Lewis Hamilton And Rihanna Secretly Dating? Duo ‘Spending Time Together' After Bonding At Met Gala

July 26, 2015, 3:48 am

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Lewis Hamilton is moving on from his recent split from Nicole Scherzinger, with none other than Rihanna, according to reports.

The F1 driver has known the singer for years, however it’s believed they’ve been spending time together, after bonding at the annual Met Gala earlier this year.


Lewis Hamilton

The Sun reports that the pair have been pals for quite some time, but their hectic schedules have made things difficult.

A source is quoted as telling the paper: “They’ve had a flirtation for years and have always fancied each other, but since May this year they’ve been talking a lot. Finally their schedules allowed them to spend a weekend in the same part of the world and they made the most of it.

“They are both really busy but Rihanna has asked him to come to Rock in Rio in September so he can see her perform and spend time together.”

The paper adds that RiRi and Lewis first got close at the Met Gala, where Lewis joined Rihanna at her after-party.

“That’s when things between them started heating up again,” the source continues. “They started talking on text and it became constant and very, very flirty.

“It was all about when they might be in the same town together and how they’d spend it.”


Rihanna at the Met Gala in May

At present, Lewis and Rihanna are keeping schtum on the rumoured relationship, and a representative for Lewis chose not to comment when approached by The Sun, while Rihanna’s did not respond.

Lewis split from his long-term on-off girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger earlier this year, and in May, it was rumoured that he was dating Kim Kardashian’s younger sister Kendall Jenner.

Meanwhile, Nicole has been doing just fine since their split, and was recently spotted cosying up to a mystery man while on holiday in Greece.

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'Coronation Street' Spoiler: Sally And Kevin Webster To Reunite? (PICS)

July 26, 2015, 4:24 am

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'Coronation Street' couple Kevin and Sally Webster have their ups and downs over the years, and it looks as though the couple could be set to reunite again.

Sally’s set to have a tough time when Carla catches her snooping at the accounts in the factory, and fires her on the spot.


Kevin and Sally

Thinking her plan to buy the business is now ruined, Sally turns to Kevin, who reveals that he’d love to invest in her idea.

An overjoyed Sal then leans in to kiss her former husband - but how will Kevin react?

The Weatherfield veteran is currently single, following his drama with Jenny, but Sal remains engaged to Tim.


Oh, Sally...

It’s been a busy month in Weatherfield, and the Street recently welcomed a temporary, new arrival, in the form of Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding.

The singer is playing Robert Preston’s wife Joni, but sadly, viewers weren’t exactly impressed by Sarah’s soap debut.

Hopefully things go a little better for Shayne Ward, who is set to arrive on ‘Corrie’ next month.

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Dapper Laughs Blames His Critics For His Rape Jokes, Says They Should've 'Educated' Him

July 26, 2015, 8:54 am

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Dapper Laughs, whose misogynistic jokes triggered a huge backlash that led to his TV show being cancelled, has complained his critics failed to "educate" him about rape and sexism.

The comedian, real name Daniel O'Reilly, became popular on social media and had a brief run with an ITV2 show before he was forced to retire the persona, after criticism for jokes about, among other topics, street harassment of women.

He is now re-launching his career - and the persona - and said, in an interview with The Sunday Times (£), that his critics didn't give him a chance, in particular by not "educating" him about misogyny and violence against women.

"Not once was I invited to learn more about sexual violence, rape and sexism and the problem with the attitude of men," Mr O'Reilly said.

"Instead of attacking me, why not educate me? I would happily accept it and then help and educate the millions of men who watch my stuff."

Dapper Laughs in happier times

In the interview, he also spoke about an infamous clip in which he appeared to say a woman in his audience was "gagging for rap".

He said: “Of course I’m sorry if people were offended by the implication I think rape is funny. I have never said I condone rape. At the end of that footage I shout at the audience, ‘You can’t rape!’

"But that always gets edited out. As for the ‘gagging for a rape’ comment, I was repeating what a woman in the audience said."

His comments about how he should have been "educated" attracted a lot of derision on Twitter.

I empathise with Dapper Laughs. After I nailed all those kittens to a wall nobody came round to patiently explain to me why it was wrong.

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) July 26, 2015

I feel really bad now that I didn't educate Dapper Laughs about rape. https://t.co/otMQrNHgB2

— The Guyliner (@theguyliner) July 26, 2015

Just imagining Dapper Laughs stood at the self checkout, helpless & crying, because society never took the time to teach him about barcodes.

— keri (@kerihw) July 26, 2015

Finally, Dapper Laughs has said something funny.

— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) July 26, 2015

Mr O’Reilly's jokes about women includes phrases like “Just show her your penis. If she cries, she’s just playing hard to get” and “Remember, it’s only sexual harassment if she’s more attractive than you”.

