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This rich, nourishing lip balm has been a beauty favourite for years, and now there’s a new flavour that’s perfect for the Christmas season

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Lip balms are essential, not just in cold weather but all year round, and one that consistently tops the favourites list of celebrities and beauty experts is the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask. This now-iconic lip balm pot comes in a variety of delightful scents and provides a rich layer of hydration for your lips. Despite its name, it’s not just for nighttime use; it soothes and pampers your lips at any time of day.

Molly-Mae Hague often talks about her love for this lip balm, even packing it in her hospital bag when she gave birth to her daughter Bambi (now two years old). And fans of viral beauty products will be excited to hear that Laneige has just introduced a brand new flavour perfect for this season.

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Drawing inspiration from the comforting indulgence of a warm, creamy mug of hot chocolate, the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask now comes in a new Hot Cocoa flavour. Priced at £21 for a generous 20g pot (which lasts a long time, believe us), it’s available from retailers such as Lookfantastic, Space NK and Boots.

The fragrance notes include rich cocoa (naturally) and creamy vanilla topped with marshmallow foam, mirroring the beloved hot beverage, reports OK!.

At its core, the classic Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask formula includes hyaluronic acid, a berry mix complex and shea butter, along with ‘moisture wrap’ technology. If you’re on the hunt for a small extra present for a beauty lover this Christmas, or something to pop into a stocking, we reckon this new launch is an ideal pick.

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There are several other brands that provide similar ultra-hydrating masks for your lips, such as Byoma’s Liptide Lip Mask for £10, which comes with a built-in applicator for easy application on the move. Fenty Skin Plush Puddin’ Intensive Recovery Lip Mask, priced at £20, is also convenient to toss in your handbag, featuring a twist mechanism for quick and easy application.

Tatcha’s The Kissu Lip Mask, meanwhile, costs £27 and includes the brand’s signature hydrating and moisturising ingredients, making it an ultra-nourishing treat for your lips. Lastly, bargain seekers might want to grab e.l.f.’s Holy Hydration! Lip Mask for £8, which has a similar formula and applicator to the Laneige one, although it doesn’t offer the same variety of flavours.

When The Hunger Games’ first ever stage show was announced, I was desperate for tickets. Now having watched the performance unfold, one detail completely threw me off

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Last month The Hunger Games: On Stage made its first debut, with football legend Jamie Carragher ’s daughter, Mia Carragher, playing the face of the rebellion, Katniss Everdeen, and Hollywood icon John Malkovich playing the formidable President Snow.

The stage show follows the story of the first book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The book follows Katniss, a young girl living in a dystopian world who volunteers to replace her sister in a tournament that ends only when one participant remains.

The Blockbuster film adaptation starred Jennifer Lawrence, catapulting her to Oscar-level stardom, former child star Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland and Liam Hemsworth to name a few. Five books, five films, 34 award wins and 49 nominations later, fans of the series have been waiting on edge for something new.

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A second prequel book following Woody Harrelson’s character Haymitch Abernathy and a film are expected for 2026, meaning the Hunger Games on Stage has come just at the right time to keep fans excited for more.

The show opened with some trouble and many were left disappointed by a laundry list of issues – including lengthy delays. Footage shared on TikTok showed audience members queuing outside the theatre at 7:29pm, a minute before the show was due to start, with some claiming it eventually started an hour late.

Others complained that due to the three-hour run time and interval, this meant they didn’t leave the venue until 11:45pm.

Disability influencer Sophie-Jayne Butler claimed she left the theatre before the show started and claimed a refund on her ticket because her seat in the venue “wasn’t accessible”.

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But as one of those eager fans who was thrilled when I got tickets to see the show for my birthday, I put the issues aside and went to see the show for myself.

Nestled in Canary Wharf, the show takes place in the newly built £26m Troubadour theatre, purposely built for the show. With arena-style seating, audiences are seated in different “districts”, I sat high up in ‘District 11’ seats with an ideal view from above of the show.

