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Get ready for amazing fashion this season!

We just arrived back from the House Of Fraser AW 2015 press preview… and yes, the new season stock is to-die-for. 

The event was held in The Dean hotel in Dublin and was decorated beautifully with gold graphics and pink flowers.

We were welcomed by a number of HoF folk in-the-know, and they happily took us through forthcoming season and what to expect.

Between yummy shortbread biscuits (yes!) and a fruit juice punch (hurrah!), the afternoon got us totally excited for autumn – and what we'll be wearing during the new season.

Labels such as Biba, Therapy, Label Lab and MaxMara Weekend will all be making a comeback with the new stock due in stores mid-September. 

In fact, expect to see the department store full of muted tones from grey to burgundy and green to black. 

MaxMara Weekend is going a bit brighter this AW with cream and white hitting its main stage. But fear not, if you want to be bright for Christmas, Biba and Label Lab are both bringing back colourful sequins with a bang. 

Their home wares and handbags are already in stock (run!). With animal print, leather and fur on offer, you'll basically turn heads on the street.

 

Here are a few snaps of our absolute favourties… Happy shopping!

 

 

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One couple were taking a romantic snap on the beach, but after they had taken it they realised they had become the latest victims of photobombing.

The couple loved the picture and reached out to people online to ask them to photo-shop it to fix it for them.

Here's the original image, which shows the pair engaged in a serious smooch while a boy in the background is trying to catch a football. 

Obviously they decided they wanted a copy of this moment, without the third part. 

Several people volunteered to help, and some of the results are hilarious! 

 Some helpful people helped them keep the photo as romantic as possible by adding in a giant smiling dog or man with a hairy chest….

 Thanks to photoshop, they have plenty of additions to their photograph…

 Some Yugioh and wrestling characters even featured in the photographs and if that doesn't spell romance, then we don't know what does! 

 

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This week, Zayn Malik allegedly threw shade Taylor Swift's way – retweeting a message that implied the songstress is more focused on making money than using her fame for good.

It was a move that prompted Tay-Tay's boyf Calvin Harris to launch a full-on attack on the former One Directioner… though the Scottish DJ later relayed somewhat, complimenting Mr Malik on his "great voice". 

Still, it's certainly not the first time that 25-year-old Ms Swift has been involved in a tiff. In fact, trouble and feuding seems to follow the singer-songwriter.

Here, we chronicle the highs and lows of her top six fall-outs:

 

Taylor Vs Katy:

The original feud! We can hardly remember what kicked it all off at this stage – something to do with Katy, 30, allegedly stealing her former friend's dancers for a world tour (why were the dancers so eager to leave, we'd like to know).

And even now, it seems it's the stand-off that refuses to die-down.

In fact, just late last month, Ms Swift brought on stage with her during a concert in Massachusetts an over-sized shark – a prop Katy famously used during her Super Bowl performance. She evidently thought it was hilarious; others were less enthused.

Of course after Taylor's high-profile Bad Blood video, we're guessing that a kiss-and-make-up scenario isn't on the cards anytime soon. 

 

Taylor Vs Miley:

We love that Ms Cyrus, 22, speaks her mind – and speak her mind she certainly did during a recent interview with Marie Clare.

“I don’t get the violence revenge thing,” the singer said referring to Taylor's Bad Blood video. “That’s supposed to be a good example?

"And I’m a bad role model because I’m running around with my titties out? I’m not sure how titties are worse than guns.”

Now, HollywoodLife.com reports that Ms Swift knows Miley doesn't like her (FYI: Katy and Ms Cyrus are mates – and Tay-Tay thinks the former turned the latter against her).

In fact, Swifty is SERIOUSLY concerned that the Wrecking Ball singer is going to have a pop at her at the VMAs in two weeks' time: Miley is presenting; Taylor is up for nine awards.

We can't wait. 

 

Taylor Vs Nicki

Speaking of the VMAs – Taylor was left red-faced when she assumed Nicki Minaj's VMA Twitter rant was about her (it's not always all about you, Tay-Tay).

