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KELLY Rutherford has a new boyfriend! The Gossip Girl actress — who is twice divorced and a mother of two — is “smitten” with lawyer Marcus Ernst, according to a report from America’s Life & Style magazine. The new couple have been together for several weeks and were spotted on a date at Kittichai a few weeks [...]

Liverpool Preston North End DR Congo striker John Mukendi featured for Liverpool reserves yesterday. The centre-forward was a second-half substitute in the Lancashire Cup defeat to Preston North End . Mukendi joined Liverpool in 2007 and is now a British citizen. But the 17 year-old also still qualifies for DR Congo.   Click here for the No1 coverage of all the gossip and transfer news around ...

# feuds Today AMC announced that season five of its hit show Mad Men will start in 2012 even though the network still doesn't have a contract with the show's creator, Matt Weiner. So now AMC is taking negotiations to the gossip pages. More »

I had unofficially resolved not to blog on any of the gossip and reports over the negotiations for the Season 5 return of Mad Men, figuring I'd just pick up the news when the inevitable renewal announcement finally came. It hasn't, but from the reports, things are getting interesting. Don't get me wrong: whatever egos [...]

Maer Roshan, the founder of the gossip mag and site Radar, has debuted his new project, an online news magazine called The Fix. The site is tightly focused on news and investigative features surrounding drug and alcohol addiction.

SEX scandals, failed marriages, child stardom, drugs, booze, weight loss and weight gain. This week's magazines cover the lot. And that is just in the stories about Elizabeth Taylor. The dramas that peppered Taylor's 79 years were so public, the magazines marking her death have no need for anonymous ''sources close to the star'' and ''trusted friends''. Grazia attributes quotes to several people ...

[Above: A screengrab of a magazine where the gossip news appeared.] Recent Chinese tabloids have been rife with rumours that a leading TVB actor has AIDS.

"You can't worry about all the gossip," she says of false reports she's been surgically altered

ASH YOUNG WANTS OUT As we know there are phases and fads in the gossip pages, and the pog/yo-yo/deely-bopper of the moment seems to be Ashley Young's desire to leave Aston Villa.

Wolves Sheffield Wednesday have snapped up Wolves defender Danny Batth. Batth has been snapped up as a replacement for the injured Mark Beevers. The 20-year-old has put pen to paper on a deal until the end of the season. Batth actually had a spell with Sheffield United earlier this season.   Click here for the No1 coverage of all the gossip and transfer news around Wolves.

Outrageous singer Beth Ditto is hoping to shock fans by revealing all about her wild past in her memoirs. The Gossip star shot to fame in 2006 thanks to the huge success of the band's breakthrough track, Standing In The Way of Control. Ditto has been open about her impoverished past growing up in rural Arkansas, her sexuality and her body image...