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The film about David Bowie, who died aged 69 in 2016, is expected to shed light on the music legend’s raunchy private life during his swift rise to fame in the 1970s

Hollywood bosses are embroiled in a bidding war over a biopic of David Bowie, it is reported.

The film is likely to lift the lid on the music legend’s private life during his rise to fame in the 1970s, a period during which Bowie had several top ten hits in the UK. Movie studios have expressed interest in taking up the option to turn the autobiography of Suzi Ronson, wife of Bowie’s right-hand man Mick Ronson, into a film, and so it has been auctioned for a deal.

The stylist helped create the singer’s famous Ziggy Stardust look, Bowie’s stage persona during 1972 and 1973. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars became Bowie’s second most popular album in terms of record sales.

“The book has now been auctioned to be made into a major motion picture. It hasn’t been bought but we are hoping it will be soon and it will be a great movie about the Ziggy Stardust days and his rise to fame,” Suzi said.

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Her book, Me And Mr Jones: My Life With David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars, was published last year. In it, the hairdresser refers to one-night stand with Bowie which happened while he was still married to his first wife Angie.

Speaking to The Sun, Suzi added: “The bedroom at his home was pink with a gold ceiling. Everybody thought he was so gay. I was curious about him. I think Angie set me up… David called me and said: ‘Why don’t you come over and do my hair?’ So I went up to London, had a great meal and he kind of seduced me.”

No further details about the big-budget film have been disclosed, and are unlikely to be until a contract is secured amid the Hollywood auction. It will therefore be released at least ten years after Bowie’s death, following an 18-month journey with cancer. The music superstar was 69 when he passed away in New York City on January 10, 2016.

Bowie’s own secret last project was discovered locked in his study by archivists – and it was a musical about the 18th century. Called The Spectator, its entire existence was unknown to even his closest friends but now the notes have now been donated to the V&A Museum, with the rest of Bowie’s archive.

Amid his ongoing feud with parents David and Victoria, Brooklyn Beckham is planning to open up a “Beck’s Buns” burger joint in the US – and it should open early next year

Brooklyn Beckham is set to a new burger business with the support of wife Nicola Peltz and her billionaire family, it is reported.

The chef’s company reportedly owns the trademark for “Beck’s Buns” and, having quietly revealed the branding for the burger bar last month, it is said he is now pushing to open the business within the next six months.

This is despite criticism in August for cooking videos shared online, including one in which Brooklyn, 26, served up a spaghetti carbonara for Nicola. Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli said Brooklyn “burned the bacon” in the Italian classic, also typically made with pasta, eggs, cheese and other ingredients.

But resilient Brooklyn has remained defiant and it is understood he is being backed in the new venture by Nicola’s family, including her billionaire businessman father Nelson. A source said: “It’s been something Brooklyn has always wanted to do. He has the full support of Nicola and her family, including her businessman dad Nelson, and is excited about the future.”g

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Brooklyn tinkered with the application of his trademark after a row with the beer brand Beck’s. It is now understood he has overcome this challenge and his dream is becoming closer to reality.

The insider told The Sun: “He has created Beck’s Buns and quietly launched it on social media last month. Brooklyn’s company Buster Hot Sauce Inc owns the trademark and he is planning to open a restaurant.

“The issue with the trademark is all-but resolved now after Brooklyn made it clear that he wasn’t making booze but wanted it for a restaurant. The menu is still being decided but it’ll be high quality burgers with his signature Buster hot sauces.”

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The exciting move comes amid Brooklyn’s ongoing feud with parents David and Victoria. Sources say he is now keen to move on and focus on his life with Nicola, 30.

However, Brooklyn has had various career pursuits in recent years. He has previously tried his hand at modelling, acting and photography. It is said the star even had dreams of following in dad David’s footsteps as a professional footballer but failed to make the grade.

Katie Price, also known as Jordan, has been open with the media that her youngest children, Jett, 12, and Bunny, 11, haven’t lived with her for some years after her row with their dad, Kieran Hayler

Katie Price is “thrilled” to set to finally reunite with her youngest children, it is said.

Jordan has not been living with Jett, 12, and 11-year-old Bunny for several years following her fallout with their dad, Kieran Hayler, to whom she was married for eight years. After these children went to live with their father, a fitness trainer, Katie’s older kids have also moved out to pursue lives as young adults.

It reportedly left the 47-year-old star “down in the dumps,” but now Jett and Bunny are returning to live with their mum full-time in November, it is understood. Jordan’s recent house move is believed to be part of her plan so that the children can be nearer to their father and their friends.

