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The X Factor certainly hit a big blunder last year, as ratings dropped lower than ever before.

But, now Dermot O'Leary has announced that he is making his way back to the singing competition, after Simon Cowell met with him to seal the deal last week.

Dermot has always been a fan favourite, but when he quit the show 12 months ago, the presenter had a few things to say about the TV series.

He agreed with many of the X Factor's fans, saying the the show has gone way over the top and needs to be brought back down to earth.

Well, it seems like Simon listened as there is going to be major changes for 2016, including bringing back the intimate room auditions.

“I’m very flattered to be asked back to The X Factor, and am currently dusting off my dancing shoes," Dermot told The Mirror.

"There is nothing more exciting than hosting live TV on a Saturday night.

“The show is naturally very close to my heart, after having hosted it for eight years. I’m really looking forward to it, and excited to be back.”

We're so excited he's back, too!

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It's the time of the year that festival line-ups are being announced and we honestly couldn't be more excited for summer.

From Electric Picnic, to Forbidden Fruit, they are seem like they're going to be mighty craic.

But, if you fancy sailing over to Glastonbury, we think you're going to be guaranteed a good time.

From Adele and Coldplay, to Muse and The 1975, this is one festival not to be missed.

Here's the full line-up poster: 

 

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Vernon Kay has allegedly cheated on his wife, Tess Daly.

It is claimed thet TV persenter booked a hotel room for himself and glamour model Rhian Sugden in January. The same model he was caught sexting in 2010.

According to The Sun, the 41-year-old got back in touch with the blonde model last December and the pair had planned to secretly meet.

A source told the paper: "Vernon regularly asked Rhian when she was going to be in London for modelling and she kept asking him if he was going to be in the Manchester area.

“They agreed to book a hotel room in January but it fell through because of work.

"Then they agreed to meet in London at the beginning of this month. But again the rendezvous failed to materialise because Vernon had family commitments at the last minute," the insider added.

Vernon's marriage to Tess nearly fell apart six years ago after the first cheating scandal, so we're hoping these claims aren't true.

The couple have two children together and Rhian is now engaged to Corrie actor Oliver Mellor. 

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Jessica Lowndes introduced her "sugar daddy" to the world yesterday and it's safe to say that Twitter went CRAY.

There were so many questions like, are they engaged? Where did the ring come from? How long are they together? It all just didn't add up.

But now, Jessica has revealed that it was all a set-up and Jon is actually just starring in her new music video.

In a statement, Lowndes said she met 58-year-old Lovitz while working on  Hawaii Five-0 last year and "fell in love with his humor and comedy." She also described the video as a nod to the kitschy TV series  Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and  Pop Up Video.

Hmm, they were very steamy snaps… But that's a very steamy and strange video, so we kinda get it.

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It seems that Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are getting back together.

In a new Snapchat video posted by Kourt, the separated couple are seen on a couch together when Scott makes a very surprising announcement, "So, um, we wanted you guys to hear it first, we are getting back together."

He then goes to kiss Kourtney but she laughs and yells, "No!" before pulling away.

Are they taking the mick or are they really getting back together?! Watch the video here, we'll BRB, just impatiently refreshing her Snapchat story…

 

Baby Daddy Disick

A video posted by Kourtney's Snapchat (@kourtneysnapchat) on

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Jessica Lowndes was certainly controversial in 90210, playing the ever-cunning Adrianna, but now it seems that Jessica has a few secrets up her sleeve, too.

For the past few weeks that actress has been sharing very risky photos on Instagram, with one announcing that she has a much older man in her life.

Then came the photos of a engagement ring and some very sexy snaps of her rolling around in bed.

She also teased that her new man was #MrBig, and he was "too old for hashtags."

Well, in a recent post, the actress has revealed who her mystery man is… and we're a bit surprised.

Saturday Night Live's Jon Lovitz, 58, is reportedly her new lover, but as they appeared in Hawaii-five-0 in January, some fans are wondering whether it is all a set-up.

They are looking pretty loved-up to us, but we're guessing only time will tell the truth. 

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Let's be honest, when you're out for dinner with bae or go for brunch with the girls, we all take a nice food photo for Instagram. It's kinda become a habit for every twentysomething gal.

And while we might moan about how pretensions it seems, we all love getting the picture juuust right.

