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Ireland Baldwin in lesbian relationship


Ireland Baldwin is in a lesbian relationship.
Rapper Angel Haze has confirmed she is in a romantic relationship with the 18-year-old model - the daughter of Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger - and is bemused by people describing them as 'best friends', insisting "friends don't f**k".
She candidly told The Independent newspaper: "I don't know if there's like some confirm or deny thing with the way relationships work in the media, but everyone just calls us best friends, best friends for life, like we're just friends hanging out. It's funny. It's rad in some ways, it sucks in others.
"If we were two guys, it'd be insane, negatively insane with the attention. With us it's all being very positive, the media are like, 'Oh, they're so cute, they're best friends.'
"An interracial gay couple ... I mean, that's just weird for America right now. We f**k and friends don't f**k. I have never f***ed one of my friends. Once I see you in that way, it doesn't happen.
"But we do f**k and it's crazy, and that's weird to say because I think about it in terms of an audience reading it and them thinking, 'What the hell?' But it happens."
The 'Dirty Gold' rapper met Ireland at New York Fashion Week earlier this year and both stars have been open about their relationship, often sharing affectionate pictures of them together on social media.
Angel, 22, credits her new girlfriend - who was previously in a straight relationship with Slater Trout - with helping her overcome her jaded attitude towards love.
She explained: "When you find it love it definitely amends your perspective on certain things. I was dating a guy I really liked about a year ago and being around him and realising so many things about myself totally made me hate the traditional ideas of what a relationship should be, of what romance should be.
"You go out and you're searching for this Utopian feeling, butterflies ... that thing where you can't stop thinking about them. It doesn't have to be so overwhelming."

Keith Richards has the blues inside him


Keith Richards has the blues "in his bones".
The Rolling Stones guitarist has a long-held love of the genre - which influences a lot of his music - and believes that is because he heard it so much when he was a child.
Asked how he discovered the blues, he said: "By osmosis!.
"See, my mother, she loved jazz, she loved Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington. That was what was around the house.
"There's a lot of blues in jazz. And so, in a way, it was in the bones before I actually got to hear country blues and real blues.
"At the same age, I was starting to hear early rock and roll. It sounded perfectly normal to me... not some new kind of music. It was sort of natural."
The 'Paint It Black' hitmaker is a huge fan of Chuck Berry - and didn't even mind when his hero gave him a black eye.
He told Planet Rock: "We've had our ups and downs. He once gave me a black eye. It was backstage at a gig of his. He'd left his guitar out in his dressing room and I just picked it up. And he walks in, 'Nobody touches that.' Bam!! But he didn't know it was me.
" A few months later I get this apologetic, 'Keith I didn't know it was you.' I said, 'Chuck, you did the right move, I wouldn't let nobody touch mine either!' "

Nicole Scherzinger wants to release album now


Nicole Scherzinger wants to put her new album out now.
The former Pussycat Dolls singer isn't due to release the record until October but she is so excited by it, she wishes she could copy Beyonce, who released her self-titled fifth album - which featured 14 songs and 17 music videos - with no warning last December.
She said: "I want to do what Beyoncé did - make videos for all the songs and just put it out now. Catch everyone by surprise so they don't know what to do!"
Nicole famously helped put One Direction together when the quintet auditioned for the 'X Factor' as solo artists in 2010 and she finds it "weird" that she is now such a big fan of the band.
She said: "It's weird because now I'm the one queueing up in the stores to buy their merchandise.
"I'm like, 'Can I get a One Direction T-shirt?'"
However, the 35-year-old beauty has ruled out ever collaborating with the 'Little Things' hitmakers.
Asked about a future collaboration, she told the Daily Star newspaper: "Oh no, I don't think so - they're too big for me now!"

Kaiser Chiefs open Glastonbury with surprise set


Kaiser Chiefs surprised fans at Glastonbury Festival by opening the Other Stage today (27.06.14).
The 'Ruby' rockers took to the stage at 11am this morning to entertain the crowd with an exciting set, as front man Ricky Wilson pushed up against the barrier and got close to the punters.
'The Voice' judge encouraged the fans to "sing along", even if they weren't familiar with the tunes, launching into 'Every Day I Love You Less and Less' from the group's debut album 'Employment'.
He said: "Glastonbury, sing along if you know the words. If you don't, sing along anyway."
They even brought a change in weather as they took to the stage, with the rain stopped for the first time all morning.
He joked: "Look at what the weather's doing. Are we going to stick two fingers up at the sky?"
The group's weekend at the iconic Worthy Farm festival isn't done, though, as they'll be headlining the John Peel Stage later tonight.
Meanwhile, two fans have died at the annual event since the gates opened.
Earlier today, a 26-year-old man died from a suspected adverse reaction to illegal drug ketamine, while a 67-year-old woman died in her sleep from what police believe to be natural causes on Wednesday (25.06.14).

