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Niall Horan's definitely one of the most down-to-earth Irish celebs out there, as he proved yesterday once again.

The One Direction singer joined Snapchat just last week, and yesterday posted this photo showing him doing something very un-celeb like indeed – taking the train to a gig.

"TUBE!" Niall captioned the Snap – as caputured by Goss.ie – which shows him sitting in an almost empty carriage on London's Northern Line.

Unexpectedly, Twitter soon exploded, with Londoners having meltdowns all over the place:

Judging by Laura Whitmore's social media updates later in the evening, Niall was en route to a Kodaline gig at The Roundhouse with some friends, including Irish-Moldovan presenter Diana Bunici:

But while Niall might have taken the Tube to the gig like Joe Soap, he did of course get to watch the gig from side-stage, because, well, he's Niall Horan.

 

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Just another day in the life of a superstar.

 

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If you're currently artfully filtering that photo of your half-eaten Easter egg for Instagram, you might as well leave it because a certain Taylor Swift has already gotten there before you… with not one but THREE Easter Instagram posts.

The singer is home for the holiday with her family, and – as with last year – she's been having some seriously competitive Easter fun with her younger brother Austin.

 

Easter Battles 2016 @austinkingsleyswift

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"Easter Battles 2016," Taylor captioned the first of three videos, showing herself and Austin challenging one another to an egg fight.

And while the sibling rivalry is strong in the Swift household, poor Taylor might have to work on her egg-fighting skills, as she loses to her brother in all three videos:

 

A devastating loss. @austinkingsleyswift

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GROUND YOURSELF @austinkingsleyswift

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Of course, she definitely needed to be taken down a peg or two after last year's Easter videos, which show her practically fighting Austin to the ground in an Easter egg hunt – like "Monica and Ross," in the singer's own words.

Wonder if Calvin's any good at egg fights? We'll await the video…

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They may have been busy writing brilliant satirical posts on Facebook and appearing on Channel 4 news, but it seems that Ireland's favourite comedic duo are to make a return to our screens. 

According to the Sun, the boyos have landed their own six-part comedy series on our very own RTE. 

"Their show got a good audience when it aired but after Blind Boy went on the Late Late Show, the Rubberbandits’ 1916 special became one of the most watched programmes on the RTE Player," a source reportedly told the paper. 

"That’s the kind of thing that makes RTE sit up and notice." 

Yep, the limerick born Blindboy Boatclub and Mr Chrome are due to film an entire series that chronicles living in Ireland. 

And it seems that the duo are making quite the impression as Blindboy appeared on Channel 4 earlier this week. 

"My generation, we’re old enough to remember the Celtic Tiger, but we’re massively affected by the recession," said the entertainer in the video. 

"Young Irish people, the suicide amongst them is massive. Huge amounts of suicide, jumping into rivers, and emigration and a lot of young Irish people, they don’t see a future.”

Hon the lads. 

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A heartwarming clip taken at an Irish wake in Kilorglin, country Kerry is going viral today after racking up almost 100,000 hits on Vimeo at the time of writing. 

The video shows a gathering of friends and family in a local pub Falvey's celebrating the life of a Ger Foley, a popular local nicknamed as 'Farmer'. 

The footage shows local man give a rousing speech in honour of ger before launching into a gleeful rendition of Mr. Brightside by the Killers. 

According to Entertainment.ie, Ger was a well-known figure in the area who was infamous for being a huge fan of traditional Irish music and song.

The video just goes to show that no matter what, the Irish know how and when to throw a good party. 

Watch the amazing clip below: 

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It's nice to know that even if you have thousands of adoring fans trying to maul you every single day, you would still have the courtesy to check if one of them is okay after they literally collapsed trying to meet you. 

Which is exactly what happened to Zayn Malik in New York yesterday. 

As he was heading off to his album launch party with girlfriend Gigi Hadid in tow, a fan managed to floor herself right in front of the former One Direction singer.

A clip of the incident shows the singer stop and help the fan up before the couple check she is okay and move on. 

While the clip is a nice endorsement of the 23-year-old, fan Cass' reaction to be helped up by Zayn has us in literal stitches. 

Safe to say that it made her entire life. 

Watch a clip of the incident below: 

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Fans and stars of the hit Disney show Hannah Montana were busy celebrating it's ten year anniversary this week. 

Yep, just to make us feel super old it has been an entire decade since the show that made Miley Cyrus a bona fide star first aired on our television screens. 

And while Miley herself has changed a lot since her days on the screen, it seems that she is taking a step back into TV as she reveals two exciting new projects. 

First up, last month it was announced that Miley was to star in Woody Allen's hotly anticipated new series which will be out later this year. 

The six-part series that is as-yet unnamed, is set to debut on Amazon's live streaming service and begins shooting in March. 

The drama/ comedy series is to be set in 1960's and will have a short first season of six half-hour long episodes. 

And to add to her impressive list of credentials, the star has announced today that she is going to be a judge and mentor on the upcoming season of the Voice US. 

Get you a girl that can do BOTH! #woodyallen #thevoice The Voice

Posted by Miley Cyrus on Friday, March 25, 2016

 

"It's true! I am going to be the newest judge on Season 11 of the Voice US," said the star on Facebook earlier today. 

"Watch me mentor and then season 11 sh*t is gonna go offffff! (sic) I can't wait!" 

We're expecting big, big things. 

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We've all had those moments of madness where we think to ourselves: "What if…" 

But if you never let those thoughts materialise into actions, you may be less common than you think. 

