Celebrities

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has teamed up with some of its celebrity supporters to reminisce about their childhood crushes for the charity’s Valentine Appeal. Valentine’s offers the perfect opportunity to share memories, cringe and daydream about your first crush.

Katie Melua’s world tour will come to Britain this autumn for what will be her largest UK arena tour to date. Starting at the Nottingham Arena on October 29th 2008 Katie will perform at arenas in Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Bournemouth before concluding at the Brighton Centre on November 11th.

With her poised, professional demeanour, Siân Lloyd is Britain’s favourite TV weather presenter. In August 2001 with her career riding high, Siân was enjoying life to the full as a single forty-something when she met Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik at a glamorous summer party in Westminster Gardens.

Kylie: The Exhibition, has closed at Kelvingrove after recording a massive 165,629 visitors since the popular attraction opened to the public on 21 September. Featuring performance costumes, accessories, album covers, photographs, music and video, the exhibition looked at how Kylie, as a performer, has used her wardrobe to create an image that is known worldwide.

MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, today announced the launch of MySpace Celebrity, a global content channel focused on entertainment culture and related news, blogs, videos, and events. The channel includes the profiles of more than 300 celebrities including Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton, Tom Hanks, Vince Vaughn and Zach Braff among many others.

Teenage soul singer Adele has come top of the BBC News website's Sound Of 2008 poll to find the most promising new music talent. Almost 150 of the UK's top music critics, music magazine editors and broadcasters – including BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley and BBC Radio 2's Dermot O'Leary – took part in the poll by naming their favourite new acts.

Former Coronation Street actress Nikki Sanderson is set to join ITV1’s popular 1960s drama, Heartbeat, as a new regular cast member. Nikki, who shot to fame as Candice Stowe in Coronation Street, will play Dawn Bellamy, niece of the late Phil Bellamy.

David Tennant will appear on BBC2’s Top Gear as the Star in A Reasonably Priced Car, a Chevrolet Lacetti. Tune in at 8 pm on 23rd December to see how he gets on.

G4 has been named the most financially successful finalist of X-Factor since the programme began. Research reveals how the classical quartet has earned almost double the amount of Shayne Ward, winner in the same series, according to leading independent personal finance website Fool.co.uk.

As ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ fever grips the nation for the fifth year running, Live Search uncovers that former Misteeq lady Alesha Dixon has already won the competition when it comes to online popularity.