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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Ireland AM hosts in disbelief at viewer's embarrassing concert confession as artist forced to stop gig
IRELAND AM's hosts were left in stitches after a viewer shared their mortifying concert mishap live on air. The hit breakfast show was back on air this morning for another jam-packed with Presenters Advertisement 2 Ireland AM's hosts were left laughing at a viewers concert confession 2 Alan Hughes read out the gig fiasco live on air On today's episode, the trio were discussing the upcoming concerts taking place in Ireland this summer . The gang were particularly excited about British pop group, Simply Red's 40th anniversary tour, which is hitting Alan began to read out an email which was sent in by a viewer who had previously attended a Simply Red concert in the 3Arena. The 61-year-old recalled the message, which wrote: 'I went to a Simply Red concert with my wife, who may have had one too many glasses of wine . Advertisement READ MORE IN IRELAND AM 'She starts singing out of tune at the top of her lungs and we all begin to move away from her.' The mortified concertgoer continued to reveal how Simply Red's lead singer , Mick Hucknall, stopped the song and looked down at his wife with a dissatisfied look. Alan added: 'So the wife went totally quiet and Mick started the song again.' The popular presenter began to cry with laughter as he tried to finish off the last part of the email. Advertisement Most read in News TV He continued: 'Then he goes, 'I left her on her own and met her outside on the way home'.' The three hosts were in fits of laughter at the viewer's honest recount of the story. Muireann O'Connell left speechless by Louis Walsh A shocked Muireann remarked: 'I can't believe she was that loud that he stopped the song.' Tommy replied: 'And in the 3Arena too, it's such a big venue.' Advertisement Alan chuckled: 'Well let's hope they were right up at the stage.' This comes after Muireann was left speechless after FEAR FACTOR The Virgin Media presenter attended a glam event alongside Tommy and Alan last night. The popular presenter took to her Louis Walsh . Advertisement She explained: "The hair saga continues. I exercised and had an hour to get ready. "This is what's after happening and to be fair to Louis Walsh , he's right, I just met him and he's like, '[that's a] Lovely big wig'." Muireann put her hand over her mouth and stuttered as she said: "Is it that... it's very.... okay." She asked her fans: "What am I going to do with my hair lads?" Advertisement
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Diddy trial live updates: Deonte Nash says Diddy beat Cassie, smashed her head on bed frame
This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Deonte Nash, a friend and stylist of Cassie Ventura Fine, testified in Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trial that the former hip-hop mogul threatened to release recordings of Ventura Fine having sex and repeatedly beat her, including bashing her head on a bed frame. Nash said Combs tried to control all aspects of Ventura Fine's life during their decade-long relationship, from her music to her social circle and more. "It drove her crazy. She would cry," Nash, who also worked as a stylist with Combs, told jurors. Earlier in the day, prosecutors questioned two emergency officials on allegations that Combs broke into fellow rapper Kid Cudi's home – as well as a separate incident that saw Kid Cudi's Porsche explode in his driveway. Chris Ignacio, a Los Angeles police officer, told jurors he saw a vehicle registered to Combs' company rushing away from the home of Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, the night of the alleged break-in. Several witnesses have claimed Combs wanted to confront Mescudi after finding out he was dating Ventura Fine. Combs, 55, was arrested in September 2024 and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty. Nash told jurors he frequently saw Diddy be violent with Cassie, hitting her face and giving her black eyes on multiple occasions. He also alleged Combs once beat her so badly she had a bloody gash over her eye that required stitches. The stylist said he and a female staffer who prosecutors are identifying as "Mia" jumped on Diddy's back to get him to stop in the 2013 or 2014 incident – but he was in such a rage that he threw them both off. Nash testified that Cassie was asleep on the couch and that an irate Combs was banging on the door until Nash opened it. Combs barged in and screamed at her for not answering her phone ahead of the OVO music festival in Toronto, which they were planning to attend together. Combs then grabbed Ventura Fine by the hair, pulling