It is not the first time Mr O'Reilly has hit out his critics.

In February, he told BBC Newsbeat that press had been “allowed to fabricate and make up stuff and create a mass hysteria”.

He said: "It was a massive whirlwind of fake media and I was shocked that newspapers were allowed to print stuff that wasn’t true.”

Saying he would bring back the Dapper Laughs persona, he said: "I’m not going to be bullied out of what I like doing. Let’s bring it back, let’s carry on."

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Why I'm Saving 'Beyond The Lights' From Going Straight to DVD

July 27, 2015, 3:01 am

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At the press screening of Beyond The Lights I got goosebumps. It wasn't just the anticipation of watching the latest film from Gina Prince-Bythewood, nor was it knowing I was about to be one of the few in the UK to see it on the big screen due to its dubious DVD release. In the opening minutes, the sight of Noni, a little mixed-race girl (India Jean-Jacques) being chaperoned around London by her white mum (Minnie Driver), gave me something I rarely feel when watching films - recognition.

I was Noni once and as her mother dragged her around Brixton looking for a hairdresser equipped to deal with her child's afro, I remember being palmed off to any black woman willing to tame my crop of curls. Mostly, I looked like a post-bloom dandelion and those patronising concerns from girls with glossy plaits still haunts.



I felt isolated between the perfectly groomed tresses of black girls, and white girls with velvet scrunchies, and in a world of Timotei TV ads and Dark 'N' Lovely kits furnishing Dalston Market, I knew hair was integral to being a proper woman.

This will be familiar for most 80s mixed-race kids, it's a shame we didn't know there were more of us until later. I almost feel cheated out of the necessary bosom of association that may have got me through the minor bouts of bullying. I wonder how different things would've been had I had seen more faces (and hair dos) like mine on screens.

As I grew older and London's melting pot bubbled, the young mixed-race population swelled. Mixed-race friends would joke that you never saw 'half-caste' people over 30, we assumed we were all carted off to Narnia on our 30th birthday. Soon we saw how 'fashionable' we were thanks to the media's salivations of stars like Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez as when Jenny From The Block was marketed as a sex symbol, us tea-coloured folk saw our stocks soar. Lopez may be Latino but for us Brits this honeyed vision of someone our colour (not race) would do. I remember being catcalled by the name of 'J-Lo', and when Spice Girls came along it was 'Scary' which is as ridiculous as shouting 'Oi Pammy!' to any white girl with a cleavage.

Soon, clocking people whose specific racial background was ambiguous, yet confessed an elixir of heritages, would be both empowering and defensive. It was comforting to see more of 'us' but I couldn't help feeling a dilution of exclusivity. Silly? Yes, but when you're eventually complimented, not ridiculed, for your looks you can't help feel precious about how quickly the stage you're on melts.

Now, us mixed race people are everywhere. When I see mixed-race couples pushing their giggly mixed-race kids I often get a knowing flick of the eye as if they're looking at their kid all grown up (a genuine confession I've had from parents). Similarly I have a fascination with watching black and white couples court. It's like making a quantum leap to the beginnings of my parents union.



In London, we're everywhere, and not just as fashion statements from people that wanted 'braaan babies' - a crass accusation in the 90s which was more to do with the intolerant attitudes of interracial dating than the discrimination of young white mums with black 'baby fathers'. This relentless wave of a multi-racial generation is a genuine equation of the evolution of unrequited love. I relish these visions as they're rare in comparison to the other worlds of which I frequent - the movies.

For me, a film journalist and film programmer, the movies is where it matters. I'm over being precious and no longer want that juvenile desire of exclusivity - I want more mixed race, fluffy haired people on the posters outside Odeon and inside Picturehouse. In Beyond The Lights, grown up Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) steers a familiar rite of passage that many mixed-race girls have; she wears her hair natural. She blossoms with each stitch of the weave she unpicks and as someone who spent a decade straightening their hair, with the scars to prove it, I bristled with empathy.

It saddens me that this stark story of the coming of age of a mixed-race girl, that has been applauded by US critics, was quietly slipped on to the UK DVD shelf. I feel my story has been demoted and not deemed relevant enough for people to buy in to or enjoy. But I want black and white people to see brown faces on screen, I want my journeys understood and enjoyed - it's patronising to everyone to think they won't.




Beyond The Lights may be on DVD but the big screen matters. I'm a cinema sucker; I want to be enveloped in the world the director created, hear the dialogue at the exact pitch the sound team meticulously mastered and fight the urge to dance when the bass booms through the dark. I want that big screen to be in every horizon of my view and if it wasn't for health and safety, I'd bust the bulbs in exit signs - an infuriating reminder that this room can be escaped. Plus, in a world where we check our phones as many times as we blink, I relish that 90-minute oasis where social media is redundant.

