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Drake proved himself to be a real-life hero last night after he halted his show to confront a man who was allegedly groping females in the audience.

The Canadian rapper was performing an after-show set at Sydney's Marquee nightclub when the incident occurred.

Visibly frustrated by the situation, the 34-year-old signalled for the music to stop before leaning into the crowd.

"If you don't stop touching girls, I will come out there and f*ck you up," he said.

"If you don't stop putting your hands on girls, I'm gonna come out there and f*ck your ass up."

His threats were met with huge cheers from the crowd, and while it's not clear what happened to the man after this point, we're assuming security escorted him out of the building.

Luckily for us, one member of the audience caught the entire thing on video so we can all enjoy this moment of justice.

Uploading the footage to Instagram, user louisesukari wrote: “I got this close to Drake threatening to jump into the crowd to start a fight with a guy groping a woman in the audience. Violence against women, 6 God says no.”

Check out the full clip below: 

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"I’ll sit on the stairs in front of the town hall from 2pm to 8pm. I have black pants and a North Face bag on," wrote Patrick Cakirli on Jodel, an anonymous messaging app, in December of last year.

Reaching out to anyone within a 10km radius of his location in Denmark, Patrick admitted: "I am desperate to meet new friends. I’m lonely and going through the hardest period of my life."

13 people replied to his message – a response which ultimately acted as the catalyst for a campaign which seeks to raise awareness around the subjects of loneliness and mental health.

"I had no idea at the time, that this very short message would change my life as well as 10,000 others," Patrick recently wrote on Bored Panda.


On the night Patrick reached out to the public, his 13 respondents revealed that they too were experiencing periods of loneliness, and struggled with its implications.

"Many of them confided in me throughout the evening and told me that they too had felt the heartwrenching pain of loneliness, but were too afraid of reaching out because of the stigma," he recalled.

Patrick, who spent much of his childhood in an orphanage, decided to establish a peer-to-peer group in an effort to assist those struggling in isolation, and Smilet Danmark was born.

"A network where you were applauded for showing your weaknesses and vulnerability. A network where we as a community would stand together against the taboo that is loneliness," he explained.

The organisation, which boasts six regional establishments, brings thousands of people together in a nation which reportedly struggles with a loneliness problem among its population.

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British actor, Ed Westwick, has been accused of sexual assault by a third woman in recent days.

Rachel Eck has come forward with her own allegations against the Gossip Girl star just a week after Kristina Cohen and Aurélie Wynn claimed they were attacked by Westwick in separate incidents.

Speaking to BuzzFeed, Rachael claimed that on the night before the Academy Awards in 2014, she received a text message from her ex-boyfriend, Kaine Harling, inviting her to join him in a Hollywood hotel.

Upon arriving, Rachel, who was 23 at the time of the alleged incident, was greeted by Kaine and introduced to Westwick who she claims she wasn't familiar with at the time.

Rachel recalls that the night immediately turned sour when she declined Westwick's invitation to invite a friend of hers to join them in the hotel.

"When I didn’t bring a girl for him he turned his sights on me.” she told BuzzFeed.

According to Rachel, Westwick attempted to kiss her, push her against the wall and grope her breasts whenever her ex-boyfriend left the room.

“Ed then pulled me onto the bed and aggressively groped me,” she said. “I shoved him off as quickly as I could and left. I have never felt so uncomfortable in a situation like that in my entire life."

Rachel, whose claims have been reinforced by individuals she confided in at the time, asserts that she chose to speak publicly after learning that she wasn't alone in her encounter with the actor.

Westwick has strenuously denied the allegations which have been levelled against him.

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Whether it was during her glory days in Girls Aloud or her recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother. Sarah Harding has no problem making headlines.

After playing up to her party girl image during the height of her fame with the UK girl group, Sarah entered the CBB house earlier this year in an effort to show the public another side to her.

And while she certainly won over some and ultimately walked away with the crown, it seemed the public's opinion of the Stockport lass was still far from clear, and yet their fascination showed no signs of waning.

With that in mind, it's hardly surprising the viewing public were quick to tune in when Lucy Kennedy announced she lived with the popstar in her London home in recent months.

As part of her Living With Lucy series, Lucy moved in with 36-year-old Sarah, and ultimately revealed a side of the popstar the public had yet to see.

And Twitter was here for it.

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If you're of an awkward disposition and can't bear to watch people embarrass themselves on national television, we suggest you sit this one out.

If, however, you love nothing more than watching people spout absolute nonsense when approached by someone with a microphone, sit back and enjoy what Jimmy Kimmel has to offer this week.

As part of his long-running Lie Witness News segment, Jimmy had his reporter ask the good people of LA if Hillary Clinton should be impeached.

That's right, impeached… despite the fact she doesn't have a job to be impeached from.

And what did they say?

Well, let's take a look here….

 

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The folk behind Cards Against Humanity are so much more than a foul-mouthed, albeit hilarious, party game creators. 

Never one to shy away form its political views, the company often uses publicity stunts to highlight a range of societal issues including consumer culture and pink-tax – but this latest effort might just be our favourite yet.

According to the official website, CAH have purchased a plot of vacant land right on the US-Mexico border, in an attempt to spoil Donald Trump's party and prevent him from completing the controversial wall designed to separate the two countries.

“We’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specialising in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built,” the statement reads.

For the project (which is now sold-out), customers were asked to donate $15 in return for “six America-saving surprises,” including a map of the land, a certificate of the company's promise to fight the wall and some new cards.