her off the couch, and hitting her "pretty hard," Nash testified. "He was in a rage." At one point as Combs was hitting her, Ventura Fine hit her head on the bed frame and blood began spurting out, Nash said. "When he noticed the blood he just panicked," Nash said of Combs. Then, an angry Combs said to them, "Look at what y'all made me do." Nash said he went to call 911 but was told to hang up. He didn't say who told him to do that. He said Combs announced that Ventura fine would go to a plastic surgeon with his security person, known as D-Roc. When Nash saw her the next day, "she had stitches on her forehead, a gash on her forehead." Nash described another violent incident in 2013 or 2014, when an angry Combs allegedly came to Ventura Fine's Los Angeles apartment, pleading with her to speak privately. After a few minutes, they emerged from her bedroom with Combs grabbing her by the hair and jacket and pushing her halfway out the door while yelling at her to get out of her own home. Nash said there were at least four security guards with Combs that night who initially blocked him from leaving the building, but they eventually let him drive Cassie to safety. But while they were in the vehicle, Combs called them and ordered them to pull over. When he caught up with Nash and Ventura Fine, Nash said the rapper came to the car window and again threatened to release footage of Ventura Fine having sex. He allegedly told his then-girlfriend that he "was the only one that protected her" as she wept. Nash told the court he helped Ventura Fine get into a cab to flee to a hotel. When he returned to his own home, Nash said Combs and his bodyguards entered and searched for Cassie, even looking in the closet and oven. Asked how many times he had helped Ventura Fine hide from Combs, Nash said, "Too many to count." Nash told the court he witnessed Combs threaten Ventura Fine multiple times, saying the rapper would talk about beating his then-girlfriend and refuse to release the music she was recording. He also said Combs threatened to send Ventura Fine's sex tapes to her parents' jobs and get them fired. "It drove her crazy. She would cry," he explained, saying that she would stay inside for days over the threats and "go into a cocoon." Those weren't the only controlling behaviors that Nash mentioned in his testimony. He recalled another intense incident when he and Ventura Fine were at a club with singer Rita Ora. Combs called Ventura Fine and demanded she immediately come to his home, in addition to telling Nash to stop spending time with Ventura Fine. Nash also explained that, as Ventura Fine's stylist, he always had to get Combs' approval on her outfits. Recalling one incident at a 2014 Oscars afterparty, Nash said when he and Ventura Fine arrived and her hair was down, Combs approached and said "I thought I told you that she needed to wear her hair up." Angrily, Combs grabbed Nash and lifted him up, he said, detailing his mad search around the party for hairpins to put Ventura Fine's hair up. When he found them and changed her look, Combs saw her and said "Oh, she does look better with her hair down," Nash testified. He also alleged Combs tried to control Cassie's music, testifying that when her mixtape "RockaByeBaby" was released for free online in 2013 and "did really well," Combs still refused to put it on any streaming platforms. Before breaking for lunch, jurors heard testimony from Deonte Nash, who worked as a stylist for Combs and Ventura Fine between 2009 and 2018. Nash was cheeky on the stand and quickly told prosecutors he didn't want to be in the courtroom. Nash said he became particularly close to Ventura Fine during his employment, and he heard Combs call her demeaning, sexist names multiple times. Combs as usually irate when he said these kinds of things, the stylist noted, and in response, "she would be sad, sometimes cry, sometimes go into a depression." Midway during court proceedings on May 28, Combs' lawyers moved for a mistrial, arguing that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop mogul had evidence tied to an alleged arson incident destroyed. Defense lawyer Alexandra Shapiro contended, without the jury present, that the line of questioning by prosecutors was designed to infer that "Mr. Combs could buy his way out of this (investigation into the break-in and firebombing at Mescudi's home). We believe the questions were designed to play right into that." U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian swiftly denied the request. "There was absolutely no testimony from the witness that was prejudicial in any way shape or form," Subramanian said. Los Angeles Police Department officer Chris Ignacio testified about Combs' alleged break-in at Mescudi's home. When Ignacio arrived at the house in Los Angeles on Dec. 22, 2011, he said he noticed a black Cadillac Escalade that "took off up the hill" when law enforcement arrived. When police searched Mescudi's home, the front door was unlocked and they noted a table had some "high-value watches and purses," but furniture and other belongings didn't look disturbed otherwise. As officers left, they saw the same Escalade coming down the hill. When the looked up the license plates on the vehicle, the registered owner was Bad Boy Productions, Combs' longtime business. Combs' lawyer Brian Steel pressed the police officer about the incident during his cross-examination. Ignacio clarified that he he hadn't seen a car chase – only the black vehicle pulling away from the house. He also told the court Mescudi hadn't mentioned any guns in the home, though previous witnesses including Clark and Ventura Fine said Combs brought a weapon with him during the alleged break-in. Lance Jimenez, an arson investigator for the Los Angeles Fire Department, took the stand May 28 to describe the explosion that wrecked Kid Cudi's Porsche. Jimenez confirmed a Molotov cocktail was responsible for the explosion, calling it a "makeshift firebomb." Jimenez said it appeared the canvas roof of the vehicle was cut before a glass bottle containing gasoline was dropped inside. Normally, the bottle used in a Molotov cocktail breaks and causes a larger explosion, Jimenez testified, but in this case the bottle remained intact. The witness said the flames easily could have spread to Mescudi's home had the bottle exploded from inside the vehicle. The makeshift bomb was made with an Old English malt liquor bottle and a "designer handkerchief," Jimenez said, describing the garment as having "fancy lines" and "silky material." "In my opinion, it was targeted," Jimenez said of the fire, noting that the car wasn't easily visible from the street. Another car also parked behind the Porche, which wasn't damaged at all in the flames. Jimenez said LAFD sent out a few of the items found on the scene for DNA testing. There was no DNA present on a disposable lighter or handkerchief, but on the glass bottle there was a "partial profile" of a "female contributor." However, officials haven't matched the DNA to a specific perpetrator. In the weeks after the arson incident, Jimenez said he reached out to Capricorn Clark and other potential witnesses several times. At one point, the LAPD arson investigator said Clark's brother answered her phone and told him to leave her alone. Jimenez said he also tried to reach out to Ventura Fine, but he was never able to get in touch. In cross-examination, Combs' lawyers returned to the potential hit for female DNA on the Molotov cocktail bottle used in the car explosion. They asked the investigator if the sample came back around the "same time you reached out to Capricorn Clark," and if this "would have been after you got this report," repeatedly implying it was Clark's DNA on the bottle. Jimenez said he didn't remember the exact timeline of when he received the DNA report, and that it could have been within six months to a year after the incident. Prosecutors Christy Slavik later confirmed with Jimenez that he reached out to Clark within weeks of the incident, but it was not because of the DNA report. Capricorn Clark, Combs' former assistant, alleged through tears on May 27 that he kidnapped her and threatened to kill her multiple times while she worked for him. Clark testified that she was once held against her will for five days after several pieces of jewelry went missing at the rapper's home. She said she was "petrified" and forced to take polygraph tests over and over again. Clark's testimony came after a slew of witnesses, including Ventura Fine's mother Regina Ventura, Danity Kane alum Dawn Richard and Mescudi, appeared in court last week to share harrowing accounts of Combs' alleged abuse. While taking the stand on May 22, Mescudi also alleged Combs broke into his home and locked his dog in a bathroom – and that his vehicle blew up in another incident – after Combs found out he was seeing Cassie. Diddy on trial newsletter: Step inside the courtroom as music mogul faces sex-crimes charges Combs is facing federal sex-crimes and trafficking charges in a sprawling lawsuit that has eroded his status as a power player and kingmaker in the entertainment industry. He was arrested in September 2024 and has been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all five counts. Racketeering is the participation in an illegal scheme under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute, or RICO, as a way for the U.S. government to prosecute organizations that contribute to criminal activity. Using RICO law, which is