Ms Minaj, 32, had been complaining that her mega-hit Anaconda didn't get a Best Video nomination (which actually does seem a bit strange). 

"If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies," her online complaint began, "you will be nominated for vid of the year." Cue Taylor jumping in, taking it all personal. 

Predictably, within 24hours Katy Perry just couldn't resist elbowing her way into the situation with her own online contribution. 

Wowsers. Anyway – Twitter went properly into meltdown over the whole situation, and Tays later took a chill pill and admitted that she had probably jumped to conclusions.

She also invited Ms Minaj to join her on stage "anytime," (pretty sure the woman sells out her own concerts, mind). The duo subsequently seem to be on good terms – for the moment anyway. 

 

Taylor Vs John

The Pennsylvanian singer and a guitar-weilding John Mayer had a brief romance – although things didn't end too well. Then she wrote a song, Dear John, which he claims is a bit mean.

Lines include: "Don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?" and "I lived in your chess game, but you changed the rules every day."

These days, Mr Mayer says she just ignores him.

"You can see me at the Grammys doing what I do best, being avoided by Taylor Swift," the 37-year-old said while hosting the Late, Late Show back in February.

John and a certain Katy Perry, of course, have had an on-off thing since 2012 – which probably doesn't help matters.  

 

Taylor Vs Apple and Spotify

Taylor famously withdrew her music from Spotify because she says they weren't giving her enough dough – though the likes of U2, The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney don't seem to mind. Anyhoo, her argument is: "Music is art, and art is important and rare.

"Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for."

So, what's the alternative? Well, funny you ask… because in early June Apple began its music streaming service – a platform that, until Tay-Tay bemoaned its payment policy just a few weeks after its launch, many folk were unfamiliar with.

"We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation," she said in an open letter.

The tech corporation quickly did a U-turn, as confirmed by executive Eddy Cue on Twitter.

And so in the end everyone involved seemed rather happy – especially the woman herself, who just days after the incident announced that she'd be releasing her mega-selling 1989 album… on Apple. Yup, everyone's happy, so.

 

Taylor Vs Tina Fey AND Amy Poehler

We hardly know where to look – comediennes Tina and Amy are living legends, after all. But a couple of years ago, Swifty just didn't find them all that funny 

Why? Well, the duo were hosting the Golden Globes in 2013, peppering the gig with plenty of tongue-in-cheek gags. Over the course of the evening, they even made fun of Miss Taylor's dating history.

Tays didn't seem to see the funny side though and later told Vanity Fair: "there's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

Ouch.

In contrast, for example, the likes of Hollywood legend Leonardo DiCaprio managed to smile and say nadda at the receiving end of similarly scathing remarks.

Indeed, last year he did just that when Ms Fey announced his arrival on the Golden Globes stage with the properly hilarious: “And now, like a supermodel’s vagina, let’s all give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio…"

 

 

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Cara Delevingne has spoken out about her future in modelling, and it doesn't sound promising. 

The model/actress said that the modelling industry has now resulted in her hating her body after first beginning when she was just ten years old.

Although she seems to be at the top of her model game, Cara has spoken out and said she is "not doing fashion work any more".

She opened up about her struggles as a catwalk model for some of the biggest brands in the world saying it made her 'hate' her body. 

In an interview with The Times, Cara said ""It didn't make me grow at all as a human being. And I kind of forgot how young I was. I felt so old."

She continued saying "I was, like, fight and flight for months. Just constantly on edge. It is a mental thing as well because if you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse."

Cara also explained how the stress of the catwalk model life also led her to developing psoriasis which is a skin disease that can be quite uncomfortable for sufferers.

She said: "People would put on gloves and not want to touch me because they thought it was, like, leprosy or something."

It seems the 23-year-old is now going to focus all of her energy on her new acting career. She holds one of the lead roles in Paper Towns and she is also starring in next year's hugely anticipated movie Suicide Squad. 

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Yes, clean eating is great and all but sometimes you just need something jam-packed with ice-cream, chocolate, cookies and everything else delicious in this world.

