ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old.

Devoted to good causes, a loving father and grandfather, Charles had shed the angst that once seemed to bedevil him and was clearly determined to make his time as king-in-waiting worthwhile.

Prince William is certainly a man of his word. In the TV documentary marking Prince Charles’s 70th birthday, Wills said he admired his father’s work but insisted that he wanted to do things his own way.

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.

AMANDA PLATELL: After Kate Middleton broke up with Prince William at one stage during their courtship, she was phoned by a journalist.

AMANDA PLATELL: The details of George's last wishes were so poignant and seemed so well organised, they gave me pause for thought.

This week her first child, Prince William, proved himself to be a true carrier of his mother's torch in the way he demonstrated his support for the gay community.

AMANDA PLATELL: Naomi Campbell delivered a message of hope to inner-city secondary school children living in an area blighted by gang violence, near where she herself grew up.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: With his mop of ginger hair, geeky glasses and hoodie, Ed looks as though he's just fallen out of the local Oxfam shop.

AMANDA PLATELL: Headmistress Nina Gunson (pictured above) is encouraging her pupils to learn comedy, offering them an eight-week course of stand-up classes

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most unscrupulous baby farmers demanded money up front rather than a monthly payment because it meant they profited if the child died, preferably quickly.

Earlier this year, he spoke about his battle with mental health.  

Katharine Mcphee is a married woman. The American Idol alum shared her new name on on Saturday saying, 'Introducing Katharine Foster.' She married her boyfriend David Foster.

And it seems the 28-year-old singer is set to welcome a son as he shared a shot of himself and Alison lyng on either side of a cute baby onesie with the word 'Gentleman' on the front.

The celebrity couple told People on Wednesday they're expecting a son early next year who they will name Luka: 'Katie and I are beyond excited for baby Luka to arrive early 2020!'

Antonella Barba, 32, faces a minimum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charge that she tried to deliver almost two pounds of Fentanyl to a stash house in New Jersey.

The unsuspecting third and fourth graders had been rehearsing their rendition of the 36-year-old country crooner's hit The Champion at Nissan Stadium in Nashville

The trio will be returning to their roles as judges for the upcoming third season, the executives announced in a statement on Monday. Bobby Bones will also be returning as in-house mentor.

Ryan Seacrest has been reported to be returning as American Idol host as he gets close to finalizing a new massive deal with Disney.

American Idol star Adam Lambert, 37, from Indiana, has listed his 'enchanting oasis' three bedroom and three-and-a-half bathroom property in the West Hollywood Hills for $3.35million.

Jinger, 25, and Jeremy, 31, recently moved to Los Angeles from Laredo, Texas. On Thursday, they left church with Cade, 23, and Gabby, 19, who met on season 16 of American Idol and are now engaged.

Clarkson, buoyed by her hit ballad A Moment Like This, bested Justin Guarini in the initial competition in 2002.

American Idol contestant Haley Smith passed away on Saturday after she crashed her motorcycle.

Kelly Clarkson revealed that she 'got real bitter' at the disdain she received after her American Idol season one victory made her a star.

Dunkleman was in the headlines earlier this year amid reports he was driving for Uber, and took to Twitter January 3 to explain how the gig made sense given his life circumstances.

The American Idol champion's daytime broadcast is already shaping up to be a success, earning a respectable 1.9 household rating across primary runs in the metered markets.

The singer hosted the music icons on her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. The judges were absolutely elated to see just how far Kelly had come ever since winning the epic music contest.

It was announced last month that Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie all will return as judges for the trailblazing reality competition show.

It has been 10 years since Ryan Seacrest was joined by the original American Idol hosts on TV. But the radio personality revealed he 'would be interested' in reuniting with the OG panel, to People on Friday.

American Idol former co-host Brian Dunkleman opened up in an interview with GQ about his struggles with depression in the years after quitting the hit show: 'I had a lot of anger.'

Ian wed the 31-year-old jewelry designer in 2015 - two years after he ended his on-set romance with his 30-year-old Vampire Diaries leading lady

American Idol stars Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner tied-the-knot on Saturday in a small ceremony in Texas after meeting on the show in 2018.

McPhee and Foster recently returned from the Maldives, where they posted some stunning photos. One bikini mirror selfie was a nod to a 2015 tweet by Kim Kardashian West.

Katy Perry, 34, and Luke Bryan, 43, were giving their best Jack and Rose impressions while filming a clip for the new season of American Idol at the Wharf waterfront in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

Sometimes the best accessory is a husband dressed in all black, as music star Tori Kelly displayed on Wednesday at CMT's Artist of the Year event in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hall's shady dealings came to light recently after dancer Thom White shared a massive thread on Twitter last Monday detailing his experience working with the former 'American Idol' contestant.

The 29-year-old musician posted a photo looking over his little boy as he rested peacefully on a blanket with stuffed animals nearby.

Twelve years on it appears as if the Virginia singer's dreams of making it big are all but over, after 32-year-old, back in August, pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing fentanyl.

Layla Spring is going back to Hollywood, after winning the Golden Ticket for the upcoming season of American Idol.

Katy Perry shared a slew of snapshots from her current stop in Hawaii where American Idol's Top 40 contestants are expected to compete for a spot in the next round.

The singing superstar stood out from the theatre crowd, arriving at The Shaftesbury Theatre in a hot pink satin coat. 

Katy Perry dazzled in pastel pink as she hit the blue carpet with fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan for the American Idol premiere party in Hollywood on Wednesday evening.

The 35-year-old pop star flew into a comic rage when a contestant she liked failed to go through during the season 18 premiere Sunday of  American Idol on ABC. 

Foxtel will not be broadcasting the current season of American Idol. 

Following last week's Season 18 premiere of American Idol, things get intense in Sunday night's episode which finds judge Katy Perry appearing to collapse following a gas leak.