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Cilla Black was ailing and “willed herself to die”, according to a long-time friend. The star, who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s before presenting TV shows like Blind Date and Surprise Surprise in the ’80s, died on Saturday, aged 72. A book of condolence has been opened in her home city at Liverpool Town Hall. Black ...

BOBBI Kristina’s aunt was reportedly thrown out of the star’s funeral. Leolah Brown was escorted out of the ceremony by film director Tyler Perry after she made an outburtst during Pat Houston’s emotional speech. Once taken outside, Leolah reportedly  launched into a tirade against Pat and began making shocking claims to the press. “Whitney will haunt Pat Houston from the grave. ...

BOBBI Kristina Brown’s funeral service took place at St. James United Methodist Church in Georgia today. Whitney Houston was also remembered at the emotional service as the choir paid tribute by singing a song that was played at Whitney’s funeral in 2012. Donnie McClurkin’s Stand was sung at the superstar singer’s funeral after she passed in similar circumstances to her daughter three years ...

Rap star Snoop Dogg has been stopped by police in Italy while carrying $422,000 (£270,000) in cash, authorities say. The singer was travelling through an airport in Calabria, southern Italy, where he had been performing. Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union. Last week, the American was stopped ...

Mourners are gathering in Georgia for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late singer Whitney Houston. The 22-year-old died in a hospice last Sunday, six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub. She is expected to be buried beside her mother at a cemetery in New Jersey. Houston drowned in ...

ONE Direction‘s surprise new single Drag Me Down has topped the charts in a whopping 82 countries on the first day of its release. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan celebrated their biggest global success just hours after Zayn Malik signed a new solo record deal. Despite the huge reaction, the boys overlooked the use of any Twitter ...

BROOKLYN Beckham is quickly becoming a fast-rising star. With a whopping 3.7million Instagram followers, a contract with Arsenal and a dabble in modelling, he’s starting to surpass his mega-famous mum and dad to become a star within his own right. Sadly for Brooklyn, being the child of such a heavily-photographed pair means we have access to all of the embarrassing ...

Comedian Jack Thriller has partially made a name for himself by doing interviews for ThisIs50. The Atlanta native sat down with Mikey T The Movie Star to talk about the first time he met 50 Cent and how the G-Unit boss changed his life. “It’s been amazing to me that a lot of people I look up to know who ...

A leading bookmaker is refusing to take bets on which artist will record the next James Bond theme song after one customer tried to place a £15,000 wager on Radiohead being selected. “Nobody risks £15,000 on a hunch,” said a spokesman for William Hill, who make the band 6/4 favourites to get the gig. Speculation about whom will sing the ...

While at the Brooklyn stop of her Pinkprint Tour in Brooklyn, Nicki Minaj announced that she is working on her next big project with BET. The “All Eyes On You” rapper said BET was filming her show for an upcoming special that the network will be airing. “So the secret was: BET was filming my show last night for a ...