Stories written by Sonia Pantiss 
Teenage idol Justin Bieber has made a brief cameo in an episode of The Simpsons. The Simpsons episode, which has already aired in the US, also saw an appearance from the singer’s manager Scooter Braun. The episode is called The Fabulous Faker Boy and sees Marge encourage Bart to take piano lessons. Bart Simpson isn’t [...]
May 13 2013 | Posted in
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Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) was all about one woman on Sunday night – Olivia Colman. Special Award: Clare Balding Leading Actor: Ben Whishaw – Richard II (The Hollow Crown) Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax Sean Bean – Accused (‘Tracie’s Story’) Toby Jones – The Girl Leading Actress: Anne Reid [...]
May 13 2013 | Posted in
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Olivia Colman was the big winner at BAFTA Television Awards 2013, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve. Olivia Colman said of her win for Accused: “Turns out it does mean a lot. And I’m not going to cry.” BBC Olympic satire Twenty [...]

The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: Jase Robertson and his wife Missy posing for a photo on their wedding day Right: Twenty [...]
May 12 2013 | Posted in
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The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: Willie Robertson is all business in the front and party in the back as a student at [...]
May 12 2013 | Posted in
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The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: Get a load of Uncle Si sans specs and beard! Didn’t Si Robertson look dapper when he was in [...]
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The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: This young boy grew up to become Phil Robertson: Duck Commander. Right: Phil Robertson’s love for the [...]
May 12 2013 | Posted in
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A photo of man bearing a striking resemblance to Jay-Z has surfaced, and if it wasn’t for the fact that it was taken in 1939, you’d swear it was the rapper himself. The image, taken by Sid Grossman, is part of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center’s collection. The 1939 image shows a man [...]
May 11 2013 | Posted in
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Chris Kelly of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, who was found dead last week at the age of 34, has been laid to rest in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia. Chris Kelly was known as Mac Daddy while in Kris Kross, who shot to fame in 1992 with their hit single Jump. Producer Jermaine [...]
May 10 2013 | Posted in
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Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey became an internet sensation following the incredible rescue of Amanda Berry, Georgina “Gina” DeJesus and Michele Knight after a decade in captivity. Charles Ramsey, who heard Amanda Berry’s cries for help and busted open a door to help get her out, then called 911. His animated 911 call and the interview [...]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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The Next Day – David Bowie’s most recent video music, which stars Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard – was temporarily pulled from YouTube over its graphic content. The Next Day features heavy religious imagery, including Marion Cotillard bleeding from stigmata marks. YouTube admitted making the “wrong call” in removing the video, and reinstated it with [...]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless, has died in her sleep aged 84. Jeanne Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to CBS, according to a [...]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff’s portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1 million ($1.5 million) at auction in London. This is the story of Monika Pon-su-san (born Sing-Lee), who modeled for one of the most popular prints ever made: One day in 1950, a curly-haired stranger [...]
May 8 2013 | Posted in
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Michael Jackson autopsy report given in a Los Angeles court yesterday has revealed the King of Pop tattooed his lips pink, permanently inked his eyebrows and relied on a dark tattoo to blend his hairline into his wig. As Michael Jackson’s tour promoter, AEG, continues, a disturbing photograph of the fallen pop star’s corpse was [...]
May 7 2013 | Posted in
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The Rolling Stones opened their North American 50 and Counting tour in Los Angeles on Friday in a packed house, but only after websites slashed ticket prices and the band released additional cheap seats at the last minute. The 17-date tour is the Rolling Stones’ biggest in six years and follows a handful of dates [...]
May 6 2013 | Posted in
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Iron Man 3 has triumphed at the US box office, with the second biggest ever opening weekend in the US. Comic book sequel Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr., took an estimated $175.3 million across the weekend. Only 2012′s The Avengers, which united Iron Man with fellow Marvel characters, had a bigger opening, taking [...]
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Hard rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert in the Indonesian capital Jakarta over safety concerns, a concert promoter has confirmed. Aerosmith had been due to play in Jakarta next weekend. The band issued a statement posted on the Facebook page of concert promoter Ismaya Live apologizing to fans and also saying: “We… hope one [...]
May 6 2013 | Posted in
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PepsiCo has dropped Lil Wayne as Mountain Dew spokesman just days after pulling a racially-insensitive commercial for the soft drink featuring a goat voiced by Tyler, The Creator. According to TMZ, PepsiCo decided to drop Lil Wayne on Friday after he “unapologetically” compared the beating of civil rights icon Emmett Till to rough sex. The four-time [...]
May 5 2013 | Posted in
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Guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23. Bob Brozman’s death was ruled a suicide, according to the coroner’s office of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and no more details were released up to now. The American virtuoso guitarist [...]
May 4 2013 | Posted in
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Larry Hagman’s belongings will be auctioned off by Bonhams’ Entertainment Memorabilia on May 5 in Los Angeles. The Dallas star passed away aged 81 on November 23, 2012, from complications of throat cancer. According to Reuters, the centerpiece of the items owned by Larry Hagman is a silver-and-gold belt buckle engraved with the initials of [...]
May 4 2013 | Posted in
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Chris Kelly’s mother told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report. Chris Kelly of the 90’s rap duo Kris Kross was found dead on Wednesday after a suspected drug overdose. His mother, Donna Kelly Pratte, 54, and his uncle, [...]
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Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Harper Lee, 87, says Samuel Pinkus took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight to transfer the rights and has failed to respond to license requests. [...]
May 4 2013 | Posted in
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Jeff Hanneman, founding member and guitarist of metal band Slayer, has died at the age of 49. A statement on Slayer’s Facebook page said Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure in California on Thursday. Since 2011, Jeff Hanneman had been suffering from necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have contracted from [...]

Detective Orlando Martinez, who investigated Michael Jackson’s 2005 death, has revealed that Dr. Conrad Murray was $500,000 in debt and willing to do anything to get paid while he was treating the megastar. Orlando Martinez told jurors on Tuesday that Conrad Murray depended on the $150,000-a-month salary that he received from Michael Jackson’s concert promoter [...]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
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Chris Kelly, former member of the 90′s hip-hop group Kriss Kross, has died at the of age 34. In a statement investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said she pronounced Chris Kelly dead around 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the Atlanta Medical Center. Betty Honey said authorities are unsure of Chris [...]
May 2 2013 | Posted in
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