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Zayn Malik forced to help with wedding plans


Zayn Malik is being forced to help plan his wedding.
The One Direction hunk got engaged to Perrie Edwards five months ago and the Little Mix singer says he tried to "get out" of organising their nuptials by saying she could make all the decisions, but she has insisted he do some of the work too.
Perrie said: "He tried to get out of it. He said, 'You know what? The wedding, it's all about the lady.' He went, 'Honestly, it's your day. You're the princess. You go all out and then just let me know what you want.
"I went 'You're not getting out of it that easy, love. You're planning it with me, thank you very much.' He thought he was clever, but no, I'm one step ahead."
The 20-year-old singer joked her stunning diamond ring is the "best part" of being engaged, before admitting she loves the fact she can settle down with Zayn "forever".
Asked the best part of being engaged, she told MTV News:"The rock...isn't that the best part? When everyone is like 'Wow'.
" No I was joking...just knowing that I'm going to be with someone that I love forever."
While the couple haven't yet set a wedding date, Zayn's mother, Trisha Malik, recently said she expects them to tie the knot later this year.
Speaking in December she said: ''Perrie is a lovely girl and I get on really well with her.
"They're thinking of the end of next year, although no date has yet been set yet.
"If they have children I wouldn't like to be so far away from them. I would really like to still be part of their lives."

Elizabeth McGovern releases new music video

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Davina McCall collapses during Sport Relief triathlon


Davina McCall collapsed after completing a 1.5 mile swim for Sport Relief today (10.02.14).
The 46-year-old TV presenter is in the midst of a gruelling 500 mile triathlon for the charity - which will see her cycling, running and swimming from Edinburgh to London - and she had to be carried back to dry land after the scary incident while swimming the length of Lake Windermere.
Thankfully, the 'Got to Dance' host - who has now begun cycling in the next stage of her challenge - recovered quickly with the help of a hot beverage and some food.
She tweeted after: "I'm ok. That was hairy. Thank you for all your support. (sic)"
Davina added to BBC News: "The moment I got in the water my chest felt crushed. I couldn't do front crawl, I couldn't put my head under water, I couldn't breathe.
"I kept trying to lift my arm to swim, trying to pull the crawl out of the bag, but I couldn't even get it up. I ended up doing doggy paddle!
"Although I'm shattered I never felt unsafe, I'm in the best possible hands."
The 46-year-old star began her seven-day challenge on Saturday (08.02.14) and caused concern when she exhibited signs of hypothermia after braving freezing temperatures.
A Sport Relief spokesperson said Davina was "undergoing a medical assessment after suffering suspected signs of hypothermia", however, she was later cleared to continue the triathlon.

Semi Precious Weapons to release third album


Semi Precious Weapons have reassured fans their third album 'Aviation' will be released this year.
The Los Angeles rock band experienced "record label drama" but are now managed by RedZone Records, run by famous producer Tricky Stewart, who is known for his work with Beyonce, Rihanna and Frank Ocean.
Frontman Justin Tranter told BANG Showbiz: "Sadly the album was pushed back because of stereotypical label bulls**t. The label drama is over and the album finally comes out at the end of April."
The record 'Aviation' is the follow-up to the band's second album 'You Love You', which came out in 2010, and is hoped to be released in the UK in May following the US date.
Justin, 33, joked: "The fans are angry, I get tweets every day, they're gonna f***ing kill me if I don't put something out."
The glamorous rock band - also made up of Dan Crean, Stevy Pyne and Cole Whittle - say their goal for the new record was to simply write the best songs they could and they plan to tour after its release with a number of US and UK gigs.
Justin continued: "The UK fans are great, they're so passionate, and they actually love the music and not just the aesthetic.
"We're hoping to get back this summer, or maybe even late spring. "We have had such great experiences with the UK. It was a pretty surreal moment when Kate Moss came to one of our gigs. She couldn't have been sweeter, she loves the band and looked so gorgeous, I wanted to poke my eyes out."
Semi Precious Weapons are also famous for being pals with Lady Gaga, who was their opening act before she become one of the world's biggest stars.
Justin added: "Gaga is the hardest working woman on the planet. Even with how crazy her life is we still check in with each other a couple of times a month.
"If you go out in public with Gaga, you have a great f**king time but you can't really talk. When we do hang out now, it's in private, where we can enjoy each other's company."
The new album from Semi Precious Weapons, 'Aviation', will be released on April 8 in the US.

