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Kim Kardashian made a pretty big beauty move today when she stepped out with platinum blonde locks as she touched down in Paris for the last leg of Paris Fashion Week.

The reality star broke the internet yet again with her new 'do – but her mum Kris definitely didn't look too happy to leave her daughter to get all the attention!

Kim, Kris and Kim's husband Kanye all sat front row at Balmain today, but the Kardashian matriarch was definitely a bit of a third wheel.

As Kim and Kanye snuggled and smiled for the cameras, poor Kris sat beside them looking utterly bored and stony-faced as her daughter all but turned her back:

Is this what it's like at the Kardashian dinner table every Sunday?!

The trio were at Balmain to watch Kim's little sister Kendall on the catwalk, so at least momager Kris had something to look at she she pointedly ignored Kim and Kanye:

First Khloé going blonde, now Kim… could Kris be next?! It might get her the attention she's craving, anyway!

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Poor David Walliams isn't having a great week, made worse by the fact that he's had to relive some seriously cringey memories!

The actor appeared on The Graham Norton Show this week and told the host about the time he was unashamedly rejected by his fellow guest on the couch, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini.

David revealed he had been quite taken with Cheryl and the rest of the Girls Aloud ladies when they first started out, but he was soon put in his place.

"When Girls Aloud came along I met Louis Walsh and asked him if any of the girls were single and he said he would ask," David told Graham on the show, which will be aired this Friday night. 

"'I thought he would do that discreetly, but he called a meeting of all of them and asked, 'Do any of you want to go out with David Walliams?' It was a No. And that was the end of that."

Ouch!

The show was filmed before news of David's split from wife Lara Stone broke, making the talk of rejection all the more poignant.

The actor/comedians's wife Lara Stone reportedly walked out of the couple's family home in London on Tuesday, taking their toddler son Albert and dog with her.

Although friends said David was "devastated" by Lara's choice to have a trial separation, the star seems to be coping okay and was live-tweeting his World Book Day tour around English primary schools all day today in good spirits:

We hope he's doing okay under that big smile!

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 Today marks World Book Day and to celebrate we’ve compiled our favourite books by some of Ireland’s most talented authors.

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
While all of Roddy Doyle’s books are laugh out loud as well as thought-provoking, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won Doyle the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 1993.

 

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Set in Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital, this novel tells the haunting story of Roseanne McNulty and is currently being made into a movie starring Rooney Mara and Vanessa Redgrave.

 

Broken Harbour by Tana French
A chilling murder in one of Ireland’s many ghost-estates, the reminder of a fallen Celtic tiger, is the centre of French’s fourth installment of the Dublin Murder Squad.

 

Where Rainbows End by Cecilia Ahern
If you loved P.S. I Love You, then you’ll be familiar with Ahern’s second novel. What’s amazing about this, is that it’s a love story spanning decades told only through the medium of notes, letters, emails and texts. The movie Love, Rosie starring Lily Collins was based on this novel.

 

The Sea by John Banville
This 2005 novel, which won the Man Booker Prize, sees Max Morden’s jumbled journal come alive; telling the stories of his life from his childhood to the recent death of his wife, Anna.

 

Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor
An international bestseller, if you love historical fiction then this is the novel for you! Set on a famine ship in 1847, The Star of the Sea set sail to New York carrying people from all walks of life, from former landowners, to people looking to start a new life. However, there’s also a murderer aboard…

 

The Gathering by Anne Enright
Another winner of the Man Booker Prize, this time in 2007, this novel deals with the suicide of Liam. Liam’s sister Veronica tries to work out why her brother would want to take his own life and in her quest to find out she reveals some dark and disturbing truths about her family and childhood. 

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It has only been about a week since Hilary Duff filed for divorce from her husband Mike Comrie after five years of marriage.

 The couple split in 2014 but the divorce was only filed when Mike was accused of propositioning a woman for sex in Beverley Hills last month.

Mike and Hilary have one child together, Luca and are still on good terms but it sounds as if the divorce has taken its toll on Hilary’s outlook on love. Speaking to Cosmopolitan, the singer said she’s not sure she believes in ‘happily ever after’ anymore:

 “I don’t want to sound bitter because I’m definitely not, but I don’t know if people are meant to be together forever. Things happen over a long relationship that you can’t always fight. A marriage of 20 years, the accomplishment of that must feel really great, but there are also huge sacrifices.”

Speaking about getting married at the tender age of 22, Hilary said it just made sense: “Mike and I were very in love when we met. We both really wanted to get married. I’d been working since the age of 11 or 12, so making that choice at a young age seemed right for me.”

However, Hilary says, things began to shift: “It was just a slow set-in of us not being the match we used to be. I’m lucky for the person he is and I am and how we decided to handle this.”

Wow, it seems like these two definitely have the ‘mature break-up’ down!

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Love has no race, it has no age limits, and it has no gender.

This touching ad shows that love can exist anywhere, at any time – we challenge you not to get choked up while watching it.

With the Marriage Equality referendum coming up in the Republic of Ireland on May 22nd, this message of diversity and inclusion is especially apt right now… take a look!

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There must be something in the air over at the Kardashian household as only days after Khloé showed off her new blonde hair, her sister Kim copied her!

Kim, who is in Paris for fashion week at the moment, was spotted wearing a giant beanie hat yesterday – but some sneaky cameraman managed to capture what was underneath the hat:

Yes, Kim has gone blonde! However, it’s not like the dark, ombre blonde she's had before, this looks well and truly peroxide:

Reactions have been mixed so far… but we kinda love it!

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It was revealed on Tuesday that Chris Brown had fathered a child with a woman named Nia.

