
Rita Ora teams up with Netflix to secretly record new song for massive series
STAR'S NEW TRACK Rita Ora teams up with Netflix to secretly record new song for massive series
RITA ORA sure has her fingers in a lot of pies.
I can reveal the singer/actress/presenter has recorded a new song for the upcoming second series of Netflix hit Love Is Blind UK.
Sources tell me Joy is a powerful track about finding inner peace and is expected to be released in the coming days.
Rather than being on her upcoming fourth album, Joy will be a stand-alone song that will debut in a TV trailer for the dating show then drop on Spotify and Amazon Music.
A source said: 'It's no secret that Rita loves love so she jumped at the chance to record a track for Love Is Blind UK.
Joy is very much a mini side-project rather than being part of the new album.
'The song will be used on the show and be available to stream but there are no plans for a video or to send it to radio.'
Honestly, I don't know when Rita finds the time.
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Rita Ora has recorded a new song for the upcoming second series of Netflix hit Love Is Blind UK
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MARIAH'S PRIDE 'N' JOY
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Mariah Carey glitters as she hits the stage to headline Brighton Pride
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American diva Mariah in a shiny ombre dress and pink jacket
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MARIAH CAREY glittered in front of thousands of fans in four different figure-hugging outfits as she hit the stage to headline Brighton Pride.
The American diva arrived in a shiny ombre dress and pink jacket, which featured the phrase 'protect the dolls' on the back, as she pledged her support to the trans community.
Later, during her 90-minute set, she changed into another dazzling minidress, as well as a gold shift and floor-length black gown.
Mariah told the crowd: 'The LGBTQ+ family, both as a community and as individuals have been here for me for so long. I just want you to know that I'll always, always be there for you.'
Mariah Carey, 56, wears FOUR figure-hugging outfits and puts on leggy display as she headlines Brighton Pride
The show, which featured hits including Fantasy and her new single Sugar Sweet, topped off a day of festivities, ahead of the second day yesterday which was headlined by Sugababes.
Earlier on Saturday, Attitude magazine kicked off the annual event with a party at the i360 tower which was attended by Dame Kelly Holmes, Caity Baser and Rob Rinder.
CARDI'S FLOP RAP
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Cardi B is preparing to go fight or flight in this bird-themed feathered outfit
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LOOKS like Cardi B is preparing to go fight or flight in this bird-themed feathered outfit.
The rapper looked ready for take-off as she entered the ring to kick off the opening night of the WWE Summerslam 2025 wrestling extravaganza in New Jersey on Saturday.
But rather than singing or fighting, Cardi was simply there to launch the event, teasing music from her upcoming second album Am I The Drama?
As she strutted to the ring, a new Cardi track was blasted through the stadium, sending fans into a meltdown online.
Her long-awaited follow-up to 2018's Invasion Of Privacy is out on September 19.
Hope it's worth the wait.
GAGA IN TRIBUTE TO OZZY
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Lady Gaga reached out to Kelly Osbourne's family
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DESPITE being in the middle of a world tour, Lady Gaga is finding time to support others.
I'm told she was so moved by the death of Ozzy Osbourne that she sent a huge bouquet to his grieving wife Sharon and the family.
The move is a full-circle moment for the two women after Sharon branded the hitmaker an attention-seeker in 2013.
That came after Gaga locked horns with her daughter Kelly Osbourne after she criticised the singer for not stopping to greet fans.
A source said: 'The flowers must have cost hundreds but Gaga wanted to reach out.
'Gaga has always been a huge fan of Ozzy and the Osbournes – before she was famous she even used to strip to Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath.
"She once told Ozzy – he found it hilarious.'
The kind gesture comes after Gaga closed her San Francisco show last month by belting out Ozzy's 1980 hit Crazy Train as a tribute.
CHAPPELL SLINKS IN
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Chappell Roan slipped into Oasis's latest London gig undetected
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SHE'S one of the biggest stars on the planet, but Chappell Roan was able to slip into Oasis's latest London gig undetected.
The singer, who released new single The Subway last week, was seen in the crowd at Wembley on Saturday – singing away to the hits.
Frank Lampard and Nicole Appleton also snubbed a swanky suite to mix with regular fans.
OASIS fever is still sweeping the UK.
Yesterday the Y Not Festival in Derbyshire was forced to upgrade tribute act Noasis to the main stage.
They were due to play an 800-capacity slot but bosses had a rethink after more than double that number of guests saved the slot on their festival app.
The Diana Mixtape musical
@ Outernet, London
★★★★☆
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Hear'Say's Noel Sullivan and actress Lucinda Lawrence
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YOU might think a stage musical about Princess Diana would be sad, yet The Diana Mixtape is anything but.
With five world-class drag queens from RuPaul's Drag Race playing the People's Princess while singing classics from Kylie, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish, it's utterly joyous from start to finish.
The crowd at Outernet London lapped it up. A shout out also needs to go to Hear'Say's Noel Sullivan and actress Lucinda Lawrence, for their Charles and Camilla romp to Dua Lipa's Physical. Hilarious.
Greatest Showman star Keala Settle brought even more fun as Elizabeth II, but ultimately it was the queens who shone brightest.
It's on at Outernet until Sunday then The Lowry, Salford, from August 19-21.
OLIVIA RODRIGO's 2021 album Sour is still breaking records.
The release has become the first album on Spotify to have four songs with more than two billion streams each.
Traitor, Drivers License, Deja Vu and Good 4 U have all passed the milestone.
Not bad for an album the US star wrote when she was just 17.
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