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Even if you think Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are totally set to last and live happily ever after, it's hard to deny that their relationship is definitely one of the showier in the industry.

From allowing paps to get shots of their long walks on the beach to wearing items of clothing which declare their love for one another, the TayTo romance is playing out for all to see, and they seem to love it.

And while media outlets around the world are busy speculating about the pair, it seems the answer to the 'Is it real or not?' question lies with none other than…Philip Schofield.

That's right ladies, Schof apparently has the inside scoop on the romance, and he said as much during a This Morning segment devoted to the pair.

With Rylan Clarke pouring scorn on their countless PDAs and the speed with which their relationship is developing, good ol' Phil decided to add his tuppence in.

"I was talking to someone yesterday who knows him very well and said he wouldn’t do the T-shirt thing – it’s not in his nature to that," Phil revealed.

"She's leading everyone on," he added. "She's leading everyone on. I'm pretty sure. I'll stick my neck out here"

That's it! If Phil says Tom wouldn't wear a T-shirt dedicated to his girlfriend, then who are we to question him?

 

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Supermarkets are used to having a million and one complaints made to their customer service everyday. You can't make everyone happy, right?

Well, Tesco made one man very upset this week because his bag of carrot batons didn't live up to expectations.

Aaron Swift considers himself quite the carrot connoisseur, so when he came home to a bag of unruly vegetables, he took to Twitter to share his disgust.

He started off by saying: "As some may know I am somewhat a carrot aficionado and it has to be said that these @Tesco batons are the WORST."

The supermarket chain quickly responded, asking him to point out exactly what the problem is… And his reply is simply brilliant.

Aaron posted a picture of the carrots lying on a piece of paper, writing the offence of each one underneath:

"Infested," "curly," and "hacked to bits," (my personal fave) were just some of the reasons why his carrots weren't up to scratch.

Tesco clearly had no comeback and offered the "carrot aficionado" a full refund.

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It appears as though Ed Sheeran is prepping himself for a VERY busy 2017.

It has been revealed that among his plans for next year, Ed hopes to release a new album AND go on tour…SQUEAL!

The Small Bump singer has been on a year-long hiatus, taking a deserved break after five years of untold success. 

Ed, who was recently snapped smooching his GF Cherry Seaborn at Taylor Swift's house, is also set to headline GLASTONBURY in 2017. 

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According to The Sun, Ed Sheeran's management team are in talks with the organisers of the festival, and it is assumed that the 25-year-old will headline the event next summer. 

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A source close to star told The Sun that “Ed has always wanted to do Glasto, it’s been a huge ambition. He’s one of the biggest artists in the world, and British, so bosses are desperate to book him.”

Can we buy our tickets now please? 

 

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If you still have a little bit of Harry Potter fever left in you (which most people seem to), then this could be your chance to dine in the Great Hall.

Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is hosting 'Breakfast at Hogwarts' – but for only two days.

The studio will open its doors on August 21 and 28, where you can visit the Great Hall and munch on magical cereals like Pixie Puffs and Cheeri Owls.

Staff will be dressed in official Hogwarts uniforms as they serve you some brekkie in the infamous dining hall.

The studio has actually put in a lot of work to make this happen. It took 40 people over seven months to build an exact replica castle with over 300 fibre optic lights installed so it looks like lanterns and torches are flying around above you.

And after your breakfast, you'll be able to tour around the whole castle and finish up your morning by drinking a giant glass of Butterbeer!

However, it's going to be a pretty pricey breakfast with tickets costing £95 (€110) for adults and £75 (€87) for kids.

So if you have a secret account at Gringotts bank, now is the time to use it. 

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With news emerging that police in Sweden are currently investigating five rapes and more than 10 sexual assaults at the Bravalla Festival in Stockholm, Mumford and Sons have vowed to boycott the event until there is a substantial improvement in security.