 The baby girl is now nine-months-old and it seems that the news came as a surprise to Chris’ girlfriend, Karreuche Tran, who dumped him publicly on Twitter.

Now, the little girl’s name has been revealed and let’s just say it’s unusual! Baby Royalty was born in June 2014 and TMZ report that her dad is planning on being more involved now that it is all out in the open.

Royal-themed names are certainly having a moment, with Kourtney Kardashian naming her youngest son Reign Aston, Lil’ Kim naming her daughter Royal Reign and Giuliana Rancic's son being named Duke. 

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Katie Hopkins hit headlines last week when she wrote some very cruel and unnecessary tweets about Kelly Clarkson’s performance on The Graham Norton Show.

Katie, who is well known for her Twitter taunts, targeted the new mum after her performance on the chat show, writing: “Jesus, what happened to Kelly Clarkson? Did she eat all of her backing singers? Happy I have wide-screen.”

Thankfully, we are delighted to report that Kelly hasn’t a notion who Katie is and she definitely doesn’t care what she think of her!

When asked by Heat magazine what she made of the comments, Kelly said: “I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. Someone tweeted something about me?”

When it was explained who Katie is and what she does (does anyone actually know…?) Kelly had the best response ever: “Oh, and she’s tweeted something nasty about me? That’s because she doesn’t  know me. I’m awesome! It doesn’t bother me. It’s a free world. Say what you will.”

Best. Response. Ever. You’re right, Kelly – you ARE awesome!

This will be our retort the next time someone says anything mean to us – because we’re awesome! 

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Lily James has defended herself against reports that her waist was digitally altered for the live-action adaption of Disney’s Cinderella.

Rumours of CGI being used to make her waist appear smaller than natural began when the official trailer for the movie was released. Parents in particular were not impressed that children were being subjected to this seemingly impossible ideal.

The Downton Abbey star however has denied any such digital alterations were made, telling Nightline:

“I have naturally a quite small waist. And on top of that I have a corset that was pulled me into the inch of my life … And then the skirt is so big and the proportions make it looks smaller than it is.”

Lily also spoke about having difficulty digesting food on set, which was bad news for co-star Richard Madden she told E! News:

"When [the corset] was on we would be on continuous days so we wouldn't stop for lunch or a lovely tea like this—you'd be sort of eating on the move," she revealed. "In that case, I couldn't untie the corset. So if you ate food it didn't really digest properly and I'd be burping all afternoon in [Richard Madden]'s face, and it was just really sort of unpleasant. I'd have soup so that I could still eat but it wouldn't get stuck."

Nice, we're sure he didn't expect a real-life Disney princess to burp in his face. We love it! 

So, there it is – Cinderella's dress is all natural, apart from the use of a corset of course! 

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It’s the end of the road for Susan Sarandon and her boyfriend of five years, Jonathon Bricklin.

Their split is said to have been caused by a reality TV show the couple were involved in called Connected, with Susan said to have grown irritated by their private lives being invaded.

A source for Page Six explained the couple are working on things: “It [the TV show] caused a lot of strain in the relationship. It’s documented for the show that Susan breaks up with him because she doesn’t want to be involved with the show. She says, ‘You’re a cast member, I’m not’ … As of now, they’re working on things.”

Susan got together with Jonathon after the pair met on a road trip in Chile, a year after she split from her long-term partner of 21 years, actor Tim Robbins. 

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Exercise is all too often associated with losing weight and looking better.

We all know that working out will help us tone up and look good naked, however, there are SO many other reasons to get active and so many other benefits regular exercise will have on your health.

Here are some reasons exercise should be part of your everyday life that have nothing to do with appearance…

1. It relives stress
If you've had a really bad day in work or college, the last thing you might feel like doing is putting those runners on. Which is funny, because it's the one thing you should do – exercise releases endorphins which can help beat stress and leave you feeling refreshed and hopefully with a fresh perspective. 

2. Can't sleep? Exercise will help
If you can't drift off easily, try working out in the morning or afternoon will help you sleep like a baby. However, rigorous exercise before bed can have the opposite effect so why not try some bedtime yoga instead? 

3. Bounds of energy!
Anyone who regularly works out in the morning will tell you that it helps to make your day more productive and helps to fill you with energy – just try it!

4. Walk taller
Things like yoga, pilates and running as well as countless others all draw attention to training your core, thus improving your posture and helping you to remember to always walk tall. 

5. Make your heart strong
Regularly working out will work wonders for your cardiovascular health and makes your heart stronger allowing it to pump more will less effort. With heart disease being Ireland's number one cause of death, we reckon that's a good enough reason to get moving as any!

6. Improve things in the bedroom…
Exercise helps to keep your body healthy and this includes all of those important sexual functions. Plus, you'll have more energy in the bedroom to explore a little – yay!

7. Get happy!
It's well-known now that exercise improves your mood and makes you happy. This occurs when exercise increases levels serotonin in the brain. 

8. Stay regular
If you find yourself feeling bloated, sluggish and/or constipated, exercise is known to help combat these issues. With constipation often (but not always) being a symptom of inactivity, getting regular workouts can keep you regular.

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Things seems to be going from bad to worse for Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans after her fiancé Nathan Griffith was arrested for domestic violence.

E! News confirmed the arrest with officers, who said: “At about 4:15pm today, Horry County Police Officers responded to a residence … for a domestic disturbance. This is the location where a television show called Teen Mom 2 is being filmed.”

Jenelle and Nathan only announced their engagement two months ago and have one child together, Kaiser. Jenelle is also mum to five-year-old Jace.

Things appear to be rocky as Nathan announced the end of their engagement only last month and Jenelle was arrested for driving without a licence only two weeks ago. 

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