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British author Louise Rennison has sadly passed away, her publisher revealed last night.

The author is famous for writing the series of books about the life and times of Georgia Nicolson.

Her book Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging landed her in the big time when it was made into a movie. It was renamed as Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as to not outrage American audiences.

The movie also started off the careers of Aaron Johnson and QI's Alan Davis.

In a statement Harper Lee Collins said: "Nobody wrote for teenagers like she did, she understood them, their lives and their extraordinary and powerful friendships."

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It’s been almost two decades since they starred together in Titanic.

But Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio’s friendship continues to be one of the sweetest – and longest enduring – Hollywood relationships.

They’ve walked countless red carpets together, starred as lovers in not one but two blockbuster films, and gushed about each other in too many interviews to count.

After seeing Kate’s oh-so emotional reaction when her mate Leo finally won a Best Actor award at last night’s Oscars, we were inspired to take a look back at some of their most tearjerking BFF moments…

1. When they first hit the red carpet together back in 1998
Kate’s hair is really something.

 

2. When Leo said this to Kate just ‘cos.

 

3. Oh, and this.

 

4. When Kate publicly expressed her love for her bestie on stage
Accepting her Golden Globe back in 2009

 

5. Of course, she’s done it on the red carpet a few times too.

 

6. When they couldn’t get over their excitement at BOTH winning Golden Globes this year
Too cute.

 

7. Basically any time they root for one another at awards shows

 

8. And hug like this afterwards

 

9. Oh, and like this.
Taken moments after Leo’s win last night.

Never change, guys.

 

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While Saoirse Ronan, Lenny Abrahamson and Emma Donoghue all missed out on awards at last night's Oscars, there was one Irish person heading home with the coveted gold statuette.

Dubliner Benjamin Cleary scooped the Best Live Action Short Film award for Stutterer, which he wrote, directed and edited.

The film tells the tale of a lonely typographer whose eloquent inner thoughts are halted by a speech impediment, and it has had huge success on the film festival award circuit too.

"Every day is a proud day to be Irish but today more so than usual. So everyone, for all the support back home, thank you so much," Ben told the audience during his acceptance speech.

And chatting to Anton Savage on Today FM this morning, he said he was planning a big night of celebrating with his producer "and best friend" Selena Armitage.

"We’re gonna head out to a party now and hopefully meet up with my brother who’s here and two of my best mates are here and they’re really the people I want to go see now and just saviour this moment with them," he admitted. 

"It’s a special time."

If you're interested in checking out the Oscar-winning short, you can do so for free on the RTÉ Player here (within the Republic of Ireland) until Sunday March 27.

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Ah, we all know the deal. You're dying for a coffee, but the queue is so damn long.

It's frustrating, yes, but we don't think we'd become so impatient that we'd resort to THIS.

Two Canadian men have created a bracelet that lets caffeine seep into your skin. *Squirm*

"The Joule Caffeine Bracelet is a bracelet with a slot for you to snap on a transdermal caffeine patch," states the crowd funder site.

"These patches work in a similar fashion to a nicotine patch or other transdermal medication patches. The caffeine is administered gradually for a steady supply of caffeine and energy without any of the typical energy crashes, jitters or other negative effects of consuming your caffeine through beverages.”

This might sound (very) odd but caffeine is a catechin which means it's fat-soluble and small, which makes it easy to go in through the skin. 

As good and scientific as this might sound, we're good with our latte. We're just going to have to put up with waiting in line. 

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This world breathed a collective sigh of relief last night when Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Academy Award.

After five failed attempts, the actor went home with a Best Actor statuette for his role in the gory drama The Revenant.

Being an Oscar winner at the Oscars is a VERY different experience to being a failed nominee, as Leo learned.

First up, there's a hell of a lot of people in your ear telling you what to do:

 

Leo with his Oscar

A video posted by The Academy (@theacademy) on

Secondly, EVERYONE wants a photo with you:

And thirdly, you get some exclusive privileges at the Vanity Fair after-party, like having your statuette engraved right then and there – much to Leo's delight.

Vanity Fair posted this adorable video today of the actor chatting with the engraver as he watches his award being personalised with a plaque bearing his name.

"Do you do this every year? I wouldn't know," he jokes.

Watch for the moment where he starts nervously drumming his fingers on the counter…Too cute.

Of course, the fact that there are about 100 photographers snapping away no doubt added to Leo's nerves, and would explain why the engraver's hands were shaking like a leaf.

Just another day at work, really.

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Men across Naas are being warned to "lookout today for any women who may approach them in a sinister fashion."

Since today is the traditional day for women to pop the question, the Kildare-based Gardaí issued the very stealth warning to single men.

They make some very witty points in their Facebook post, which has been liked nearly 10,000 times. 

"Incidents like this last happened in the area almost exactly four years ago and the unfortunate male victims still haven't recovered.

