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Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling name baby daughter Esmeralda Amada


Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling have reportedly named their baby daughter Esmeralda Amada Gosling.
The couple, who welcomed their first child into the world last month, have officially chosen a cute moniker for their new bundle of joy, according to her birth certificate obtained by gossip website TMZ.com.
It is believed the pair may have taken the name Esmeralda from the fictional novel and 1996 movie 'The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame,' while Amada was the character Eva played in the film 'We Own The Night.'
The 40-year-old actress has also reportedly given the tiny tot the nickname 'Preciosa,' which means precious in Spanish, and is completely besotted with her.
A source said previously: "Eva's in the deliriously tired but blissfully-in-love stage where she wants to do everything herself."
Meanwhile, Ryan, 33, has vowed to scale back his workload now he has a family and it is also believed he had no desire to work during Eva's pregnancy.
The source said: "His family is now his number one priority. He's accomplished everything work-wise that he had hoped and this is the next step in his life."
The couple started dating in 2011 after meeting on the set of their movie 'The Place Beyond The Pines'.

Taylor Swift feels like a paramedic


Taylor Swift finds it difficult to figure out whether her fans are excited or having a fit when she meets them.
The 'Shake It Off' hitmaker revealed that due to the excitable behaviour of her supporters when she speaks to them, she sometimes gets worried they might medical attention.
Speaking about the level of excitement when she talks to fans, she told BBC Radio 1: "I'm cool with it as long as it doesn't seem like there's a medical issue at hand. Like sometimes I have to check with them, be like, 'OK, your hands are shaking, is this you being excited or do I need to call an ambulance?'
"Like sometimes it crosses over to it's like, 'Is this how you get excited? Is this normal for you? Or are you having like some sort of fit, attack, and no-one thinks that you're having an attack, and I should be calling a hospital?' "
The 24-year-old singer then agreed with presenter, Fearne Cotton, when she referred to her as a "pop star/paramedic".
During the discussion, the fashionable singer also admitted she now enjoys doing interviews because she is single and has nothing to hide.
She added: "I'm really proud of the way my life is. I'm 24, I'm single, feeling very independent, I moved to New York.
"A lot of fun things have happened in my life and, so having journalists around when there's not really much to avoid, like you don't have to like, 'Oh don't ask her about her relationship!' There's not one to ask about so it takes the pressure off!"

Rita Ora, Matt Smith and Daisy Lowe hit by nude picture leak


Rita Ora and former couple Matt Smith and Daisy Lowe are the latest stars to have been caught up in the naked photo hacking scandal.
A US website claims to have pictures of 'The Voice' coach ready to release after posting a photograph of the blonde beauty alongside a message which is said to read: "Leaked photos of Rita Ora. Coming Soon!"
The claims come after naked photos purportedly of former couple Daisy and Matt were leaked onto the internet today (09.10.14).
Around 20 photographs of the pair are said to have been released picturing them in various positions, including some selfies taken in front a bathroom mirror.
The ex-couple - who split in 2011 after 18 months together - are just the latest in a long line of celebrities who have suffered at the fate of iCloud hackers as well as Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lawrence, who has insisted the hackers have committed "sexual violation".
Speaking to Vanity Fair magazine, she said: "It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It's disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change."
The 'Hunger Games' actress has hit back at her critics who said she shouldn't have taken naked pictures of herself by insisting that she did so because she didn't want her then-boyfriend Nicholas Hoult - who she split from earlier this year - to look at porn during their long-distance relationship.
Jennifer - who was targeted for the second time last month when trolls released a further 55 images of her on websites 4Chan and Reddit - explained: "I was in a loving, healthy, great relationship for four years.
"It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he's going to look at you."
Earlier this week, Kelly Brook - who recently split from fiance David McIntosh - became another victim of the nude photo leak after images of her, some of which featured her lying on a bed, were posted onto the internet.

Kris and Bruce Jenner still close


Kris Jenner insists she and Bruce Jenner are still "really close".
The showbiz matriarch filed for divorce from the Olympian - the father of her two youngest children Kendall and Kylie Jenner - last month, a year after they separated, but they have remained friends as they want to set a "good example" to the rest of their family.
Kris - who has grown-up children Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Rob Kardashian with late first ex-husband Robert Kardashian - told E! News: "I think we have a really close family period. And we have so great memories over 25 years. We have a lot of stuff going on with our family and the holidays are coming and it's tradition. We have two kids together and we want to set a really good example for our family."
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star hopes she and Bruce have separated with "grace and love" so the rest of their family still feels "comfortable" and not caught in the middle of their split.
She added: "At one point in my life I saw somebody else go through a divorce and they handled it with such grace and such love and I thought, 'If I'm ever in that situation, I want to be able to do the same thing for my children.' I think it's the best thing you can give your kids. If you're not going to be able to stay together, then at least make it really comfortable for the whole family so that they know there's a lot of love there. That's what I believe."
The latest season of the family reality show will still feature Bruce, and Kris insists there has been no drama so far.
She said: "We're doing good!"

