lifestyle SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016

Gossip reportedly taking Adele a five-year break he ‘Hello’ hitmaker has only just returned a new song towards the end of the shows.” But the from a three-year hiatus but is keen to step brunette beauty will need to get cracking if she Taway from the limelight yet again once her wants a new release this year, as she has admitted world tour wraps up later this year because she she’s yet to pull out a pen and paper and start wants to spend time with her three-year-old son penning some lyrics. She added: “I haven’t written Angelo. A source told The Sun newspaper: “She anything yet, though!” And, although she left fans has told her closest pals she will step away from waiting four years for her album ‘25’, Adele is the limelight for five years before she next brings determined to do all she can to make Angelo, out an album. She’s still very new to motherhood whom she has with partner Simon Konecki, proud and doesn’t want to miss out on Angelo growing of her. She said: “In between my albums I popped up. It will be a hard thing for fans to hear.” out a baby. It is the greatest thing I ever did. Now I However, the 27-year-old singer had recently have complete purpose. I want him to be proud of teased fans about the possibility of a new release me and understand why I do this.” by the end of the year. Speaking to her fans during her first gig at Belfast’s SSE Arena in Northern Ireland earlier this month, she said: “There may be Lopez ‘genuinely’ loved Ben Affleck

he 46-year-old actress has been split up from the hunk for almost 12 years now but has admitted she Tstill wonders what could have happened between them if they’d got together at different points in their lives. Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, she explained: “I think dif- ferent time different thing, who knows what could’ve hap- pened, but there was a genuine love there.” The former couple - who were nicknamed ‘Bennifer’ by the media - got engaged in November 2002, shortly after they began dat- ing, but things came crashing down two years later after they struggled to cope with the pressure of fame. She said: “We didn’t try to have a public relationship. We just hap- pened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was just a lot of pressure.” Shortly after their split, which came weeks before their wedding, Jennifer jumped straight into a relationship with her now- ex-husband Marc Anthony, got married that year and wel- comed eight-year-old twins Max and Emme. Since splitting from Marc, Jennifer has been in an on/off relationship with her backing dancer Casper Smart. Ben, on the other hand, went on to date his ‘Daredevil’ co-star Jennifer Garner before getting married to her in 2005. However, the pair - who three children, Violet, 10, Seraphina, seven, and James Van Der Beek Samuel, four, together - shocked the world last June when they announced their divorce. has become a father again