After a bumpy road I've managed to bring Beyond The Lights to the big screen on the cart of my film festival 'The Bechdel Test Fest'. With some cherished help, I've picked it up, dusted it off and am about to hold it up for my little world to see it in its big cinematic glory. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, as a mixed-race, aspiring young woman, is a reflection of Britain we should celebrate, not ignore and the marketeers of Beyond The Lights missed a trick by neglecting to pick up the many USPs relevant to the UK. Many have ask why this film is so important to me; it's because I want my stories told because they are important and after selling out seats almost three times over I think I've found some people who agree.



Bechdel Test Fest will host Beyond The Lights London Premiere with post-screening Q&A with director + special guest at The Ritzy Brixton - 31st July 2015 and now (due to popularity) Sun 2nd Aug at the new Picturehouse Central.

Bechdel Test Fest is a year-long, London-based celebration of films that pass The Bechdel Test and represent women in a positive, progressive light. @BechdelTestFest

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Benefits Shows and Why We're All the Poorer for Them

July 27, 2015, 3:07 am

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Cookery has the Good Food channel. Property and DIY has the Home channel. WW2 has the History channel. Porn has the Playboy channel, not to mention Television X, Redhot Amateur, Babenation, Studio 666, Climax, Lucky Star...well, you get the picture. Or at least you might do if only you could remember the pin protection code.

While poverty porn hasn't quite reached the saturation levels of its bigger and bouncier sister (apologies for neglecting to namecheck XXX big&bouncy), so many shows currently revolve around benefits and the people who claim them that you wonder why there's not an entire channel devoted to this political hot potato.

A cursory glance at Channel 5's present output might lead you to believe that such a station indeed exists. Surprisingly, it doesn't. Can't be long though before one does. What would it be called? Katie Hopkins and her caring compassionate kind may suggest LUV ( Lazy Unemployed Vultures). Hmmm, maybe not, luv. Since we've already got Dave, how about BOB (Britain on Benefits)? Sounds friendly enough, matey even and there would certainly be more than enough output to fill its schedule.

After all, so far this year, we've already had Benefits Street - season 2, Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole, Benefits: Too Fat to Work, Saints and Scroungers, Benefits: 37 Years on the Dole, How to get a Council House, Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim and Benefits: 19 Kids and Counting.

The thing most of these pieces of entertainment masquerading as documentaries have in common, apart from an over reliance on the use of the colon, is that they tend to be pretty biased; frequently demonising and holding up to ridicule those who rely on state handouts to survive.

This TV phenomenon plainly shows no sign of abating because last week alone we were treated to the less than tantalising trio of Britain's Benefit Tenants, Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick and Dogs on the Dole.

All made for similarly depressing viewing. The first in particular told us everything we didn't want to know about finding somewhere to live.

Thanks to councils having sold off so much of their housing stock, it's over to private landlords to be socially responsible - in the same way that Peter Rachman was in the 1950s and early 60s - and come to the rescue.

Apparently, rent generated from those on housing benefit is one and a half times greater than it would be with regular working tenants. Therefore, it came as no great surprise that the letting agents featured relied on the unemployed for over 90% of their business. I hope they have as tough a time sleeping as the people they put into these hell holes, but somehow it seems doubtful. Sharon Yardley from Leeds didn't appear as if she'd have much trouble nodding off, having convinced herself that if it wasn't for the "benevolence" she'd shown these souls, they'd be left with no other option but to find themselves under the nearest viaduct for the night.

In Wolverhampton, a bank of 23 electricity meters on a wall looked to all intents and purposes as if they were an art installation at a local gallery. Until you realised that they were instead for each of the rooms (cells more like) a single dwelling had been carved up into. HMOs (Houses of Mass Occupancy) they're called. You found yourself wishing for WMDs to suddenly fall on them.

Now, I for one have always longed to reside by the coast. However, I'll definitely not be commissioning my modernist architectural masterpiece in Jaywick. Two miles outside of Clacton, hardly Sandbanks itself, this is the most deprived town in the whole of the UK and a dumping ground for the needy.

Phil the local tattooist told the tale of a recent customer who was up in court in West London and upon being given a choice between moving elsewhere or going to prison, he reasonably enough asked where that elsewhere was? He was told Jaywick, Great Yarmouth or another seaside town, which as bad luck would have it wasn't St. Tropez. If it had have been, you still suspect he'd have chosen Jaywick because as all the residents concurred, it did have a wonderful community spirit. Whereas in the South of France darling everyone tends to keep themselves to themselves, hardly bothering to venture off their yachts to mingle.

Not sure teenager Naomi would have agreed. With boyfriend, Stuart in tow, she lived under the same roof as her cash-strapped uncle Nick, an ex-offender from Southampton.

