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Shit's goin' down in Hollywood.

The largest college cheating scam in US history continues.

Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman and her husband William H. Macy were taken to court where Felicity was charged with federal mail fraud.

Now star of Full House and later the 90210 reboot, Lori Loughlin has turned herself in to the FBI nad set her release bond at 1 million dollars.

The 54-year-old is mum to two daughters – 20-year-old Isabella Rose and 19-year-old Olivia Jade, with her husband Mossimo Gianulli.

Lori Loughlin turned herself into authorities on Wednesday and has been set a $1million (£751,365) release bond by a judge. Loughlin is one of up to 40 influential figures who have been charged in connection with alleged payments of up to $6 million used to get children into schools including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC. Both she and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were indicted for their alleged involvement in the college admissions scam. Giannulli was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken into custody. He was later released after being set a $1million bond and forced to surrender his passport. Lori hadn’t been arrested as she had been in Vancouver, Canada working.

 

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Lori Loughlin turned herself into authorities on Wednesday and has been set a $1million (£751,365) release bond by a judge. Loughlin is one of up to 40 influential figures who have been charged in connection with alleged payments of up to $6 million used to get children into schools including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC. Both she and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were indicted for their alleged involvement in the college admissions scam. Giannulli was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken into custody. He was later released after being set a $1million bond and forced to surrender his passport. Lori hadn’t been arrested as she had been in Vancouver, Canada working.

 

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Lori and Mossimo allegedly agreed to pay bribes totalling $500,000 to get their two daughters onto the USC crew team.

Mossimo was arrested this week and taken into custody while Lori hadn’t been arrested as she had been in Vancouver, working.

Lori then surrendered herself to teh FBI, set a  $1million bond and ‘put her home up as collateral’ to secure the bond.

Lori reportedly can honour her working commitments with the Hallmark Channel in Vancouver, but she has to surrender her passport in December once her contracted work has come to an end.

Lori has since deleted all of her social media accounts and is expected to appear in court alongside Mossimo and Felicity on March 29.

The scam centres around a Californian man running a business helping students to get into their chosen college by paying off exam administrators or sports coaches.

In most cases, students reportedly had no knowledge of the scam or their parents’ involvement.

Lori's younger daughter, Olivia Jade, was reportedly on a USC yacht when the news broke and social media are NOT happy with her.

One said, ''Thanks for taking space in college to do nothing.''

While another wrote, ''How about giving up your space in College for someone that's working hard to get in? And while you're at it ask your Mom to help pay for the kids that can't afford it!!''

Stay tuned for whatever the hell is gonna happen next.

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Kylie Jenner caused quite a lot of controversy when she revealed the name of her first child.

Fans were divided by her daughter Stormi’s moniker when it was made public, and it looks like Kylie had originally chosen a stunning floral name for her little girl.

It is understood that Kylie decided to call her daughter Stormi at the last minute. She was planning on calling her Rose, after her favourite flower, for quite some time.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The businesswoman shared the fact during an Instagram Live last night.

Rose was one of three names Kylie had picked out during her pregnancy. She said the other name was ‘really weird’ but didn’t disclose what it was.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Commenting on making that big decision, Kylie said: “Stormi always felt like her name from when she was in the womb. It’s almost like she chose her name.”

Kylie shares her daughter with her partner Travis Scott. The couple recently celebrated their baby girl’s first birthday on February 1.

When Stormi was born, her mum spoke about how wonderful the experience of pregnancy had been for her, after logging off social media for the entire nine months.

"Pregnancy has been the most beautiful, empowering, and life-changing experience I've had in my entire life and I'm actually going to miss it," Kylie wrote to her millions of followers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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"I appreciate my friends and especially my family for helping me make this special moment as private as we could. My beautiful and healthy baby girl arrived February 1st and I just couldn't wait to share this blessing," she added.

 

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According to GQ, boot-cut jeans are all set for a major comeback, and we have no idea how we're feeling right now tbh. People have thoughts… bad thoughts…

Over a decade ago, both men and women were wearing flared-style jeans 24/7, and boot-cut denim officially hit the mainstream. This was a time where even the ugliest items were considered fashion, e.g. Ed Hardy and Von Dutch.

