Monday, 4 November 2013

Katie Price thinks she’s Whitney

Katie Price thinks she’s Whitney
Katie Price thinks she's Whitney Houston when she's drunk. 
The former glamour model - who has made several attempts to launch a music career - has a karaoke machine in her house and admits her nights out always end with her singing her favourite tracks by the late pop diva.
She told Britain's OK! magazine: 'I do the same routine at the end of every night. I'll go, 'Ooh I've got goosebumps coming!' 
'And I'll always sing five Whitney Houston songs, I love it. I've got a karaoke machine at my house and all my friends are like, 'Oh no, Kate!' because I make them all sit there and watch me. 
'I say to my manager all the time: 'Come on, let me record music!' It's not that I'm going to do it for a career, I'm not a pop star, but I always wanted to be a model or a pop star, and in my head I'm Whitney Houston when drunk.
Katie - who has children Harvey 11, Junior, eight, and Princess, six, from previous relationships, and two-month-old Jett with current husband Kieran Hayler - recently admitted she is so comfortable with her spouse she is happy to fart in front of him.
She said: 'I really feel complete with him, protected and looked after. That feeling of insecurity I've always had with other men, I don't have with Kieran. I feel more content now than I've ever been.
'And a confession: I'm so relaxed with him that I even fart when he's in the room. I've never done that in front of a man before! OK, so it's not going to make it inside a Valentine's Day card but it shows how relaxed I am with him

Celebrities bid farewell to Breaking Bad

Celebrities bid farewell to Breaking Bad
By: Salma Tantawi
Recently winning ‘best drama series’ at the 2013 Emmys, Breaking Bad has aired its very last episode last night, September 29.
The show’s cast, including main actor Bryan Cranston who played the role of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with Stage IIIA lung cancer who turns to making meth for a living.
"Well, this is it. The last episode ever of Breaking Bad. Thank you for sharing this ride with me. Without you we never would have lasted." Crasnton said to his Twitter followers.
Hashtags bidding the drama show goodbye, such as #goodbyebreakingbad managed to trend worldwide as well as breakout as a trending topic across the internet as celebrities joined in congratulating the cast.
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres wrote "#BreakingBad ends tonight. No more murderous drug dealers and horrifying criminals. I miss it already"
Vince Gilligan, the show’s creator, admitted he was very emotional writing the final scenes of the show.
"I actually teared up when I wrote that," Gilligan told The Canadian Press in an interview on Friday "That was kind of a tough moment emotionally because I was saying goodbye to these characters. I knew I'd never write another episode of `Breaking Bad' again. That was a big moment. That was a tough one."

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to produce TV sitcom

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to produce TV sitcom
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are to produce a TV sitcom. 
The Hollywood actors - who wrote Oscar-winning 1997 film 'Good Will Hunting' together - have teamed up once again for 'More Time With Family', a 30-minute per episode series which has been picked up by the US television network CBS, Variety has confirmed.
The show is based on Tom Papa's stand-up piece, which follows a man who ditches his career to spend more time with his family but, after returning from spending time on the road, he realises no one pushed him into making that life-changing decision. 
The programme will star Papa and will be co-written by 'King of Queens' Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, as well as have snippets of Damon's life experiences intertwined within the script. 
Damon, 42, and Papa, 44, reportedly came up with the idea for 'More Time With Family' after previously working together on 'Behind the Candelabra' and 'The Informant'.
The pair presented the thought to Affleck, whose production company Pearl Street Films is making the venture into TV projects, before the three of them met with a number of writers before settling on Yuspa and Goldsmith and signing a deal with 20th Century Fox.

Oprah Winfrey raises $600,000

Oprah Winfrey raises $600,000
Oprah Winfrey raised $600,000 for charity by hosting a giant yard sale on Saturday (02.11.13).
The talk show host offloaded hundreds of her personal belongings, including a set of six 18th-century Louis XVI armchairs with hand-embroidered details, which sold for $60,000, online and at a live auction at the Santa Barbara Polo Racquet Club in California.
Many of the items, sold to raise funds for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation College Fund that is dedicated to helping graduates of her school in South Africa attend colleges and universities around the world, went for much high prices than they were worth simply because many of her fans were desperate to own something from Oprah's homes in Hawaii, Indiana and California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
An enlarged print of a TV Guide photo of the presenter sold for $3,000, a teapot fetched $100 and two long velvet sofas sold for $8,750.
The 59-year-old star said before shortly before the sale: 'It's just too much stuff. I talk about it a lot in ['O'] the magazine. We talk about decluttering. And I realised, I need to declutter my own life. It is very freeing. I am downsizing.'
She added: 'I'm trying not to be attached to things. I'm trying to live the life that I talk about, like not letting things define you. But it's hard.'

