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Oh well, it was good while it lasted but at least Sony have come to their sense. The little Irish duo John and Edward Grimes, 18, were signed to Sony in January but it was short lived as their first song, Under Pressure, featuring Vanilla Ice, didn’t make the top spot and dropped out of the charts a week later!

Louis Walsh, confirms, ”I’m completely committed to Jedward and I know they still have a great career ahead of them. The boys have a sell-out tour in Ireland that they start straight after The X Factor Tour in April and I am in talks with a major record label about a new deal for them.”

Louie it’s time to give up on them, they can’t sing or even dance. Bye Jedward I wish it could have been a pleasure but it wasn’t…

A shocking departure from British fashion, designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after taking his own life.

According to the Guardian.co.uk, a source from McQueen’s office has confirmed his death, saying: “Mr McQueen was found dead this morning at his home. We’re devastated and I hope you understand that out of respect to his family and his colleagues we’re not going to be making any further statement.”

His suicide comes just before the start of London Fashion Week and weeks before he was due to unveil his new collection at Paris Fashion Week on March 9.

McQueen has dressed many A-listers including Sarah Jessica Parker, Madonna, Naomi Campbell and recently Lady Gaga. You can see McQueens latest shoes on Lady Gaga in her video Bad Romance, as seen below.

The is the best commercial of the superbowl! Hot Megan Fox works her magic…

This is so wrong it can’t be right. Her name is Noah Cyrus, I’ve never heard of her either, and she dresses more raunchy and sexed up than her older sister. Noah is not content with playing with dolls and playing dress up, this little girl wants to do something different. Something like launching a lingerie line for kids. Should kids even know what lingerie is? No they should not but this kid-ult dresses in dominatrix clothing, sings songs like ‘Smack That’ and ‘Tik Tok’, and she’s not even 10!

Noah will team up with her pint-sized, equally weird, best friend Emily Grace to launch a children’s lingerie collection for ‘Ohh! La, La! Couture’. How could a parent allow their child to become like this at such a young age? She is destined for disaster, what’ll be next designer condoms? Or maybe relationship tips for kids? I have to say she has not been blessed with the looks of Miley…that’s putting it politely!

The Oscars are here, so get ready for the A List stunners waltzing down the red carpet with class. As everyone would expect Avatar has topped the nominations list and if it doesn’t win best picture it’s because he’s up against his ex-wife! The Hurt Locker, directed by ex-wifey Kathryn Bigelow, dominated the nominations also with nine apiece, including best picture.

Bigelow is tipped to win the director’s prize. I love the fact Bigelow is only the fourth woman to be nominated and would be the first female winner. Girl Power!

The awards will take place on the 7th of March.

Check out some of the nominees;

Best Picture:

Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up In The Air

Best Actor:

Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), George Clooney (Up In The Air), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actress:

Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Best Supporting Actor:

Matt Damon (Invictus), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz (Nine), Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart), Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air), Mo’Nique (Precious)

Best Animated Feature Film:

Coraline, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, Up

Best Director:

James Cameron (Avatar), Kathrun Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Lee Daniels (Precious), Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)

Best Documentary Feature:

Burma VJ, The Cove, Food Inc, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Which Way Home

That’s right the infamous and totally unnecessary, in my opinion, kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears’ at the MTV Video Music Awards has been voted the top kiss of the decade.

The pop superstars made headlines around the world after they smooched at the annual ceremony in 2003. Selfridges has branded the kiss the most iconic of the noughties.

Runner’s up were Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst’s passionate embrace in 2002′s Spider-Man and Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s snog in Brokeback Mountain.

I still can’t believe they have split, but then again you can’t make a hoe a housewife. That was pretty harsh but you were thinking it too! Anyway, in order to deal with his broken relationship Brad has splashed out on a £700,000 house, complete with a cave, in the Hollywood Hills.

A source confirms, ‘Brad has had his eye on it for some time but he decided now was the right time to buy because he wanted a place to call his own.

‘He needs somewhere quiet that doesn’t have memories of Angie and where he can be alone and think about what he does next.’

Oh Britney, why bother being a singer if you can’t do it live? The return of Britney Spears was a comeback everyone wanted to be wowed by. But just like the shaving incident there’s controversy. The “Circus“ world tour was critised by reviewers, journalists and fans for her miming and the price it cost to watch her do it! The cheek of it!

It’s funny how Miss Baldy skipped China off her world tour, couldn’t have been because of the ban huh Brit? I love this ban and think it separates the good performers from the bad one’s, Britney you know which category you go in.