The band, who headlined the festival which took place between June 29th and July 2nd, took to their official Facebook page yesterday to condemn the action of some festival-goer's

"We're appalled to hear what happened at the Bravalla Festival last weekend," they began in the post which has been liked more than 25,000 times in 24 hours.

"Festivals are a celebration of music and people, a place to let go and feel safe doing so," they continued. "We're gutted by these hideous reports."

Making their feelings clear, they finished the post by confirming they would not be playing at Bravalla again until something is done to prevent such crimes.

"We won't play at this festival again until we've had assurances from the police and organisers that they're doing something to combat what appears to be a disgustingly high rate of reported sexual violence."

The post has been shared more than 1,000 times since its upload, and has opened a debate among the band's followers on how to approach the issue.

"Unfortunately the effect of any actions taken by the police and/or organisers will be limited because the root of this problem is on a much deeper societal level, where boys are raised in to thinking that this kind of behaviour is okay," began one Facebook user.

"We must teach our sons that it is never okay to rape, and teach our daughters that they should never accept to have their bodies and integrety violated in any way, shape or form in their lives," she added. (sic)

Another suggested the band need to play a more active role in combating the issue, writing: "OR you play at festivals but before each gig you actually tell the audience to look around and be more aware of the problem. Be part of the solution to reach out."

According to The Telegraph, Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, has vowed to tighten laws relating to sexual assault.

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Ever wake up from the night before with a bit of a sore head and think never again?  Yeah, us too.

But thankfully hangovers could soon be a thing of the past due to a brand new gadget which tells you when to stop drinking before you reach a hangover-earning state.

The new Bactrack Skyn wristband measures the amount of ethanol coming from your skin using an electrochemical sensor in a non-invasive way and sends an alert to your smartphone when that level has reached a certain point.

The world's first wearable alcohol monitor not only collects data about the levels of alcohol in the blood but also stores and interprets that information before sending it to a smartphone which will alert the wearer of the band’s findings.

The owner’s phone can be set to buzz when their blood alcohol content is approaching a figure like 0.04% to warn them to slow down.

According to Bactrack Skyn's website, the device could also be used by the family members of alcoholics as a warning that sobriety has been broken.

Because the wristband measures blood alcohol levels continuously in real time, it can tell you when you’ve had enough to drink before you even realise you have.

Bactrack Skyn was recently awarded $200,000 from the National Institute of Health in the US and will be available for purchase later this year.

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If you tried and failed to nab yourself tickets to the concert of the year, then this is the news you've been waiting for!

With just three days until Queen Bey takes to the stage and channels her inner Sasha Fierce in our country's capital, hundreds more people have been given a chance to see the star do her thing.

According to emerging reports, MCD have released 500 more tickets to Beyonce's highly-anticipated Croke Park gig this weekend ,and it's up to you to get your hands on them here!

Ladies, it's go-time!

 

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Ever since Mila and Ashton got together we've had a feeling in our bones that this was one Hollywood couple set to last.

Maybe it's because they met as up-and-coming stars, went their separate ways and eventually found their way back to each as A-listers, but we definitely think there's something extra-special about this one.

So, when 32-year-old Mila recently revealed that she and her husband of one year were literally incapable of lying to each other, we knew we were on the money with those two.

During a recent interview with Glamour magazine, the Black Swan star explained: "We can't bulls**t each other. I literally can't lie to him."

Mila, who is said to be expecting twins, admits there's no way either of them can play it fast and loose with the truth, continuing: "He can call me out on everything, and I can do the same, because there's nothing about the other person's face that we don't know."

Explaining that their profession plays a role in their ability to recognise a porky at 100 feet, Mila said: "We know when they're acting, thus we know when they're lying."

"There's nothing we don't know about each other because we've known each other for so long: the ugly, the bad, the good," she added.

"It truly is being married to your best friend. That’s a cliché; it's cheesy. But it's true."

God, if we didn't love them, we'd kinda hate them…

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Hozier came back with a bang this month after he released a track for the upcoming film, The Legend of Tarzan.

