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This is sort of random, but… Just read in the Washington Post and New York Times (yes, I’m a newshound!) that over 10 million people in the United States, according to a study just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, suffer from compulsive shopping! I think I just *might* qualify… although my New Year’s Resolution (2nd year in a row) is to shop less… Hmm…

Alison King is “scared to death” of becoming a mother. The ‘Coronation Street’ actress - who plays feisty Carla Gordon in the Itv soap - is due to give birth to her first child with partner Adam Huckett next month, but admits she is petrified about having the baby because she is so unorganized.

Shane Richie argued with Dennis Waterman over the ‘Minder Remake’. The former ‘EastEnders’ star appears in an updated version of the hit 80s show, much to the displeasure of its original star, who blasted Shane about it.

Lisa Maxwell has quit ‘The Bill’. The 45-year-old actress has announced she is to stop playing DI Sam Nixon after seven years on the Itv1 soap and will depart from screens in an explosive storyline in September.

Tom Jones is recording this year’s Comic Relief song. The Welsh singer has teamed up with Gavin and Stacey stars Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones to release ‘Barry Islands In The Stream’ - a comedy version of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers song ‘Islands In The Stream’

Newcastle United midfielder has vowed never to play under manager Joe Kinnear again after he mispronounced his name in an interview calling him ‘Insomnia’. Kinnear has accused N’Zogbia of using the situation to engineer a move away from the Magpies. He told the BBC: “OK, I got a little tongue-tied, but if I had a pound for every time I’ve mispronou…

Rafael Nadal will meet Roger Federer in the final of the 2009 Australian Open after battling past fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in an epic five set match that lasted into the early hours of the morning. The world number one was expected to be relatively untroubled by the number fourteenth seed but Verdasco, the conqueror of Britain’s Andy Murray had other ideas.

Amy Winehouse might appear to have gone so far off the rails she is in the ocean, but the singer isn’t going to let that deter her from penning her third album. The singer has reportedly decided to head back to the UK to record the follow-up to 2006’s Back To Black.

The imitable Hell Yeah Recordings kick start the new year with a brand new remix series aptly titled, ‘Confuzed 90’s: Blatta & Inesha - Switched On Ramirez’. Rising stars of today’s scene take on the enviable task of remixing old school classics from yesteryears; giving these 90s hits a fresh new suped up twist. After the resounding success of ‘Con…

Busta Rhymes has denied his latest song is racist. The rapper has received criticism over ‘Arab Money’, but insists that his detractors have just misunderstood the song, which is actually about the current financial climate.