Singer Louis Tomlinson has praised Simon Cowell for being "completely understanding" when he and his One Direction bandmates told him they wanted to go on a hiatus.
	The "Night Changes" hitmaker has praised the 56-year-old music mogul, who formed the band, for not putting any pressure on the chart-topping group, which also includes Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan, when they told him they wanted to take a break, reported Female First.
	"Simon was completely understanding when we told him we wanted to go on a break. Not once did he put any pressure on us. Most people would've tried to give us at least a nudge. But he didn't. That's a real reflection of his character. Once you get to know him, he's lovely and kind."
	The 24-year-old singer also revealed Cowell was one of the first people he told when he found out he was expecting a child, Freddie, now two months, with stylist Briana Jungwirth.
	"Simon is one of the first people I told about my son, Freddie. You can trust him.

Louis Tomlinson praises 'understanding' Simon Cowell

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Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has admitted she struggled to deal with some of the "disgusting" comments she received online.
	The 24-year-old singer, who is engaged to Rixton's Jake Roche, says she was shocked to be sent a barrage of abuse on social media but is trying to rise above it, reported Cosmopolitan magazine.
	"It used to make me cry. I was shocked at the time. I was a young girl and I thought, 'What have I done to you? Why do you have to be mean to me?' I'm not a nasty person and I took it to heart. Some of the things people said were disgusting. It really affected me."
	But Nelson is able to rely on her bandmates - Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall - to support her through it all as she previously revealed they are all "addicted" to each other.
	"To be honest, we're just loving what we're doing and we get to experience all of this together, which is amazing. There aren't many people who can say they see different things every day.
	"We genuinely get on so .

Jesy Nelson affected by online hate

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian says she looks at old pictures of herself to help motivate her to lose weight.
	The 35-year-old "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star said she regularly flicks through the selfies she took after her two-year-old daughter North was born to encourage herself to slim down following the birth of her son, Saint, three months ago, reported Female First.
	Sharing pictures of herself in Thailand, which were taken only a year after she gave birth to her first child, she wrote, "I was pretty proud of myself. I had gotten into really good shape, I had lost some weight, I think I lost all my weight at this point.
	"I was in my hotel room, and North was sleeping in the bed, and it was night time and I couldn't fall asleep, so I just wanted to take some pictures, some selfies, to remember how I felt when I felt just like, 'Okay I did it, I accomplished it. I am in really good shape and I did it, I lost all that weight'."
	Kardashian added she was certain she could ...

Old pictures motivate me to lose weight: Kim Kardashian

Rapper Will.I.Am may not return as a judge on the UK version of "The Voice".
	The rapper and producer, who has acted as a judge on all five seasons of the BBC singing contest, has indicated that he won't return next year, unless show bosses bring back the original line-up of judges, reported Contactmusic.
	The 41-year-old rapper preferred the first two seasons of "The Voice" when he starred alongside singer Jessie J, 27, Welsh icon Tom Jones, 75, and The Script star Danny O'Donoghue, 36.
	Jessie and Danny, who Will collaborated with, left the show in 2013, while Tom left last year.
	"If they come back, I'd come back. All the originals," he said, adding that he believed the show will struggle to find a superstar as the show's concept had taken a hit by people being able to launch their music careers online.
	"You don't need 'The Voice' to have ten million Instagram followers. It makes me sad that it isn't about talent anymore."
	In the fifth season of the show, the former Black Eyed ...

Will.I.Am won't return for 'The Voice'

Comedian Tracy Morgan has revealed he feels funnier than ever after recovering from his horrifying car accident.
	The 47-year-old comic actor has opened up about the difficult times following his 2014 accident. Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury after his limo van was hit by a Walmart truck driver who hadn't slept in 28 hours.
	Morgan's close friend James "Jimmy MACk" McNair died in the crash.
	While Morgan's path to recovery has not been easy, the "30 Rock" star is convinced he returned from the "afterworld bearing gifts" from his comedic inspirations, reported Rolling Stone magazine.
	"Maybe when I was in heaven, Richard Pryor said something to me. I feel funnier than I ever felt."
	Following the crash Morgan, 47, who is married to Megan Wollover, 29, admitted that at times his thoughts during his recovery took him to a "very dark place."
	"I was sitting right here, contemplating suicide. I couldn't walk."
	Morgan's distress at being bedridden following the crash threatened to 

I felt funnier after my accident: Tracy Morgan

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven is stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature film.
	James has signed on to take charge of The Last Boy, which is based on Thomas M Burby's novel The Last Boy on Earth, according to The Wrap.
	The film will centre on the story of a teenage boy, who is left to search for survivors after a deadly airborne virus kills off most of the world's population.
	The movie will be James' second directorial effort following his 2015 short film "Court of Conscience", which featured his father Jon Voight.
	James' superstar sibling Angelina has also been active behind the camera in recent years. She made her feature film directorial debut in 2011 with "In the Land of Blood and Honey" and went on to helm "Unbroken and By the Sea", which starred herself and her husband Brad Pitt.
	She is currently working on "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers", which is based on Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung ..

Angelina Jolie's brother to make film directorial debut

Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb is reportedly set to join band Coldplay during their closing slot at Glastonbury Festival.
	While Gibb, 69, had been rumoured to making an appearance previously, he has now allegedly been invited to perform a medley of iconic Bee Gees hits with Chris Martin's group on the Pyramid Stage on June 26 at Worthy Farm, reported NME magazine.
	Gibb is the only surviving member of the Seventies band he founded with his brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1966.
	The singer, songwriter and record producer rose to worldwide fame alongside his brothers as one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed groups in the history of popular music.
	Coldplay will become the first group to headline the festival four times. They previously appeared in 2002, 2005 and 2011.

Barry Gibb to perform with Coldplay at Glastonbury

Singer Gwen Stefani says she desperately tried to fix her broken marriage when she first realised there were big cracks in her 13-year union.
	The 46-year-old No Doubt star, who has documented the heartbreak of her split from Gavin Rossdale in the lyrics of her new songs, has revealed she knew the marriage was in trouble in February, 2015, reported Contactmusic.
	"It was devastating. I didn't know what to do. It was a real big secret. I tried everything to fix it," Stefani said.
	And she thanks her now two-year-old son, Apollo, for giving her the strength to get through the worst few months of her life.
	"I had already started on a spiritual journey when I got pregnant with Apollo. That was sort of like, 'Wow, really? I'm gonna be blessed with a baby... Now?' That was a miracle. It just started me on this spiritual journey, and thank God it started then, because I was prepared when I had the tragedy. I had that nest of spirituality in me," she added.
	But the singer admits she felt ...

Gwen Stefani tried to fix marriage

Actress Renee Zellweger  says she doesn't pay attention to the chatter surrounding her changed appearance.
	The 46-year-old "Bridget Jones's Diary" star hit headlines and became a trending topic on Twitter after she made her first public appearance in months at an awards show in Los Angeles in October, 2014, sparking a debate over her 'new face', reported People magazine.
	Zellweger shrugged off the media storm at the time, putting her altered appearance down to a new, relaxed lifestyle, and now she reveals she didn't even know about any of the comments because she does not participate in any kind of social media.
	"It's not really part of my life. It's part of the job, that I don't really experience except when I step into this arena. In my home I'm not aware of it. I don't do any kind of social media, so I don't see it. I like to have... I guess you would call them real experiences," she said .
	Zellweger previously defended her image and insisted she looks different because she is .

Renee Zellweger oblivious to comments about her appearance

Pop star Jennifer Lopez says her divorce from Marc Anthony in 2014 was the "biggest disappointment" of her life.
	The 46-year-old "On The Floor" hitmaker split from the "My Baby You" singer in 2014 and says it was a "devastating and awful" time of her life, reported People magazine.
	"It was devastating and awful. I think both Marc and I thought at the time we would be together for the next 40 years until we die," Lopez said.
	"It was the biggest disappointment of my life so far. But I felt like at that time I had lost my way a little bit, of who I was in trying to make the marriage work.
	"I had been married twice before and I didn't want this to be a failure ... I just put all my heart and soul into that and forgot who I was as an individual a little bit," Lopez said.

Divorce with Marc Anthony was disappointing: Jennifer Lopez

Kangana Ranaut believes the definition of a superstar is now restricted to "online hits" and the National Award-winning actress says she would rather be known for her work than her histrionics on social media.
	Ruing sensationalism, one of the prevailing by-products of social media, Kangana said she feels "disheartened" to see online stars being made role models.
	"In today's society, a superstar is someone who can excite, enthrall or maybe get people crazy with his her abilities but our generation with the social media and other platforms, it is really disheartening to see that they don't have nice role models," the 28-year-old actress said during a session at the CII-Young India here.
	"One with the highest followers, or having the biggest butt or someone who is good for nothing are superstars today! If today I open an account on social media and do something sensational I will become a superstar overnight. Do I consider myself one? No. Do I want to be a superstar? No, thank you," ..

I don't wish to be a superstar: Kangana Ranaut

Taking a swipe at her former boyfriend Hrithik Roshan and their controversial legal tussle, actress Kangana Ranaut today said that she does not understand why people have to approach lawyers to resolve the differences in their relationship.
	Kangana and Hrithik have been embroiled in a nasty spat since the former called her "Krrish 3" co-star "a silly ex", prompting the 42-year-old star to slap her with a legal notice asking her to apologise and clear the air about their affair which he firmly refutes.
	A defiant Kangana, 28, had said she was not a "dim-witted" teenager and refused to apologise. She instead shot off a counter-notice to Hrithik warning him to take back his notice or face a criminal case.
	Sharing her view on marriage and relationships during a session at the CII-Young India here, Kangana said, "In today's world marriages have different meaning. We don't depend on a man for money or social standing. Women are fairly independent, seeking somebody who can treat them ...

I have a knack of choosing wrong people: Kangana Ranaut

From ragaas to rock, Blues to Bollywood, and a northeastern band taking a shine towards the music of rapper-singer Yo Yo Honey Singh, the fifth season of the Kasauli Rhythm and Blues Festival began here today with a mash-up of artists across genres.
	Kicking off the three-day extravaganza in the town of Kasauli nestled in the lap of Shivalik hills in Himachal Pradesh, Delhi-based pop, rock band Frisky Pints delivered the opening performance belting out tracks from its upcoming debut album.
	The band expressed a rather interesting desire to go as commercial as rapper-singer Yo Yo Honey Singh. With similar influences, the pop, rock band is expected to release  a single titled 'Rock Paper Scissors' a hip-hop based song.
	"We really like the way his albums are produced, sound quality and the music is amazing, it is of international quality. The lyrics are good too but the production is definitely the highlight," vocalist and guitarist of the band, Joseph Dinji told PTI.
	The diverse line .

Kasauli's Rhythm and Blues Festival kicks off 5th edition

Peter Brown, who had starring roles in two television westerns in the 1950s and '60s and later acted in soap operas, has died on Monday in Phoenix. He was 80.
	The cause was Parkinson's disease, his family said, reported New York Times.
	Brown played Deputy Johnny McKay on "Lawman," which was seen on ABC from 1958 until 1962. His character was the wide-eyed but tough sidekick of Marshal Dan Troop, played by John Russell, tasked with bringing order to Laramie, Wyo.
	Brown later starred as Chad Cooper, a Texas Ranger, in the 1965-67 NBC series "Laredo."
	He also appeared in films, including "Darby's Rangers," "Merrill's Marauders," "Summer Magic," "Ride the Wild Surf" and "Foxy Brown."
	As television westerns fell out of favor, Brown found success on soap operas. He played Dr. Greg Peters on "Days of Our Lives" from 1972 to 1978 and was also seen on "Loving" in 1983, "The Young and the Restless" from 1989 to 1991, and "The Bold and the Beautiful" from 1991 to 1992.
	He was born Pierre ..

Actor Peter Brown dies at 80

Hip hop star Twista has been arrested for possession of marijuana in Valparaiso, Indiana.
	The rapper was allegedly pulled over by police officers while travelling in a Rolls Royce motor car before his concert at the city's Big Shots nightclub on Thursday, reported TMZ.
	The officers found marijuana while searching the vehicle and arrested the driver, Twista and two other passengers.
	His show at the nightspot was cancelled, as editors at the gossip website report he was held by police officers until 4am on Friday morning when he was released after posting USD 500 bail.
	US laws on the possession and consumption of the marijuana vary from state to state.
	It is legal in some states, such as Colorado and Oregon, decriminalised in others including California, but is still a misdemeanour offence in Indiana.
	Possession of the drug in the state carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison, while the largest an individual can be fined is USD 1000.

Twista arrested for weed possession

Supermodel Bar Refaeli has revealed that she is expecting a baby girl with husband Adi Ezra.
	The 30-year-old Israeli model shared the details on her Instagram account as she posted a picture of herself in a striped swimsuit.
	"My girl craved some vitamin D #5months (sic)," she captioned the photo.
	The model announced that she's expecting a baby on New Year's Eve, and has been documenting her pregnancy journey on Instagram.
	She shared a photo of her pregnancy test alongside a baby emoji.
	"2016 is going to be like...Happy & Healthy New Year!," she wrote.

Bar Refaeli expecting baby girl

The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreign visitors, capping one of the most momentous weeks in modern Cuban history with a massive celebration of music that was once forbidden here.
	The week opened with the arrival of President Barack Obama in Air Force One, accompanied by more than 1,000 employees of a government that waged a cold war against Cuba for more than 50 years.
	This time, US forces were armed with briefing books and press invitations, here to seal the president's 2014 opening to Cuba with a string of expertly crafted public events that saw Obama call for democracy live on state television, then attend a Major League Baseball exhibition game with Cuban President Raul Castro.
	The week ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts firing "Jumpin' Jack Flash" ''Sympathy for the Devil" and "Satisfaction" into a jubilant crowd from 3-story-tall ...

Rolling Stones unleash rock and roll on massive Cuban crowd

The upcoming season of Lakme Fashion Week will see integration of technology and design as international designers in collaboration with ElektroCouture, a fashion technology house will present futuristic fashion on the runway.
	Based in the heart of Europe's fashion tech hub Berlin, ElektroCouture along with six international designers like Lina Wassong, Melissa Coleman, Valerie Lamontagne, Igor Knezevic, Kristin Neidlinger and Chritian Bruns from various countries have joined hands for the first time to present a collective showcase of fashion and technology.
	The designers have stepped into the future to find new ways of digitalizing environment and human body.
	"Fashion worldwide has entered a new age of tech design; the future of fashion is here. 'ElektroCouture & Friends' show is a powerful story of progressive and new age fashion, Saket Dhankar," Vice President and Head - Fashion, IMG Reliance said in a statement.
	"This season, we turn the spotlight on the biggest global ...

Futuristic fashion show at Lakme Fashion Week

Actor James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl earlier this week.
	The 39-year-old "CSI: Cyber" star shared the news on Instagram.
	"Happy to share that two days ago, Kimberly and I were lucky enough to welcome a little baby girl into the world. Emilia Van Der Beek," he captioned the picture of his wife along with their four kids.
	Back in January 2014, Kimberly gave birth to the couple's third child, a baby girl named Annabel Leah, who joined older brother Joshua, and sister Olivia.
	James and Kimberly, 34, announced their happy news in November.

James Van Der Beek, Kimberly welcome baby girl

Singer Adele expressed her condolences after a fan attending her concert in Glasgow was reportedly struck by a fallen chain and taken to the hospital.
	The 27-year-old "Hello" hitmaker was apparently unaware of the incident, so she continued her show. However, when she found out about it later, she immediately issued an apology.
	"I'm so sorry to hear that someone got hurt at my show tonight. It's being investigated to ensure it won't happen again," Adele tweeted.
	A spokesperson of the venue explained in a statement that the chain was part of the production, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"(The chain) came down and hit one person who was taken to hospital as a precaution. We are liaising with the production crew to ascertain what happened. This is all we know at this stage," the statement read.
	The British singer is currently in the middle of her European tour.

Adele apologizes for fan injury at Glasgow concert

Singer Gwen Stefani says if one her sons come out to be gay, her love for him would not change.
	The 46-year-old mother of three said she just asks the God to guide her to be a good parent, reported People magazine.
	"I would be blessed with a gay son. I just want my boys to be happy and healthy, and I just ask God to guide me every day to be a good mother because it is not an easy job," Stefani said.
	The country star, who co-parents Kingston, 9, Zuma, 7, and Apollo, 2, with Gavin Rossdale, said this topic often comes up in her circle.
	"I always ask my gay friends, 'OK, so what was it like when you were a little boy?'," she said.

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