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Raye appeared on The Daily Show to showcase her song “Genesis” alongside a group of musicians, including string and horn sections. The English singer gave an impassioned performance of the emotional song, which touches on issues of body image and spans three distinct acts.

Raye released “Genesis,” which she co-wrote with Marvin Hemmings and produced with Rodney Jerkins, Shankar Ravindran, and Tom Richards, earlier this year. She initially performed the song live during the Brit Awards and later gave the track a bigger platform on Saturday Night Live in April.

Danniella Westbrook and Chris Maloney have taken their bitter feud into the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house. The 42-year-old former soap star has claimed the controversial 'X Factor' singer forced her have a ''breakdown'' after he shared her phone number with her violent ex-boyfriend Tom Richards, who she had a restraining order against at the time. Speaking to The Sun newspaper, she said: ''I had a lot of issues with the guy I used to go out with after my marriage split up. I've got restraining orders and stuff. He's due to come out on bail today, they're waiting until I get...

Danniella Westbrook is ''smitten'' with her new toyboy lover. The former 'EastEnders' star, 42, hasn't had the best of luck in the romance department since splitting from her fiancé Tom Richards, 25, earlier this year, but it seems things are finally starting to look up for the blonde beauty as she's fallen head over heels for her new beau George Arnold, 23. Taking to her Twitter account last night (21.12.15), the troubled actress wrote: '''After a 12hr day on set crying in every scene but 2, I'm now driving 190 miles 2 c a certain someone for 24 hours #smitten. #southlondonbeau...

Daniella Westbrook says her drug relapse was a cry for help. The former 'EastEnders' actress has been open about her struggle with addiction in the past but insists her recent cocaine relapse - which she blames on her turbulent relationship with ex-fiancé Tom Richards - wasn't an attempt to end her life and was simply to get people to listen to her. In an emotional interview on 'This Morning', the 41-year-old star - who has two children Jodie, 14, and Kai, 18, with her ex-husband Kevin Jenkins - admitted: ''I wasn't killing myself, no one was listening to me anymore. ''I didn't...

Danniella Westbrook tried to overdose on drugs because she ''wanted to die''. The former 'EastEnders' actress has struggled with an addiction to cocaine for years and admits her turbulent relationship with ex-fiance Tom Richards - who she accused of hitting her - caused her to relapse and attempt suicide. She explained: ''I wasn't strong enough to hang myself or cut myself, but I just wanted to kill myself. ''I couldn't get Tom out of my life and thought the easiest way out was killing myself. ''That's why I used cocaine. ''I was medicating myself. It has always been my drug of choice. I was...

Danniella Westbrook tried to overdose on drugs because she ''wanted to die''. The former 'EastEnders' actress has struggled with an addiction to cocaine for years and admits her turbulent relationship with ex-fiance Tom Richards - who she accused of hitting her - caused her to relapse and attempt suicide. She explained: ''I wasn't strong enough to hang myself or cut myself, but I just wanted to kill myself. ''I couldn't get Tom out of my life and thought the easiest way out was killing myself. ''That's why I used cocaine. ''I was medicating myself. It has always been my drug of choice. I was...

Danniella Westbrook's former fiancé has denied beating her up. The former 'EastEnders' actress' ex-fiance Tom Richards has taken to Twitter to defend himself over claims he physically assaulted her after she posted photographs of bruises he allegedly inflicted on her online to her 127,000 followers. He wrote yesterday (05.03.15): ''There is no truth that I hit daniella , I restrained her from hurting herself and getting in trouble,cuz its over dont mean u need 2b cruel (sic).'' Shortly afterwards Danniella responded to his tweet saying she had been in contact with the police. She wrote: ''Resting up with my family right now...

Danniella Westbrook has called off her engagement to Tom Richards. The former 'EastEnders' actress announced her news on Twitter on Monday (03.11.14), two days before her 41st birthday, despite it being reported earlier this year that she was planning on tying the knot with the 24-year-old cage fighter before the end of the year. She wrote: ''It's Monday, a new week a new start and im single ,,, feels so good ? Go enjoy the day people I know I will. (sic)'' Despite her later deleting the message, Tom has now confirmed their split but has vowed to win her back. He wrote...

Danniella Westbrook reportedly plans to marry her fiancé Tom Richards ''by the end of the year''. The 40-year-old former actress, best known for her portrayal of Sam Mitchell in 'EastEnders', initially split from her 24-year-old boyfriend after she confessed to a drug relapse which resulted in her having an affair with a cocaine dealer in Magaluf, Spain. However, it's now been reported the pair are back together and she's said to be planning to divorce her estranged husband of 12 years, Kevin Jenkins to allow her to re-marry by the end of 2014. A source told The Sun newspaper: ''They got back together...

