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They’re at it again!

 

Shiiiiit….

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Not too long ago the official Garda Síochána Twitter account was having a great laugh with Ellie Goulding after her little run in with the law in Cork.

Now, the hilarious genius behind the social media account is at it again.

Yesterday’s Avicii concert in Marley Park was the source of many giggles as the hero account had some tongue-in-cheek banter with its 152,000 followers.

They started off with the usual informative snap. Reminding concert goers, and the Gardaí to stay hydrated and wear that all-important SPF. Good job guys.

Then they shared an epic aerial shoot of the venue itself including the massive crowd that gathered to see the DJ’s set.

Oh and they also know we have a soft spot for cute things. So they posted this snap of a four-legged official doing his duties. He’s smiling, adorable.

Then they couldn’t help themselves from sharing some of the selfies music fans were begging the Gardaí in attendance for.

They couldn’t resist swapping their usual attire for a nice snapback.

We thought they had outdone themselves with Ellie, but last night’s entertainment was something else.

Thank you, whoever you are, for keeping those of us who couldn’t make it to the gig highly entertained and informed. 

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As we have all seen by now, Kim Kardashian was the latest celeb to grace the cover of the iconic Rolling Stone magazine.

But, as with just about everything Kimmy K does, it has come under huge scrutiny.

Not just because the cover is largely taken up by a shot of her prominent boobs (after all Rolling Stone has seen many of the world’s most influential people getting undressed for the prolific cover) but because she is on it at all. 

As the magazine has profiled everyone from Pope Francis, to Barack Obama and Meryl Streep, fans of the publication seem truly offended that Kim has been allowed to share the honour.

Other readers seemed baffled by the stylist's choice of costume for Kim:

But why shouldn’t the world’s most famous woman be entitled to share her story with a magazine of this calibre – and to wear what she wants while doing so?

After all, she has proved she is a savvy businesswoman, a loving mother, and for better or worse, has managed to hold firm her place in the public eye for nearly a decade. The 34-year-old has even just given a talk organized by the prestigious Commonwealth Club of California, an accolade previously awarded to Franklin D Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr.

Throughout the talk Kim referred to the fact that she has taken control of her image in the media and any objectifying that occurs is a result of the way she objectifies herself and is on her own terms.  As Kim said in her Rolling Stone interview, “I believe that I am so much smarter than I’m portrayed.” 

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First it was Taylor Swift, now it’s Demi Lovato. Katy Perry just can’t seem to stay on the good side of her fellow pop stars. The face of Moschino is under fire again, and this time it’s because Demi isn’t appreciating fans claiming her music is a rip-off of Katy’s. 

Demi had plenty of reason to celebrate this week after her new single Cool For The Summer went to number one on the iTunes charts, but it was a short-lived celebration for the 22-year old as some music fans were quick to point out the sound wasn’t all that original. 

After hearing complaints that the song sounded a little too like Katy Perry’s smash hit I Kissed a Girl, Demi lashed out on Twitter to stop the comparisons.

Fan were saying Demi’s new song sounded like a mix of Katy Perry’s I Kissed a Girl and Jessie J’s Domino, but Demi was quick to respond in defence of her work.

Katy has yet to respond, but given her history of dramatic catfights, we reckon it won't be long until she does. 

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Chrissy Teigen and Instagram came head to head yesterday when the social media site removed a photo that Ms Teigen had posted to her account.

The photo was from a recent topless spread in W Magazine. The shoot, which is ironically titled, “Privacy Settings,” also features Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Lily Aldridge, Joan Smalls, and a host of other social media savvy supermodels.

When the site removed the 29-year-old’s post, Ms Teigen took to Twitter to retaliate. “The nipple has been temporarily silenced but she will be back, oh yes, she will be back.”

The Sports Illustrated model who is married to John Legend then reposted three filtered versions of the photo that made it look like an oil painting, a black and white pencil sketch, and a coloured pencil sketch.

Unfortunately Instagram didn’t agree that this met the terms of their rule that “nudity in photos of paintings and sculptures is OK" and removed them too. 

Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Scout Willis and Rihanna are other celebrities that have taken to social media to express their opinion that the female nipple should be allowed roam free. Rihanna even deleted her Instagram account when a photo that she posted with her nipple in it was removed by the site.  

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It was the song that was supposed to be the summer hit of 2015: Britney Spears (who's shifted 100m albums in her 15-year career) and Iggy Azalea (who's the hot, young rap artist to collaborate with) came together and produced Pretty Girls.

They performed at the Billboard Music Awards, and the duo pushed their tune on social media. They have, after all, a combined following of some 47.5m (42.3m for Brit Brit; and 5.3m for Iggy) on Twitter.

The accompanying video – a bizarre, Eighties-inspired dance-fest – was released to much fanfare too. It notched up 78m views on YouTube, but was still widely panned as ridiculous.