Mind you, he'd only ever done minor stuff and wanted to make that absolutely clear. He reeled off his offences as if on a quiz show desperately trying to recall what was behind a selection of briefly seen windows. Shop lifting, petty theft, section 5 of the public order act, section 4 of the public order act, fraud, deception, inciting a riot and...oh yes, one burglary. There, as he said, minor stuff really.

Naomi mysteriously kept being sick. This meant that she was either pregnant or stressed. Phew! Turned out to be the latter. Thank the Lord for that especially since they had cats to take care of and as Stu pointed out, babies are expensive. And he should know. Despite his tender years, he already had two children with different mothers.

I'd like to report that the unfortunate mutts in the previously mentioned Dogs on the Dole had an easier time of things. Sadly they did not. Of course, they weren't actually on the dole. The title was somewhat misleading. It was their owners who were jobless and skint. Nonetheless you couldn't help feeling genuinely sorry for both man and beast.

Sniff, our cute terrier stared up with his doleful eyes as if pleading for us never to be that impoverished. We assured him we'd do our best. All the same, how many people ever know for sure what is going to happen to them from one day to the next and what misfortune may befall anyone at any time meaning they too will require benefits?

We just don't need yet another patronising programme telling us what it could be like.

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‘Strictly Come Dancing' Star Kristina Rihanoff Defends Her Relationship With Dance Partner Ben Cohen: ‘It's Double Standards'

July 27, 2015, 3:27 am

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‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional dancer, Kristina Rihanoff has spoken out against claims she is a ‘homewrecker’ after becoming romantically involved with her former dance partner, Ben Cohen.

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The 37-year-old dancer has defended her relationship with the ex-England rugby player after he split from his wife of 13 years, Abby.


Kristina Rihanoff and Ben Cohen were paired up on the 2013 series of 'Strictly'

Since going public with her ex-husband, Abby has called for the Russian star to be axed from the BBC show.

Despite Kristina insisting she only became romantically involved with Ben, 36, after his marriage broke down, she has repeatedly been labelled a ‘homewrecker’ on Twitter.

“He left his wife a year ago,” Kristina explained. “Recently we started dating but we’re allowed to see each other as two single people.

“I don’t know why I am always attacked. I am a hardworking, self-made person. I support five people in my family in Russia.

“It is such double standards.”

Kristina, who also dated dancer Vincent Simone and ex-dance partner boxer Joe Calzaghe, said there have been other ‘Strictly couples’, yet she is demonised.

"Pasha [Kovalev] and Rachel [Riley] got together after the show but everyone believed them when they said they were just friends,” she said.

"Flavia [Cacace] had three relationships. Janette [Manrara] was with Pasha, Artem [Chigvintsev] and now Aljaz ­[Skorjanec] – but I am the horrible one.”



Earlier this month Abby, who has filed for a “quickie” divorce from Ben, took a thinly veiled swipe at her ex-husband on Twitter .

“Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts, then they make us want to leave footprints on their face,” she tweeted.

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Sam Smith And Disclosure Debut New Song 'Omen', Following Successful Collaboration On 'Latch'

July 27, 2015, 3:38 am

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Sam Smith and Disclosure have unveiled their latest collaboration, ‘Omen’.

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The Grammy winner has teamed up with the electro duo once again, on the latest single to be taken from their second album 'Caracal'.

The two acts previously worked together on ‘Latch’, which peaked at number 11 in the UK chart in November 2012, before climbing to number seven in the US chart 18-months later.


Sam Smith (centre) with the Disclosure boys

Sam penned ‘Omen’ with Disclosure's Howard and Guy Lawrence during a writing session earlier this year.

"It was the most successful two days of songwriting we'd ever had," Guy said. "We wrote five amazing songs, a few for Sam and 'Omen'."

The trio have also debuted the music video to the track, which sees Sam performing the song in a futuristic underground club, before police storm the set.

The track is set for release on 21 August, while ‘Caracal’ will follow on 25 September.

Watch the video for 'Omen' above...

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Ed Sheeran Lends A Hand With A Second Marriage Proposal In Two Weeks (VIDEO)

July 27, 2015, 4:02 am

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Just last week, Ed Sheeran lent his pal Jake Roche a helping hand with his marriage proposal to Little Mix star Jesy Nelson, and now the star has struck again, assisting another friend.

During Ed’s concert at Dublin’s Croke Park over the weekend, the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer invited Kodaline on stage to perform a couple of tracks.


Ed Sheeran at Croke Park

When their performance was finished, he called the band’s Jay Boland to the front and the rest of the stage was swiftly cleared.

As Jay began speaking to the audience, it became clear that he was about to make one of the sweetest marriage proposals ever.

Speaking to the crowd about his girlfriend Etaoin Corr, he said: “She’s been my best friend since we were about 5 years old. I can’t imagine another day without this girl.”

