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Sarah Harding: I was too skinny in Girls Aloud


Sarah Harding was "too skinny" when she was in Girls Aloud.
The 32-year-old singer admits she was too thin when she was part of the band - also consisting of Cheryl Cole, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Nadine Coyle - but she's now comfortable with her weight.
She said: "I was too skinny when I was with the girls, it was ageing.
"I've caught the juicing bug. I love being in the kitchen and cooking and creating juices and smoothies every day."
The blonde beauty has also decided to lay off alcohol for a bit and curb her passion for partying by spending cosy nights in with her boyfriend Mark Foster.
She explained to the MailOnline: "Me and my partner Mark are addicted to 'Breaking Bad'. We watch three episodes a night and sit there munching away on popcorn together."
However, despite her new settling down approach, Sarah insists she won't be following in the footsteps of her bandmates Nadine - who gave birth to a baby girl last month - and Kimberley - who just announced she's expecting her first child - because she has other stuff she wants to do in her life before becoming a mother.
She said at the time Kimberley announced her baby news: "I wasn't at all surprised, she's been with Justin [Scott] for years and years but it won't be me next. I have a lot of boxes to tick before I start a family."
Girls Aloud went their separate ways last year after reuniting for their 10th anniversary, and Sarah is now embarking on a solo career.

Simon Helberg split from wife before proposing


Simon Helberg broke up with his wife when he realised he wanted to marry her.
The 'Big Bang Theory' star has been married to actress-and-producer Jocelyn Towne for over six years and they're now working on a film together which will tell the story of how, when he realised he wanted to marry her, he ended the relationship instead.
He explained: "It's sort of embarrassing. It's about my wife and I and our break up before I proposed. I thought I would like to marry this girl, so first of all I'm going to systematically destroy my entire life and our relationship and lie and ruin all my friendships.
"I freaked out, I thought I had feelings for other people, I thought that I needed more of an exciting life. I had the perfect thing but for whatever reason...
"It was an exercise in self destruction."
Following the split, Jocelyn decided to move to Paris, France, where she met another man, but Simon went after her and eventually the pair ended up back in the US where he decided it was finally time to pop the question.
Speaking on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' last night (27.02.14), he joked: "I proposed immediately on her return because I thought if I can just trap her and force her to marry me that's the most romantic thing anyone could ask for."
The couple are now expecting their second child and Simon says he doesn't want to know the gender of the baby because "it's so boring when you know all those details".

Laura Vandervoort is engaged


Laura Vandervoort has got engaged.
The 23-year-old actress is set to tie the knot with her British boyfriend Oliver Trevena - whom she has been dating since summer 2013 - after the hunk popped the question while they were on a vacation in England over the Christmas period.
A source told UsMagazine.com: "The couple was visiting a castle in England and it was a really romantic setting. Oliver told Laura to close her eyes at 11:11am and when she opened her eyes he was down on one knee."
The brunette beauty wasn't expecting the romantic proposal from her beau, who accompanied his gesture with a stunning ring, but she gladly accepted and can't wait to start preparing their nuptials.
The source explained: "She was totally surprised, and he gave her a vintage diamond ring. She's over the moon and so happy."
Laura first sparked rumours she was engaged to Oliver after she was spotted flashing her huge sparkler on her ring finger at the Golden Globe award last month, before showing it off again at the Vanity Fair Young Hollywood party in Los Angeles on Tuesday (25.02.14).

Rihanna got Drake hooked on Breaking Bad


Rihanna got Drake hooked on 'Breaking Bad'.
The 'What Now' hitmaker was "obsessed" with the hit series, which stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, and managed to get her rapper pal to follow the crime drama too.
Talking on London's Capital FM Radio station, Aaron said: "Drake told me the other night 'I've never watched the show but Rihanna was just so obsessed with it and so she got me on to it'."
Drake wanted Aaron to come and watch them on stage in Paris on Tuesday (25.02.14), where he was playing as part of his 'Would You Like A Tour', and Aaron admitted he was gutted to have missed the steamy duet which saw the pair perform 'Pour It Up' and their 2012 hit, 'Take Care' together.
Araon added: "He goes, 'I saw you the other night but I didn't go up to you and I texted Rihanna that I saw you and you were here in Paris and we were just very excited. We wanted you to come to the show' - and I just wasn't able to."

