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Louis Tomlinson to buy football club


Louis Tomlinson is in talks to buy his hometown football club Doncaster Rovers.
The One Direction singer, 22, who is a life-long fan of the team and played for the reserves in February, is reportedly setting up a trust with former owner John Ryan and is bidding to become co-chairman to help the struggling club.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "This is his passion project - and it will happen. He's putting everything into it because of his love for the side.
"John is the business brains. He's incredibly experienced and Louis is learning so much from him.
"They want the deal to go through by July in time for the start of the new season. It's at an advanced stage."
John, a multi-millionaire, already has a quarter share in the club and previously sold it to a group called Keepmoat but plans to become co-chairman with Louis, who would be the first pop star to own a football club since Elton John bought Watford in 1976.
Meanwhile, Louis, who was born in Doncaster in South Yorkshire, appeared in a controversial video this week appearing to smoke a joint with band mate Zayn Malik while on tour in Peru and he is reportedly worried the scandal could affect his chances of securing the club.
The source explained: "The timing of the Peru video has really upset him because he doesn't want anything to jeopardise the deal, which is very commercially sensitive and worth a seven-figure sum."
Louis drew an extra 2,000 fans to the Keepmoat Stadium when he played for the reserves and the Rovers hope the star could attract new investors after the team was relegated from the Championship to League One.
The insider added: "He and John have very ambitious plans for the club. They want to get back to the Championship within a year, and into the Premiership within three years."

Nicole Scherzinger house-hunting in London


Nicole Scherzinger is looking for a new home in London.
The former 'X Factor' judge, whose boyfriend Lewis Hamilton lives in Monaco, reportedly went house-hunting on Wednesday (28.05.14) in West London after deciding to relocate full time to the UK from Los Angeles.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Nicole loves England and has obviously spent a lot of time in the capital over the past five years or so.
"She had a series of viewings earlier in the week, looking at multimillion-pound homes in Notting Hill and Westbourne Grove.
"Her main prerequisites are lots of space, privacy and a gym.
"She will keep her home in the Hollywood Hills, but wants to move over here at the end of the summer ahead of her album release.
"It's also ideal for Lewis because he won't have to crash in impersonal hotels every time he comes to London. He is obviously really keen for her to make the move."
Meanwhile, the 35-year-old star, who has been dating Lewis, 29, on and off since 2007, is currently in the UK promoting her new single 'Your Love', the first song to be released since she signed to Sony earlier this year.
The track, which is out on July 13, gives fans an insight into her personal relationship with the racing driver.
The lyrics include: "Something about you so enticing/Even when I try and fight it knock me out like Mike Tyson/I'll do whatever you want, and I'm never letting you go baby/I love you so baby... "

Kimberley Walsh won’t ask fans for gifts


Kimberley Walsh won't be putting her baby registry online.
The Girls Aloud singer has scoffed at the idea of publically asking her fans to buy her gifts, something celebrities like Lil' Kim have been known to do in the past.
Quizzed whether she would consider it, she laughed: "Definitely not!"
The 32-year-old star is expecting her first child with her boyfriend of over 10 years, Justin Scott, and despite not wanting her fans to spend their money on her, she is expecting be inundated with presents from well-wishers when the baby arrives this autumn.
Kimberley exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I haven't [received any gifts yet] because I haven't been as busy or doing things where the fans can come and find me. No doubt when I do have the baby, I'm going to get an onslaught of baby gifts.
"Even when my sister had her first child, they bought her loads of things. I'm sure there'll be plenty of Girls Aloud baby gros on the way to me soon! The fans are really excited."
The 'Untouchable' singer is loving her pregnancy so far, especially since Justin has been spoiling her rotten and slipping her extra bits of chilli-infused food.
She said: "You do definitely get special treatment. He's turned into a bit of a feeder. He always makes me a bit of extra food - supposedly for the baby, but really it's just an excuse!
"I've been obsessed with chilli. I was putting chilli oil on every single thing that I ate, but that's passed a little bit now. I think I've levelled out a lot over the last few weeks, I'm feeling a little bit more like myself really. I'm not quite so hungry!"
The pair have been making sure to spend some quality time together before their family gets bigger.
Kimberley added: "We went to New York for a few days to spend a bit of time together before our new arrival comes. It was nice to spend some quality time together and make the most of our freedom while we've still got it."
Kimberley's new duet with Alistair Griffin, 'The Road', will be released on June 30 through Elbow Grease Records. The video for the single can be seen on Youtube.com and Alistair releases his new album 'From Nowhere' on July 7.

Ozzy Osbourne: Sharon kept me alive


Ozzy Osbourne would have died without Sharon Osbourne.
The 65-year-old rocker has credited his wife for helping him turn his life around after battles with drug and alcohol addiction, admitting he probably wouldn't have survived without her support.
Quizzed where he would be without Sharon, he said: "Not here, that's for sure. I probably should have died years ago but she just wouldn't have it."
The Black Sabbath star also opened up about his various addictions over the years, claiming his addiction to cigarettes was worse than taking drugs and alcohol.
He explained: "I honestly do think that if they discovered tobacco today, then it would be right next to heroin. I mean, I haven't smoked for quite a while now but it was one of the most addictive substances that I ever put in my body. Even if I had a cold, chest infection, pneumonia, I'd still smoke. It's a miracle that I stopped."
As well as getting clean, Ozzy has decided to overhaul his diet and is currently enjoying baked vegetables for his daily meals.
He told Q magazine: "I'm on this baked vegetable diet right now. I've only been doing it for a week or two, so it's not really a life-changing thing. I don't have meat on a Friday, and pizza on a Wednesday, and all this. If I like something I'll eat nothing but that for a month. Then I get sick and tired of it and I'll eat something else."

