Yungblud’s nod to David Bowie (Picture: Getty; Rex)
Yungblud has revealed that his highly-anticipated new album ‘is kind of a nod to David Bowie’.
The Loner rocker has penned a track called Mars inspired by meeting a transgender fan, whilst the record also ‘pays homage’ to the late music legend’s 1971 hit Life on Mars.
Yungblud – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: ‘There’s a song called Mars which is important to me ’cause I had a trans man come up to me and say my track Kill Somebody last year helped his parents with the community he wanted to be in.
‘And allowed him to go from being a girl – they sat with him through his transition to be a boy. I thought that was f***ing crazy.
‘He told me about his story, about how nobody understood him, and it clicked with me because it reminded me of ‘Life On Mars’ by David Bowie – so I’m paying homage to that.’
On what fans can expect from his follow-up to his 2018 debut LP 21st Century Liability, he said: ‘It’s kind of a nod to Bowie, and it’s stories about young people.’
The Tongue Tied star recently teased fans that his second album is ‘coming’ and will be ‘rock and roll’ all the way.
The 22-year-old singer shared in November: ‘There’s an album coming, and I’m writing loads, man.
‘It’s going to be rock and roll.’
Yungblud previously said he wants to be the voice of a generation.
The British star wants to be known as the biggest rock star of 2020 and he is happy to be vocal about his big ambition.
He said: ‘I wanna be the rock star for the 2020 generation. People always advise me, “Don’t say that you want to be something, just in case you don’t turn out to be it.”
‘But I’m not afraid to say that I wanna be the rock kid for them. I hate it when people say, “Rock isn’t cool”. Rock is so f***ing cool. Pouring your heart out is cool.’
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Barack Obama has named Fleabag season two as one of his TV highlights of 2019.
The comedy was one of three TV shows the former president said were ‘as powerful as a movie’.
Drama Unbelievable and superhero series Watchmen were the two others, while the rest of the list was made up of films that came out this year that he enjoyed.
If he loved the second outing of the sitcom, created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, that means he has likely seen season one, which includes the hilarious scene where Fleabag (Waller-Bridge) is caught masturbating to a video of Obama delivering a keynote speech to Parliament in 2011.
It would be a bit weird to suddenly pick up in season two, wouldn’t it?
His list of films he loved included Little Women, Parasite, The Irishman, Booksmart and Marriage Story.
Ash Is Purest White, The Last Black Man in San Fracisco, The Farewell, Ford v Ferrari and Amazing Grace also made his list. No Cats though, weirdly…
Fleabag aired its second and final series earlier this year.
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list: pic.twitter.com/PEcgwotcxm
Speaking at an event in New York after her final performance, Waller-Bridge said: ‘I was performing the end and I was really emotional and I was suddenly hit by the whole journey of the character and … I felt her go. And it was such a lovely feeling, “ah we’ve done the right thing we’ve ended the story at the right time”.’
On the inspiration behind her unconventional character, the star continued: ‘It was driven by that sense of rage. What if I just said onstage what I say to my friend? Or if I just express some of the rage that I have but turn it up?
‘The only way I could really describe the character to someone once when they asked me was: when I was feeling at my most down and angry and rageful standing at the precipice of whatever that is in your mind and I looked at the bottom of the chasm and the very bottom was Fleabag. So I was like I’m going to write her to stop me becoming her.’
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Pam and Mick’s weed session has been slammed by Gavin and Stacey critics (Picture: BBC)
Gavin and Stacey has been hit with more backlash, but this time critics are concerned viewers casually will turn to cannabis because Mick (played by Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman) smoked a spliff with pals Dawn (Julia Davis) and Pete (Adrian Scarborough).
During the Christmas Special – which celebrated homophobic slur f****t for reasons which are yet to be made clear by the BBC or creators James Corden and Ruth Jones – Dawn broke up with Pete for the millionth time because, in her words, he was a ‘junkie’.
Turns out she found a joint in his car and lost it with her husband until Pam and Mick assured they used to chase the dragon on the daily before Gavin was born. Moments later said spliff was ablaze and the foursome had a whale of a time in the living room.
Pam and Mick smoked a spliff in Gavin and Stacey (Picture: BBC)
In what was arguably otherwise a pretty dry 60 minutes, the lifelong friends mischievously breaking taboo for a giggle was by far the highlight of the long-awaited return of BBC One’s divisive comedy.
However, some have slammed the BBC for pushing what could be a dangerous narrative, ignoring the underlying dangers of smoking marijuana.
Lord Nicholas Manson lost his son to drugs, and revealed he saw the crippling effects of cannabis first hand, accusing Gavin and Stacey of ‘pushing a strong subliminal message that cannabis is perfectly OK and those who fear it might be otherwise are fair game for mockery?’
He told the Daily Mail: ‘Our tragedy is not unique. Super-strong cannabis is mentally damaging, it is thought, for about one in nine regular users. Because of developing brain issues before the age of 25, the young are even more susceptible to its injurious effects.’
Mary Brett, of campaign group Cannabis Skunk Sense, added: ‘It is very disheartening and actually frightening when television people think it’s funny to smoke cannabis.’
The BBC declined to comment on this story.
Gavin and Stacey returned to record ratings, with 12 million viewers tuning in on Christmas Day while millions more will have caught up on iPlayer.