So forget about kale for a minute and take a look at the offerings available in Sweet Republic, a new Dublin café that opened on Bachelor's Walk last Saturday. You'll find it right next to Decobake, which has the same owners.

We have yet to pop in for a look (or an ice-cream binge) so for now we're doing our best not to drool on our keyboards as we pore over the photos from the store's official Facebook page.

Like these freakishly large and DELICIOUS looking milkshakes… is that a Mint Aero we see?

Or these customisable ice cream sandwiches – simply choose your cookie and your flavour and you're away.

Sick of cookies? No fear, they can make you a doughnut ice cream sandwich instead.

What would a sweet café be without a gallon of Nutella lying around?

If you want something a little "healthier" (who are we kidding), this banana and toffee French Toast isn't quite so stacked…

DID SOMEONE SAY WAFFLES?

Okay, enough torture, we're heading there right now.

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Oh my god this is probably one of the cutest/saddest things we have ever seen and we are not dealing well at all. 

The first day of school can be difficult enough, without a camera and reporter in your face, as 4-year-old Andrew learned. 

This adorable little boy was starting his first day of school when a reporter interviewed him asking "are you gona miss your mom?" to which he replied "No!". 

He then began giggling, which turned into crying in a matter of seconds and at this moment our hearts just broke!

Thankfully Andrew's mother was just off camera and saved the day by giving him a big hug following the incident. 

Don't worry little guy, we're sure we were the same on our first day of school!

 

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Making the move from film to television has proved to work out pretty well for some Hollywood stars.

Unless you managed to miss all of the fuss surrounding last year’s True Detective, you might have noticed that Matthew McConaughey managed to firmly reinstate himself in the public’s collective consciousness.

No surprise then that a few others are looking into TV for future roles. Anne Hathaway is the latest actor to have made the move.

The 32-year old Les Miserablés star is set to join the cast of a television series based on the book the Ambassador’s Wife.

Written by Jennifer Steil, the wife of an ambassador herself, the story moves from the past to the present to introduce us to a Muslim country in turmoil and the sheltered life led by a diplomat’s wife (Anne’s character).

Vanity Fair is comparing the series to Homeland. They also draw some comparisons between Anne’s new series and the mini-series The Honourable Woman which starred Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was also cast in Christopher Nolan's series of Dark Knight films.

Many people are apparently wondering if this news come mean Anne would be in the running for landing her own EGOT, which would mean winning a Grammy, Oscar, Tony Award and an Emmy for her television appearance.

However, it’s important to remember that she already has an Emmy award for her voice-over acting in the Simpsons from 2012. So, she still has a way to go before landing the EGOT career milestone.

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Megan Fox and her husband Brian Austin Green are reportedly splitting up after over a decade together.

The split was the a mutual decision, a source tells Us Weekly today. "Megan has separated from Brian,” the insider reveals. “They decided on it six months ago."

Megan and Brian began dating in 2004 and got married six years later. They first got engaged in 2009, only to split for almost a year before giving things another go. But sadly it seems the relationship is over for good this time around, despite attempts to fix their marriage issues. "Things have been rocky," another source tells Us.

The couple, who were last seen together getting lunch in LA in early June, have no doubt been making an effort to keep things amicable for the sake of their children, Noah, 2 and Bodhi, 18 months. 

Megan was first introduced to former Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian when he briefly guest starred on her sitcom Hope and Faith in 2004. At 13 years Brian's junior, Megan was just 18 at the time, but the couple began dating almost immediately. "It was like magic,” Megan previously said of their first meeting.

At the time of their first split back in 2009, 23-year-old Megan said she felt she wasn't ready to settle down. "Marriage isn’t a realistic goal for someone who is 23," she told reporters. However 12 months on Brian proposed again and the pair married just 24 days later, at the lavish Four Seasons resort in Hawaii.

Last year the couple were rumoured to be facing a tough spot in their marriage, with one source claiming there was "no romance left" for the pair. In fact, in August of last year Megan herself admitted that her husband didn't get "any intimacy whatsoever" with two toddlers around.

"My [2-year-old son Noah] sleeps in bed with us, so there's really no way," she told the hosts of The View.