Well, now there's an app that can turn your brunch into a meal for champions.

Foodie has taken food photo filters to the next level and you can choose a filter based on what kind of food you're eating.

Munching on something chewy? There's a filter for that. Biting into something crispy? There's a filter for that, too.

But the best thing of all? The angle.

We all know the best food shots are from over-head, but unfortunately we are all too morto to climb onto a chair in the restaurant to take the perfect pic.

Well, Foodie has a built-in monitor that will tell you the perfect angle at which to snap, so you can get the best IG photo you can.

So, now you can spend a lot less time taking photos of your food and actually eat it while it's still warm. 

 

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We all know Nicki Minaj isn't one to take the high road so when a security guard was using his phone during her concert, she abruptly took it off him and threw it across the stage. Ouch.

The 33-year-old was playing in Dubai on Friday night when she noticed a bouncer off-stage using his phone. After giving a very aggravated look, the rapper stormed over to him, took the phone and flung it, before continuing on with her performance.

And of course, Twitter erupted after the incident:

He's going to think twice before ever using his phone now!

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One man was very lucky yesterday when his girlfriend decided to cook breakfast for him.

But, this breakfast wasn't just your average scrambled eggs on toast – oh, no – it was a woven bacon Easter egg with a FULL fry-up inside. Wow.

Added to the Facebook page, The Fry Up Police, Jason Francombe shared the picture to much delight.

"When your girlfriend makes you an Easter egg out of woven streaky bacon and then fills it with fried eggs, sausages, beans and hash brown… Jordan Francombe is a lucky guy."

Lucky, indeed. If only every partner could cook this up on Easter Sunday, we wouldn't even care about the chocolate anymore.

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We all kinda gathered that Kim Kardashian would have done anything to be famous back in the day but, now there are claims that Kim and momager Kris Jenner deliberately leaked the sex tape to make her famous.

A new tell-all book about the reality family, Kardashian Dynasty says that Kim signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment to leak her sex tape with singer Ray J in 2003, according to Page Six.

The author of the book, Ian Halperin included a quote from an inside source in the "adult film industry" who said, "a mutual friend of Kim and Paris [Hilton] had advised her that if she wanted to achieve fame, a sex tape would be the way to go.

"Kim had discussed the idea of producing a tape with her family beforehand."

The explosive book also claims that Kris was the one who initially "engineered" the leak in order to give Kim and her family some limelight.

"It was Kris who engineered the deal behind the scenes and was responsible for the tape seeing the light of day," the source said.

The author also said that "it is clear that Vivid would not have announced plans to distribute Kim’s tape without a clear indication from the family that they would give the go-ahead once they had come to terms on a price."

We all know Kim is sick of hearing about her sex tape, so we can only imagine what she has to say about this book, true or not…

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The Kardashian/Jenner/Wests certainly went all out for Easter yesterday and it seems that Kanye was keeping one song to himself until the special day came around.

The rapper debuted his new single Ultralight Prayer on Soundcloud, and let's just say it's not what we expected.

The song features on his album The Life of Pablo but the rapper decided to mix it up a tad by slotting in clips by Kirk Franklin, an American gospel musician.

Have a listen here and let us know what you think.

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The day after Easter was always a love/hate time with your parents. You JUST received more chocolate than you weigh, and yet your mam or dad would give out to you for eating too much, or getting sick if you take one more bite.

Of course, we always sneaked a little into our room to eat at night time (which, looking back probably caused all of those nightmares) but, now that we're adults, we can eat and drink as much as we want. Yay!

And if you have some lovely Créme Eggs leftover from yesterday, why not have a little party with your Netflix account tonight and indulge yourself with this Créme Egg Mojito.

We know what you're thinking. This is possibly just TOO MUCH. But, take a look at the recipe here (and then look at the fancy pictures) and we're sure you'll probably end up really wanting it (because we totally do):

Ingredients:

  • 25ml Barcardi
  • 25ml chocolate syrup
  • Sprig of mint
  • 25ml 1:1 Gomme syrup
  • Dash of lime juice
  • 25ml soda
  • 1 Créma Egg

 

Method:

Crush mint and place in glass with other ingredients. Stir with crushed ice, top with more ice and garnish with ½ egg and mint.

The creation comes from a bar's across London, but we'll settle having it tonight in our PJ's.

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