Jorgie Porter Enjoys Sunbath In tiny Bikini In Spain

She's gearing herself up for a cold few months on Dancing on Ice so Jorgie Porter decided to soak up some last minute sun.
The 24-year-old actress took some time out from training for the ITV1 show to soak up some sunshine in Gran Canaria.
Wearing a tiny pink bikini, the Hollyoaks star relaxed on her sun lounger before deciding to take a dip in the pool.
Slowly easing herself into the water, Porter, who plays Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, soon went for a full-on swim and later emerged with her blonde hair soaking wet.
Showing off her enviable figure, she stopped halfway through getting out of the pool and looked as though she may have been striking a pose.
She then made her way to the public shower where she clutched her chest and acted as if she was on her very own photo shoot.
Her trip to the Canary Islands wasn't the only holiday she's had recently as her boyfriend and co-star James Atherton whisked her off to Brussels on Boxing Day.'Ew I have the best boyfriend ever!! #gross @jatherton87 he's taking on a surprise holiday right now!!!!!' Porter tweeted on Monday.
The on and off screen couple were on their way home today as Porter informed her followers by posting: 'On train back to Brussels airport brugges is beautiful city!!! Very romantic ;D x x'
Porter confirmed her relationship with Atherton - who plays Will Savage - back in September.'Me and James have been dating a while and it is the first time I have dated a co-star,' reported Digital Spy.
'I've never actually admitted that we have been going out, but things are going really well and he is a great guy, I can't shut up about him!'
Porter, who celebrated her birthday on Christmas Day, will join a whole host of famous faces when Dancing On Ice begins next month - and no doubt Atherton will be there cheering her on.
Former Brookside star Jennifer Ellison, EastEnders actress Laila Morse and Sugababe Heidi Range will join Porter on the ice on January 8.

Keith Olbermann Committed To Current TV

Former Vice President Al Gore on Friday described Current TV as the "consistent" liberal TV network compared with MSNBC, and said it will keep Keith Olbermann in the fold.
Olbermann, Current's most popular personality, didn't participate in Iowa and New Hampshire political coverage, reportedly because he was upset over production problems at the network.
"He's fine," said Gore, chairman of the network in 63 million U.S. homes, dismissing rumors that Olbermann was seeking to leave. "He has been the key to our ability to pivot and develop our whole network as a progressive news and commentary network."
Olbermann did not attend a news conference here on Current's programming, with network officials saying he was on vacation. He also did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
Gore himself has taken on the role of pundit, working as a commentator for Current's political night coverage on Iowa and New Hampshire.
While he said it's been fun, Gore said in an interview that he has no desire for a regular on-camera job.
Current is touting Gore and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a regular prime-time personality, as offering a unique perspective since they have held political office and aren't like the journalists or political advisers on other networks. Granholm's prime-time show "The War Room" debuts Jan. 30.
"They've got a few progressive shows on MSNBC in prime time," Gore said, "but they'll start the day with a conservative show in the mornings, and then they'll get the prison channel on the weekends. They'll be all over the lot in the middle of the day. We're consistent."
Joel Hyatt, Current's CEO, said MSNBC only became liberal after Olbermann - who used to work there - made his show politically pointed and it showed ratings growth.
"There is no authenticity to the MSNBC brand," he said.
MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said he would not comment.
A report issued by the cable analysts SNL Kagan on Friday suggested keeping Olbermann and improving his ratings could be key to the network's survival.

