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Victoria Beckham is set to pose naked for US Vogue magazine.
The former Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer - who is pregnant with her fourth child - is reportedly considering exposing her baby bump on the front cover of the prestigious publication, an idea that has won the approval of its editor Anna Wintour.
A source told Britain's Star magazine: "Knowing Victoria, she'll do something completely unique with it. It's not a very Vogue thing to do, but the team can make it work and make it 'fashion'. Anna's apparently really keen on it. Everyone's expecting it to fly off the shelves. Victoria's a huge style icon."
If Victoria does bare all, she will be following in the footsteps of Demi Moore - who famously posed naked on the front cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 1991 when she was pregnant with daughter Scout - but the 36-year-old star wants her photos to be different.
The source continued: "There's a real buzz going around about it. Although nothing's been officially signed yet, Victoria would want to be sure she's the sexiest pregnant woman to ever
grace a magazine cover. It will be a huge boost to her career from a fashion point of view."
However, Victoria - who is rumoured to be expecting a little sister for her three sons - is reportedly keen to the shoot on her own and not included soccer star husband David in it.
The source said: "This Vogue idea is Vic's baby. She'd rather eat her own hair extensions than have David anywhere near it! She wants to do this on her own."
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The winner of the US version of 'The X Factor' will land a $5 million contract.
Show supremo Simon Cowell is excited to be offering the biggest guaranteed prize in television history, and has also revealed the programme will welcome auditionees aged from just 12.
He said: "I like the idea that a 12 year old on this show can compete with an older singer and a singing group.
"I've never believed there should be a cut-off age for talent, and we are going to put our money where our mouths are with the $5m recording contract. I'm doing this show in America because I genuinely believe we can find a superstar."
On the UK version of the show - where winners land a £1 million record deal - contestants must be aged at least 16 to enter, though for two seasons the minimum age was reduced to 14 years old.
Simon, 51, quit rival US TV talent show 'American Idol' - which has an age limit of 15-28 - to launch 'The X Factor', which makes its television debut in the autumn.
Auditions for the programme begin in March, though details of who will join Simon on the judging panel have yet to be revealed.
As with the US version of the show, both groups and solo artists will be able to compete.
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Katie Price has attacked ex-husband Peter Andre for "publicity" seeking after stories about a burn on their three-year-old daughter were revealed.
Lawyers had been called in after Peter failed to get an adequate explanation for the burn on Princess Tiaamii - which he discovered when putting her to bed - but the former glamour model has hit back, saying he is trying to portray her as a bad mother.
In a statement on her website, she said: "I am just so sad, and so sorry, to have to respond publically to the article and my ex-husbands statement. I will take whatever insults my ex-husband wishes to heap on me but I will not accept him portraying me as a bad mother.
"I hope this puts to an end the ridiculous stories about my wanting my ex-husband back. I repeat the request to my ex-husband that we withdraw the children from the public eye and ask that every scraped knee, bruised elbow and tear of childhood is not used to score points. (sic)"
'Behind Closed Doors' singer Peter claims to not know anything about the three-inch wound when his daughter and five-year-old son Junior came to his home, but Katie says he was informed about the injury, which was caused in a "fluke accident" in the upmarket Swiss ski resort Klosters.
The 32-year-old star - who also has an eight-year-old son, Harvey, from a previous relationship - said: "Princess has in fact got a minor burn under her armpit that she received in a fluke accident when she was in Klosters. At that time she was with my mother and my sister and had (unbeknown to my sister) followed my sister to retrieve pyjamas left to warm.
"My ex-husband was made aware of this incident when we returned from Klosters."
However, the 37-year-old star has claimed suggestions he knew about the burn are false, and it is "completely untrue" he is using the act for publicity.
He said: "I was dealing with this privately. I won't be accused of using an accident to gain publicity. That's completely untrue.
"For the record, Princess came back from a skiing trip with a bad burn on her back. No one had contacted me to tell me."
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Duffy once went on a 48-hour drinking binge.
The 26-year-old singer was affected badly by her parents break-up at the age of 15 and dealt with it by rebelling - getting body piercings and even stealing a boat.
She said: "From 15 to 18, I did everything from body piercing to going on 48-hour binge-drink beach parties, to stealing someone's boat late at night and rowing it from one place to another when we were drunk, to jumping on a milk float at 4am for a lift home.
"My mum and I didn't speak for months."
Discussing her career, the Welsh-beauty confesses she came close to quitting after the success of her first album 'Rockferry' because she couldn't make "decisions" about the way she wanted her fame to go.
She said: "Life had got so complicated. I found it difficult to operate in the music industry as a 25-year-old woman.
"I couldn't make a decision because apparently I was very 'tired' and 'emotionally drained'. And what am I doing my job for? I'm not doing it to be adored or admired, to make money or be successful - I'm doing it to do something of excellence.
"So I did think, 'Maybe I won't do this at all'.
However after splitting with her former manager, Duffy managed to get back to doing what she wanted, and she now admits she is happier than ever with boyfriend, rugby player Michael Phillips.
She told You: "Without sounding corny, the closest I've got to a home is Michael. When I'm with him, my shoulders drop and I can breathe."
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Peter Andre has called in lawyers after he found his daughter Princess Tiaamii with a three-inch burn on her back.
The 37-year-old singer was unable to ascertain how the injury was caused by his ex-wife Katie Price and decided to get in legal help when she did not respond to his texts.
A representative of Peter's said: "Princess arrived at Pete's house with a burn on her body he hadn't been made aware of. He has been trying to find out how she sustained the injury.
"When he was unable to get a response from Princess' mother he decided to deal with it legally. But needless to say, he's very concerned."
According to the Sunday Mirror, the wound was caused in a sauna Katie had taken her three-year-old daughter too while she was on holiday in Klosters, Switzerland, following news of her break-up with husband Alex Reid.
A source said: "She was in a sauna with her mum and sister when Princess ran in and burnt her back on something.
"We're not sure what it was but suspect it could have been a hot pipe. Katie was devastated to see her little girl in pain."
Peter noticed the burn after Princess and son Junior, five, were dropped off to stay at his house and he was preparing them for bed.
He was concerned the burn was not dressed and took her to the doctors the next day, and has since met with lawyers to get reassurances about the safety of the children when they are not in his care.
A source said: "Like any caring father, he just wants to know his children are happy at home. But when he hears that Princess is allowed to enter a sauna and burn herself it is not encouraging."
Katie's spokesperson responded she was upset the issue had been made public.
The representative added: "Katie is deeply saddened that a minor accident that was explained has been turned into a public issue. Princess is fine."
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