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Kim Kardashian, Beyonce named most powerful moms


Kim Kardashian, Beyonce and Victoria Beckham have been named among the 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2014.
The trio, along with other famous faces including Christina Aguilera, Kerry Washington, Shakira, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Sandra Bullock, have been recognised by Working Mother magazine in their annual list as parents who "inspire us to keep striving for bigger and better."
The publication selected mothers across eight categories, Entertainment/Literature, Fashion/Tastemakers, Finance/Business, News/Advertising, Politics, Retail/Manufacturing, Philanthropy and Tech/Science, and recognises those who "have demonstrated the talent, business acumen, innovative spirit and sheer guts to make a formidable impact on the world in so many compelling ways."
Jennifer Owens, the editorial director of Working Mother Media, said the "formidable" group of women on the list are prime examples of people being able to juggle their careers with family life.
She said: "The 2014 list of 'Most Powerful Moms' is a formidable group of women who manage to balance high-octane careers with caring for their families. From tastemakers to titans, these moms are a thriving group of women who revel in the payoff of integrating their work and motherhood lives."

Andy Buckley joins Jurassic World

Andy Buckley has joined the cast of 'Jurassic World'. The 'Office' actor joins Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Irrfan Khan and Vincent D'Onofrio in the action-adventure, though details of his character are not yet known, reports Variety.com. The mo...

Spring Breakers sequel in the works


A sequel to the 'Spring Breakers' is in the works.
Wild Bunch productions will launch 'Spring Breakers: The Second Coming', which will follow "the Spring Breakers who do battle with an extreme militants Christian sect that attempts to convert them", reports screendaily.com.
The original comedy starred Vanessa Hudgens, 25, Selena Gomez, 21, and Ashley Benson, 24, who play young wreckless teenagers and the follow-up will "allude" to their characters.
Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval said: "It's not a direct sequel although there are allusions to some of the characters in the original."
Irvine Welsh has written the screenplay and 'Horsemen' director Jonus Akerlund will helm the project.
'Spring Breakers' was directed by Harmony Korine who had missed out on what he saw as opportunities for hedonistic pursuits as he'd been devoted to skateboarding in his youth.
The film received positive reviews from critics and proved to be a commercial success as it grossed $31 million worldwide.
It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2012 before being released internationally.

Metallica join Kerrang! Award nominees


Metallica, You Me At Six and Paramore are among the nominees for this year's Kerrang! Awards.
Surrey rockers You Me At Six are up for five gongs for Best Single, Best Album, Best British Band, Best Live Band and Hottest Male, for guitarist Max Helyer, after their album 'Cavalier Youth' hit the number one spot.
Metallica, who are rumoured to be headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival, have been nominated for Best International Band and Best Film for 'Through The Never', while Paramore are up for Best Live Band and Best Event for Parahoy!
The acts join Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds To Mars, Green Day and 5 Seconds of Summer in a number of categories.
Kerrang! Editor James McMahon said: "This is the third Relentless Kerrang! Awards I've presided over now, and I don't think I've been quite this excited before.
"There are bands nominated I love, legends lined up that I respect, and the party itself will contain some unforgettable surprises.
"It's a testament to the strength and size of the rock scene right now that bands as diverse as 5 Seconds Of Summer and Behemoth, and Baby Godzilla and You Me At Six can galvanise a community to vote in their thousands."
He added: "Respect to Kerrang! readers for remaining the most loyal, passionate, cool-ass music fans on the planet. We hope our 2014 party does you justice."
The event takes place on Thursday, June 12 at London's Troxy.

Full nominations for the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2014..

Best British Newcomer presented by Sonisphere

Blitz Kids
Bury Tomorrow
Decade
Lonely The Brave
Neck Deep

Best International Newcomer presented by Troxy

5 Seconds Of Summer
Crossfaith
Issues
State Champs
We Came As Romans

Best Video presented by Kerrang! TV

30 Seconds To Mars - 'City Of Angels'
A Day To Remember - 'Right Back At It Again'
All Time Low - 'A Love Like War feat. Vic Fuentes'
Deaf Havana - 'Boston Square'
Falling In Reverse - 'Bad Girls Club'

Best Single presented by Kerrang! Radio

All Time Low - 'A Love Like War feat. Vic Fuentes'
My Chemical Romance - 'Fake Your Death'
Of Mice & Men - 'You're Not Alone'
We Are The In Crowd - 'The Best Thing (That Never Happened)'
You Me At Six - 'Fresh Start Fever'

Best Album presented by Relentless Energy Drink

Architects - 'Lost Forever // Lost Together'
Avenged Sevenfold - 'Hail To The King'
Behemoth - 'The Satanist'
Tonight Alive - 'The Other Side'
You Me At Six - 'Cavalier Youth'

Best Live Band

Baby Godzilla
Bring Me The Horizon
letlive.
Paramore
You Me At Six

Best International Band

Avenged Sevenfold
Black Veil Brides
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Metallica

