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According to emerging reports, Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after being accused of tax evasion.

The 29-year-old international footballer was accused of creating a number of fake companies in Uruquay and Belize in order to avoid taxation on image rights between 2007 and 2009.

While the footballer will not actually spend time behind bars as the Spanish system states that prison terms under two years can be served on probation, he was fined €1.9 million by a court in Barcelona and will face imprisonment if he reoffends.

It has been established that Messi, who earns more than a quarter of a million euro a week and won Fifa World Player of the Year five times, attempted to evade €4.1 million in tax over the course of two years, but insists he was unaware of these financial oversights

Messi's father, Jorge, who – according to his son – dealt with the footballer's financial affairs, received the same sentence as his son.

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Disney star Debby Ryan was arrested for drunk driving in April, and she finally received her sentence today.

According to E!, the actress was driving around LA when she crashed into another car. LAPD confirmed that the 23-year-old was then arrested on a felony DUI, however her offence was reduced to two misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol level above .08.

Later that week, Debby took to Twitter to apologise to her fans.

"Over the last few days I have had the chance to think about my actions, and I wish I had used better judgement.

"I recognise that I am a role model and have always worked hard to set a good example for my millions of fans. I am so sorry to disappoint everyone."

Today, Debby pleaded no contest to driving under the influence and she was sentenced to three years probation. She will also need to complete three months in a DUI program and community service.

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No matter how much we tell ourselves it's going to be different this time, an evening at a gig ALWAYS turns into one very long and messy night.

And our remedy for alcohol over-indulgence and serious lack of sleep the night before is pretty much always a giant vat of coffee – with extra coffee – the following morning.

But it seems we may be setting ourselves up for a world of health issues if the findings of a recent study conducted at the McGill University Auditory Sciences Laboratory are anything to go by.

The research, which was published by JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery, explored the theory that caffeine can have a negative effect on a person's hearing after they've been exposed to considerable sound levels.

According to NME, the Consequence of Sound study exposed three groups of female albino guinea pigs to either caffeine, 110 decibel "pure tone sound" or both.

 And researchers concluded that the groups who were exposed to both recovered their hearing a lot slower than the sound-only group.

The 15-day study pitched their noise levels between 100 and 120 decibels – the typical level heard at most concerts.

Ladies, it sounds like everyone's gonna have to speak up.

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Beth Louise Carr has such a love for Disney, that she has spent her entire student loan, somewhere to the tune of €26,000, on Disney memorabilia and trips to Disney theme parks. 

Beth admits to falling in love with Disney after watching Beauty And The Beast as a child.

The art student has since collected thousands of toys, and has visited Disney resorts nine times all over the world.

Beth, who from her instagram account appears to have a promising career as an artist, has turned an entire room in her house into a fairytale dream land. 

The young woman from Sunderland has admitted to having "thousands of Disney toys all over the house."

"I own five Disney outfits, with a wardrobe filled with Disney inspired T-shirts and accessories" she went on to tell the Mail Online. 

Boyfriend of the mega-fan, Lee Creighton, believes that Beth has spiralled out of control, and has had to ban her from all Disney stores in the UK. 

Despite the ban, Lee has gone to Disneyland in Paris a number of times with his girlfriend, and supports her love of all things Disney. 

Beth started her Disney clad instagram three years ago, and it has now gained 2,100 followers, most of whom appear to be fellow Disney fans. 

Beth also told the Mail Online about her reasons for loving Disney, citing a hard childhood where "Disney always managed to put a smile on my face."

Beth and Lee are set to jet off to Disney World in Orlando this September.

Hakuna Matata guys! 
 

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Aside from a brief affair with the teapot, the duckface has been the go-to selfie position since Bebo was a thing, but it seems the pouty pose may have to make room for a new kid on the block.

Welcome “fingermouthing” – the strategic positioning of the fingers in front of the mouth to give the classic snapping look a slightly more natural-looking element.

The benefits of fingermouthing include showing off your latest batch of gel nails, being able to cover up any unsightly blemishes and making you look like you could be thinking about something other than, well, fingermouthing.

This selfie position is super versatile and can be altered to suit any individual needs you might have by tilting the head, slightly opening the mouth and splaying the fingers more than might actually be necessary.

The stance is most commonly used by bloggers and celebrities and with basically every Kardashian-Jenner being a fan, we’re sure this trend is not going away anytime soon.

