Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stint | 736I30Q | 2024-04-30 20:08:01
AVOID a bum note in fashion by digging out your tiniest shorts.
Hotpants are back, with this week's Copenhagen catwalks bursting with them.
Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintGettyHotpants were back at Copenhagen Fashion Week[/caption]
And while Sixties icons bought theirs at Mary Quant, the new style set is sporting leather, wool or sequinned pairs in red and black from Gucci, Dior and Chanel.
The tight trend has been bringing up the rear on and off for years.
But can you get to the bottom of who's who in these pictures of celebs?
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintThis cheeky pop princess had people Spinning Around with her 2000 hit and barely-there gold shortsRECORD COMPANY
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintWhich pop diva and Barbie actress looks Hotter Than Hell and could Dance The Night away in this pair?
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintA superstar, I flaunted my fine figure in £2,000 sequined Prada shorts – but can you Say My Name?Instagram
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintShe's a TV host turned personal trainer and mum who looked amazing in this sassy break-up outfitTim Stewart
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintThis singer who became a style icon has spiced up her life with cheeky looks. Who do you think she is?Getty
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintITVPolitical figure showed his independence by pulling on a pair of green hotpants on reality TV[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintLondon-born model became famous in Robin Thicke's controversial music video Blurred LinesSplash
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintThis Fame Monster in the pop world turned her Poker Face to the big screen proving A Star Is BornSplash News
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintFifties screen siren dazzled in white hotpants when she met Brazilian footballer Pele in 1971Getty
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintSuppliedWhich TV presenter writhed around in gold hot pants and a wig in tribute to a pop superstar?[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintShe's a California Gurl who once Kissed A Girl – and she also looked sensational in these tiny hotpantsAri Michelson
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintThey sang Touch My Bum and one dated an MP, but which double act featured these identical twins?Rex Features
THE CELEBS
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintSplashEmily Ratajkowski[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintITVNigel Farage[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintHulton Archive - GettyBrigitte Bardot[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintRexChloe Madeley[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintPADeclan Donnelly[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintRexKylie Minogue[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintGettyBeyonce[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintGetty Images - GettyKaty Perry[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintCheeky GirlsRex Features
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintGettyVictoria Beckham[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintGettyLady Gaga[/caption]
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Can you guess the celebs sporting tiny shorts from 90s pop star to politician with much-talked about I'm A Celeb stintSplashDua Lipa[/caption]
Stephen Maguire and Dave Gilbert love-in before World Championship showdown | HXR6S24 | 2024-04-30 16:08:01
Stephen Maguire and Dave Gilbert are big fans of each other (Pictures: Getty)
Stephen Maguire and Dave Gilbert were full of praise for each other as players and people ahead of their World Championship clash, but they will be ready for battle at the Crucible.
Both men are former semi-finalists but had to come through qualifying after disappointing results over the last couple of years.
However, they have shown their quality so far at the Crucible, with Maguire beating Ali Carter and Shaun Murphy, while Gilbert has downed defending champion Luca Brecel and Rob Milkins.
With the clash set for the quarter-finals, it will be a contest that has been played out ever since their junior days, and they are still going at each other in their 40s.
'I've been a Stephen Maguire fan since we were kids,' Gilbert told Metro. 'He was the one I looked at and thought would win everything. I'm amazed he's never won a world title.
'If I wasn't playing him I'd probably be hoping he did go on and win one, but obviously not this year. I think he's a top lad, he's always been straight with me and he's like that with everybody. He's a good guy.'
Maguire added: 'It's mad isn't it. To play Shaun and then Dave back-to-back, you're talking 11-years-old playing in junior tournaments. Young, ugly kids running about trying to pot balls. It's mad that we're still here 30 years later.
'I've always said Dave's a great player. He was a great junior. It took him a while to break through, but everybody rates Dave, that big cue action with the long backswing. He's good to watch.
'He's a cracking boy off the table. He was a good junior, I was decent. We're doing well. We're doing all right for ourselves.'
Gilbert sees it as an even contest but will be drawing on fond memories of a quarter-final win over Maguire at the Masters in 2020, feeling that he is returning to that kind of form.
'I think it probably is a 50-50 game If I play well I can win, if Stephen plays well he can win. I think it'll be a great game,' said the Angry Farmer.
Maguire was fired up during his second round win over Shaun Murphy (Picture: Getty Images)
'We haven't played that much over the years. The Masters was probably the last time I felt I could play the game, so hopefully it's the same feeling and same result.
'That was one of my best wins, such a big thing playing at the Masters for the first time and I felt like I handled it really well. Hopefully more of the same again.
'We've both struggled but our rankings probably aren't correct. We're both better than about 32 in the world. We've both not done so well lately. But he's had a fantastic career, nearly every snooker player would swap with him.
'He's obviously still got game, he's in the quarter-finals and probably feeling confident like I am.'
Gilbert and Maguire begin their quarter-final contest at 10am on Tuesday at the Crucible.
