been removed from the ‘Big Brother’ house, over what has been deemed 'inappropriate behaviour'.

The model was ejected from this year’s series on Thursday morning, after repeatedly flashing his fellow housemate, Joel Williams, during a boozy night in the house.

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Channel 5 have confirmed that this week’s eviction will go ahead as planned, with four housemates being booted out as part of the ‘Timebomb’ twist, only to be replaced by four shiny new contestants immediately afterwards.

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Aaron Frew has been removed from the 'Big Brother' house


On Wednesday, despite Joel’s protestations for Aaron to “behave himself”, he continued to tease and flash his housemate, to the amusement of other members of the group, leading to his removal from the house the following morning.

Producers have said that Joel did not complain to Big Brother about the incident, and decided that the right thing to do was to remove Aaron from the house, over his unacceptable conduct.

Since leaving the house, Aaron has posted a tweet thanking the show for the “amazing opportunity” of being a housemate, adding: “[I] will never forget it!”




Last January, two separate contestants on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ were kicked out due to what was deemed “unacceptable behaviour”, while several others were given formal warnings.

‘Coronation Street’ actor Ken Morley was removed due to repeatedly using offensive language, while Jeremy Jackson was asked to leave after an incident in a toilet, where he pulled open Chloe Goodman’s dressing gown away from the view of the ‘CBB’ cameras.

In previous years, 'Big Brother' has seen several housemates kicked out of the series for their behaviour, such as Dennis McHugh, who spat on a fellow housemate during 'Big Brother 9', and Daley Ojuederie, who was taken out for his threatening behaviour towards Hazel O'Sullivan.

The incident leading up to Aaron's exit will air on tonight's show at 10pm on Channel 5.



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