"This is not a matter that the local Garda station can help you with so either run and hide, don't leave the house or else just say yes!"

Fair play lads, thanks for the warning, but we're not all crazy females. 

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If you're angered daily by Starbucks getting your name wrong, don't worry, they do it to everyone. 

But one girl thought she'd get one up on them and tell the barista that her name is Beyonce. 

"I told the girl at Starbucks my name is Beyoncé just, like, to be funny and this is what she gave me," Vine user JEWISHJEN said in her video.

"I'm not sure if my tone gave it away or if maybe the barista could have recognised I had been there before, but she just decided to one-up my bitchy-sarcasm with a catty response. I actually thought it was hilarious."

And we did, too. Maybe next time you're in Starbucks try this one out.

We're sure the Irish will have a much more catty response. 

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To celebrate the leap year tradition of women proposing to men, one woman took a very gutsy approach and decided to do it on live TV.

A woman named Helen appeared on This Morning, ready to pop the question to her butcher boyfriend Mark.

As she made her way into his place of work, the cameras pan over to Holly and Phillip, who look quite nervous.

Obviously surprised to see his girlfriend with a big film crew, Mark looked a little perplexed before the whole event went down. 

Helen started off joking about sausages before saying: "I want to ask you a serious question, I've come to ask, will you marry me?"

And THIS is where we start to get really nervous. Like, really, really nervous.

First, he doesn't really answer, then he mumbles something about "need to think about it" before he eventually says, "of course I will." PHEW. 

The reaction from Holly and Phillp is the best ever, though. 

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Louis Tomlinson and his ex-girlfriend Briana Jungwirth have come to a temporary agreement about the custody arrangement of their son Freddie.

And while Briana is more than willing to give Louis time with his son, she doesn't want Mr Tomlinson's current girlfriend, Danielle Campbell anywhere near him.

According to Perez, if Danielle spends time with their son, he might confuse who the mother figure is, and complicate Briana's bonding process.

However, it was further reported that Louis wants free will to take his child where ever he wants, and Danielle might be in his home on those occasions. Ouch.

It looks the The Originals actress might be the dividing factor between mother and father. They still have to clear up a few details, but it's looking to be more difficult by the day. 

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If you were streaming the Oscars live last night (well done), you may have noticed a pretty cute Android ad during one of the commercial breaks.

Viewers in the US were totally charmed by the ad, which drove home a strong anti-bullying message through the medium of an animated rock, paper and scissors.

And everyone was in agreement that the whole thing was pretty damn cute:

The ad was masterminded by Dublin animator Conor Finnegan, working with London-based design studio Nexus London.

It's not Conor's first run-in with the Oscars – his 2012 animation Fear Of Flying was longlisted for a Best Animated Short by the Academy, after scooping a heap of awards at film festivals in Ireland and beyond.

Check out the ad here:

 

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If you were hoping for some relaxing pre-Oscars viewing when you tuned into Room To Improve last night, you went to the wrong place.

Sinéad and George were expecting a labour of love after purchasing their dream home, a 170-year-old coach house in Maynooth, but once work actually began everything seemed to fall apart.

There's no denying the house was downright gorgeous from the outside, but inside things weren't quite so perfect.

We got our first alarm bell when Sinéad and George revealed the shower randomly placed in their front hall:

 

However it was when the first tentative steps of the building process began that Sinéad and George received a pretty swift blow to all their plans. 

There was wet rot everywhere. And we mean EVERYWHERE. The roof, the kitchen… even their toddler son Daniel's bedroom:

 

As building went on, it seemed poor Sinéad and George couldn't catch a break. Dermot's entire plan had to be re-done after a full roof replacement blew three-quarters of the €180k budget.

And there was talk of a 'foul smell' due to dampness.

 

Basically everyone watching vowed NEVER to buy their own house:

 

In the end though, it all worked out…

 

There was even a double-height ceiling – Dermot's fave:

 

And while the house looked FAB, it was Sinéad's glam red hair that really stole the show.

Total hair envy.

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Negotiation talks were MEANT to take place today between SIPTU and Transdev Luas Drivers, but they were cancelled before they even started.

As more and more differences arise from both parties, the talks have been shelved for the time being, meaning that the Luas strikes planned for March 8th and Paddy's Day are going ahead.

They're even talking about further strike action after Paddy's Day since claims have been made that Luas drivers are taking prolonged toilet breaks to disrupt the service.

SIPTU's Eoin Reddy said: "If the allegation (of orchestrated toilet breaks) is true, it's serious and it wouldn’t be appropriate or right, (but) just because the company has said it's true, doesn’t mean that it is.

"This is a company that seems to want to spend more time demonising their staff in the media than rolling their sleeves up and negotiating with us."

Since the Luas strikes royally mess up the city, we just want this thing to be worked out once and for all.

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