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The stars on the red carpet have pulled out all stops as usual this year, this winter seasons’ big events, have seen the stars roll out in all white outfits. making it one of this winters biggest trends.

Wearing all white can be tricky, but when it is done right, it looks fabulous, fresh and crisp. One of my favorites is the white dress, as adorned by Selena Gomez, Uma Therman, and Miley Cirus, dresses are perfect for any christmas or new years eve party, birthday celebration or wedding reception.

When you are all partied out you can always chose a classic white coat, seen on the likes of the Kardashian sisters, Kylie Minogue and Victoria Bekham that will take you right through untill next summer, a white coat is all you need to make your outfit look a million dollars.  So Ladies, do it right, when you are wearing white.

Lioness:Hidden Treasures, the Album from Amy Winehouse has gone to number one in the Album charts, four months after her tragic untimely death.

The success of the album that includes, different versions of Amy Winehouse classics together with new, never heard before, tracks, just shows that the love of winehouse and her amazing musical talents havent gone anywhere. We are sure that Am’s voice will be heard for generations to come.

The album was mastered with the consent and help of her Father Mitch Winehouse, along with her good friend, music producer Mark Ronson.

Amy died in July at her home in Camden aged just 27.

A Two hour Live Show,last night and another tonight, has seen this years finalists perform live from Wembley Stadium…Your votes have been counted and verified and the winner of  X factor  2011  is……………………………..

LITTLE MIX

The girls that entered the competition as solo artists, and were put together as a band by the judges on X Factor, have become he first group to win the singing competition.  Their Mentor Tulisa, looked completely overjoyed when Little Mix were announced as the winners, beating Marcus Collins to the title. Their Winners single ‘Cannonball’ is available to download from iTunes now.

After dramatic events in the week, involving, HMV and their new infamous blunder of putting the “Amelia Lily” winners single on their website, Amelia Lily is out of the competition.

Amelia Lily got the least amount of votes tonight in the first part of the X Factor final. Amelia Lily flawlessly performed ‘Ain’t no other man’ and following that with a duet with her mentor Kelly Rowland, but it wasn’t enought to save the 17 year old from being sent home.

Tonight’s live show from Wembley Stadium, brought us some amazing performances from the X factor finalists, but only one can win, the winner will b announced tomorrow night, in the grand final, And it is now between Tulisa’s group Little Mix and Gary Barlow’s remaining boy Marcus Collins.

A You Tube video that allegedly shows 34-year-old Emma West, racially abusing fellow passengers on a tram, swept the world last week and now the woman at the center of the controversial viral video, that has sent anger waves around the world, has been arrested and remanded in custody.

Emma West appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court in south London charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

A video allegedly showing the 34-year-old, of New Addington, racially abusing fellow passengers whilst a young child sat on her lap, on board the busy tram has been viewed more than 11 million times since appearing online on November 27.  She was arrested last Monday after the footage was posted on YouTube.   A bail application was made by West’s solicitor David Ewings, but it was denied by the magistrate Ian McNeal.

She was remanded in custody to appear by video link, as there is fear for her safety for a committal hearing at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on January 3.  West has not yet pleaded.

Andrew Embiricos, the 25-year-old grandson of Silver screen icon Rita Hayworth, has been found dead at is US Chelsea home, in an apparent suicide.

Embiricos was found laying on his bed, on Sunday evening by his close friend Aaron Edwards, who went to check on Embiricos , after he had missed some important meetings.  It is reported that he was found with a plastic bag over his head, in what seems like a tragic suicide. 

A graduate of Fordham University with a degree in psychology, Embiricos founded a Facebook charity group that provided clothing to homeless people. He also worked with HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and the Alzheimer’s Association. His grandmother , Hayworth died of the mind-robbing disease.

A family associate, Michael Musto revealed that Embiricos had been battling HIV, had been in and out of drug rehab and had attempted suicide before.   Andrew Embiricos’ mother is the daughter of Rita Hayworth Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.

 

Music Store HMV, have been caught up in a massive X Factor Blunder.

Today it has been spotted that Amelia Lily’s Winning Xfactor Single will be available for purchace at £3.99 from HMV ‘s online store.

There is no sign of the winning single from the other two finalists, Marcus or Little Mix, causing absolute uproar with fans and viewers, across social networking sites,  even accusations of the whole show being a fix! Surely this isn’t the case. Amelia Lily is the bookies favourite to win the final this weekend, but it does look as though HMV have already decided that Amelia Lily has already won the show.

Every moth there seems to be a new exercise craze being talked about, usually with a celebrity name or two attached to it. With so many different excercise workouts, styles and genres, surely all of us have found the one that is perfect for us??.. NO??