You immediately feel like one of the capitol citizens watching the story unfold thanks to the amphitheatre design. We were introduced to District 12, Katniss, her family, Gale and Peeta.

In never before seen stage designs and the use of visual effects, we were transported in minutes to the Capitol and again into the arena, where the Hunger Games takes place.

Mia Carragher perfectly embodied Katniss’ pure determination to simply survive and offered a child-like perspective into the role that stayed true to the books’ representation of a young teenager thrown into the world of anarchy by accident.

I’ve still not wrapped my head around how they made her bow shoot arrows, but it looked so lifelike that I’m happy to let the wonder continue a little longer before I work it out.

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The only downside of the show was the missing John Malkovich. Well he’s there, but only on big screens, like this omnipotent figure watching over the citizens of Panem.

In a sense, it works, giving President Snow’s omniscience in the totalitarian dictatorship, but having seen him in pretty much every advert for the show, I was hoping he’d make an appearance on stage, perhaps at the end of the show like the Wizard coming out from behind the curtains.

But with a stage that literally opens and closes, with some district seats moving to open up the stage into a rectangular shape and closing again at different points, and performances that take place all over the theatre – like a fight sequence takes place the side boards that separated the District 11 audience from stage – as well as technical wizardry to portray Katniss’ archery prowess and a story we know and love, it hard not to enjoy the Hunger Games on Stage.

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Kylie Jenner appeared to be trying to show Timothee Chalamet what he’s missing as she posted a series of sultry snaps on Instagram – including one with a mystery man

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Kylie Jenner has been seen posing with a Timothee Chalamet lookalike a week after she was reportedly dumped by the Wonka actor.

The youngest of the Kardashian sisters uploaded a series of ‘revenge’ snaps to Instagram with the caption ‘cue random pics I never posted’. While some showed off her toned figure or her pouting into the camera, one photo in particular stood out as it featured a man who looked very like her rumoured ex-boyfriend.

It’s thought the picture was taken at Paris Fashion Week and shows Kylie holding up her middle finger to the camera as she sits in a restaurant in a bra and skirt. The mystery man is sitting next to her, giving a cheeky smile as he holds his tattooed hand up to his chin.

Perhaps in a bid to show her boyfriend of two and a half years what he’s missing, she is seen posing in just a bedsheet in two other snaps as she holds a pink rose up to her nose and smells it. Fans were quick to comment underneath, with many posting fire emojis.

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Although she regularly posts updates to her 392 million followers on Instagram, Kylie, 28, and Timothée, 29, have remained relatively private about their romance since they were first linked in April 2023, but have attended many high-profile events together.

He was notably absent from her mum Kris Jenner’s James Bond-themed 70th birthday party last week, which was attended by a host of A-list celebs such as Adele, Mariah Carey, Justin and Hailey Bieber – and even Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

While Kylie looked stunning as ever in a plunging, backless white gown, sources have claimed that she is currently going through heartbreak as Timothée has reportedly ‘broken up’ with her.

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A source told the Daily Mail: “This has happened before – but she talked him into getting back together. She is crazy about him, so that could well happen again.”

Another source claimed to the publication: “There is trouble in paradise, but they aren’t completely over. He is filming quite a bit, and she feels that she has to chase him. She is putting in the work more than him.”

It comes after Timothée appeared to take a swipe at Kylie during a Vogue cover shoot where he said he didn’t talk about his relationship as there wasn’t ‘anything to say’.

Last month, reports suggested the duo were clashing as they had opposing thoughts on marriage. It’s claimed these feelings had been driving a wedge between the pair.

According to a source speaking to the Daily Mail at the time, their views on settling down differed. The insider said: “Timothée was on the brink of calling it quits with Kylie. His career is skyrocketing and the last thing he wants right now is to be a father.”

However, another source said Kylie, who shares two children – daughter Stormi, seven, and three-year-old son Aire – with her American rapper ex Travis Scott, 34, is ready to “be married and have a family”.

The said: “Marriage and children have been discussed, and they aren’t on the same page on timing because he is actively pursuing his career.” They also added that Kylie “won’t wait forever”.

