Cheers to us! Beyonce posts picture from boozy date night with husband Jay-Z... and puts an end to pregnancy rumours

She's obviously still Crazy in Love.
And who can blame her? Beyonce has such a perfect match in the successful, talented and always charming Jay-Z that the 31-year-old can almost be forgiven for uploading this smug picture of the pair enjoying date night.
She did have an ulterior motive, too, by posting a shot of her glugging down wine, Beyonce has shot down those second pregnancy rumours once and for all.

So happy together: Beyonce posted this picture of her enjoying date night and wine with Jay-Z on her Tumblr

Red, red wine: Beyonce chugged into her no doubt expensive vintage wine as the Jiggaman looked on adoringly

In the first shot, Beyonce looks radiant as she leans her head into her husband wearing a hoodie and a really comfortable, self-assured smile.
Her lips are fire engine red and her hair is gently wavy -  shot through with blonde.
The 31-year-old's husband, 43, wears his snap-back cap backwards and gazes into the camera.
In a second upload, we see Beyonce's patterned legs and that she's sitting on Jay-Z's knee.
In this shot the mother-of-one is chugging from a big glass of wine that surely has an impeccable pedigree.
Her rapper husband looks on with a chuckle as the vino goes down.

Larks: She also posted this shot of the couple indulging in horseplay in the street

Just like any other couple: Beyonce posed for her husband to take the shot

The pair were enjoying a date tonight together while baby Blue Ivy, who is 16 months old, slept at home under the watchful care of their team of nannies.
She seemed to have recovered her spirits after being furious that H&M Photoshopped images of her for its new swimwear campaign.
According to a source, the singer refused to allow the fast fashion chain to use airbrushed photographs that downsized her famous curves, and so originals were used for the worldwide campaign instead.

'Furious': According to a source, Beyoncé refused to allow H&M to use airbrushed photographs that downsized her famous curves, and so originals were used for its swimwear campaign instead

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The Wanted's Max George reveals former flame Lindsay Lohan is STILL his celebrity crush... as he admits to sleeping with fans

They enjoyed a brief dalliance at the end of last year, and he was even said to have introduced her to his parents.
And despite Lindsay Lohan now being holed up in a court-ordered rehab facility, Max George has confessed she is still very much his celebrity crush.
Appearing on Bravo's late night show Watch What Happens Live alongside his bandmates Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Siva Kaneswaran, the 25-year-old singer confessed he still has his eye on the troubled starlet, in spite of them already having enjoyed a fling.

Cheeky! Max George confessed that Lindsay Lohan is still his celebrity crush as he appeared on Bravo's late night show Watch What Happens Live on Friday

Asked by host Andy Cohen who his showbiz crush would be, he replied: 'I'm gonna say Lindsay Lohan.'
To which Andy replied: 'That's been fully realised, right?'

 

Max sheepishly responded: 'No.. a little bit. If she's watching from rehab, then it'll cheer her up a little bit.'
While fellow singleton bandmate Jay revealed Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence to be his celebrity crush 'like most of America', Max caused further shock when he admitted to sleeping with fans in the past.

Naughty boys: Appearing on the show alongside bandmates Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Siva Kaneswaran, Max also confessed to sleeping with fans in the past

Ladies' man: The British hunk, who was previously engaged to Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan, revealed he'd slept with another celebrity but 'couldn't say who'

And the British hunk, who was previously engaged to Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan, revealed he'd had sex with another celebrity but 'couldn't say who'.
Meanwhile, Tom confessed to sleeping with a 52-year-old German woman who worked for the group's record label before he got together with his current girlfriend.
But perhaps the most controversial of all the statements made on the Bravo show came when Max suggested One Direction's Louis Tomlinson - who is currently in a long-term relationship with Manchester University student Eleanor Calder - could be gay.

Reigniting the flame? Max confessed he still has his eye on the troubled starlet, in spite of them already having enjoyed a fling

Confessions: Jay admitted his celebrity crush was Jennifer Lawrence, while Tom revealed he previously slept with a 52-year-old German woman who worked for the group's record label

Well that's awkward: Andy Cohen certainly didn't hold back as he asked the group their deepest, darkest secrets

The two British boybands have a somewhat chequered history, and have regularly traded insults via Twitter and in interviews.
Asked by Cohen which member of One Direction would 'come out first', Max replied without batting an eyelid 'Louis', much to the distaste of Louis' loyal army of fans, who immediately took to Twitter to slam him.
Max was also left feeling more than a little red-faced on Tuesday night when cheeky chat show host Chelsea Handler grilled him about the nature of his relationship with Lindsay.