Gavin and Stacey is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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If there’s anything that’s defined the 2010s, it’s the rise of the meme.
From being a word that people had no idea how to pronounce (we’ll never forget Gemma Collins and her ‘me-mays’), to the purest way to comment on pop culture, politics, and everything in between, they’ve had quite a journey.
They’ve seen us through the best and worst times of the decade, and lightened up all manner of situations, making social media a slightly less terrible place.
And, really, what more is worth celebrating?
2010: Hide yo kids, hide yo wife
Before memes were even really a thing, we could always count on bizarre television interviews.
In hindsight, the situation was actually pretty disturbing, with Antoine Dodson giving an interview on local television about the attempted rape of his sister.
‘Well, obviously we have a rapist in Lincoln Park. He’s climbin’ in yo windows, he’s snatchin’ yo people up, tryin’ to rape ’em,’ he said.
‘So y’all need to hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband cause they rapin’ err’body out here.’
It featured in countless remixes, before becoming one of the most well-known clips on the internet.
What a way to kick things off
2010: Double Rainbow
All the way across the sky!
What can beat this man, genuinely very excited about a double rainbow?
Maybe the multiple remixes, including the Gregory Brothers’ beautiful ballad. Brings a tear to our eye.
2011: Condescending Wonka
If there’s anyone you want to be looked down on from, it’s 2011’s Condescending Wonka.
Of course rising to prominence on Reddit, the shot from the 1971 musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was paired with patronising captions
‘Oh, you just graduated? / you must know everything,’ was the first known example, with thousands to follow.
Safe to say we were all brought down a peg or two.
We’ve been brought down a peg
2012: Grumpy Cat
Grumpy cat rose to fame early on in the decade, with the internet star being known for the purest of reasons – just for being her grumpy self.
She brightened (or maybe darkened) many a day, with the moodiest of captions being edited onto her photo including: ‘I like the sound you make/when you shut up.’
Oklahoma resident Sweet Brown became an instant celeb when she was interviewed on her local news about a fire.
She described running from her apartment without shoes when she became aware of the crisis, stating that: ‘Ain’t nobody got time for that!’
She’s not wrong.
2013: Harlem Shake
In one of the most creative memes to hit the internet, literally everyone got involved in the Harlem Shake.
The premise was easy: get your weirdest friend to start dancing (or, commonly, thrusting) to the music with everyone else continuing their daily lives and, when the beat drops, chaos descends.
Ed Sheeran and Cody Simpson were among those joining in and, real talk, we might never get the tune out of our heads.
Truly bizarre
2014: Doge
Doge pretty much began the internet’s obsession with Shiba Inus and we have no complaints.
The meme basically consisted of a picture of the beloved pup looking very baffled indeed, with captions like ‘wow,’ ‘such meme’, and ‘very good’ printed around him in rainbow Comic Sans.
Has anything ever brought more joy to the internet?
The face of pure confusion
2014: I’m in me mum’s car
Broom broom.
Is there really any context to this? We’re not quite sure.
Either way, viner Tish Simmonds is still thriving as an internet star on TikTok and it’s exactly the happy ending we needed.
With people grabbing hold of a picture of the puppet enjoying a cold glass of iced tea, it became the best way to let everyone know you were minding your own business (but not really).
Kermit went on to become a true king of the memes and we’re not sure a frog has ever had such an impact on society.
Iconic
2015: Dat Boi
But then again…
In frog-related news, Dat Boi is one of those memes that sort of just came out of nowhere.
Fondly remembered as one of the purest, least problematic memes of all time, the bizarre 3D frog can be seen happily riding his unicycle, with images declaring: ‘Here come dat boi!!! Oh s*** waddup?’
One of the purest memes
2016: Harambe
In another example of the internet making a joke out of literally anything, Harambe became one of the most used memes of 2016.
A petition titled ‘Justice for Harambe’ began to spread and, before long, the memes followed suit.
‘Justice for Harambe’ (Picture: DonKYM)
2016: Why You Lying?
Nicholas Fraser shut down all the liars of the world when he performed his song Why The F*** You Lying? to the tune of Too Close from American R&B band Next.
The lyrics were simple but definitely powerful : ‘Why the f*** you lyin’? Why you always lyin’? Hmmmmm Oh my god stop f***ing lying!’
Performing in his back yard (we love a budget king), he had the entire world singing along to his hit.
With his video going viral on Twitter, Josh Holz and Daniel Lara went on to appear on Ellen, with people named Daniel regretting everything from then onwards.
After appearing on Dr Phil and uttering the immortal phrase ‘Cash me ousside, how bout dah?’, she embarked on a music career under her stage name Bhad Bhabie.
She went on to become the youngest female rapper to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 with her debut track These Heaux.
Who would have thought?
Bhad Bhabie had weird origins
2017: Distracted Boyfriend
Stock photos have provided the internet with countless hours of joy over the years, but maybe none more so than the distracted boyfriend.
In the original, a man appears to be ogling another woman while he’s with his girlfriend, but of course it’s been applied to every scenario under the sun.
And fans have even created full-blown stories surrounding the trio, one of our faves being the one where the two women ditch the dude and fall in love with each other.
We love a happy ending.
He’s not worth it
2017: Blinking Guy
Surely Drew Scanlon never thought that a video of him blinking would enthrall the internet for months, but here we are.
