Pop Buzz UK

Paul McCartney has seemingly gone all out to find the next Mrs McCartney, being seen with three gorgeous ladies in the past week. The main attention has been on Renee Zellweger, who he has so far had 3 dinner dates with.

But he has also been seen chatting and cosying up to supermodel Elle Macpherson and Australian pop singer Natalie Imbruglia.

This sudden burst of Macca going all out for some female attention kicked off when he was spotted with former model Christie Brinkley at a music gig in New York last month.

Then 65 year old McCartney had a romantic candlelit dinner with Bridget Jones herself, Renee Zellweger. This came days after they chatted intimately at a Tom Petty gig.

The former Beatles singer took 38 year old Zellweger to the American Hotel restaurant in the Hamptons, New York, where they both have houses.

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All of us Doctor Who fans who have been subjected to months of tabloid newspaper speculation over the fate of current Doctor David Tennant need not worry any more.

Russell T Davies, the new series creator and head writer has confirmed that Tennant will be present for the whole of the upcoming series, and not leaving after 4 episodes as has been continually rumoured.

Davies told Doctor Who magazine:-

“He’s doing the whole series,”

“It was never even discussed that he might leave after six episodes. That’s completely invented by the papers.”

“None of us knows exactly what will happen after series four, but there’s already talk of a 2008 Christmas Special.”

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Just a day after I posted an article about speculation that Paris Hilton will be a house mate in Celebrity Big Brother 2008, comes the sensational news that the show has been axed!

Channel 4 have apparently suspended the shows next series for a year, with it possibly making a return in 2009. The reasons for the axing are unclear although Channel 4 are claiming it’s part of a “creative renewal” scheme.

According to The Sun:-

The broadcaster claimed the move is part of a policy to clear almost all returning series from the heart of its peak time schedule in the first half of 2008 as it strives for new and adventurous programming.

I’d actually speculate that the reasons are more to do with a combination of the controversy surrounding last year’s show, and the lack of success of this years non-celebrity version Big Brother 8.

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Reports are emerging that suggest Paris Hilton could be the first celebrity to sign up for next year’s Celebrity Big Brother UK. The show is expected to be on television in January, and talks have begun to lure various celebrities in to joining the show.

The Sun newspaper claim that Paris Hilton has been offered £300,000 to appear on the show, and for that price is willing to be locked up (for the 2nd time) for 3 weeks. A source told the newspaper:-

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I would guess that the vast amount of you Harry Potter fans out there have now finished reading the book, and are currently either reading it for the 2nd time through, or analyzing parts of it for a deeper meaning. It feels like an end of an era doesn’t it? I’m kind of sad about the 7 book series having come to an end with The Deathly Hallows, but all may not be lost.

As I predicted a while ago, JK Rowling will most likely revisit Harry Potter’s universe for more stories in the future, she’d be mad not to. And although it won’t be a fictional story, she’s already hinted that she may write a Harry Potter encyclopedia. This will be a good opportunity for her to let the faithful readers in on some of the undisclosed secrets of Hogwarts and what happened to certain characters in the aftermath of the battle with Voldemort in The Deathly Hallows.

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As so many millions of us are eagerly awaiting the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series The Deathly Hallows this Saturday, I thought I’d revisit some photos and little tidbits about the whole saga.

This first one is a classic case of Photoshop goodness, with a perfectly innocent shot of a young Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger turned in to a sleazy gropefest, but it made me laugh so that’s alright then.

I didn’t say it was clever did I, but funny yes. I actually can’t believe how young the trio of actors look as they sit feeling each other up.

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We’re just two weeks away from the release of the Seventh and final Harry Potter book ‘The Deathly Hallows’ and there are rumours circulating that a soft copy of the book is being circulated by email.

Everyone is speculating about the fate of our favourite child wizard and his friends as he faces off against Voldemort, with the balance of wizard and muggles alike potentially in his hands. Well, according to this website, a 659 page pdf file of the full book is circulating India. Click to read more, which potentially contains spoilers…
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Paul Potts has been seen to have done no wrong so far on his rise up the ladder to stardom. The hyperbole about the guy has reached astronomical proportions, with everyone and their mother having an opinion, and loving the fact this guy came from nowhere to win Britain’s Got Talent. And what happens straight after someone reaches the peak of celebrity? They get knocked down from their pedestal in a glorious twist of going from underdog to the guy everyone has seen enough of.
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Rumours are growing of a universal price drop for the XBox 360 by Christmas, with some time in September looking increasingly likely. Peter Moore, the head of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business division, is reported to have stated that $199 (£100) is a console’s “sweet spot”, and that is what the company hope to achieve sooner rather than later.
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Not Bad For A McJob by Cloudy

Coined in the 80s but made popular in the 90s by Coupland’s Generation X, the word “McJob” is ruffling a few feathers with the employees at McDonalds and other service sector employers. The term “McJob“, which has imposed itself upon todays popular culture and is offically defined in The Oxford English Dictionary as “an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, especially one created by the expansion of the service sector” had been the focus of the past few years of McDonalds staff recruitment drives. After the addition of McJob to the dictionary, McDonalds hit back with the advertising campaign slogan “Not bad for a McJob“, which was shown on posters depicting highly flexible working hours, competitive pay, share options, health plans and promotion opportunities.
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Sheep…. Dogs…. they look different right? You could tell the difference, even after downing a few (dozen) pints of beer yes? Well, apparently thousands of Japanese people couldn’t tell the two species apart, and spent $1,600 a piece on what they thought were designer poodles!
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This is my new weekly round-up of the best pop culture blog posts from all over the blogosphere. I realised a long time ago that I can’t cover every story that breaks, so instead I bring you the ones that have interested me in this nice little feature I like to call ‘A Slice Of Pop Pie‘…

We start with an intriguing little experiment which shows the reality of fast food over the perfect menu pictures. You’ll notice that the actual product is never quite as appetiting as the photo!
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Ugh, tell me it’s not so, the nightmare spoilt brat daughter of a billionaire Paris Hilton has allegedly got her claws in to British singer James Blunt. According to NY Daily News, the scary pair hooked up at the Roosevelt Hotel club Teddy’s and ended up the evening going back to Paris’ house.
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It seems Ms Middleton, Prince William’s long term girlfriend will not be becoming a princess after all (that is unless Harry cracks on to her). It was announced on Saturday that the couple had reached an amicable agreement to end the 2 year relationship.
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Well, obviously not in that way, I don’t think Guy Ritchie would be very happy. But they are working together on her new album, due out in November. Former NSync boyband member and current Pop/R’n'B sensation Justin revealed to The Sun newspaper “I have been working on some new music. But it’s not for myself, I’m writing for other people. I’m working on some stuff for Madonna.â€?
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