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Saturday, 26 April 2014

Imagination NOT required! Braless TOWIE star Sam Faiers flashes side boob in daring black jumpsuit as she attends LGBT Awards show

Her name might not be the first that springs to mind when considering the champions of LGBT equality, but Sam Faiers was amongst the first to arrive at the second annual Out in the City and g3 Awards on Friday evening.

The 23-year-old reality star caught the eye as she sashayed into London’s Landmark Hotel – but it wasn’t recognition for her long-running appearances on TOWIE that raised eyebrows on the night.

Indeed, braless Sam sported a striking black jumpsuit with a deep, plunging neckline that generously afforded onlookers a clear view of side boob as she paused for a brief photo-call shortly after arriving.

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Daring: Sam Faiers shows off some side-boob as she arrives at the Out in the City and G3 Awards in London on Friday evening

The TV personality still bore the bronzed hallmarks of a recent family holiday in Dubai, and the even tan was all too evident on her exposed cleavage.

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While its neckline proved to be a focal point, Sam’s striking ensemble was all the more distinctive by virtue of its pinched shoulder-pads – admittedly a throwback to questionable ‘80s couture – but it was a given a modern twist in the form of tunic style collars and buttons.

The TOWIE star added to a rather bold look with a pair of snappy gold heels, while the leather handbag casually hanging from her right shoulder rounded things off with neutral aplomb.

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Steady on: The TOWIE babe went braless on the night, and her plunging neckline revealed a generous helping of exposed cleavage

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Eye catching: Sam, 23, was on form after arriving at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone sporting a rather distinctive black jumpsuit

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Imagination NOT required: It's another flash of side boob from Sam courtesy of her daring jumpsuit

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Here she comes: The reality TV regular poses for photos shortly after arriving on Friday evening

He takes her to all the best places! Jennifer Lawrence crashes a house party in Dulwich, London with boyfriend Nicholas Hoult

She is used to rubbing shoulders with Hollywood execs, dressed to perfection in couture.

How refreshing then, for Jennifer Lawrence to find herself at a house party in Dulwich, South London, on Thursday night dressed down in flats and a hoodie.

She was of course the guest of her British boyfriend Nicholas Hoult, who has been accompanying her around over the last few days in the British capital.

Hiding? Jennifer Lawrence covered up as she and her beau Nicholas Hoult went to a house party in Dulwich, South London on Friday

Trying to go incognito, the 23-year-old Hollywood actress covered up with a heather grey zip-up, even pulling the hood - that seemed to have been spilled on - over her make-up free face.

With her sweatshirt, the Oscar-winning star donned a light grey shirt and black harem pants which she tucked into blue boots.

The American Hustle star was accompanied by her boyfriend Nicholas, who made sure to keep a protective hand on her.

The scruffy-faced English actor was more dressed up than his counterpart, wearing a charcoal blouse, slim-fit jeans, brown dress shoes and an olive jacket.

Have an accident? The make-up free star looked like she spilled on her sweater

Rowdy night? Jennifer's trousers appeared to have gotten some gunk on them as well

The pair were seen leaving the house party and hopping into the back seat of a car, where the Young Ones actor looked partied out.

As Jennifer covered her face, Nicholas displayed tired eyes.

The doting duo have come off a busy week, spotted at dinner with fashion designer Tom Ford for dinner on Thursday.

One step behind: Nicholas followed Jennifer as she led the way

Earlier that day, Jennifer flashed a ring on her engagement finger while dining with the English actor at a pub.

While the Oscar-winning star's band may have looked like costume jewellery, there's no denying that she was proudly wearing it on her ring finger, suggesting it could have some significance in the long-term couple's relationship.

Yet, the ring was off on Friday.

PDA: The pair made sure to show affection for one another, holding on to each other during their exit stroll

Meanwhile, Jennifer and Nicholas - who started dating on the set of X-Men: First Class in 2011 - are preparing for a return to the screen in the seventh film in the X-Men series, which is scheduled for release at the end of May.

X-Men: Days of Future Past sees the team send Wolverine to the past in an effort to change history and prevent events that have traumatic outcomes for both humans and mutants.