Best British Band

Asking Alexandria
Biffy Clyro
Bring Me The Horizon
Iron Maiden
You Me At Six

Best Event

Bury The Hatchet Tour - Falling In Reverse / Escape The Fate
Save Rock And Roll Tour - Fall Out Boy
House Party Alexandra Palace show - A Day To Remember
Parahoy! - Paramore
Save Our Venues - Arcane Roots / We Are The Ocean / Fearless Vampire Killers

Best TV Show

Breaking Bad
Game Of Thrones
Orange Is The New Black
True Detective
The Walking Dead

Best Video Game

Batman: Arkham Origins
Bioshock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
The Last Of Us
Luigi's Mansion 2

Best Film

Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Lego Movie
Metallica Through The Never

Best Comedian

Jarrod Alonge
Louis C.K.
Micky Flanagan
Steve Hughes
Zach Galifianakis

Tweeter of the Year

Gene Simmons
Gerard Way
Keith Buckley
Mark Hoppus
Pete Wentz

Hottest Female

Ash Costello - New Years Day
Jenna McDougall - Tonight Alive
Lzzy Hale - Halestorm
Tay Jardine - We Are The In Crowd
Taylor Momsen - The Pretty Reckless

Hottest Male

Alex Gaskarth - All Time Low
Andy Biersack - Black Veil Brides
Ben Bruce - Asking Alexandria
John Goblikon - Nekrogoblikon
Max Helyer - You Me At Six

Best Festival

Bloodstock Open Air
Download
Reading & Leeds
Slam Dunk
Vans Warped Tour

Ed Sheeran collaborated with Usher


Ed Sheeran collaborated with Usher after the pair bonded at a Passover dinner.
The 'Drunk' hitmaker, who is set to release his second album 'x' next month, met the star during the Jewish holiday, which runs between April 14 and April 22 and they quickly hit it off and decided to record a song together.
Ed told DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1: "I was at a Passover dinner and sat next to Usher, it was quite random.
"I met him once before, but never enough to be like 'Yo what's up man?' but he went over to me with his phone and he's like 'Yo check it out' and he downloaded 'Sing'.
"And he was like 'Yo, man, do you want to get in the studio sometime?' and I was like 'Yes, Usher, I would love to get into the studio sometime.'"
The 23-year-old singer-songwriter didn't hang around and sent Usher a text at 1am the day after with music ideas and soon found himself in the studio with Usher, Diplo and Skrillex.
He explained: "[Usher was] like, 'Yeah, we are just getting started. And I went down and we made this awesome song. I had this guitar idea on my phone it was literally just a voice note and I emailed it to Skrillex then he took it in sampled it and made a beat out of it, and then me and Usher just went back and forth on melody ideas and lyric ideas."
Ed confirmed the as-yet untitled collaboration will most likely appear on Usher's next album, which is due for release later this year.

Prince George’s secret ice-cream trip


Britain's Prince George enjoyed a secret ice-cream trip during his stay in New Zealand.
The youngest member of the royal family escaped to Frank Kitts Park, Wellington, to savour his first ice-cream with his Spanish nanny Maria Borrallo while his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were hard at work touring New Zealand last month.
The nine-month-old baby managed to avoid the cameras for a rare afternoon, no doubt a welcome break from being the centre of attention during his first official public outings.
The pair went completely unnoticed by passers-by, who missed George nibbling on his nanny's 99 Flake cone.
Barry Ludlow, the Mr Freeze ice cream van owner who served them the tasty treat, told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "There were plenty of people walking around the waterfront, there were children everywhere, but I don't think anyone saw them.
"They didn't look out of place at all."
Wellington's Mayor Celia Wade-Brown added: "I have heard rumours from people that the nanny and Prince George were out and about in the city and were seen places, and one of the rumours was that they were at Frank Kitts Park.
"I hope they enjoyed a chance to have some peace and quiet without being recognised by anyone."
George is currently resting at home after a hectic three weeks in Australia and New Zealand, where he was showered with attention from fans and photographed incessantly.

Russell Brand allows homeless friends to stay over


Russell Brand is letting homeless friends stay at his Los Angeles mansion.
The comedian and actor, who has been spending more time in London with girlfriend Jemima Khan, has stunned his pals with his generosity in allowing them to "chill out" at his lavish $3.4 million pad while he is away.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "It's keeping a roof over their heads, and they're good people who don't bother anyone so he doesn't see the harm.
"They just chill out and watch TV in the home cinema, or relax by the pool overlooking LA.
"They're never seen anything like it in their lives. They're in awe of Russell and his generosity."
The 38-year-old star's Beverly Hills mansion is just yards away from properties owned by Jennifer Aniston and Keanu Reeves but Russell makes sure his guests are supervised during their stay so that they don't annoy his celebrity neighbours.
The source continued: "Russell knows having his pals unsupervised would be pushing his luck, and probably his neighbours' patience.
"So he's got a friend of his from the charity he runs to stay over with them and make sure everything's in order. It's been working out fine."
In the past, the comedian, who is a former heroin addict, has given homeless people lifts in a car, taken them out for meals and handed out cash in the street.
He was also once seen helping a man riffle through a rubbish bin.