he former ‘Dawson’s Creek’ actor and 2010 - announced that they were expect- wife Kimberly - who already have ing another child together back in TOlivia, five, Annabel, two, and son November. Alongside a picture of James Charli XCX has a Joshua, three - welcomed a baby girl, their touching her stomach, Kimberly wrote at fourth child together, named Emilia into the time: “So grateful to share with you the world on Wednesday. The handsome today that we’re pregnant with our fourth phobia of zombies star announced the happy news over the child!” Meanwhile, the 38-year-old actor weekend by sharing a photograph of his certainly has his hands full with a huge he ‘Vroom Vroom’ singer is terri- zombie blood. You know, the simple new addition snoozing while surrounded brood and admitted before the birth of his fied of the undead rising up and things. I’m so good at this!” And it’s by his besotted kids. He accompanied the third child he was worried raising a large Tbringing an apocalyptic end to not the only thing that’s left Charli black-and-white shot with the caption: family would be “tricky”. He said previous- the world. Charli has thought about feeling “freaked out” as she previously “Happy to share that two days ago, @van- ly: “There are moments where we will be the possibility of flesh-eating mon- gushed about meeting Bill Murray. derkimberly and I were lucky enough to dealing with the two, it will be a handful sters coming to get her so much that She said: “I ran into Bill Murray in the welcome a little baby girl into the world... and I’ll think, ‘Well, this is about to get she’s devised a survival strategy. She lobby of a hotel and completely Emilia Van Der Beek. Crazy how deeply in even trickier.” said: “I’d make sure I was in the sec- freaked out. “He told me he liked my love you can fall with someone you just ond floor of an apartment - then I’d shoes and I ran away because I didn’t met. (sic)” The couple - who got married in cut off the stairs. I’d make sure I had know what to say. In hindsight, I wish enough petrol in my car. I’d stockpile I’d invited him to a party or some- Sir Mick Jagger ‘can’t raisins that type of stuff. “And I’d cover thing, but I didn’t play it cool at all.” my mouth in case I got infected by function’ in jeans he Rolling Stones frontman can’t understand how his bandmates used to feel comfortable under hot stage Tlights in denim trousers, and also rejected leather garments because he found both materials too restrictive. He said: “Keith [Richards] and everyone would always wear jeans. “I can’t imagine how you could function in jeans. There’s no give in them. “Now, people still manage to do a lot of amazing stuff wearing jeans. But for me, it wasn’t a great feel - too think, no give, and not so great when you got hot either. “I never used to wear leather either. Like, Jim Morrison would wear leather pants. How do you even do that?” For the 72-year-old rocker, comfort and practicality is essential on stage. He told MOJO magazine: “Comfortable is a big thing if you’re on stage. “I used to wear these moc- casin shoes - bought them somewhere in California. “They were very ‘the thing’, but they’re not very good to dance in - I can’t imagine how I thought I was gonna dance in moc- casins.” Bar Refaeli expecting a baby girl Goulding has spent seven years not knowing who she is he 30-year-old model has subtly alongside a positive pregnancy test. She announced she and her husband Adi accompanied the shot with the caption: he ‘Burn’ hitmaker - who recently split from boyfriend Dougie TEzra, whom she married last “2016 is going to be like.. Happy & Healthy Poynter after two years of dating - plans to take a break at the September, will welcome a daughter - their New Year !” And the news didn’t come as Tend of her ‘Delirium’ tour and admitted that, though she has first child together - in July. Taking to her too much of a surprise as Bar has always done some “really incredible” things in her career, she is ready to Instagram account, the blonde beauty revealed her strong desire to have a little take some time for herself. She said: “I feel like the last seven years uploaded a photograph of her flashing her family. She said prior to her pregnancy: “I has been a blur of really incredible, exciting things, but also not real- tiny bump while lapping up the sun on a would love to have kids soon. We keep feel- ly knowing who I am. “I think it’s a positive message that I really just lounger. She wrote: “My girl craved some ing like we need some more time to our- want a bit of time for myself to see what the world is like alone.” The vitamin D #5months (sic).” And, although selves but I think that feeling will never go 29-year-old pop star admitted it is currently “really challenging” to she’s nearing her third trimester, it seems away. So we will probably aim for children keep going. She told heat magazine: “Sometimes I don’t think peo- the Israeli beauty is still battling with soon, I hope. I don’t think marriage should ple know how long I’ve been doing this for - it’s been seven years of naughty cravings as she’s been struck with [change a relationship]. I believe people non-stop touring and it’s really taken it out of me. “I know people a strong desire to demolish greasy burgers. choose to get married because they are think I’m invincible, but when you’ve toured for this long and you’re She posted a picture of herself tucking into happy with their lives together, so why tired and you’re going through a break-up, it can be really challeng- a burger on the photo-sharing site last would we change anything? “I didn’t ing.” But taking a break from her career doesn’t mean Ellie will be month alongside the caption: “officially expect it - I always thought it would be the staying away from fan interaction via social media. She said: “When pregnant #cravings. (sic)” Meanwhile, Bar same as the day before the marriage - but you notch up quite a few Instagram followers - like, I’m getting to 10 announced on New Year’s Eve (12.31.15) you feel a spark of extra commitment when million now - it is quite tempting to stay active on it. “But it can turn that she was pregnant by posting a picture you call someone your ‘husband.’ “ into a thing where you’re a bit obsessive over it.” of a baby and a bottle emoji on Twitter