This is the third film in the franchise directed by Bryan Singer, and the movie acts as a sequel to both 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011's X-Men: First Class, as well as a follow-up to 2013's The Wolverine.

Ready for bed? Nicholas looked extremely tired, as Jennifer continued to cover her head in the car

Dressier: The British actor wore a slate shirt, olive jacket, black trousers and brown dress shoes

Holier than TOW (IE): Lucy Mecklenburgh 'walks on water' as she flaunts her toned body in monochrome stripes on Dubai beach holiday

A recent trip to the UAE proved to to be nothing short of miraculous for returning TOWIE babe Lucy Mecklenburgh.

Indeed, the 22-year-old boutique owner, who religiously tones her athletic body for two hours each day, appeared to deftly walk on water after pulling on a striped monochrome swimsuit for a day at the beach.

But while her swimwear caught the eye, it was Lucy's apparent ability to make the impossible possible that had people talking as she ventured into the surf.

It's a miracle: Returning TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh 'walks on water' during her recent trip to Dubai

Her outing came during a sunshine break in Dubai - fast becoming the new Marbella for TOWIE stars old and new - and when she wasn't performing miracles, she was topping up her tan.

At one point the brunette perched her pert derriere on a rock while she adjusted her ensemble before running through the shallow water on tip-toe.

Lucy threw herself into a vigorous diet and exercise regime in the wake of her painful split from co-star fiance, tattooed lothario Mario Falcone, last April.

But the svelte 9st 5ft 6in star has since admitted she got 'too skinny' at one point.

Looking good: The 22-year-old Essex girl admits she spends two hours a day working out

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Selena Gomez Unfollows Famous Friends on Instagram, Posts Cryptic Messages

Selena Gomez (Getty Images)

Selena Gomez has broken up with a lot of her famous friends… on Instagram at least.

The "Slow Down" singer, 21, unfollowed new pals Kendall and Kylie Jenner over the weekend and deleted photos she had taken with the reality stars as well. Taylor Swift also reportedly got the axe (on Twitter, too) adding fuel to the rumors that the two had a falling out.

Selena attends Coachella with Kendall and Kylie Jenner

While Gomez was still following 14 people on Tuesday on the social media site (including "Spring Breakers" co-star Ashley Benson), by Wednesday that number had dropped to zero.

Justin Bieber's on-again, off-again love has also been posting some cryptic messages on Instagram.

On Tuesday, she shared a review of Mary J. Blige's 2007 album "Growing Pains" with the lyrics to the song "Work in Progress."

One sample lyric: "I got every material thing I could ever need/ I got the love from my fans that adore me/ And I'm grateful/ But love for myself is lacking a little bit/ I have to admit that I'm working on me."

Gomez has been going through a lot of personal and professional changes.

The former Disney darling fired her mother and stepfather as managers and signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Gomez also exited CAA for WME. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rep changes are a crucial piece in Gomez's long-term strategy to move on to more adult-oriented fare in film and music.

While the reasoning makes sense, many fans have speculated there is also a Bieber factor at play. Gomez's parents reportedly are not fans of the reconciliation. The "Confident" singer is rumored to be the root cause of Swift and Gomez's fallout as well.

Bieber and Gomez did appear to be "together" during the first weekend of Coachella. The "Wizards of Waverly Place" star watched on as Bieber made a surprise cameo on stage, and according to backstage sources, they looked "very couple-y and affectionate" roaming around the music festival together.

Oh, and the Biebs still follows Gomez on Instagram, so all is right in the world.

Kate Upton's Romp in 'The Other Woman' Draws Bo Derek '10' Comparisons

Kate Upton in 'The Other Woman,' left, and Bo Derek in '10'

Kate Upton may have evoked a few memories of Sandra Bullock's astronaut undie scene in "Gravity" when the 21-year-old swimsuit aficionado posed in zero-G for Sports Illustrated earlier this year, but it's Upton's buxom bombshell behavior in "The Other Woman" that is really drawing some Hollywood parallels — for better and worse.