Busta Rhymes to perform at Bestival 2014


Busta Rhymes is set to perform at Bestival this year.
The hip-hop star will mark his first appearance at a UK festival this September when he joins the main stage line-up at the event, which takes place in the Isle of Wight, England.
Festival organiser Rob da Bank said: "Woo hah people! Yes it's true, Busta Rhymes has got you all in check and he's coming to Bestival for his first ever UK festi appearance!
"I'm such a Busta fan and it's amazing not just to see him back in the charts with another banger with 'Thank You' but also to know he's getting on the ferry and bringing it to Bestival!"
The 41-year-old rapper - who has been nominated for 11 Grammy awards in the past - will be playing some unreleased material ahead of the launch of his forthcoming album 'Extinction Level Event 2'.
Busta will play his set in the slot before the headliners, but it has not yet been announced what day he will be performing.
Meanwhile, OutKast have been named as the first headliners for this year's themed Desert Island Disco event, with Foals, Beck, Disclosure, Laura Mvula, Major Lazer and London Grammar also taking to the stage over the weekend.
More acts are due to be announced in coming months.
Bestival will take place between September 4-7.


Marco Pierre White: Culinary TV market isn’t ‘saturated’


Marco Pierre White doesn't think the British public will ever tire of food-based TV programming.
The celebrity chef says the popularity of shows like 'The Great British Bake Off' and 'MasterChef' stems from the nation's love of good food and he is confident the trend will continue in the future.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "The British love to cook, they love to bake, they love to garden. It's natural. I don't think the food TV show market is becoming saturated at all, the figures would be dropping and the best TV shows about food aren't. The reason why there's more and more is because it's what the public demand, it's what the public want!"
Marco is due to return to our TV screens with his new pet project, a journey of culinary discovery across France, which sees him sampling the country's best Michelin-starred dishes.
He explained: "I'm working on a new production which is almost complete. I'm going to France, going to all the great restaurants that I never went to as a child. I never dined in a Michelin star restaurant as a child, it's something I never did."
Marco Pierre White and David Walliams have joined the judging panel for the Walkers' Do Us A Flavour competition, asking Brits to suggest a great new crisp flavour with one lucky person winning £1 million.
The world-famous chef said of his new friend: "David's a nice man. He's the perfect person to be a judge for the Walkers competition, because it's fun, which he represents. He's also very intelligent and will understand how to dissect the balance of flavours."
Marco and David will choose six finalists' flavour combinations to be developed by Walkers and sold nationwide for everyone to try, with the public then voting for their favourite to win. To enter go to walkers.co.uk before 5th March 2014.

ITV orders new series of Lewis


ITV has commissioned a new series of 'Lewis'.
The hit detective drama starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox will return for an eighth series of six, 60-minute episodes, with production due to begin in March.
The detective duo will once again investigate crimes such as grisly murders in the idyllic town of Oxford, but Laurence's James Hathaway has now been promoted to inspector and must coax Kevin's Robert Lewis out of retirement to solve the mysteries at hand.
ITV's director of drama Steve November said in a statement: "Viewers have a great deal of respect for Inspector Lewis and a huge loyalty to Kevin Whately. Together with Laurence, he has forged a formidable partnership and we're delighted to have them back on ITV."
Executive producer Michele Buck added: "'Lewis' has a special place in the hearts of the ITV audience. Each story is intriguing and complex and viewers relish the fine writing, acting and excellent production values.
"We're delighted ITV have commissioned series eight of Lewis. Since we started producing the series in 2006, 'Lewis' has achieved a reputation for thought provoking stories and we're determined to continue to set high standards."
Joining Kevin and Laurence, Clare Holman will reprise her role as forensic pathologist Laura Hobson and Rebecca Front is back as Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is fascinated with wealth