That being said, who are we to judge? Our era is one of UGG boots, the dreaded 'athleisure' (tracksuits and sports leggings as fashion) and jeans with cut outs just below the booty area. 

The silhouette essentially disappeared from fashion after a few cycles, and then skinny jeans become the token item of denim furore, and more recently by baggy styles in alternate shapes and sizes.

Nostalgia comes and goes, as we have learned recently by the onslaught of 1990s comebacks from Westlife, Boyzone and the Spice Girls.

Balenciaga designer Demna Gvasalia has included the boot-cut jean in the brand’s spring lookbook, which roughly translates to the fact that a COMEBACK is in sight. *Shivers*

The reaction to this controversial apparel news has been quite hilarious, with reigning Queen of Twitter Chrissy Teigen even making a quip;

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Eww #chrissyteigen #bootcutjeans #commentsbychrissy #commentsbychrissyteigen

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It's not hard to see why Gvasalia may have chosen the current designer climate to resurrect the style of denim, 2018 has seen a total pants revolution within menswear especially.

Contemporary cargo pants, pleated trousers and blinged-up chinos are proving that men are willing to step out of their couture comfort zone.

Gvasalia is the major designer who has elevated the bulky dad sneaker into a high-fashion item, so if anyone is capable of reviving the trend and somehow making it less of a faux pas, it's this talented man.

The designer has permanently cemented his status as the one to watch for every season, purely based on unpredictability and his gift for bringing 'normcore' items back.

Twitter, however, are NOT impressed with the attempt to bring boot-cut jeans back. 

The jeans taper at the knee like your common modern-fit denim, but then flare out at the bottom of the pant leg, which allegedly seems to OFFEND certain people…

 There's still time to stop this before it gets seriously out of hand.

We propose a fashion intervention, before… God help us… LOW-CUT jeans try and make a comeback as well.

They need to die a slow death, no one wants to see that.

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If you were hitting the town on St Patrick's Day last year, you may recall the bout of snowfall that descended on revellers late into the night. 

Despite the weather, we rarely let our Paddy's Day spirits be dampened, which is just as well, because we may see a similar weather pattern occurring this Sunday. 

On Saturday night, temperatures will drop as low as -1, setting us up for a very wintry Paddy's Day. 

Moving into Sunday, it will be bright and cold, with wintry showers – either snow, sleet or freezing rain. 

According to Met Eireann: 'Sunday, St Patrick's day is likely to be a bright and cold day with sunny spells and scattered showers, some of the showers could be wintry.'

'Top temperatures 7 to 9 degrees in a moderate to fresh northwesterly breeze.'

So, make sure you have your best green winter jacket ready to go. 

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St. Patrick's Day is this weekend and you know what that means, Irish or not?

Yes, getting locked. 

Apparently, more than 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed worldwide as we celebrate St Paddy himself.

When Irish women were asked who they wound most like to have an aul pint with on the day, their response wasn't too shocking. 

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Love Irish Tours surveyed 1,000 Irish people and they chose…Amy Huberman.

Possibly the soundest woman on the planet and we deffo agree.

So who else made the list?

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We have other Irish gems like Saoirse Ronan, the O'Donovan brothers and Blindboy.

If you can overlook Saorise God-awful accent, then go right ahead.

Rather surprisingly, Conor McGregor was chosen by some people before the likes of interesting political figures like former President Mary Robinson and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.    

For us, it's a toss up between the RIDES that are Pierce Brosnan, Robert Sheehan and Colin Farrell. 

Who would you have chosen? 

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YouTubers Tanya Burr and Jim Chapman have announced that they are splitting after 12 years together.

The Internet stars confirmed they were going their separate ways in individual statements on their personal Instagram accounts.

Tanya revealed that they made the decision numerous weeks ago. She wrote: “Just wanted to let you all know that a few weeks ago Jim and I made the painful decision to no longer be together.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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“We have a huge amount of love and respect for each other and will continue to remain friends forever. Thank you in advance for respecting our privacy at this difficult time.”

Jim added: “After twelve incredible years, Tan and I have decided to go our separate ways. We’re still absolutely the best of friends and have nothing but love and respect for each other.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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He continued: “We will continue to support one another in all our ventures and are both looking forward to what the future holds.”

Jim and Tanya first started dating in 2007. Jim popped the question in December 2012 and the pair tied the knot in the September of 2015 at Babington House in Somerset.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Fans had been speculating about Jim and Tanya’s relationship status for quite some time as the pair have been spending less time together.

They had not shared photos of one another on social media since the Winter.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Tanya has been busy focusing on her acting career and has been spending quite a lot of time in LA. Fans believe the distance may be the reason for the couple’s split, but Jim and Tanya have yet to share the reason for their separation.

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The line-up for this year's Electric Picnic has been revealed… and we are SO excited.

This year's festival will take place from Friday August 30th to Sunday September 1st in Stradbally, Co. Laois.

Headlining this year's festival are The Strokes, Hozier, The 1975 and Florence and the Machine. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Billie Eilish, Jess Glynns, Years and Years, Dermot Kennedy, The Streets and Rosisn Murphy will also play.

Also announced to perform are Four Tet, James Blake and Miles Kane – plus many more to be announced. 

A record number of 57,500 people are set to attend the three day music and arts festival this year. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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This number comes after the announcement that the festival capacity had expanded by 2,500. 

The festival has been sold out since December 2018. 

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Felicity Huffman and her husband William H Macy are two of Hollywood's elite that have been indited with partaking in a cheating scam involving getting their daughters into prestigious colleges.

They are parents to two daughters – 18-year-old Sofia and sixteen-year-old Georgia.

Felicity made a ''charitable contribution of $15,000…to participate in the college entrance cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter.”

Documents also showed that Felicity made arrangements to pursue the scheme for a second time to help her younger daughter to get a into a renowned university, but she decided not to.

Felicity has been charged with federal mail fraud and Judge Alexander F. MacKinnon set her bond at $250,000.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Lori Loughlin, star of Full House and the 90210 reboot, is also involved in the cheating scam alongside her husband Mossimo Giannulli.

Mossimo's bond was set at $1 million, secured against the couple’s home. 

Felicity and Mossimo are set to appear in court on March 29 and both have surrendered their passports to the court. 

Felicity has turned off her Instagram comments while Lori has deleted her social media accounts. 

Now I have another life lesson I can teach my daughter and prove it…

“Ivy League graduates are not smarter than you, baby…just RICHER”

Mine EARNED her place in college and works hard to keep it. For that, she will ALWAYS be able to conquer life’s challenges.

— Gaye Williams-Booker (@gayeyavon) March 13, 2019

There are 46 people charged in the largest university admissions scheme in U.S. history – others include CEOs, investors, and other elite professionals.

While Felicity was arrested, William was not charged although the prosecutor in court stated that he is a witness in the case.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Lori was not at her home and has not yet been arrested although she along with her husband, Felicity and William, faces a single count of mail fraud in connection with the scheme.

Lori and her husband are accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into USC.

The scheme allegedly centered around William “Rick” Singer, a Newport Beach, Calif., admissions consultant, who pleads guilty in the case.

This situation is unprecedented and understandably people are angry as by buying kids places in elite universities, others who deserve it are losing out.

People took to social media and they were RAGING.

One said, ''Ashamed of you. How do you expect your kids to trust that what they've accomplished was due to their own efforts rather than you pulling strings to game them into an unbeatable advantage? I hope you do get charged, tried, convicted and sent to prison for this. #shameful.''

While another wrote, ''I have no clue how I’ll get my kids through college but hey I’m just a middle class vet. Wish I was rich so o could bribe people. You pricks make me sick. No need to worry I’m sure you’ll get probation or some shit.''

What the actual f*ck were they thinking?

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Lady Gaga has dismissed rumours she was pregnant with another amazing piece of news.

The singer confirmed she is working on a new studio album, in a tweet that denies the clams made by a tabloid that she is pregnant.

Gaga just won an Oscar for best original song thanks to her work on A Star Is Born, so we're dying to hear what she has to offer the world next.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Over on Twitter, the musical powerhouse wrote: 

'Rumors I’m pregnant? Yeah, I’m pregnant with '

The tabloid claimed that she was pregnant with either Bradley Cooper or Christian Cariono's child (eyeroll). 

The upcoming album will be her sixth studio album, since she released Joanne in 2016. 

Fans are speculating that she will be collaborating with Rihanna, after the pair followed each other on Insdtagram.

Rihanna is also due to release an album this year. 

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Oh McDonald's, how we love you.

Our teeth, however, are less fond espesh when you put two eggs-traordinarily delicious desserts on  the menu.

The folk at Maccy D's are bringing us joy in the form of the – the Cadbury Crème Egg McFlurry and the Cadbury Caramel McFlurry – just in time for Easter.

They will be available from March 20, but they are only here for limited time only – so get cracking!

They’re only in restaurants for six weeks so egg-cited customers had better move fast before they fly the coop.

It seems that people are excited for these delicious treats.

One said, ''Guys!! The Cadbury Creme Egg Mcflurry is back and I little just cried happy tears!!''

While another wrote, ''My favourite time of the year is now: Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry time.'' 

Get them while they're in all good McDonald's near you. 

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Spring has sprung (kinda – knowing Ireland we'll be snowed in in a week) and Nasty Gal are collaborating with Irish blogger Louise Cooney.

As massive Louise fans, and obvs we LOVE Nasty Gal, we were seriously excited to see what they had come up with together. 

The collection includes tailored blazer dresses delicate lace bodys and classic denim jeans.

Louise announced the collab news on Instagram, writing, ''So excited to be here to shoot my first and very own edit with @nastygal. You guys know how much I love their clothes, I’ve been a fan for years so it’s unbelievably cool to be here doing this. It’s a dream come true. It goes live on the website later this month! I can’t wait to show you.''

Launching on site on Thursday March 14, her chosen outfits are so gorge that we can't wait to get our hands on them. 

Have a browse through her FAB looks below – what's your fave? 

 

 

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If you haven't yet adorned your ears with any of Erica Cody's tunes thus far in your life, please excuse yourself for that indiscretion by going ahead and clicking over to Spotify, having a listen (and a bop), and only then may you return to this article for the already Erica enlightened. 

Big news for fans of the the Dublin alt-RnB singer – Erica is playing a gig in the Grand Social next month, on the eve of the launch of next EP Leoness, April 11th. 

The ideal excuse for a gals night out, tickets are only €14.45, on sale this Friday.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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In the last two years, Erica has been a regular on the Irish festival circuit, appearing at Electric Picnic, Castlepalooza and Longitude to crowds of fervent supporters who clamoured to the stage for an audible glimpse of her particular brand of empowering choonage. 

Her distinctive sound plays on influences from 90s Hip-Hop icons blended with contemporary lyrics that address love, infatuation and female authority – perfect for the pre-drinks playlist or to employ a sense of self-confidence of all who listen (and inevitably end up singing along – that sh*t's catchy). 

In the summer of 2018, Erica played the main stage at Electric Picnic with The Story of Hip Hop, collaborating with The RTE Orchestra, DJ Mo-K, Jess Kavanagh, Jafaris and Mango to a 13,000-capacity stage. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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When she's not busy performing, she can be found modelling, acting and collaborating with massive brands like Nike and Samsung (casual). However, she's not one to fall into your typical 'influencer' category. 

While she showcases her style and promotes her music on Instagram, she also uses her platforms to draw attention to societal issues like toxic masculinity and to elevate other female artists – promoting inclusively and creativity among her audience.   

Our advice? Get your tickets ASAP, so you can gloat to your friends that you got to see Erica Cody just before she became one of Ireland's best-selling Irish singer songwriters. Don't sleep on it. 

Feature image: Instagram / @ericacody / Photography by Anouska Proetta Brandon @anouskaphotography

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