Danniella Westbrook says her faith in Jesus is helping her overcome her relapse into cocaine use. The former 'EastEnders' star confessed last weekend she had started using the drug again, first taking it in April after an argument her now ex-boyfriend Tom Richards. Danniella is now in America attending support group meetings to ensure she gets clean and her Christian faith and the love of her fellow church goers is helping her beat her addiction. Being interviewed from the Us on 'This Morning', Danniella said: ''I knew as soon as the story broke, I knew I needed to come back here and...

Danniella Westbrook has revealed she has started taking cocaine again. The former 'EastEnders' actress has admitted she is struggling with her battle with addiction, and confessed she took the drug again in April after an argument her now ex-boyfriend Tom Richards. She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: ''I was out in Spain with Tom and we had a massive argument after his drink was spiked. He flew back and I was in the company of some people there. ''I was offered coke and took it. It was there and I did it. I'm a drug addict. In that moment I thought -...

Danniella Westbrook's fiancé was arrested after a row at their home last Friday (08.08.14). The former 'EastEnders' star reportedly told neighbours that Tom Richards, 24, had wrecked possessions at their home near Rochester, Kent, in a furious argument that saw police called by neighbours. They arrested the cage fighter for alleged breach of the peace but after being kept in a cell overnight, he was released without charge. A source said: ''Danniella and Tom have been arguing a lot and things escalated last Friday. This row was one of their worst yet and resulted in a lot of objects being smashed. Neighbours...

Danniella Westbrook wants her own reality TV show. The former 'EastEnders' actress believes her home life with her boyfriend of six weeks, Tom Richards, and her children Kai, 17, and Jodi, 12, would make fore hilarious viewing and she's ready to let the cameras follow her around 24/7. Quizzed on what she and Tom had planned for the future, she said: ''We're talking about getting our own reality show. I always say my house is like a circus, so it'll make good TV.'' The 40-year-old star - who began a relationship with the cage fighter after her 12-year marriage to Kevin Jenkins ended...

Up-and-coming UK filmmaker Adam Hamdy, whose feature Pulp was recently acquired by Microsoft and will become the first ever film to premiere on the Xbox platform, has signed on to write and direct his first solo feature film, Anomaly, an original science fiction thriller.

Anomaly will be produced by Alexander Content and Dare Productions. Producers on the project will be Alexander Content principal Rick Alexander and UK-based Phil Bland.

From the Press Release:

Anomaly tells the story of Tom Richards, a young man who wakes up in hospital after a terrible auto accident, and his quest to discover the truth about what really happened to him.

Rick Alexander said, “With Anomaly, Adam has created a suspenseful, contained thriller wrapped around a grounded sci-fi concept that organically sets up a scalable, ongoing franchise. I couldn’t be more excited to be going on this ride with him.”

Phil Bland, who produced Hamdy’s first film,...

Another new indie project has crossed our desk, this time from Middleton, Pennsylvania, by way of director Tom Richards. Chock-full of swine desecration, alcohol abuse, weed worship, satanism, and the grotesque birth of an inter-species pig/human hybrid, we figured it sounded right up our readers' alleys!

Synopsis:

Award-winning reporter Skip Jenkins from Community News takes a journey into the Three Mile Island afflicted lands of Middletown, Pa, searching for the hard to find grindcore band Hog Caller. The resulting docu/mockumentary, interspersed with Hog Caller's nightmarish realities, contaminated music videos, and toxic lyrics, candidly follows a reporter, a cast of locals, and an elusive band toward crisis, confusion, and more questions than answers.

In a sort of weird art imitating life imitating art circle, Richards stars in the film with Steve O’Donnell, with whom he formed a grindcore band called ... you guessed it ... Hog Caller in the early 2000s,...

Will there be four wildcards, will there be one, will Gamu be back or will she be gone? There’re lots of question marks over what lies ahead in this year’s X Factor but the biggest question is probably which of the so-called Wild cards will progress the furthest.

Paddy Power are now giving their punters the opportunity to take a ‘wild’ guess on this year’s X Factor and bet on which of this year’s rejects will progress the furthest as wildcards. Cheryl’s Treyc Cohen and Dannii’s Paije Richardson are the 13/8 joint favourites to progress the furthest from the list of potential wildcards.

And eighteen year-old Gamu Nhengu is still listed as a possible wildcard despite reports that she is due to be deported.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power, explained: “Our punters don’t know whether they’re coming or going this year. The...

Tom Richards was determined to impress Dannii Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia on tonight’s X factor show.

The 16 year old made it past bootcamp, to the judges houses stage and speaking from Dannii’s mansion he admitted that he really, really wants to win. Tom said:

At the moment I’m living in Pontypridd in South Wales, the last thing that came out of there that as a real success was Tom Jones. About a week ago I was back home, on my school holidays chilling out with my friends and being here in Australia, this is the absolutely the biggest moment of my life. My father’s a self employed plasterer, my mother’s a part time chef’s assistant and times are a bit tight. Doing well in this competition and succeeding would be great cos I’d be able to pay them back for everything they’ve sacrificed for me.

