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John Legend was reluctant to change his name
John Legend was reluctant to change his name and "call himself a legend". The 'All Of Me' hitmaker - whose real name is John Stephens - admits he was initially worried about changing his surname before he even found success. Speaking on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he said: "It was a nickname that some friends started calling me in the studio, just guys that I was collaborating with. The first guy to call me that was J. Ivy. He’s a spoken-word artist from Chicago. We were all in the studio together. "He just started calling me 'The Legend' because he thought I sounded like one of our ol...
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Kelly Clarkson grateful to have music to pour out heartbreak
Kelly Clarkson's music is getting her through her divorce. The 'Breakaway' singer split from husband Brandon Blackstock - the father of her children River, six, and four-year-old Remington - last June and she's thankful she has a creative outlet to channel her heartbreak into because she doesn't know how she'd have got through the tough time without it. She said: "I have this record that we're working on. It's really great and really honest. "There's just a lot of questions that I have to answer before releasing it for myself, you know? Whether that be business-wise or personally or whatever. ...
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Clive Davis diagnosed with Bell's palsy
Clive Davis has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy. The legendary music producer has been forced to postpone the second half of his annual pre-Grammys party to a later date, his representative Sean Cassidy has confirmed. Cassidy said: "He is being treated with antibiotics and steroids and is expected to recover within six to eight weeks. He is in good spirits and looks forward to doing the second half of his pre-Grammy gala in May." Bell's palsy causes temporary facial paralysis but a source close to the 88-year-old star told the New York Post's Page Six column that it is not affecting his abili...
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Chrissy Teigen honours baby Jack on his 'due date'
Chrissy Teigen honoured her baby Jack on what would have been his "due date". The 35-year-old model lost her baby boy in September, and on Saturday (20.02.21), she took to social media to mark Jack's due date, posting an image of herself wearing a bracelet with his name on it. She captioned the photo on her Instagram Story: "Today was your due date. we love you forever [heart emoji] (sic)" Chrissy also posted a picture of herself while deep in thought on her Instagram. The model - who has Luna, four, and Miles, two, with husband John Legend - wrote on the photo-sharing platform: "Can smile all...
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John Legend keen to start his own fashion line
John Legend has "considered" starting his own fashion line. The 42-year-old singer - who has a penchant for suave fitted suits - hasn't found the time to branch out with his own clothing range yet, but hasn't ruled it out if the "right collaboration" comes along. Asked if he wants to have his own apparel line one day, John told WWD.con: "I’ve always considered it but I’ve been so busy doing other things, it hasn’t been the first priority…yet. "Again, I love collaborating with other artists and I see fashion as an art form. I don’t claim to be an artist in that sense, but I do have my own taste...
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Chrissy Teigen suffers bizarre allergic reaction from 'suspicious orange'
Chrissy Teigen is suffering from swollen lips after eating a “suspicious orange”. The 35-year-old model has fallen victim to an allergic reaction after she “bit the skin” of a bizarre-looking fruit, causing her lips to balloon in size. Insisting her new look wasn’t the result of a botched cosmetic procedure, she wrote on Instagram: "lmao lookin great!! not filler fail - I'd tell you! I don't give a s***! It happened after I bit the skin of a suspicious orange. Maybe pesticides on the outside? I look like a juicy blow up doll, freshly unpacked. (sic)” Thankfully, dermatologist and ‘Dr. Pimple P...
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Chrissy Teigen 'regrets' not looking at baby Jack's face
Chrissy Teigen is "full of regret" that she never looked at her baby son's face. The 35-year-old model was struck by tragedy in September when she lost her son – whom she had already named Jack – halfway through her pregnancy, and she admitted she "hurts every day" because she doesn't know what the tot looked like because she'd been so scared about having nightmares. Marking the fact she was due to give birth this week, Chrissy shared some photos from a video shoot she'd done with husband John Legend - with whom she has Luna, four, and two-year-old Miles - early in her pregnancy for his song '...
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John Legend mourns loss of his grandmother Marjorie Stephens
John Legend is mourning the loss of his grandmother, Marjorie Stephens. The 42-year-old singer took to Instagram to announce his grandparent sadly passed away on Tuesday (02.02.21), just days after her 91st birthday. And the 'Ordinary People' singer - who has Luna, four, and Miles, two, with model wife Chrissy Teigen - shared some sweet memories of Marjorie, including how she would still send the family birthday cards with cash in. In a touching tribute, which featured a photograph of John and Marjorie and baby Luna with her great-grandmother, he began: “My beautiful grandmother, Marjorie Maxi...
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Justin Timberlake: The internet won't allow me to forget double denim faux pas
Justin Timberlake says the internet won't allow him to forget his questionable fashion choices. The 'Cry Me A River' hitmaker famously sported double denim to match with his then-girlfriend Britney Spears as they walked the red carpet at the 2001 American Music Awards, and he's confessed that he could "skip over" several of the ensembles he wore during the 1990s. However, it's impossible to escape them as they are all over the World Wide Web. Joining musicians such as Mary J. Blige, Janelle Monáe and John Legend for The Hollywood Reporter's Songwriters Roundtable, he said: “I confess that ther...
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Chrissy Teigen recalls earning '200 bucks a show' during Miami Fashion Week 2011
Chrissy Teigen has recalled her days of being paid "200 bucks a show" as a bikini model. The 35-year-old model began her career as a briefcase model on the first season of US gameshow 'Deal or No Deal', before being featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2010. And Chrissy has reflected on her memories of walking the catwalk to model a swimwear collection for designer DiNeila Brazil at Miami Fashion Week in 2011. The mother-of-two - who has Luna, four, and Miles, two, with her ‘All of Me’ hitmaker husband John Legend - remembered how she started her career sharing a two-bedroom pl...
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