As a producer at Giant Bomb, he partook in an innocent video game with his pals, before expressing his surprise in the best way possible.
We may never know why the camera was zoomed in so close to his face, but we’re sure glad it was.
2018: Is this a pigeon?
It’s another one that came out of seemingly nowhere but it’s got to be one of our faves.
It originated from a tiny moment in a 1991 episode of the anime show The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (because what else?), with the context being unknown by most of us.
But really, do we need it?
Is this a pigeon? combines internet ‘lol random’ humour with a genuinely baffling situation to provide one of the purest forms of meme.
We have no idea
2018: Yodelling Walmart Kid
By this point, making people famous by means of memes was common practice.
And Mason Ramsey, also known as the Yodelling Walmart Kid, is definitely no exception.
Who would have known on that fateful day that his fire yodelling would earn him a genuine music career? But hey, look at him now.
2018: Bee Movie
‘According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly.
‘Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.
‘The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.’
The creature, which features in the Disney+ Show The Mandalorian, became one of the cutest things to ever grace the internet.
Coupled with his cup of soup, he rivalled Kermit as the sign of when someone needs to mind their own business.
And that’s not even to mention him causing rifts in the Star Wars cast (we see you John Boyega and Oscar Isaac).
A true icon (Picture: Disney+)
2019: And I oop
Jasmine Masters from RuPaul’s Drag Race had no idea what she was getting into when she suffered some discomfort down below and declared: ‘And I oop.’
But people simply ran with it.
The star appeared everywhere on the internet for a good few months, with people seemingly never getting bored of the meme.
It can express pretty much any emotion and we’re not quite sure where we’d be without it.
The ultimate surprise
Hey, look at us!
Paul Rudd’s Hot Ones interview was immediately dubbed iconic when he told host Sean Evans ‘Hey! Look at us!’
Fans applied it to every and all situations and it immediately became the right response when you’re feeling that little bit proud of yourself and your pals.
Look at us, guys. Look at us.
2019: I don’t know who this man is
Keke Palmer provided nothing but hilarity when she was asked if she thought True Jackson, VP was a better vice president than Dick Cheney.
As for her response? Indescribable.
‘I don’t know who this man is,’ she declared. ‘I mean, he could be walking down the street, I wouldn’t know a thing. Sorry to this man.’
A power move if ever we saw one.
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However prior to its airing a statement on Kay’s Twitter account explained he had had no actual involvement with the show, and that it simply used archive footage – but just what was said?
Here’s what you need to know…
What did Peter Kay say about his Channel 5 documentary?
A statement posted on Peter Kay’s Twitter page confirmed that he had had nothing to do with the show which aired on Channel 5 last night.
‘Very flattering of Channel 5 to commission the programme going out tonight,’ it read, ‘but just to let people know that ‘Peter Kay: In His Own Words’ has an incredibly misleading title, as it doesn’t feature any new interviews with Peter and all the footage is completely historic.’
It added: ‘The title also gives the impression that Peter has been involved in the making of this documentary which he hasn’t. At all.’
What was Peter Kay: In His Own Words about?
Peter has been out of the spotlight of late (Picture: Getty)
According to the Channel 5 synopsis: ‘This film charts the comic’s rise from the back streets of Bolton to performing record-breaking arena tours and also included are some classic comedy routines, along with some rare gems and clips from hit TV series Phoenix Nights and Car Share.’
As well as the old interview footage from Peter, the programme also featured friends and colleagues of his including Pete Waterman, Jenny Powell and Bobby Davro.
Car Share came to an end in 2018 (Picture: Goodnight Vienna Productions)
‘A conversation has been had between Peter and the BBC,’ a source said. ‘There is no rush and whatever happens will always be dictated by Peter but a new project has been discussed. The insider continued to The Sun: ‘It’s exciting news for Peter’s fans, who have yet to see the void left by Car Share filled.’
There’s always talk about doing another one,’ Paddy told Daily Star. ‘It’s just time, it’s just getting everyone together. But everyone is up for it.’
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Ronaldo wore only his best for his trip to Dubai (Picture: EPA)
Cristiano Ronaldo officially has the shiniest jewellery collection known to man after wearing more than £600,000 worth of bling on one hand.
The Juventus footballer joined a panel at the Dubai International Sports Conference on Sunday and looked ever-so dapper in a grey suit and with his hair slicked back in his trademark style.
But it was his eye-catching jewellery collection that stole the show and, for its price, you’d definitely expect them to.
It’s estimated that Cristiano, 34, splashed out a staggering £630,000 for the pieces he wore to the event.
The Portuguese footballer, who is worth an estimated $800,000 (£610,000), arrived wearing the most expensive Rolex watch available. The Rolex GMT-Master Ice watch is rare, featuring 18ct white gold and hundreds of smaller 30-carat diamonds, and would have set Cris back a cool £380,000.
He also wore a diamond band on his wedding finger – erm, engagement rumours, hello – reportedly worth an estimated £50,000.
But next to it was perhaps Cristiano’s most stunning piece of jewellery – a woman’s engagement ring with a large yellow diamond in the center, which is said to be valued at £200,000.
He rocked Rolex’s most expensive watch ever (Picture: EPA)
Is that an engagement ring we spy? (Picture: EPA)
We hope the jewellery had its own security.
