The friend of the week ...
... is Taylor Swift's partner Joe Alwyn. The actor told the British newspaper "Times" that he "didn't" mind "at all" appearing in the songs on his pop star friend's latest album. That Swift sings about their relationship in hits like "London Boy" doesn't bother him - on the contrary: "It's flattering," said the 28-year-old.
In general, the couple keeps a low profile about what they say about their private lives. However, this does not prevent the tabloid press from reporting on the relationship. 99 percent of it is wrong, said Alwyn. But the Briton apparently does not think much about it: "I simply do not pay attention to what I do not want to pay attention to."
The apology of the week ...
... comes from singer Camila Cabello. In the past few days, previous comments by the 22-year-olds had been discussed on social media, in which she had manifestly expressed herself in a racist manner. Cabello has now published a statement on Twitter and Instagram asking for forgiveness.
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Camila Cabello: "Use a language I'm very ashamed of"
"When I was younger, I used a language that I am very ashamed of and that I will regret forever," wrote Cabello.
The senior group of the week ...
... are the dead trousers. Frontmann Campino conceded that the group was increasingly struggling with health problems. The band has meanwhile adjusted to this.
In the meantime, he and his colleagues have been prepared for someone to injure their tendon during a concert. "This has become such property damage in the meantime," said the 57-year-old on the radio Bremen talk show "3nach9", "that you'd better say we get a physio for the tour than things have to be canceled."
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Campino with the dead trousers: "Such a material damage"
The obligatory visit to the hotel pool after a gig looks very different today than in the eighties: "We look like a retirement home that practices treading water," said Campino. "We swore to ourselves: Nobody is allowed to take pictures. It stays between us."
The photo fake of the week ...
... comes from reality TV star Kim Kardashian: her daughter North, six years old, was fitted into this year's Instagram Christmas card. On the TV show by US host Ellen DeGeneres, the wife of rap superstar Kanye West replied to a corresponding question: "That's right."
To explain, the 39-year-old said: "North was having a bad day, so she refused to take part in the photo shoot." Her daughter cried because she wanted a special hairstyle. However, she agreed not to be shown on the map.
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Kim Kardashian: Reality TV star and Photoshop expert
The next morning, North said that she also wanted a card, a picture only with her mother, said Kardashian. "I called the photographer and told him that I would look totally different today, that he should take pictures of us, but cut me out and use it in Photoshop." And now there is "a nice card."
The good news of the week ...
... announced Hope Solo. The ex-goalkeeper of the US national soccer team is pregnant. She is expecting a boy and a girl, said the 38-year-old on the "Weekend Winners" broadcast by the US broadcaster beIN Sports.
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Hope Solo at a gala in New York City: "Equality from the start"
"My husband and I can practice equality right from the start," said Solo. "Miniature soccer team on the way," she added. She shared the clip on Twitter, with a girl and a boy emoji.
The teacher of the week ...
... was Prince William. Like his mother Diana once, the British Royal wants to ensure that his own children get to know about life outside the palace walls. He talks to them about problems like poverty when he drives them to school in the morning and sees homeless people outside, William told the BBC.
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Prince William with George and Charlotte (archive): "Then you are very interested"
"Then you are very interested and ask: 'Why can't he go home?'" Said the prince. William and his wife Kate have three children: George (six years old), Charlotte (four years old) and Louis (one and a half).