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RITA Ora has shared a picture that features a bag of what appears to be weed. The new X Factor judge was enjoying a dinner with some pals to celebrate the end of filming. TOWIE stars Jake Hall and Vas Morgan are also seen posing in the back of the snap. The picture has since been deleted from Rita’s social ...

Thirty-five of the women who have accused Bill Cosby of rape or sexual assault have been photographed and interviewed by New York Magazine. The striking cover story features women aged up to 80, including supermodels Beverley Johnson and Janice Dickinson, waitresses and journalists. Mr Cosby denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. Barbara Bowman told the ...

DAVID Beckham is on a bit of a tattoo spree at the moment. Victoria Beckhams’s husband has showed off his latest inking in honour of daughter Harper. Following his ’99’ tribute to Victoria after the year they got married, David’s added yet another piece of ink to his collection. The dad of 4 gave his fans an insight to his tattoo ...

TRIBUTES to Bobbi Kristina have been flooding in since the 22 year old passed away. Whitney Houston‘s daughter died 6 months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. Whitney’s cousin, soul singer Dionne Warwick said: “She was a sweetheart, she will be missed, she was a good girl.” Sam Smith also paid his respects on social media by sharing a ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, has died aged 22, a family representative has said. Kristen Foster said she passed away on Sunday surrounded by her family and was “finally at peace in the arms of God”. Brown was discovered unresponsive in a bathtub on 31 January and placed in a medically induced coma. She never regained ...

A prestigious African-American college has discontinued a professorship funded by the comedian Bill Cosby, following allegations that he assaulted several women. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, had provisionally suspended the position last year when the allegations first emerged. It is now returning what remains of the original $20m (£13m) donation. Mr Cosby denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged ...

A surge in music streaming in the UK has seen it pass 500 million streams in a week for the first time. Figures from The Official Charts Company show there were 505,849,000 audio streams in the week ending 16 July – almost double the amount of the similar period last year. There have been 11.5 billion streams in the first ...

Plans for a paperback edition of a Bill Cosby biography have been pulled, following the recent claims against the comedian of sexual assault. Cosby: His Life and Times by Mark Whitaker was described as “the first major biography of an American icon”, when it was released in September. It garnered positive reviews, but was later criticised for failing to address ...

BRITISH actor Tom Beard – who starred in Bridget Jones’s Diary and Holby City – has died, aged 50. Tributes have been paid to Tom who died of cancer – which had only been diagnosed in January of this year. Tom’s agent, Rebeccas Blond, said: “He was a truly glorious man and a wonderful actor and we shall miss him ...

Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal says some actors are taking “dangerous risks” for their craft. The star told the BBC another actor had once asked him for advice on whether they should take drugs for a role. “Someone came to me and said, ‘I’m going to play a drug addict – should I try the drug?’ and I was like, ‘no’,” ...