The Nick Cassavetes's comedy stars Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann as a pair of women who discover they've both been cheated on by the same guy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from "Game of Thrones") and decide to team up with his current fling, Upton, for some hilarious revenge.

The SI model is introduced halfway through the film as the new romantic rival. She gets recruited by the other two to get back at the jerk.

We first meet Upton's surname-less Amber at, you guessed it, the beach where Diaz and Mann's characters sneak a peek at their man's latest white bikini-clad squeeze. "I feel like she ups our group average," Mann's Kate quips at the sight of Amber.

Upton's moment in the sun is an obvious homage to Bo Derek's breakout splashy romp in the classic 1979 comedy, "10," in which a young Derek similarly plays the nubile object of an older man's desire (put forth by Dudley Moore).

According to critics, the bikini jogging scene is pure leer-bait material. "Men may not mind going along as well just to check out Kate Upton as this generation's 10," writes Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter, who connects the obvious dots when noting that Upton's beach entrée is "in Bo Derek-like slow motion, no less."

"Ms. Upton's casting is part of the joke of the movie — that smarmy men will always smarm their way toward younger and more beautiful women," observes Christopher Wallace at the The New York Times.

Agreeing that Upton's role — her third and largest movie part to date following teeny parts as a mistress in "Tower Heist" and as a one-piece-sporting nun in "The Three Stooges" — was filmed in "slo-mo oglevision,"Variety's Justin Chang did find her character to be "sweet and wholly sympathetic ... if mildly ditzy."

Unlike Derek, however, Upton only has a few lines and is the third wheel behind Mann and Diaz.

Diaz, of course, successfully made the transition from model to actress since her big break in 1994's "The Mask."

When it comes to models-turned-actresses, the success rate is a mixed bag. Brooklyn Decker made the leap with small roles in comedies like "Just Go With It" and "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Gisele Bündchen ("Taxi," "The Devil Wears Prada") and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ("Transformers: Dark of the Moon") made brief runs from high fashion to the cinema scene... and not much more. Cindy Crawford gave it the old college try only to fail miserably as a leading lady, starring opposite William Baldwin in the 1995 action flop "Fair Game." On the other end of the spectrum, there's Ukranian-French model Olga Kurylenko who has moved to starring roles in "Oblivion" and "To the Wonder."

In spite of Upton's inoffensiveness in "The Other Woman," it's unlikely to kick start a legitimate new career path. But Hollywood will probably come calling when it's time for another bathing suit or hot girlfriend scene.

The Other Woman Cast Is a Modern-Day 90s Girl Group: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton Coordinate Outfits.

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Khloé Kardashian Has French Montana Wrapped Around Her Neck

Khloé Kardashian

Talk about a statement necklace.

With the news that Khloé Kardashian is more than friends with rapper French Montana, the 29-year-old "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star stepped out wearing a necklace with his name on it.

The reality TV star was sporting the new accessory last Wednesday at LAX airport when she was with the Moroccan-born music maker and CEO of Cocaine City Records. While it appears a little fuzzy to us (and the language experts we consulted), E!, home to all things Kardashian, insists it says "Karim" in Arabic — a nod to his birth name, Karim Kharbouch.

For the record, Medhat Credi, who is senior Arabic language lecturer at NYU and a former UN translator, tells Yahoo that this is how "Karim," which means "generous," should look in Arabic script:

Because you may not be up on your French Montana trivia (and that's cool), Arabic is one of the three languages he speaks — in addition to English and French. In fact, the "I Luh Ya Papi" singer's stage name comes from his childhood nickname "French" (given to him when he moved to NYC at 13 and primarily spoke that language) and "Montana" for Al Pacino's drug-cartel kingpin Tony Montana in "Scarface."

Khloé and French have been inseparable as of late and a source confirms to Yahoo that they are a kouple — oops, we mean couple.

"Khloe is having a lot of fun with him," says the insider. "It's pretty casual right now."

That "fun" has included attending Sean "Diddy" Combs's son's over-the-top 16th birthday party together and they've gone on several dinner dates from coast to coast. One night out was with Kourtney and Scott Disick at Cecconi's in West Hollywood and in NYC they've hit Lobster House on City Island.(According to sorce, they ate French fries together in the latter spot. We can't make this stuff up.)

