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Alan Titchmarsh, Hugs, air kisses and selfies on board a celebrity bus

June 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Alan Titchmarsh, the celebrity gardener, veteran broadcaster and now officially a national treasure, summed it up perfectly.

“It’s all a bit surreal,” he said.

I could see why. We were sitting in an open top double decker – one of seven buses that where taking part in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant. Each bus represented a decade during the Queen’s reign, from the 50s through to the noughties.

We were on the 60s bus and the seats on the top deck were occupied by some of the best-known and most loved British celebrities.

Alan Titchmarsh (right) said it was 'all a bit surreal'
Image:Alan Titchmarsh (far right) said it was ‘all a bit surreal’

At the front of the bus I saw Valerie Singleton – former presenter of the iconic children’s programme Blue Peter – taking a selfie with Basil Brush.

On the 50s bus parked next to us, pop legend Sir Cliff Richard was miming along to one of his hits, blaring out from a loudspeaker. Standing next to him was the former boxer, Chris Eubank. And not far from them both, dancer Wayne Sleep blew kisses at the stars on my vehicle.

The Queen and her sandwich

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That is what Alan Titchmarsh meant by “surreal”.

It seemed that anyone who has ever been anyone on stage, screen, in a stadium or a recording studio was there.

TV presenter Chris Tarrant, on the 70s bus just behind us, winked at me and asked if I was OK.

Would he take “yes” as my final answer or could I phone a friend?

Not a view you normally get from the back of a bus
Image:Not a view you normally get from the back of a bus

Celebrities really like other celebrities, it seems. They can’t possibly all know each other. But that is exactly how they were greeting one another. Lots of hugs, air kisses and selfies. LOTS of selfies.

Many of my Sky colleagues would be able to name most if not all of the stars on the buses, but this was a real test of my A, B, and C-list knowledge.

It was not a problem for the adoring crowds lining the streets below, however.

As the celebrities let their hair and their guards down the cheering throng went into a frenzy.

It is not every day that you see the actor Rudolph Walker and broadcasters Kate Garraway and Anthea Turner dancing like nobody was watching. But they were.

Wayne Sleep and Sir Cliff Richard were on the 50s bus
Image:Wayne Sleep and Sir Cliff Richard were on the 50s bus

The veteran broadcaster and DJ Tony Blackburn could not stop smiling. I asked him who would be on a playlist for the Queen. “Diana Ross and lots of Motown,” he said without hesitating.

The concert at the gates of the palace on Saturday night brought together some of the biggest names in the world of music. I heard a commentator say that only the Queen could have drawn them to the same place at the same time.

The same is true of the People’s Pageant. The former decathlete Daley Thompson next to singer Tony Hadley? Pure gold.

And each one of these celebrities enjoying every second, too.

They knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy a celebration like no other – almost all of them describing themselves as “privileged” to be able to ride on these buses on this very special day.

It was a random, eclectic, crazy mix. Eccentric in a uniquely British way. An experience nobody will forget.

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Shakira and Longtime Partner Gerard Pique Split After 12 Years Together

June 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Shakira and her longtime partner, Gerard Piqué, have split after 12 years together.

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“We regret to confirm that we are separating,” Shakira, 45, and Piqué, 35, wrote in a joint statement to Reuters on Saturday, June 4. “For the wellbeing of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect their privacy.”

The twosome, who began dating in 2011, made headlines earlier this month after reports surfaced that Shakira caught the professional athlete having an affair. They did not address the claims at the time.

Before calling it quits, the Dancing With Myself judge and Piqué welcomed sons Milan, now 9, and Sasha, now 7. Though they were together for over a decade, the pair never tied the knot.

“[Gerard is] with me because he wants to be with Shakira the person, not the celebrity,” Shakira told Latina magazine in 2014. “There’s real love, there’s no ulterior motives. And I’m with him because he’s the most amazing man I’ve ever met. We want the same things, we like the same things, we hate the same things. I have never been with someone so passionate in my life.”

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The former Voice coach added: “If it weren’t because of my music projects, I would be pregnant already [with a second child] I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard — my own futbol team. … When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.”

Shakira — who dated lawyer Antonio de la Rúa between 2000 and 2010 — and Piqué previously weathered breakup speculation in October 2017, though a source told Us at the time that the rumors were false.

“Anyone around them could see that the split rumors from last year were pure BS,” a second insider told Us in January 2018 after the pair were spotted on a family trip to New York City with their sons. “They literally looked like they were on their honeymoon! They were absolutely inseparable and squeezed in a hug or kiss whenever or wherever they could. It was adorable. The kids are so well-behaved and polite, too.”

