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Cold and frosty mornings call for cozy clothes and what could be warmer and snugglier than a teddy coat? The most famous teddy design of all is the iconic tan version by MaxMara, which was put on the map by Kim Kardashian West back in 2013. Many celebs followed suit and the textured design has never really left shelves, returning every year. But with a price tag of almost £2000, it's a very extravagant buy. However, if that's a little out of your price range, our favorite high street stores have come to our rescue, including Marks & Spencer. The brand has a fabulous version of the teddy coat, in a chocolate brown and a subtle beige. The fuzzy texture is super soft and is designed in a longline length with a relaxed, oversized fit. What's more, it's fully lined with a fluffy faux fur finish; so ideal for all those upcoming cold snaps. All sizes are currently available online - but for how long is anyone's guess.

SHOP: £89, Marks & Spencer

Since the design dropped online, it has been very popular with shoppers who have left numerous first-class reviews online. One customer wrote: "I think this coat is true to size. I bought the chocolate brown and it looks fab - even on me and I am only 5'3. The sleeves are also a good length which is unusual as normally they are too long. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed!"
Another added: "The type of coat that looks good dressed up or down. Warm and very on-trend. The price is hard to believe, it is so reasonable. I loved everything about this coat."

The coat also comes in chocolate brown

There's no doubt about it, Marks & Spencer coats have been on fire this season. We raved about the two-tone, pink and red reversible coat back in September, and earlier this month saw the arrival of the all-new purple coat that hit headlines last year.

SHOP: £129, Per Una @ Marks & Spencer

Influencer Erica Davies rocked the design in 2018 and we are pleased the brand has revamped it 2019!

As part of the refreshed Per Una collection - it gives a gentle pop of color to any outfit.

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Miley Cyrus and husband Liam Hemsworth have decided to go their separate ways less than a year after tying the knot and 10 years after they started dating. So, yeah, officially love is dead, we suppose. Reps for the 26-year-old pop star told People: ‘Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time. ‘Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers.’ A rep continued: ‘They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy.’ Last week Miley was seen kissing Kaitlynn Carter in Lake Como Italy, not long after her marriage to Brody Jenner ended. A source told Entertainment Tonight: ‘They were not trying to hide it at all. There were other people sitting by the pool.’

They added: ‘They were fully on a date, getting drinks, just the two of them. They even got a couple of massages at the hotel.’ Liam was seen last week laying low in Australia, working out with his brother Chris and taking in some brotherly surfing times. Miley had previously spoken about her marriage to 29-year-old Liam, labelling it ‘unique’ and admitting she didn’t fit into a ‘stereotypical’ wife role. She shared to Elle: ‘I think it’s very confusing to people that I’m married. But my relationship is unique. And I don’t know that I would ever publicly allow people in there because it’s so complex, and modern, and new that I don’t think we’re in a place where people would get it.

‘I mean, do people really think that I’m at home in a f***ing apron cooking dinner? I’m in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women. ‘People become vegetarian for health reasons, but bacon is still f***ing good, and I know that. I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most.

I definitely don’t fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don’t even like that word.’ The news may come as a shock to many of the couple’s fans, after the two began dating about 709 years ago. The two met in 2009 on the set of Nicholas Sparks’ The Last Song before Aussie actor Liam proposed in 2012.

( metro.co.uk )

A small town mayor has come under fire for advocating genocide against LGBTQ people.

Mark Chambers is the mayor of Carbon Hill, Alabama, a town with a population of around 2000.

On Facebook, Chambers posted a meme that denounced “homosexuals,” “transvestites,” “baby killers,” and “socialists” for having the audacity to have opinions that differ from his.

“We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics,” the meme said.
A friend of Chambers responded to the meme and said that it “will take a revolution” to win on the issues described in the meme.

Effectively, the person wanted a revolution to install an authoritarian regime that would force LGBTQ people back into the closet, ban abortion, and censor certain economic ideas.

Not one to be outdone, Chambers responded by advocating genocide.

“The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out,” he wrote. “I know it’s bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”

When contacted by local Fox affiliate WBRC, Chambers denied he even wrote the post.

“I don’t think I posted that,” he said. “I think that’s somebody else’s post.”

He hung up on WBRC but called back minutes later, now saying that his words were taken out of context, that he was referring to immigrants. He said that killing immigrants was necessary because there is a “civil war” currently in the U.S.

“I never said anything about killing out gays or anything like that,” he claimed.

“That’s in a revolution. That’s right! If it comes to a revolution in this country both sides of these people will be killed out,” he said about his comments, apparently backing killing LGBTQ people again.

By Tuesday, the post had been removed and Chambers posted an apology.

“I would like to make a public apology to my community, I and I alone am responsible for the comment that was made,” he wrote.