 

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Love them or loathe them, the Kardashian family are going nowhere.

Public fascination with reality TV stars coupled with the family's innate desire to feed that fascination with the help of complex love lives and dysfunctional relationships means the Kardashian family will, whether you like it or not, always be prime watercooler fodder.

And with Kylie and Kendall carving names for themselves, and the arrival of Mason, Penelope, North, Reign and Saint, we're already gearing up for KUWTK: The Next Generation after Kim, Kourtney and Khloé finally decide to go live in their walk-in wardrobes and never emerge.

And by examining this obsession with the Calabasas clan, one University of Durham has just earned herself a first-class degree.

Sociology student, Eliza Cummings-Gove, was told she was 'ridiculous' for devoting her 10,000 word dissertation to the famous family, but it looks like the powers that be had other ideas, and awarded the 20-year-old Londoner the highest honour.

"I think there is a lot of cultural snobbery about it," Eliza said. "The Kardashians are everywhere in the media and they are shaping many of the girls today into the women they will become."

"In my dissertation I didn't have enough words to talk about the men in the family and their role in a post-feminist world," she explained. "The relationship between women and their partners, ex-partners and, in Rob's case, their brother is a really interesting and complex."

Eliza, who admits she was 'euphoric' upon hearing of her results, explained that she watched 80 hours of the reality show as part of her research.

80 hours? That's basically us when we have a duvet weekend…

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Look, we're going to be honest here – very few of us shave our legs for the good of our health.

We generally pick up a razor when we think we're a day away from having people barf into a hedge over the sight of our hairy ankles, and we generally only grab a loofah and exfoliate like there's no tomorrow when it looks like the no-pants-dance might be on the horizon.

And it looks like we're not the only ones who operate in this manner if a recent (and absolutely hilarious) Imgur upload is anything to go by.

After spending time prepping for the arrival of her other half, this girl was NOT impressed by the curt message she received that informed her she had basically shaved, exfoliated and moisturised for NO DAMN REASON.

Sending a series of post-shower selfies to her 'babe', this girl spoke for all womankind when she wrote: "So, you're telling me that I shaved, exfoliated and moisturized for nothing."

And in a act of sisterhood for which we should all be thankful, she entitled her upload: "PSA: Please give an hour's warning, minimum."

Lads, you've been warned.

PSA: Please give an hours warning, minimum.

 

 

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Unless you’ve been living under a giant impermeable rock for the last month, you will have been bombarded with PDAs by Taylor Swift and her new boyfriend Tom Hiddleston.

Between “I LOVE T. SWIFT” tank tops and jetting around the world to meet their other halves' parents it feels like TayTom have been together for years – rather than the mere month it’s actually been.

If you’re totally fed up with the happy couple then you’ll be happy to hear you are in very good company as a new picture of Ryan Reynolds has emerged in which the star looks totally tiddled off with Hiddleswift.

The image – which was uploaded to Instagram last night by the Bad Blood singer’s childhood friend – shows Taylor sitting on Tom’s lap looking totally loved up (as usual) while Blake Lively gazes happily at the couple.

But sitting beneath Blake is a very uncomfortable Ryan Reynolds whose face literally says what that world is thinking: “How the hell did we get to this?”

As with all picture perfect moments the Internet is having an absolute field day over the snap. 

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Some people simply aren't the DMC type, so when you have a DMC-related subject to share with people you love, you really have to get creative.

Deciding it was more in keeping with her personality to come out to her family while riding Disneyland's Splash Mountain, one Californian teen went for it in recent weeks.

Explaining her decision to BuzzFeed, 16-year-old Gina explained: "I am not the type of person to have a deep, sit-down conversation, so I wanted to tell them in a lighthearted and fun way."

After hiding a sign which announced the news to her family, she hopped on in, readied her announcement and posed for the camera in a move which has delighted the internet since it started doing the rounds this week.

"I love funny ride photos so I figured I could make the sign just in case I decided to go for it, and I did," she explained, and her 'super accepting' family were all OVER it.

After sharing the snap on Twitter, Gina revealed she has been inundated with supportive comments, saying: "People have responded saying I’ve inspired them to do the same thing, which I think is the coolest part of it all."

"This Twitter account was just my spam account where I posted random fangirl stuff but I decided it couldn’t hurt to post it and the result was absolutely amazing,"

Props Gina, props.