Leonardo DiCaprio has "always been fascinated with wealth in America".
The 39-year-old actor was born and raised in Los Angeles and his mother, Irmelin - who divorced his father George DiCaprio when he was young - worked several jobs to support them.
He admits he was intrigued by the "other side of the spectrum" and recent films he's done including 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 2013's 'The Great Gatsby' are about the "corruption" of the American dream.
Quizzed on his recent films, he told collider.com: "The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, its been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream. Coming from where I was brought up, I went to a school in Beverly Hills and I always looked at the other side of the spectrum. Its been a fascination of mine, for a long period of time."
DiCaprio stars as corrupt stockbroker Jordan Belfort who engaged in securities fraud and corruption on Wall Street in Martin Scorsese's latest film and he was keen to take on roles like this following the "economic downfall" in 2008.
The Hollywood hunk explained: "Certainly since 2008 and what happened with the economic downfall, [The Wolf of Wall Street] in particular, and this element of our very culture, was something that I wanted to put up on the screen."
DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby in the latest adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, and his character is an archetype of self-made American men seeking to join high society.
He thinks Gatsby and Belfort both have a number of similarities as they've both "recreated" themselves but insists they are driven by different motivations.
He added: "They both come from the underworld. They recreate themselves. But, putting this culture up on the screen is something I've been wanting to do, for a long time. Jordan is the antithesis of Gatsby. His motivations come from a reptilian part of his brain, whereas Gatsby is doing it all for love.
"Those are two entirely different motivations. But since 2008, I felt we needed to explore the darker nature of humanity with these character who have complete disregard for anyone except themselves, and their own greed and lust for power."

George MacKay celebrated sex scene with hug


George MacKay and his 'How I Live Now' co-star and crew celebrated filming their first sex scene with a hug.
The 21-year-old actor stars as Eddie who falls in love with Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) in 2013's drama, and although it wasn't awkward filming the intimate scene he admitted he shared a celebratory hug with his screen love interest and Director of Photography, Franz Lustig, after shooting the scene.
Talking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, MacKay explained: "It was one of those things that was just there and made sense for the story. And for the DP Franz [Lustig], it was his first sex scene he'd filmed so we all had a hug at the end of it all, going 'Now that we've all done our first sex scene together'.
"It was a couple of takes but it wasn't bad or anything."
'How I Live Now' tells the controversial story of two cousins who fall in love and although MacKay admits initially this can be seen as "shocking" he views it as a "love story" and the element of "forbidden love" adds to the plot.
The BAFTA-nominated actor said: "Maybe the idea of that at first might be more shocking but when you understand within reading the book or reading the script as it happens, it just feels ... justified is the wrong word because therefore ... there might be some people who think it's wrong beforehand, but it didn't really phase me to be honest.
"It seemed right that these two people fell in love and that they wanted to be with each other and they needed to be with each other. The fact that they were cousins, in some ways, added a dynamic of forbidden love."
'How I Live Now' is available on Blu-ray & DVD 10th February, courtesy of eOne Home Entertainment.

Terry Gillam’s Don Quixote to begin in September


Terry Gilliam's 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' will begin shooting later this year.
'The Zero Theorem' director will finally bring Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel to the big screen and filming is due to take place from September 29 in the Canary Islands, reports Empire.com.
The film has been a long time coming for the director who faced a series of challenges during previous attempts at making the picture including a number of injuries and financial restraints.
Gilliam said: "I'm hoping it's the lucky 11. We keep rewriting the script each time, too, so it's a slightly different film each time. It's the same film but the details change."
The 73-year-old director admits making the film didn't come without some sacrifices which included a decent budget for wardrobe.
He added: "Maybe it's better, it's certainly slightly smaller to fit into the new clothing we wear, which are cheap clothes these days."
Despite the challenges Gillam refused to give up, and although he won't begin helming the project until after he's completed opera, 'Benvenuto Cellini' he is itching to begin shooting.
He said: "It's obsessive ... desperate ... pathetic ... foolish. It's this growth, this tumour that's become part of my system that has to get out if I'm to survive."