A source close to Katie said: “They went to Kieran after he and Katie fell out. It was all a bit of a tricky time for the whole family, but now Katie is going to have them back with her again and she couldn’t be happier.”

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None of Katie’s five children live with her currently as Harvey, 23, is in a care home to help with his disabilities, and Junior, 20, and Princess, her two children with Peter Andre, live their own lives as they grow into adults. Katie was even left off the guest list for Princess’ 18th birthday party in the summer.

But sources say Katie, the media personality, is “thrilled” at the reunion with Jett and Bunny. Speaking to Mail Online, the insider continued: “Her recent move is just perfect timing for when they go back to her in November. Katie moved quite a way from Kieran when she left her Mucky Mansion, but now she’s back nearer to where Bunny and Jett live so it has all worked out really well for her.”

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In August 2022, the two youngest children had gone to live with Kieran, 38, and Katie had limited access to them after she breached her restraining order against his fiancée, Michelle Penticost.

Katie avoided a prison sentence despite sending abusive messages to the woman. The former glamour model instead was handed an 18-month community order at Lewes Crown Court, which ordered her to carry out 170 hours of unpaid work.

During their height of their fame in the 1990s, Oasis played to sell-out crowds of 250,000 over two nights in the grounds of the Grade II Knebworth House in Hertfordshire

Oasis will mark the 30th anniversary of their legendary 1996 gigs at Knebworth with five shows at that venue next summer.

Liam and Noel Gallagher’s concerts at the Hertfordshire venue epitomised the Britpop era as Oasis played to sell-out crowds of 250,000 over two nights there in August 1996. The brothers now have tentative dates at Knebworth for 2026 following their successful world tour, it is understood.

Music industry sources claimed the Gallaghers generated up to £1.2billion with their world tour. The Knebworth anniversary concerts could produce an additional £100million, it is thought. One insider said: “Talk about the chance to cash in. After all these years of insisting they won’t get back together, now Liam and Noel have got these dates on hold, they have pencilled in five days for the gigs.

“It’s all very exciting for fans. Back in 1996, it was so special. It was the pinnacle of Britpop so Oasis returning to Knebworth would just be perfect for the fans.”

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More than two per cent of the UK population applied for tickets when Oasis played at Knebworth in 1996, two gigs which sold out in less than 24 hours. Oasis played the likes of Don’t Look Back In Anger and Some Might Say, among other hits, at the two gigs.

And these tunes, among more recent ones such as All Around the World and Go Let it Out, are expected to feature in the five performances back at Knebworth 30 years on next summer.

The insider told Mail Online: “The plan is for five concerts in what will be a music extravaganza. First the fans got a reunion tour. Now it looks like that they will be able to relive those two performances at Knebworth.”

In 2022, Liam returned to the Hertfordshire venue for two concerts, a year after a documentary film about the 1996 Knebworth concerts was released in cinemas.

Noel, 58, and Liam, 52, are currently performing in the US. At the weekend, they played two sold-out gigs at the 90,000- seat Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, to an excited audience which included Sir Paul McCartney, Rita Ora and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

These gigs come amid speculation Oasis may be now ready to record their first studio album for 17 years. The band’s official photographer Kevin Cummins, 72, said the signs for an album were promising, with Noel writing songs on tour and Liam’s combative “frontman ego” taking a backseat.

Iconic musician David Bowie is the subject of a new podcast series hosted by Kate Moss on BBC Sounds

A newly unearthed interview from David Bowie has explained the reasons behind his music style of the 70s – saying it was driven by “lust, anger” and being a bit moody. The iconic musician released a host of albums in that decade which saw him transition through his glam rock era to his experimental “Berlin Trilogy” albums

LPs included Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973), Pin Ups (1973), Diamond Dogs (1974), Young Americans (1975), Station to Station (1976), before the trilogy of Low (1977), “Heroes” (1977), and Lodger (1979).

In new podcast series Changeling, an archived interview of Bowie is played and he can be heard saying: “I think that throughout the 60s and most of the 70s I was driven by lust, as much as anything. It’s a great creative force.

“That in turn is replaced by anger haha, when you ask where the money is. And then you get depression, and then you go to Berlin and write really moody instrumental stuff. It’s the triptych of the 70s. Lust, anger, moody.”

The comments come in the series hosted by supermodel Kate Moss and she also explains how they became close friends: “David, who by the way his nickname for me was Smasher, started phoning me on my birthday. I didn’t need any other presents after that.

