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Long Island-native Christian Guardino struck a major chord with the judges on ABC’s “American Idol,” earning him a spot among the show’s top 24 contestants — and a trip to Hawaii to compete at Disney’s Aulani resort. Guardino, 22, was born with a rare condition that causes blindness, but he beat the odds and is now on the road making a name for himself on one of the industry’s biggest stages — which he told The Post’s Angela Barbuti is “so exciting — but it’s craziness.” Can you explain the condition you had as a kid? I was born with a rare disorder called Leber congenital amaurosis, but we call it LCA. It’s a disorder that causes a gene that’s missing in your eye, because if the gene isn’t there, it’s not producing proteins that your cells need to live, so they all start to die off and then it causes inevitable blindness.

He sobbed and told lies in front of television cameras to hide the horrifying crime he had committed. Cold-blooded killer Paul Dyson even joined in on searches for his partner Joanne Nelson, giving interviews to newspapers and making emotional appeals.

New York Times has confirmed the best opening word to use while playing Worlde.Since the game launched in October 2021, there’s been plenty of speculation about the optimal word to use when starting a game. One mathematician created an automated bot to test over 12,000 words, while online urban legend suggests words like ‘Irate’ or ‘Salet’ are best because of their vowels.In creating their WordleBot, though, New York Times has found ‘Crane’ to be the best place to start while ‘Crate’, ‘Slate’, ‘Slant’ and ‘Trace’ are also very good guesses, as are ‘Lance’, ‘Carte’, ‘Least’ and ‘Trice’.However, ‘Crane’ has never been the actual answer to Wordle.Explaining their work, New York Times said: “WordleBot solves the 2,309 possible Wordles using the fewest number of guesses when it starts with ‘Crane’ in normal mode and ‘Dealt’ in hard mode”, a version of Wordle where “any revealed hints must be used in subsequent guesses.

Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot won a competition promoting the art of virtual photography.The winning entry was submitted by Joe Meizies and featured a silhouetted figure on horseback. All entries were displayed around Trafalgar Square as part of the London Games Festival, which ends on April 10.“The challenge celebrates the new artistic medium of virtual photography where creators can bring video game design and virtual worlds to life.

Today's officially the day - Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz will officially tie the knot at the Peltz family's luxurious £76million estate. Ahead of the biggest wedding of the year, and in traditional fashion, a wedding rehearsal was held on Friday night. Celebrity A-listers and family friends attended the pre-wedding bash last night - held at the bride's dad Nelson's sprawling Florida estate.The star-studded event welcomed 300 guests, including stars, such as Gordon Ramsay and his family, Serena Williams and Eva Longoria.

Former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook shared a romantic scene of a hotel bath filled with rose petals as she revealed she’s planning a romantic break for her boyfriend when he’s released from prison. Danniella, 48, took to her Instagram story to share the romantic setting with her 87,000 followers.The image showed a stand-alone hotel bathtub that was filled to the brim with red rose petals. Candles were lit at the side of the romantic scene and the room was made up of floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the sea.The lavish scene was completed with the sun setting to add to the romantic vibes.

PlayStation boss Jack Tretton has said he wishes Sony had backed the PlayStation Vita more.The handheld console was released in 2011 as a successor to the PSP. It is believed to have sold around 15million units before it was discontinued in 2019.However, following the success of the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck, Tretton has said that forward-thinking tech was “orphaned a little bit” by Sony in a new interview with Axios Gaming.

MOLLY-MAE Hague showed off her incredible £3.5m mansion as she hosted a housewarming party with her friends. The 22-year-old, who purchased her first property with boyfriend Tommy Fury, put on a housewarming spread with her favourite food and cute decorations.

CHLOE Sims took a swipe at her ex Pete Wicks when she described her ideal man and missed one of his features. The 40-year-old star opened up to fans about her ideal man just weeks after wiping all pictures of Pete from her social media.