“Although I believe my comment was taken out of context and was not targeting the LGBTQ community, I know that it was wrong to say anyone should be kill [sic] I am truly sorry that I have embarrassed our City, I love this City and while in office I have done everything in my power to make this a better place for our families.”

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A group of anti-LGBTQ preachers will be hosting a “Make America Straight Again” conference this weekend in Florida, three years after the Pulse nightclub shooting.

The preachers, associated with the New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church, put together the conference in Orlando as a way to dishonor those who died in the gay nightclub shooting that left 49 people dead on June 12, 2016.

According to a promotional video put together by pastor Patrick Boyle of the Revival Baptist Church in Orlando, the three-day conference will be “exposing the reprobates.”

He said that the speakers invited to the conference are known for “making a vocal stand against the Sodomites and their filth that they’ve been spreading to the homes of families across the world and the United States of America.”

One of the scheduled speakers is Steven Anderson, who praised the Pulse nightclub shooter for killing “a bunch of disgusting perverts and pedophiles” and “disgusting homosexuals who the Bible says were worthy of death.”

He has been banned from dozens of countries because of his extreme anti-LGBTQ hate speech.

Sacramento-based preacher Roger Jimenez is also scheduled to appear. In 2016, he said of the Pulse shooting: “Are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?”

“If we lived in a righteous government, they should round them all up and put them up against a firing wall, and blow their brains out.”

Tommy McMurtry will also attend. He once said that “homos” should be “put in their place: six feet under.”

Boyle himself has made extreme statements, which he highlights in his own promotional video: “God hates homos. Amen. God hates the faggots and the queers and the LGBT crowd.”

He also called for “capital punishment for everybody that’s a homo, amen.”

McMurtry also posted a video to YouTube – where his channel is called “Let God Burn Them Quickly” (as in, “LGBTQ”) – to promote the Make America Straight Again conference.

He said that attendees should pray for violence at the conference, since it is being held on the same weekend as Orlando’s Pride festivities.

“Pray that if they do any protests, that it gets violent,” he said. “They have Stand Your Ground in Florida. So we’re allowed to fight back.”

lgbtqnation.com

One of America’s most prominent evangelists accused South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg of flaunting his homosexuality.

At Monday night’s CNN townhall with five of the Democratic presidential primary candidates, Buttigieg was asked about his plans to unite people of different political beliefs and responded by talking about his Christianity.

“God does not have a political party,” he said.

“It can be challenging to be a person of faith who’s also part of the LGBTQ community and yet, to me, the core of faith is regard for one another. And part of God’s love is experienced, according to my faith tradition, is in the way that we support one another and, in particular, support the least among us.”

To many, this might seem like a milquetoast statement from a politician, staying positive about Christianity without getting too specific.

The people who have spent decades saying that God is a Republican, though, had to respond.

On Facebook, the CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and son of Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, wrote a long post explaining why Buttigieg is wrong, especially because he’s gay.

“Mayor Buttigieg says he is a gay Christian,” Graham wrote, as if there’s any reason to doubt that Buttigieg is, in fact, both gay and Christian.

“But as a Christian I believe what the Bible says,” he wrote. “God’s Word defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised, or politicized.”

Graham didn’t explain exactly what he meant by “flaunted” other than simply existing as a gay man and not hiding his husband from public view.

Graham went on to politicize homosexuality: “The Bible defines marriage as between a man and a woman — not two men, not two women.”

About Buttigieg’s statement that the “core of faith is regard for one another,” Graham responded that he agrees, but….

“But that does not come above believing and being obedient to what God says is truth. Without that foundation, we really can’t help anyone in a way that impacts their eternity.”

This isn’t the first time Buttigieg has drawn Graham’s ire. Earlier this week, Graham cited Leviticus to say that Buttigieg can’t be Christian because he’s gay.

Graham is a strong supporter of adulterer, liar, and admitted sexual assault perpetrator Donald Trump.

Anne Hathaway' has the skin we all want, doesn't she? Clear, smooth, glowing… we wouldn't mind grilling her facialist for some tips! And since the actress is set to be back on our screens in new movie The Hustle in no time, we've dug around to find out some of the star's best-kept beauty secrets - from her favourite facial, go-to red carpet foundation and her thoughts on her various hair looks over the years. You're welcome!
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Anne's loyal glam squad includes celebrity makeup artist Beau Nelson and hairdresser to the stars Adir Abergal. Between them, they also count the likes of Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Reese Witherspoon as clients, so we reckon she's in pretty safe hands. And while Anne keeps pretty schtum about her beauty routine, her team occasionally share some of their favourite products to use on the star.

