Tuesday 30 December 2014

EASTENDERS SPOILER: Guilty conscience? Lauren and Peter take teary trip to Lucy's grave





AS THE search for Lucy's killer begins to hot up, Lauren Branning and Peter Beale take an emotional visit to her grave.


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'It’s really not easy!' Katie Piper opens up about motherhood and baby Belle





SHE gave birth to her first child in March, and Katie Piper had admitted that she underestimated just how hard the job would be .


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Sheryl Lee: Blood disease almost cost me my acting career





TWIN PEAKS actress Sheryl Lee talks about her battle against neutropenia


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New Year, new you! Follow our tips to get your body back on track in 2015





If you overdid the festive celebrations our writer has some great ideas for giving your digestive system a break


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Another day, another topless sunbathing session! Heidi Klum bares all AGAIN in St. Barths





LOOKS like Heidi Klum is keen to get a flawless tan while on holiday in St. Barths.


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Feeling the chill? Melanie Griffith wraps up warm as she runs errands in Aspen





IT MAY be cold in Aspen, but Melanie Griffith was certainly prepared for the freezing weather.


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Catherine Zeta-Jones shares family snaps as she and Michael Douglas ski in the Alps





WHILE many celebrities have opted for a festive getaway to Barbados, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas decided to head to the French Alps.


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Honestly Healthy recipes: Chocolate chip cookies, raw blueberry and cashew coconut bars





WHO said there's no such thing as a nourishing treat? Victoria Beckham's favourite food brand Honestly Healthy have teamed up with LG to create tasty recipes you can try this Christmas


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Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies

LONDON (AP) " Luise Rainer, a star of cinema's golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career, has died. She was 104.Rainer's daughter, Francesca Knittel-Bowyer, told The Associated...


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New Year... New... Hair... Cut????!!! #ClearTheShoulders





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Rhythm and Vines' fire-breathing show

A fire-breathing stage stole the show as the three-day Rhythm and Vines music festival kicked off last night.About 17,000 people attended the opening night.They were wowed by the Arcadia Afterburner stage, which travelled to Gisborne...


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The year's most pirated films

It is a title no movie wants but the list of the most pirated films of the year has been released. Headed by a film about a corrupt Wall Street stockbroker, and containing a few surprises, the list shows the film industry's war...


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The Big Read: Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl has unveiled his most ambitious Foo Fighters project yet, a multi-media musical road trip across the US. But he still has to cook breakfast for his kids. He talks to Chris Schulz. Dave Grohl, one of the world's bigge...


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Football was my life saver: Footballer speaks about his heart condition





AS a professional player, it’s fair to say football has so far been the focus of Peter Murphy’s life.


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The power of dance: 'Dance helped me get back on my feet after gun attack'





LAUREN SPENCER tells how her emotional scars were healed by hobby after a terrifying attempt on her life.


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Fascinating facts: 30 years of mobile phones in the UK





IT IS 30 years since Britain’s first mobile telephone call, made using a cumbersome hand set and a battery the size of a house brick.


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Breathing and stomach issues: Doctor Rosemary Leonard answers your medical queries





GETTING to the heart of medical matters


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SPOILER ALERT: Is it an ender for Nick Cotton as Phil Mitchell seeks his revenge?





THEY have been soap arch-enemies for as long as TV fans can remember and by the looks of it there is still no love lost between Nick Cotton and Phil Mitchell.


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Katie Holmes reveals what she would tell her 20-year-old self and why she champions women





KATIE Holmes has revealed despite experiencing a whirlwind of change in her personal life over the past couple of years she has managed to stay on top of her emotions.


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Alan Davies: Soaps have killed off British sit-coms





ONE MAN who certainly didn’t sit down to the Eastenders Christmas special is Alan Davies who has hit out at the concept of soap operas.


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No more corpses? New series of Broadchurch to move away from it's murder mystery roots





IT UNEXPECTEDLY became one of the most popular TV dramas of 2013 after pulling in millions of viewers, and the second series of Broadchurch is set to be even better.


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How 'The Interview's' VOD grosses could change the game

LOS ANGELES (AP) " Sony appears to have a win-win with "The Interview." Not only did the studio score a moral victory by releasing the film in the face of terrorist threats, the movie made at least $15 million from more than 2 million...


