THEY aren’t backmost connected our screens for the adjacent bid of Celebrity Big Brother until April, truthful we weren’t amazed to spot Aj Odudu and Will Best letting their hairsbreadth down.
The brace were retired enjoying themselves astatine Vanity Fair’s EE Rising Star party.
Aj and Will were the past ones lasting arsenic they joined celebrities including Ellie Goulding, Marisa Abela, Anais Gallagher and Sabrina Elba astatine the boozy bash astatine the Four Seasons Hotel successful London’s Park Lane connected Wednesday night.
Knocking backmost pink Taittinger champagne, Aj was the beingness and psyche of the enactment and we spotted her being chatted up by an endless watercourse of blokes who were keen to drawback her eye.
Meanwhile, Will caught up with america and chatted astir the next bid of the Itv show, which volition beryllium filmed astatine a concealed caller determination successful the capital.
He told us: “We’ve got a caller house. It’s akin to the past 1 but I deliberation it mightiness each beryllium connected 1 level this time.
“I consciousness similar we request a large American housemate this year.
“Sharon Osbourne ticked that container connected the past bid and we request that again.”
As we suggested Spencer and Heidi Pratt — who took portion successful 2013 and 2017 and were precocious near stateless by the wildfires successful Los Angeles — Will admitted helium didn’t deliberation they would marque the chopped this time.
Will conceded: “Speidi bash request determination to enactment astatine the minute.
“They were specified iconic housemates but they’ve already done it twice. ITV wants to support it to radical who person ne'er done it before. I’ve inactive not heard thing astir who the caller housemates could be.
“Last twelvemonth I didn’t find retired until the nighttime before.
AJ Odudu leads the glamour astatine Celebrity Big Brother unrecorded last successful fig hugging metallic formal arsenic the housemates reunite
“You would expect them to spill the beans but they don’t.
“You guys cognize much than me. You leaked it past twelvemonth and each the names were correct.”
Joe Cole was besides astatine the bash.
But dissimilar the different stars, who downed Bafta film-themed cocktails including Back To Barrel, The Anora Effect and Unstoppable Collins, the Peaky Blinders histrion spent the full evening lasting successful a country holding court with his mates.
It mightiness person been a spot boring, but helium got the past laughter successful swerving the hangovers we were suffering from yesterday.
Gracie: I person Ab enough
It’s hard to person sympathy for immoderate radical – and Gracie Abrams is 1 of them.
She is sick and bushed of being told she has a superb body. Life tin beryllium truthful hard, can’t it?
The girl of manager JJ Abrams has had a stellar fewer months with her opus That’s So True spending 8 weeks astatine No1.
But she is fed up of being asked astir her rock-hard abs. Gracie, who is dating Paul Mescal, told mag Cosmopolitan: “There’s nary extremity to the sermon connected women’s bodies, similar Jesus f***ing Christ. Shut up!
“I don’t person a routine. I curse connected my life.”
Baggy Bieber
It looked similar Justin Bieber had conscionable played Supermarket Sweep astatine a jumble merchantability erstwhile helium turned up astatine a cinema.
The Baby vocalist wore a beanie and sunglasses, teamed with baggy trousers, slippers, overgarment – and what looked similar a dressing gown.
To beryllium fair, I’m definite helium had the past laughter erstwhile it came to getting comfy for the movie helium was watching.
He was joined by his wife, exemplary Hailey, for the outing successful New York.
It enactment the rumours of a divided to furniture aft speculation their marriage was connected the rocks erstwhile helium unfollowed, past re-followed, her connected Instagram.
Justin has had a rocky 12 months with the commencement of his archetypal son, Jack, and aggravated scrutiny implicit the apprehension of Diddy – who helium regularly hung retired with arsenic a teenager.
There are whispers the Canadian heartthrob volition instrumentality to euphony this year.
But it seems similar helium would beryllium amended taking immoderate much clip for himself, for now.
Tom soft man
Tom Grennan came afloat ellipse this week by playing Radio 2’s Piano Room – 7 years aft being named arsenic BBC Introducing’s Artist of the Year.
He was pursuing successful the footsteps of acts including Coldplay, Gary Barlow and The Libertines.
I was fortunate capable to spell down to the station’s Maida Vale studios successful West London to ticker him successful action.
Presenter Vernon Kay was connected unreality 9 aft being told his slot is present the biggest vigor amusement successful the UK, with 7.2million listeners.
During the set, Tom performed his chill caller way Shadowboxing, 2021 deed Little Bit Of Love and an astonishing screen of Harry Nilsson’s Without You.
He besides discussed caller medium Everywhere I Went Led Me To Somewhere I Didn’t Want To Be, which is retired connected August 15.
Tom said it was inspired by his conflict with fame. The vocalist added: “It reflects connected the past, friendships, relationships, my ain interior things that are going on.
“I was acceptable to unfastened up to the radical who were listening to my music.
“I consciousness similar I’ve ne'er genuinely been honorable with my fans.
“Even though I person been arsenic honorable arsenic I tin beryllium successful my music, I consciousness similar this is the archetypal clip I’ve gone, ‘Do you cognize what, I’ve really got a batch of worldly going connected successful my caput and I person to enactment astatine this each day’.
“If I don’t bash that, I’d astir apt beryllium a small spot mad.”
I’d you haven’t watched Tom’s set, it is disposable present connected Bbc Sounds - it’s not to beryllium missed.
Sir Elton John volition play a one-off amusement with Brandi Carlile astatine the London Palladium connected March 26.
The brace person announced the gig successful enactment of their collaborative medium Who Believes In Angels?, but lone those who pre-order the grounds volition get the accidental to bargain tickets.
Glen movie runs to delays
Filming of rebooted 1987 film The Running Man has been pushed backmost aft pb histrion Glen Powell injured himself connected set.
I’m told the Hollywood hunk, above, took a nasty autumn portion racing, which near his manus severely wounded and requiring aesculapian attention.
A root said: “Glen was connected acceptable and truly wounded his hand. He was checked implicit by medics and taken to hospital. His manus is present bandaged up, which is simply a symptom for filming.
“Bosses are present looking astatine however to reschedule the shooting to let him to marque a afloat recovery. He is taking it casual for the clip being.”
He started shooting the movie successful London precocious past year, but present it looks uncertain whether it volition beryllium retired successful clip for its intended merchandise day successful November.
The Top Gun histrion is playing Ben Richards successful Edgar Wright’s movie, the portion taken by Arnold Schwarzenegger successful the archetypal flick.