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Oscar-winning writer and actor Colin Welland has died aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, his family has announced. Welland won an Oscar in 1982 for best original screenplay for writing the film Chariots of Fire, about two athletes at the 1924 Olympic Games. He famously used his acceptance speech to declare: “The British are coming.” As an actor, he ...

Selena Gomez is a beautiful, talented actress and musician who also happens to have something to say. Selena Gomez is also a terrifying monster who wields the power to do something utterly horrifying: Bring back the bubble skirt. The bubble skirt was a style of miniskirt that gathered underneath the hem and puffed out like a deflated parachute. About a ...

Spectre, the 24th James Bond adventure, has broken all-time box office records in nearly every market in which it has been released so far. Its UK launch set a new record for movies released on a Monday – as opposed to a Friday – taking more than £41m in its first week. It beat previous Monday release record holder, 2004’s ...

Pop star Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m (£27m) for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham has claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. As well as the monetary compensation, Mr Braham also wants his name ...

MASON Noise apologised live to The X Factor viewers for his outburst at the 6 Chair Challenge. The singer – who returned to Judges’ Houses following being kicked off the show – used the first live show’s theme of ‘This Is Me’ to take the opportunity to say sorry through the medium of song. Mason sang Justin Bieber‘s most recent hit ...

RITA Ora may have been critiquing the contestants on The X Factor tonight – but viewers were more concerned with critiquing her hair! The RIP singer was last week slammed by Twitter users for her ‘clown’ outfit, and this week it’s been for her ‘Willy Wonka’ hair! Rita went for a very short and blunt bob. And the change didn’t go ...

Rihanna has inked a deal with Samsung for $25 million, the New York Post reports. The electronic company will now give RiRi a huge helping help with promoting her upcoming eighth album, Anti, and its accompanying world tour. The “BBHMM” singer will also help Samsung push their new Milk Music radio app by giving them first dibs on her new music videos ...

LAMAR Odom is off dialysis and won’t need a kidney transplant, according to reports. Khloe Kardashian‘s estranged husband is believed to be making a slow recovery after being found unconscious in a Las Vegas brothel earlier this month. TMZ reported that Lamar’s kidneys have improved so much he’ll be off 6 hours of daily dialysis. He also no longer needs a ...

Amid a tabloid story that Oprah Winfrey was “ambushed” by her “secret son,” Calvin Mitchell, outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York earlier this month, the media mogul is setting the record straight in an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell. “I met Calvin around the early ’90s, I think it was 1992. I was doing a film ...

Newly-retired Floyd Mayweather hit the streets with hundreds of thousands of dollars – and could even afford to misplace some on his big night out With so much time on his hands, newly-retired Floyd Mayweather just doesn’t know what to do. So after ending his boxing career with a record-equalling 49 wins and no defeats, “Money” as he is known ...