Anne Hathaway made first move on spouse


Anne Hathaway threw a party when she found out Adam Shulman was single.
The 'Intern' actress admits she has never had a problem "making the first move" with guys and though her now-husband had a girlfriend when they first met so she didn't approach him, as soon as his status changed she engineered another meeting.
She admitted: "I have no problem making the first move when I see a guy I like.
"I was in L.A. when I met him. I was told he had a girlfriend, and I backed off because I'm not that girl. Then when I found out six weeks later that he didn't have a girlfriend, I was like, 'We should throw a party. We should invite Adam.' "
The 31-year-old beauty - who married Adam two years ago - says she and her spouse had a "very powerful" connection from the beginning of their relationship and their union gets stronger every day.
She added in an interview with America's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "From the very first second we knew it was a very powerful and exciting connection we had.
"And it just gets better. There's no pushing him around but he's so gentle and present."
The 'Les Miserables' actress is about to begin filming the 'Alice in Wonderland' sequel, in which she plays the White Queen, and then she is taking a break.
She said: "I don't want to hunt down jobs right now. I want to take it easy and explore other things. Other aspects of myself."

King Willem-Alexander set to face tax


Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, has told MPs to draw up plans to tax King Willem-Alexander and his family.
The move comes on the back of a public outcry over revelations that members of the family have spent extortionate sums having their properties redeveloped.
The renovation work for the former Queen Beatrix in The Hague, allied to the king spending £362,000 on a temporary office in the grounds of his personal home, prompted a strong response from the public and some MPs.
Madeleine Toorenburg, a Christian Democrat MP, is among those to have accused the government of trying to hide where taxpayer money is going, saying: "It is annoying that the government is not clear where the money is being spent."
The sense of anger is compounded by the royals spending £28 million on the restoration of the Huis ten Bosch palace.
Mr Rutte has tried to defend the spending habits of the monarchs, explaining: "I understand that it is a lot of money but its is a normal price for renovating a 17th century palace."
However, he has reluctantly wilted in the face of public pressure, announcing plans to impose a tax on the royal family.

Charlie King confirms he is gay


Former 'The Only Way Is Essex' star Charlie King has confirmed he is gay.
The 29-year-old star - who previously dated co-star Gemma Collins - has opened up about his sexuality and confessed he's finally admitting his feelings to help other people feel more comfortable talking about it.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden on 'This Morning', Charlie said: "Our stories will help people, there is a way out.
"You are not alone. I want to be a positive person and tell people, 'You can do this'."
Charlie - who insisted he wasn't gay in a conversation with Ricky Rayment on TOWIE, saying "I am categorically telling you that I am not a gay man" - went on to reveal the moment he finally came to terms with his sexuality arrived when he was in a relationship with a woman.
He explained: "I had a girlfriend, she was the first person I spoke to and told.
"It was a proper relationship but I was very aware when I was seeing her that things weren't quite right. If something doesn't click, it doesn't click.
"I feel so positive about this."
Ex-girlfriend Gemma has been less than supportive about his admission, however, taking to Twitter to boast she always knew she was right about him.
She wrote: "I always SEE what other people don't and speak the TRUTH x (sic)"

Dermot O’Leary sympathises with X Factor ‘butchery’


Dermot O'Leary sympathises with 'X Factor' acts for having to "rigorously butcher" songs down to two-and-a-half minutes.
The talent show's presenter admits one thing the programme has taught him about music is how tough it is for the contestants to chop a song down, but insists anyone can spot a talented singer no matter what age they are.
Speaking to Spotify to promote his new memoir, 'The Soundtrack to my Life', he said: "It's taught me that it's very hard to cut a song down to two-and-a-half minutes - there just aren't that many songs that can stand that rigorous sort of butchery. But it's also taught me how universal it is.
"It doesn't matter if you're a 16-year-old NME reader or someone's granny watching 'The X Factor', a great song and a great performer will always affect you."
As well as listening to the dulcet tones of several 'X Factor' contestants while he is at work, the 41-year-old TV presenter admits he feels happy when he hears his wife Dee laughing and their cats purring.
When asked what his favourite noise is, he added: "I would say two things. My wife laughing is, of course, number one, but we have two cats. One is partially blind and when she meows and purrs in a way that signals she's content it makes me content too. Oh, and a woodpigeon on a sunny day!"
To accompany his book's launch, Dermot has put together his 'Soundtrack to my Life' Spotify playlist, featuring tracks which have played an important part in his life; such as 'Macarena' by Los Del Rio, 'Rehab' by Amy Winehouse, and One Direction's 'Little Things'.