While the then-couple kept their relationship relatively private, they couldn’t resist sharing a few cute snaps together via social media.

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“Holiday vibes.. #nofilter,” the FC Barcelona athlete captioned a July 2021 Instagram post with the “Hips Don’t Lie” songstress during a summer getaway.

Earlier this year, Shakira opened up about how the pair managed disagreements — due in part to their different upbringings.

“My poor husband, slash boyfriend, slash baby daddy, whatever you want to call him, he has to wait up for me so long. He’s tired of waiting up,” the Colombia native jokingly said during a February appearance on the “Planet Weirdo with Holly H” podcast. “[Because] Colombian time is not the same as Catalonian time, Spanish time. His mind is structured like that and mine. … I’ve become a lot more punctual since I met him. [But] the times that we actually fight is because I’m late and he’s waiting up.”

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Raila gets green light to contest in August polls

June 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga had been cleared to run for this year’s Presidential elections on August 9.

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati who is the returning officer for Presidential elections declared the Azimio leader a candidate at exactly 11 am on Sunday.

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“The documentations are in order and I approve the nomination of Raila Odinga as a presidential candidate in the August 9 elections,” he said.

“I hereby present the certificate to Raila Odinga as a presidential candidate.”

Raila was accompanied by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Gideon Moi (Baringo Senator), Charity Ngilu (Kitui Governor), Junnet Mohamed (Suna East MP), Timothy Bosire (ODM Treasurer), Edwin Sifuna (ODM SG), Sabina Chege (Muranga MP), Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o (Kisumu), John Waluke (Sirisia MP), Governor Ann Kananu (Nairobi), Maina Kamanda (nominated MP), Esther Passaris (Nairobi Woman rep) and Governor Nderitu Muriithi (Laikipia).

Raila and Deputy President William Ruto, who was cleared on Saturday, are seen as the clear front runners in the succession race.

Raila has been counting on the influence of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who hails from the Mt Kenya region, to boost his quest to topple  Ruto’s popularity in the region.

A number of Cabinet secretaries have publicly declared their preference for Raila and his choice to pick a woman to be his deputy was seen as calculated move to boost his presidential bid.

After presenting the papers to IEBC, Raila is scheduled to hold a rally at Undugu grounds in Lang’ata constituency.

According to a statement by Raila’s presidential campaign secretariat press secretary Dennis Onsarigo, the former PM will then leave for Nakuru for roadside rallies starting at 2pm.

He is also scheduled to hold a rally at Mazembe grounds, Bondeni area in Nakuru at 4pm.

On Monday, Raila is scheduled to launch the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition party manifesto at Nyayo National Stadium.

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Johnny Depp’s lawyer becomes an internet celebrity in this year 2022

June 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Johnny Depp’s lawyer becomes an internet celebrity. Millions of viewers across the globe tune in to watch the legal battle between Hollywood heavyweights Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, and as the drama unfolds, a new star has stepped into the spotlight: Mr Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez.

 

The young lawyer from California has caught the attention of millions amid the defamation trial her client brought against his ex-wife.

Ms Vasquez, 37, has become an unlikely – and unwitting – co-star of the show, gaining fans for her sharp legal style.

T-shirts adorned with her name and hashtags praising her are making the rounds of social media.

A two-minute-long video of Ms Vasquez repeatedly interrupting Ms Heard’s attorney to “object” – a legal term used to lodge a formal protest in court – has amassed well over 27 million views on TikTok in just a few days.

The viral clip has even prompted parodies across social media, in which users “object” to their friends and family in conversation. Collectively, TikTok videos using the hashtag #CamilleVasquez has amassed hundreds of millions of views.

“I am still a Johnny Depp fan,” reads one of the many tweets about her. “But I am also now a die-hard Camille Vasquez fan”.

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Johnny Depp hugs his lawyer Camille VasquezIMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES

So, who is the attorney that’s caught the eye of court watchers?

Legal eagle

Born in San Francisco to Cuban and Colombian parents, Ms Vasquez is a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern California and in 2010 graduated from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.

For the last four years, she’s been an associate at Brown Rudnick, the high-profile law firm contracted by Johnny Depp to represent him in his $50m (£40m) defamation case against Ms Heard. She is one of nine attorneys from the firm involved in the trial.

In 2021, she was named one of Best Lawyer magazine’s ‘One to Watch’ attorneys.

She specialises in litigation and arbitration, with a focus on representing the plaintiffs in defamation cases – as she is doing for Mr Depp.

To her newfound supporters, however, Ms Vasquez is perhaps best known for her many objections and for a series of tense exchanges with Ms Heard.

Over two days of cross-examination, Ms Vasquez sought to cast doubt on Ms Heard’s account of her troubled marriage to Mr Depp in the hopes that jurors will see inconsistencies in her claims.