Richie Sambora struggles to stay sober


Richie Sambora still struggles "all the time" to stay sober.
The former Bon Jovi rocker, who has reportedly been to rehab at least three times, opened up about his addiction to drugs and alcohol before performing his new song, 'Lighthouse,' at an anti-drug forum at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, New Jersey.
He said: "For me, it was not only a mental thing, but a physical thing. And it's also ongoing -- I still work at it all the time. I don't think that you stop."
The 54-year-old guitarist feels very lucky to be alive as "nine or 10 guys" he performed with in the past have died of heroin overdoses, but insisted he has never sampled the class-A drug, according to The Asbury Park Press.
He said: "The music business has its pitfalls, and I was lucky enough to survive, and be alive."
He added: "But obviously I did a lot of other stuff, and now I'm cleared up and all is good."
Richie, who says he has "had a charmed life," hopes his new track will serve as a "beacon of light" for anyone else struggling with an addiction.
He said: "I want to do something optimistic that was a beacon of light, a beacon of hope.
"People get to a point where they get overwhelmed and they drown in their doubt and that's when they're most vulnerable and that's when you let your faith shine like a lighthouse."

Kanye West cuts short his honeymoon?


Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West cut short their honeymoon to fly to Prague early on Thursday (29.05.14).
The couple, who got married in Florence, Italy last Saturday (24.05.14), reportedly jetted out of Ireland 48-hours ahead of schedule via private jet after enjoying five days in the countryside, during which they went hiking, mountain-biking and made two trips to the cinema.
A source told the Irish Independent newspaper that the duo, whose 11-month-old daughter North West is being looked after by her grandmother Kris Jenner in Los Angeles, departed Cork Airport shortly after noon because they made "a last-minute decision to attend a social event abroad."
Local police kept fans and photographers "some distance away from the embarkation area" and their plane took off approximately 15 minutes after they boarded.
The duo, who are travelling with four bodyguards and personal assistants, managed to stay under the radar for most of their time in Ireland, where they rented luxurious private estates in Cork, Limerick and Laois.
An insider told E! News: "It was just a totally different part of the world that they had never experienced. They were engrossed in the environment and they enjoyed being able to escape."
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star, 33, and the 'New Slaves' hitmaker, 36, were spotted arriving in the Czech Republic on Thursday afternoon, ahead of his stylist's wedding on Saturday (31.05.14).

Jessica Alba doesn’t listen to her daughters


Jessica Alba admits she doesn't always listen to her children's opinions.
The 33-year-old actress, who has daughters Honor, five, and Haven, two, with husband Cash Warren, refuses to let them have an input when it comes to their holiday plans because she thinks it would result in "the worst vacation ever."
The 'Sin City' star told PEOPLE.com: "I do not listen to my kids' opinions. When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go. Until then, Mom and Dad are in charge. It would be Disneyland every day -- that would be the worst vacation ever!"
The brunette beauty is looking forward to taking the girls to the south of France this summer, where her mother-in-law has a house.
Jessica said: "There's so much lavender and greenery, she has a couple acres out there so the kids run around and it's really nice living that country lifestyle for a little bit."
The actress, who also runs her own eco-friendly brand The Honest Company, hates being away from her daughters when she has to work.
She said: "It sucks. I want to just be home. I just try to do the best I can and try to surround them with love and support when I can't be there. It's tough because you obviously want to be home with them, but it's also important that we're here at the company."

Angelina Jolie’s kids have healed her


Angelina Jolie says her family have "helped to heal" her.
The 'Maleficent' star, who has six children, Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, seven, and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with fiancé Brad Pitt, admits she has gone through very "dark" times in the past, but credits them for enabling her to open up again.
The 38-year-old actress told E! News she can relate to her character in the movie, explaining: "I understood that journey. I've been dark, I've been hurt, I've gone walls up, angry and changed, and then children have softened me and opened me up again, and made me remember all those wonderful things and they've helped to heal me."
She added: "Our friends can do that, our loves can do that and our children do that, so it's a wonderful thing."
The 38-year-old actress has gone through some tough times over the years.
The brunette beauty underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carried the BRCA gene, a mutation that puts a person at higher risk for breast and ovarian cancer, last year because she was left devastated by the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, from ovarian cancer in 2007.
Angelina also revealed in 2010 that she used to self-harm and cut herself because she felt her life was empty before she became a mother.
She explained at the time: "I used to cut myself or jump out of airplanes, trying to find something new to push up against because sometimes everything else felt too easy.
"I was searching for something deeper, something more. I tried everything. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren't there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in."

Busy Philipps is nothing like Gwyneth Paltrow


Busy Philipps has "a different reality" to Gwyneth Paltrow.
The 'Cougar Town' actress, who has daughters Birdie, five, and 10-month-old Cricket with husband Marc Silverstein, doesn't agree with the 'Iron Man 3' star's recent claims that Hollywood mothers have a "harder" time than most and feels very lucky to get a lot of time off.
Asked about Gwyneth's controversial comments, the 34-year-old star told the 'HuffPost Live' on Thursday (29.05.14): "God bless her, she really just says what she feels. That's her reality. That's her truth. It's just not mine. I have a different reality and a different truth."
She added: "Being a working mom, I've got it made. I'm on a TV show where my hiatus is [my kids'] summer, so I'm free to be with them in the summer time. I'm able to afford full-time help because of what I do. My husband also works, and my nanny makes my life doable and so easy.
"I feel like, for me, I have nothing to complain about in that regard...I don't ever feel like I have to stop myself from complaining about how hard it is to be an actress. I mean, it's not that hard."
Mother-of-six Angelina Jolie recently blasted her peers and said they "shouldn't complain" about how hard their lives are because they have "much more support than most people."

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