MTV bets on British model for daily culture show (AP)
NEW YORK – MTV is betting on a British model to be the centerpiece of a program to fill the void left by " Total Request Live ." Alexa Chung will host the show that airs each weekday. She's a 25-year-old model and British TV host, and she will front an hourlong program that mixes celebrity talk, music and interaction with viewers by computer. It's the most important of nine new shows that MTV is rolling out in coming months. MTV...

‘Britain’s Got Talent’ denies Susan Boyle set up
Susan Boyle has inadvertently contributed to the rumors that she’s a Simon Cowell creation, but the show vehemently denies them. Comments made by Boyle on a recent U.S. appearance supported the stories that “Britain’s Got Talent” picked the singer to appear on the reality Talent show and her meteoric rise to fame was managed. An interviewer asked her: “Did the show find you or did you find the show?” Susan replied: “No, the show found...

Simon Cowell Isn't Looking For A Girlfriend - That Means You Too Susan Boyle
Simon Cowell split with girlfriend Terri Seymour (pictured below) and now he's happy flying solo for a while. Simon had been with Terri for six years but told a British newspaper: "I don't have enough time to go out. I quite like being single." Simon is busy filming hit shows American Idol , The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent .  We'd say he's busy enough.

3am: Alexa Chung
Looks like even fashion icon Alexa Chung is feeling the credit crunch too. Despite dating mega-rich Arctic Monkey Alex Turner, the T4 presenter and exmodel queued for hours at the Mulberry sale in the West End. One shopper said: "She was scrumming for a bargain with the rest of us."

Alexa Chung wants to return to modelling
While many fashion models who become television presenters look down on their former profession, Alexa Chung plans to return to the catwalk.   Tim Walker Last Updated: 5:15PM GMT 09 Dec 2008 "I would actually like to model again now because I think I would have a lot more input, so watch this space," says Alexa, who hosts the Channel 4 music show T4. "I stopped modelling because it was just so stifling. It is very hard, when

All The Best Brit Awards After-Parties Pix…
We could reel off the long list of celebrity names that attended the various Brit Awards after-parties in London last night.We could tell you that we spotted Girls Aloud, Alexa Chung, Duffy, Davina McCall, Alan Carr, Mark Owen, Holly Willoughby, Jason Orange, Gabriella Cilmi, Dermot O'Leary, Lady GaGa and Pixie Geldof at Universal's party at Claridges hotel.Or that we saw Kings of Leon at Sony’s after-party at Jalouse and if we were really scrapping the barrel we’d could probably tell you...

The 2009 NME Award Winners...
Last night all of London’s too-cool-for-school celebrities (yes we’re being sarcastic) including Alexa Chung, Tennessee Thomas, Jaime Winstone, Alfie Allen, Peaches Geldof, Little Boots, Alice Dellal, Pixie Geldof and Noel Fielding

Photos: all the stars at last night’s Brit Awards
The Brit Awards took place at Earls Court in London last night and British and international music stars gathered to see who’d walk away with the prizes. Here is a bumper crop of photos from the red carpet - we’ve also got special galleries of all the biggest stars too. In this selection we’ve got Abbey Clancy, [...]

Susan Boyle’s makeover for stardom
She was the 'Hairy Angel' from Scotland - the rather unfortunate looking 47 year old with the angelic powerful voice that brought tears to the eyes of even the most hard faced creatures, but today Britains Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle looked the product of health, happiness and...

Susan Boyle to face challenge in Britain's Got Talent from child dancer 'better than George Sampson'
Britain's Got Talent favourite Susan Boyle will face her biggest challenge from a child dancer “better than George Sampson”. Stephen Mulhern, who hosts ITV2 show Britain ’s Got More Talent, reckons the best schoolboy act this year will give the Scottish singer a run for her money.   Stephen told Absolute Radio: “There’s a young guy called Aiden who is coming up and honestly there is something about this boy. I don’t know what it is, he

Susan Boyle: Earliest singing footage unearthed
The earliest known video footage of Susan Boyle – showing the Britain's Got Talent star singing at a Social Club – has been unearthed.

Showbiz News: Video exclusive: Susan Boyle's earliest singing performance on film revealed
The hot favourite to win Britain’s Got Talent took the stage at Motherwell FC’s Fir Park Social Club in a singing contest between locals and visitors from a Midlands club. Susan was drafted into the Coventry Tam O’Shanter Club’s team because someone had dropped out. She sang powerful versions of I Don’t Know How To Love Him, from Jesus Christ Superstar, and Barbra Streisand’s The Way We Were.  Watch Susan Boyle's performance of The Way We Were on...

Soulja Boy Has New Album Titled 'The DeAndre Way'
Soulja Boy is going to 'tell [his] life stories' in his new album, which is revealed to have 'The DeAndre Way' as a working title.