According to a survey by Illicit Encounters, 6 out of 10 women not only think about having sex with an ex-lover, but actively pine for it. 

Yep, and over a third of women would consider meeting up with an ex if they were approached on a social media site such as Facebook. 

Another surprising statistic from the survey revealed that only 44% of women said their best sex was with their current partner (compared to 71% of men.) 

"We have found the ‘greener grass syndrome' is a significant driver of female registrations," said Christian Grant, a spokesperson for Illicit Encounters

"Women are becoming increasingly sexually assertive and less prepared to settle for second best in a relationship.

"Women don’t tend to marry the guy they had great sex with. They marry for more ‘sensible’ attributes – like whether he’ll be loyal and a good father." 

Other fascinating results of the survey concluded that: 

  • Over 56% of women admitted they had their best sex with previous partners rather than their current one 
  • 59% regularly fantasise about sex with previous partners 
  • Only 4% of women said their best sex was with a one night stand (and only 3% of men said the same)
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In case you didn't see it, Junior Andre appeared on Loose Women alongside his sister Princess and mum Katie Price yesterday. 

And it seems the 10-year-old has earned himself a legion of new fans for the sassy way he called out his mother on the hit daytime show. 

And it's safe to say that Twitter was obsessed. Here's why: 

1) He wasn't afraid to ask the hard questions on live television 

"Mom, why did you divorce my dad?" 

2) He had a LOT of opinions on plastic surgery 

"People are perfect how they are."

 

3) He totally had his sisters back, even if it meant going against mom 

"Pedophiles will be attracted to her mom!" 

4) When he asked the tough questions 

"Hi the Vamps, I am about to prove that I am ten times cooler than you." 

 

5) And the cherry on top was his stellar performance of Mysterious Girl 

"Go away mom, you're stealing my thunder." 

 

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With parents like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, we all know that North West is going to grow up to rule the roost. 

She already has being a diva down from donning immaculate fur coats to telling the paparazzi exactly who is in charge. 

So when auntie Khloe decided to make a video turning North into a bona fide diva, we laughed because it is actually complete truth. 

Khloe posted the video to her website and used a picture of North with a modified voice to get the hilarious effect. 

"I don't think you know who I am," starts the gas clip with the 3-year-old donning a pair of over-sized sun-glasses. 

"I am North West and I'm about to run this sh*it for the rest of my life. Okay?" 

Absolute truth. 

Watch the gas clip below: 

 

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We all know what it feels like to just need a hair transformation, especially coming into the summer months. 

While many of us often opt to go a lighter shade for the spring season, Emma Watson has decided to do the total opposite. 

The Palo Alto actress has ditched her peroxide blonde, cropped hair and has decided to go for a luscious, soft brunette look complete with extensions. 

 

Change is always a good idea #DesertRose thanks to @nikkilee901 & @riawnacapri

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She debuted the stunning transformation over on her Instagram and we reckon it suits her down to the ground while also warming up her pale skin-tone. 

The actress decided to keep the style beachy with soft blonde highlights running through her new long locks. 

"Change is always a good idea," reads the caption of the casual selfie. 

And it seems her fans are totally feeling the look as it has raked up over 285 thousand likes since being published just yesterday. 

Emma is currently starring in Ryan Murphy's black comedy series Scream Queens and also stars with Dave Franco in upcoming young adult drama Nerve which is due out in September. 

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With six full seasons – and two movies to boot – of Carrie Bradshaw's romantic antics, we can't imagine anyone else in the key Sex And The City roles.

Take Mr. Big, for example. No-one else but Chris Noth could have charmed Carrie with that smile as she dropped an entire handbag full of condoms onto the ground, we're sure of it.

But if things had gone a little differently, Carrie's main squeeze could have been played by someone else entirely. SATC's creator Darren Starr revealed in an interview this week that he had someone entirely different in mind for the role.

"I was thinking of Alec Baldwin for Big initially," Darren admitted, adding that he didn't know much about Chris Noth before meeting him for his first audition. 

"I don’t really watch Law & Order [Chris's main show prior to SATC], but I met with Chris Noth and thought he was perfect.

"I remember the first table read, how good he was. I’m not saying that Chris was Mr. Big, but he brought a lot of his own persona to the role."

Abso-f***in'-lutely, he did.

But it's not just Big who could have been played by a very different face – Darren revealed he had another actor in mind for the role of Aidan too.

"We initially were thinking about Aidan Quinn for Aidan, but I think he wasn’t available. 

"I loved John Corbett [the actor who eventually went on to play Aidan] in Northern Exposure, and we were like, ‘Well, what’s John Corbett been up to?’

"He just had the laconic, dudish vibe. But we kept ‘Aidan’ because we loved the name."

Okay, Alec Baldwin we can *just* about get over, but someone else in the role of Aidan? No. JUST NO.

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*Hello darkness, my old friend.*

It seems that the overwhelmingly bad critic reviews for Ben Affleck's latest film Batman v Superman have hit the actor hard if this interview is anything to go by. 

In fact, the 43-year-old looked so distressed when he and Henry Cavill were asked about about the negative response that a pretty spectacular meme was born. 

Yep, #sadaffleck is officially a thing and we are witnessing its birth. 

The now viral meme was solidified when one tech savvy person decided to maximise on Ben Affleck's potent sadness during a promotional interview for the movie. 

Watch the video that started it all below: 

 

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