Saturday, December 20, 2025

Stone Roses legend Mani’s cause of death revealed

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield died peacefully in his sleep of "respiratory issues" following a long-standing battle with the lung condition emphysema.

Lainey Wilson and KPop Demon Hunters stars join Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party

Lainey Wilson and the stars of KPop Demon Hunters will perform at Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party. The music stars...

Whitney Houston to receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year. The late performer – who passed away...

Kylie Minogue tops UK Christmas charts

Kylie Minogue has achieved her first-ever Christmas number one. The 57-year-old pop star has topped the Christmas charts in...

Guitarist Gem Archer reveals Oasis Live ’25 tour setlist was ‘amended’

The Oasis Live ’25 tour setlist went through some last‑minute trimming, leaving a few planned songs on the cutting‑room floor.

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Michelle Keegan tipped for sixth Sexiest Female award

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Jennifer Saunders to host Have I Got News for You


Jennifer Saunders will host the first show in the new series of 'Have I Got News for You'.
The 'Absolutely Fabulous' star - who first appeared as a guest on the panel show in 2013 - will join team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton when the satirical comedy show returns to BBC One on April 4.
The 55-year-old actress said: "It's thrilling to have worked up the courage to take on 'Have I Got News for You' and I shall pitch myself somewhere safely between Kirsty Young and Kathy Burke."
'Have I Got News for You' returns for its landmark 47th series next month with nine brand new episodes. Further host and guest names are to be announced.
The political comedy is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show 'The News Quiz', and has been regularly broadcast since 1990.
Throughout the years a number of stars, including Clare Balding, Jimmy Carr, Eddie Izzard and Marcus Brigstocke, have made multiple appearances on the show.
Last year, the 55-year-old comedienne slammed the BBC for splashing out on expensive lunches and chauffeur-driven journeys, describing the corporation as an "executive-run place for idiots".

Terminator: Genesis has ‘hardcore action’


Arnold Schwarzenegger says 'Terminator: Genesis' has the "same feel" as the second film in the franchise.
The 66-year-old star - who was forced to step down from participating in the films while he was the Governor of California between 2003 and 2011 - returns as the titular cyborg in the latest installment, and insists the movie shares similarities with 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day'.
Talking to collider.com, he said: "The way it reads, it has the same feel of 'Terminator 2'. It's big. There's hardcore action and it has some really great visual effects in there, but not over the top. It's not a Thor type of movie, even though it's the same director. It has good special effects, but just enough to say, "Wow, where did that come from? How did they do that?"
Schwarzenegger is thrilled to reprise the role he first played in 1984's 'The Terminator', and doesn't think there are many opportunities to play the same character time and time again in the film industry.
The hunk added: "I think that it's just so wild to have a franchise that has been around for that long, and then after 30 years, to get asked again to be the only character in a movie that is the same character is unheard of, in movie history. You always switch out, like with James Bond and Batman. They have new characters there. But, not here. That, to me, is an extraordinary situation and a great opportunity."

James Spader is doing ‘unbelievable’ job as Ultron


James Spader is doing an "unbelievable job" as Ultron, says Kevin Feige.
The 54-year-old actor has been cast as the titular villain - a crazed robot who develops a god complex and wants to destroy all of humanity with his incredible powers - in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', directed by Joss Whedon.
Marvel Studios boss Feige is thrilled with Spader's work and claims the character has got an "extreme personality" in the forthcoming film.
He told Movies.com: "Also our bad guy is great. I think people are going to be very, very excited to see what we're doing with the voice that Joss is bringing to life with James Spader for Ultron.
"We love Ultron from the comics, and have always loved Ultron, and at no point do we want him to just be a robot. We want him to have an extreme personality and attitude, and James Spader is doing an unbelievable job."
Feige is hoping to keep fans on the edge of their seats while they watch 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', which is due for a 2015 release.
He added: "Again, for us it's always about subverting expectations. Whenever you think you know what's coming next, we surprise people or deliver it in a slightly unexpected way. And Spader is doing that with Mr. Ultron."

Chris Evans: Public need a hero


Chris Evans insists it's important to have a patriotic superhero to admire.
The 32-year-old actor - who plays the titular superhero in forthcoming 'Captain America: The Winter's Soldier' - admits the public need a leader to "aspire" to whether or not the world is in "chaos".
Evans told FOX411: "It's always important to have strong patriotic characters, whether we have chaos in the world or not.
"It is someone to look up to. And it's not only in terms of America, (everywhere needs a) hero and someone to aspire to."
Samuel L. Jackson - who plays director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury - hopes viewers will reflect on how society has changed since Captain America was created in 1941, a time when "freedom meant something different".
Jackson added: "We always need someone to represent the ideal we have ... Freedom, righteousness. And his ideals are from a time when freedom meant something different. The government stood for something that everybody respected and felt protected by.
"So for him to espouse those ideals in this particular time, and to find out that those ideals don't mean holding a gun to people who you are supposed to be protecting, it means a lot. And it should resonate with this audience and hopefully they will go home and think about that."