'Porgy And Bess' is Rich And Luscious

In the end, "Porgy and Bess" didn't need anyone coming to its rescue after all.
A gorgeous version of the American stage classic opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Thursday for the first time in more than three decades with plenty of hand-wringing that this updated version led by director Diane Paulus and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks was messing with a Gershwin masterpiece.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Paulus and Parks have protected and cared for this theatrical baby as well as the actors on stage coo over Clara's swaddled infant boy. The controversy? Plenty of nothing.
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis lead this reconception of life in Depression-era Catfish Row and the fact that subtle changes have been made are clear as soon as Lewis appears using a cane to navigate across the stage with his malformed, twisted left leg - and not the goat cart of old.
Purists upset to hear about this artistic travesty - good grief, no goat cart?! - should leave the theater immediately. The rest of us can then sit back and enjoy a first-rate cast give life to one of America's greatest love triangles and hear beautiful songs such as "Summertime" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now."
Besides a terrific McDonald and Lewis, the cast also includes Phillip Boykin, who plays a fearsome Crown (physically he looks like a tank) and David Alan Grier is surprisingly wonderful as the funny, slithery, "lowlife buzzard" Sporting Life. The lovely Nikki Renee Daniels and the always-welcomed Joshua Henry play the doomed couple Clara and Jake and leave us wanting to see and hear more.
The production, which had a tryout run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., in late summer, began when the estates of songwriting team George and Ira Gershwin and wordsmiths DuBose and Dorothy Heyward began seeking a team to change the dated 1935 opera to fit commercial Broadway.
Paulus and Parks have indeed made it more musical than opera, though they haven't expunged all the recitative, transforming it into more of a hybrid that takes some getting used, especially when opera emerges from one character and the reply comes in musical theater.
While it was in Massachusetts, there was talk of possibly changing the ending and deepening characters, which triggered a cranky Stephen Sondheim to criticize the project - one he had not yet seen, mind you - for disrespecting its elders. The ending has remained the same, but the characters have been deepened.
In fact, McDonald has disfigured her beauty with a scar that runs ominously across her left cheek, as much a sign of Bess' sordid past as a nod to the battles she's endured in this production, now called "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess."
At one point, Porgy sings to Bess, "You're gonna outshine every woman in this town," and McDonald does just that, giving Bess a hard exterior at the beginning, a soft, schoolgirl side at the town picnic, a hellcat when fighting and a sad emptiness when she feels she must leave. All the while, she conveys the awful pull on her generated by Sporting Life's "magic dust." At one point, McDonald even sings while lying down following a bout of delirium.
It's a stunning performance - as much visceral as presentational. Her scenes with Porgy toward the end are tender without being mushy and her whole body seems to go to war as she fends off Crown's attempted rape.
Lewis' Porgy is proud but determined and the way he winces across the stage conveys his daily pain all too well. His Porgy knows Bess is out of his league, which makes his attempt to better himself - to be a "natural man" with a brace - even more heartbreaking. Lewis' deep, rich voice melds nicely with McDonald's, and their "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" is a triumph. In this duet, as in the plaintive "I Loves You, Porgy," the two go beyond merely singing a tune: They reach inside and act the songs with a powerful honesty and intensity.
And Grier, known more for his comedy in such shows as "In Living Color," struts and pimp-walks in his ESosa-designed spats and stripped suits with an air of manipulative danger and literally swings off stage a few times. He sings pretty well, too.

Katy Perry's Agent Told The Associated Press The Singer Does Not Comment On Her Personal Life

A suburban Cleveland church where the father of pop star Katy Perry delivered a sermon that drew accusations of anti-Semitism has released an apology in which he says he regrets his "hurtful and ugly language."
Pastor Paul Endrei of the Church on the Rise in Westlake said Wednesday that Perry's father, the Rev. Keith Hudson, meant to compliment Jewish people's prosperity when he said having money is what it takes to make Jews jealous. Endrei says the visiting Hudson was blessing businesspeople during the Jan. 5 sermon and "just went too far."
"Even though this is wrong and it was not a right comment, he wasn't preaching about Jews, neither was he ranting against Jews," Endrei said, adding that he received only one complaint from among the roughly 300 people who heard the sermon.
He said Hudson had referred to God telling Abraham, considered the father of Judaism, that he was to be blessed. "And then he started talked about being blessed so much that you would make a Jew jealous," Endrei said.
In the apology released this week, Hudson said he is not an anti-Semite.
"I deeply regret the hurtful and ugly language I used in my message in Ohio," the statement said.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization based in Los Angeles, earlier in the week denounced Hudson's remarks as anti-Semitic.
Endrei said the church would be open to welcoming Hudson back, not immediately but after some time has passed.
In his apology, Hudson says that with the help of God, he won't again make such comments.
"We can do lots of harm even to those we love simply by using words irresponsibly. ... I apologize for the hurt that I caused my Jewish friends," he said.

Agyness Deyn bondage in movie still

She has been trying her hand at a spot of acting appearing as Aphrodite in the Clash of the Titans remake and a couple of music videos.
But supermodel Agyness Deyn has swapped the catwalk for a more prominent part as she makes her lead role debut - as a stripper.
The 28-year-old stars in the remake of a a Danish film called Pusher, with the first stills from the movie released today.
In them they show the Mancunian model in bondage-style black lingerie, red nipple tassels and her blonde hair dyed a very alluring shade of red.
Agyness plays Flo, who is described as a 'strong-minded' stripper, in the movie which was made by Spanish film director Luis Prieto in London earlier this year.
It tells the story of a week in the life of drug dealer Frank, played by Richard Coyle, in London and whose life soon spins out of control.
Coyle, 39, is best known for his roles as Welsh Jeff in the BBC comedy Coupling and more recently as William Winthrop in Madonna's feature-directorial debut W.E.
Agyness has dabbled in some acting prior to Pusher, starring as the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite in the Clash of the Titans remake.
She has also starred in a couple of music videos for Five O'Clock Heroes and Woodkid.
But her role in Pusher is her first lead and speaking to the Evening Standard, she said: 'When I did Pusher in the summer, it was like: this is what I'm supposed to be doing.
'I just loved it so much and it excites me to be able to do it. I want to do it as much as possible - film, theatre, everything.'
And it would seem that she has really been bitten by the acting bug as she is set to make her theatre debut - and it's not too far removed from her role in Pusher.
Deyn will star in the British premiere of The Leisure Society, a dark comedy about a disastrous dinner party, as Paula, a promiscuous 'free-spirited' woman alongside Ed Stoppard.
But she has no plans to give up modelling and told the Standard: 'They're both creative.'
And director Harry Burton said: 'Everybody who knows about Pusher thinks Agyness is genuinely talented.'

David Beckham Strips Down For H&M Underwear

Fans have been excited to see David Beckham in his underwear ever since he announced his new campaign back in July - and now the wait is over.New images showing the 36-year-old footballer posing in tight briefs for retail fashion chain H&M were released today and are bound to please the ladies.David is showing off his toned body, his extensive body art and of course an impressive package in the advertisement for his own bodywear.
Wearing a pair of tight white trunk briefs - that will retail at £9.99 a pair - the father-of-four looks mean and moody as he stares into the distance.The image bears many similarities to that of David's previous campaign with Italian designer brand Armani who he first modelled for in 2007.
The only props missing from his latest campaign are a giant rope, lots of hair gel and a bottle of baby oil.The sportsman caused quite a stir two years ago when he revealed his bulge in the black designer briefs, and even opted for a skimpier pair in an image that saw him laying down wearing an unbuttoned white shirt.
Of course the high-street brand is worlds away from Armani, but men will still be pleased to know they can wear a pair of David's designs.Earlier this year, the LA Galaxy star spoke of his plans to branch out into the fashion industry.'I have had the idea of doing a bodywear collection for some time now,' he told WWD.'The push to do something of my own really came as a result of my collaboration with Armani.'
David's appearance on giant billboards across the world worked extremely well for the designer brand and resulted in a doubling of profits for the company in one year.'It proved to me that there is a real market for good-looking, well-made men's bodywear,' he continued.'I can't wait to show people the collection - although I'm not sure my mum will be too happy seeing a billboard image of me in underwear again.'The new range will be available to buy in H&M stores from February 2 - just in time for Valentine's Day.