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Newsbeat entertainment reporter Kim Kardashian has accused British Airways of removing “sentimental and not replaceable” items from her luggage when she travelled back to the states.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has accused British Airways of removing things from her luggage as she flew back to the United States.

The 31-year-old used her twitter account to vent her anger, saying “shame on you” on the airline.

She did not reveal what had been taken or how many items had been removed.

Kardashian was in the UK as part of a promotional tour for her new perfume, before she left to make an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.

A British Airways spokesperson said they were looking into the claims.

But the E! star wrote on twitter: “Very disappointed in British Airways for opening my luggage and taking some special items of mine!

“Some things are sentimental and not replaceable”.

She added: “What happened to the days when you could lock your bags! We need to get back to that. There’s no sense of security and no trust!”

Newsbeat have tried to contact Kim Kardashian’s people but they are yet to respond.

Here is the original post: Kim Kardashian accuses British Airways of theft – BBC News

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Iron Maiden’s landmark Heavy Metal album of the Eighties The Number Of The Beast has been voted the Best British Album of the Past Sixty Years in a major survey of fans and the wider British public.

The Number of the Beast tops the album poll with a 9.2% share of the total albums vote (2,754 votes) – a potent reminder of the passion and loyalty of their fanbase and of Rock and Metal fans in particular.

This landmark recording, which, to date, has sold over 14m copies worldwide and features the anthemic UK top-10 single Run To The Hills, is significant not only for giving the band their first UK no.1 album, but for the debut of their lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who comments: “We’re astonished and delighted to hear The Number Of The Beast has been named No.1 in HMV’s Diamond Jubilee survey for the greatest British album category. Some of the most influential and classic albums from the past 60 years were in the running so it’s a testament to our incredibly loyal and ever-supportive fans who voted for us. Iron Maiden is a proudly British band, so to win this category as voted for by the British public, in Jubilee year, is very special. Thank you to all our wonderful fans!“

The month-long poll, hosted by HMV to mark the Diamond Jubilee, met with a remarkable response from music and film fans alike, with 54,545 votes cast in total across albums and film categories (split approx 30,000 for albums & 24,000 for films) and more than 330,000 Facebook mentions and likes generated in the process. In arguably one of the largest ever surveys of its kind – driven primarily by social media, people were able to select their favourites by using a simple but innovative voting app on the retailer’s Facebook page that could also be accessed via the url www.hmv.com/jubilee.

HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo, comments: “You often tend to see the same artists and albums dominate album polls, but with social media increasingly giving the most ardent and passionate fans a powerful voice, I think that’s all going to change, and so it’s no surprise that Iron Maiden have come out on top as their fans are renowned for being the most loyal and dedicated around. Congratulations to Iron Maiden – we now know the number of the beast is, I fact, ….1.

“The beginning of Elizabeth II’s reign, and the bright new future it represented, didn’t just coincide with a flowering of British popular culture, it helped to provide the very spark that lit the touch-paper for an explosion in music and film talent. Since then, the Queen has presided over the richest period of cultural achievement in our nation’s history, so it’s only right that her Diamond Jubilee, which ironically also encapsulates sixty years of the official charts, should be a period when we reflect on the greatest British albums and films of the past six decades.”

Compared to some critics’ polls, which are often dominated by the same titles, the HMV survey for the Diamond Jubilee has been entirely determined by a public vote, and so arguably throws up one or two surprises. In doing so, however, it demonstrates the compelling and growing power of social media such as Facebook and Twitter to engage with fans and give them an interactive platform to express their passion for their favourite artists and recordings.

Equally impressive in second spot and with 6.3% of the votes (1,892 votes) are electronic music legends Depeche Mode, with, for many people, their career-defining album Violator. The most popular artists overall, however, are The Beatles, who, with Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at no.3 (5.69%) have four albums in the top 10 and five in the top 20 – accounting for just over 20% or approximately 6,000 of the 30,000 votes cast in the albums category.

The top 10 also features Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon – as voted for by Prime Minister David Cameron in HMV’s poll, Queen’s A Night at the Opera, Oasis (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? and the cultural phenomenon that is Adele’s 21, which is the only album currently in the Official UK Charts top-10 to make it into the poll. Just outside of the top 10 are a number of other iconic artists/albums including Led Zeppelin IV, The Clash London Calling, David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Smiths The Queen is Dead, Black Sabbath’s self-titled album, Radiohead OK Computer and Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Featured in the top 30 are acclaimed albums from the likes of Take That, Elbow, The Who, Coldplay, The Sex Pistols, Muse, Amy Winehouse, Joy Division and The Stone Roses.

The Nineties rank as the most popular decade for music, with 18 albums from this period making the overall top 60, just ahead of the 1970s with 15 – underlining the decade’s iconic status for Rock music in particular. The Noughties come next with 13 albums out of the 60, followed by the Sixties with 8 and surprisingly, perhaps, the Eighties with just 4, including, ironically, Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast. Our current decade only has 2 entries, including Adele 21, whilst the album concept had yet to be introduced in the 1950s, so unsurprisingly there are no entries from this era.