Busy bees: The boys are currently promoting their upcoming E! reality show, The Wanted Life, which premieres in the UK on June 24

Jam-packed schedule: In addition to their busy day of promotions, the band rang the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell on Friday

Leaving the Mancunian singer positively squirming in his seat, she said: 'Which one of you was penetrating Lindsay Lohan? Was that you?'
Instead of confessing all to the outspoken talk show host, naughty Max chose to blame the dalliance on fifth The Wanted member Nathan Sykes, who is currently resting while he recovers from throat surgery.
Max and Lindsay initially grew close at the end of last year when The Wanted toured North America, and the hunk later admitted they did have a brief dalliance.

Hard at work: The group attended a signing at the NBC store in New York City on Friday

Here come the boys! The Wanted are gearing up for the impending launch of their reality show later this month

Asked by E! News while promoting The Wanted's upcoming reality show whether he had enjoyed a 'snog' with the Mean Girls actress, Max said: 'Yes, we did - a little one.
'She's a friend of all of ours and she is a lovely girl. We wish her all the best, wherever she is.'
Lindsay did fuelled the fire of a potential relationship between the pair when she recently posted a picture on Instagram which showed herself and Max together in what looked like a hotel room.

Love's young dream? Max and Lindsay initially grew close at the end of last year when The Wanted toured North America, and the hunk later admitted they did have a brief dalliance

Max, who reportedly introduced the star to his parents in Manchester in late 2012, had been attempting to neutralise Lindsay’s advances and dismissed her as a ‘party’ girl.
He said: 'She was good to party with, but there's definitely not going to be any babies on the horizon.'
The Wanted are currently promoting their upcoming E! reality show, The Wanted Life, which premieres in the UK on June 24, and as well as making multiple television appearances, rang NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell on Friday.

Former flame: Max had been attempting to neutralise Lindsay's advances and dismissed her as a 'party' girl

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Brad Pitt's secret past as a drug-addled zombie: Star hide from pressure of fame in a haze of marijuana and booze in the 90s

Tomorrow night, Brad Pitt will stride proudly down the red carpet in London, a protective arm around the shoulder of his fiancée, Angelina Jolie. As statements of support go, it will ring out loud and true.
Not only will Angelina be appearing in public for the first time since announcing her double mastectomy, she is also missing her aunt’s funeral to be by Brad’s side at a seminal moment in his career.
It is no understatement to say Brad’s reputation is riding on the premiere of World War Z, the post-apocalyptic zombie movie he both produces and stars in. The critics are sharpening their knives, with the film being touted as potentially the biggest turkey in cinematic history. 

Now and then: Brad Pitt in 1994 (left) and at an awards ceremony last year

Lucky for Brad, then, that he can count on his glamorous and accomplished fiancée to be there in his hour of need. Fair reward for the unstinting commitment he has shown Angelina and their six children down the years.
Yet it was not always this way. The family man, who has spent the past week in idyllic isolation with Angelina and the children at their £60 million chateau in Provence, was once a drug-addled ‘drifter’ without any purpose or direction.

 

To whom do we owe this withering assessment? Brad himself, who admitted in a magazine interview last week that he spent much of his seven-year relationship with Jennifer Aniston in a drug-fuelled haze.
‘For a long time I thought I did too much damage — drug damage,’ he said. ‘I was a bit of a drifter. A guy who felt he grew up in something of a vacuum and wanted to see things, wanted to be inspired. I followed that other thing. I spent years f***ing off.’
He claimed that ‘about a decade ago’ — when he was still married to Aniston — he made a ‘conscious change’.

Brad Pitt met Angelina Jolie in 2005, and the couple have been together ever since

‘It was an epiphany; a decision not to squander my opportunities,’ he said. ‘It was a feeling of: “Get up.” Because otherwise, what’s  the point?’
Precisely what drugs he is referring to can only be inferred — though it is an open secret in Hollywood circles that Brad had been an enthusiastic consumer of marijuana for decades.
While it may come as a surprise to his fans, this impossibly handsome leading man has passed countless weeks lazing on a sofa with joint in hand and little desire to do anything else.
Despite being perhaps the most desired man on Earth, for several years he stumbled from relationship to relationship, never settling down or finding happiness.
At the start of his career in the Nineties, he was in a passionate relationship with actress Juliette Lewis. The two bonded over a shared fondness for marijuana.
The couple were renowned for holing themselves up in their bungalow off Melrose Avenue in LA and getting high for days on end.
It is widely accepted in Hollywood that when he played a hopeless ‘stoner’ in the 1993 film True Romance, Brad was, in effect, simply playing his marijuana-addled self.
Lewis, who admitted being a regular user of cocaine as well, also introduced him to the controversial Scientology religion. The religion’s leaders were ‘seriously excited’ about adding Brad Pitt to their roster of A-list followers — but just at the point where he was poised to join, he and Lewis split up and Brad backed away.