The song itself hardly fared much better: in Iggy's native Australia, it peaked at No.27. In the US, it reached No.23. In the UK, it made No.16, while in Ireland it limped to No.60.

And today, Ms Azalea was asked by a fan why she thought the song did so badly. 

"It's difficult to send a song up the charts without additional promo and tv performances etc. unfortunately I'm just featured," the rapper tweeted in response, effectively washing her hands of the song's poor showing.

Even more cutting, she then concluded with: "I dont have to suck the womans a**hole 24/7 to be her friend, do i?" 

However, this evening she posted two more tweets – seemingly in response to the negative backlash to her earlier claims.

"Genuine friends have genuine opinions," she wrote. "Its possible & healthy to have a differing thought without it being bitchy or shade."

The Fancy hitmaker had earlier revealed to Access Hollywood that she wanted to take the lead on Pretty Girls, with Britney instead being the featured artist. 

"I rewrote parts of it and it became my song, and I tried to make it all mine and keep it," she explained. She added, however, that Ms Spears then came knocking. "So I swung it back her way because she's Britney Spears, you have to do that," she said.

"She gets whatever she wants. She has her verses I have my verse, but it's not just me kind of popping in it."

It's been a turbulent time for Ms Azalea. She had to scrap her world tour, as well as a high-profile performance at the Pittsburgh Gay Pride Show – the latter when old tweets surfaced that seemingly showed her using homophobic language.  

Still, the rapper recently got engaged: namely to professional basketball player Nick Young, who popped the question with a huge 10.43ct ring worth €450,000.

 

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Taylor Swift is just a really good person.

She doesn’t just treat fans to impressive social media shout-outs, or donate serious cash to charities, she also likes to give away free tickets to her concert.

Someone going to her Dublin gig tonight just got the best present ever.

Stephanie is from South Africa. She was supposed to be at Hyde Park yesterday to see Taylor and her ultimate girl squad perform. However, disaster struck and her flight was delayed from Amsterdam.

She tweeted about her disappointment, naturally.

Not all hope was lost though, as Taylor, who has admitted to trolling her fans social media activities, saw the tweet. She responded as any good performer would.

So then, all Stephanie had to do was get herself to Dublin. Which is easier said than done. But, have no fear, because as we know anything that involves T Swifty immediately turns to gold.

Stephanie managed to convince British Airways to change her flight, with the help of some fake tears, and now she’s Dublin bound.

Taylor’s history of thanking her fans with big gestures does include actual Irish fans too though.

Suzie Dickinson from Meath was given the chance to meet the popstar in person when Taylor saw her attempts to make it to as many of her European tour dates as possible.

Talking to the Mirror Suzie said “Basically I put a picture of a map on Tumblr which showed my route for going to Taylor’s concerts. Taylor follows me on Tumblr so I was hoping that she’d see it.”

Taylor did in fact see it, and was invited to a very special meet and greet at her concert in Glasgow. Suzie said Taylor was dying to get a photo with her and the two chatted about the most important of things;

“We just talked about cats and Dublin and she wanted to get a photo with me.”

This is why Taylor is one of our favourite celebrities. 

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If you’ve been a fan of millionaire heiress Paris Hilton since the good ole days The Simple Life, or even if you’re just addicted to her Instagram feed (no judgement here), then you know she likes her luxuries.

She really, really loves to travel in the most glamorous fashions. She generally hops aboard private jets to all manner of exotic locales. We’re talking luxury resorts in Dubai.

However, in her most recent jet-setting adventure, the reality TV star was set up for a terrifying prank. She hopped aboard a small plane for what she thought was going to be an aerial tour of Dubai.

She was wrong. Mid-flight the Hilton hotel heiress is tricked into thinking her plane is about to go crashing to the ground.

The clip, which is available on YouTube, although many have been removed, is from a show called “Ramez in Control”. It’s an Egyptian television show that regularly pulls pranks on unsuspecting members of the public.

The 34-year old Paris was petrified when after a few minutes in the air, an alarm started ringing followed, by a side door opening and a man being thrown from the plane.

There’s a lot of shouting and crying as the passengers are (naturally) horrified at being told they have to jump from the plane before it hits the ground.

Paris was not amused when the plane makes a safe landing on the runway. We feel like someone may be in a spot of trouble after this stunt.

Paris took to twitter to address the prank after the video was released online. You can watch her terrifying experience below. Whatever feelings you had about Paris before, we think everyone agrees this was a horrible prank to play. The worst.

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Home and Away actress Erika Heynatz has taken to Instagram to announce some fabulous news. Erika, 39, and her husband of 8 years Andrew Kingston are expecting their first child.

The former Australia’s Next Top Model host shared the news with her followers by posting a cute snap of her ultrasound in a cartoon template.

Followers and cast mates of the actress quickly tweeted their congratulations and shared in the couple’s excitement.

"Omg @erikaheynatz I'm so excited and thrilled for u! Over the moon!!! Congrats to both of u,'"Ada Nicodemou, who plays Leah on the soap,  wrote. 

Erika has just recently made her debut on the Aussie soap as the new biology teacher at Summer Bay High.

 

On Tuesday photos emerged from on-set that showcased the blonde’s growing baby bump as she filmed for the show at Palm Beach in Sydney.  It has not been confirmed as of yet whether Erika’s pregnancy will be written into the soap’s storyline.

Last year rumours began circling that the star was expecting after photos were taken of her while running in Sydney and was supposedly sporting a noticeable bump.

The svelte beauty quickly put these rumours to rest however when she was pictured at the beach shortly after with her husband wearing a tiny bikini and owning an enviously toned midsection.

 

Andrew is a finance broker in Sydney and the pair married in 2007. As well as landing a role on the long-running Home and Away, Erika has also starred in Legally Blonde the musical and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

It might be a while before she introduces her new bundle of joy to that particular project.  

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We’re not sure about you, but the weather has never exactly been ‘must watch’ television in our houses.

 

In Mexico however, things have changed. Yanet Garcia has caused a stir online in recent times after she’s taken to delivering the weather forecast in an array of skin tight dresses.

Not content with providing the ‘hot’ weather on the Televisa Monterry newscasts, she also has her own YouTube page.

The Mexican beauty has gathered nearly 200,000 Instagram follwers and her Twitter account has also seen a spike in activity in recent times. She’s very good at her job.

 

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So good in fact, that there are rumours the star may be making a huge international move with networks vying for her attention.

We do wonder if this might have been adding fuel to the fire for the recent unrest between our own dear Evelyn and Jean? Could RTÉ be one of the major international networks just dying to add Yanet to their team? Only time will tell.

In the meantime, the internet is content with watching, and re-watching, Yanet’s helpful YouTube videos. One which has gathered over 1 million views in just 6 days.

Fans from all over the world are taking to Twitter to tell Yanet just how much they enjoy her forcasts. Some have even compared her to Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian.

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Kerry Katona’s husband, George Kay, has been rushed to hospital with signs of a potential stroke.

The mum-of-five took to Twitter last night to ask fans to pray for her husband.

“Asking you all to say a prayer for @mrgsjkay been taken into hospital with signs of a stroke xxx.”

Thankfully, the former rugby player went on Twitter himself later in the night to share hopes that he was suffering from Bell’s palsy, and not a stroke. The two can be easy to confuse as Bell’s palsy causes weakness or paralysis of the muscles in one side of the face, similar to the tell-tale signs of a stroke.

“Hoping it’s bells paisley (think that’s how you spell it) xxx,” the 35-year-old wrote.

Kerry and George have been married since September and together they have a one-year-old daughter, Dylan-Jorge. 

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Last night the crowds in Cork were treated to an amazing performance from Ellie Goulding at the Marquee.

And shortly afterwards, a local Garda couldn’t believe he was the lucky one who got to get Ellie into a pair of handcuffs.

 

Shiiiiit….

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After a most eventful night in Cork, the Starry Eyed singer took to Instagram to document her run-in with one of Ireland’s finest.

Always endeavouring to keep things of the highest professional standard, the official Garda Twitter account checked in to make sure Ellie was treated well.

Clearly the singer was doing just fine as she later shared a photograph from her room at the five star Haymarket Hotel (ooo, fancy).

Obviously delighted with her show, and not at all phased by her brush with the law, Ellie shared a photograph of her team before the gig and couldn’t stop talking about what a great time she was having.

 

Cork I loved that so much… THANK YOU! here's us all nervous pre show, me and my beautiful team!

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Ellie has played here on numerous occasions and this time she even chose to debut her new pink hair while visiting.

We’re wondering though, what would Ellie do to get herself arrested? Or even better, how would she have gotten herself out of trouble?

Offering up a free snack box can apparently do wonders when in tricky situations. Or she probably just crooned a sweet little tune and strutted off into the night.

Maybe someday we’ll be enlightened by the lucky Garda himself, it’s sure to be a good one.

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Elliott Wright has confirmed that he will be leaving the show for good.

The cousin of Mark Wright took to Twitter to announce his imminent departure and explain that he made his decision because of a desire to pursue other business opportunities.

 

He also added, “I would like to thank #LimePictures and @OnlyWayIsEssex cast and crew for an amazing 2 years.. It’s been an experience I will never forget,” he tweeted.  

The announcement sparked an instant reaction from fans of the show who shared their sadness over the star’s departure.

One fan tweeted saying “absolutely devastated the hottest guy alongside @DannyO and your both gone”.

While another said “gutted, your the only reason I watch it!! All the very best with everything, going to miss you. Xx”.

Do you think the show will be the same without him? 

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