Rihanna admits being close to Brown

Washington (ANI): Barbadian singer Rihanna, who has been very coy about her relationship with Chris Brown, recently revealed that she is "very close" to him. In a recent interview with Elle magazine, the 20-year-old admitted that her "friendship" with 19-year-old R&B stunner Chris Brown has changed. "We've always been friends," People quoted her, as telling the mag. "But we're very close now," she added. Though the 'Umbrella' singer, who is currently on tour with Kanye West, has refused to comment any further on her relationship with Brown, she has dismissed rumours regarding the other man in her life, mentor and boss Jay-Z. "I get asked about it all the time and I'm like, 'You're asking, but you know the answer,'" she says of the rap mogul, who married singer Beyonce in April.

Lionel gushes about Nicole's new baby

Lionel gushes about Nicole's new baby

Singer Lionel Richie has spoken about how "happy and proud" he feels on the birth of his new granddaughter Harlean Carpenter Wintertime.
The singer's daughter Nicole is celebrating the birth of her first child with her rocker swain Joel Madden.
Her don said in a statement: "Spell it crataegus oxycantha take me a moment to conform to organism called granddaddy, I am extremely happy and proud of Nicole and Joel."
He continued: "Harlean Carpenter Winter Kate Madden, the newest and most beautiful addition to the Richie kindred, is a lucky little daughter."
He added: "She was surrounded by a great deal of love at that hospital as she entered the world. Nicole and Joel are going away to be wonderful parents."

Alesha and Matthew Strictly champs

Alesha and Matthew Strictly champs

Singer Alesha Dixon and her professional dance partner Matthew Cutler are the new 'Strictly Come Dancing' champions.
In the closest and most exciting final in the show's history, they faced 'EastEnders' star Matt Di Angelo and his professional dance partner Flavia Cacace.
Each couple performed five dances: their favourite Latin and Ballroom routines, a special dance with music selected by the judges, a Viennese Waltz and a Freestyle finale.
When the voting lines closed, it was impossible for many viewing at home to chose between the two couples.
On winning, an ecstatic Dixon paid tribute to her dance partner Cutler, with the professional praising her for the dedication she had shown throughout the series.
'Strictly Come Dancing' returns to BBC One for its Christmas special on Christmas Day at 8pm.




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Mills wishes Macca's three girlfriends 'best of luck'

Mills wishes Macca's three girlfriends 'best of luck'

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Hulk Hogan series lands at CMT

Hulk Hogan series lands at CMT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Newsman) - CMT is getting in the wrestling annulus with Giant Hogan. The rural area medicine cable meshing has ordered eight episodes of the competitor series "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Backup Grappling" for a fall debut.


The series testament feature 10 celebrities competing for the claim of "Celebrity All-Star Rassling Champion" through and through challenges and riddance matches. Two former professional wrestlers volition train the contestants, with Hogan and former World Title Grappling chairman Eric Bischoff service of process as judges. A one-third gauge on with the competitors and trainers will be announced by and by.


Hogan, wHO is credited as a creator and administrator producer of the series, said he was looking at "to shake things up" in footing of sports entertainment with "something different and to a greater extent coeval."


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Winehouse summoned by Norwegian court

Winehouse summoned by Norwegian court

Amy Winehouse has been ordered to seem in court in Norge after she appealed her all right for marijuana possession.
Billboard.com is reporting that the 24-year-old singer-songwriter has been summoned to appear in courtroom in Bergen on 29 February.
"I bathroom confirm that she moldiness appear in court of justice," Bergen police force spokeswoman Liv Karlsen said.
"If one appeals a condemnation, it's the rule that unity has to appear in person, so this is not surprising."
Winehouse and her married man William Blake Fielder-Civil were arrested in Bergen on 18 Oct and detained overnight on charges of illegal drug possession. They were both released the next day afterwards each paying a oK of $715.
Winehouse later claimed she had been tricked into signing the charges and did non know what she had lay her signature to. Constabulary say they ar for sure she knew, and that fluent English language speakers helped her.
The singer's lawyer has said that a sentence and a exquisitely could damage her life history by qualification it to a greater extent difficult for her to enter the US.