Good time guys: He may have calmed down a little, but Pitt can still raise hell with friend Geoerge Clooney when he wants to

Brad then went through a period when he drifted between relationships, seeking solace in drugs and the fairer sex.
In 1994, he made his first attempt at a serious relationship, settling down with Gwyneth Paltrow for three years. But after they split, he drifted again.
‘I got really sick of myself at the end of the Nineties,’ he said. ‘I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, smoking way too much dope, sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut, and I really got irritated with myself.’
In 2000, when he married Friends star and golden girl Jennifer Aniston, he finally seemed to have it all.
But it was not long before Brad again disappeared into a haze of drugs and booze. Aniston, too, has admitted to smoking dope during the relationship.
The actor has since suggested that he was depressed — taking refuge in being stoned while trying to ‘pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t’.
Enter, in 2005, Angelina Jolie.
You would not expect her to be concerned by his drug-taking past, considering she is widely known to have dabbled with heroin in her younger years. However, the wild child who had cavorted with a married Mick Jagger was undergoing a character transformation. 

With a budget of a reported $250m, Pitt needs his new film, World War Z to be a big hit

These days, she barely drinks, is a tireless charity campaigner and has attained worldwide respect.
Brad’s own transformation has been less convincing. He will be 49 this year, yet there is no shortage of evidence that he still has plenty of growing up to do.
In 2009, his great friend Quentin Tarantino happily boasted on U.S. chat shows about downing six bottles of wine with Brad at Chateau Miraval, the actor’s vineyard in the south of France. Brad then produced ‘smoking apparatus’ made out of a cola can.
On another occasion, Tarantino told how the same year he saw Brad ‘pull out a brick of hash’ and offer him a piece of it.
By this stage, Brad already had three biological children with Angelina, as well as a further three the couple had adopted, but he used to leave Angelina and the children at the chateau in France and visit his great  friend George Clooney at his Lake Como home, where the pair would party for days at a time.
They were at it again at a bar in London last year, when they got so drunk they both needed help to walk to their cars. Hardly the clean-living family man Pitt has been seeking to portray.
Then there was the occasion in 2008 when Angelina gave birth to their twins, Knox and Vivienne, at Lenval Hospital in Nice. After they checked out, cleaners found beer bottles discarded on the side and a dustbin full-to-overflowing with empty Heineken cans.
And while Brad recently spoke of how he now loves nothing more than being surrounded by his family, visitors to their homestead say he tends to delegate responsibility for the children to a well-drilled team of nannies.

Pitt is quite the family man these days, and has 6 children with Jolie

Why, then, does he feel the need for this PR campaign to paint him as a hands-on father?
The reality, according to industry observers, is that his female fans are ageing with him, and he needs the support and admiration of the ‘soccer mom generation’ if he is to carry on as a bankable actor.
He has only had one bona fide box-office hit, Moneyball, in the past six years, and has recently acknowledged that his sex symbol status has a sell-by date.
While he has been chasing awards with a series of worthy roles, Tinseltown is becoming restless about his failure to bring in big bucks.
Hence the importance of World War Z. Rumoured to have cost £250 million — making it the most expensive film in history — it has had repeated rewrites and reshoots, producing horror stories of waste.
At one stage, an entire day’s shooting had to be binned because they had failed to bring enough food for the 750-strong cast.
The reality is that while Brad is capable of being a slick PR operator, in day-to-day life he retains his somewhat detached character.
Angelina, in contrast, is renowned for her common touch, and on a recent trip to a refugee camp in blazing sunshine she declined to wear sunglasses because it would appear rude. Brad rarely takes his sunglasses off in public, even at night.

Hazy days: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have both admitted to smoking marijuana during their marriage

His supporters claim he is learning from Angelina. Having witnessed her ‘heroic’ decision to undergo a double mastectomy, they say he is a changed man.
We have heard this before, of course — but there are signs he may get there in the end.
‘Brad has changed a lot since he met Angelina, but she has also turned a blind eye to some of his less endearing habits,’ says Jen Paul, editor of the website Bohomoth and a neighbour of the Jolie-Pitts in France.
‘Brad is so insulated from reality by his fame that I don’t think he sees the real picture. Has he really changed? I’d believe it more if Angelina was saying so, not Brad.
‘There’s a big effort going on to rebrand him at the moment. But in the long run he’ll be judged by his behaviour, not his words.’
The jury is still out. Brad could certainly start by making good on his promises — and turning his fiancée into a bride.