NOEL is the latest of the Gallagher brother to reignite their feud, this time body shaming his younger brother Liam. The rocker not only took a swipe at his brother's, 49, weight but also his singing voice, branding his former Oasis bandmate as "restrictive." Noel described Liam's fashion choice as deliberate to hide his body.

VICTORIA Beckham has gushed over the family's "exciting weekend" with a sweet series of snaps as eldest son Brooklyn prepares to get married. The photographer, 23, who is Posh Spice's firstborn with husband David Beckham, 46, will marry Nicola Peltz, 27, on the bride’s family’s £76million beachside estate in Palm Beach, Miami, today.

HOLLY Willoughby has gushed over her "hubby" Dan Baldwin in a throwback picture showing her spouse with her co-star. The This Morning anchor, 41, re-posted a snap shared by her ITV presenter Dermot O'Leary, which showed the pair larking around on a boat.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse took to Instagram to criticise pals for liking a post showing Russian women destroying their Chanel handbags after the brand blacklisted their country, but staying silent on the subject of the war in Ukraine.The dance star, 40, expressed her disgust at the actions in her Instagram stories.Motsi's post comes as Chanel has issued a ban on Russian citizens buying their products as a result of the country's invasion of Ukraine - and some fashionistas are furious, taking to the internet to prove it.The post Motsi was referring to was one by the Monte Carlo-based fashion and beauty influencer @victoriabonya, who has over 9.3 million followers.In the video, the influencer wrote how Chanel "doesn't respect its clients".Victoria proceeded to rip one of their classic quilted leather handbags to shreds, tearing it to pieces with a large pair of scissors and throwing it across the room.The act is part of a new online trend among fashion-conscious Russian women, who are protesting the fashion house's decision to close its stores in their country.Resharing the video, Motsi wrote: "It's so funny to see people liking this person's post."You are quiet about the war, about people dying but liking stupid posts like these!"Please gladly unfollow me! People are being killed by your government.

NME about the local reaction to the proposed eviction of the current operators of The Leadmill.Last week, the iconic Sheffield venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.The current bosses of The Leadmill then responded to the owners, denying their intentions to close the venue. Leaders of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site in March 2017, argued that they’d be removing the current management but keeping the building as a music venue after renovations.Electric Group CEO Dominic Madden – whose company also own London’s Electric Brixton, the SWX nightclub in Bristol, and NX Newcastle – told his Twitter followers that “the management may change but the song stays the same”.

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are tying the knot in a lavish £3m wedding in Florida after two years of dating.But as plenty of celebrities gather at Nicola's family's £76m estate, the celebrations have been mocked by Piers Morgan's son Spencer.As the Beckhams and Peltzes, who are said to be worth £360m and £1.3billion respectively, get ready for the big day, it seems other people aren't quite as enthusiastic.Spencer, 28, took to social media to hit out at the big as he suggest that people should find themselves a life rather than get excited over a celebrity wedding.He tweeted: "If you’re interested in brooklyn beckham’s wedding there’s no helping you." The comment sparked backlash from his fans, as one replied to take aim at his dad, writing: "Agree. The type of person who is interested in this is the type of person who would pen endless articles on Meghan Markle like ……….

A Scots community has been left devastated after finding their beloved 'local celebrity' Red Deer dead with 'his head chopped from his body'.

Brooklyn Beckham, son of legendary footballer David Beckham, is set to marry his fiancée Nicola Peltz and their star-studded guest list has been revealed. The oldest Beckham child proposed to his partner back in July 2020 after nine months of dating, having only gone public on Instagram in January.

Last weekend's triumph over Rangers felt pivotal but Celtic know full well they must back up that signature victory at Ibrox.

Lucy Pinder and Keeley Hazell to TV personalities Katie Price and Kelly Brook - Formula One has for decades provided a platform for aspiring models in the form of being a grid girl.

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Two derbies in seven days.