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Britain’s Got Talent judge and Heart Radio Breakfast star Amanda Holden has thrown her daughter Hollie a lavish party to mark the teen’s school year coming to an end

Amanda Holden has thrown a Beverly Hills inspired party for her daughter Hollie to mark a new era for the teen. Hollie, 13, is heading into Year nine this coming September and is also changing schools.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge pulled out all the stops for the special occasion as she rented a VIP bus for Hollie and all of her school friends to arrive in style to the party. The actress took to her Instagram page on Thursday as she shared a video of the party which took place in a glamping tepee tent in the garden.

As well as this Hollie and her friends enjoyed a meal in the garden – which was covered in pink and green balloons, green cardboard cut out palm trees and pink and white striped rubber rings to add to the summery theme – as the group sat on colourful pink and green pillows in front of a long table laden with plenty of delicious plates. A sign was put up for the occasion which read: “Hollie’s goodbye for now…”

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Hollie and Amanda’s guests were also treated to delicious ice creams as the BGT judge hired an ice cream van to come and visit her lavish home. The guests were also treated to a sleepover in the stunning tepee tents, complete with comfy, plump roll out mattresses and tray tables which each had personalised cups and towels on and were each decorated with a vase of flowers and a tiny lamp each.

The guests were also gifted their own personalised denim jackets to top off the lavish celebrations. As Amanda gave a glimpse inside the adorable and swanky garden party, with the video on her Instagram, she wrote in the caption: “A new era for our #HRH she’s changing schools!!! To a truly fabulous one closer to home… Roll on year 9!!”

She added: “We did a little au-revoir party as even though she won’t be seeing them every day her friends will stay her friends!! and it goes without saying that me and the mum’s will forever be drinking rosé and enjoying life as normal!!

“Thank you to the people below – everything was bought and paid for, but they all went above and beyond to make this a truly special afternoon in the sunshine.”

The company who helped set up the event, called Muddy Boots, took to their own Instagram page to reveal the the brief for the event was “Beverly Hills vibes”.

Amanda is mum to 13-year-old Hollie and 19-year-old daughter Lexi with her husband Chris Hughes who she has been married to since 2008.

This comes after Amanda was left embarrassed as she made an awkward admission on her Heart Radio show. She revealed, as she sat with Jamie Theakston, that she had accidentally been flashing her electrician.

Speaking on Wednesday, Amanda said that her back garden was being renovated and that a time lapse camera was installed to help understand the layout. But, in a funny turn of events, Amanda said she didn’t realise the camera was recording and had been naked in her garden as well as flashing her breasts to her husband.

She said: “We are having our garden done over the summer and I thought it would be really fun to put a time-lapse camera over the whole of our garden.

“He [the electrician] said ‘oh well I’ll have to look at what we’re doing for all the angles are right on that [time lapse]’. Yeah he said it’s been going for the last couple of days and I went ‘I am always naked in my back garden’.”

Amanda added: “No word of a lie, I have definitely been naked and then for a joke the other day, I was sorting something out in the garden and my husband waved at me, from the bedroom window, and I flashed my boobs at him.”

Jamie Theakston then simply asked: “What’s wrong with you?” Amanda responded: “Because I thought this is funny! And I went ‘woo-hoo!’ like that.”

Amanda added: “I had no idea! Because it was all stuck to a drainpipe which is black and the camera’s black, I had no idea it was up and now Andy’s going to be reviewing this footage and I need it all deleted!”

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Martin Frizell, husband to former broadcaster Fiona Phillips, shared a heartbreaking update on his wife’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease on This Morning

Fiona Phillips’ husband explained in a heartbreaking interview on This Morning that she “doesn’t quite know that I’m her husband.”

Martin Frizell appeared on This Morning on Friday (11 July) to discuss his wife’s memoir, Remember When: My Life with Alzheimer’s, which was published in June.

He sat down with hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary to share an insight into Fiona’s current state, admitting she now struggles to remember who he is.

“She does recognise me most of the time. She doesn’t quite know that I’m her husband, but she knows who I am,” Martin, who has been married to Fiona for 28 years, heartbreakingly told the ITV hosts.

Martin revealed that Fiona has anxiety but would “love to be” at the interview with him. He also added: “She’s got a secondary problem that causes her to be in pain a lot, which adds to the confusion.”

He went on to recall a recent incident where Fiona had mistakenly thought he was trying to kidnap her, as she failed to recognise him while they were out by their home.

“In the book, there’s a picture of her at the end of our road. The most recent picture I took, only a few weeks ago. She’s looking great, she’s smiling, she’s got her coat on. What you don’t know is, she thought I’d kidnapped her,” he said.

“This was us going out, because you get all sorts of delusions, because you get so worked up. She’s saying ‘I want to go home’.”

He added that Fiona occasionally says she wants to “go home to her parents,” but she doesn’t have “the heart” to inform her that her parents are no longer around.

Explaining his approach during these moments, Martin told Dermot and Alison: “Well, what you do is, you say ‘Let’s get our coats on, let’s get our shoes on’, we go out round the block a couple of times and come back in. She says ‘Oh, I’m home now’.”

Fiona was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2022 but didn’t publicly share her diagnosis until 2023. Both of her parents and her uncle also had the disease.

Martin admitted that Fiona had long feared she would be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s due to her family’s history. He said on This Morning: “She knew this disease was going to come knocking at some point.”

Justin Bieber announced his seventh studio album, SWAG, on Thursday after fans had been speculating for months that new music was on the way due to him spending so much time in the studio

After a four-year hiatus, Justin Bieber has announced his return to the music scene with a brand new album.

The As Long As You Love Me crooner revealed his seventh studio album on Thursday, 10 July and promptly released the project on Friday, 11 July. The album, titled SWAG, features collaborations with Gunna, Sexxy Red, Druski, Dijon, Lil B, Cash Cobain, Eddie Benjamin and Marvin Winans.

The announcement was made via an Instagram post featuring a wide shot of a billboard in New York City’s Times Square. The billboard showcased a topless black and white photo of Justin alongside the tracklist for SWAG.

Beliebers, as his fanbase is known, had been anticipating something big due to the frequency of Justin’s studio pictures on social media.

Fans were quick to express their excitement in the comments section of the post. One thrilled follower wrote, “OMGGGG FINALYYY.”, reports the Mirror US.

Another exclaimed: “WAIT WHAT LET’S GO,” while a third said, “Amazing! ! ! Just in time to be the soundtrack on some summer memories! Super stoked to hear Dadz Love! !”.

A fourth fan couldn’t contain their excitement, commenting, “CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT OH MY GOSH BEST DAY EVER WOW,” while another added, “What we’ve been anticipating all this while.”

One fan referenced one of his songs from the Purpose album that has gone viral on TikTok, writing, “Life is worth livvinnnnggggggggggg,” Another person simply stated, “Screaming crying throwing up.”

Hailey Bieber joined the promotional buzz, sharing the post on her Instagram Story with a fiery caption: “is it finally clocking to you f—–g losers?”.

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This comes hot on the heels of Justin’s recent viral moment where he confronted paparazzi, declaring: “I’m a real man with a real family. I’m a father. I’m a dad.”

He continued, frustrated: “You’re not getting it, it’s not clocking to you. It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business.”

Adding to the hype, Justin’s mate and fellow artist, The Kid LAROI, shared an image of the album cover, captioning it: “if you don’t listen to this album when it drops. we can’t be friends. sorry I don’t make the rules. @lilbieber LETS GOOOOOOOOOO.”

It’s been four years since the Grammy-award winning singer dropped his last album, Justice, which boasted chart-toppers like Peaches, Anyone, and Ghost.