A shocked Etaoin then walked out to huge cheers, as Jay got down on one knee. Awww!

Watch the proposal in the video above…

So @EtaoinCorr said yes :-) pic.twitter.com/GeU92Q8THb

— Jason Boland (@JayKodaline) July 26, 2015

Ed later took to Twitter to share his joy for the couple, writing:

Thank you to Kodaline and Glen Hansard for joining me on stage today to sing some tunes. And congratulations to Jay, what a way to propose !

— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 25, 2015

Earlier this month, Ed went out of his way to help Rixton’s Jake, by travelling to Manchester Arena and performing his song ‘Tenerife Sea’ as Jake popped the question.

Jesy shared her shock and joy at the proposal with fans on Twitter, writing: “I cannot believe what has just happened! The most surreal moment of my life and everyone that I love most was there to share it with us!

“I feel like the luckiest girl in the world rite now literally cannot stop crying!”

Jake’s mum, ‘Loose Women’ star Coleen Nolan, later revealed more details of the emotional moment, explaining that Jake and Jesy’s families were both secretly watching in the wings.

Speaking of Ed’s arrival, she said: “He came up especially for Jake, he came all the way from Suffolk in the morning, just to come and sing their favourite song… He came out singing ‘Tenerife Sea’ and Jesy turned round at one point and said, ‘Ah that’s my favourite song’ and then Jake came on behind him and got down on one knee and proposed. It was fabulous.”

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Simon Cowell And David Walliams' Bromance Is Over, Thanks To Nick Grimshaw's Bond With 'X Factor' Boss

July 27, 2015, 4:30 am

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David Walliams had better watch out, as it seems Nick Grimshaw has replaced him in Simon Cowell’s affections.

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While David has enjoyed a blossoming bromance with the music mogul on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, Grimmy has been getting along famously with Simon since he joined the ‘X Factor’ panel last month.


Nick Grimshaw and Simon Cowell

And according to their fellow judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, David risks being ousted by the Radio 1 DJ.

“Nick and Simon are the new David and Simon. They are like two big kids,” she told the Daily Star.

“I think David Walliams needs to watch out because Simon has a new boyfriend.”


Simon with David Walliams

Grimmy claimed that he and Simon have bonded over their love of annoying Cheryl, adding: “Me and Simon love each other. David is out and I’m in.

“I think we upped it to a new level this week because we wound Cheryl up something rotten. I love her but she is so easy to wind up and she can’t help but react.

“You can’t control Simon. He just wants to have fun and wind people up – mainly Cheryl."

HuffPost UK witnessed the pair in action for ourselves at auditions last week, as they both miaowed and purred over comments Cheryl was dishing out to a girlband.

Simon also took a swipe at her for not giving enough feedback to another hopeful, joking: “That’s what you’re paid £23m each year to judge this show? To say that?”

‘The X Factor’ returns to ITV later this year.

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Simon Cowell's Top 20 Meanest Put-Downs

July 27, 2015, 6:23 am

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Simon Cowell is as known for his cutting put-downs as he is for his high-waisted trousers - and no one is safe when coming face-to-face with TV’s original Mr.Nasty.

From ‘X Factor’ wannabes to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ hopefuls, Simon has never been backward in coming forward when it comes to dishing out advice, or a good old-fashioned insult.

So as we prepare for him to reduce a whole new group of starry-eyed ‘X Factor’ hopefuls to jibbering wrecks, we take a look at the top 20 meanest put-downs yet to come out of his mouth...

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Sinead O'Connor Reveals Her Son's 'Life-Threatening Medical Condition' As The Reason For Cancelled Concerts

July 27, 2015, 7:09 am

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Sinead O’Connor has shared the reason for her recently-cancelled concerts, revealing that her son has been suffering from a “life-threatening medical condition” for the past five months.

The singer has three sons, along with one daughter, and she has not stated which son is fighting the unnamed illness.


Sinead O'Connor

Sinead detailed her decision, and revealed the seriousness of the illness in a Facebook post, which read: “My child has been suffering with a life-threatening medical condition since early March 2015. It is the type of condition my child will definitely survive, if correct care is taken and is supervised by myself. Otherwise there is no guarantee.

“Needless to say, this has been and remains a severe family crisis. Like any mother, I have been up all day and night every day and night since I found out my child is suffering.

“Studying and learning all I can so that I might help not only the suffering child, but those of my other children who are naturally affected by the situation.”

Sinead also discussed her own recent health problems, and later added: “I am so worried about my child and about how we go forward as a family when my child's condition means I have to cease touring for the foreseeable future.

“I have been instructed by my child's doctor not to work until my child has fully recovered.”

On 23 July, Sinead’s representatives announced that she was being forced to cancel the rest of her scheduled 2015 concerts, due to exhaustion.