The 1975 stop surprise Glastonbury performance due to fight


The 1975 stopped their secret Glastonbury performance after a crowd member threw a can on stage.
The indie rock band halted their set as the music festival got under way on Thursday (26.06.14) when a fight broke out in the crowd.
According to NME.com, frontman Matthew Healy stopped singing mid-performance and said: "Ladies and gentleman I'm sorry to disrupt your peaceful Glastonbury but someone just threw a can on stage. I won't have people fighting at my Glastonbury."
The performance resumed after security quickly intervened and removed a male reveller from the audience.
The group - also consisting of Adam Hann, George Daniel and Ross MacDonald - proceeded to perform their hit song 'Chocolate' as well as other tracks from their 2013 debut album.
As The 1975 closed their hour-long set, Matt introduced another surprise act to the stage - electronica group Metronomy.
Referring to the festival's headliners, he quipped: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have to hurry it up as we have a very special guest up next. It's not Dolly Parton ... or Metallica..."
Metronomy performed a slew of their most popular songs including 'Holiday' and 'Radio Ladio'. They then dedicated 'The Look' to country music legend Dolly Parton to cheers from the crowd.
Dolly, 68, is one of this year's notable acts, while the headliners are Metallica, Kasabian and Arcade Fire.

Mary Berry for Who Do You Think You Are?


Mary Berry, Julie Walters and Billy Connolly will appear on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
The hit BBC One family history show is celebrating its tenth anniversary and 100th episode this year by inviting the 'Great British Bake Off' star, the BAFTA-winning actress and the popular comedian to trace their ancestry.
The latest series will mark a decade on air for the hit show, which will be commemorated with a one-hour special highlighting the show's best moments and interviews with a host of past celebrity guests.
Other stars who will feature in the new series include actor Brian Blessed, 'Mrs Brown's Boys' star Brendan O'Carroll, actress Sheridan Smith, radio DJ Reggie Yates, 'EastEnders' actress Tamzin Outhwaite, model Twiggy and TV actor Martin Shaw.
BBC's commissioning editor for documentaries Maxine Watson said: "Since its launch in 2004, audiences have savoured the often unexpected and emotional journeys into family history. As we celebrate 10 fantastic years in 2014, another 10 famous faces discover more about themselves through their past.
"The new series promises to continue to deliver BBC One audiences the laughter, tears and surprising revelations of family ancestry as only Who Do You Think You Are? can."

Jeremy Paxman: Newsnight made by 13 year olds


Jeremy Paxman says 'Newsnight' is made by "13 year olds".
The 63-year-old broadcaster, who presented his final edition of the BBC Two current affairs programme last week, has admitted he didn't always agree with the politics of idealistic producers who thought they could "change the world".
He is quoted by the Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying: "Look, 'Newsnight' is made by 13 year olds. It's perfectly normal when you're young that you want to change the world.
"The older you get, the more you realise what a fools' errand much of that is and that the thing to do is to manage the best you can to the advantage of as many people as possible."
Paxman, who was required to remain politically impartial on 'Newsnight', also admitted to being a "one-nation Tory".
Furthermore, the TV presenter weighed in on London Mayor Boris Johnson's claim that he was the "last" Conservative left at the BBC.
Speaking at the Chalke Valley History Festival in Wiltshire, south west England, he reportedly said: "If I had to ... are there any members of the press here? I think I'll plead the fifth on that one."
Paxman announced his departure from 'Newsnight' after 25 years earlier this year.
He will continue to present 'University Challenge'.

EastEnders’ Dean Wicks ‘wants to be Mick Carter’


EastEnders' Dean Wicks "wants to be" Mick Carter.
Actor Matt Di Angelo thinks his Walford alter-ego will quite enjoy the revelation that Mick - played by Danny Dyer - is his half-brother, after the initial shock wears off, as he looks up to the pub landlord.
Dean's mother Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) recently revealed she is in fact Mick's biological mum and not his sister as he believes.
Matt told the official 'EastEnders' website: "Mick is Dean's half-brother and I think Dean's reaction to that will probably be a sharp intake of air, in which I'll hold the moment and wait for some kind of godly duff-duff!
"After that moment has passed, I think he's really going to like it. Secretly, I think Dean wants to be Mick - he wants his life, so I think he'll quite enjoy having a big brother. But I don't think it's going to be filled with too much happiness for too long."
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Dean will develop a crush on Mick's wife Linda Carter (Kellie Bright).
Dean will flirt with Linda on her birthday next week and can't wait to be alone with the mum-of-three as he offers her a special pamper session at his new salon, Blades.