Charlotte Gainsbourg: Ageing may stop me acting


Charlotte Gainsbourg is considering quitting acting because she is finding it difficult ageing on screen.
The 42-year-old singer-and-actress - who has three children with partner Yvan Attal - finds it "distressing" to see how her looks have changed and knows she needs to "make peace" with the changes if she doesn't want to give up her career.
She told Marie Claire magazine: "I don't like ageing and I can see it happening. I find it very distressing.
"Movies are getting hard for me. I don't want to be embarrassed by my appearance when I see myself on film. So I don't have a choice really, either I make peace with the fact that I'm ageing and that my face is getting harsher, or I don't and I quit acting."
The 'Nymphomaniac' star always thought the anxiety she experienced turning 40 would have abated by now.
She added: "I find it truly horrible, this between two ages thing - neither too old but no longer young either. I thought turning 40 was the peak, the epitome of horror, but it doesn't get better. The decline doesn't stop.
"I used to think only attractive people suffered from this, but I can assure you plain women like me - although I don't think I'm ugly - suffer quite hard."
Although she hates getting older, Charlotte is still undecided whether to alter her appearance with cosmetic surgery in a bid to look younger.
She explained: "I'm not sure I would feel completely comfortable with it, but I'm not promising I won't. For the longest time I was one of those people who thought it was important to 'stay natural' but now I'm faced with the reality of it, I'm changing my mind a bit.
"This help ... I've heard it has to be minimal, so that nobody notices, and you have to do it early on. So I don't know when, but maybe some time soon."

Morrissey: Nobody wants Smiths reunion


Morrissey claims he doesn't know anybody who wants The Smiths to reunite.
The former frontman, whose band split in 1987, also insists there aren't any bands he would like to see reform because he wants to remember how they were in their heyday.
He told Billboard: "I don't know a single person who wants a Smiths reunion!," adding: "There aren't any bands I [would] like to see again because your memory of them is how they were in their prime or at their best or at their most desperate, and you look to them to be someone that they no longer are."
The 'First of the Gang to Die' singer also insists he was never influenced by The Beatles when he formed The Smiths with guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce in 1982.
Asked about the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four's first trip to America, he revealed: "I thought four of their songs were magnificient, and if a band can give you four magnificent songs then that's good enough for me. But was I ever influenced by The Beatles? No."
Morrissey, 54, will be joined by Cliff Richard and Sir Tom Jones on two dates on his US tour this summer, at LA's Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 10 and Brooklyn's Barclays Center on June 21.
He said: "Tom and Cliff qualify greatly in the style department, and age has nothing to do with it. There are millions of obese 19 year olds who only buy clothes that blend in with the couch."

Charlotte Church makes fan’s dream come true in video


Charlotte Church made a 16-year-old fan's dream come true by personally inviting him to join the 150 people who turned up for her guerilla music video shoot.
The 'Crazy Chick' singer took to the streets in her native Cardiff, Wales, to shoot her forthcoming video for the track, 'Little Movements', and asked fan Stanley Johnson to take part, an offer he was absolutely thrilled to accept.
The stunned A-level student, who was working behind the counter at a fishmongers when Charlotte approached him, said: "I didn't realise who it was at first, but it was great, good fun."
He added to Walesonline.co.uk: "I like to be in front of the camera. I study media at A-level and I wouldn't mind a career in the media."
Despite reports only one person turned up to appear in the video, after the 28-year-old singer told her fans about the opportunity on Twitter, she worked with more than 150 local people who wanted to take part with many joining in as soon as they saw local girl shooting her promo.
The video will be posted on YouTube in coming weeks and 'Little Movements' is taken from her upcoming EP 'Four, which is released in March.
Charlotte said: "I'm a 90s R&B kid at heart, and I love Cardiff. I wanted to do something that showed that. I knew that Cardiffians would have some moves up their sleeves and be down for a bit of a boogie!"

Princess Beatrice verified on Twitter


Britain's Princess Beatrice has had her Twitter account verified.
The 25-year-old royal - who has been part of the social networking site for a while now - has finally been given the approval from the company to show that her page is genuine.
The flame-haired beauty took to her account - the sixth post she's ever written - just after the blue verification tick was added to her page to thank Twitter for approving her.
She wrote: "So happy to be verified, thank you @TwitterUK (sic)".
Her father, the Duke of York - who has been on the site since last April - copied Beatrice's tweet onto his own page, so that his 40,000 followers could see that his daughter had finally been approved.
The princess' mother Sarah Ferguson - known as the Duchess of York - also has her own Twitter account and entertains 73,000 followers with her regular posts.
Meanwhile, Beatrice is currently on an internship with Sony Entertainment in London after leaving her job at an investment capital firm last summer.
She took the time in between to travel with her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark, while carrying out her royal charity work.

