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As the Strictly Come Dancing live tour has come to an end, Giovanni Pernice has set his sights on the next challenge of rehearsing for Burn The Floor. While he may have won the hit ITV dancing competition with EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis, it seems he's moved onto the next project with dancer Lauren Oakley.Taking to her Instagram stories, Lauren shared a black and white clip of herself dancing into a sitting Giovanni, 31, over which she wrote: "& today... Not long to go!!" with a red heart emoji.

Toro y Moi has released the third single from his upcoming seventh studio album ‘Mahal’, the playful and funky track ‘The Loop’.The track arrived on streaming platforms on February 22 alongside a video of the chillwave artist and his posse cruising through the streets of San Francisco in GoCars and a customised ‘Mahal’ Jeepney. It also features a cameo appearance by Filipino rapper Eyedress.On the laid-back song, Toro y Moi – real name Chaz Bear – sings about how hard it is to keep up to date in the digital age, musing, “East Coast friends fill me in, I know you get the early scoop / Online trends that border cringe start to feel overused”.Watch the music video for ‘The Loop’ below.Toro y Moi’s upcoming album ‘Mahal’ is set to be released April 29 via Dead Oceans, and the singer has already released two singles and music videos to promote the album in ‘Postman’ and ‘Magazine’, the latter featuring vocals from Salami Rose Joe Louis.“I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,” Toro y Moi explained in a statement about the follow-up to his 2019 album ‘Outer Peace’.

BBC Breakfast took an unexpected turn during the latest edition of the morning show as a politician's daughter interrupted a live interview.Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty were back on our screens on Thursday morning to bring the latest breaking news from across the world.Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs select Committee, appeared on the programme to discuss the latest news on the Ukraine Crisis.However, things didn't go quite to plan as Mr Tugendhat's daughter appeared on camera during the live interview.As the MP spoke to Charlie via video call, the little girl came into view of the camera and started tapping her father.Charlie pointed out: "I'm sorry you've got an interruption there.

Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley has revealed he is ashamed of hitting his children when they were younger.On Wednesday's Good Morning Britain (February 23), the TV host debated the new law coming into Wales which aims to prevent parents from smacking their children.Richard has two children with his wife and former Richard and Judy co-host Judy Finnigan.They share Jack, who is now 35, and Chloe, now 34.On the show, he said: "For full disclosure, when my children were growing up, I certainly never used a stick.“But once or twice, I think with Jack – he was the firstborn – I think I sort of tapped his bottom a couple of times with the flat of my hand.“Do you know what? I always thought that was a point of failure, my failure. I felt ashamed of it.”Richard Madeley also shared that he was hit a lot by his father during his childhood.He also said: "When I was a little boy I was hit quite a lot by my dad, who I love very much and he was a great father, but I was hit quite a lot."It was typical of the day, we are talking about the 1960s.

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Google Maps user has been left spooked after finding a creepy "Minion" holding a decapitated doll's head in what looks like an abandoned fairground. The discovery was uploaded by Reddit user faore41 and has left several online users with the creeps.

Coronation Street's Gary Windass could finally get his comeuppance for the murder of Rick Neelan as a body is discovered three years after his death.Forthcoming scenes of the ITV soap are likely to see the reformed villain caught in a compromising position as pictures from the Weatherfield set show filming of a tense sequence.Gary (Mikey North) can be seen attempting to break into a construction site for the new Weatherfield County FC ground.Wearing a black hoodie and gloves, the former loan shark is soon disturbed by a security guard and forced to walk away.In later scenes, the building site is descended upon by a number of police officers.Forensic teams in white boiler suits can also be seen scoping the area.

