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UK NEWS: BIG BROTHER WINNER BRIAN BELO QUITS PANTO OVER ‘BULLYING’

The Thurrock Gazette reports that 2007 Big Brother winner Brain Belo has quit the pantomime Aladdin. Belo (24) had bagged the role of the genie but later walked out claiming he was being bullied by his co-stars and theatre staff.  His mother Sue said her son had been reduced to tears after his house keys, script and costume were repeatedly hidden in his dressing room. Click HERE to read more… https://twitter.com/#!/chrissyintrigue/status/152017954970664961 https://twitter.com/#!/chrissyintrigue/status/152022161685614592 Why would anybody want to bully Brian?  This is sad if true.

UK NEWS: OXFORD STREET STABBING – 11 PEOPLE ARRESTED / VICTIM NAMED

The teenager who was brutally stabbed to death yesterday during the Boxing Day Christmas sales on Oxford Street has been officially named. Witnesses say 18-year-old Seydou Diarrassou was among a group of youths when he was stabbed inside the Foot Locker store ‘over a box of trainers’.  He then managed to stagger outside before collapsing in the street. Scotland Yard said today that five 19-year-olds, three 17-year-olds, two 22-year-olds and one 16-year-old are among the eleven people who have been arrested in connection with []

UK NEWS: MAYFAIR NIGHT CLUB WHISKY MIST “ALLEGEDLY” OPERATES A ‘NO BLACKS ALLOWED’ POLICY (WELL…UNLESS YOU’RE A FOOTBALLER OR A RAPPER)

Jump Off TV personality DJ Snips revealed via twitter today that he had been told by Whisky Mist club management that if he wanted to host an event at the popular night spot that ‘black people were not welcome‘. Angry Snips then went on to tweet Understand when u rave in the west in a club that plays hip hop but there are less that 10% black folk in there that it's not coincidence — Snips / Livin Proof (@snipstweets) December 13, 2011 []

UK NEWS: ACTOR NOEL CLARKE RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE

Thanks to the @UEL_News #UELGrad2011 for my honorary doctorate degree. Congrats to all the real grads out there. N thanks to @shazzard — Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) November 17, 2011 Actor, writer, director, BAFTA Award winner and Godfather of UK “Urban” film Noel Clarke today received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from The University of East London at the O2. Judging by some of the tweets posted by over excited graduates anybody would have thought that Will Smith had flown in to attend the []

CASTING CALL FOR SOMALI ACTORS TO PLAY PIRATES IN NEW TOM HANKS FILM

The film is called Maersk Alabama, will star two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and is directed by Paul Greengrass. Pay category: Paid (above Equity) Production dates: 13th February 2012 for 12 weeks UK Casting director : Dan Hubbard Producers: Gregory Goodman, Mike Deluca, Dana Brunetti Director: Paul Greengrass Location: USA Roles MUST BE GENUINE SOMALI AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK SOMALI FLUENTLY. MUSI (Male) – 25yrs. MUST BE GENUINE SOMALI AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK SOMALI FLUENTLY. NO EXCEPTIONS. ACTORS SHOULD IDEALLY []

UK NEWS: LEVI ROOTS ADMITS TO LYING ABOUT REGGAE REGGAE SAUCE RECIPE

Levi Roots admitted in the High Court yesterday that he lied about the origins of his Reggae Reggae Sauce recipe. Via The Guardian The Reggae Reggae sauce entrepreneur Levi Roots has admitted that he lied on Dragons’ Den when he claimed that the recipe had been handed down by his grandmother. Roots denied that he stole the recipe from his former best friend Tony Bailey, who claims it was his secret recipe that was taken on to the BBC programme in 2007, []

UK NEWS: X-FACTOR CONTESTANT MISHA B’S ESTRANGED MOTHER BEGS FOR A REUNION

The estranged mother of X-Factor contestant Misha B has crawled out of the wood work and written an “open letter” to the singer begging to be reunited. Florence Bryan’s letter which has been published in Now Magazine *side-eye* says, ‘When I heard you say on The X Factor that you didn’t know your real mum, or why she abandoned you, I felt all the heartbreak from when I parted with you 19 years ago come flooding back. ‘It was the hardest decision of my life. []