ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: In our house, there's one passionate Christmas proselytiser - me. I'm the commander- in-chief, urging the others to fling themselves once more unto the breach.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Four shortlisted artists were asked to share the £40,000 Turner Prize instead of having one winner. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared Booker Prize.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN:One set of my grandparents fled the Ukrainian pogroms early last century to build a life in Toronto, starting with nothing.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: I won't be so cravenly woke as to pretend that attractive youth isn't still admired in our society and that its currency doesn't still exist.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Paying attention to our appearance as the world falls apart isn't shallow - it fulfils a deep-seated psychological need.

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Covid-19 is so powerful that it is tearing up life as we have previously known it. It is everywhere around us, dominating everything- yet we can't see it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: We might be horribly restricted in who we can see and chat to in the flesh but we are still in touch with our friends. Possibly more than usual.

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.

AMANDA PLATELL: Yes, Brangelina are a silly Hollywood couple - they split in hysterical haste after Jolie accused Pitt of drunkenly yelling at their son Maddox aboard their private jet.

AMANDA PLATELL: The details of George's last wishes were so poignant and seemed so well organised, they gave me pause for thought.

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most unscrupulous baby farmers demanded money up front rather than a monthly payment because it meant they profited if the child died, preferably quickly.

AMANDA PLATELL: Whatever we do, wherever we roam, a mother's love is unconditional, unextinguishable. They are the ones who are always our rocks.

AMANDA PLATELL: Like millions I threw open my window on Thursday just before 8pm to join in the 'clap for carers'. The cheering transformed my deathly quiet North London community.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most reliable, and dare I say wooden, member of the younger royals stole the show with a comic turn on the BBC's fundraiser The Big Night In.

In March, Adam Lambert confirmed his romance with model Jaci Costa Polo after being single for almost five years.

Katharine Mcphee is a married woman. The American Idol alum shared her new name on on Saturday saying, 'Introducing Katharine Foster.' She married her boyfriend David Foster.

Robbie Williams proved he was a true entertainer as he took to the stage during British Summer Time Hyde Park festival in London on Sunday.

Ryan Seacrest has been reported to be returning as American Idol host as he gets close to finalizing a new massive deal with Disney.

American Idol contestant Haley Smith passed away on Saturday after she crashed her motorcycle.

Katy Perry stunned in an Adidas tracksuit set and accessorised with a $25K Hermes Birkin bag on Wednesday, as she headed to the spa for an early morning session with her dog, Nugget.

Kelly Clarkson revealed that she 'got real bitter' at the disdain she received after her American Idol season one victory made her a star.

Dunkleman was in the headlines earlier this year amid reports he was driving for Uber, and took to Twitter January 3 to explain how the gig made sense given his life circumstances.

The American Idol champion's daytime broadcast is already shaping up to be a success, earning a respectable 1.9 household rating across primary runs in the metered markets.

American Idol former co-host Brian Dunkleman opened up in an interview with GQ about his struggles with depression in the years after quitting the hit show: 'I had a lot of anger.'

Ian wed the 31-year-old jewelry designer in 2015 - two years after he ended his on-set romance with his 30-year-old Vampire Diaries leading lady

Jordin Sparks joined her Broadway co-stars in Waitress to pay tribute to Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Tuesday.

Sometimes the best accessory is a husband dressed in all black, as music star Tori Kelly displayed on Wednesday at CMT's Artist of the Year event in Nashville, Tennessee.

Paula Abdul cut an elegant figure on Saturday as she appeared at the star-studded 2019 Baby2Baby Gala in Culver City, Calif. 

Legendary 'shock jock'/former America's Got Talent judge Howard Stern has accused Simon Cowell of unfairly treating the show's female judges.

She's the eight-year-old singer who was featured on American Idol, Good Morning America and many other shows after going viral on YouTube.

Katy, 35, seemed to be going to great lengths to avoid being noticed and wore a black baseball cap with the hood of her tracksuit top firmly pulled over it.

The singing superstar stood out from the theatre crowd, arriving at The Shaftesbury Theatre in a hot pink satin coat. 

Queen's original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor have kicked off their Rhapsody Tour Down Under.

The 26-year-old lounge pianist wowed the American Idol judges Sunday with his cover of Lovesong by The Cure, then asked if he could bring his girlfriend into the room.

American Idol winner Taylor Hicks was one of many Nashville residents affected by the monstrous tornado that tore a 2-mile-long path through Putnam County early Tuesday.

The 35-year-old pop star learned that fiancé Orlando Bloom, 43, was her 'soulmate' on Sunday's episode of American Idol and shared her pregnancy news with her fellow judges.

American Idol contestant Amber Fiedler wowed the judges on Sunday's final auditions show, to which she arrived 38 weeks pregnant.

Gas station chicken wings almost ended one singer's dream of stardom on Sunday's episode of American Idol.

The 35-year-old pop star broke down in tears after a contestant suffered a shocking medical emergency on Monday's episode of American Idol.

American Idol's Top 20 finalists turned into the Top 21 on Sunday's show as judges could not decide between two similarly stellar contestants.