“Sinéad O'Connor apologises profusely to her fans but she cannot travel this summer anymore,” a statement read. “She is suffering from exhaustion due to an existing not resolved medical situation and she has been advised by the doctor to stop any activity and rest.

“Because of this she is completely unable to travel and to perform.”

Read Sinead’s full post on her son’s condition here.

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Kanye West Storms Off Stage At Pan Am Games Closing Ceremony In Toronto, Throwing Microphone Up In The Air After Technical Problems (VIDEO)

July 27, 2015, 7:16 am

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Kanye West threw another of his infamous stage strops during a gig in Toronto on Sunday (26 July) night, throwing his microphone in the air after a technical glitch.

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The controversial rapper left thousands of fans disappointed at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony in the Canadian city, when he let his frustrations at sound problems get the better of him and threw a hissy fit.


Kanye West threw a strop on stage

Video footage captured the moment Kanye gestured at the crowd and tossed his mic up the air and let it smash to the ground, before walking off stage.

He reportedly experienced problems during a medley of his biggest hits near the end of his set.

He was supposed to end the show with a rendition of ‘Gold Digger’, but his strop heralded a premature end to the show.


Kanye exited stage-left

Soon after the misdemeanour, the Canadian broadcaster CBC Olympics tweeted that the microphone had only cut out in the Rogers Centre stadium, and not on the television broadcast.

“UPDATE: @kanyewest's mic cut out in-stadium due to technical issue - audio remained on in broadcast. #CBCPanAm,” they wrote.

UPDATE: @kanyewest's mic cut out in-stadium due to technical issue - audio remained on in broadcast. #CBCPanAm

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 27, 2015

Here's how fans who were watching the ceremony on television saw the incident:

KANYE WITH THE BEST MIC DROP OF ALL TIME WEE !!! #YEEZUS pic.twitter.com/S8OZbq2F6E

— Alex Weldemichael (@AlexWelde27) July 27, 2015

Much like with his Glastonbury set, Kanye had faced calls to remove him from the bill ahead of the gig, when a petition was signed by 54,000 people.

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'All Creatures Great And Small' Classic BBC Drama 'To Get HBO Reboot In Glossier, Sexier Style'

July 27, 2015, 7:43 am

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Classic BBC rural vet drama 'All Creatures Great and Small' could be set for a big-budget return to the screen - in the hands of contemporary TV hitmakers, HBO - the production behemoth behind global hit 'Game of Thrones'.

A 'US TV source' has indicated to the Mirror that the hit BBC show, which ran for seven series in total between 1978 and 1990 and drew 20 million viewers at its height, is in the sights of the same show runners who've made such hits of 'The Sopranos' and comedies 'Sex and the City' and 'Entourage'.

The Mirror quotes the source, explaining, "There's a bit of a fad for British classics after the success of 'Poldark' and Doctor Who. There's plenty of scope to make the storylines more modern but keep the basic formula the same."

Stars of the show included Christopher Timothy as James Herriot, with Peter Davidson and Robert Hardy as the Farnon brothers Siegfried and Tristan, all vets, living and working in the stunning Yorkshire Dales, in the stories set between the 1930s and 1950s.

The programmes were based on the novels of vet Alf Wright, who wrote under the nom de plume of James Herriot.


Robert Hardy, Lynda Bellingham and Christopher Timothy starred in the original show in the 1980s

The late Lynda Bellingham also starred as Helen Herriot in the later series, with Carol Drinkwater playing the same role at the beginning.


James Heriot always found his hardest task getting youngest vet Tristan Farnon to share the work

However, fans of the original show, with its mixture of romance, broad comedy and scenery may be in for a shock, with the insider telling the Mirror of the plans to give the show a sexy, glossy makeover and to recruit a couple of big names to ensure its success.

If 'All Creatures' proves a success, there's plenty more where that came from. 'Tenko', 'District Nurse', 'Howard's Way' are all surely ripe for the taking...

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'Trainwreck' Exclusive Clip Reveals Amy Schumer's Amy Being Asked Out On A Date By Aaron (Bill Hader) (VIDEO)

July 27, 2015, 8:15 am

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Amy Schumer's brand new rom-com 'Trainwreck' is a lesson in how the love of a good man can disrupt the hedonistic intentions of even the most die-hard, determined singleton.

Amy's character Amy is a journalist, seemingly well at home in the world of the one-night stand, the walk of shame and the discussion in the loo at the office with her favourite colleague the day after.


Amy Schumer's character Amy must learn to adapt to a loving relationship in the arms of Aaron (Bill Hader)

But all that is thrown on its head when Amy comes into the proximity of Aaron, a well-adjusted, upstanding member of the community, who just happens to be a sports surgeon who can get first-row seats to the Knicks.

We have an exclusive clip of the pair of them, negotiating their first attempts at romance...

The film is remarkable for being laugh-out loud funny, for an UNRECOGNISABLE turn from Tilda Swinton as... well, I won't ruin it for you, but see if you can spot her... for turning conventional male-female sexual politics on their head, and for a scene-stealing turn with LeBron James, whose comic timing is as precise as his efforts with the hoop.

'Trainwreck' is in UK cinemas from Friday 14 August. Watch the trailer below...

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Dane Bowers 'Attacked Ex-Girlfriend Sophia Cahill After Row Over Glitter', Court Hears

July 27, 2015, 9:05 am

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Dane Bowers has appeared in at Croydon Magistrates’ Court, where he is facing a charge of assault, following an alleged attack on his ex-girlfriend Sophia Cahill.

On Monday (27 July), the court heard that the former Another Level singer lashed out at Sophia, when she questioned him about glitter that was on his face.


Dane arriving at the court

"I pointed to the glitter on his face. I had caught him in bed with somebody [before] - that obviously gave us trust issues," Sophia told the court. "We said that if we are still living under the same roof we would not do anything to disrespect each other and do anything with other people.

"He had been out all night and obviously I jumped to conclusions because of other things he has done in the past."

Dane allegedly swore at and grabbed Sophia, who claims she was left with bruises and a bleeding nose after the attack.

The BBC reports that the court heard Sophia and Dane were not in a relationship when the alleged incident took place on 29 January, but they were still living with his parents in Croydon.


Sophia Cahill

Dane denies the charge and his trial will continue this week.

The singer first found fame as a member of the boyband Another Level, and he later went on to collaborate with Victoria Beckham.

In 2013, he starred on ITV2’s ‘The Big Reunion’, and formed a new group with Gareth Gates, Kavana, Adam Rickitt and Blazin’ Squad’s Kenzie.

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Accidental Daytime TV Swearing: 13 Times Hosts Of 'This Morning', 'BBC Breakfast' And 'Loose Women' Turned The Air Blue

July 27, 2015, 9:06 am

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Swearing isn’t big and it’s most certainly not clever, but when it happens by accident, it is pretty funny. Add some live daytime TV and wholesome presenters into the mix, and you have yourself a recipe for hilarity.

The hosts of ‘BBC Breakfast’, ‘This Morning’, ‘Loose Women’, ‘GMTV’ and ‘Good Morning Britain’ have all fallen victim to unfortunate on-air slip ups over the years, with the usually straight-laced Bill Turnbull most recently dropping the C-bomb live on breakfast telly.

Remind yourself of 12 other glorious cursing cock ups in our gallery below, which needless to say, contains some rather fruity language.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you...

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'Life In Squares' Star Rupert Penry-Jones Believes Bloomsbury Group Set The Bar For 'Following Your Dream, Doing What You Believe Is Right'

July 27, 2015, 9:17 am

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‘Life in Squares’ star Rupert Penry-Jones is convinced the message of the bohemian Bloomsbury Set is more relevant than ever.

The BBC three-part drama starts tonight, and charts the fortunes of the social and creative group built around sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, in the leafy London setting around Bloomsbury Square during the first half of the 20th century.

Rupert, of ‘Spooks’, ‘Whitechapel’ and ‘Silks’ fame, plays the older Duncan Grant, the painter who settled down with Vanessa and had a child with her, despite being drawn more strongly to men.

Rupert tells HuffPostUK how the Bloomsbury set still continues to embody the desire of “following your dream, not conforming to society, doing what you believe is right”.


The Bloomsbury Set followed their own rules, not those dictated by conventional society

He says of them, “There was no fitting in the box that your parents were pushing you into. They were doing what fuelled their creative need.”

Rupert also confounds the myth that they were a bunch of trustafarian dilettantes, all spending their various inheritances on booze, paint and musical instruments.

“They actually didn’t have much money,” he explains, fresh from his research. “They were rationed because of the war, had very basic clothes, but they had this nice house and they were well-bred.

“They were obviously just really talented. Once the books were published, that’s when the money started to come in.”


Rupert Penry-Jones stars as the older artist Duncan Grant

Rupert, the son of actors Peter Penry-Jones and Angela Thorne, counts himself lucky that, despite his own privileged upbringing, his interest in the theatre brought him into contact with a diverse bunch of characters from a young age.

“After A Levels, when my mates were off to Greece, I was in the National Youth Theatre,” he remembers. “And later, through filming, I had the chance to make friends of different ages.

“I got to make friends with Heath Ledger – that wouldn’t have happened any other way.”

'Life in Squares' starts tonight on BBC2. Pictures below...

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Bobbi Kristina Brown's Death 'Now Being Investigated As Murder'

July 27, 2015, 9:42 am

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Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death is now being investigated as homicide, it has been reported.