One Direction win big at Teen Awards

One Direction win big at Teen Awards
One Direction was the big winner at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards today (03.11.13).
The boy band, which includes members Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, was crowned Best British Group and their hit 'Best Song Ever' was named Best British Single at the star-studded ceremony in London's Wembley Arena.
Their fellow 'X Factor' alumni Union J won the Friday Download Best British Breakthrough Award.
Other big winners included Olly Murs, who won Best British Solo Artist, and Scottish tennis star Andy Murray, who was named Best British Sports Star.
Meanwhile, 'Doctor Who,' which will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this month, picked up the gong for Best British TV Show.
Hosted by Radio 1 Breakfast Show presenter Nick Grimshaw and popstar Rita Ora, the event also celebrated the achievements of three very special Teen Heroes, each chosen for their incredible bravery and strength.
Nick said: 'This year's Radio 1 Teen Awards was amazing. The live music was brilliant, there were some very deserving winners and being able to celebrate the incredible Teen Heroes was an honour, and all in front of a very appreciative audience. It really was Radio 1 at its best. '
Tinie Tempah, Fall Out Boy, Rizzle Kicks, Jessie J and James Arthur all performed live at the event and the awards were presented by special guests including Taylor Swift and Little Mix.
Highlights of the event can be seen on BBC Three at 7.00pm on Monday (04.11.13) and performance highlights can be watched at bbc.co.uk/radio1 and catch up on CBBC iPlayer.
The Complete List of Winners:
Best British TV Show: 'Doctor Who'
Best British Single: One Direction 'Best Song Ever'
Best British Group: One Direction
Best British Solo Artist: Olly Murs
Best British Actor: Maisie Williams
Best British Sports Star: Andy Murray
Best British Vlogger: Zoella
The Friday Download Best British Breakthrough Award: Union J

Lana Del Ray insulted by Kanye West?

Lana Del Ray insulted by Kanye West?
Lana Del Ray has hinted she refused to perform at Kanye West's surprise proposal to Kim Kardashian because he didn't get in contact with her personally.
The 27-year-old singer, who 'politely declined' a request to perform her track 'Young Beautiful' before the rapper proposed at ATT Park in San Francisco on October 21, says she would never have turned him down, sparking speculation she was insulted he didn't approached her directly about the private performance.
The singer-songwriter told gossip website TMZ.com: 'I would never deny his request. That's not true. No.'
Lana refused to be drawn further on the subject when asked if she would consider performing at the couple's wedding.
An insider previously revealed that Kanye, 36, was forced to pay an orchestra $50,000 to play Lana's hit, which is one of Kim's favourites, after Lana turned him down.
The source said: '(Kanye) asked Lana to perform for Kim at surprise marriage proposal in San Francisco.
'Lana politely declined, and didn't give any reason for not being able to perform. It was a very firm no from Lana and her camp. Kanye did try to push it, but didn't get anywhere. Kanye decided to hire an orchestra to perform the song for Kim, and he was much happier with how it turned out.'
The insider added: 'Kim was bummed that Lana didn't perform for the big event, but she is still a huge fan. She just loved that Kanye tried to make it happen. Kim is jokingly saying Lana will want to perform at their wedding.'

Eminem wins Artist of Year

The awards took place on Sunday. PHOTO: FILE
NEW YORK: The first-ever YouTube Music Awards on Sunday, improvised with plenty of celebrity cameos thrown into the mix, saw accolades going to rapper Eminem and hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
The show made a clear bid for the quirky, a benefit of being streamed by YouTube rather than broadcast on television.
If the music itself sometimes felt a little overshadowed by all the hoopla, it shouldn’t surprise. The show was also a sort of announcement by YouTube of its intentions to take a bigger role in the music industry.
The music awards market is almost as crowded as the music market. YouTube featured big stars such as Lady Gaga to attract attention, while keeping enough of an outsider perspective to differentiate itself from MTV, the Grammys and other music powerhouses.
Although the Google-owned site has for years been a go-to place for music fans around the world, the site is now expected to introduce a paid music service by year-end.
“There was nothing scripted tonight,” said actor Jason Schwartzman, who, along with performance artist Reggie Watts, hosted the show, which was directed by Spike Jonze.
Eminem won the Artist of the Year award. Video of the Year was awarded to Girls’ Generation, who are megastars in South Korea but are still making inroads into the US music scene.
Breakthrough of the Year went to hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, whose songs include the gay rights anthem, Same Love.
Walk off the Earth, along with KRNFX, took the Phenomenon Award for their version of Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble, while the Innovation Prize went to DeStorm, who won for See Me Standing.
And in an acknowledgement of the hefty amount of user-generated content that goes on YouTube — everything from yawning kittens to cellphone video of major world news — YouTube gave out something called Response of the Year.
That prize went to Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix, for their cover of Imagine DragonsRadioactive. Stirling is a star among violinists — but not have the star power of Katy Perry, another of the night’s nominees.