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Rita Ora’s boyfriend Ricky Hilfiger branded ‘sex-obsessed’ by ex


Ricky Hilfiger's ex has branded him "sex-obsessed".
The son of fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, has been dating 'I Will Never Let You Down' hitmaker Rita Ora since August - following her split from superstar DJ Calvin Harris - but now an ex of the stud has warned the singer about him.
Celia Kay, who claims to have had a relationship with the American rapper earlier this year told The Sun newspaper: "Ricky is an odd character - quite reclusive and loves smoking weed and drinking beer.
"He's also sex-obsessed."
The revelation comes just days after the 24 year old is alleged to have thrown punches at another guest at Mario Testino's 60th birthday bash on Wednesday (29.10.14).
Ricky's ex has also slammed the green-haired lothario for only dating the 23-year-old singer in a bid to get his hands on her cash.
She continued: "Ricky is a player and bad news for Rita or any girl.
"He joked that he wanted a rich girlfriend so he could fly around in her private jet and not have to worry about working."
Celia added that she is sure the couple's relationship will end in tears, so warned Rita not to get too attached.
She said: "He's bad news. If anything, Rita is welcome to him - although I would warn her to be careful.
"He's no angel and I think he's more than capable of breaking her heart."

Jack Walton eliminated from X Factor


Jack Walton was eliminated on Saturday night's 'X Factor' (01.11.14).
The 18-year-old hopeful was kicked off the show at the end of last night's Halloween-themed Fright Night programme following a performance of Leona Lewis' classic single 'Bleeding Love'.
Talking about his experience on the ITV show, he said: "It's been absolutely amazing: a world away from what I'm used to and I've just loved it."
Despite receiving positive comments from his mentor, former Spice Girl Mel B, the Yorkshire lad was slammed by the other judges, with Louis Walsh branding him a "small room performer."
Fans of the hunk have been left devastated by the result of the public vote, with One Direction star Louis Tomlinson tweeting his disappointment at the outcome.
He wrote: "What a f**king joke
"Gutted . Don't think he was given a fair chance with his songs . #xfactor (sic)"
The wannabe singer is one of two contestants being forced to leave the talent competition this weekend, with another of his fellow stars set to be voted off in Sunday evening's results show (02.11.14), which will also see performances from judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and 35-year-old crooner, John Legend.

Dermot O’Leary used to vomit before live TV shows


Dermot O'Leary used to vomit before every live television appearance.
The 'X Factor' host revealed that he used to have unbearable anxiety over presenting live broadcasts on Channel 4, but that his sickness has eased as time has gone by.
Talking on 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man' he said: "I first started on T4 and used to throw up every Sunday. Every single Sunday I was so nervous about going on air."
The 41-year-old presenter - who is married to TV and film producer Dee Koppang - said that the pressure of hosting the Saturday night primetime television series has lessened over time, but that nerves still take hold of him before the show begins.
He continued: "You just get used to it after a while. And it's a weird thing to say, but the 30 seconds before the 'X Factor' starts, the doors come out like that... those first 30 seconds are the most terrifying of the weekend."
The star - who also presents a show on BBC Radio 2 - went on to reveal that former 'The Xtra Factor' host Holly Willoughby, used to joke that he looked so terrified before the programme began that she thought he would pull out of the job.
He joked: "Holly Willoughby, when she first started, she went, 'You're stood there for 30 seconds and you're looking around going 'I don't want to do it. You do it, you do it. I don't want to do it!' and then as soon as the door goes back you go 'oh this is what I want to do'.'
"Then you can really enjoy it. I love it though."

Pierce Brosnan was just getting used to Bond role


Pierce Brosnan was "just getting the hang" of playing James Bond when he was axed from the movie series.
The 61-year-old actor - who played the suave spy in four films, ending with 'Die Another Day' in 2002 - was asked to extend his contract for a fifth outing after getting to grips with the iconic role, but studio bosses then changed their minds.
He said: "My contract was for four movies, I was invited back for a fifth, and I said yes, then somewhere in the middle of negotiations they changed their minds.
"Just as I was getting the hang of Bond, the door closed."
However, Brosnan has returned to the spy scene in latest movie 'The November Man', in which he portrays veteran CIA officer Peter Devereaux who comes out of retirement, and he insists he might not have taken on the role had he never been a part of the Bond film franchise.
He added to Loaded magazine: "I've got nothing but gratitude for my days as the character and without Bond, there wouldn't be a 'November Man'.
"It feels good. I always thought that one day I would try to find a grittier kind of spy to play again after my services as Bond were no longer required."