Gemma Cairney wants to host Dragons’ Den spin-off


Gemma Cairney would love to present a 'Dragons' Den' spin-off show.
The 29-year-old radio DJ loves watching the BBC TV series and has always been keen to host a side project entitled 'Gem's Den', in which she could interview the successful entrepreneurs.
She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I've always fancied doing a spin-off of 'Dragons' Den', called 'Gem's Den'. I would speak to all of the peeps, like the Levi Roots of the future.
"I suggest a lot of things. I suggest at the speed of light, to my own detriment, mad ideas. I come up with things.
"Who knows, it could be on the new BBC Three when it relaunches. I'm up for anything."
While Gemma is known for her presenting skills both on radio and TV as well as her DJ-ing, she has recently turned her hand to party planning and admits she would love to write a sitcom one day.
She added: "I'd love to write a sitcom. I love writing things and I'd love to do it more. I'm quite like a spinning top at the moment, I have been for the last six years.
"To sit my bum down and write a sitcom would be really lovely and a triumph for me. The discipline of writing is something I've been intrigued by. I'd quite like to write a book as well."
Gemma's latest party planning project has seen her team up with Tia Maria who she has curated events for throughout the year, and she is grateful for the company for letting her be "bossy" while working on the bashes.
She explained: "Any project I work on I really try and offer genuine creative input and I'm quite bossy like that.
"I've really enjoyed working with Tia Maria across the year for that reason that they've let me do that."
Gemma Cairney brings the Tia Maria Dark Room to a close during London's Cocktail Week with a party she curated at Dray Walk Gallery tonight (09.10.14) and tomorrow (10.10.14). Visit www.facebook.com/tiamariadrink for further details on how to sign up.

Frank Skinner ‘fretting’ over Doctor Who appearance


Frank Skinner has spent hours "fretting" over his 'Doctor Who' appearance.
The 57-year-old comedian is to guest star in an episode of the BBC One sci-fi series this weekend and has admitted that although after filming he was very nervous about his performance, he's now looking forward to finally seeing it.
He explained: "Interestingly, since I did 'Doctor Who' I've spent many an hour fretting about my performance, whether it was good enough. Now we get closer I'm thinking, oh I couldn't care - I'm in it.
"So my excitement has taken over my personal dignity. That hasn't happened for years."
Frank also revealed he's planning to host a family viewing party where he will celebrate his dream of appearing in the cult show, but confessed he'd love it if he could play a trick on them all.
Speaking on Absolute Radio he shared: "I'm thinking of getting one of those family gatherings, you know the ones you hear about when everyone gathers round the tele and they have been cut out of the episode completely.
"I'm thinking of having one of those. What I'd like is if the 'Doctor Who' people would send a bit with me completely cut out that I could then show, and I could go, 'Ha ha', and then show the real one. I'm planning ahead."
Listen to Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio every Saturday morning from 10am. Go to www.absoluteradio.co.uk

Depeche Mode to release concert film


Depeche Mode are to release a two-hour concert film.
The 'Enjoy the Silence' hitmakers' long-term collaborator Anton Corbijn has directed 'Live in Berlin' - which documents their 'Delta Machine' tour last November - and the group will also release a two-disc live album.
The two-hour film was shot over two concerts at the O2 World Berlin in Germany and a delux package of the DVD, CDs and Blu-ray copy of 'Delta Machine' will also include a second DVD made by the director which sees the live show cut with behind-the-scenes footage, band interviews and even a two-track acoustic session filmed at the Samon Bel Ami brothel.
Anton said in a statement: "Berlin has a special place in the hearts of Depeche Mode.
"Likewise, Depeche Mode has a strong following in the German capital and the film tries to capture the highlights of these concerts as well as that special connection through interviews with fans and bands alike."
The DVD and album will be released on November 17.
The band's 'Delta Machine' tour saw them play to over 2 million fans in 32 countries and took in a variety of venues, including parks, casino showrooms, indoor arenas and stadiums.

Pink Floyd won’t make more albums


Pink Floyd have confirmed 'The Endless River' will be their final album.
The 'Wish You Were here' hitmakers' remaining members, Nick Mason and David Gilmour, admitted it is a "shame" their forthcoming record will be their last-ever release, but think it is the right note to end on.
David said: "This is the last thing that'll be out from us.
"Well Rick [Wright]'s gone, dead. I'm pretty certain that there will not be a follow up to this. Polly, my wife, thought that would be a very good lyrical idea to go out on. It's a shame but this is the end."
However, David admitted he may use some sessions he recorded with late keyboard player Richard - who died in 2008 - on his next solo album.
He added in an interview with BBC 6 Music: "I have a little bit of Rick playing from my solo stuff that will hopefully appear on my next solo album, but not a Pink Floyd album."
Former member Roger Waters recently issued a strongly-worded statement insisting he had no involvement in 'The Endless River', which will be released on November 10 and features music recorded by Richard.
The bassist, who quit the band in 1985, wrote on Facebook: "Some people have been asking Laurie, my wife, about a new album I have coming out in November. Errhh? I don't have an album coming out, they are probably confused. David Gilmour and Nick Mason have an album coming out. It's called 'Endless River'. David and Nick constitute the group Pink Floyd.
"I on the other hand, am not part of Pink Floyd. I left Pink Floyd in 1985, that's 29 years ago. I had nothing to do with either of the Pink Floyd studio albums, 'Momentary Lapse Of Reason' and 'The Division Bell', nor the Pink Floyd tours of 1987 and 1994, and I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip."