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50 Cent blasts record label Interscope

Music Gossip

3 Jan 2012

50 Cent is "disgusted" with the music industry. The 'Candy Shop' hitmaker has hit out at his record company Interscope for being difficult to work with and has threatened to release his music for free himself and refuse to publicise any official…

Kian Egan becomes a dad

TV Gossip

21 Dec 2011

Kian Egan has become a father for the first time. The Westlife star's wife, Wonderland singer Jodi Albert, gave birth to their first son yesterday evening (20.12.11). The overjoyed couple - who married two years ago after a four-year romance…

Imogen Thomas brands Cipriani a 'liar'

TV Gossip

7 Oct 2011

Katie Price's rumoured new boyfriend has been labelled an "absolute liar" by Imogen Thomas - who thought she was dating him. The reality TV star - who split from her Argentinean lover Leandro Penna last week - was spotted with rugby player Danny…

Duncan Bannatyne offers 50k violence reward

TV Gossip

3 Aug 2011

Duncan Bannatyne has offered £50,000 to anyone who breaks the arms of a man who threatened to kidnap his daughter. The 'Dragon's Den' star was furious when his daughter Hollie was targeted on twitter by a Russian man calling himself Yuri Vasilyev…

Trent Reznor urges fans not to buy Nine Inch Nails reissue

Music Gossip

18 Jul 2011

Trent Reznor has urged fans not to buy the new Nine Inch Nails release. The 'Head Like a Hole' hitmaker - who scooped an Oscar earlier this year for his soundtrack for 'The Social Network' - has blasted the "bulls**t" repackaging of his group's 1989…

Edinburgh Festival of Politics examines impact of social networks on news

Talks on human rights and social media featured in 2011 programme

8 Jul 2011

Where were you when unrest broke out in Iran before the 2009 presidential elections or when the Cairo protests against Hosni Mubarak were going on or even when the first of many Ryan Giggs stories began to leak? You were probably in front of Twitter…

Twitter user starts war between TOWIE and Made in Chelsea

TV Gossip

18 May 2011

A twitter user has started a war between 'The Only Way Is Essex's Amy Childs and 'Made in Chelsea' star Caggie Dunlop. The fake - going by the username @CaggieDunlop and claiming to be the blonde Londoner - hit out at beauty therapist Amy, who said…

Alan Sugar to tweet Apprentice comments

TV Gossip

27 Apr 2011

Lord Alan Sugar will take to twitter to comment on contestants for the new series of 'The Apprentice'. The show returns to BBC One for a seventh season on May 10 and the multi-millionaire business tycoon - who is an avid twitter user - announced his…

George Michael plans new single and tour

Music Gossip

24 Mar 2011

George Michael has finished work on his new single 'Every Other Lover In The World'. The 47-year-old star - who recently released a cover of New Order track 'True Faith' in aid of the British Comic Relief charity - explained as well as completing the…

TV stars get generous for Twitrelief

TV Gossip

10 Mar 2011

Gabby Logan is offering fans the chance to win a round of golf with her husband Kenny Logan in aid of Comic Relief. The TV host is one of a number of celebrities getting involved with the TV fundraising marathon's new scheme, Twitrelief - an online…

Amanda Holden thanks fans for support

TV Gossip

14 Feb 2011

Amanda Holden has thanked fans for their support after losing her baby. The 'Britain's Got Talent' judge - whose son was stillborn earlier this month, seven months into her pregnancy - took to twitter for the first time since the tragedy to express…

Victoria Beckham tweets baby excitement

Celebrity Gossip

10 Jan 2011

David and Victoria Beckham are "very excited" about expecting their fourth child together. The soccer star and the fashion designer - who already have three sons, Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and five-year-old Cruz -revealed yesterday (09.01.11) they…

Pappy’s Festival Trends

Comedy threesome analyse Edinburgh trends of 2010

19 Aug 2010

Taking a break from their usual sketch silliness, comedy threesome Pappy’s have turned their minds to analysing the Edinburgh trends of 2010. This year Roads, Twitter and other sketch troupes have caught their attention

Shit My Dad Says - Justin Halpern

5 Jul 2010

Dads can get a bit crotchety. Dads can occasionally be pretty funny. And sometimes dads can let a little sweary word slip out. You know, when they bang their thumb with the hammer or if someone pulls out in front of them on the road. But there’s…

Twitter - Twestival

5 Feb 2009

Are you one of these new-fangled cyber-punk internet hippy people? Well, you may be interested to learn that Edinburgh-based users of the young person’s website Twitter, whatever that is, will be gathering together at an event jocularly called a…