We know we’ve already brought you the rumoured final 12 for this year’s X Factor but in case anyone’s interested, here is the final 32 through to judges houses.

These 32 acts have all attended the final audition round of the ITV show and will be seen singing in Australia, England, Spain and Ireland on next week’s show.

In 2010, Dannii Minogue will be mentoring the boys, Cheryl Cole has the girls, Simon Cowell will look after the groups and Louis Walsh has been landed with the older acts.

There is a slight change to the categories this year. As usual we will have our boys, girls, groups and overs – however the age limit for the older group is now over 28, so some singers who would previously have been in that category, have managed to win themselves a place in the much cooler, younger groups.

Dannii Minogue:

John Wilding...

Tom Richards impressed the X Factor judges with his bootcamp performance but some weren’t sure that he was good enough to make it as a solo artist.

The 16 year old, from Pontypridd in South Wales, originally auditioned for the panel in Cardiff and was seen dividing the judges with his performance. After his rendition of Man Who Can’t Be Moved, Louis Walsh was forced to beg Pixie, 19, to change her vote and put Tom through to the next round.

Talking to the cameras before his bootcamp song, Tom admitted that he was chuffed to have gotten so far. He said:

I’m so happy that I’ve got as far as this because looking back at this time last year I was singing at school, at karaoke and I have to pinch myself that I’m here today, singing for some of the biggest names in the music industry.

Bookmakers have tipped Tom Richards and Paije Richardson for X Factor success. Paddy Power has given short odds on both acts winning the show following the airing of their auditions at the weekend. Richards divided the panel with his version of 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved', while Richardson was forced to audition for a second time after failing to win over Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell with his rendition of 'Fly Me To The Moon'. However, both acts are getting plenty of (more)...

X Factor hopeful has admitted that he found it hard to take criticism from stand in judge Pixie Lott on the show, because she is only a few years older than him.

The 16 year old, from Pontypridd in South Wales, auditioned for the panel in Cardiff and was seen on Saturday night’s show dividing the judges. He sang The Scripts Man Who Can’t Be Moved and failed to impress either Simon Cowell or Pixie Lott. After his performance, Louis Walsh was forced to beg Pixie, 19, to change her vote and put Tom through to the bootcamp rounds.

On Pixie’s reaction to his audition, Tom told The Sun:

“Pixie was only a few years older than me. Having a guest judge on the show practically the same age as me was difficult to handle.”

“During my performance, the judges were smiling – especially Pixie – so I thought I’d done really well.

X Factor contestant Tom Richards has slammed guest judge Pixie Lott. On Saturday, viewers saw Lott say "No" to Richards's performance of The Script's 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved', before changing her mind when Louis Walsh begged her to reconsider and the audience began chanting for her to put the 16-year-old through. Richards questioned whether Lott, 19, was too young to be on the judging panel, and admitted that he was shocked by the 'Turn It Up' singer's reaction. He told The Sun: "Pixie was only a few years older than me. Having a guest judge on the show practically (more)...

Tom Richards caused a bit of an upset on tonight’s X Factor show.

The 16 year old, from Pontypridd in South Wales, turned up to the show’s Cardiff auditions and sang for Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Pixie Lott. He started with The Scripts Man Who Can’t Be Moved but the panel weren’t convinced by his dated performance. He went on to sing This Is The Moment from stage musical Jekyll and Hyde, which irritated Simon Cowell even more.

After claiming that Tom wasn’t current enough, Simon criticised his second song choice saying:

“Did you listen to what I just said to you? What did I just say to you? I’m now relying on you to tell me what people of your age want to buy from you.”

He added:

“I don’t think you could have chosen a worse song. You’re...

16 year old Tom Richards makes his TV debut on tomorrow night’s X Factor show.

The teenager, from Pontypridd in South Wales, turned up to the show’s Cardiff auditions and sang for Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Pixie Lott. He started with The Scripts Man Who Can’t Be Moved but the panel weren’t convinced by his performance.

Cheryl thought it was a little contrived and said:

“When you sing a song like that it’s about the emotion and the lyrics should make you move a bit when you feel it but that was a little bit contrived at times. Apart from putting on the little act, vocally I thought you were the best in this category we’ve had today. ”

Louis loved his voice but was unconvinced by his performance. He said:

“I liked the voice but I don’t know what all the...

Pixie Lott makes her X Factor debut on tomorrow night’s show as the auditions hit Cardiff….however the 19 year old singer doesn’t have an easy ride.

Permanent panel member Louis Walsh take exception to the fact that she doesn’t think much of Welsh performer Tom Richards and pleads with her to change her mind about the boy.

Watch Tom’s audition and Louis’ attempts to get him to bootcamp below.

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