Although it’s unlikely to be Cristiano’s actual wedding or engagement ring as speculation he’d secretly tied the knot with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, were promptly shut down by sources who called it ‘fake news’.
It was a busy evening for Cristiano, who was honoured with the best men’s player award at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards.
According to the UAE’s The National, the footballer said in his acceptance speech: ‘I have to thank my family, my girlfriend, my boy there, Cristiano, my three kids who are waiting for me in the hotel, my friends, my teammates of Juventus and the national team, my agent, all the people here tonight who support this gala.
‘I have to say thank you to the Arabic community, which is always great with me. I have to thank Dubai as well – it’s a marvellous place to be, I’m coming every year and I love this place.’
He added: ‘And finally to thank [everyone] who voted for me. It’s a great honour to be here and receive this amazing award. I hope to be here next year to receive this award, of course. Thanks to everyone, and a happy New Year.’
After scooping the honour, Cristiano jetted out of Dubai on his private jet and was seen posing with the trophy in front of him while surrounded by Georgina and his children – Cristiano Jr, nine, Alana, two, and twins Mateo and Eva, also two.
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Zac, 32, has been out in Papua New Guinea (PNG) filming a new survival reality TV show called Killing Zac Efron.
PNG is a country in Oceania, in the southwestern Pacific and the actor’s new adventure series, which he is executive producing as well as starring in, chose the nation’s islands to set the show.
Killing Zac Efron will apparently follow the actor venturing ‘deep into the jungles of a remote, dangerous island to carve his own name in expedition history’, in Bear Grylls, Man vs. Wild fashion.
What happened to Zac Efron in Papua New Guinea?
On Sunday 28 December it was reported that Zac Efron had been ‘rushed to hospital on a life-or-death flight after contracting a deadly illness while filming in Papua New Guinea’.
Zac had been filming in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. (Picture: Getty)
It was said that the former High School Musical Disney star had suddenly taken ill during filming, perhaps with typhoid or a similar bacterial infection and had to be flown to Australia for treatment.
Glenn McKay, a doctor with the Medical Rescue Group, told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper that while he couldn’t discuss confidential patient information, he could confirm that Medical Rescue ‘retrieved a US citizen in his 30s from PNG to Brisbane for medical attention in Australia’.
Zac then took to social media on 29 December to break his silence on the reports on that he had been taken seriously ill, in order to reassure concerned fans and share an update saying: ‘Very thankful to everyone who has reached out.
Very thankful to everyone who has reached out. I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing 3 weeks in P.N.G. I’m home for the holidays with my friends and family. Thanks for all the love and concern, see you in 2020! pic.twitter.com/SEcopCmqAB
‘I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing 3 weeks in P.N.G.
‘I’m home for the holidays with my friends and family. Thanks for all the love and concern, see you in 2020!
The actors fans, relieved to hear from the star himself that he was alright, rushed to share their well wishes on social media with one fan tweeting: ‘You gave us quite a scare @ZacEfron’ and another writing: ‘We are blessed and thankful you are okay!!!!! You are truly loved by ALL!!!! Rest up see you in 2020!!!!’
Just let Sharon Stone clean up on Bumble, will you? (Picture: Getty Images Europe)
Sharon Stone is not happy after she has been kicked off dating app Bumble, as she tries to find love.
The 61-year-old actress joined the location based dating app – which allows female users to make the first contact with matched male users in heterosexual matches – but her profile was removed after it was reported as being fake.
Sharon revealed that some users didn’t believe she would be using the app so reported her profile and she took to Twitter begging Bumble to reinstate her.
Sharon wrote: ‘I went on the @bumble dating sight and they closed my account. Some users reported that it couldn’t possibly be me!
‘Hey @bumble, is being me exclusionary ? Don’t shut me out of the hive (sic).’
Sharon also shared a picture of the message she received when her account was blocked.
It said: “You’ve been blocked. We’re committed to keeping Bumble safe, which means we have to enforce certain rules when our values are violated. Your account has been blocked because we’ve received several reports about your profile being fake.”
Sharon appears to have changed her mind about dating, as last year she insisted she was no longer hoping to find a partner.
The actress admitted she spent many years hoping that one day she would no longer be a single parent to her adopted sons – 19-year-old Roan, 14-year-old Laird, and 13-year-old Quinn – but now doesn’t mind staying single because she believes it’s ‘better’ for her brood.
She said: ‘I think somewhere in the back of your mind you think maybe one day you won’t be a single parent. Then, eventually you see, I think it’s better. I’m no longer hoping for someone.’
And she says that not having a man in her live has allowed her to teach her brood the importance of kindness.
She added: ‘Now, I sit down and tell them, this is where I have to teach you how to be a gentleman and a man and we’re going to figure that out together. There were times that we thought maybe there would be someone else to help with that, but there isn’t. So that’s what we’re doing now.’
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You… You’ve got something on your teeth (Picture: Rex)
Paddy McGuinness revealed he had the world’s most stressful Christmas as he shows off his missing tooth.
The 46-year-old clearly was clearly owed money by the tooth fairy as he smiled to reveal his front tooth fell out.
Posting a video of his toothless smile to Instagram, the comedian said: ‘Hello there, how’s your Sunday going?’ while children yelled in the background.
He also explained in his caption everything that went wrong during the festive break.