'I want to be selfish' Pokémon World Champion Wolfe Glick opens up about competing and the crowd | 993F296 | 2024-04-30 15:08:02
IF you know only one thing about competitive Pokémon, that thing is probably a single name: Wolfe Glick.
He is the most decorated player in the game's history as an eight-time Regional champion, a Player's Cup champion, and an International champion.
'I want to be selfish' Pokémon World Champion Wolfe Glick opens up about competing and the crowdThe Pokémon CompanyGlick was proud of his team that took him to 13th place at EUIC[/caption]
Best known as the 2016 Worlds champion, the 'World Champ difference' has allowed him to amass over a million subscribers on YouTube.
Here he breaks down competitive Pokémon, makes creative documentaries, and offers viewers insights into how a top trainer thinks.
He most recently attended the European International Championships in London, the largest Pokémon tournament to date.
From the comfort of your home, you don't realise how taxing these tournaments are on players.
The first round on day one of EUIC began at 9am, and players didn't finish their ninth round of the day until past 8pm.
Glick tells The Sun: "I'm definitely tired.
"Tournaments in general are so difficult and so stressful and require so much focus — doing it in a foreign country definitely adds a whole other layer.
"I think my stamina has gotten pretty good. There are tournaments where I've been exhausted by the end of the day, but I feel pretty good here.
"I've gotten a lot better at working on my mental game and just understanding how to relieve myself of some of the external factors that tend to make the tournament feel longer.
"A lot of the tournament is actually waiting. You finish a set and you have like 20 or 30 minutes sometimes before the next game.
"So seeing that time as a relief rather than an additional stressor is something I've done really well in my past few tournaments."
Glick owes his fame online to his success at playing Pokémon but, after speaking to him, these two aspects feel at odds with each other.
If you were at the event you will have seen big name creators such as Aaron Zheng, James Baek, and even other World champions like Eduardo Cunha and Shohei Kimura freely walking around the hall.
The same cannot be said for Glick who often finishes sets, marches to hand in his slip and quickly snaps a few pictures with overwhelmed fans before disappearing from sight.
He tells us: "It's definitely a blessing to be in the position that I'm in.
"But there are additional challenges that come with it, where I find that doing well as a competitor and a content creator are a bit at odds.
"You really want to be very selfish and think, 'What do I need right now? How do I look after myself as a competitor?'
"But you really want to make sure that you're doing what other people need.
"Someone might come up to you and say, 'Oh you're Wolfe, hi', but they didn't really think ahead, so they don't know what to say.
"They just stand there, so I have to drive the conversation, I have to think, 'Okay, are they comfortable?' and I'll ask questions about them.
"It's a little bit difficult to switch between these two disparate modes, especially when I really do care about competing and doing all of these [tournaments].
"So it's an additional challenge that I have to face, but it comes from a good thing.
"It's really difficult to balance being a creator and being a player, especially as my reach as a VGC creator is so much bigger than I think.
"The space isn't really designed to handle it, and it's really important to me to take my role and responsibility seriously.
"For most tournaments I find a little hidey hole, and I'll talk to people on the way to and from there, but I try to have my own space. It's tough.
"People see you and they don't know the context. Being asked for a picture right after you learn you have been kicked out of the tournament feels really bad.
"It's like, 'I just lost. I just want to reflect. I just want to be alone'.
"I tend to try and just find a space where I'll have a little less traffic, and go chill there with my friends."
One early round in particular, Glick and his opponent were sitting directly next to a pathway where spectators could freely walk past and stand to watch him.
He was playing Diego Bonome Garrido, a trainer playing a slow Trick Room team, featuring bulky Pokémon like Porygon 2, Wo Chien, Raging Bolt and Enamorus.
Because of this, Glick's match was the last to finish, and by the time he stood victorious, a crowd of around a hundred had gathered to watch him play, including some of his biggest competition.
Among these players was Alex Gómez, who faced and beat Glick in Round 14, paving his way to come third in the entire tournament, while knocking Glick out of a Top 8 position.
Glick says: "There was a time when that would have bothered me, but I'm really grateful that we use open team sheets [a form that players swap before a match with details of that person's team] now.
"Back in the day, the information you could glean from sitting next to someone and looking at their screen was massive.
"And because I'm such a high profile player, that would make me the target of any information they could get. My team would be out there by Round 2 and everyone would know about it.
"With open team sheets it doesn't really bother me anymore, because I'll get that information as well.
"I ended up losing to Alex today, but honestly I'm not upset that I missed top cut.
"It's my third time missing top cut to resistance [Glick won as many matches as the Top 8 players, but the players he beat didn't win enough matches for him to progress] in a big tournament like this.
"I would have liked to have gone further, but one thing you need to learn if you're going to play competitive Pokémon is that how well you do and the result aren't always directly related.
"Sometimes you have a great tournament, where you feel you did everything right, but you don't get the result you want.
"And sometimes you feel you weren't playing that well but you get really lucky and end up getting a good finish.
"I can be proud of this result, because I'm proud of myself for locking in today and playing good Pokémon."
