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  • Dangerous curves! Imogen Thomas shows off her pregnancy figure as she steps out in skin-tight lycra outfit

    She's only months away from giving birth but Imogen Thomas isn't about to give up her tight fitting clothes any time soon.

    The glamour model stepped out his morning (Friday) to pick up some dry-cleaning, wearing skin-tight, stone wash leggings and a tight grey tank top.

    Clinging to her curves: Imogen collects some dry cleaning from her boyfriend's after last night's Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards

    The TV star seemed to be wearing a pair of high-waisted maternity leggings which pulled in her growing stomach although she didn't seem to be too worried about her ample chest as she went bra-free.

    Heavily pregnant Imogen put together a more demure look as she attended the Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards last night.

    The brunette reality star might have more to consider when it comes to dress for the red carpet but she made sure that she stood out for all the right reasons.

    Skin tight: Imogen's not afraid to show off her changing figure as she wears skinny jeans and a clinging tank top to run some errands

    Imogen went for a more conservative look, covering up her considerable assets in a tight-fitting high-necked dress. A look that certainly suited her.

    The party-loving star looked striking in the aqua marine dress with a frilly black trim about the neck.

    The stretchy calf-length dress clung to the 29-year-old in all the right places, and accentuated the growth of her bump.

    Aqua marine queen: Imogen covers up in demure green dress for the awards ceremony

    Red carpet ready: Imogen Thomas smiles for the cameras at the Comfort Prima High Street Awards at Battersea Evolution

    Although the classy dress was a more demure look than usual for the topless model, Imogen went to town on her make-up, pairing bright red lips with heavy eye liner and sparkling bronzer.

    While slightly more cautious pregnant women may have opted for a flat or lower shoe, Imogen is a dab hand at walking in skyscrapers and donned a pair of studded black shoes for the award ceremony.

    The Welsh TV star wore a pair of black high-heeled boots when she stepped out last month but has been sticking to trainers and flat shoes for the last few weeks.

    Let's see those jazz hands! Emma Watson shows American chat show host Jimmy Fallon her moves

    She may have bade farewell to Hermione, but Emma Watson can still cast quite a spell.

    The beguiling Brit's latest victim is chat show host and comedian, Jimmy Fallon, who danced up a storm with the Harry Potter star on his show last night.

    This included jazz hands from Singin' in the Rain, the carnival sequence from Grease and the Dirty Dancing lift.

    Later she tweeted: 'Danced with [Jimmy Fallon] tonight. #anotherboxticked.'

    The Perks of a Wallflower is a coming-of-age story based on the bestselling novel by Stephen Chbosky, and sees Emma star alongside Logan and Ezra of We Need to Talk About Kevin fame in the story of an introvert freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors.

    Emma plays the role of Sam, Patrick's (played by Miller) free-spirited step-sister, whom Charlie (played by Lerman) falls for.

    What a hoot: The stars obviously enjoyed performing with one anotherTalking about the movie recently, Emma said she is hoping it allows her fans to see a different side to her, rather than her Harry Potter alter-ego Hermione.

    She said: 'I hope what Harry Potter fans can see is that I am able to transform, that there are other sides of me that perhaps they haven't seen yet, and that they might allow me a little bit of room.

    'Just doing American really is different. People have said to me that they keep forgetting it's me when they see the movie, which for me is more than enough. That's a success in itself for me, really.'

    Tea and sympathy for Kate as she puts on a brave smile but grim-faced William shows his anger after topless photo outrage

    She had every right to be grim faced after a French magazine published topless pictures of her on holiday.

    But in a show of unbelievable strength the Duchess of Cambridge managed to smile and laugh her way through a Diamond Jubilee tea party at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

    Kate, wearing an elegant ice blue lace dress by Alice Temperley, her hair pulled back in a bun and held in place with pearl-headed pins, sipped tea and chatted to several guests including shoe designer Jimmy Choo.

    The couple announced this afternoon they had launched legal proceedings against the publisher of the French magazine.

    Earlier, Kate appeared determined not to let the strain of the morning’s revelations show, smiling, laughing and chatting to Mr Choo without an apparent care in the world – although William at times did appear to have the weight of the world on his shoulders.

    Mr Choo, who no longer has links with the company he created but says he still designs as ‘it is in his blood’ said: ‘I am very proud and delighted to have been invited.

    'She is an absolutely beautiful person both inside and out. Very much like Prince’s William’s mother.’

    Mr Choo worked with Diana, Princess of Wales for seven years and said Kate very much reminded him of her.