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Law enforcement sources have told US website TMZ that police are treating her death as “foul play”.


Bobbi Kristina died on Sunday

The daughter of late singer Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown was found face-down in a bathtub at her Atlanta home on 31 January.

She passed away on Sunday (26 July), aged just 22, after spending months in a coma.

The Houston family confirmed Bobbi had died in a statement, which read: "Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family," the Houston family said in a statement. "She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."

Police said they had been called in response to her "drowning" at her home in suburban Atlanta. Nick Gordon, the man she called her husband, was at the scene and tried to revive her while a friend called 911.

"Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family," a Houston family statement said two days later. "We are asking you to honor our request for privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your prayers, well wishes, and we greatly appreciate your continued support."


Bobbi with mother Whitney Houston, who died in 2012

Bobbi’s death mirrors that of her mother’s, which occurred after she too was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in 2012, just as the music industry prepared for the Grammy Awards.

It has also been claimed by Entertainment Tonight that Bobbi will be laid to rest next to her mother, with her body being flown to New Jersey, following a funeral service in Atlanta.

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‘Top Gear' Needs A Female Touch, According To Rumoured New Presenter Jodie Kidd

July 28, 2015, 4:32 am

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Jodie Kidd might be sick and tired of being asked if she’s about to join Chris Evans on the all-new ‘Top Gear’ presenting team, but she does believe the show needs a woman’s touch.

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The former model has been linked with the BBC motoring show ever since Jeremy Clarkson was sacked earlier this year, and those snaps of the pair enjoying a pint only fueled the rumours she was set to sign up.

Now, in an interview with the Daily Star, the 36-year-old has stated that the new series needs a ‘woman’s angle’.


Jodie Kidd

“Women are buying cars – it’s the norm – so you need a woman’s angle,” she told the newspaper.

But she stopped short of giving anything away about her involvement in the reboot.

“If I had a pound every time someone asked me about that show I think I would be a millionaire right now,” she added.

Last month, Chris Evans confirmed the new ‘Top Gear’ presenting team will “100 per cent” include a female host.


Chris Evans

When asked by Nicky Campbell whether a woman would be joining him on ‘Top Gear’, during an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, the former ‘TFI Friday’ presenter responded: “Absolutely - but not for the sake of it. I can confirm that definitely 100 percent.”

As well as Jodie, who presents ‘The Classic Car Show’ on Channel 5, Formula 1 presenter Suzi Perry has also been linked to the presenting role.

Check out all of the rumoured presenters below…

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Oprah Winfrey's Tickets For #LifeYouWant Tour Priced Up To $2,500 For Australian Leg Of Tour

July 28, 2015, 4:34 am

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Oprah Winfrey is preparing to bring her unique brand of positive thinking to her fans Down Under, with the Australian leg of her #lifeyouwant tour which she has already taken across America.

Her Aussie fans might be looking forward to seeing her, but it seems even her most die-hard supporters are baulking at the cost, with some ticket prices set as high as $2500 (£1,171).

Since tickets went on sale yesterday, the cheaper seats, around the $99 mark (£46), have all gone for her shows in Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney, but it seems the expensive ones are proving harder to shift, even with the promise included of the chance to take a "group photo".


Oprah is set to return Down Under following her first fleeting tour in 2010

Oprah is set to perform to crowds of up to 15,000 a night on her tour. "It's a big production," she says.

But one Melbourne journalist, a self-professed longtime fan, makes the point that Oprah's once unique mix of touchy-feely, holistic positive thinking with practical guides to self-improvement is now the stuff of every car bumper sticker, Facebook update and website listicle (*coughs).

Jo Stanley writes, "I’m not buying the message any more. Living our full life now belongs to the marketers, hijacked by brands who know we’re all desperately seeking true happiness, and Oprah, one of the most successful brands we’ve seen in the last 20 years, hasn’t been able to keep her distance from that.

"On this tour, she’s amplified her message to rock star levels, but the content hasn’t grown in its complexities, and she’s making a lot of money out of something I can read in Cosmo."

Another lady has already snapped up her tickets, however, following Oprah's last tour Down Under when she was befriended by the chat show legend, who threw her a surprise baby show in 2010.

Catherine Schrank has stayed in touch with Oprah since that meeting, and has even visited her in Chicago.

She tells News.Com.au, "It was one of those moments that I will never forget and now almost five years later we have kept in contact and she has really become a friend to me now.

“I think it’s incredible that a woman like Oprah, who is probably the most famous woman in the world, takes the time to write to me and talk through things with me.”

How much would you pay for a ticket to see Oprah up close and personal? One alternative is to follow Oprah's own mantra of making the changes you want in your life by first starting with your spirit. Or by following the rules of bestseller 'The Secret', which she championed on her show. That way, you just have to visualise really, really hard having a ticket in your hand, and hey presto...

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