‘Our toilet blocked up on Christmas Eve, kids still off school for another two weeks and now this,’ he wrote.
‘Why is it always when the dentist is closed. #weekend #sunday #toothfairy #tomanytoffeesoverchristmas #boltonbeauty’
It proved to be a real endurance test – even testing the bonds of friendship between Paddy and Chris, who clashed several times on the trip in a series of heated arguments.
The trio was dispatched to drive the distance between capital city Kathmandu and the Forbidden City of Lo Manthang with a twist – using city cars usually used for an hour or less commute.
Tensions seemed to rise as the trip went on as the lads became more and more tired thanks to their time on the road and it all seemed to come to a head when the boys stopped to fill up their cars with essential fuel.
A visibly annoyed Chris had to fill up Paddy’s car himself, as the Take Me Out comic refused to because there were ‘no plastic gloves’ at the station.
In his anger, Chris then proceeded to pretend to hand Paddy the keys to his car back, before throwing them out of shot and walking off.
Maybe that’s when he lost his tooth…
The Top Gear Christmas Special is available now via BBC iPlayer. Top Gear Series 28 debuts early in 2020 on BBC Two.
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Myleene appears to be topless in the photo (Picture: Myleene Klass, Instagram)
Myleene Klass has been slammed for appearing to pose topless in the Maldives where nudity is strictly prohibited.
The Smooth Radio presenter is currently enjoying an exotic holiday on the stunning South Asian island with her husband, Simon Motson, daughters Ava, 12, and Hero, eight, and four-month-old son Apollo.
Like many other celebrities currently holidaying in the Maldives for the Christmas break, Myleene shared a sun-kissed snap in the middle of the sea giving most of her followers major travel envy.
But others were offended that she appeared to be topless in the photo, which shows her crouched down in the shallow water while carrying baby Apollo.
Nudity and topless sunbathing are strictly prohibited in the Maldives.
Pointing this out, one of Myleene’s followers commented: ‘Myleene the Maldives is an Islamic country with strict laws against women being topless, why don’t you have a little respect for the country you’re visiting and their religion!’
Another agreed: ‘Nice, but it’s illegal to go topless in the Maldives. Please consider this next time.’
Baby Apollo is loving his time in the Maldives (Picture: Myleene Klass, Instagram)
One advised the TV star to ‘put a top on!!!!!!’ while another stated: ‘Why won’t the British respect the laws of other countries. Topless is prohibited. It’s like you think their rules don’t apply, or that you simply have no respect.’
However, some jumped to Myleene’s defence like one fan who argued: ‘Some very negative people in this world! Nobody forces you to follow people on instagram. If you don’t like what you see then may I suggest you don’t follow. It’s not rocket science – wonderful clip of a very happy family.’
And one admitted they ‘didn’t even notice [she was] topless’ until reading the comments, adding: ‘Its a beautiful pic of mum and bubba.’
Alongside a video of her daughters hard at work wearing Island Clean tops, the former singer said: ‘Super proud of my girls. We all got up early to join the beach clean on a nearby island.
‘So nice to get to do this with my family. Watching them set their alarms to get up early and try and make a difference was very special.’
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Meghan almost auditioned for The Voice – and now she’s a judge (Photo by Joel Anderson/ITV/REX)
Meghan Trainor admitted that she once refused to audition for The Voice because she was too scared and felt ‘panicked’.
Meghan will join the superstar judging panel of The Voice 2020 alongside Sir Tom Jones, Will.i.am and Olly Murs, who all return to their big red chairs following a summer spent entertaining audiences around the world on their respective tours.
Emma Willis is also back to host the talent show with solo singers, duos and trios once again singing in the hope of turning chairs.
The All About That Bass singer revealed ahead of the show that her publisher almost signed her up to the singing competition.
What will Meghan be like as a judge? (Photo by Joel Anderson/ITV/REX)
‘My publisher, she’s my biggest fan and supporter and she always told me you should be the artist. I would just write songs and she would have me pitch them and then one day she just told me “I’m going to sign you up for The Voice, we’re going to get you on there” and I panicked,’ she began.
Meghan is a judge on the next series (Photo by Joel Anderson/ITV/REX)
‘I was like “NO! Absolutely not. I’ve never been on television. How am I going to do that? How am I going to go out in front of my favourite superstars and hope that they turn around!”
‘I think that’s the scariest thing ever and at the time I just wasn’t ready.’
Meghan will replace Jennifer Hudson on the judging panel after she announced she wouldn’t be back.
She continued: ‘I was, like, 18 and I wasn’t comfortable in my own skin.
‘I was afraid of taking pictures, I was just learning how to be comfortable with pictures of myself and that took many years of being in front of the camera and practice and learning who I am to really understand that career and that life and now I’m here and I’m like “LET’S GO! PUT ME IN!”.’
The latest series of The Voice UK returns to ITV on 4 January, 2020.
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The ultimate holiday includes wine (Picture: Joe Sugg)
Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg took a well-deserved boozy trip to the wineries to take their mind off things a few days after her grandfather died.
The dancer and her YouTuber boyfriend were super loved up as they took in the sunshine and grapes on their winery tours.
Wine not?
Joe shared a series of snaps of the two posing for the camera before Dianne leaned in for a cheeky kiss (or tongue?).