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If social media is anything to go by in the last two days, hell hath no fury like an American scorned on July 4th.

And while we're pretty sure most people found Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston's July 4th celebrations more inappropriate than Kaley Cuoco's Independence Day slip-up, that hasn't stopped the Big Bang Theory actress from dropping to her knees and grovelling like there's no tomorrow.

Taking to Instagram on Monday, the popular actress paid tribute to her country by sharing a snap of her three pets chilling out on an American flag, and people are NOT happy.

"Thank you @the_pet_handler for taking care of the squad while im out of town! 4th of July pups!" wrote Kaley in a move which Instagram users have deemed inappropriate on so many levels.

"Showing disrespect for the flag, it should never touch the ground, or let your pet stand on it!" wrote one while another remarked: "That's not a towel. I believe in the right to burn the flag in protest as long as it's in context, that's why so many people gave their lives, for freedom."

"But this is not that, this is simply disrespectful," they added "That's a flag. A symbol of what people have sacrificed for."

Acknowledging her major misstep, Kaley swiftly deleted the offending image before replacing it with heart-shaped stars and stripes snap.

 

I would like to comment on a photo I posted yesterday , that has caused lots of controversy. First off, please know, I have the utmost respect for my country. I am a proud American in every sense of the word. I understand the American flag stands for our freedom and represents American heroes , past and present. Yesterday I made a mistake by posting the picture that was taken of my sweet dogs posing on an American flag. I sincerely apologize to anyone that has been offended by my previous post. This is no way reflects my feelings toward what the American flag represents. Living in the public eye, can be extremely difficult at times. Every mistake and every imperfection is amplified. I am not perfect. I am a proud American, today, tomorrow, always.

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"First off, please know, I have the utmost respect for my country. I am a proud American in every sense of the word. I understand the American flag stands for our freedom and represents American heroes, past and present," she began.

"Yesterday I made a mistake by posting the picture that was taken of my sweet dogs posing on an American flag. I sincerely apologize to anyone that has been offended by my previous post," she continued.

"This is no way reflects my feelings toward what the American flag represents," she continued. "Living in the public eye, can be extremely difficult at times."

"Every mistake and every imperfection is amplified," she wrote "I am not perfect. I am a proud American, today, tomorrow, always."

OK guys, I think it's time to let her off the hook now.

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At this stage Harry Styles is almost as famous for his dark curly hair as he is for his place in One Direction, so naturally when a picture of him without his luscious locks finally emerged people were a little bit upset.

The singer’s sister Gemma took to Snapchat to reveal his new ‘do in a picture that shows a short-haired Harry looking at his star-patterned shirt.

The image is captioned: “Independence Day shirt….? No…?  Did I…?”

But of course once the One D fans caught sight of Harry’s hair (or lack thereof) they lost all interest in his shirt and took to Twitter to mourn the loss of the star’s famous curls.

 

 

According to the Metro, Harry cut off his hair for his role in the movie Dunkirk two months ago.

He has donated the hair to The Little Princess Trust – a charity which makes wigs for children who have lost their own due to cancer treatment.

Since Harry's hair has gone to such an important cause we're hopeful the One Directioners will find a way to forgive him…eventually.

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It seems like the 4th of July weekend was a love-filled one for the Kardashian-Jenner crew as not not only was Khloe seen kissing rapper Trey Songs in Vegas, Kendall was also spotted out with LA Lakers player Jordan Clarkson.

Earlier this year it was reported by PEOPLE that the pair had already been secretly dating for months and then in April they were spotted getting cute at Coachella, but now a source has finally told E! News that they are actually "casually dating".

This weekend they were spotted at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Bootsy Bellows’ 'Annual Red, White and Bootsy' Party together but E's source has revealed the 24-year-old Texan also spent time with Kendall at a luxurious Airbnb in Malibu – an Airbnb which costs a cool $2,200 a night to stay in.

But Kendall is not going to get too caught up in the relationship just yet as the source said the pair are trying to keep things laid back for now and revealed they are still free to see other people.

So while they are “casually dating”, the relationship is “not anything very serious” as neither Kendall or Jordan are looking for a big relationship right now.

Another insider said the pair are eager to keep their relationship “on the down-low in public”.

The bottom line?  These two really are keeping it casual.

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