What a brilliant event, which I watched live on Youtube at 1am (GMT). A great show and should make us all want to donate!

But among all the fantastic performances there was one that really stood out. That person was Madonna, instead of her being half naked, thrusting around the stage like a dog on heat, she gave an outstanding performance with all her clothes on. I mean who knew she owned a pair of trousers?

My advise to you all is that if you didn’t get to watch the show,  get onto Itunes and purchase some of the performances. Haiti needs us and you need to see Madonna looking her age – Go Madge!

Most women would love to get some of David Beckham in their hands and lucky reporter Elena Di Cioccio got that very opportunity. Italian reporter Cioccio bent down and squeezed Beckham between the legs as a test to see if the Armani ad’s were misleading.

David Beckham has now become the latest victim of Italy’s best known satirical television show after the ambush in Milan. She said the verdict was ‘small’. LOL I don’t actually think it looks that big in the Armani advert, what do you think?

Check out the video, it’s hilarious:

All props go to the gorgeous George Clooney for organising the US telethon for the earthquake survivors in Haiti. The devastating earthquake that has possibly killed over 200,000, has taken over the news worldwide with the disturbing images of the ravaged Island.

Star’s such as Bono, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Key’s will be performing but Kanye West has not been invited due to recent behaviour. According to Popeater an unnamed producer of the telethon said on the record that “it’s just best that [Kanye] does not participate,” that “[Kanye] has to make everything about himself” and that “[Kanye] will do anything to steal the spotlight.”
The Hope For Haiti Now gig Clooney is currently organising takes place tonight and will be hosted by Clooney and Haiti-born singer Wyclef Jean. It will be streamed live on Youtube at 8pm ET.
The telethon aspect of the event will raise money for Red Cross, Oxfam, Partners In Health and Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation, who are trying to bring aid to the country in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake.
Viewers can contribute to the telethon as follows: Online at HopeForHaitiNow.org, over the phone by calling (877) 99-HAITI, by texting the word “GIVE” to 50555 or by mail addressed to Hope for Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th St., Suite T-700, Los Angeles, CA, 90017.
There are many charities taking donations, such as Oxfam, Red Cross and Unicef. Anything can help no matter how small! Lets help and donate.

Here’s George explaining why he’s doing this:

Avatar has not only smashed the box office, it has now claimed two Golden Globe awards for best drama and best director at the 67th annual ceremony, voted for by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Director James Cameron expressed surprise regarding his best director award. “Frankly, I thought Kathryn was gonna get this,” he said, referring to his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, hotly tipped for her work behind the camera on Iraq bomb-disposal drama The Hurt Locker. “But make no mistake,” he continued, “I’m very grateful.”

Avatar beat some hot competition from fellow nominees Inglourious Basterds, Precious, Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker. It has proved a worthy winner and a proud moment for the director and crew.

Here’s the full list of winners at the 67th annual Golden Globe ceremony;

Avatar

*Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – drama

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

*Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – drama

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

*Best motion picture – comedy or musical

The Hangover

*Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – comedy or musical

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

*Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – comedy or musical

Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes

*Best animated feature

Up

*Best foreign language film

The White Ribbon (Germany)

*Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

*Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

*Best director – motion picture

James Cameron, Avatar

*Best screenplay – motion picture

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

*Best original score – motion picture

Michael Giacchino, Up

*Best original song – motion picture

The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart), Crazy Heart

*Best television series

Mad Men (AMC)

*Best performance by an actress in a television series – drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

*Best performance by an actor in a television series – drama

Michael C Hall, Dexter

*Best television series – comedy or musical

Glee (Fox)

*Best performance by an actress in a television series – comedy or musical

Toni Collette, United States of Tara

*Best performance by an actor in a television series – comedy or musical

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

*Best mini-series or motion picture made for television

Grey Gardens (HBO)

*Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television

Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens

*Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television

Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance

*Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television

Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

*Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television

John Lithgow, Dexter

*Cecil B DeMille award:

Martin Scorsese

The decade of utter shame for these celebs (and many others) as they couldn’t buy their way out of jail (on most cases) but got a free photoshoot!

1.    Michael Jackson

This looks like a scary character from a film, sorry Mic, it’s just too weird!

2.   James Brown

RIP the Godfather of Funk but dear lord he could’ve done his hair!

3.    Kat Williams

Love this pic as comedian Kat gives the ‘Po Po’ the cheesiest grin ever.