‘Chardon-hey! Tell ya what.. pour decisions were NOT made today! Had such a grape time at the wineries today. Cheers,’ the 28-year-old wrote.
The two managed to escape the cold UK wind and we’re mildly jealous of their beautiful views.
Dianne posted a snap of herself holding on to a bunch of grapes because what else are you supposed to pictures with when you’re standing by a million grapevines?
Dianne and Joe on a romantic getaway (Picture: @joe_sugg)
Her blue/purple jumpsuit complemented her bright red hair and the tiny, tiny grapes made the photo even better.
She also posted a photo of herself posing by some daisies while looking like the ultimate summer fashion icon.
Dianne captioned it: ‘Just taking a moment to stop and smell the Daisy’s because I couldn’t find any roses !’
The couple’s trip to the wineries comes after Dianne discovered her grandad passed away.
While mourning the loss of her loved one on 28 December, the 30-year-old took to Instagram with a heartbreaking tribute.
Dianne lost her grandfather (Picture: @diannebuswell)
Sharing a string of pictures and videos of her pops, the professional dancer confessed how grateful she was to spend one last Christmas with him.
She wrote: ‘Rest in peace pop. I will cherish all my memories with you forever and ever. You were a very special man to so many people.
‘You told me so many stories that I will never forget maybe because you told me the same ones a million times. But the way you told them I could listen another million more.’
Dianne added: ‘Love you so much and I know you will be looking down on all of us I’m so glad I got to spend Christmas with you.’
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The returning sitcom’s Christmas special was watched by an average of 11.6m viewers when it aired on BBC One on Christmas night – around half of all those who were watching TV at the time.
And with its return having been such a hit – not to mention the fact it ended on a cliffhanger which had viewers screaming – it’s naturally raised the question of whether the show could return on a more permanent basis.
So could we be seeing more from Gavin and Stacey?
Here’s what we know…
Will there be a new series of Gavin and Stacey?
As it stands there’s no fourth series of Gavin and Stacey in the pipeline – but reports have suggested that it could happen.
Who wouldn’t want to see everybody back again? (Picture: BBC)
Speaking about whether a full series could be in the works she said: ‘I don’t know. I can only hope. I mean, I saw Mat Horne the other day, and he was like, “surely there’s going to be more”. He seemed very convinced that there’d be more, and that we’d all be back.
‘But I don’t know. James sort of casually mentioned it at one point, but they’re so busy, I mean, Ruth is writing a novel, James is over in LA, so I don’t know.’
So we’ll just have to hang in there and see what happens.
Where can you watch the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special?
If you missed the episode on Christmas Day – or you just want to watch it all over again – the Christmas special is now available on BBC iPlayer.
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Yep, Kylie’s broken the internet a few days before the new decade (Picture: Getty; @Kyliejenner/Instagram)
Kylie Jenner has given her admirers something to really look at after posting a set of lingerie photos in a bid to lay ‘one more thirst trap’ before the end of the year.
And for some reason, her ex Travis Scott seemed to be highly amused.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star blessed her Instagram feed with a few black-and-white shots of her wearing a two-piece lace underwear set while striking sultry poses in bed.
Basically, they’re a little NSFW but it seems that was Kylie’s intentions all along.
‘Just didn’t feel right going into 2020 without one last thirst trap,’ she cheekily captioned the images.
Over in the comments, model Winnie Harlow declared: ‘I’m trapped,’ while her bestie Stassi simply said: ‘Yummy.’
Scott Disick’s girlfriend Sofia Richie warned: ‘Watch out 2020,’ alongside the fire emoji.
She woke up like this (Picture: Kylie Jenner, Instagram, @victoriavillarroel)
‘Duck away, she wanna lay up and hibernate. I took a chance, it’s a lot to take,’ Travis raps on the track.
It seems to allude to their differing lifestyles – Travis has been away on tour for great chunks of time to promote his last album Astroworld, while Kylie prefers to stay at home in Los Angeles with their one-year-old daughter Stormi.
In fact, she likes to remain grounded so much that she pulled out of a family trip to Wyoming in a recent episode of KUWTK, much to the disappointment of her sister Kendall.
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Jordan Patrick Smith and Marco Ilso were reunited (Picture: Instagram)
Vikings stars Jordan Patrick Smith and Marco Ilsø have reunited, proving they are much closer than their characters are at the moment.
Season six recently aired heartbreaking scenes between Ubbe (Smith) and Hvitserk (Ilsø) as Ubbe banished his brother, saying he never wants to see him again.
But the actors couldn’t wait to see each other as they met up in Copenhagen just in time for New Year’s Eve.
Jordan shared sweet videos of their reunion on Instagram which was set up as a surprise for Marco by his brother Ken.
One video of the pair shows them with their arms around each other as Jordan says ‘Hey handsome!’ before kissing his co-star on the cheek.
Wearing a big grin, Marco says: ‘What’s going on man?’.
Another clip taken by Ken captured the moments Jordan arrived to surprise his close friend, with Marco leaping up from the sofa and giving him a big hug.
Jordan turned up as a surprise for Marco (Picture: Instagram)
They wasted no time hitting the bars (Picture: Instagram)
They wasted no time in getting their party on, heading to a bar for a few drinks.
The final season has been pretty brutal so far, and we’re not just talking about the breakdown of Ubbe and Hvitserk’s relationship.