    ‘They are both elegant and wear fashion well but most importantly are very caring people inside which is why they appear so beautiful in public,’ he said.

    Surprisingly the pair did not discuss shoes at length when they met but talked about the importance of education for young people, an issue Mr Choo is campaigning about on an international level and the duchess takes a keen interest in.

    But he admitted that he would love to create for her. ‘Who wouldn’t? She is the style icon of her generation,’ he said.

    ‘She also told me how much she was loving visiting my country which made me very proud indeed.’

    The Duke and the Duchess also watched a traditional Malay tea pouring ceremony before heading to the next leg of their south east Asia tour.

    Away from the tea party the young Royals showed the strain of the day's revelations and appeared downcast as they left for the airport.

    UFC 152: Burning Questions Heading into Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort Fight Card

    There's no reason to rehash the sordid story that left us with the first event to ever be canceled in UFC history. All we need to know is that when the full history of the UFC is written, there will be an asterisk next to UFC 151, noting that the event never took place.

    All the fights on that ill-fated fight card have found a new home, which is a positive. The negative is that the main event between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson is not going to take place, due to a knee injury Henderson suffered while training.  Instead, Jones will defend his title against Vitor Belfort in the main event of UFC 152.

    The full lineup for the September 22 fight card, which will take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, looks like this:

    Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort

    Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson

    Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann

    Matt Hamill vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

    Charles Oliveira vs. Cub Swanson

    Vinny Magalhaes vs. Igor Pokraja

    Evan Dunham vs. T.J. Grant

    Lance Benoist vs. Sean Pierson

    Marcus Brimage vs. Jim Hettes

    Seth Baczynski vs. Simeon Thoresen

    Mitch Gagnon vs. Walel Watson

    Charlie Brenneman vs. Kyle Noke

    What follows are questions we have heading into UFC 152.

    UFC 153 Fight Card: Anderson Silva Headlines the Worst Main Event in UFC History

    There's a lot to admire about Stephan Bonnar. He's a competent television announcer and a good storyteller who helps fans understand what it takes to compete inside the cage. He was a pretty solid fighter, too, combining with Forrest Griffin in the finale of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter to let the world in on a little secret—MMA is awesome.

    I've seen Bonnar described over and over again as "tough as nails." That captures his essence, for good or ill. He will never back down, that much is true. But unfortunately for the journeyman light heavyweight, it's mostly a nice way of saying Bonnar's good at getting punched in the face.


    A fighter who all but announced his retirement after his last bout—that's what Bonnar is. What he isn't, however, is more germane to this discussion.

    He isn't going to suddenly become a major player at the box office.

    And he isn't worthy of a fight with the greatest of all time, middleweight champion Anderson Silva who will step up a weight class to take on Bonnar in Brazil.


    This fight is a lose-lose proposition for the UFC. Despite the addition of Silva, I don't think this card will perform well on pay-per-view. At the box office, it's already a lost cause. Fans expect Silva to decimate Bonnar, which is likely what will happen.

    It's not the worst thing that could happen if you're the UFC, though. There remains an even more devastating option.

    Bonnar, who opened as a +5,500 underdog courtesy of comedians on Twitter (meaning you'd win $5,500 on a $100 Bonnar bet), could conceivably do the impossible. With four-ounce gloves, anything can happen in the Octagon.

    What if Bonnar manages to clip  Silva? What if he slices him open the way fellow underdog Vitor Belfort once took the light heavyweight belt from Randy Couture on a fluke cut?

    It's not likely, but the sport is designed for the unlikely to happen. A Silva loss would be nothing short of catastrophic for the UFC. The legacy he's built over the years? It won't disappear, but it will be tarnished if he loses to a never-was such as Bonnar.

    Passing the torch to the next champion is one thing. Losing to a guy who never made it to the top of the sport? Ask Fedor Emelianenko how that works out for your place in history.

    Supporting this awful main event is a light heavyweight fight between the relatively unknown Glover Teixeira (18-2) and Fabio Maldonado (18-5). Maldonado steps in for Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who departed stage right due to an injury.

    I love this fight in many ways. It should be a compelling scrap between two really tough guys. But Maldonado has actually lost his last two fights and sports a UFC record of just 1-2. Teixeira only has one fight in the UFC. One!

    Britney Spears And Simon Cowell Talk Rebooted 'The X Factor' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

    Simon Cowell And Britney Spears Talk About The Rebooted 'X Factor' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

    Britney Spears and Simon Cowell sat down with "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to talk about the premiere of the new season of "The X Factor." With a major overhaul of the judging panel and the still-to-be-decided host situation, the show is notably different than it was during its debut season.