4.    Paris Hilton

Lip gloss? This dopey celeb probably treated the police like her PA ‘touch up please…NOW’

5.    Shia Labeouf

Either Shia overdosed on Red Bull or he is high off some other strange substance.

6.    Mischa Barton

Mischa is sporting the ‘crack-head’ look in her pic.

7.    Heather Locklear

Deer in the head lights?

8. DMX

He is so used to the mugshot routine that he pops a smile.

9.   Kiefer Sutherland

24′s Keifer still keeps his charm in his mugshot.

10.    Mickey Rourke

Mickey looks almost as comfortable as DMX!

Yes the Dogg wants to become a vampire on his favourite show, True Blood. I can see the appeal as I am a huge fan but lead actress Anna Paquin doesn’t seem to think so. Paquin doesn’t believe Snoop will get a chance for the cameo he is aiming for.

She told E! news: “If it were an appropriate character, then why not? We have all types of people on the show, but we don’t really… put people on the show for the sake of putting people on the show.”

The rapper is a massive fan of the successful vampire drama and even raps about True Blood it in his latest song Gangsta Luv. He even lets his young children watch the sexy HBO show. I think Snoop should be cast as another shape shifter like Sam Merlot, that way at least he can keep the D O G G behaviour!

Hot off the press – Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol to launch his own show, The X Factor. For those of you who don’t know The X Factor, it’s one of the most successful British talent shows of all time and Simon created it! It will smash the USA when it arrives and Simon will cash in on it BIG time.
Cowell and top Fox executives made the announcement in California, at a Television Critics Association meeting. Cowell said: “I was offered a lot of money to stay on. But that wasn’t the reason behind it. I wanted to do something different. I wanted a new challenge.”
What Simon is not saying is that he will make much more money on The X Factor than he could ever make on Idol. The times when you wish you were Simon…

The first Sexy & the City film was beyond words, I was really surprised at how emotional I got. I cried not once but twice as it felt like Carrie was actually one of my friends! I’m so happy that their doing another film but wonder if it can be as good? I mean I’m a fan from the TV show and will still watch the re-runs but the trailer doesn’t seem so exciting as the first film. What are your thoughts?

While doing my last minute shopping today I heard Mariah Carey being played everywhere, I love it! Here’s the top 10 most played xmas songs of the decade:

1. All I Want For Christmas is You – Mariah Carey (1994)

2. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues (1987)

3. Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade (1973)

4. Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie (1980)

5. Do They Know it’s Christmas? – Band Aid (1984)

6. Driving Home For Christmas – Chris Rea (1988)

7. Last Christmas – Wham (1984)

8. I Believe in Father Christmas – Greg Lake (1975)

9. Step into Christmas – Elton John (1973)

10. Wonderful Christmas Time – Paul McCartney (1979)

Source: PPL & PRS for Music

In the UK for some reason getting the Christmas number one single tops every number one song of the year. Take note, Simon Cowell’s X Factor winners have dominated the last 4 years. But not this year a huge petition started to try and get 90’s band Rage Against The Machine number one over this years X Factor winner – Joe McElderry. It was a massive boycott of Simon Cowell. With the help of a impressive Facebook group, Rage Against the Machine beat Simon Cowell and gained the last number one spot of the decade. Here’s the Christmas number one’s of this decade:

2000    Bob The Builder – Can We Fix It?

2001    Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid

2002    Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground

2003    Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules – Mad World

2004    Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2005    Shayne Ward    - That’s My Goal

2006    Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This

2007    Leon Jackson    - When You Believe

2008    Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah

2009    Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name

These are surprising results according to the Official Charts Company (UK).

1. James Blunt – Back to Bedlam

2. Dido’s – No Angel

3.  Amy Winehouse – Back To Black

4. Leona Lewis – Spirit

5. David Gray – White Ladder

We couldn’t come up with a top 10 for sporting icons but here are 8 icons, in no particular order, that we thought were the best of the best -

David Beckham – Footballer

Twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 the world’s highest-paid footballer, Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. He was Google‘s most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004.

Roger Federer – Tennis Player

As of the 28th of December 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks. Federer has won 15 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player.

Zinedine Zidane – Footballer

Widely considered one of football’s all-time greats, Zidane played for club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was a member of the French National Team. One of only two three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winners along with Ronaldo, Zidane was also named the European Footballer of the Year in 1998.

Lance Armstrong – Road Racing Cyclist

He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005. He is the only person to win seven times. He has survived testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. In 1999, he was named the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year.

