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Kanye West REFUSES To Speak To Jonathan Ross And Other Guests On The Jonathan Ross Show
After causing a stir with his 'audio muted' BRIT Awards performance, Kanye West has reportedly been causing more trouble by refusing to speak to Jonathan Ross on The Jonathan Ross Show. According to reports, Kim Kardashian's 37-year-old husband threw his big tantrum during a pre-record for the chat show, where he filmed a performance of 'Only One'. After his performance, Jonathan tried to grab a chat with Kanye, but instead of being greeted with open arms, Jonathan was greeted by Kanye lying on the floor and refusing to say a word.
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First Photo Of 'Jihadi John' As Adult Revealed
The first known photograph has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi - the Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John" - as an adult. Showing him with a goatee beard and wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap, the image is revealed in student records from his time at the University of Westminster. Sky News can also exclusively reveal details of Emwazi's academic achievements during his stint at the university in London's Cavendish campus, between 2006 and 2009.
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Clarkson Twitter row with Labour MP
Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has traded on-line insults with shadow transport minister Michael Dugher, saying the motoring show is not made "for people who wear pink ties". Clarkson replied on Twitter, saying: " Labour's transport spokesman says he doesn't like Top Gear.
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Putin pledges to nail Nemtsov killers, as West condemns
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to bring the "vile" killers of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov to justice as Western leaders and Russia's opposition roundly condemned the drive-by shooting near the Kremlin walls. Putin, who earlier blamed the assassination on foes trying to discredit the Kremlin, said in a message to Nemtsov's mother: "Everything will be done so that the organisers and perpetrators of a vile and cynical murder get the punishment they deserve," The 55-year-old former deputy premier who was a vocal critic of Putin, was shot in the back several times shortly before midnight Friday as he walked across a bridge a stone's throw from the Kremlin. Hours later on Saturday a steady stream of mourners, many in tears, filed by on the bridge, heaping flowers and photos of Nemtsov at the spot where he fell.
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Scarlett Johansson: Nothing 'Creepy or Inappropriate' About John Travolta
Scarlett Johansson has come to John Travolta's defense after a picture of him greeting her on the red carpet at the Oscars became an Internet meme. "There is nothing at all strange, creepy or inappropriate about John Travolta," Johansson said in a statement to the Associated Press.
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Vicky Pattison SLAMS Ricky Rayment's Relationship With Marnie: "I Can't Gauge How Genuine It Is"
This week, everyone's favourite Geordie Shore-er (soz Gaz, we still 'would') has been speaking her mind about new 'hot' structured reality TV couple Ricky Rayment and Marnie Simpson. None-other than TOWIE's own Jessica Wright, who split with the formerly hirsute Ricky last year. Ricky and Marnie have been an apparent item for several weeks now, and Vick thinks that the reason Marnie's with Ricky is to get a part on the Essex reality show – which Vicky thinks will make Jess WELL JEL.
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'What Colour Is This Dress?' Debate Swamps Web
A picture of a two-tone dress has gone viral after it prompted a fierce debate over whether it was white and gold - or blue and black. Kim Kardashian tweeted: "What color is that dress? Taylor Swift said: "I don't understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it's a trick somehow.
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Inside one woman's 90-square-foot NY apartment
The young fashion worker gave Curbed a 'tour' of her apartment to show how she has sacrificed on space to live in the upscale West Village neighborhood, where she can count Courtney Love, Brooke Shields and Calvin Klein as neighbors.
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Mugabe celebrates 91st birthday with million-dollar bash
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish million-dollar bash that was slammed by the opposition as "obscene" in a country wracked by poverty. Thousands of supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF, many wearing party regalia emblazoned with the president's image, sang and danced as he arrived for the jamboree at a luxury hotel in the famed Victoria Falls resort. The party, which comes a week after Mugabe's birthday, was held on the hotel golf course, with white marquees housing the guests.
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Disney Child Stars: Then and Now
Impossibly preppy as hoop-shooting schoolkid Troy Bolton in the ‘High School Musical’ series, Efron did his growing up pretty fast as soon as he graduated from the Mouse House. Zac will return in the sequel to ‘Bad Neighbours’ and plays the starring role in ‘We Are Your Friends’, a new drama from that Max off MTV’s ‘Catfish’. As the 12-year-old star of ‘The Parent Trap’, Lohan was the quintessential Disney kid – smiley of face, freckled of cheek and red of hair, li’l Lindsay was a poster child for good behaviour.