Sarah Harding uses special honey to protect voice


Sarah Harding uses luxury honey to keep her voice in top shape.
The 32-year-old pop star relies on a special mixture of £10-a-jar Manuka honey, hot water, lemon and ginger to protect her vocals when she is recording material and is touring.
Talking to BANG Showbiz, she said: "I usually drink hot water and lemon with a bit of Manuka honey and juiced root ginger. It usually works."
The special honey - which is made by bees from the nectar of the Manuka tree - is the same brand Lady Gaga uses to preserve her vocal cords.
Sarah is now pursuing a solo career following Girls Aloud's split last year, and revealed her boyfriend DJ Mark Foster has produced a "couple" of songs for her, although they sometimes clash when they're working together.
The blonde beauty - who is performing live at Kensington Palace on Thursday (20.03.14) in aid of Street Child (Street-child.co.uk) - explained: "He's produced a couple of tracks for me but he's a busy boy with his own stuff.
"Sometimes [it's] stressful [working with Mark]. We do have conflicts of interests at times! "
Although Sarah would love to do some more acting in the future, she is completely focused on her new music at the moment.
The singer - who is also performing a showcase gig at the O2 Academy Islington on March 26 - added: "It's [acting] something I'd love to do more of in the future, but right now my full focus is on music."

Kate Winslet explains son’s name


Kate Winslet's son is named in honour of the fire she escaped in 2011.
The 'Divergent' actress met her now-husband Ned Rocknroll when they fled a fire on his uncle Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island two years ago, so their little boy Bear Blaze was given a middle name to remind them of the incident.
Kate said: "Bear's second name is Blaze because my husband and I met in a house fire basically. Well, we did!
"The house burned down and we survived. But we wanted something of the fire and so Blaze was the name that we came up with."
Kate - who also has children Mia, 13, and Joe, 10, from previous relationships - chose three-month-old Bear's name early in her pregnancy and he is named after one of her old friends.
She explained to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres: "When I was pregnant with Mia and Joe, I didn't name them before they came out because I always felt like I just have to see them and see who they're going to be.
"But of course, this time around there's Mia and Joe and the whole pregnancy is about 'what are we gonna call the baby?' So it was really lovely, actually. They were very much included and we settled on Bear quite early on.
"A friend of mine when I was younger was nicknamed Bear and I just had always really loved it. And he was very much a bear. He was everyone's shoulder to cry on. He was a big bear hug, he was a great figure in my life, and I just had always remembered him and so that's where it came from."
The 'Labor Day' actress was also asked why her new baby didn't take the surname of his father, who was born Abel Smith but changed his name several years ago.
She smiled and said: "Why do you think, Ellen?"

L’Wren Scott’s social media pages removed


L'Wren Scott's social media profiles have been taken down.
The late 49-year-old fashion designer's accounts on twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been removed following outrage when the pages continued to update after she was found hanged in an apparent suicide at her New York apartment yesterday (17.03.14).
Scheduled messages, including a picture of a tree, posted to her accounts an hour after L'Wren's assistant found body, prompting her social media team to be branded "insensitive" and "disrespectful" for not blocking the updates.
It has been claimed that L'Wren - the long-term partner of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger - was almost $6 million in debt when she died.
According to accounts for her business, LS Fashion LTD, which were filed in the UK in October 2013, the company was in trouble, with a deficit of $5,899,000 and the designer owing creditors $7,641,000.
Friends had also been worried about the former model - who reportedly refused offers of financial help from Mick - in recent weeks, as she had been "acting strangely" and not answering phone calls.
One source said: "They've known that something was going on, and it's been going on for at least a week."

Melissa George’s ‘great’ three day labour


Melissa George was in labour for three days with son Raphaël.
The 'Good Wife' actress and her boyfriend Jean-David Blanc welcomed their son into the world on February 6, and although she was having contractions "every five to eight minutes" for 72 hours, she insists she had a "great time" waiting for the new arrival.
She told HELLO! magazine: "I was in labour for three days, around the clock, with contractions every five to eight minutes.
"I had a great time walking up and down the halls and going from the bath to the shower, to the balloon balls. I had the bar by the head to hold on to so I could squat and let gravity do its work."
Although Melissa was in hospital for eight days, she enjoyed the experience since she shared it with a friend who was going through the same thing.
She added: "We had a great time because a very good friend went into labour two days after me. She was next door to me so all our friends in Paris could visit both of us."

Mel C gets feather tattoo


Mel C has got a new feather tattoo.
The former Spice Girls star has had the design etched onto her right arm and it is joined to her famous barbed wire inking, which wraps around her entire upper arm.
Mel - full name Melanie Chisholm - proudly showed off her latest tattoo in a photo she posted on her Instagram account on Tuesday morning (18.03.14).
The pop star sported a make-up free face and scraped her hair up into a high ponytail as she posed with her arm above her head to reveal the design along with the caption, "New Ink."
Mel's decision to get the tattoo comes after the 'Wannabe' singer's admission she had toyed with the idea of getting her barbed wire tattoo removed, because the design - which was popular in the 90s - had become outdated.
Mel told BANG Showbiz: "Sometimes I think, 'I hate that one, I wish I could get rid of it.' The first one I ever got was the band around my arm, it's just so very 90s, it just looks really dated."
The 40-year-old star even considered undergoing painful laser tattoo removal surgery to get rid of the design, but couldn't go through with the procedure because she has become so attached to it.
She explained: "When I saw myself photographed and they were airbrushed out, it just looked so odd, they're very much a part of me so I've grown to love them again.
"I'm a bit indecisive. The laser treatment is painful and expensive; you may as well just leave it."

Kim Kardashian is stunning in silver

Kim Kardashian showcased her famous curves in a silver peplum dress as she enjoyed a shopping spree in Beverly Hills. The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star visited the 'Fred Segal' boutique and her clothes store 'Dash'.

Kate Winslet gets star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Kate Winslet looked stunning in a black pencil dress and natural make-up as she was honored with a star on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood.