After 129 concerts One Direction’s “Take Me Home” tour is finally over!
Leona Lewis “Christmas, With Love” (Official Album Cover)
“Christmas, With Love” is the first Christmas album and fourth studio album by British recording artist Leona Lewis. It is set to be released on 29 November 2013, by Syco Music and RCA Records. It comes preceded by the lead single and original track “One More Sleep“, scheduled for release on iTunes (UK) on November 5th.
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Little Mix’s new album ‘Salute’: Our first impressions
The tricky second album is the one most acts dread, especially when expectations have reached fever pitch.
Little Mix offered up a very good debut pop album in the form of DNA this time last year, which helped them break through to international adoration.
However, following months of “it’s a more mature sound” and “it’s more R&B than our first”, Digital Spy has had the opportunity to give follow-up Salute roughly 23 full plays – and we’ve jotted down a few of our initial thoughts below.
Read more: Digital Spy
Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall flashes her knickers as the celebs brave the wind at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards
It seems the windy affects of last week’s ‘hurricane’ are still affecting the British Isles, or more particularly, the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards as Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall saw her skirt blow up in her face.
The popstar was walking the red carpet with bandmates Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock when a breeze caught the hemline of her grey skirt.
Luckily, Jade managed to get a perfectly manicured hand down in time to prevent her little knickers remaining on show for too long.
Read more: Daily Mail
Not mixing with anyone else: Little Mix pull off London chic as they walk arm-in-arm outside BBC Radio 1 studios
They have just announced the news that they are all to be bridesmaids at bandmate Perrie Edwards’ wedding to One Direction heartthrob Zayn Malik.
But with no time to chill out and relax, the girls are out and about looking stylish and sophisticated promoting their new album and single in London.
Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwal were spotted walking arm-in-arm outside the BBC Radio 1 studios on Saturday.
Read more: Daily Mail
Maids to measure: Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards reveals that bandmates will be bridesmaids at wedding to One Direction’s Zayn Malik
They are performing their new single on the X Factor this weekend, but girl band Little Mix have other things to think about.
The famous four-piece have been busy getting excited about Perrie’s forthcoming wedding to One Direction’s Zayn Malik.
And they have every right to – because Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwal will be the all-star bridesmaids.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘She said yes!’ Niall Horan and Katy Perry ‘announce wedding plans’ on Twitter after backstage meeting in Tokyo
Niall Horan and Katy Perry have put an end to their persistent flirting by publicly declaring their intention to marry after hooking up in Japan, but John Mayer needn’t be alarmed – it was just for laughs.
The Irish heartthrob is currently in Tokyo with his One Direction band-mates ahead of the final two shows on their 100-date Take Me Home World tour.
With Katy also in town to promote new album Prism, the pair wasted no time in catching up – and Niall later confirmed that she’d accepted the marriage proposal he sent her via Twitter.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘So that’s it’: One Direction round off world tour in Japan after meeting fans at screening of their movie This is Us in coordinated black outfits
After traveling the world for their Take Me Home tour, One Direction played their last date in Tokyo on Sunday evening.
Before singing their hearts out, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan met fans at the screening of This is Us in Chiba.
The five lads looked smart in their coordinated outfits as they signed autographs and posed for photos with their supporters who lined the red carpet.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘I didn’t have enough money to eat’: X Factor’s Hannah Barrett forced to live on 13p noodles just before show started
Many an X Factor contestant has gone on the show to escape their troubled lives, but this series, none more so than Hannah Barrett.
Just a few months before the reality show began, the 17-year old soul singer claims she often had less than a £5 to pay for food, forcing her to buy 13p packs of basic instant noodles to survive.
Speaking to the Daily Star on Sunday, Hannah said: ‘I was 16 and I was very vulnerable. It was a dark time and really hard to deal with. I had serious financial problems. I didn’t have enough money to eat. It was really hard having to buy my own food at that age.’
Read more: Daily Mail
Tamera Foster ‘enjoyed a passionate clinch with fellow X Factor star Sam Callahan just hours after splitting from her boyfriend’
She’s the hot favourite to win on this year’s X Factor.
And it seems that Tamera Foster’s success on the show is both professional and personal.
Tamera, 16, is claimed to have enjoyed a passionate embrace with fellow contestant Sam Callahan on Tuesday, just hours after she ended her three-month romance with 20-year-old businessman Joshante Amihyia.
Read more: Daily Mail
Behind the scenes…and the make-up: X Factor pictures reveal stars before – and after – their transformation for ITV talent show
Last weekend they hosted glamorous guest spots from The Wanted and Lady Gaga, but X Factor clearly isn’t always so high-octane.
Brand new behind-the-scenes images from the ITV talent show how the contestants at their most ordinary as they prepare for the weekly live broadcasts.
The revealing pictures show the hopefuls in their dressing rooms before they sing to millions of viewers and, crucially, the four judges who will make or break their future.
Read more: Daily Mail
Get your skates on! Nicole Scherzinger and Tamera Foster wear matching spandex at X Factor rehearsals as the acts hit the dance floor ahead of ‘Disco Week’
Nicole Scherzinger joined young protégé Tamera Foster at the roller-disco this week when The X Factor contestants gamely rehearsed for Saturday night’s live show.
Indeed, the seventies will be celebrated in all their platform heeled glory this weekend when Disco Week falls upon Wembley’s Fountain Studio’s, where the remaining nine acts will be tripping the light fantastic to a string of anthems from the decade that brought us bell bottoms and bad hair.
Tripping appeared to be the order of the day on Wednesday, when this year’s hopefuls gathered to rehearse the obligatory group performance that opens the show.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor 2013: Nicole Scherzinger ‘regrets’ signing up for another series
X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger is said to be regretting signing up for another series.
It’s been claimed this week that Nicole would rather be focusing on her music career, which is on hold while she’s taking part in the ITV series.
Speaking to the official X Factor website this week, Nicole admitting that being a mentor on the show was a seven day job, at least for her!
“This is a seven day a week job,” she said. “I work on every single thing with my girls. I’m so grateful I’m mentoring them because I am a girl. I get it. Whatever is going through their heads, whatever insecurities are there – I’ve been there.”
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X Factor rapped over ‘shameless’ plugs: Contestants repeatedly shown using sponsors’ products
The X Factor has been criticised by fans for ‘shamelessly’ plugging sponsors’ products on last Saturday’s programme.
During the two-hour ITV talent show, contestants were repeatedly shown using Samsung products – and on another occasion, a TV catch-up service from another sponsor was featured.
The first sighting of an item provided by electronics giant Samsung came within minutes – when boy-band Rough Copy used what appeared to be one of its smart cameras to take pictures of themselves at a film premiere.
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The X Factor is a rightwing Cinderella story that never comes true
The rags-to-riches fairytale of success through hard work helps to keep a recession-damaged audience in its place
Every autumn, to my great delight, The X Factor returns to our TV screens. I am the sort of fan who watches the show religiously, weeps along with the contestants and shouts obscenities when the judges take against my favourites. I love it despite myself.
It’s self-evident that there’s always been a Cinderella element to The X Factor: on one hand it’s a singing competition, and on the other it’s a rags-to-riches tale of ordinary people trying to make it in this cruel world; but never has that narrative been more dominant than the in the last couple of years, where it has virtually eclipsed the singing altogether. Last year’s shows featured montages of contestants working in Asda (Jahmene Douglas) and living in a bedsit (James Arthur), each one consciously positing The X Factor as their only route out of the poverty and mundaneness of modern working-class life.
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‘Simon thinks they could have an amazing comeback together’: Cowell ‘lines up Cheryl Cole to make a return to the X Factor judging panel’
Their relationship has been more than a little tempestuous over the years.
But now it seems Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell could be putting the past behind them once and for all, amid reports the music mogul is lining up the former Girls Aloud singer to make a return to the judging panel of The X Factor.
Cheryl originally left the show in 2010, before signing up to be a judge on the US version of the show, before being unceremoniously sacked from the Stateside series by Cowell just weeks later.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘What a total star!’ Simon Cowell gushes over Amira Willighagen, 9, as she wows the Holland’s Got Talent panel with a flawless operatic rendition
He’s always on the lookout for the hottest new talent that could add to his already bursting portfolio of worldwide superstars.
And it would seem that Simon Cowell has hit the jackpot in the form of nine-year-old opera singer Amira Willinghagen, who dazzled the panel of Holland’s Got Talent with a flawless rendition.
The 54-year-old music mogul appeared utterly thrilled as he took to his Twitter page on Friday morning to gush over the youngster’s incredible talent.
Read more: Daily Mail
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Irish Charts
Singles
1 One Direction – Story of My Life
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21 James Arthur – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
35 One Direction – Best Song Ever
56 Union J – Beautiful Life
96 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
Albums
1 Arcade Fire – Reflektor
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8 Union J – Union J
9 One Direction – Up All Night
18 One Direction – Take Me Home
75 Matt Cardle – Porcelain
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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Eminem – The Monster (feat. Rihanna)
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4 One Direction – Story of My Life
9 James Arthur – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
25 Union J – Beautiful Life
63 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
66 One Direction – Best Song Ever
98 Union J – Carry You
97 Alonzo Holt – Wrecking Ball (feat. James Arthur)
Albums
1 Arcade Fire – Reflektor
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6 Union J – Union J
11 Matt Cardle – Porcelain
31 Andrea Begley – The Message
34 Will Young – The Essential
37 One Direction – Take Me Home
43 One Direction – Up All Night
57 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time
80 Lucy Spraggan – Join the Club