typically aimed at targeting multi-person criminal organizations, prosecutors allege that Combs coerced victims, some of whom they say were sex workers, through intimidation and narcotics to participate in "freak offs" — sometimes dayslong sex performances that federal prosecutors allege they have video of. The trial will not be televised, as cameras are typically not allowed in federal criminal trial proceedings. USA TODAY will be reporting live from the courtroom. Contributing: USA TODAY staff; Reuters If you are a survivor of sexual assault, RAINN offers support through the National Sexual Assault Hotline at (4673) and and en Español If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text "START" to 88788. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Diddy trial live updates: Cassie's friend says Diddy bashed her head
The Irish Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘He couldn't be bothered', jokes Ireland AM host as Alan Hughes missing from air AGAIN
IRELAND AM star Muireann O'Connell has made a dig at co-host Alan Hughes after he was missing on air AGAIN. The mainstay host, 61, has been absent from the hit breakfast show on Advertisement 2 Alan Hughes was missing from Ireland AM this morning 2 Ray Foley and Eric Roberts filled in for hosts today As today marks 10 years since Ireland became the As the group discussed how 10 years has passed since the same-sex marriage referendum, Muireann remarked: "Can you believe Alan Hughes is not here?" She added: "We were like, 'Alan will you not come in?' and he was like, 'Ugh no'." Advertisement READ MORE IN IRELAND AM Ray then joked: "Today is his holiday." Muireann then turned to face the camera and said: "No, to be fair Alan did so much for the referendum but, he just couldn't be bothered coming into work today." Monnine, who was a part of the team that pushed the Yes vote over the line in 2015, made sure to acknowledge Alan's presence in the LGBTQ+ community. She explained: "It was decades of work, starting with de-criminalisation in 1993, equality legislations in the 90s and noughties. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN "We had very little visiblity, so when you shout out people like Alan Hughes , you are so right, because people like Alan were always out there being visible. "They made sure that people didn't forget that we exist, so that was really important." Ireland AM stars left in stitches during intimate segment Later on in the Virgin Media studio, social media star news headlines. Eric made his debut on the show earlier this month, filming his first three-hour programme alongside Advertisement Now, the TELLY LAUGHS The 34-year-old was more than excited as he put his arm around Ray and exclaimed: "My first day on the job and he has been so friendly." A confused Ray asked: "It's not your first time is it?" Eric grinned: "Oh but with you it is." Advertisement Ray then hilariously looked down the camera and said: "I am going to make his morning a living hell, I'm going to make him regret this." Muireann could be heard in fits of laughter in the background as Eric humorously started edging away from Ray.
CTV News
21-05-2025
- CTV News
B.C. man needs 50 stitches after vicious dog attack
B.C. man needs 50 stitches after vicious dog attack The owners of two dogs that mauled a B.C. man out on his morning walk allegedly drove away, leaving him bloodied on the side of the road.
The Star
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Jennifer Lopez needed facial stitches due to AMAs rehearsal injuries
It's unclear what part of the show Jennifer Lopez was rehearsing when she injured herself and what particular injuries she sustained. Photos: Jennifer Lopez/Instagram Love might not cost a thing but performing sure does. Jennifer Lopez hurt herself during rehearsals for the American Music Awards she's hosting later this month and took to social media to show off her injuries, which required stitches. The Love Don't Cost A Thing singer, 55, shared multiple pictures of the aftermath on her Instagram stories late Tuesday. 'So this happened…' the Bronx-born star captioned a selfie in which she presses an ice pack against her right eye. '(During @amas rehearsals),' Lopez captioned a subsequent selfie, highlighting a cut on her nose and her bruised eyes. In a third photo, Lopez, looking dolled up, posed beside facial plastic surgeon Dr Jason B. Diamond, who she thanked for 'stitching me up.' She added: 'A week later and a whole lotta ice, I'm good as new.' It's unclear what part of the show Lopez was rehearsing when she injured herself and what particular injuries she sustained. The multi-hyphenate will host and perform during the AMAs in Las Vegas on May 26. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
