Annie Lennox, Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch listened as the US president described meeting the royals

THE MIRROR
BY LUCY BUCKLAND

Proving his celebrity transcends all walks of life, stars have flocked to Barack Obama 's live question and answers session this morning.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Australian beauty Holly Valance and British singer Annie Lennox all listened intently as the US President hosted his "town-hall" style meeting during the second day of his visit to the UK ahead of his meeting with Jeremy Corbyn .

The US president took questions from ordinary Brits after stopping off at London's Globe Theatre to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare .

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Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Join GRAMMY AWARDS Performance Line-Up

NME
January 14, 2014

The Beatles' Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are set to perform together at The Grammys.

McCartney has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Rock Song for 'Cut Me Some Slack' with Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic, whilst Starr will be honoured with the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony. Other new live additions to the awards ceremony bill include Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, John Legend and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, reports Rolling Stone. The Grammy Awards 2014 take place at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. 

Eurythmics will reunite to pay tribute to The Beatles as part of the 2014 Grammy Awards. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart went on hiatus in 2005 and last released a studio album in 1999 but will come back together for The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles, which will be recorded on January 27, one day after this year's Grammy Awards. 

The show will then be broadcast on February 9, exactly 50 years after the Beatles made their US television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. It is not yet known if Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr will feature in the programme. 

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Oscar winner Colin Firth set for Dubai's DIFF (ARABIAN BUSINESS.COM)

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on Tuesday announced that Oscar winning actor Colin Firth and his fashion entrepreneur wife Livia will attend the event this year to support the annual 'One Night to Change Lives' charity.

The couple who are Global Ambassadors for Oxfam, will be joined by actresses Kristin Davis and Rooney Mara at the black-tie charity evening on December 14 at the Armani Hotel in Dubai.

Amr Waked and Ali Mostafa will also attend the exclusive gala dinner and auction which will raise funds for the UAE-based Dubai Cares and Oxfam.

This will be the second year that Colin Firth has attended DIFF, following his visit to promote the multi-award winning film, The King's Speech in 2010.


Oxfam has worked with Dubai Cares since 2008 to improve access and quality education for nearly 63,000 school children in some of the world's poorest countries including Mali, Niger, and Pakistan.

Oxfam's Global Ambassadors include A-list actors Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Minnie Driver, Gael Garcia Bernal, Djimon Hounsou, Kristin Davis, Rahul Bose; musicians Coldplay and Annie Lennox; Helena Christensen and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

A number of Oxfam ambassadors are expected to attend the December event.

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