    When Kimmel said he found it surprising that Cowell would choose Demi Lovato to join the panel because she was kind of loony, Cowell retorted, "I like working with loony people."

    "Oh God, I'm great then," Spears quipped.

    Of Spears, Cowell said, "She’s been a revelation on the show. She’s been superb."

    Certainly, it seemed to be all about Britney, HuffPost TV pointed out, writing, "The host-free opening montage dedicated a fair amount of airtime to roaming through the crowd … cutting to hordes of fans who screamed and cried like they were witnessing the second coming of Elvis when Britney entered the arena."

    Critics seem to be on board the Spears train as well, with EW praising her for not overdoing it, and saying "she looked comfortable." Could she and Lovato be the shot in the arm the show needs to get viewers excited?

    Keep tuning in to "The X Factor" to find out, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Catch "Jimmy Kimmel Live" weeknights at 12 a.m. ET on ABC.

    'Sons of Anarchy': 5 things first-timers should know to jump into the season 5 premiere

    Tonight, Sons of Anarchy returns with an explosive, emotional fifth season premiere (FX, 10 p.m. ET). Since we’ve already given diehards plenty of intel on season 5, let’s talk to the people who’ve heard how great this EWwy-nominated show is (Ken Tucker gives it an an A- in the current issue of EW) but haven’t had a chance to catch up. Here are five things you need to know in order to jump in tonight.

    1. The show is influenced by Hamlet. The kingdom is SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original), and Clay (Ron Perlman) became president of it by killing John Teller, the father of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and husband to Gemma (Katey Sagal) who thought the club had lost its way. Clay married Gemma, and they were the King and Queen of Charming, Calif., making Jax the prince. Last season, Jax’s surgeon fiancĂ©e Tara (Maggie Siff) had possession of letters John Teller had written that could have implicated Clay and Gemma in his murder. Tara shared them with Piney (William Lucking), who founded SAMCRO with John, and Clay killed Piney to silence him. Clay then put a hit out on Tara — she survived, but was left with nerve damage to her hand and the feeling that she was now trapped in this life that she and Jax had both planned to escape. When Gemma confronted Clay about the hit (which was attempted when Tara was with Jax and Gemma’s two young grandchildren), he beat her. Full disclosure, Gemma had fired a gun at him. Deciding Clay couldn’t be saved, Gemma told Jax about Clay’s involvement in his father’s death and the attempt on Tara and asked him to kill him. Jax wanted to but couldn’t…

    2. Clay must live — for now. Clay, wanting to bank big money before his arthritic hands give out and he can no longer ride, got the gun-dealing club involved with the Galindo Cartel muling cocaine. When the club was about to be busted by the ADA (more on that below), we found out that the cartel’s muscle men (Danny Trejo and Benito Martinez) are actually working with the CIA, which is subsidizing Galindo. They need the cartel to get into business with the Sons’ IRA contacts — and the Irish Kings will only do that if Clay is still at the table. The CIA will keep the Sons clear of RICO charges as long as that Galindo-Irish deal happens, but Jax can’t tell anyone about the CIA’s involvement.

    3. Jax is president of SAMCRO, and Clay is literally on oxygen. Having learned from former police chief Unser (Dayton Callie) — who’s more loyal to Gemma than to Clay now — that Clay had killed his father, Piney’s son Opie (Ryan Hurst) shot Clay twice in the chest. Clay survived but Jax stripped him of his president’s patch and spit in his face in the hospital. As creator Kurt Sutter has told us, “I think we’ll see a broken Clay at the beginning of the season and, interestingly enough, as difficult as this might be for some people to wrap their head around, I think you’re gonna see a very contrite Clay…. I think you’ll see a much more humbled, and obviously more physically and emotionally vulnerable Clay.” As of now, Opie wants nothing to do with Jax or the club, which believes Piney was killed by a rival cartel.

    Kathy Bates Breast Cancer: Actress Undergoes Double Mastectomy

    Kathy Bates revealed earlier this year that she battled cancer several years ago, and now the former "Harry's Law" star confirmed to People that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy.

        "After much consideration, I underwent a double mastectomy," the Academy Award-winning actress reveals. "Luckily, I don't have to undergo radiation or chemo. My family calls me Kat because I always land on my feet and thankfully this is no exception."

    Unfortunately, cancer is something Bates has faced before. She was diagnosed -- and beat --ovarian cancer just nine years ago, but only shared the news publicly in March.