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Inside Heath Ledger's private diary: Batman star's heartbroken father shares personal notes from Joker journal

It was his greatest role that came at the greatest personal cost.
And now fans have been given insight into just how Heath Ledger became immersed into the dark world of the Joker.
While his official cause of death was an accidental overdose many have always believed the Australian actor struggled after he created his Batman villain.
For the first time Heath's father Kim has allowed the public to see just how dedicated his late son was to the Dark Knight character.
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Speaking out: As part of a German documentary called Too Young To Die, Kim Ledger revealed his son¿s preparation for the role that many believed contributed to his death in 2008

Going inside the role: The diary is a red and blue bound book filled with scribbled notes, drawings, photographs of clowns and bits of comic books

Last role: The actor in his final film part

On Thursday a short clip was released showing Heath's diary where he worked through traits and qualities he wanted the Joker to have.
Part of a German documentary called Too Young To Die, Kim reveals his son’s preparation for the role.
The clip starts with the older Australian man opening the red and blue bound book and showing the scribbled notes, drawings, photographs of clowns and bits of comic books.
'This is the diary,' Kim says in the clip posted to Reddit Thursday evening.
Sitting next too the star's Best Supporting Actor Oscar - which he won posthumously for the role - the diary shows that Heath took a lot of inspiration from Malcolm McDowell's character in a Clockwork Orange and even from hyenas.
'He pretty well locked himself up in a hotel room for weeks.
'He galvanized the upcoming character. That was typical of Heath.

Different inspiration: The diary shows that Heath took a lot of inspiration from Malcolm McDowell's character in a Clockwork Orange

Brilliance recognised: In the clip Heath's Best Supporting Actor Oscar - which he won posthumously for the role - can be seen

'He would do that. He liked to dive into his characters, but this time he really took it up a notch.
'He immersed himself in the upcoming character on every level level.'
A reminder of his son's early demise - Heath was just 28 when he was found unresponsive in His new York home in January 2008 - Kim did manage to find some of the diary amusing.
In one part Heath had focused on a scene in the hospital which reminded his father of when the actor was young.

Better memories: While the diary is reminder of his son's early demise - Heath was just 28 when he was found unresponsive in His new York home in January 2008 - Kim did manage to find some of the diary amusing

Dress ups: Kim liked a section where his son explored a hospital scene as when Heath was a child his sister would dress him up as a nurse

'The hospital scene is interesting because when he was a kid, his sister Kate liked to dress him up as a nurse,' Kim said.
'He was really funny like that. He also was in the movie.'
While Heath's death was ruled accidental the diary does reveal he was struggling with the deeply twisted role and his own emotions.

Telling: Heath had gone back and written over an image of a make-up test

As Kim nears the end of the book there is a picture of his son in the Joker costume for the first time and there is writing scrawled over it in big silver marker.
'This is a make-up test which was done eight months before. Before the end of the shooting he wrote ''bye bye'' on the back of the page,' his father said.
'It was hard to see this.'
The Australian actor left behind his daughter Matilda, whom he had with actress Michelle Williams. The pair were not together at the time of his death.

Final goodbye: Heath wrote on the diary's last page 'bye bye' something his father said 'was hard to see'

The Dark Knight was released nearly six months after his death.
Prior to his death he spoke to Empire Magazine saying he 'feared' the role but wanted to make it different.
'I sat around in a hotel room in London for about a month, locked myself away, formed a little diary and experimented with voices - it was important to try to find a somewhat iconic voice and laugh.
'I ended up landing more in the realm of a psychopath - someone with very little to no conscience towards his acts.
'He’s just an absolute sociopath, a cold-blooded, mass-murdering clown, and Chris has given me free rein. Which is fun, because there are no real boundaries to what The Joker would say or do. Nothing intimidates him, and everything is a big joke.'