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One man took to Instagram to share a video that showed him stuck in traffic while driven around by a friend. However, he got more than he bargained for when he looked out the window

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There is not many things that are worse for drivers than getting stuck in a traffic jam. However, one man got a pleasant surprise when he got to meet a famous star while waiting to continue on with his journey.

Tosin Sokoya, known on social media as @tosin_sokoya took to his platforms to share a video that showed him being driven around by a friend. However, the YouTuber got more than he bargained for when he looked out the window as he saw none other than David Beckham. Tosin and his friends couldn’t contain their excitement when they spotted the former football parked next to them while driving through London.

The YouTuber started filming out of the car’s open window, with David clearly hearing the commotion that he had caused as he is seen looking over and smiling from behind the wheel.

Tosin and his two pals repeatedly exclaim: “No!” at the shock celebrity sighting, as one of them shouts: “No, bro, no way — seriously though?!” Tosin then tries to get David to rev his engine, however Beckham politely declines, joking that he is “too old to rev anything”.

The exchange only lasts about 30 seconds, however the men have still been left excited, with Tosin asking, “Crazy, what the hell just happened?!” when the traffic lights change and they and each go their separate ways.

Captioning the post, Tosin simply wrote, “Big 7!”, referring to Beckham’s number 7 shirt he used to wear for Manchester United and England.

The post quickly went viral, racking up more than 64,000 likes. One person wrote: “This is brilliant,” while another quipped: “Not the rev request.”

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A third chimed in: “He’s a Londoner, true gentleman and can walk around unbothered in public… decent family man too.”

While a fourth added: “He’s such good vibes! Love his response to seeing you. So humble.”

The post circulated online just before Beckham was knighted by King Charles during a a ceremony at Windsor Castle earlier this month.

The 50-year-old, who was born in London, called the honour “my proudest moment” as he was accompanied at the ceremony by his wife – now known as Lady Beckham – and his parents, Ted and Sandra. Beckham was given the honour for his services to sport and charity.

GraceDent has opened up about her new role as MasterChef host after taking over from shamed former presenter Gregg Wallace as she admits the show was a ‘very male place’

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Grace Dent has opened up about her MasterChef journey after she was drafted in to replace Gregg Wallace. The restaurant critic will now present Celebrity MasterChef alongside John Torode, as well as hosting the amateur version of the show alongside new co-host and former Gordon Ramsay protégée Anna Haugh, 45, an Irish chef.

Grace, 52, was given the job after Gregg, 61, was sacked in July when an independent inquiry upheld 45 allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him. Following the filming of the celebrity version, John, 60, was also sacked from MasterChef following nine complaints against him.

Just one of those was upheld, an allegation that he used “an extremely offensive racist term” in 2018 or 2019, which he vehemently denied, saying he has “no recollection” of the incident. Now Grace has addressed the issues at MasterChef, which has been airing on the BBC since 1990.

While Grace sang the praises of John admitting: “I absolutely adore John Torode. He is one of the kindest, most concerned, clever, thoughtful men that I know,” she was not so upbeat about Gregg.

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Talking to The Times, she said, “He was always a very, very big character. After reading the entire [inquiry] report, my recollections of having a nice time with him, drinking coffee and having a biscuit now and again is pretty much irrelevant. For me to sit here now and go, ‘Well, that’s not the Gregg that I knew,’ is beside the point because it’s not about what I think.”

Grace has regularly appeared on the show over the last decade as a critic and is now hoping to refresh the show a little alongside new co-host Anna. She explained: “MasterChef was a very male place for the whole time I was there — utter male energy all the time. To be there now with a woman by my side, it’s fantastic.”

Grace also admitted that she cried when she was given the job at MasterChef, which she referred to as the “biggest and most important food show on British television.” After it was confirmed that she was joining the show, Grace shared a statement which read, “I’ve been watching MasterChef since I was a girl sitting with my dad on the sofa.

“My whole family watches it. It’s all about uncovering and championing talent, and to have ended up in this position is more than a dream to me. I’m so excited that I can’t eat, which is severely detrimental to a restaurant critic.

