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UFC fighters visit Dearborn, Mich., urging Arab Americans to vote for Trump

DEARBORN, Mich. — UFC fighters came to the city with America’s largest proportion of Arab Americans — just hours after Donald Trump visited a Lebanese café down the street — urging them to vote Republican to secure peace in the Middle East. Arab-American attendees packed the tables of Sheeba, a Yemeni restaurant, Friday to see Rashad...

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Rivals star Emily Atack threw X-rated parties at parents’ pad as a teen – and her pals were banned from attending

RIVALS star Emily Atack has revealed she held raunchy parties at her parents’ house when she was a teenager where pals lost their virginities.

The comedian and actress – who stars as Sarah Stratton in the sex-mad Disney+ drama – was known her wild parties which often turned into bonkfests.

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Emily Atack has opened up about her raunchy house parties as a teenager – with one incident leaving mums talking for weeks at the school gates[/caption]
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Emily’s character in Rivals is interrupted during a game of naked tennis with Rupert Campbell Black, who is played by Alex Hassell[/caption]

Emily, 34, said the antics at the events were so wild that her friends had to hide the fact they were going to the Luton native’s house from their own families.

Recalling the boozy get-togethers, the mum-of-one said: “Everyone at school had to lie to their parents about where they were going because people lost their virginity, drinking, smoking.”

Appearing on Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains, she told how one teenage girl had projectile vomited on her dad’s belongings during an intimate encounter.

The former Inbetweeners star explained: “I remember my dad, he was a guitarist for Bonnie Tyler at the time and he was touring the world with Bonnie Tyler and there was a time where he had left his stuff, he was going away the next day.

“He layed out all of his stuff, like his suitcase, all of his clothes, everything and a couple had gone into the room and was sh*****g in the bed and then the girl threw up pink vomit all over my dad’s stuff, like all over.

“It was all insane.”

But one ‘scandal’ involving a sex toy left the local mums aghast – and talking for weeks on end at the school gates.

Emily said: “One party, someone said ‘oh what’s in that cupboard up there on the wall’ and I’d never looked in there I was like ‘I don’t know let’s have a look’ and we opened it and there was a massive d***o in there, I don’t know whose it was.

“And so everyone was passing it around, throwing it around and rubbing it in people’s faces and all that.

“Then I said ‘right, let’s go put it on the neighbour’s car up the road’, and so we all put bomber jackets on and we all legged it up the road and we stuck it on top of a neighbour’s car.

“For weeks people were talking about it really seriously, going ‘we need to find out where this d***o has come from’ and I would hear the mums at all the meetings talking about it and at the school gates.”

Last month Rivals fans watched as Emily’s character Sarah Stratton could be seen indulging in a game of naked tennis with her charmer Rupert Campbell Black, who is played by Alex Hassell.

Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains is on Monday night at 9pm on Comedy Central.

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Dua Lipa completes new project ahead of singer’s debut stadium tour

SHE’S already treated fans to a bumper year with her third album Radical Optimism and an epic headline set at Glastonbury.

But Dua Lipa isn’t quite done with 2024 just yet.

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Singer Dua Lipa’s live album was recorded at her one-off Royal Albert Hall gig
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I can reveal the New Rules singer will release her first ever live album as she looks ahead to her debut ­stadium tour in the coming days.

The record will be released in just a few weeks and was recorded at her one-off Royal Albert Hall gig in London last month.

The special show saw Dua belt out her biggest hits, flanked by the 53-piece Heritage Orchestra, a 14-strong choir and her own seven-piece band.

During the gig she was joined by music legend Elton John for a performance of their 2021 hit single Cold Heart.

The concert will air later this year as an ITV special called An Evening With Dua Lipa.

However, unlike the channel’s other An ­Audience With shows, such as Adele and Kylie’s, Dua is not expected to take questions from the crowd.

Instead the programme will follow a concert film format.

A source said: “Dua wanted to give something back to her fans after an amazing year.

“She’s dabbled with live releases before, such as with her Brit Awards performance but this is the first time she will release a full live album.

“It’s expected to be announced in the coming weeks.”

Next week Dua will kick off her Radical Optimism tour, with two nights at the Singapore Indoor ­Stadium.

The mammoth run reaches the UK next summer when Dua will play two sold-out shows at Wembley Arena as well as a couple of dates at ­Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.

Bring it on.

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Former British boxing champion shares heartbreaking news after son found dead in his flat with family devastated

FORMER boxer Rendall Munroe has announced the tragic death of his son.

The former British super bantamweight champion shared the heartbreaking update on Sunday evening.

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Rendall Munroe has shared the shock death of his son[/caption]
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Munroe faced Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC super bantamweight in 2010[/caption]

Munroe, known affectionately as The Boxing Binman, enjoyed a decade-long career in the ring.