Episode four featured the most gruesome death yet with Bjorn’s (ALexander Ludwig) son Hali dying at the hands of exiled bandits from Kattegat.
In season six she will play Katya, the soon to-be-wife of Prince Oleg.
Freydis was murdered by her husband Ivar the Boneless after she sparked his downfall as king.
Vikings airs Wednesdays on the History Channel and Amazon Prime.
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Who did the second pair of hands belong to in Don’t F**k With Cats? (Picture: Rex)
*Warning: This article contains disturbing content and spoilers from Netflix series Don’t F**k With Cats.
Don’t F**k With Cats is blistering with unanswered questions behind the mother of disturbing cases: the murder of Jun Lin, who was killed as part of a sick glory video by fame-hungry sociopath Luka Magnotta.
Directed by Mark Lewis, the three-part docuseries follows internet sleuths Deanna Thompson and John Green and their ruthless pursuit to track down the hooded figure behind a series of videos which saw kittens slaughtered live on the internet. However, soon the hunt takes a dangerous turn. As they inch closer to unmasking the cat killer, their target releases another video of himself this time driving an ice pick into 33-year-old Jun Lin, who was drugged with sedatives, before he was mercilessly stabbed and beheaded.
Jun Lin was brutally murdered by Luka Magnotta (Picture: Netflix)
Luka is currently serving like for Lin Jun’s murder (Picture: Rex)
Months prior to the bloodbath, Luka told his mother and a lawyer he was being coerced by a gang leader named Manny, who was forcing him into the killings. After Luka was arrested and put on trial, it soon became evident there was no such ‘Manny’ – he was simply an alibi to plead insanity.
But in one video featured in Don’t F**k With Cats, in which a python devours a kitten in someone’s living room, a second pair of hands appears which has left viewers perplexed. While initially, they appear to belong to Luka’s puppet master, once it’s confirmed there’s no one pulling his strings it’s never revealed who was with Luka when he was recording his footage.
Who was behind the second pair of hands in Don’t F**k With Cats?
Ok so 2 unanswered Qs from Don’t F**k with Cats:
1. Who figured out where Baudie Mooves/Deanna works if it wasn’t Manny
Don't F**k with Cats on Netflix left me all kinds of messed up. Whose hands are those? Why did they track down the puppy and not the snake? Why is his mom so blindly on his side? Why are we giving **redacted** the fame he wants and not focusing on Jun Lin?
Just watched @netflix ‘Don’t F**k With Cats’. I’m Canadian and followed the Luka Magnotta case here… it was insane. That being said, WHO THE F**K WAS WITH HIM?!?! There are more hands in the snake vid at least. This ‘Manny’ appears to be made up… WHO ELSE WAS THERE?! 😳😳
While there’s no concrete confirmation, fans on Reddit have concluded the hands are likely to belong to the snake’s owner who has not been disclosed.
Where is Luka Magnotta now?
After a worldwide witch hunt, Luka was eventually caught and arrested at an internet café in Berlin and extradited via back to Canada where he was found guilty of Lin Jun’s murder.
He is now serving a life sentence at a prison in Quebec.
‘Luka is in a prison in a far, far corner in Quebec, in the north of Quebec, with no access to internet or computers for obvious reasons,’ explained director Mark Lewis. ‘So whether he would ever see the film, we’ll never know.’
Netflix subscribers have described the true-crime series as the streaming giant’s ‘most f**ked up’ show yet.
Don’t F**k With Cats is available to stream on Netflix.
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Peter Kay has been out of the spotlight for some time (Picture: Getty Images)
Paddy McGuinness poked fun at his mate Peter Kay for speaking out about a ‘misleading’ documentary.
The comedian distanced himself from the Channel 5 documentary Peter Kay: In His Own Words, clarifying that he was not involved in the programme in any way.
A statement shared on Peter’s official Twitter account said the show had ‘an incredibly misleading title’ as it did not include any new interviews with the Car Share star.
Responding to the tweet, Paddy joked: ‘Never mind that. When did you start speaking in the third person?’
Peter Kay: In His Own Words features old interviews from Peter as well as friends and colleagues Pete Waterman, Jenny Powell and Bobby Davro.
The synopsis reads: ‘This film charts the comic’s rise from the back streets of Bolton to performing record-breaking arena tours and also included are some classic comedy routines, along with some rare gems and clips from hit TV series Phoenix Nights and Car Share.’
The statement posted from Peter’s Twitter read: ‘Very flattering of Channel 5 to commission the programme going out tonight but just to let people know that “Peter Kay: In His Own Words” has an incredibly misleading title, as it doesn’t feature any new interviews with Peter and all the footage is completely historic.’
The comedians appeared together in Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere and Phoenix Nights (Picture: Channel 4)
It continued: ‘The title also gives the impression that Peter has been involved in the making of this documentary which he hasn’t. At all.’
The Phoenix Nights actor has been keeping out the public eye after cancelling his tour two years ago due ‘unforseen family circumstances’.
Peter has been out of the spotlight recently (Picture: Getty)
Earlier this week he made a rare public appearance for the first time in eight months as he attended the pantomime Nativity! The Musical in London.
He watched the show’s final performance and smiled as posed for a snap the creatives.
Sharing the sweet moment on Twitter, director Debbie Isitt wrote: ‘So lovely to see the brilliant comic genius Peter Kay and his lovely family @nativityuk tonight for our final show!