“You’re the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn’t that right, Ms Heard?” Ms Vasquez asked in one exchange referencing a chaotic 2015 fight in Australia, in which Ms Heard alleges that Mr Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle. “You weren’t scared of him at all, were you?”

Other memorable court moments have included Ms Vasquez questioning Ms Heard about the fate of $7m previously pledged to charity, accusing her of editing photos of herself with bruises, and, in one case, suggesting that she partly owes her box office success to Mr Depp.

“Johnny Depp got you that role in Aquaman, didn’t he?” Ms Vasquez asked.

Role model – or not?

Ms Vasquez’s spirited defence of Mr Depp has also made her a topic of discussion within the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment.

Some critics have accused her of not believing Ms Heard’s claims or discrediting her allegations of abuse.

“Shout out to Camille Vasquez for single-handedly setting feminism back 50 years in less than two hours,” one Twitter user said. “History won’t remember you kindly.”

Her supporters, on the other hand, have championed her standing up for the rights of male victims of domestic violence and as a potential role model.

Whether or not Ms Vasquez’s popularity among supporters of Mr Depp translates to courtroom success, however, remains to be seen.

“It’s hard to know whether public reaction online is the same that individual jurors are having,” Halim Dhanidina, a defence attorney and former judge, told the Daily Beast.

Mr Dhanidina, however, said that Ms Vasquez’s popularity suggests that the trial is an “uphill battle” for Ms Heard.

“The public is not liking you – and even likes Johnny Depp’s lawyer more,” he said. “That has to mess with your head a little.”

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Jennifer Lopez net worth: Are these her annual earnings?

June 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Jennifer Lopez is undoubtedly one of the most famous music and Hollywood stars of today, with a career spanning three decades in which she has triumphed in different projects, in addition to having an extensive love life, but especially with a huge net worth.

 

Over the years, Lopez has proven that whether as an actress, singer, dancer, fashion designer, television producer or entrepreneur, and since her childhood she has always had the support of her family.

From a young age, JLo fell in love with singing and dancing

JLo, born on July 24, 1969 in the Bronx borough of New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez, has two sisters, Leslie and Lynda. Thanks to her family’s efforts, Jennifer took singing and dancing lessons and from a young age, performing at home in front of family and friends.

Despite enrolling at Baruch College, JLo knew she wanted to become a movie star ever since she appeared in the low-budget independent film My Little Girl, so she dropped out of college early and moved to Manhattan to pursue her dream even though her parents disagreed.

After appearing in regional productions, she was cast in the chorus of Golden Musicals of Broadway, in 1991 she was a backup dancer for New Kids on the Block, but then she got the opportunity to be a regular member of In Living Color, so she moved to Los Angeles.

Jennifer Lopez Her consolidation in Hollywood and as a singer

After receiving some minor roles, in 1995 she received her big break with the lead role in the biopic Selena, which would be the beginning of her successful career in Hollywood, starring in films such as Anaconda, Out of Sight, The Wedding Planner and An Unfinished Life.

Along with starring in romantic comedies such as Gigli and Monster-in-Law, her singing career was also consolidated since 1999 with her debut album “On the 6” and since then she has become one of the most important pop stars, including albums such as This Is Me…Then, Rebirth, Como Ama una Mujer, Brave, Love? and AKA, which became clear with her residency concerts in Las Vegas, which lasted three years.

Among many other successes in Lopez’s career, she was a guest judge on American Idol for its tenth and eleventh seasons and as an entrepreneur in 2003 debuted her designer clothing line, JLO, and added her fragrance Glow by J. Lo, which has been accompanied by other spin-offs.

She also starred in a series of television commercials for Italian automaker Fiat and in real estate JLo owns several million-dollar properties from the Bronx to Bel Air.

Jennifer Lopez’s Love History

Jennifer Lopez has been married three times, to Ojani Noa in 1997, to a backup dancer named Cris Judd in 2001, and to singer Marc Anthony in 2004, the latter the father of her two twin sons, although her love history also includes Sean Combs, dancer Casper Smart and, of course, retired baseball player Alex Rodriguez, to whom she was engaged but ended the relationship in 2021, the same year she got back together with Ben Affleck.

With the Hollywood actor she started a relationship in 2003, when they coincided in the movie Gigli, soon becoming one of the hottest couples in Hollywood and they got engaged, although the media pressure led them to end their relationship, until in 2021, after both ended their respective romantic relationships, they decided to give each other a new chance and are currently engaged again.

Jennifer Lopez net worth

According to sites like Celebrity Net Worth, Jennifer Lopez’s net worth in 2022 is $400 million.

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