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>> Posh grub Dining with the Beckhams

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
spilled some beans on the Beckhams
in the media this week, revealing
that while David chows down
on steaks at his restaurant,
Victoria opts for spinach (with
a little salt too, if she's
really pushing the boat out).

It sounds pretty depressing,
but we can assure you her diet
is much more varied than that.
Christmas lunch, for example.
She didn't just stick to veggies
then. As David and the kids
tucked into a turkey dinner
with all the trimmings, Posh
treated herself... to three
microwaved egg whites.

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David Beckham enjoyed St Patrick's
Day in Notting Hill pub, The Cow.
Gaz Mayall DJ'd. Arsenal's Ian
Wright was on the next table.
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>> Up the injunction Guardians of free speech

Whenever a celebrity injunction
arrives on UK newsdesks, our
lawyer is always quick to remind
us not to do anything that could
inadvertently give away obvious
clues as to who the claimants
might be.

Maybe we should pass his details
on to the Guardian.

Another high-profile injunction
has been taken out this last
week and, in their original
coverage of it, the Guardian
claimed it had been taken out
by a "well-known entertainer"
and his "wife".

When someone pointed out
to them that the judgement
actually says "partner" and
not "wife", they duly made
the change. Such is their
dedication to transparency
however, they went and flagged
up that little edit at the
bottom of the article.

It rather catches the eye down
there though. Especially given
that they've retained the detail
that the couple are married.

They should have just done what
the Telegraph did and made the
change without telling anyone.

FYI: We wrote about the reemergence
of celebrity injunctions back in
December last year:
http://bit.ly/1N5xtz0

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Twitter did a decent job of guessing
injunction identities last time, but
it's a little off this time. We 100%
promise you: it isn't Vernon Kay.
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>> Big Questions Who's asking what this week?

Which US pop star, famous since
childhood, has been spotted on
tour buying meth?

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>> Brief encounters A worse party than UKIP

It was a big - and ultimately
bad - day in court yesterday
for UKIP deputy chair, Suzanne
Evans, who failed to overturn
her party suspension.

You'd think a high profile case
like this would be a pretty big
event for a lawyer. But not for
Suzanne's brief. Oh no.

The main reason yesterday was
a big day in court for him was
because he pleaded guilty to
buying a thousand pounds'
worth of chemsex drugs
for a party.

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Jack Wilshere, one of the two number
10 shirt players that the 10Ten
Talent agency was named after,
looks set to leave for new pastures.
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>> Sun shines Sticking it to the royals

Gossip from The Sun suggests
the paper is fully resigned
to losing the IPSO ruling
over the Queen/Brexit story
they got from Michael Gove,
but no-one seems to care too
much. Why?

Well, apparently Rupert
Murdoch is cool with it.
Sticking one over on the royal
family was just too much fun
for him to pass up.

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In other whispers from News UK,
Murdoch is convinced that Trump
will mince Hillary in the election.
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>> Mirror, Mirror The many loves of Cheryl

Scepticism about Cheryl and
Liam remains high – but is
it any wonder? This is how her
love life has been covered in
just one single newspaper:

2016: Cheryl and Liam from
One Direction in "secret three
month relationship"

2014: Cheryl and Jean-Bernard
marry after "secret three month
relationship"

2012: "Cheryl and Tom (Daley)
are taking the plunge and have
set up a date"

2010: Cheryl and will.i.am
"secretly dating"

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Zayn Malik says the album that
had the most impact on him was
Tupac's All Eyez on Me.
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>> A Siri-ish business Like AneedA hole in the head

No matter how many flops he's
responsible for, will.i.am
still continues to chance his
arm as a tech guru.

His iPhone camera case was a
disaster, as was the wristphone,
and his Ekocycle online shop
now links to nothing. But, as
Will himself says, "Palm trees
is what we need to be... When
that wind comes, I bend. I'm
a fuckin' palm tree."

So, like a fuckin' palm tree,
Will is about to bring out
another smartwatch: the Dial.
It comes with a Siri-style
voice-activated helper called
AneedA: "Like 'Anita', but
modified because you use it
when you 'need' something."

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Nice to see Karen Danczuk tweeting
pictures of herself in a corset to
her 69K followers (fnar fnar...)
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>> The Newsworthy Penis New Popbitch Magazine Out Now!

Media commentators have begun
to speculate on the chilling
effect that the Hogan/Gawker
ruling might have on celebrity
reporting and gossip – but we
aren't so worried.

In fact, we've just published
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Magazine filled with celebs
stuffing things up their arses,
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We've also got full coverage
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Ian Duncan Smith takes his tea and
coffee with goat's milk.
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>> Rainmen Mopping up after Adele

According to media reports,
the rain effect that Adele
has been using in her live
show for the song Set Fire
To The Rain is a hologram.

Which came as news to a bunch
of grumpy stagehands who have
been spending a large part of
their nights mopping up the
actual water that pisses
down throughout the song.

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Nom Det Of The Week: Dan Merica,
journalist for CNN, covering the
US Democratic Party race for the
nomination... @danmericaCNN
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>> Production values The Mark of quality

Mark Linsey has just been
announced as the new boss
of BBC Studios (taking over
from Peter Salmon, who has
gone from gamekeeper to
poacher with his move to
Endemol Shine).

What sort of heavyweight
commissioning credits does
he have on his CV? The kind
that will undoubtedly wow
the big indie production
companies he'll be working
with now.

One-season-wonders like Don't
Scare The Hare, Tumble, That
Puppet Game Show, Prized Apart
and The Getaway Car – to
name but a few.

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Old Jokes Home:
A man goes to the doctor and
explains "I have a tiny penis".

The doctor tells him not to worry,
but when he drops his trousers he
erupts in peals of laughter.

"My God, you weren't joking were
you. Anyway what seems to be
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Man: "It's really swollen."

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