Alexa Chung's Tesco tip
She said: "If you ever want to know what the next big trends are before they hit the catwalks, this place is crawling with hip young things wearing impossible items of clothing." However, looking good isn't always an advantage for trend-setting Alexa, 25. The former model is sick of receiving lewd comments from "men who are oversexed, overweight , over-optimistic and over-the-hill" in the street. Chung added: "In their day people pretended they didn't have sex before they got married, nowada

Susan Boyle Boots Off Her Rival In New US Comedy Spoof: Video
Here is Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle putting the boot into young rival Hollie Steel - thanks to some special effects wizardry. The sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live sees Susan rudely interrupting Hollie's stunning performance by rushing on stage and kicking the 10-year-old. Hollie goes flying as Susan triumphantly salutes the audience and a shocked Simon Cowell.

Susan Boyle may impact America's Got Talent
In the two weeks since Britain's Got Talent auditioner Susan Boyle shocked the world by proving that you can be ugly yet sing amazingly well, she's become a media sensation, not just in the UK but also in the US. And now she may have an impact on the upcoming fourth season of the US version.Piers Morgan said that America's Got Talent 4 may have its own version of Boyle: "There's one guy that hunts chickens ... and he sings like Garth Brooks," Piers told reporters Friday at a press conference,...

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Susan Boyle: Rising Star
Donning a bright blue bathrobe adorned with stars, Internet phenom and "Britain's Got Talent" phenom Susan Boyle made her morning debut looking cozy! The Talented singer smiled and waved as she posed for photogs outside her Blackburn, Scotland home on Thursday. Susan recently underwent a makeover

Britain’s Got Talent: Sue Son and Janine ‘Addicted’ Disappoint The Judges
One duo hoping that they can impress the Judges on tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent, are best friends Sue Son and Janine aka Addicted (both 23 year old students). The pair met at school and have been best friends ever since. As Janine explains to the Judges their’s is a “classical act” with Janine on the keyboards and Sue on the electrical violin. Janine goes on to explain that she “is a composer as well and I wrote the piece we are going to play called Chance”.

Britain’s Got Talent: Learn To Knit With Knit ‘n’ Natter
On tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent you may just learn a valuable life skill as three Scottish ladies are on a mission to promote and raise awareness of a rather unusual past time. Christine (63), Pat (70) and Nancy (81) aka Knit ‘n’ Natter, are here today to show people how to finger knit…. “so I’m clear”, asks Ant, “you are going to go on stage, finger knit and have a chat with each other, and that’s the act?!”. “Yes” Christine explains, “It’s about...

Emmerdale's Charley Webb and Jenna Louise Coleman's credit crunch … - Sunday Mirror - 24Olsen
SOURCE: "Ashley Olsen" OR "Mary-Kate Olsen" - Google NewsEmmerdale's Charley Webb and Jenna Louise Coleman's credit crunch ...Sunday Mirror, UK - 38 minutes agoI think Kate Moss, Alexa Chung and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen dress well. They’re not head-to-toe in designer either, which is good. ...

Cheryl Cole, Zac Efron voted ”coolest celebrities among teenagers”
London, Dec 31 (ANI): X Factor judge Cheryl Cole and High School Musical actor Zac Efron have been named the ”coolest celebrities among teenagers”. In a poll involving more than 20,000 teenagers, The Girls Aloud star received four times as many votes as any other female celebrity. Harry Potter star Emma Watson, 18, came second followed by television presenter Alexa Chung, 25. Singer Lily Allen, 23, landed at the fourth position with troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, 22 at the fifth. He

The invisible women: Unfashionable, middle-aged women are ignored - but Susan Boyle has given them a voice | Mail Online
For women who are undergroomed and consequently ignored by their husbands, teenage children and society, Susan Boyle has become a patron saint...

Helen Mirren Is Pro-Sleeves, Possibly A Designer [Rag Trade]
A celeb designer we could actually get behind: Helen Mirren! If given a line for Marks & Spencer, she says she'd call it, "DWS: Dresses With Sleeves." [Telegraph] Meanwhile, addressing the crucial shortage of celebrity fragrances, Patrick Dempsey launches "Unscripted," replete with "lavender top notes, fig mid notes, and patchouli finish." Quoth the Can't Buy Me Love star, “Sometimes people are scared off by patchouli, but I think most people secretly like it!” Think again, mister. [Fashion Week Daily]B

Britain’s Got Talent: Jamie Pugh Overcomes His Stage Fright
The auditions move to Cardiff on tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent, and one man waiting backstage is more nervous than most of the acts. Jamie Pugh, a 37 year old Warehouse worker and pizza delivery driver from Gwent, hasn’t slept in three nights and he’s worried his nerves might just prove too much. As he explains, “I suffer from severe stage fright, it has totally crippled me, and I’ve come today to see if I can get through 3 minutes.”