Singer Mikky Ekko has admitted that he found his Rihanna duet 'difficult' because of the content of the song. Ekko is poised to make his breakthrough in his own right, having turned heads on RiRi's 'Stay' in late 2012. Asked by Digital Spy if he ever had reservations about recording with the 'We Found Love' megastar, he said: "Yeah, definitely, because I struggled...
US actor Mike Vogel has said he is thrilled with the reaction to new TV show Under The Dome, in which he stars. The American thesp plays a character called Barbie in the show, which is based on work by writer Stephen King. The show has had a massively positive reaction, even breaking ratings records in the US. Speaking to Digital Spy, he said: "It's kind of...
Union J's George Shelley has denied that he is romantically involved with Little Mix star Jesy Nelson. The pair have been subject to numerous reports of a romance over recent weeks, but George confirmed over the weekend that there is nothing going on between them. He said: "It is not true I am dating Jesy Nelson. But we did go to V Festival together and it was...
Legendary producer and songwriter Dr Luke is reportedly in line to take up a judging role on American Idol. The hitmaker has produced hits for a vast array of artists, most notably Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry. He was reportedly approached when talks with will.i.am broke down over disagreements over his fee. Keith Urban is so far the only confirmed...
Sam Evans has been named the winner of Big Brother 2013. The housemate - who said he wanted to be a role model for other partially deaf young people - has walked away with a £100,000 prize fund following the result. Dexter Koh finished as runner-up, despite the huge popularity of Gina Rio in most online polls. She ended up finishing third. Twins Jack and...
Actor Chris Fountain has been axed from British soap Coronation Street over controversial videos that surfaced online. The actor has said that he 'completely understands' the soap's decision to dismiss him, apologising profusely for any offense he caused. He was immediately suspended from work when the videos - which show him rapping and making comments about...
Liam Payne is now in a relationship with an old friend from school, it has been confirmed. The One Direction heart-throb's love life has been under intense speculation ever since he split up from Danielle Peazer, a backing dancer he met on The X Factor, earlier this year. The new lucky lady is Sophia Smith - with whom he attended St Peter's Collegiate School. [caption...
Singer Ellie Goulding has opened up about being ahead of Lady Gaga in the UK charts this week. 'Burn' has enjoyed a good lead over 'Applause' all week and is set to comfortably secure the No1 spot on Sunday. "It feels quite funny because I remember there was a similar thing when Lights, my album, was up against Gaga's and it somehow got to No.1 above her album,...
Rising star A*M*E has spoken about providing backing vocals for Cheryl Cole; a job that caused a minor fuss on Twitter. Before cruising onto the radar in her own right, the singer sang back-up on Cheryl's track 'One Thousand', which was released as part of her A Million Lights LP last summer. However, some Twitter users - including MNEK - piped up claiming that...
Ryan Murphy has said that Cory Monteith's character in Glee will not die from an overdose. Monteith was found dead in his hotel room in July, with a "mixed toxicity" of heroin and alcohol in his body. His character Finn Hudson will be killed off in the Fox series when it returns next month. Murphy told Deadline: "At one point, we were going to have his character...