Our workout regime is as unique to us as our wardrobe, or make up bag, not all of us enjoy running on a treadmill at a über trendy gym, or swimming 100 lengths of the swimming pool aiming for the gold medal at the 2012 olympics, but we would still like to look like that is what we have been doing.

well here are some helpful tips, and introductions to some exercise methods that have proven beyond doubt that you can have fun , get fit and make your work out your own, there may even be one or two you may not of heard of yet.

ZUMBA;  If you havent heard f Zumba then where have you been , it’s the craze that has swept the planet this year, even crossing over to Dvd’s games console workout discs, including  Nintendo Wii and the Xbox Connect.

but did you know there are a few different variations available, if the high impact fast fun workout is a little too high impact for you then how bout Aqua Zumba, Zumba Toning and Zumba in the Circuit, and there are now even children’s lighter versions of Zumba to keep our little mini me’s happy.

BOKWA; now here is one you may not have heard of yet, Bokwa is a unique cardiovascular workout based on a series of routines centred on different letters and numbers. Using African, Latin, popular dance and house music it aims to keep you motivated and exhilarated. Incorporating elements of kick boxing it aims to be a constantly challenging and high intensity workout. Bokwa was born from the combination of boxing (bo) and the cultural aspects of Kwaito (kwa).

YOGA: with the calm workout from Yoga or even Pilates, you don’t have the stresses of any high impact jumping around, all you need is a quiet space and a good Yoga mat.  A series of stretches, bends and carefully designed breathing techniques hailing from the olders of India, have been long proven, to improve circulation, flexibility and tone the muscles that you didn’t even know you had.  A  great thing about yoga is that it is very suitable for all ages, from children to, well…i don’t think there is an upper age limit.

WALKING; Yes ladies, it’s good old walking, that can do the trick to tone up those gorgeous legs of yours. just  few times  week leaving the car in the driveway and chosing to walk instead, will make a huge difference, and it’s a great way to get your general energy levels up to.

Party season is on it’s way, so let’s get our fabulous selves into those sparkly dresses for our christmas parties, and new years eve celebrations ahead. Get those energy levels up and get yourself toned and sexy, for the New year ahead.

Scarlett Johansson graces the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine, showing us her new fiery red-haired look, and looking pretty amazing in her purple dress.

Inside the first issue of 2012, the Hollywood actress talks about her divorce from fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, and what she is heading toward in her career as an actor.

On her marriage to Reynolds she says; “I’m a big believer that when something feels right, you should do it. I’m a big believer in instinct. Getting married was the right thing to do because it was natural. It grew out of a romance and love and a desire to have a future with somebody, and I was very fortunate that I married somebody who turned out to be the person I thought he would be,”    She went on to say  “Relationships are complicated and being married is a living, breathing process. I think I was not fully aware of the peaks and valleys. I wasn’t prepared to hunker down and do the work,”

Scarlett claims that the pair were both “extremely busy” ,  spending a lot of time apart from one another, but she does say  “It was the best thing I ever did”
Scarlett admits that she learned a lesson from this experience and saying that, “You have to be very confident and solid within yourself to have a successful marriage.”

Talking of her career, Scarlett goes on to say that as a young 19-year-old, she was always cast as a young beautiful character, mainly being based on her looks, which the actress admits she was happy to go along with. But now at 27 years old, Scarlett is looking for more character based roles in her future projects.

You can read the full interview in next months issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Just six weeks after revealing  her diagnosis of breast cancer, TV presenter  Giuliana Rancic has announced on todays NBC today show in the US that she is to undergo major surgery, having a double Mastectomy.

The surgery could be as early as next week.  “It was not an easy decision, but it was the best decision for me”  She said

Guiliana and her husband Bill Rancic, were given the tragic news of her breast cancer diagnosis, after a routine mammogram, requested by her OBGYN doctor. Guiliana and Bill had been undergoing IVF treatment in an attempt to get pregnant, after they hit  few problems conceiving naturally, and after 2 failed attempts at the fertility treatment, they sought the help of  new doctor, who refused to treat the TV presenter untill she had the mammogram scan, pointing out that the strong drugs involved in IVF process, can quickly excel cancer cells.  He is one of very few doctors who demand, the test before treating women for fertility.

Rancic, has said before in interview, that she will be forever thankful to her doctor, as a 37-year-old woman, she is well under the age considered high risk for breast cancer, and it is highly likely her condition would have been unknown, for a long time to come.

E! News have released a statement, expressing their continued support to Guiliana;

“Guiliana’s strength continues to amaze us” the Network said, “We admire her courage and are proud to stand by her side through every step of her path to full recovery”.