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PSN down: PS4 suffering Intermittent Connectivity problems





SONY have confirmed that the Playstation 4 is currently suffering Intermittent Connectivity problems with the Playstation Network.


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Monday 29 December 2014

Best of the Blogs: Karl Puschmann: No Friends of mine

Karl Puschmann reminisces on Friends unstoppable twenty year reign of G-rated ubiquity. Twenty years ago, one of the most cheesy, schmaltzy, overrated sitcoms ever to hit television screened for the first time. It was, of cours...


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Man charged with drunk driving in crash with JLo

LOS ANGELES (AP) " A Las Vegas man has been charged with drunk driving after he crashed into Jennifer Lopez's Rolls Royce, which she was driving in Malibu, California.Los Angeles County prosecutors said in a statement Monday that...


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Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at racism row in Top Gear special

Jeremy Clarkson has once again become embroiled in controversy after appearing to poke fun at the "slope" racism row on the Top Gear Christmas special.The 54-year-old appeared to mock the decision by the UK broadcasting watchdog...


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Man found drunk driving in Jennifer Lopez crash

LOS ANGELES (AP) " A Las Vegas man has been charged with crashing into Jennifer Lopez's Rolls Royce in Malibu, California, while drunk.Los Angeles County prosecutors said in a statement Monday that 53-year-old Robert John Reitz...


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Calls for TV sets that block BBC channels in fight over licence fees





CABINET ministers wanted to bring in TV sets that could block the BBC after rows with the corporation over licence fees and Left-wing “bias”.


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The most pirated movies of 2014 REVEALED





THE top 20 most illegally downloaded movies have been revealed, with Frozen, The Wolf of Wall Street and Gravity topping the list.


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Hitting the sales? Melanie Sykes goes shopping after 3-day detox and pampering session





FOLLOWING her stint in the I'm A Celebrity jungle it seems Melanie Sykes is adjusting back to life in the capital.


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'It's changed my life' Caroline Flack reveals she's looking for new career after Strictly





STRICTLY Come Dancing winner Caroline Flack has revealed her time on the show has made her want to pursue a stage career.


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Hollywood's biggest scandals of 2014

From the obscene and offensive to the downright bizarre, Hollywood has once again provided us with some of the biggest headlines of the year. In no particular order, here's what got us talking this year.
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Celeb birthdays for the week of Jan. 4-10

Jan. 4: Actress Dyan Cannon is 76. Country singer Kathy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 60. Guitarist Bernard Sumner of New Order (and Joy Division) is 59. Actress Ann Magnuson ("Anything but Love") is 59. Country singer Patty...


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Paul McCartney to bid for Beatles catalogue 30 years after losing it to Michael Jackson





SIR Paul McCartney may be set to bid for The Beatles catalogue he lost out on 30 years ago when he was outbid by Michael Jackson.


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What got Tinseltown in a tizzy

January: Justin Bieber arrested Oh how the baby-faced and self-entitled have fallen. Justin Bieber found himself in a spot of bother early this year when he took part in an illegal drag race - in his yellow Lamborghini.When the...


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Tattoo you: Pua Magasiva and KJ Apa

Their on-screen characters on Shortland Street do not have much to do with each other, but off-screen Pua Magasiva and KJ Apa like to talk ink.Both proudly wear tattoos inspired by their Samoan roots.Magasiva, who plays Vinnie,...


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How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint

NEW YORK (AP) " Talk about suffering for your art.Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in "Mr. Turner" took so much out of Timothy Spall, the veteran actor found himself kneeling...


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The new Samsung Smart TV app that will bring Playstation's top titles to your set





SAMSUNG TV owners are set to receive a new upgrade to their sets that will give them access to Playstation 3 games.


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Woman, 34, beats cervical cancer by ignoring doctors advice and rejecting a hysterectomy





PRETTY Naomi Orme defied medics when she was given her cancer diagnosis


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How to help your garden birds this winter





WHETHER there is snow on the ground, heavy frosts or storms and flooding, winter is a tough time for garden birds to find enough food to survive each day.


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