“I feel very lucky to be stepping in for the next Celebrity MasterChef. I can’t wait to meet the fresh celebrity faces for 2025.

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Gregg issued a furious statement on social media, claiming that the Silkin’s Report into his alleged misconduct “exonerates him of all the serious allegations which made headlines last year.” In a lengthy post shared on social media, he wrote, “I’ve taken the decision to speak out ahead of the publication of the Silkins report – a decision I do not take lightly. But after 21 years of loyal service to the BBC, I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others.

“I have now been cleared by the Silkins report of the most serious and sensational accusations made against me. The most damaging claims (including allegations from public figures which have not been upheld) were found to be baseless after a full and forensic six-month investigation.”

He added: “My decision to go public now is also driven by the fact the BBC News division are intending to platform legally unsafe accusations, including claims which have already been investigated and not upheld by the BBC and found not credible by Silkins. The BBC is no longer providing balanced and impartial public service journalism.

“It is peddling baseless and sensationalised gossip masquerading as properly corroborated stories. The BBC is choosing to allow BBC News to run with this uncorroborated tittle tattle in an attempt to ‘get ahead’ of the Silkin’s summary report and derail what has been an extremely thorough process.”

A star behind The Simpsons has died. Dan McGrath, the Emmy-winning comedy writer renowned for the cartoon show, died on Friday, 14 November, following a stroke at the age of 61. His sister Gail McGrath Garabadian announced the devastating news in a heartfelt Facebook post.

“We lost my incredible brother Danny yesterday. He was a special man, one of a kind. An incredible son, brother, uncle and friend. Our hearts are broken,” she wrote.

Tributes poured in for the talented writer as word of his death spread. “Feeling hard the lost of Dan McGrath — a brilliant artist, who I so admired I followed him around for like a year in college. (I can still see him in my mind’s eye, wearing a ‘Jump Up and Kiss Me’ T-shirt and gesturing broadly about his latest play.)

“I was honoured to work with him on ‘As I Lay Dying’ and loved cackling with my family at his wit on ‘Gravity Falls.’ My prayers go out to his mother, Eleanor, the rest of his family, and his many many friends who I know feel this keenly. R.I.P. Danny, we’re better for having known you,” one friend shared on Facebook.

“Oh no!!!! Danny directed me in a few shows, and I loved working with him. A true genius, always kind, and pushing the envelope. It was thrilling. I think of him often, although we were not in touch. So sad…” another wrote.

A third person posted on X: “R.I.P. today to Dan McGrath, great person and super-talented writer at The Simpsons, SNL, King of the Hill, and Mission Hill, where he was right-hand man to @Joshstrangehill and me — and responsible for the incredible Gus & Wally episode.”

A fourth added: “The animation community mourns the passing of Emmy-winning writer Dan McGrath who worked on some of the more memorable episodes of The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Mission Hill on Friday, Nov. 14 at age 61.”

A fifth commented: “RIP to Dan and my condolences to his family and the many Mission Hill fans. Gus and Wally are my favorite representation of LGBT in media and that episode really highlights their story.”

Dan launched his career whilst studying at Harvard University, writing for their publication The Harvard Lampoon. He also established himself as a theatre director during this time.

He secured his first Emmy nomination for his contributions to Saturday Night Live in 1992. He would subsequently win the prestigious award for his work on The Simpsons’ 1997 episode Homer’s Phobia, which featured guest voice actor John Waters.

It received praise from organisations like GLAAD for its anti-homophobia message.

Other notable episodes of The Simpsons he wrote include Time and Punishment, Bart of Darkness, Treehouse of Horror IV and Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood. In total, he accumulated over 50 writing credits on the programme and more than 20 as a producer.

Despite this, he claimed he was sacked twice from the series. In addition to his work on the long-running animated sitcom, he also wrote for Gravity Falls, King of the Hill and The PJs.

He contributed to Sammy, co-created by SNL collaborator David Spade, and Muppets Tonight.

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