Instagram to expose her life on social media after trolls compared her to a “bush pig” - and have even wished death on her.The body positive star frequently posts uplifting content to her 1.2 million followers, which brings a refreshing look to the usual ‘perfectly’ preened influencers and models seen online.Instead of flaunting her belly bloat in a bikini beach shot, this time, Karina has shared the extent of cruel remarks she receives after trying to share messages of self-love on social media.The blonde-haired beauty has said that she gets a “constant influx” of nasty messages and has even revealed some of the ‘bullies’ unacceptable comments in her recent Instagram post.Along with a candid selfie, Karina posted some screenshots of the “abusive” comments which include: “You’re a proper bush pig that profits off overweight women’s insecurities.”“Just puked after seeing this atrocious despicable piece of skin.”“That’s enough to put me off red meat. Sometimes people just should keep those tuckshop cheeks to themselves.”And, she even was told by one troll that they wanted to watch her die.“I want to unfollow you so bad but I want to watch you get sick and die more.”,Karina then shared a lengthy caption addressing the torment she goes through.“MY LIFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA…My DM’s are a consistent influx of abusive judgement, made up assumptions and down right bullying.“Firstly, I’m not posting this to gain sympathy.

When One Direction was birthed by X Factor boss Simon Cowell in 2010, teenagers Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan were all boyish banter and rambunctious enthusiasm.

Cheryl was the only X Factor judge who didn't stand up to applaud him in one of his first auditions on the ITV show.The popstar mentioned that the former couple spoke about what happened in 2010 before later finding romance.It comes as Liam joined Roman Kemp on the Capital Breakfast show this morning to celebrate the ten years since he, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan all auditioned for The X Factor.After Roman shared a clip of him singing Cry Me A River for his audition, the latter revealed that Cheryl was the only judge to remain seated while Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, and Louis Walsh stood up to applaud his rendition.Reflecting on his performance, the singer told Roman: "I practised this audition through and

On July 23, 2010, Simon Cowell made the monumental decision to put together a boyband named One Direction. Five extremely talented teenagers were asked to become a group on the music competition and within weeks they became more popular than even the British reality show.

We've had One Direction in our lives for 10 whole years.

One Direction won the hearts of the nation when they merged together to become the next boy band on the X Factor 2010.

July 23 marks the day the Harry, Niall, Zayn, Louis and and Liam were formed on The X Factor.

HAVING sold millions of records and racked up a vast fortune in the process, Simon Cowell’s exit from his music company lays bare how dramatic his fall from grace has been. The nation’s most famous record boss, who once had pop’s Midas touch, decided to offload his stake in Syco to Sony — signalling the final surrender of his grasp on the charts.

Simon Cowell has grabbed full control of hit shows like America’s Got Talent and The X Factor after buying Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture.Cowell and his Syco Entertainment partners will now take on sole ownership of the two companies’ hit talent shows, 15 years after Sony Music Entertainment executives bought Cowell’s share of Syco Music and Syco Television.The TV and music mogul admits the coronavirus lockdown and the way he has had to navigate shows as a result of new health and safety guidelines has given him a fresh lust for life and a lot of ideas.“I have had to use my brain more than any other time of my life both on the current shows we own and the new shows we are going to make,” Cowell tells Deadline.

One Direction fans were thrilled as plans were announced to mark their 10-year anniversary.

Simon Cowell has bought Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in TV programmes including Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor.

Simon Cowell is to take full control of “Got Talent” and “The X Factor” producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture.Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a buyback option maintained by Cowell through their joint-venture renewals and a mutual negotiation process.Sony Music will retain the JV’s music assets, including its roster of current artists and back catalog.In 2005, Sony Music Entertainment purchased Cowell’s share of Syco Music and Syco Television.

Heidi Klum returned to America's Got Talent on Tuesday's final auditions episode that was filmed for the first time from the judges' homes due to coronavirus concerns.Sporting colorful pajamas, the 47-year-old model sat in her bedroom and swung the camera around to capture husband Tom Kaulitz, 30, lounging nearby.'I'm just gonna hop in bed with my husband,' she joked, as the musician tapped away on his own computer beneath the sheets.