Haim: Fame hasn’t changed us


Haim insist they haven't changed since finding fame.
The 'Falling' hitmakers - made up of sisters Alana, Este and Danielle Haim - claim they act no different from when they were an unknown band living in California.
Alana told BANG Showbiz: "We're the same three girls from The Valleys that we've always been, we don't even think we've had the success that we want yet.
"We are going to keep going, keep making music and we're never going to stop!"
Este quipped: "Just wait til you meet my grandpa, then you will understand where we come from!"
Asked if they think success will affect their song-writing, Alana replied: "We'll see what happens, we write the best when we're all together at home, but we're starting to write on the road. It's a new experience but we're up for trying new experiences but it's rad."
The band won two awards at the NME Awards on Wednesday (26.02.14) for Best International Band and Best Band Blog or Twitter, and say even if they hadn't have found success in music, they have plenty of other talents.
Alana revealed she's good at nail art, while Este secretly wanted to become a circus performer after learning how to ride a unicycle.
Speaking before the ceremony, Este said: "Basically, when I was younger I wanted to be a part of Cirqu Du Soleil. The night is young if someone had a unicycle here I'd get on it."

Susanna Reid confirms split from partner


Susanna Reid has confirmed her separation from partner Dominic Cotton.
The 'BBC Breakfast' host has asked for "space and privacy" following her split from the father of her three children, Sam, 11, Finn, nine, and eight-year-old Jack.
A spokesperson for the TV star said: "Susanna Reid and Dominic Cotton have agreed to separate but remain good friends. The welfare of their children remains paramount for both of them at this time. Please respect their space and privacy."
News of the couple's separation after 15 years together first emerged last night (27.02.14) as Dominic, 46, posted a profile on a dating website, listing his relationship status as "recently separated".
His profile states: "Underneath my blokeish exterior I am a sensitive soul. I enjoy sharing things and am someone who doesn't shy away from commitment. Life is for living with someone special."
Former 'Strictly Come Dancing' star Susanna, 43, has been splitting her time between London and Salford, Greater Manchester, where she films 'BBC Breakfast'. Her gruelling schedule sees her make a 415-mile round trip between the two cities three times a week.
Susanna has recently been linked with a move to ITV to take over its morning show, 'Daybreak', which is set to be revamped under the title 'Good Morning Britain'.

BBC orders Lenny Henry biographical drama


BBC One has commissioned a one-off drama based on Lenny Henry's childhood.
The comedian will pen 'Danny and the Human Zoo', a fictionalised 90-minute special drawing on his own experiences as a young teenager growing up in 1970s Dudley with a dream of being a comic.
Lenny said in a statement: "I'm so excited about bringing my fictional teen memoir to the nation! I've crammed the first two years of a very long career into 90 minutes - it's gonna rock. I think, although it's not exactly what happened, that we'll get a strong sense of what it might have been like for a young black kid from Dudley to be suddenly hurled into the maelstrom of this business we call show. Can't wait!"
The story follows talented impressionist Danny Fearon, as well as his working class Jamaican family, as he finds his feet in the world of comedy.
Danny must not only juggle his burgeoning comedy career after winning a talent competition, but his home life, including his fiercely traditional mother, and his love life.
Producer Nicola Shindler of RED Production Company added: "I'm extremely excited to be making 'Danny and the Human Zoo' with Lenny, whose skill as a writer has been so impressive and assured. This is a funny, moving and important script about growing up as a black, comic talent in a white, crazy world - in the not too distant past."

Shayne Ward welcomes Simon Cowell’s X Factor return


Shayne Ward can't wait to hear Simon Cowell's critiques on 'The X Factor'.
The 29-year-old singer, who won the second series of the singing competition in 2005, is looking forward to the original judge returning to the show's panel this year - because of his unique, and often harsh, comments to pop wannabes.
He told BANG Showbiz: "We all, over the years ... we all wait for what Simon's gonna say because he loves [those] little lines he says. It's gonna be good!"
Shayne would also like to see former judge Cheryl Cole return to the panel, adding: "She'd be fantastic on the show. Obviously, she's won a show like that. She's great on the panel, she's won with her act on 'The X Factor', so it'd be nice to see her return as well."
Shayne is set to join the cast of 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds' later this year, playing the role of the Artilleryman.
Fellow 'X Factor' alumni Joseph Whelan is also in the stage musical and says Simon's brutal honesty will be a welcome return to the show's panel.
He added: "I reckon the ratings will shoot up again as soon as he's back on it. Everyone just seems to be too nice. He's got that sort of sobering honesty that sometimes can be devastating to people, but that's what the show's about and that's why people fell in love with the show in the first place."
'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds' begins its final UK arena tour in November. Visit www.thewaroftheworlds.com for tickets.