‘What a lovely surprise for us all!’
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Monty Python star Neil Innes has died at the age of 75, it has been confirmed.
A cause of death is yet to be revealed but the sad news was announced by his agent, Nigel Morton, on Monday.
According to Sky News, Morton said his death was unexpected and he had not been ill.
The comedian and musician wrote a number of original songs for Monty Python and also starred in the Life of Brian.
After the TV series ended, the Essex-born star went on to play with The Rutles.
The band’s music came under fire for parodying The Beatles and Neil was even taken to court by the owners of the legendary British group’s catalogue at the time.
Neil testified under oath that he did not listen to The Beatles’ music while recording The Rutles songs.
Neil (right), here with Terry Jones, had not been ill according to his agent (Picture: Getty Images)
In the 60s, Neil co-founded the group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, whose hits included I’m The Urban Spaceman, which earned him an Ivor Novello Award for best novelty song in 1968.
He went on to collaborate with Monty Python in the 70s.
The musician contributed music to several of their albums including Monty Python’s Previous Record and The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief.
He went on to perform sketches for the Monty Python’s final TV series following John Cleese’s brief departure, and then toured with them around the UK and overseas.
Neil remains one of the only two non-Pythons to be credited as a writer on the series.
Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is the other.
Neil married to Yvonne Catherine Hilton in the mid-1960s. Together, they shared three sons Miles, Luke and Barney.
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Amanda is making the most of her time off (Picture: @noholdenback/Instagram)
Amanda Holden sure is living it up as she takes a break from her dayjob to lap up the sun on a beachy holiday with her family.
The Heart Radio presenter was keen on making us all a little (read: a lot) jealous when she took to the sand to share a bikini pic.
In case you didn’t realise, we’re incredibly envious of this seaside jaunt and we don’t care who knows it!
Taking to Instagram over the weekend the Britain’s Got Talent host really wanted to show us all what we were missing out on as she uploaded a shot of her lazing around the beach in her swimmers and wearing a straw hat.
She’s sun safe, our Amanda.
Dubbing herself a ‘#Handmaid’ due to the rather Gilead-esque headwear, she wanted to cut a certain angle as she added in the caption: ‘#breathe in.’
From a place we’d rather be (Picture: @noholdenback)
Hey, it’s the holidays – what with all those pigs in blankets, it’s virtually impossible to simply ‘breathe in’, thank you very much.
Looking like quite the influencer, the star was reclined in the shallows of the sea, with the waves gently pooling around her. Still, we’re sure there are some brilliant outtakes to be seen of the shots that never made the gram…
Much like us, her fans were loving the show of warmer weather brilliance as Vicky Pattison wrote: ‘FIT.’
You’re not wrong, Vicky.
While singer Louisa simply responded with a bout of love heart eye emojis and flames, which were also right on the money.
Amanda is taking a break alongside her family, 13-year-old Alexa and seven-year-old Hollie, her daughters with husband Chris Hughes.
In a sweet group photo taken at Christmas she wished her fans a happy day as she posed alongside her gorgeous brood, holding a well-earned drink after quite the 2019 – that more recently saw her break her leg quite unceremoniously in October on a seaside obstacle course.
That injury didn’t keep the woman down for too long – but there was no way Amanda was going to miss the celebrations over a measly fracture.
She previously revealed at the turn of the month: ‘We are doing a friends Christmas [this year] and we’ve not done that in ages. So we’ve got no family and all our friends and we’re going out for dinner so I can’t wait.
‘I absolutely live for Christmas. My tree is going up, I have advent calendars ready, I’ve sent everyone an advent calendar.
‘I mean I love Christmas so much and I get hugely depressed on Boxing Day. I start the countdown for the next Christmas in about March!’
Lucky she’s got this seaside getaway to soothe the pain of Christmas being done for another year…
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Black and white makes everything classy (Picture: Getty; @Kyliejenner/Instagram)
Kylie Jenner quickly became queen of the thirst trap with her consistent model-material sultry photos and her latest one isn’t any different.
The make-up mogul posted an end-of-year ‘thirst trap’ that’s hard to beat considering she’s mastered lingerie snaps.
Sharing the black and white photos to her 155 million followers, the 22-year-old wrote: ‘Just didn’t feel right going into 2020 without one last thirst trap pic by @victoriavillarroel.’
Kylie posed in her gigantic bed in her underwear and a full face of flawless make-up.
The star had most of a duvet covering her body in the first picture, before showing off her figure in the second.
She even knows the stages to the classic thirst trap; go, Kylie!
Is that a double king-sized bed? (Picture: @victoriavillarroel)
One last thirst trap and there’s still another 24 hours to the year (Picture: @victoriavillarroel)
Her famous pals quickly commented on the Kylie Skin businesswoman’s sultry post.
Sofia Richie commented: ‘Watch out 2020’ along with a fire emoji.
Winnie Harlow commented with a few chain emojis and wrote: ‘I’m trapped.’
Fans criticised Kylie for flaunting her wealth by buying a baby an expensive present.
A Twitter user weighed in: ‘I’m sorry but it is so f*****g ridiculous that Kylie got stormi, a two year old, a DIAMOND RING for Christmas. I know people work for their money, but that money could have gone to putting food in someone’s body, paying for medical bills, or planting trees.’
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