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Entertainment Briefing, we find out about the star-studded Google Camp summit and the environmental hypocrisy of the celebrity’s and Royal’s who attended.
Next, former teen heartthrob and now legitimate rockstar Harry Styles has been introduced to Grindr. Also, take a peek at his new Gucci campaign.
Ed Sheeran is on track to set a new touring record as the Divide tour comes to the end of its two-year run.
Over in Hollywood, Tarinitions latest film is released and WTX News takes a closer look into the changing film industry and why Leonardo DiCaprio is being hailed as the last true movie star.
In our last piece, we catch up with Kerry Katona after she released pictures of her young daughter rocking a full face of makeup.
All in today’s ENTERTAINMENT briefing – A weekly roundup of all the news headlines that you need to know, summarised as part of WTX News Briefing.
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PRINCE HARRY’S ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOCRISY
The Dailymail reports, Prince Harry told the world this week about his plans to only have two children to protect the environment. However, the Mail breaks the news he apparently ‘flew on a private jet and helicopter’ last weekend to attend Google’s super-secret climate summit.
If true, the flights (paid for by Google) show the hypocrisy of the Prince and the star-studded Google camp. Environmentalist groups have said that Harry would need to plant 190 trees to offset just one leg of the trip. Prince Harry wasn’t the only one to use transport with huge carbon footprints – a host of celebrities, tech entrepreneurs and billionaires arrived by private jets, helicopters, boats and gas-guzzling cars.
Read the full story on The Daily Mail
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HARRY STYLES INTRODUCED TO GRINDR
The Independent reports, Harry Styles was reportedly introduced to Grindr whilst in Japan, Queer
Eye’s Karamo revealed. On an American TV show, Karamo and the cast revealed what hanging out with Harry was like describing him as “absolutely lovely” “super chill” and a “super sweet guy.”
Karamo added: “He had never seen Grinder before and it was his first time, and it was kind of cute that this straight guy was like, ‘There’s an app where you can just find a date?’ And I thought it was really cute.”
Read the full story on The Independent
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ED SHEERAN’S DIVIDE TOUR TO SET NEW RECORD
The Daily Echo reveals Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour will set an all-time record in revenue. The divide tour is predicted to take in a staggering £607 million by the time it wraps up at the end of August.
U2 currently holds the title having taken £606.4 during their 2011 tour. Sheeran called the news “amazing” in a statement. The Divide tour launched in March 2017 and comes to an end on 26 August, a total of 893 days spent on the road for Sheeran and his team.
Read the full story on The Daily Echo
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THE DEATH OF HOLLYWOOD
WTX News reports, following an article by The Hollywood Reporter calling Leonardo DiCaprio
“Hollywood’s last movie star” we take a closer look at the current film industry. Ahead of the UK release of Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood a film exploring the changes of the 1960’s movie industry, we look into the rise of streaming sites, celebrity culture and social media and ask is Hollywood dead? And is DiCaprio the last true movie star?
Read the full story on WTX News
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KERRY KATONA’S 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ROCKS FULL FACE OF MAKEUP
The Metro reports, Kerry Katona treated her 5-year-old daughter to a makeover following the death of the youngster’s father. Katona anticipated the backlash for five-year-old’s glammed up look.
Getting ahead of the critics she said that the glam look was just a bit of fun adding “no one was hurt in the making of these pics!”The paper suggests the makeover lifted the child’s spirits as she continues to mourn her father George Kay’s death.
Katona recently spoke of George Kay’s death saying that his death was a ‘relief.’ Adding: “ George couldn’t be saved. He was always going to die.”
Read the full story on The Metro
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