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ZAYN Malik could be set to cut all ties with music manager Simon Cowell. The former One Direction member is reportedly in talks to sign a new deal with 50 Cent in a bid to achieve his dreams of becoming a rapper. Zayn has remained with Simon’s record label, Syco, since quitting the band in March this year. But according ...

Mariah Carey is reportedly dating a billionaire. Nick Cannon’s ex has been spotted looking cosy with Australian billionaire James Packer this week, reports TMZ. The singer was seen holding hands with one of Australian’s wealthiest men while on a holiday in Italy, and some have speculated that the pair could be an item. Mariah is worth a reported £100 million, which ...

BOBBY Brown has fired back at reports that Bobbi Kristina is about to be taken off life support. The daughter of Whitney Houston, 22, was found unconscious in a bath six months ago and has been in a medically induced coma ever since. Reports this week claimed that Bobbi’s family were considering taking her home to die peacefully. Her father, Bobby ...

Usher and his protege Justin Bieber have been slapped with a $10 million lawsuit regarding Bieb’s 2010 hit “Somebody to Love.” Songwriter  Mareio Overton and singer Devin Copeland, known as De Rico, have a song of the same name and are accusing them of copyright violation, saying the track has the same time signature, beat pattern and similar chords and ...

As many celebrate their birthdays this June, 2015, especially today 12, being the remembrance day of Nigeria’s most freest election in 1993 which saw late Moshood Abiola emerging as the winner, many do not recall that today is also the birthday of one of Nigeria’s most renowned prophet, Temitope Joshua. The General overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, ...

Critics have savaged EL James’s rewrite of her erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey, with one calling the writing “bad throughout” and another accusing it of “rapturous self-regard”. Grey re-tells the events of James’s 2011 original from the perspective of its antagonist, Christian Grey. The book, writes the Evening Standard’s David Sexton, “loyally repeats every line [and] every excruciating email”. ...

PERRIE Edwards mum has defended her daughter over allegations she forced Zayn Malik to quit One Direction. Since the Bradford-born boy decided to leave Harry Styles and co, Perrie has been dubbed ‘Yoko Ono’ by Directioners. But Debbie Edwards has made it clear the singer didn’t have a say in Zayn’s decision. She told The Mirror: “It was his decision ...

Chris Evans has said auditions will be held to find his co-hosts for Top Gear. He told the BBC’s One Show anyone from around the world with “a real appetite for cars” was welcome to apply, whether they were “famous people” or not. “If you’re up for it, we want to hear from you,” the Radio 2 DJ added. Evans, ...

PRINCESS Charlotte might have stolen the limelight when her official pictures were released earlier this month. But it was her brother George who made sure he was the centre of attention this weekend. Clearly having enjoyed the fact that all eyes were on him on Saturday on the Buckingham Palace balcony, the adorable 23 month old couldn’t help but show ...

Rock group Foo Fighters have cancelled their headline slot at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The announcement comes four days after frontman Dave Grohl fell off stage at a concert in Sweden, fracturing his leg. June dates in Belgium, and at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and London’s Wembley Stadium have also been cancelled. Grohl apologised to fans, saying it was “just not ...