As expected, the anti-Trump Twitter population has thrown its full support behind the cause. 

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The World Rugby Council has selected France to the host the 2023 Rugby World Cup following a secret ballot in London on Wednesday morning.

The European nation proved to be the strongest contender, beating both Ireland and South Africa in the race to host the sporting tournament.

South Africa had been named as the preferred choice by World Rugby's independent review, though the final decision was left to representatives from the council's member nations.

After securing just eight votes, Ireland's bid was eliminated in the first round.

France then went on to win 25 votes to South Africa's 15.

The result comes after both France and Ireland criticised World Rugby's decision to recommend South Africa, with  IRFU Chief Executive Philip Browne going as far as to write a letter of complaint outlining his concerns about the process. 

According to The Irish Independent, World Rugby acknowledged the letter last week and said that "it had addressed in full, clarification requests by the Rugby World Cup 2023 host candidates and council members." 

Of course, Irish rugby fans are pretty disappointed about the whole situation, but hey, at least we've an excuse to take a holiday – and it's waaaay cheaper to fly to Paris than it is to Cape Town. 

Every cloud… 

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Your work life is leaving you less than satisfied, the hangovers are getting worse by the weekend, and those plans you had to travel the world and 'find yourself' have pretty much gone out the window – in other words, you're going through a quarter-life crisis.

For years the concept of a 'life-crisis' was closely associated with 40-something-year-old men and the impulsive purchasing of over-priced sports cars, but these days it's the millennials of the world that can't quite come to terms with all of life's little decisions.

Just ask anyone between the ages of 20 -29. Trust us, no one really knows what they're doing.

According to a new study by LinkedIn, 72 per cent of young professionals will experience a quarter-life crisis just shy of their 27th birthday (26.9-years-old to be exact).

And it seems it all comes down to three major worries.

  1. Lack of job satisfaction (57 per cent)

  2. Inability to get in the property ladder (57 per cent)

  3. The pressure to find a life partner (46 per cent)

Clinical psychologist Dr Alex Fowke, says: “Nowadays, twenty-somethings are under intense pressure to get themselves onto the housing market, navigate the increasingly complex professional landscape, struggle to maintain relationships and are commonly subjected to a distorted notion of life through social media.”

Sound familiar?

The study also showed that the average quarter-life crisis lasts for 11 months.

So basically an entire year of mulling over the ways if which you've messed up your life – oh, the joys!

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2018 is shaping up to be a pretty good year on the gig front, and this latest announcement has just pushed our excitement levels (and bank accounts) over the edge.

Delorentos will play an intimate show in Whelan's on Friday, April 13 to coincide with their upcoming album, which is due to be released early next year.

With five studio albums already under their belts, Delorentos have proved themselves as one of Ireland's most dynamic and exciting musical acts.

The band will also preform at venues in Cork, Limerick and Galway in the run up to the Dublin show.

Tickets are €22.90 and go on sale this Friday, November 17 at 9am from Ticketmaster.

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Sentences for child sex offenders could be extended to reflect the seriousness of the crime.

Fianna Fáil yesterday put forward a bill that would increase jail time served by sexual offenders from seven to 15 years.

The proposals were introduced in the Dáil yesterday but need cross-party support to become law.

Noeline Blackwell, head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) says she fully supports the proposed changes.

She said: “It doesn’t mean that everyone will get 15 years but it says society takes this so seriously that we insist on having one of our most severe penalties."

“The damage that is done in sexually exploiting a child can be lifelong.”

The proposal comes after the leniency of Tom Humpries' prison sentence was heavily criticised. 

Last month, the former Irish Times journalist was jailed for just two-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a young girl and grooming her two years.

The 54-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of inviting a child to participate in a sexually explicit, obscene or indecent act between January 2010 and March 2011.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement of the child between December 5, 2010 and February 19, 2011.

Speaking at the time of sentencing Noeline form the DRCC said:  "We may need to look at sentencing, but certainly just the implementation of sentencing is what's important about this case."

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Kim Kardashian has accidentally revealed the gender of her third child.

During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the reality star was speaking about the pink-themed baby shower she hosted over the weekend, when she unintentionally let the news slip.

 

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"People brought toys and gifts and she was opening them all up the next day and she (North) said, ‘Mom, since baby sister’s not here, I think I need all of her toys in my room and I’ll play with them and just make sure they’re all okay for baby sister."

"You just told us it's a girl!" interrupted host Ellen.

Oops.

Meanwhile, Kim has opened up about using a surrogate to carry her third child, admitting that the lack of control has made the process “so much harder” than she originally expected.

Having already given birth to two children with husband Kanye West, the 37-year-old decided to opt for surrogacy after she was advised to not carry any more children for medical reasons.

Kim's difficult pregnancies where well documented on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and while surrogacy has definitely has helped the star keep her health in check, she admits she's been finding it difficult to adjust.

“You know, it is really different,” she told Entertainment Tonight.

“Anyone that says or thinks it is just the easy way out is just completely wrong. I think it is so much harder to go through it this way, because you are not really in control.”

Baby number three is expected to arrive in January 2018. 

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One man has been killed following an explosion at a house in Co Louth overnight.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Termonfeckin Road in Drogheda, shortly after midnight.

Gardaí believe the explosion, which resulted in a fire at the house in Beaulieu, was caused by a faulty boiler.

The incident is being treated as a tragic accident and no foul play is suspected.

Two others are being treated for burn injuries at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

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