Pharrell Williams joins Oscars academy


Pharrell Williams has joined the Oscar jury to help decide the recipients for next year's awards.
The 'Happy' hitmaker has both been named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as the newest members of the panel.
'X-Men: Days of Future Past' star Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o are also among the actors invited to join the academy.
Its president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, said: "This year's class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today.
"Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy."
Williams was nominated at this year's ceremony, although his track 'Happy' - written for 'Despicable Me 2' - lost to 'Let It Go' from 'Frozen', which won the Best Original Song prize.
Meanwhile, Nyong'o took home the gong for Best Supporting Actress thanks to her performance as Patsey in '12 Years a Slave'.
Fassbender's own role in the movie - as Edwin Epps - saw him nominated in the Best Supporting Actor, losing out to 'Dallas Buyers Club' star Jared Leto.

Kris Jenner’s talk show slammed


Kris Jenner's talk show has been slammed by a Fox TV executive.
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star had a six-week test run of a talk show on the network last summer, but bosses knew early on that 'Kris' would never develop into a full series as they felt the showbiz matriarch was "uninteresting".
Frank Cicha, senior VP and president of programming for the Fox Television Stations said: "I think she was pretty uninteresting [on camera].
"That was one where [sister company] 20th Television tried to capitalise on a name. ... When the camera was on she looked not just like a deer in the headlights, but like a deer that already got hit."
However, the executive admitted Kris worked hard and improved as the series went on, but the show never did well in the ratings - until the final show when son-in-law Kanye West was a guest and showed off baby pictures of his daughter North, now 12 months.
Cicha told The Hollywood Reporter: "It wasn't a disaster in the ratings."
The executive went on to explain 'Kris' didn't fit well with the station group's schedule and would have been expensive to produce.
He added: "When you added it up, it wasn't a show that made sense for us."

French Montana buys Khloé Kardashian £29k car


French Montana reportedly bought Khloé Kardashian a £29,000 car for her birthday.
The 29-year-old rapper - whose real name is Karim Kharbouch - went all out for the reality TV star's special occasion yesterday (26.06.14) and gifted her a swanky white Jeep in celebration of her turning 30.
The pair, who have reportedly been dating since April, appeared smitten with each other as they marked the milestone with a lavish party at the upmarket Don Coqui restaurant in The Bronx, New York City.
At 1am, French led the brunette beauty, whose actual birthday falls on June 27, into the restaurant car park, where her new Wrangler Sahara Jeep awaited her, according to the MailOnline.
Khloé's friends and family - including sisters Kim, Kourtney, Kendall and Kylie - stood on the steps outside as they watched the star accept her generous gift.
As well as a shiny new car, Khloé was also treated to a three-tier white cake, which was complete with three huge firework candles and a gorgeous gold bow.
Taking to her Instagram account last night the stunner posted a picture of her blowing out the candles, which she accompanied with the cryptic caption: "I couldn't help but wish for a couple of forevers."
Meanwhile, Khloé's mother Kris Jenner recently claimed the 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star and French were nothing more than good "friends".
Khloé filed for divorce from her ex-husband Lamar Odom in December after four years of marriage following rumours he was addicted to cocaine and cheated on her multiple times.

Seth MacFarlane will donate up $1m to Reading Rainbow campaign


Seth MacFarlane will donate up to $1 million to the 'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter.
The 'Family Guy' creator has thrown his support behind the campaign, which looks to make the educational reading show accessible to all children, and the show's host LeVar Burton has thanked his generous friend.
In a special video, he said: "Seth, this donation is going to help us ensure that this next generation is indeed a generation that loves to read.
"And that's no small thing. You've got deep pockets, baby. But you've got an even bigger heart."
LeVar hosted the show until its cancellation in 2006, and launched a tablet app inspired by the show in 2012 - but he has admitted it's not a format accessible to everyone.
He is trying to raise $5 million and has promised the show will be in 7,500 classrooms for free and as it nears it's goal, Seth has promised to match all donations - up to $1 million - pledged between Thursday (26.06.14) and July 2.
LeVar wrote on the Kickstarter page: "Before you start calling your friends and spreading the word, please help me thank my friend, Seth, for his amazing generosity.
"With his help, we can make an even bigger difference for an entire generation of kids. That's just huge."