He hung up his gloves in 2014 and formerly held the EBU and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight titles.

The 44-year-old, who is now a boxing trainer, took to his social media on Sunday to share a devastating personal update.

He revealed his son Tiela, who was in his mid-20s and a former youth footballer with Leicester City, had been found dead on October 25.

Munroe wrote on X: “Myself and [partner] Lisha have not said anything.

“But we think it’s time to say as people have heard but don’t know what to say or how to ask if it’s true.

“Friday 25th are[sic] first born Tiela was found in his flat dead.

“Myself, mum, brother and sister are heartbroken at this moment in time.”

Tiela was honoured during Thursday night boxing at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena, where Munroe’s fighter Sean Bruce was taking on Callum Singh.

Munroe hails from Leicester and spent the majority of his early career balancing his boxing with working as a bin man.

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Munroe was known as The Boxing Binman due to his day job[/caption]

He eventually packed in his refuse work when he got the call to challenge Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC super-bantamweight title in Japan in 2010.

He recalled in an interview with talkSPORT: “Mike and Jay [Shinfield, my trainers] said to me, ‘Look, you need to concentrate more on the boxing now’.

“It was the wrong thing to do because I used to like being a ‘normal person’.

“I liked being a boxer for a training camp, eight weeks, and then I’m just Rendall, back on the bins – a normal guy.

“After [the Nishioka fight], everything became boxing. You’re bored in the daytime but can’t train because you’d over-train.

“I was always very active, so it messed me up a little. I started going for runs when I didn’t need to.

“When I retired [in 2014], I went back and they told me I had no job.”

Munroe finished his pro career with 28 wins from 34 fights, with 11 victories by KO.

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Strictly reveals sixth celeb to be axed after high scoring couple end up in the dance off for first time

STRICTLY Come Dancing has revealed the sixth celebrity to be axed after another shock dance off.

The two couples who found themselves in the bottom two tonight have never been in the dance off before.

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Strictly Come Dancing has revealed the sixth celebrity to be axed after another shock dance off[/caption]
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Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin were sent home by the judges[/caption]
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The couple had danced an American Smooth to Love Story by Taylor Swift during Icons Week[/caption]

And one, Montell Douglas, was a shock to see there having finished in the top half on the leaderboard after Saturday night’s live show with pro partner Johannes Radebe.

She went up against Sam Quek in the dance off, and ultimately, the judges opted to send the former England hockey player and her pro partner Nikita Kuzmin home.

Sam and Nikita danced an American Smooth to Love Story by Taylor Swift as part of Strictly’s first ever Icons Week, and ended up third from bottom of the leaderboard with 29 points.

Meanwhile Montell and Johannes danced a Waltz to I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston and scored an impressive 35 points, placing them fourth on the leaderboard.

However the public vote changed all that and saw the two women end up dancing again.

After they had performed, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke unanimously voted to save Montell and Johannes.

Speaking to host Tess Daly after the decision was made, Sam said: “I’m gutted, I just want to say thank you. I’ve learned so much.

“Strictly has just brought that spring in my step back. It’s just been an absolute joy.”

Speaking to her partner, she added: “Nikita, you’ve been key in helping me find that inner Sam that was there, who went a little bit quiet for maybe one or two years and has just come back.

“I’m gutted because I do feel like I still have more to give.”

Nikita said: “I’m just in awe of this girl. Sometimes they say it’s about the journey, not the destination, but to me it’s about the company.

“Sam you are the most wonderful company I could have had.”

The feeling was mutual as Sam replied: “I’m guilty of watching the competition and thinking ‘how do they have that relationship as a celebrity and a dancer?’

“All I can say is, the time you spend with each other and what you bring out in each other.

“It really is, and it sounds dead cheesy, magical.”

Strictly Specials

  • Movies Week – Each year the cast of dancers on the show perform spellbinding routines to an iconic movie soundtrack or hit song associated with the big-screen blockbusters. Previous films to have been featured include The Sound of Music, Bridget Jones’ Diary and Clueless.
  • Musicals Week – In a similar vein to Movies, the cast perform routines inspired by hit stage musicals each year on the show.
  • Halloween Week – Things take a seriously spooky turn as the show transforms into a haven for Halloween towards the end of October. With some bone-chilling costumes and sometimes terrifying routines, it proves to be a fan favourite week year-on-year.
  • Blackpool Week – As the show hits Blackpool Tower, things get even more over-the-top. Huge props, backing dancers and extra special effects flood the ballroom for the extra special week.
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Sam said she felt she had more to give and was gutted to be leaving the competition[/caption]

Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.

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