Here's hoping both Brian and Megan find happiness again.

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Oops! Nicki Minaj should have probably given a different position a whirl when deciding how she would look for her Madame Tussauds wax statue. 

The wax figure while stands in the Las Vegas Tussauds at the Venetian Hotel and Casino, has caused them to have to up their security as people are getting a little too close for comfort to the statue. 

Inspired by her Anaconda music video, the wax is molded into the shape of the rapper on all fours in a black bikini with gold chains. 

According to the The Mirror, the statue has been molested as people just can't keep their hands off Nicki's curves, even if it isn't actually her. 

Turns out Iggy Azalea called it! She tweeted when it was first unveiled saying "All ppl are gonna do is go up to that statue and take pictures shoving their crotch in her face and putting their crotch on her butt." 

And she was totally right as fans and visitors to the exhibition began tweeting and Instagramming pictures doing just that to unsuspecting Nicki in Las Vegas. 

Madame Tussauds have even released a statement regarding it in which they said: 

"We have been made aware of the inappropriate photograph that was taken at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, involving Nicki Minaj's new wax figure."

"It is unfortunate that this visitor decided to behave so inappropriately and we apologise for any offence that has been cause"

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Uh oh, Liam Payne got himself in a bit of trouble and he has taken to Twitter to explain himself. He especially wants to make one thing clear, that he is not a homophobe. 

During a concert recently, Liam angered several of his fans when he was introducing the One Direction song Girl Almighty. He addressed the crowd saying "This is my favourite song off the last album, and it is about trying to find that No.1 woman of your life."

"Which none of you can relate to, 'cause you are girls. Except for the boys in here – you know what I'm talking about."

Following this comment, a lot of people were seriously unhappy accusing Liam of disregarding same-sex couples and with several people calling him a homophobe.

Liam then tweeted last night in an attempt to set the record straight and appease his angry fans. "I am in no way shape or form homophobic that's a ridiculous thing to say and I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will."

The singer tried his best to defend himself but he was clearly put out by the whole thing as he tweeted "crap end to a good day"

Liam described that he tries his best to keep his fans happy but some of them just want to focus on the negatives. "So annoying trying your hardest to amke people happy in a show and you think about all the notes u tried to hit higher or a little sweeter."

He also went on to tweet his 20.8 million followers saying that some people take things too literally now a days. 

Liam's band mates have not yet taken to Twitter to defend him or set the record straight. 

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The Grammy award winning singer Kelly Clarkson has been delighting her fans of late as she covers everything from Bryan Adams to Miley Cyrus with serious talent.

On Tuesday night, she appeared on the popular Jimmy Kimmel Live show and put on another incredible show.

This time thought it was a performance with a twist. Rather than cover some of her much-loved peers hit tracks, she opted for a more romantic approach.

Well, if you consider finding love with a right swipe and a dating app romantic that is.

The sometimes sweet, but mostly bizarre and sometimes creepy profiles of Tinder users were Kelly’s lyrics.

A foot fetish and a hairless cat lover became the basis for some amazing tunes. No seriously, she nailed it.

We’re not sure if anyone aside from Kelly could actually pull this off, but she did a seriously impressive job.

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When one of the best comedians to grace our screens in years unites with the director of films like Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, you just know the result is going to be spectacular.

Amy Schumer’s debut film Trainwreck hit Irish cinemas last week, and so far it’s gotten rave reviews. The comedy, a (relatively) autobiographical tale of a woman who has always forced herself to believe that monogamy is unrealistic, is a witty, sharp and no-bullsh*t look at what it’s like to be a female in today’s world.


The film’s director Judd Apatow and cast members Amy Schumer, BIll Hader and Vanessa Bayer hit Ireland last week for the final stop on their global press tour.

As well as a sit-down chat between Amy, Judd and Ireland’s beloved Panti Bliss, Trainwreck‘s Irish premiere took place at Dublin’s Savoy Cinema last Wednesday, in association with the Dublin International Film Festival.

S! TV were there to get in on the action and to catch up with the cast and crew.

The 14th Dublin International Film Festival will take place from February 18th – 28th, 2016.

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