Dave Grohl bored of studios


Dave Grohl is bored by the idea of simply recording an album in a studio.
The Foo Fighters frontman and his bandmates travelled to various cities in the US to record tracks for their new album 'Sonic Highways' - with the process captured in an accompanying TV series with the same name - and now he can't imagine returning to a straightforward recording process in the future.
He explained to Q magazine: "Ultimately, this is one hell of a f**king machine that's gonna spray this album everywhere...But you have to balance that with substance.
"More than a reality show, more than a live concert series. It's part of the reason that we got deeper into the concept, because we would love people to learn as much as be entertained.
"But I can't imagine just going into a studio and making another record. It seems so boring to me."
Dave recently explained the group explored the "regional relevance of music" while recording 'Sonic Highways'.
He said: "Basically, the process is we come to a city and we spend a week and we start recording an instrumental, because I interview all of these different musicians from that city.
"I talk about the regional relevance of the music from that city, the cultural influence, that 'made-for-the-sound' of the music.
"There's no way that you can tell the history of a city's music in one hour, so we have to do it in a way that relates to the band and goes from point A to point B and becomes a song."

Keira Knightley hates shopping


Keira Knightley doesn't like shopping.
The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star isn't keen on browsing through stores but can't resist splashing out in online designer retail outlets.
She told Britain's Glamour magazine: "The truth is that I've never liked shopping that much.
"I'll do a bit of online shopping at Matches and Net-A-Porter, which is like crack."
However, the brunette beauty steers clear of web marketplace eBay for fear of getting addicted to bargain hunting on the site.
She said: "I've never bought anything on eBay because I feel like that could just start eating into everything."
Although the 29-year-old actress isn't a fan of retail therapy, she enjoys the constant supply of freebies she receives from Chanel, a perk of being the face of the brand, and is particularly enjoying carrying around a miniature quilted shoulder bag that was gifted to her by the French fashion house.
She said: "I do get some very good Chanel freebies. This [bag] is my particular favourite right now. It's perfect. Actually it's not perfect because it's not big enough to fit a passport in."
The brunette beauty even joked she should call the company's creative director Karl Lagerfeld to request he increase the bag's size.
Keira said: "I will call Karl, and say, 'A centimetre bigger please'. There should be a phone line, 'Call Karl' or at the very least, an app."

Amy Poehler to write book about pals


Amy Poehler would love to write a book about her famous friends.
The 'Parks & Recreation' star, who has just released her memoir, 'Yes Please,' doesn't think it's fair that female comediennes, including her pals Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling and Rachel Dratch, are "lumped together" because she insists they're all "unique and special" so would love to write about them.
The 43-year-old star said: "My dream would be to write a book about my talented and famous friends and just spend a chapter on each.
"It would be a dream not only because it'd be so easy to write about how much I love their hearts and their work, but also I wouldn't have to write about myself.
"When you're a 'woman in comedy,' you're all kind of lumped together in this weird soup, whereas if you go back and read the books of any of these women, you're reminded of how different and unique and special and interesting and specifically skilled everybody is."
Amy admits she is proud to be a feminist and thinks people are "much more alike" than different.
She added to Entertainment Weekly: "I love when women use that word because it's a beautiful word.
"I also think everyone's trying to figure out their place in all of it. At the end of the day, I think we are all much more alike than we are different."

Kerry Washington credits play for abuse prevention


Kerry Washington credits 'The Vagina Monologues' for inspiring her to become part of the movement to end domestic violence.
The 'Scandal' star has designed a bag for the Allstate Foundation that carries a message of hope for women suffering from domestic and financial abuse, and admits it breaks her heart that there is a need for her to campaign against the issue.
She said: "I actually fell into this work as an artist. Back in 2000 I had just finished filming 'Save the Last Dance,' and my friend and co-star Julia Stiles invited me to watch her in Eve Ensler's play 'The Vagina Monologues'. I was so moved by all these stories of women's identity, value and worth. After that I became part of the movement to end violence against women."
The 37-year-old star didn't hesitate to say yes when she was approached by the foundation to create her own purse.
She added to PEOPLE magazine: "When the Allstate Foundation approached me about designing a bag for their Purple Purse program, I thought, 'This is an issue I care about, and I also care about a good handbag, so I'm in!' Purple is the signature colour for domestic violence awareness, and a purse is where a woman's financial well-being lives. This bag represents taking back your purse strings in the face of abuse.
"One in four women will face domestic abuse in her lifetime. My heart breaks a little that there's even a need for this work."