Khloé out with French on April 10 ... and again on April 19.

Khloé showing (necklace) love for Lamar Odom in 2011.

Khloé wearing her supposed beau's name close to her heart isn't exactly groundbreaking territory for her. When she was married to Lamar Odom, she wore this sparkler with and "L" and "O" accented with diamonds from time to time.

Meanwhile, her sister Kim, who is set to marry Kanye West next month, has also paid tribute to her man with jewelry. Soon after she started dating the "Blood on the Leaves" rapper, she was seen out with "KW" earrings.

Speaking of Odom, Khloé is still technically married to the NBA player, who recently joined the New York Knicks. She filed for divorce in December with the particulars — like who will get that "LO" necklace? — still being hashed out.

That's OK because Montana is still married as well. He has a 4-year-old son with his estranged wife, Deen Kharbouch, and up until right before he started hanging with Khloé, he had been dating rapper Trina.

Yep, we need a scorecard too. But for now, Khloé's heart seems to belong to French… at least according to her jewelry.

Broadway Box Office: ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Cinderella’ Get All Hopped Up on Easter

The Easter Bunny brought a whopper of a basket to Broadway last week, as the overlap of the holiday with Gotham schools’ spring break schedule resurrected sales so boffo they wouldn’t be out of place during the year-end yuletide weeks that are the Rialto’s most profitable frames.

It’s not as if Broadway didn’t see the bounty coming: A trio of tourist-magnet titles — “Wicked” ($2,769,554), “The Lion King” ($2,543,377) and “Newsies” ($1,069,367) — each tacked on an extra performance to accommodate heightened demand, and they drew plenty of extra coin because of it. But it was some of the productions that played traditional eight-show weeks that really made jaw-dropping jumps.

The oldest show on the boards posted the largest leap in percentage terms. The 26-year-old “The Phantom of the Opera” ($1,517,305) spiked an enormous 58% and climbed to No. 6. The enduring title has turned into one of the New York landmarks that tourists must see along with the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.

Family-friendly fairy-tale title “Cinderella” ($1,412,944) climbed 50% compared to the prior frame, bolstered by a cast currently led by Fran Drescher and Carly Rae Jepsen.

The week’s holiday boom also helped punch up sales at “Rocky” ($1,022,747) by 35%, following a string of less impressive frames. Among other recent spring openers, Idina Menzel starrer “If/Then” ($1,104,188) also muscled its way back into the millionaires’ club, as did play “All the Way” ($1,067,173), attracting out-of-towners thanks to topliner Bryan Cranston’s TV profile.

“Bullets Over Broadway” ($974,076), a title city visitors would recognize from the Woody Allen movie on which it is based, stepped up by about 20%, while “Les Miserables” ($1,396,410) and “Aladdin” ($1,225,128) continued to gain steam. “The Bridges of Madison County” ($345,270), however, still struggled to attract attention, barely upticking at all.

Neil Patrick Harris starrer “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” ($815,295 for seven) was one of the only shows not to report a gain last week, but that’s attributable to the critics’ perfs that the week accommodated ahead of its April 22 opening. Michelle Williams topliner “Cabaret” ($692,319) was up only a bit but still achieved a solid tally for a nonprofit production in a relatively small house.

Among plays, Denzel Washington starrer “A Raisin in the Sun” ($1,212,665) remained the top seller on the chart. Daniel Radcliffe topliner “The Cripple of Inishmaan” ($463,064) hit numbers that would look only so-so if it weren’t for the fact that grosses were tamped down by a combination of the production’s low-price ticket accessibility initiative and a week that included the show’s press perfs and opening. B.O. for the title looks certain to rise in the wake of strong reviews.

Overall Broadway attendance climbed nearly 39,000 to a jam-packed 327,321, or 94% of total capacity. Streetwide cume jumped $6.75 million to $35.4 million for a crowded slate of 37 shows.

Look for sales to slide back down next week in a post-spring-break hangover — at which point all the season’s new titles will await the publicity boost of the Tony nominations that will be announced April 29.