    "Nobody else really knows what you're going through except another cancer patient," she told Anderson Cooper on his show, "Anderson." "Even though your family's supportive and surrounds you, I just got to the point where I would go to chemo by myself and just really go through it on my own."

    Gas prices hit $9.99 in protest by station owners

    Durango Weeks of Lawnside, N.J., didn’t think there was anything unusual this afternoon when he pulled into a Lukoil station outside Philadelphia until he took a look at the price, which stunned him. It was $9.99 a gallon.

    “My (fuel) light was on,” he said, adding that had he noticed the price he would have filled up elsewhere.

    Weeks had stumbled on an unusual protest by more than 50 Lukoil franchise owners in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who more than doubled their prices to protest what they consider to be the unfair practices of the Russian-owned oil company.

    At issue is Lukoil’s practice of  “zone pricing,” in which the company sells gasoline to  stations in close proximity to one another at prices that can vary by as much as 25 cents a gallon, according to the New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-Automotive Association. The practice is driving customers to buy their gasoline at cheaper stations, eroding the business at Lukoil franchises, according to the franchisees.

    “I feel they have been gouging us,” said Kay Kezbari, who owns a franchise in the Philadelphia suburb of Mount Laurel, N.J, adding that his colleagues have been “begging” Lukoil to lower prices. “We are not looking to get rich.  I am trying to survive.”


    Kezbari's usually busy station was mostly deserted Wednesday, although a few motorists were filling up, perhaps not noticing the posted price.

    Lukoil, for its part,  accused the the trade group of distorting its views. The company  defended zone pricing in a statement as a “commercially reasonable practice used by gasoline marketers for many years, which is fully compliant with New Jersey statutes."  A company spokesman could not immediately be reached for further comment.

    Though most gas station owners depend for their profits on convenience items rather than fuel sales, they depend on gas to draw customers in so they can purchase higher-margin items and services such as automotive repair. Franchisees, many of whom are immigrants, usually invest six figures in their businesses including yearly fees.

    The action by the Lukoil station owners is unprecedented and represents the culmination of years of frustration with the oil company, said Sal Risalvato, executive director of the station owners group.

    “They have suffered with image problems and high prices that are making them uncompetitive,” he said.  “Enough is enough.”

    Paloma Faith & 'Fall To Grace': British Sensation Looks To Land Softly In The States

    Paloma Faith, the British chanteuse who wrote one of her biggest songs after falling in love with a busker singing Tracy Chapman tracks, has arrived in the States.

    Faith is already a staple among American Anglophiles (perhaps she's even replacing Alex Turner on iPhone lock-screens), but for those who have yet to acquaint themselves with Faith, a quick rapsheet: She ran with the Olympic torch in red stilletos, mentored contestants on Britain's "The Voice," crooned on every major television show (from Jools Holland to Graham Norton), released an album that's still charting in the top five on U.K. charts and received the ever-elusive stamp of approval from Prince (the man who kicked Kim Kardashian off his stage).

    But the trip across the pond is always difficult. One Direction notwithstanding, a host of extremely successful Britpop and rock stars have tried to make it in America and failed. Cheryl Cole, a judge on the U.K. "X-Factor" who has earned first-name status in many circles, decided to neither tour nor release her album in the States.

    But Faith's not so scared. "I've had quite a lot of preparation, just naturally by default in that I've had one record out already, which didn't come out over there," she told HuffPost Entertainment. "I've almost had the luxury of being able to experience what it would be like on a small scale and I've been able to make a lot of mistakes and not be under an international world microscope at the time that I made them."

    The singer has already performed in America, most recently at Joe's Pub in New York. She's touring in support of Fall to Grace, on which her performance has been described as "singing the bejesus out of these big, open-hearted tunes."

    Faith rightly bristles at the suggestion that Adele opened the American market for British singers. "I think she's an incredible talent, but what paved the way for British artists was Amy Winehouse's Back to Black," she said. "I'm wholeheartedly sure that that was what opened America up to start listening for British voices."

    And it's Winehouse -- not Adele or any boldface name from a previous invasion -- that most directly foreshadowed Faith's career. From the wide, lush sound to the sensual, anachronistic style (Faith says she's excited to visit vintage shops in the States), Winehouse's landing in America reintroduced pop audiences to jazz. The hooks on both Winehouse and Faith's songs are restrained when set against Adele's ever-reaching soars. The imagery is also less opaque: Faith's "30 Minute Love Affair," the song about the busker, is journalistic when compared to "Rolling in the Deep."

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