Joey Essex would date a posh girl


Joey Essex "doesn't mind" posh girls.
The former 'The Only Way Is Essex' star admits he's developed a bromance with Made In Chelsea's Jamie Laing, despite them seeming to be from very different backgrounds, and Joey admits he would be more than happy to date one of Jamie's "posh" co-stars.
Quizzed on whether he'd consider hooking up with any of the MIC girls, he said: "They're all right, I suppose! I don't mind posh girls [laughs]."
Speaking about why he thinks he and Jamie get on so well he added: "We really get on! I think we have the same sort of humour and are the same person. He just likes having fun and being happy. We get each other!"
Joey, 24 - who split from on/off girlfriend Sam Faiers last month - also revealed that he's been watching childhood friend Pixie Lott compete on 'Strictly Come Dancing' and confessed that while he may have fancied her when they were younger, he could never act on in it because he's friends with her brother.
He told new! magazine: "I don't really watch Strictly! But I know Pixie Lott quite well so I watched on of her dances. I grew up with her. I'm good mates with her brother Steve."
Joey added: "I couldn't really get with Pixie because she was Steve's sister. So even if I did fancy her ... She was pretty - she had blonde, curly, frizzy hair."

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini: It’s a good time to be a woman


Cheryl Fernandez-Versini thinks it's a "good time" to be a woman.
The 'Crazy Stupid Love' hitmaker - who married Jean-Bernard in a secret ceremony in July this earlier - loves being a 31-year-old woman in today's society.
She told MTV UK: "It's a good time being a woman in your 30s. I think you fit in your own skin."
Cheryl is due to release her fourth solo album, 'Only Human', next month and has revealed that she's not worried about where it lands in the charts.
She said: "I'm at that point in my life and my career where I just love what I do.
"It's not about chart positions anymore, it's not about any of that. It's just about putting out music that you believe in and that you love and sending out a message that you want to send out."
Meanwhile, the former-Girls Aloud star previously admitted that her short break from music had changed her attitude towards life in the public eye and her portrayal in the media.
She recently explained: "I kind of developed an F-you attitude. [The media are] going to write stuff, doesn't matter what I do you're going to write c**p, you're going to make stuff up, you're going to sensationalise stuff.
"So I may as well do what I love and you're still gonna write it anyway."
She added: "I hadn't stopped for ten years so I needed that break to re-evaluate life, do normal things, simple things - be with the dogs - just enjoy life and enjoy what I'd achieved.
"Even sometimes when you're achieving and you're on this treadmill you don't even appreciate it or understand it fully, because you're onto the next thing already. I just got numb to it all, I got numb to life."

Amy Poehler loves ‘juicy’ relationships


Amy Poehler prefers "juicy" relationships.
The 43-year-old actress and author - who is currently dating Nick Kroll - has revealed she prefers being in a relationship now she is older because she knows more about who she is as a person.
She told PEOPLE magazine: "I find my relationships at 40-plus are really emulsified, juicy relationships, because you have more of a sense of who you are and who you want to be around.
"Talented men are not threatened by talented women. They welcome them. And same way with real men."
She added: "If you're a strong woman and your man likes that, then he's a real man. If you're with someone who asks you to turn your light down, he's a weaker person and you should get away from him."
Meanwhile, Amy - who recently split with her husband, Will Arnett, after 10 years of marriage - is keen to write a book about her celebrity pals, Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling and Rachel Dratch.
She recently said: "My dream would be to write a book about my talented and famous friends and just spend a chapter on each.
"It would be a dream not only because it'd be so easy to write about how much I love their hearts and their work, but also I wouldn't have to write about myself.
"When you're a 'woman in comedy,' you're all kind of lumped together in this weird soup, whereas if you go back and read the books of any of these women, you're reminded of how different and unique and special and interesting and specifically skilled everybody is."

Example wants Professor Green to be godfather


Example wants Professor Green to be his child's godfather.
The 'Changed The Way You Kissed Me' hitmaker - who is expecting a child with Erin McNaught - is keen for the 30-year-old rapper to have a big part in his baby's life.
Speaking to KISS FM UK backstage at the KISS Haunted House Party, Example said: "I'd love him to be the godfather. He does live far away but that could work."
Professor Green was happy to take up the offer, saying: "I could do that. It must be amazing, I can't wait ... No I can wait - I don't want that to be a headline but to have a baby - that must be amazing."
Example confirmed that he would soon be flying to Australia to join his wife so that they can have the baby in her home country, surrounded by family and friends.
Meanwhile, a photograph that she uploaded to Instagram last month sparked rumours that the pair was expecting a baby boy.
However, she quickly quashed the rumours by writing: "Got a leeeeedle bit excited in the BONDS store yesterday... And no, we don't know if we're having a boy! If we have a girl she's going to be in this stuff too. [sic]"
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