Rihanna’s star-studded party


Rihanna threw a star-studded party after the Met Gala on Monday (05.05.14).
The 'Diamonds' hitmaker changed from Stella McCartney crop top and full-length skirt into a revealing gold gown for the bash at New York nightspot Up & Down, where she joined revellers including Naomi Campbell, Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren, Bradley Cooper and girlfriend Suki Waterhouse, John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lupita N'Yongo in partying until 4am.
Designer Alexander Wang hired a party bus - complete with music, neon lights and a stripper pole - to take himself and guests including Kristen Wiig, Nicole Richie and Zoe Kravitz from the Metropolitan Museum to the party, and they had a great time on the journey.
A source told the New York Post newspaper: "Everybody was laughing and dancing as they piled in. Kristen was swaying with her friends around the pole to the music, while Nicole texted away on her cellphone."
On arriving at the bash, guests were greeted by Rihanna and handed D'usse cocktails and many flocked straight for the dancefloor, with Jermaine Dupri behind the DJ decks.
Anne Hathaway - who changed into jeans and a top for the party - was described as the life of the party, grinding with Calvin Klein creative director Francisco Costa while a circle formed around them, and later staging a dance off between herself, husband Adam Shulman, J. Crew president Jenna Lyons and her girlfriend Courtney Crangi.

Sir Paul McCartney almost drowned as a boy


Sir Paul McCartney nearly drowned in a lime pit as a boy.
The 71-year-old legend's brother, Mike McGear McCartney, revealed the pair of them are lucky to be alive after they "were clinging for their lives" in a ditch and is glad their screams were heard by neighbours who helped to save them.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We were screaming and clinging on for our lives. Eventually, a neighbour heard us. He pulled us out."
Mike admits that their dad, James 'Jim' McCartney, was not pleased when he found out but since they were visibly shaken he let them off.
He added: "We got a good hiding from our dad. It wasn't as bad as it could have been because he could see the shock."
Meanwhile, talking on the 'Kevin & Bean' show, Paul has insisted he likes talking about his Beatles heyday since it's like looking at a "scrapbook" full of fond memories.
He explained: "It's like kind of talking about your college days when you're kind of not at college anymore and there's quite a few years gone by. With the Beatles, so much what we did was incredible. And I can talk like that because it's over. It's like looking at scrapbook.
"There's so many great moments, that I actually like being reminded of them."

Anna Passey wants Best Villain soap award


Anna Passey wants to be crowned Best Villain at the British Soap Awards.
The 'Hollyoaks' beauty, who plays scheming Sienna Blake on the Channel 4 soap, is desperate to win her first ever gong at the London awards ceremony later this month.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: "I would absolutely love to win because I have never won an award. I was up for an NTA (National Television Awards), which was exciting but disappointing not to win.
"The fact I've got another go at it is great, especially in the villain category, because I absolutely love playing a villain."
The 28-year-old actress, who missed out on a Sexiest Female nomination, faces stiff competition from her own co-stars Greg Wood (Trevor Royle) and Jesse Birdsall (Fraser Black) in the Best Villain category and hopes Sienna' vulnerable side won't mean she isn't a top contender for the prize.
Anna - who joined the soap in 2012 - added: "I'm very excited. I was worried because Sienna's had her more vulnerable, softer side on screen.
"As she's such a complex character I wondered whether people would start to question whether she's actually a villain or not.
"I didn't expect to be shortlisted. But I'm not sure I have a chance against those two because they are mean men."
Fans can cast their votes ahead of the May 24 ceremony at britishsoapawards.tv.

Binky Felstead and Alex Mytton to ‘work things through’?


Binky Felstead and Alex Mytton are "trying to work things through".
The 'Made In Chelsea' co-stars were seen recently ending their six-month relationship after Alex was accused of cheating on Binky, but his former girlfriend has admitted things may not be over for good.
She told OK! magazine: "We are trying to work things through, yes, but it's very difficult ... We're going to see what happens."
The 23-year-old brunette, who was left devastated after they split in the last episode and had to be comforted by her mother, admitted it has been tough watching her problems play out on screen.
She said: "It's been horrible, I've been watching the show away from the other cast members because it's not easy seeing yourself like that.
"Before now, I'd never seen myself cry. So these past few weeks have been a real eye-opener. It's not been nice.
"I wish it was fake and scripted because this series has been quite a journey."
Binky - whose real name is Alexandra - also admitted her experiences have made her think twice about embarking on another televised romance.
She said: "It's not something I'd recommend. This is my first real emotional blowout and a lot of people are saying it's the most powerful series yet. I think that's because the emotions are so raw and real.
"I guess I'm glad that I'm able to contribute to the show - although I do kind of wish this wasn't my drama."

Woody Allen casts Emma Stone in next film

Woody Allen has cast Emma Stone in his next film. It seems the filmmaker has found a new muse in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' actress, approaching her for a role in his as yet untitled upcoming project before their current movie 'Magic in the Moonlight' h...