“At The Brit Awards in 2014 Bowie asked me to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award on his behalf. I said I would, as long as I could wear something from his archive. I wore the original Kansai Yamamoto bodysuit that David had worn for his Rainbow Theatre gigs in 1972 – it fit me like a glove. It was a very surreal experience.”

Other celebrities also line up to speak of his “angelic” and “ground breaking” and inspirational in many ways when it came to their own careers.

Changeling examines how Bowie, one of music’s most transformative figures, reinvented himself in the first half of the 1970s to become an era-defining rock legend.

The biggest name in music praise Bowie and his music, who has 11 number one albums and five number one singles iincluding Ashes to Ashes and Let’s Dance.

He won a host of awards, including three BRIT Awards, Best British Male Artist in 1984, 2014 and 2017, and British Album for Blackstar. He died from liver cancer on January 10, 2016 two days after his 69th birthday and the release of the album Blackstar

Paying tribute to him on the podcast, Elton John said: “His music speaks for itself – he’s a giant, a ground-breaking artist, songwriter, performer, actor – and his legacy will be there forever”.

Robbie Williams said: “He was basically a celestial, angelic member of a fraternity that exists outside of this planet and this ‘normie’ realm and there are very few that are sent to teach us, love us, show us the way, but he was one of them.”

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode said: “Bowie had a huge impact on me from the moment I first saw him on Top of the Pops. The way Bowie looked was equally as important as the music. It went together, you know, it was part of the fantasy, it was part of going to where he was going and this imagery that he was creating. I felt like I belonged there too. And it was outrageous.”

Actor Tilda Swinton said: “I think that what Bowie contributed and contributes still – and presumably always will contribute to the culture – is a model of flexibility, curiosity. He was a portal to the idea of a kind of properly engaged and up for it relationship with himself and with the development of his work. And was clearly a deeply experimental spirit, so dedicated to not repeating himself and very healthily not invested in minding when other people didn’t like what he was up to.”

And St. Vincent said: “There are so few artists who are able to make consistently challenging, exciting, erotic, scary, profound work for their entire lives. He is truly my ‘north star’ as an artist. He was able to take the lunatic fringe and the deeply accessible and put them together and make a body of work in so many mediums that will live for eternity.”

Runner and plumber Diarmaid Warner has hit out at Tommy Fury after video footage from the Great North Run saw the professional boxer seemingly pushing his opponent

Tommy Fury has sparked controversy this week after footage emerged of him pushing a fellow runner during last weekend’s Great North Run.

The 26-year-old boxer and reality star, known for his distinctive sprinting style, appeared to shove another competitor out of his path in the final stretch of the Newcastle-to-South Shields race. Fury first gained attention for his bustling finish at the Tatton 10km in January, where his powerful frame made him stand out.

At the time, he joked on social media: “In this beautiful scenery, Lake Como you are beautiful. And just to warn everybody no grannies were hurt in the process at the finish line.”

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Fresh from completing a gruelling 100km triathlon along the French Riviera earlier this month, Fury entered the half marathon and completed it in 1:34:35. However, a 13-second clip on TikTok showing him elbowing a runner in the closing moments has drawn widespread criticism.

“Actually annoyed me that he’s pushed that innocent man,” one user commented, while another asked, “Why’s he pushing people out of his way?” Some even suggested, “Surely that’s a straight disqualification.”

Reports have since revealed that the runner targeted by Fury was competing for Muscular Dystrophy UK, adding to the backlash.

Runner and plumber Diarmaid Warner, 38, has now spoken out, telling The Sun he had been raising money for muscular dystrophy research when Fury forced his way through.

Diarmaid explained that as he was reaching the final corner of the race, he felt a hand on his shoulder and was then suddenly shoved aside.

“As you get to the end you think the finish line is straight in front of you,” he said. “It’s only at the last few metres you realise you’ve got one more right turn to make. It was as I was going around it that I felt this hand on my shoulder which pushed me to the side for him to run through. I was a bit upset and thought that’s not on – it’s not really race etiquette.”

The father-of-two from Dumbarton said that he later recognised it was actually Tommy Fury who had pushed past him. “I told my wife, you’ll never guess what – Tommy Fury’s pushed me out of the way,” he added.

Diarmaid’s mother has also shared her thoughts on Tommy’s actions as she took to social media to call her son ‘the real hero’.

The runner’s proud mum wrote on Facebook: “Diarmaid Warner is the real hero and finished ahead of Tommy Fury by 12 minutes. Our champion.”

Fury has yet to publicly address the latest controversy. The Mirror has approached his representatives for comment.

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