Tragic: The Australian actor left behind his daughter Matilda, whom he had with actress Michelle Williams, seen here in 2006

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The original Uptown Girl! Ageless Christie Brinkley lives up to the lyrics her ex Billy Joel penned about her in Manhattan

Her ex-husband Billy Joel wrote his 1983 smash hit, Uptown Girl, about her.
It tells the story of a working class boy trying to win the heart of a princess from New York's Upper Side and it came to symbolise his union with stunning Christie Brinkley, now 59.
The blonde beauty even starred in the now iconic music video for the song and she remained married to Joel from 1985 to 1994.
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Poster girl: Christie Brinkley looked incredible as she left a lunch on Madison Avenue in New York on Thursday

She was just 29 at the time and like Elle McPherson, Joel's ex who had first inspired him to write about dating high society girls, she had Manhattan at her feet.
But look what a difference a decade makes... not a jot!
Because on Wednesday, Billy's Uptown Girl was er, uptown and dining out in some style.
And she looked fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.

Living in her uptown world: Christie looked radiant as she returned from her lunch on Madison Avenue

Independent woman: After her last husband cheated on her, Brinkley is going it alone

Looking her best: Christie is luminous as she approaches 60

Wearing a cacophony of buttery shades that showed her blonde hair off to perfection, Christie added a cute pink and white scarf to her ensemble to liven it up.
She's mothered three grown children with three different husbands.
Alexa, 27 whose father is singer Billy Joel, Sailor, 13, whose father is architect Peter Cook, and Jack, who is real estate developer Richard Taubman's son is 18 at the weekend.
Jack, who was legally adopted by Cook, looked dapper in his black jacket, blue trousers, and black plimsolls.

In perfect shape: Christie can turn heads at close quarters

Touch of leopard: Christie showed her wild side by decorating her Iphone case

The four-time divorcée, who is worth more than $80m, currently lives full time in the Hamptons.
Christie's personal life has seen many struggles in the past year - both her parents passed away and she finally resolved a lengthy and bitter custody battle with ex-husband Peter Cook.
Their marriage ended after Brinkley discovered that Cook had allgedly engaged in a two-year-long affair with the 17-year-old daughter of a police officer.
The Parks and Recreation funnywoman, who had the longest-running contract with Cover Girl, now focuses on her garden, skincare, eye-wear, and fabric lines.

She's hardly changed: Christie back in 1983 in the famous Uptown Girl video

Real life love: Christie danced up a storm with her real-lover Billy Joel in the video, they were married for almost ten years

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Fancy seeing you here! George Clooney and Matt Damon brings English country village to a standstill as they shoot new film

With a population of just 400, Fingest in Buckinghamshire seems an unlikely place to find two Hollywood A-listers.
But the tiny rural village came to a standstill when George Clooney and Matt Damon arrived to work on their new movie.
The actors, who have worked together several times, were filming upcoming period drama Monuments Men alongside The Artist actor Jean Dujardian.
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Ye olden days: Matt Damon and Jean Dujardin ride a horse and trap through a Buckinghamshire village on Thursday

Matt Damon's driving past my house! Two villagers can't resist taking photos of the action

Dressed in period clothing, Matt and Jean were seen riding on a horse and trap through the pretty country village.
However, the villagers weren't exactly hiding in their houses and were drawn to the streets to see the Hollywood big shots filming on their doorstep. 

As Matt and Jean - who won the Best Actor Oscar for the silent film The Artist in 2011 - went through their lines, they were given direction by George.
The film is co-written, producer and directed by Clooney, with the script based on the book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel.

In charge: Matt talks to his director and co-star George Clooney on location

How do you drive this thing? Matt and Jean seemed to be enjoying the trap ride

Set during World War II, it tells the story of an Allied group who were responsibly for saving pieces of art and other significant cultural items from the Nazis during World War II.
Matt takes on the role as the late James Rorimer, who was the director for the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York.
In 1943, he put his Met career on hold to sign up as a infantryman in the United States Army, but soon found his art skills being utilised during the war when he headed up the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program.

Never work with animals or children: Jean and Matt take a breather as the trainer settles the horse

The man in charge: While Matt was dressed in period clothing to play James Rorimer, George was in his usual attire

He was personally responsible for seizing the artworks of Nazis Hermann Göring and Joseph Goebbels during the war.
While George is also in the film, as a character called George Stout, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Hugh Bonneville and John Goodman also star.
As well as filming in Fingest - which was also the setting for two episodes of Midsomer Murders - George and cohave been spotted filming across Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey.
In March and April, they also shot scenes in Germany.
Monuments Men is due for release in December 2013.

Get that car out of shot! It would have been a challenge for filmmakers to remove modernity from the scene

The big man on set: George talks to Matt about the scene

Country scene: The two men looked quite at home on the trap as they rode through the village

Hard at work: George talks to some crewmembers and Matt

Idyllic: The film is set during World War II, when many would have still relied on horses instead of cars to get around

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