Maeve Connolly
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Sleb Safari: Prince William wore aeroplane slippers to the Top Gun: Maverick premiere
SLIPPERS are having a moment. Scratch that. Slippers are having their moment - and it’s been a long time coming. Footwear so comfortable, so dependable, so functional, so everything, was always deserving of the spotlight. And if Crocs can stage a coup and get away with it, slippers deserve their soft shuffle centre stage. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Tom Daley and his Olympic-standard showstopper bake
THERE’S something satisfying about watching celebrities chop and char or beat and bake. Sleb Safari will watch Celebrity Masterchef over Masterchef: The Professionals every time and the same goes for charity spin-off The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Paris Hilton and her twin flame welcome a baby boy
The celebrity stork has delivered a baby boy to Paris Hilton and her twin flame Carter Reum - and taken a photo of the newborn on the doorstep as mandated by its employer. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Michael Bay and the dead or alive ninja pigeon
TO Italy where director Michael Bay may, or may not, be facing tough questions over the alleged death of a pigeon on one of his movie sets. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Richard Madeley a demon in the kitchen?
SLEB Safari has received a nugget of slanderous information about Richard Madeley that it simply cannot, and will not, believe. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Sarah Hyland and the Berlin ghost
In a regular feature Sleb Safari has taken to calling ‘Celebrities shacked up with spectres’ we delve deep into the supernatural and allow spirits to communicate with us through the mortal bodies of our celebrity friends. Just kidding, Sleb Safari is completely terrified of all that talk and would run a mile (and then limp the next) at the merest whisper of inexplicable occurrences. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Is Brooklyn Beckham trolling us for a living?
Oh to have the confidence of the adult child of celebrity parents. I’m a photographer! I’m a chef! I’m a nutter in the kitchen! I’m Brooklyn Beckham! → Read More
Sleb Safari: Bill Nighy is more Holywood than Hollywood
Listen up Jared Leto and Lady Gaga, Bill Nighy has no time for your method acting, your staying in character 24/7 and your having someone wheel you to the bathroom. Plus, if you think acting is anything other than a job he has news for you. → Read More
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins takes up where The Jump left off
Channel 4 has finally found a celebrity reality TV show to replace the bloodbath that was The Jump, and it’s called Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Camila Cabello saw UFOs because the aliens trust her
Sleb Safari comes to you today with serious UFO news, or UFON if that is your preference. → Read More
Daniel O'Donnell joins TikTok. Who'd have thought it?
Daniel O'Donnell has joined TikTok. → Read More
Who wants a Stavros Flatley Blackbird mash-up?
Thirteen years ago a father and son went buck-lepping across the Britain’s Got Talent stage and Stavros Flatley was born. → Read More
Craig David is the newest celebrity psychic on the block
Step forward Slebdom’s newest psychic - Mr Craig David. Not only is Craig psychic, he’s clairvoyant and clairaudient. Now that’s a Twitter bio. → Read More
Sean Fox's killers fired 20 bullets, police reveal
CCTV footage recorded outside the west Belfast social club where Sean Fox was shot dead on Sunday has been released by police. → Read More
Sleb Safari: I'm A Celebrity All Stars are gluttons for punishment
What’s the collective noun for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! alumni? All Stars, obvs. And 15 of the finest have been invited to take part in an All Stars show to mark 20 years of celebrities eating kangaroo testicles without a gun being held to their head. → Read More
Boy (5) dies after being struck by van in Limavady
A five-year-old boy has died after being struck by a van in Limavady yesterday. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Richard Madeley, the baby whisperer
The celebrity stork has bestowed a baby girl on Chloe Madeley - daughter of telly titans Richard and Judy - and her husband, I’m A Celebrity contestant and former rugby player James Haskell. → Read More
Man dies following house fire in Newry
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house fire in Newry last night. → Read More
Sleb Safari: Michael Flatley's Blackbird savaged by critics
Michael Flatley - the Irish dancer whose injuries have put his physio’s children through university and bought them their first home and labradoodle - has written, starred in, directed and financed his own spy film which in no way, shape or form makes it sound like a vanity project. → Read More
Sleb Safari: When crystals harm rather than heal our celebrity friends
CRYSTALS are supposed to heal, not harm, but what happens when one goes rogue? → Read More