Full list of top 60 British albums of the past 60 years

1. Iron Maiden/The Number Of The Beast (9.18%)

2. Depeche Mode/Violator (6.30%)

3. The Beatles/Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.69)

4. The Beatles/Abbey Road (5.67%)

5. Pink Floyd/The Dark Side of the Moon (5.23%)

6. The Beatles/Revolver (4.01%)

7. Queen/A Night at the Opera (3.98%)

8. Oasis/(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (3.91%)

9. Adele/21 (3.07%)

10. The Beatles/White Album (2.60%)

11. Led Zeppelin/IV (2.50%)

12. The Beatles/Rubber Soul (2.49%)

13. The Clash/London Calling (2.48%)

14. David Bowie/The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2.38%)

15. The Smiths/The Queen is Dead (2.25%)

16. Black Sabbath/Black Sabbath (2.16%)

17. Radiohead/OK Computer (1.99%)

18. Pink Floyd/Wish You Were Here (1.99%)

19. Elton John/Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1.89%)

20. Oasis/Definitely Maybe (1.72%)

21. Take That/Beautiful World (1.66%)

22. Led Zeppelin/II (1.48%)

23. Elbow/Seldom Seen Kid (1.44%)

24. The Who/Who’s Next (1.38%)

25. Coldplay/Parachutes (1.31%)

26. Sex Pistols/Never Mind the Bollocks (1.30%)

27. Muse/Origin of Symmetry (1.25%)

28. Amy Winehouse/Back to Black (1.23%)

29. Joy Division/Unknown Pleasures (1.20%)

30. The Stone Roses/The Stone Roses (1.14%)

31. David Bowie/Hunky Dory

32. The Cure/Disintegration

33. My Bloody Valentine/Loveless

34. Arctic Monkeys/Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

35. Pulp/Different Class

36. Mumford & Sons/Sigh No More

37. Blur/Parklife

38. Florence & The Machine/Lungs

39. The Prodigy/Fat of the Land

40. The Rolling Stones/Exile on Main Street

41. Kate Bush/Hounds of Love

42. Radiohead/Kid A

43. The Rolling Stones/Sticky Fingers

44. Portishead/Dummy

45. The Rolling Stones/Let it Bleed

46. The Specials/The Specials

47. Kasabian/Kasabian

48. Manic Street Preachers/The Holy Bible

49. Tinie Tempah/Disc-overy

50. Stereophonics/Word Gets Around

51. Massive Attack/Blue Lines

52. Primal Scream/Screamadelica

53. Dusty Springfield/Dusty in Memphis

54. Aphex Twin/Selected Ambient Works

55. Blur/Modern Life is Rubbish

56. The Streets/Original Pirate Material

57. PJ Harvey/Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

58. Dizzee Rascal/Boy in da Corner

59. Teenage Fanclub/Bandwagonesque

60. Roots Manuva/Run Come Save Me

Follow this link: Iron Maiden beat Beatles, Pink Floyd, Oasis and Queen to best British album honour – South Yorkshire Times

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The writer, who picked up the Special Award at the BAFTAs last night, said: “I never make a note of anything, I never even write a plot down. I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.

“I have to write in sequence and only in sequence.”

And talking about Sherlock’s Andrew Scott’s win for Best Supporting Actor, he said: “People don’t remember that in the first series of Sherlock he’s just in the last scene and he has become a star just because of that.

“It takes an extraordinarily good actor to do that. He’s also one of the nicest blokes out there – not a bit like Moriarty.”

Andrew beat his co-star Martin Freeman who plays Doctor John Watson in the hit BBC1 series, who was also nominated within the same category.

Joseph Mawle (Birdsong) and Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line) were also nominated.

Overwhelmed … Andrew Scott is all smiles

Read the original here: Doctor Who and Sherlock boss Steven Moffat reveals his superstition – The Sun

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The R.I.P singer followed in the footsteps of Geri Halliwell and Leona Lewis as a stand-in judge, joining Louis, Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos at the O2 Arena today.

Sporting a white dress, blingtastic gold shades and red tartan heels Ora certainly looked the part – although the 21-year-old admitted she was feeling nervous ahead of her judging debut.

Taking to Twitter after arriving, she wrote: ‘I’m here… I can’t breathe!’

But she also promised to support the hopefuls queuing up to audition, believing that her status as a newcomer to the music industry would help her relate to contestants.

She added: ‘I’m just like you remember that. I’ve just started too I’m here to help!’

It’s unclear when the permanent replacement for Kelly Rowland will be announced, with Nicole Scherzinger also thought to be stepping in as a guest judge during the open auditions stage.

It was thought that Geri Halliwell would be given the job permanently, but since then Louis, Tulisa and Gary have called on Sharon Osbourne to return after a four year absence.

But whoever takes up the vacant job it seems they’ll need to be familiar with Twitter, as even Louis Walsh is getting involved with the social networking site this year.

Having been subject to several spoof accounts it seems he is finally joining the site, with Louis saying backstage: ‘I’m not on Twitter, I’ve never been on Twitter but I’m going to do it for the live shows. I’m to going to start my own account, we’re going to launch it on ITV2.’

Fellow judge Gary Barlow joined Twitter for the first time live on X Factor companion show The Xtra Factor last year, amassing over 1.5million followers in the past year.

Tulisa was already a prolific user before joining the show, while boss Simon Cowell signed up to the site during the live shows of The X Factor USA.

PICTURES: More pictures from the O2 Arena X Factor auditions

More here: Rita Ora takes up X Factor guest spot as Louis Walsh agrees to join Twitter – Metro

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