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Former Motorhead drummer “Philthy Animal” Phil Taylor has died aged 61, his bandmate and friend has said. Guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke wrote on Facebook: “My dear friend and brother passed away last night… He was one hell of a character.” Taylor, from Chesterfield, played in the British heavy metal band for 14 years with Clarke and frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. ...

Andy White, the Scottish studio session musician who played the drums on Love Me Do and other early tracks by The Beatles, has died in New Jersey. According to his family, the 85-year-old died on Monday following a stroke. White was chosen ahead of Ringo Starr in September 1962 to play drums on the single version of Love Me Do ...

KIM Kardashian is literally about to pop and has confessed on Twitter that she’s starting to feel heavy. The pregnant KUWTK star is due to give birth to her second child in December, and has revealed just how much weight she’s put on. Taking to social media earlier, she wrote: “Ok I’m 52lbs up today….and I still have 6 weeks to ...

SELENA Gomez was almost unrecognisable at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last night. Wearing a floor-length black leather dress with a plunging neck line, Selena looked gorgeous on the pink carpet. The singer, 23, decided to switch things up for the night and opted to wear incredible blue coloured contact lenses. Selena, who performed at the show, made an outfit ...

Playwright Laura Wade and Imitation Game star Alex Lawther are among those named on this year’s Bafta Breakthrough Brits list. Wade, whose play Posh was transferred to the West End from the Royal Court before being adapted into 2014 film The Riot Club, said “it feels brilliant”. Her latest project, a stage adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel Tipping the Velvet, ...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will lodge a complaint for violation of judicial confidentiality after French radio Europe 1 published extracts of phone taps that could incriminate the France international, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Benzema was placed under formal judicial investigation last week in connection with an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow French soccer international Mathieu Valbuena using a ...

Alicia Keys’ 12th annual Black Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom was a huge success. At the event, which celebrated the work of Keys’ foundation Keep A Child Alive, raised $3.8 million for treatment of families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. Keys said the energy at the event was “electrifying.” “Everyone in the room was there to do their part, to ...

Andy Cohen and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss didn’t know what to do when Vivica A. Fox started making shocking claims about her ex-boyfriend 50 Cent — and these two have seen some drama. On Sunday’s Watch What Happens Live, Cohen and Fox started talking about her upcoming appearance on Empire, which led to questions about 50 ...

The Great British Bake Off has been nominated for a prestigious Rose d’Or award, which recognises the best in TV and radio entertainment programming. The BBC One show is nominated in the reality and factual entertainment category, against Swedish hidden camera programme Who Cares? and Canadian fly-on-the-wall parking show Street Jungle. British nominees account for 24 out of the 33 ...

Gunnar Hansen, the actor who played terrifying villain Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has died. The Icelandic-born actor, 68, died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, US, his agent said. The 1974 film depicts how five friends visiting their grandfather’s country house are hunted by Leatherface and his family of grave-robbing cannibals. Hansen’s character is ...