Usain Bolt – Athlete

Bolt holds the world record for the 100 metres, the 200 metres and, along with his teammates, the 4×100 metres relay. He also holds the Olympic record for all three of these races. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bolt became the first man to win three sprinting events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics.

William Sisters (Venus & Serena) – Tennis Players

Venus Williams is the seven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), and Serena Williams is the eleven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), both of whom were coached from an early age by their father Richard Williams. Both sisters had the honor of being ranking by the Women’s Tennis Association at the World No. 1 position. There is no other sport, where two siblings were both ranked at the number 1 position. In 2001, Serena Williams and Venus Williams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

Tiger Woods – Golfer

Tiger Woods is the most successful golfer of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour winsthan any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.

Michael Phelps

Phelps is frequently cited as the greatest swimmer and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of August 2, 2009, Phelps has broken thirty-seven world records in swimming. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in single Olympics, his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz‘s seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972.

All the above information is supplied by Wikipedia.

These memories are taken from Yolkstalks new favourite website – TheNoughtiesPage.com. It’s the first online time capsule of the Noughties, a ‘unique account of the Noughties from real people like you’. We just love it! Here are the top 10 music memories –
1.    Beware – Paris Hilton will probably make another attempt at singing in the next decade. Let’s hope she doesn’t do another TV show too. – Paul

2.    ‘Just Dance’ what a great song to end the Noughties with. Lady Gaga may be strange but she’s original! – Deon

3.    The passing of James Brown & Michael Jackson saw two great Icons gone, but never forgotten. – Crystal, USA

4.    Madonna continues to prove she can master any decade and the Noughties was no exception. May she rule the next! – Yasmina, Lake District

5.    Kanye West has proved that being an amazing producer and having a good attitude is not possible, shame he lets Hip Hop down. – Tiron

6.    It’s funny how at the beginning of the Noughties Britney said, ‘I’m not that Innocent’, we can all see that very clearly now! – Brie

7.    The best song of the Noughties has to be Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab’. I mean come on, the girl spent most of the decade there! – Billy

8.    Susan Boyle’s success was so unexpected for a time committed to beauty, stick thin girls & image. Talent rules, go Boyle! – Rayna, USA

9.    The moment Michael died I almost stopped breathing, what an Icon, a performer, a fixed memory of the Noughties forever. - Lenny, Kent

10.    Music of the Noughties – Shakira, Beyonce, Rhianna, Pink, Madonna all divas who changed music, making it sexy! May POP live on. Anon

1. Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, American Music Awards, Los Angeles (2001)

2. Lady GaGa, ACE awards, New York (2009)

3. Madonna, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, New York (2009)

4. Grace Jones, Cannes Film Festival, France (2001)

5. Amy Winehouse (throughout the decade!)

We are all guilty of having at least one of the below trends in our wardrobes. All the trends below should be banned from entering the next decade and one hopes these fashions never come back! Here are the wrost fashion trends of the Noughties:

1. Crocs

These should be banned from the face of the earth. Why and how do people go outside with them on? These are by far the worst thing about the Noughties!

2. Pointy-Toed Shoes/Boots

Firstly there is absolutely no point in having pointed shoes. As you can see below, they eventually crease and look worn and ugly. They also look and feel ridiculous.

3. Fluorescent clothing

Why?

4. MC Hammer pants!

Even on a stunning model these pants look pathetic. How could anyone believe these are stylish?

5. Thong flashers

This trend was border line disgusting! Who wants to see a girl pull a thong so high it gives them a visible wedgy?

6. Headbands

These two look like Pocahontas and a failed rock star. Headbands are for school children who haven’t got a mirror to do there hair.

7. Skirts Over trousers

The photograph speaks for itself!

8. Nerd glasses

Nerd glasses are great for fancy dress but for after the party? No.

9. Skinny jeans on Men!

Skinny Jeans are great…on women. Sorry guys but you look squeezed in all the wrong places! Russell Brand can’t even escape the tightness! Wrong!

10. Uggs

Celebrities love them and so do consumers but let’s really look at these boots..they’re so UGLY! And when they start to wear at the heel, errr.

1.    Sex and the City

2.    The Strokes
3.    Suri Cruise
4.    Britney Spears
5.    Madonna

6.    Andre 3000 (OutKast)
7.    Agyness Deyn
8.    Noel Fielding
9.    The Queen
10.    Björk

According to telegraph.co.uk