Rare North Korea photo shows Kim Jong-un as a boy with his mother

Sir Paul McCartney has told how he thought a "girl fan" had got hold of his phone number but was surprised to learn it was superstar Michael Jackson.The singer, 79, said he didn't recognise the softly spoken voice on the other end of the phone and became annoyed, thinking that it was a "groupie" who had managed to get his number.In an interview with Daily Star, the British hitmaker spoke of his shock at learning who he was speaking to.Paul recalled: "Somebody rang me up, and this high voice I didn’t recognise said, ‘Hi, Paul.'"I thought, ‘This is a girl fan, and how the hell did she get my number?’ I was quite annoyed," he admitted.The former Beatles member revealed who was actually on the other end of the phone.He explained: "Then the voice said, ‘It’s Michael,’ and suddenly it dawned on me."It wasn’t a girl, it was Michael Jackson, and he basically said, ‘Do you want to make some hits?’"Following the phone call, the duo went on to work together to write the 1983 hit, Say Say Say.The song became Jackon's best performing Hot 100 chart single and led the list for six weeks in December 1983.Elsewhere, former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan opened up about a time that The Beatles star had called him up to scold him.Speaking on The Brett Lee podcast last month, spoke about having a scary phone call with Paul after meeting him for a few drinks earlier in his career.Piers said: “I was walking to the pub in Canary Wharf. We had a story on page 7 (in The Sun) about Paul McCartney.“He had a new girlfriend at the time called Heather Mills.

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Giovanni Pernice has laughed off the rumours that he is romantically involved with The Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack.MORE: Who is Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice dating?Taking to his Instagram Stories on Thursday, the Strictly Come Dancing star reacted to the reports by sharing a tears of joy memoji of himself. He also included Abba's famous Mamma Mia song, which featured the words, "Here we go again".WATCH: Giovanni Pernice kisses Strictly partner Rose Ayling-EllisThe social media post comes two days after he was allegedly seen getting close with the British actress.

Tell-all documentary feature Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is to be one of the first major films to launch on CNN+.

Council tax is expected to increase by around 3 pc from April in Wigan.

A terminally ill teenager who raised over £60,000 for a six-year-old cancer sufferer who he never met has passed away at the age of 19.

A man from Salford has been charged in connection with an alleged £80,000 burglary in Cheshire.

The brand new cast for BBC Waterloo Road has been announced - and there are some familiar faces joining the show.

remains popular for the hilarious — and sometimes inappropriate — hijinks of four single, aging women who share a home in Miami. But while the on-camera chemistry between Rose Nylund (Betty White), Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) still charms viewers, the mood was decidedly different behind the scenes.The latest episode of “The Originals,” a podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman and produced in partnership with Los Angeles Magazine [LINK TK], includes an April 2021 interview with the sitcom’s casting director Joel Thurm, who recounts how the leading ladies, especially Arthur, really felt about White — who died this past New Year’s Eve, weeks before her 100th birthday.“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, ‘Oh, she’s a f – – king c – – t,’ using that word,” Thurm says on the podcast.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a £10,000 fine over the partygate scandal as police move to question those involved in the rule-breaking events.

O’Shea’s Beer Garden is planning a two-week long Irish festival, kicking off on St Patrick’s Day.

Anna Chlumsky is sick of talking about “My Girl”. In a new interview with Elle magazine, the “Inventing Anna” actress spoke about life as a child star and how she eased back into acting.

An historic town centre pub which called last orders nearly 10 years ago could be converted into flats.

South Korea.Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board has made a decision to deny asylum to the ex-bodyguard, which means he could be deported.Lee Young-guk, 57, is not allowed to stay in the country after his request was rejected.He claims the South Korean regime attempted to kidnap him when he went to the country and believes he is a "dead man" if he returns. However, the Immigration and Refugee board says his claims "lack credibility" and that he downplayed his role as a military advisor under Kim's leadership, reports The Toronto Star.Speaking to the outlet, Lee Young-guk said: "The situation is bleak.“(The regime) tried to kidnap me when I was in South Korea.

Canada has reportedly rejected an asylum request from Kim Jong-il's former bodyguard.

Donald Trump told his press secretary to "take one for the team" after Kim Jong-un winked at her, she has revealed in a book.Sarah Sanders, the White House Press Secretary from 2017 to 2019, has shared one or two eye-opening anecdotes about her years working for the US President in her memoir Speaking for Myself, the Guardian reports.The die-hard Trump loyalist claims North Korean leader Kim took a shining to her when the US President visited Singapore for a summit aimed at defusing tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.In her book, Sanders says that while she was taking notes at the conference she suddenly “noticed Kim staring at me".She adds: “We made direct eye contact and Kim nodded and appeared to wink at me.”“I was stunned,” she

Kim Jong-un has been pictured at the head of an emergency coronavirus meeting, following rumours that he was in a coma. The North Korean dictator has made fewer public appearances this year, and reports in April suggested he was in a “vegetative state” after a botched heart operation.

Kim Jong-un has ordered that children who have Covid-19 symptoms will not be allowed to leave school when they return for lessons on September 1.Officials in the crackpot communist nation fear losing more time in school and decided to force them to stay, an anonymous source told NK News.Children will have their temperatures taken by staff at the entrances of the school.Should the children show symptoms, they will be isolated and will continue to study at school while being monitored by teachers.It was also claimed that schools will only have to report their concerns should 7% of students have temperatures of 37.5C or higher.Should that happen, schools must alert local officials who may then decide to shut down the school.But, if the school

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is said to have fallen into a coma just days after he started to transfer power over to his sister. Speculation has been growing over the health of Jong-un, who is believed to be around 38-years-old, due to a lack of public appearances in 2020.

Kim Jong-un has fallen into a coma, according to an ex-presidential aide. The health of the Supreme Leader of the reclusive nation is in question after Kim vanished for months – sparking speculation he had died and was suffering from coronavirus or was in a vegetative state.

North Korea has up to 60 nuclear weapons and a 5,000-tonne stockpile of chemical weapons, according to the US Army. The calculations were made last month in a report by the US Department of the Army, called North Korean tactics.