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Family 'positive' on missing Becky
The family of missing 16-year-old Rebecca Watts have said they are "keeping positive" about the prospect of being reunited with the teenager. John Galsworthy, Becky's paternal grandfather, said the family were trying to remain strong as the search intensifies. Mr Galsworthy said: "We are broadening the search.
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Boy, 15, Stabbed To Death While Cycling
A 15-year-old boy has died after suffering a single stab wound while cycling in north London. Police were called just after 7.30pm on Friday to reports of a male collapsed in Caledonian Road, near the junction with Twyford Street, Islington. Officers and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Premium Bonds: You're 2,000 times more likely to win £1m than ... zilch
NS&I Premium Bonds are a more attractive alternative to savings accounts than you thinkHere is a sentence to cheer many a beleaguered saver: put the maximum £40,000 into Premium Bonds and you are nearly 2,000 times more likely to win £1m than
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Tesco close 43 stores and staff pension scheme despite productive Christmas
Tesco has revealed it plans to close 43 unprofitable stores across the UK and a “significant proportion” will be local convenience shops. Amidst the planned closure of 43 unsuccessful stores, the firm is also shelving plans to open a further 49 new “very large” stores. In addition, Tesco announced that they would be closing its staff pension scheme, making cuts of £250million and reducing overheads by 30%. This latest revelation in a series of accounting scandals, which saw the departure of various senior executives, comes after two years of troubles as the supermarket has suffered falling sales and profit warnings.
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Assad 'can't help fight against IS'
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad cannot be a partner in the fight against the extremism of Islamic State (IS), Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius have said in a joint article. In the article for French newspaper Le Monde, Mr Hammond and Mr Fabius called for a political settlement to create a unity government in Syria which can work with the international community to defeat IS - also known as Isis or Isil. Mr Hammond and Mr Fabius said it was clear that Assad was "fighting to improve his public image" by presenting himself as a bulwark against chaos in the region and by offering a six-week halt to shelling of a civilian area of the city of Aleppo.
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Football - 'Triple punishment' could end, but no fourth subs or TV ref
The body, which consists of the four British associations and four from world governing body FIFA, also wants more time to discuss video trials being carried out in the Netherlands by the Dutch FA (KNVB). The fourth substitute proposal, requiring a change to Law 3, did not get approval but will be referred back for further analysis by IFAB's newly-introduced advisory panels. Patrick Nelson, the chief executive of the Irish FA, told a news briefing afterwards: "We think this is a ground-breaking decision that will have a significant effect on the way grassroots football is played by thousands of amateur and recreational players".
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Madonna says 'Intolerance' in Europe 'feels like Nazi Germany'
Rebounding from her stage tumble at the Brit awards, pop star Madonna told French radio Thursday that "intolerance" was now so high in France and Europe that "it feels like Nazi Germany." Speaking to Europe 1 radio in an interview to be aired Friday morning, Madonna said "anti-Semitism is at an all-time high" in France and elsewhere in Europe, and likened the current atmosphere to the period when German fascism was on the ascent. It feels like Nazi Germany," the 56-year-old singer said, calling the situation "scary," and lamenting what she described as France's lost tradition of welcoming diversity and honouring freedom.
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Formula 1 - Michael Schumacher's mountain 'refuge' sold - for £1.8m
Petter Birkrem, from the estate agent handling the sale, described the property to Norway's DN newspaper as Schumacher's "refuge from the media pursuit he has suffered throughout his life". Before a skiing accident in 2014 in which he suffered serious head trauma, Schumacher and his family spent several months a year staying in the lodge enjoying winter sports.
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Mapped: 10 years of Britain's house price boom (and bust) - Telegraph
In stark contrast, the total value of housing across the North West, North East and Yorkshire & Humber has only risen by £42bn, contributing to just 3pc of the value growth of UK housing stock over 10 years. The growth in the total housing in London and the South East has been 12 times that of the Midlands and the North. "Economic growth has been in the larger cities, and those areas with a high proportion of public sector jobs have had a tough time. The North East is a relatively small economy with a high reliance on the public sector.
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Rare hole-punch clouds create spectacle in the sky
The cloud formation seen above British Columbia, Canada and Washington State this past month are called Hole-punch clouds or Fallstreak holes.
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