Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon takes acting lessons in bid to crack US
BRITAIN’S Got Talent judge ALESHA DIXON is taking her talent stateside to try to crack America.
The former MIS-TEEQ singer, who is soon set to receive a whopping seven figure windfall in royalties, has been spending time in Los Angeles trying to land acting roles that could make her a movie star.
We’re told: “Alesha’s been taking acting lessons and is focused on making a big splash in LA.
“She’s had some really encouraging meetings and could be on the brink of a big role that could really establish her in America.
“If it did, it could be the end of her time on Britain’s Got Talent, which would be the only bad thing about an opportunity as she really loves that job.”
Alesha is the latest in a long line of Brits having a stab at cracking Hollywood.
For every flop like KELLY BROOK, MICHAEL GRECO or PATSY KENSIT, there’s always a success story like ANNA FRIEL to keep Alesha optimistic.
Plus, we’re sure SIMON COWELL can give Alesha some tips on where the best hotspots in town are.
He’ll certainly know the top black T-shirt stores, botox bars and doggy day care centres.
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Phew-a Lipa
DUA LIPA channels her inner Sally Bowles in the miniest of mini dresses during a gig in Berlin.
The singer – performing in the town where the LIZA MINELLI film Cabaret was set – would have been right at home in a burlesque club with legs like that.
And speaking of raunchily dressed stars, never one to be outdone, CHARLI XCX was showing off her pins for a concert in San Francisco.
We can’t wait to see what looks these ladies come up with in the blazing heat at next weekend’s Coachella festival in California.
There won’t be hotpants short enough to keep them cool.
Harry's strange style
HARRY STYLES’s new mid-Atlantic accent is troubling him.
While promoting Sign Of The Times, which is atop the iTunes charts around the world, the Brummie admitted: “One person has said I sound American, but anyone American thinks I’m extremely British.”
Yet when radio host Darryl Morris said it sounded good, he replied: “Nah, it’s not man. I’m going to have to lose that.”
Sadly for Harry his main interview issue is not how he says things but what he’s saying.
We’ve never heard anyone so determined to fill his every breath with bland generalities since we last spoke to GAVIN ROSSDALE.
GAZZA'S WEST END FLOP
RUMOUR is GARY BARLOW’s West End show The Girls is struggling since opening in February.
Discounted tickets are on sale and Tuesday matinees have replaced Monday night shows. A source said: “There are whispers that it’s not managing to get enough people through the door.”
She's using Hadid & shoulders
BELLA HADID washed that man right out of her hair after unfollowing ex THE WEEKND on social media last week.
He got the slapdown after packing on PDAs with new girlfriend SELENA GOMEZ. Bella lathered up for a quirky snap in a sundrenched shower for a Terry Richardson shoot for Porter magazine.
There could be another reason to avoid scrolling through her ex-love’s Insta feed, as she has been snapped with a handsome new man in the shape of model JORDAN BARRETT.
Let’s hope he showers her (sorry) with more affection that her gloomy last man.
– HARRISON FORD has made around £20million from one Star Wars film, but co-stars DAISY RIDLEY and JOHN BOYEGA have only just banked their first million.
Daisy and John were “only” paid £300,000 for 2015’s The Force Awakens, with Harrison pulling in more than 60 times that.
A source said: “They managed to up their fee for films two and three in the trilogy so they’ve finally officially made a million now.”
To be fair, Harrison only got £600 a week on the original film in 1977, but the grizzled veteran has had the last laugh.
Em's got good jeans
WE would feel a tad naked going out to dinner in this barely-there attire, but EMILY RATAJKOWSKI must have had to rummage around her winter wardrobe.
The American actress and model can usually be found with at least 73 per cent more boob on display and, as a fan of the thong bikini, 99.9 per cent more butt cheek.
She wore this sheer get-up to Craig’s restaurant, a celeb hotspot in West Hollywood.
Emily has pointed out to critics in the past that her skin-baring selfies do not make her a bad feminist – and we agree it is her right to show off her enviable abs and perky-from-any-angle boobs on social media.
As women who grew up with such powerful female icons as GINGER SPICE, Buffy and Angelica Pickles, we applaud Emily for her strong stance against sexism – and her genetically-blessed body.