For Anne's recent presenting appearance at the Golden Globes, Beau revealed that he had used Armani Beauty to create her look, sharing an Instagram snap of his kit staples. We spied cult foundation Luminous Silk, £42, and the gorgeous 'Eyes To Kill' eyeshadow palette in pretty golden and bronze shades.

Meanwhile, Adir generally uses his own line, Virtue, to style Anne's brunette hair. He recently told People that some of his favourite products to use on the Ocean's 8 actress include the Polish Unfrizz Cream, the Perfect Ending Split End Serum and the Finale Shaping Hairspray.

At the 2019 Golden Globes

Of course, Anne has had plenty of hairstyles over the years, most memorably rocking a short pixie cut after her role in Les Miserables. "I wasn’t expecting it to be such a big deal, because it was my idea," she said on Live! with Kelly at the time. "I've now done back-flips out of windows, I’ve jumped off buildings… And cutting my hair reduced me to, like, mental patient-level crying. I was inconsolable."

It seems Anne is pretty passionate about keeping her complexion clear, too, since she has regular treatments with superstar facialist Tracie Martyn. Her signature is the $450 'red carpet facial', which uses a special device to lift and tone the face – and is loved by the stars during awards season. We can only dream!

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CREME EGG ÉCLAIRS

• 240ml water

• 1/4 tsp fine sea salt

• 120g cubed, unsalted butter

• 130g of plain (all-purpose) flour

• 3-5 large eggs, at room temperature
FOR THE CRÈME PATISSERIE

• 500ml whole milk

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 6 organic / free-range medium egg yolks
FOR THE CADBURY CREME EGG FILLING

• 450ml crème patisserie, at room temperature, see above

• 20g of Cadbury Creme Eggs

• 15g cocoa powder
FOR THE MERINGUE

• 75 grams egg whites, at room temperature

• ¼ tsp fine sea salt

• 75 grams caster sugar

• 75g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting

• 25g plain flour

• 20g corn flour
METHOD FOR THE ECLAIRS

1. Preheat the oven to 225 C. Put the water, salt and butter in a saucepan and place it over a medium heat.

2. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally then turn off the heat and add the flour all at once. Stir immediately, until the mixture forms a loose ball and comes away from the sides of the pan.

3. Place the pan over a low heat and stir constantly for about 30 seconds. Transfer the dough to a mixing bowl. Using a hand-held electric mixer with beater attachment, stir the dough on low speed for about 2 minutes.

4. Add in the eggs one at a time, letting each incorporate fully before adding the next. Check the consistency of the dough: it should be smooth and glossy and, when you touch the surface, form a medium-soft peak.

5. If the dough is too thick, add in more egg a little at a time; whisk the fourth egg and add it teaspoonful by teaspoonful. If needed, add the fifth egg (or part of it) the same way, until the consistency is correct.

6. Put the dough into a piping bag fitted with a plain tip that’s 1cm in diameter. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Pipe the dough into éclairs that are about 10cm long and 1.5cm wide. You will have about 15 of them. Leave room between them so they have space to expand.

7. Bake at 225 C for 10 minutes then lower the heat to 200 C and bake for 10 more minutes, or until done. When ready, the éclairs will lift from the baking paper without sticking, and be well puffed, golden and firm, with no soft spots. If they’re not ready, turn the heat to 180 C and continue to bake. Let the éclairs cool before filling them.
METHOD FOR THE CRÈME PATISSERIE

1. Put the milk and vanilla into a heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer very gently for about 5 minutes. Take off the heat and let cool for 30 seconds.

2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and caster sugar until they turn a pale colour, then whisk in the flour and cornflour. Pour in the milk, whisking continuously, then pour back into the pan. Whisking constantly, bring back to the boil over a medium heat and cook for 1 minute. Pour the crème patisserie into a bowl. Cover the surface with a light dusting of caster sugar to prevent a skin from forming and leave to cool. Please note always pour the hot milk into the cold egg mixture as this prevents the eggs from turning into scrambled eggs.
METHOD FOR THE CADBURY CREME EGG FILLING

Use the crème patisserie, which you made earlier. Melt the Cadbury Creme Eggs in a bowl and pour into the crème patisserie. Add the cocoa powder and whisk until the mixture becomes smooth. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag with a 5mm nozzle. Make a hole in one end of the éclair and pipe through.
METHOD FOR THE MERINGUE

Make sure your mixing bowl is clean. Use an electric mixer with whisk. Add the egg whites, sugar and salt. Whisk until the mixture forms soft peaks (you should be able to turn the bowl upside down without the mixture falling out).

Put the meringue into a piping bag with a tube. Pipe the meringue along the length of each éclair. Use a butane torch to brown the meringue. Scatter the chopped up crème eggs and serve immediately.