Entitled, Better Love, everyone (including his fans) thought that this was his comeback song – the track that would welcome him back into the music industry after taking some time off.

But as it turns out, the singer is flying right back under the radar.

"I'm going to take some time off so this is the last thing I'm going to be putting my name to for a little while," he told RTÉ TEN.

"I'm going to disappear for a while and work on the next album.

"In a similar way how I worked the first time round, go to a very quiet space and just see how the demos take shape," he added.

Even though we'll miss him in the charts, we're looking forward to a brand new music from the Irishman.

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James Norton is now the most hotly tipped actor to replace Daniel Craig as the legendary secret agent James Bond.

According to the Metro, the Happy Valley star is now at 1/3 odds to play 007 in the Paddy Power betting stakes.

This puts him ahead of former favourites Tom Hiddleston (now 9/2) and Irish actor Aiden Turner (7/4) whose position in the Bond running has dropped after the BBC announced another series of Poldark in which he stars.

Norton has shot to the top of the potential Bond list – which also includes Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender – after being 33/1 just six weeks ago.

The 30-year-old British actor has previously appeared in Dr Who, War & Peace and the movie An Education.

A Paddy Power spokesperson told the Metro: “We’ve barely had any bets on Norton to be the next Bond…We thought the first this morning was like a hopeful roulette spin in Casino Royale.”

“However, after a sudden sequence of follow-up punts, we’re starting to suspect that we’re dealing with a Dr In The Know – so the odds have Skyfall-en.”

So many Bond puns, so little time.

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We live in the age of the Internet and our phones are almost a part of our bodies by now. We get it, we're busy people and like to be kept updated – but do we really need to be kept updated while doing the no pants dance with our partners?!

As it turns out, our phones are seriously getting in the way of our love lives. Big time.

Durex just conducted a survey of Ireland's 'sexpectations' and the results are totally mind-boggling.

Try wrap you head around this: 67 percent of people touch their phones more than they touch their partner. Crazy, right?

It gets worse. Twenty percent of people rather spend two days without their partner than two days without their phone or Internet, and 15 percent only touch their partner every couple of days compared to 31 percent who touch their phones five times every hour.

66 percent admit to not being fussed about having sex if there's something juicy on social media and wouldn't even be inclined to initiate it if their other half was on their phone too.

But for the 34 percent who say nothing can get in their way of doing the deed, it turns out 22 percent of those surveyed are back on their phone within ten minutes. TEN minutes?!

Who knew digital distractions would play such a major part in our sex lives, huh?!

So put down your phone, light a few candles, get in the mood and hop on it, ladies.

 

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Kylie Jenner seemed to be on cloud nine this week, having done her biggest restock of her famous Kylie Lip Kit to date. 

The make-up magnate also sent her Snapchat followers into a frenzy, when she announced she had trademarked the word 'Kylighter', leading everyone to believe a new line of high lighters are on the horizon.  

 

The collection. Still lots available at KylieCosmetics.com 

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Despite all the excitement, The Better Business Bureau, a non-profit organisation in the US that deals with business ethics and practises, gave Kylie Cosmetics an 'F' rating in a recent evaluation – their lowest score possible. 

Fear not, our favourite reality star is already bouncing back from bad reviews.

The write up on the BBB website states that there have been 134 official complaints about the company in the last 12 months, which caused the poor grading.  

Kylie cosmetics had been getting a number of complaints because a number of products were being stolen in transit, as a result of easily recognisable packaging. 

King Kylie's company is still in the early stages of development, having only officially launched in August 2015, which may explain the issues being faced. 

However, proving the power of the Jenner name, quickly after the news of the "F" hit the press, Kylie Cosmetics' grade was adjusted to a "C."

The CEO of the Better Business Bureau, Rick Copeland,claimed that his organisation was not aware of the sheer volume of the company and the amount of complaints was smaller in proportion to actual sales.

Next time do your homework guys! 

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