tabloid! The weekly wrap #7

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00:00Goodbye 2012, hello 2013. Global superstars and fantastic fireworks rang in a new year

00:12for the UAE in style. Rita Ora didn't waste a second of her NYE working holiday, Ellie

00:18Goulding kept things cool, Snoop dressed for Dubai and the Burj Khalifa was set on fire.

00:23Literally. In a good way.

00:25This is your weekly wrap with Tabloid.

00:28Already ranked among the world's most watched events, the downtown Dubai New Year's Eve

00:32gala was telecast live to more than 1,000 television channels globally and streamed

00:37live reaching more than 2 billion viewers. While many thought they were a little uninspiring,

00:42the crowd still managed to bring Emaar Boulevard to a complete standstill, some sources claiming

00:47the event set an impressive global milestone as one of the world's most attended single

00:52events, attracting more than 1 million people from across the globe for the 35 minute long

00:57spectacular.

00:58Elsewhere, we had Snoop Dogg looking dapper and very Middle Eastern in a black tuxedo

01:02style thobe provided to him by Saudi designer Hatim Al-Aqeel of the Toby label. With an

01:08oversized ring covering his fist, he easily out blinged all wannabes in the reportedly

01:13more than 15,000 strong audience, who may have struggled to get access initially to

01:18the Maydam venue but wasted no time at getting very merry.

01:23You've seen every part of Rita's aura if you follow the R.I.P. singer on Twitter and

01:28have had a personal browse through her extensive bikini and swimsuit collection which she happily

01:32flaunted on her trip to Dubai. Skydiving with flowers, Aquaventure in white, Nasimi in black

01:38and a unique way to keep the sun off her face with an Emirati headdress, Rita didn't hold

01:43back.

01:44Sundance, N.Y.E. was a success, apparently the best seat in town for fireworks as Roger

01:48Sanchez took more than 12,000 people into a brand new year.

01:52Essex lad Mark Wright was on his best behaviour at N'Dolge where he hosted a bash, unlike

01:57the night before when our saucers caught the boy stumbling down the walk JBR with friends.

02:02We're sure the slurring was due to too much UAE sun.

02:05The big international ents news this week is Kim and Kanye's announcement they are

02:09expecting Kimye, naturally. Kimye is due at the end of June but the news didn't stop

02:15the couple working as they partied the night away in Las Vegas, reportedly earning a staggering

02:20£300,000 for their efforts. Yep, we're all in the wrong job.

02:25A paparazzi trying to photograph Justin Bieber's Ferrari in Los Angeles was killed on Tuesday.

02:31Bieber was not at the scene but released a statement saying,

02:34While I was not present nor directly involved with this tragic accident, my thoughts and

02:38prayers are with the family of the victim. Hopefully this tragedy will finally inspire

02:43meaningful legislation and whatever other necessary steps to protect the lives and safety

02:48of celebrities, police officers, innocent public, bystanders and the photographers themselves," he said.

02:54Has Gangnam Style come to an end? After his performance of the addictive hit at New York's

02:59New Year's Eve celebrations, Korean pop star Psy said he's ending the song.

03:05Gangnam Style became too popular and so you start to have some concern about its life period, Psy said.

03:11I'm really working hard on a new single right now, A True Musician at Work.

03:16This week's big film is the screen adaptation of stage musical Les Miserables with Hugh Jackman,

03:21Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried, all of whom sang during the filming rather than

03:26recording their songs in a studio afterwards. That's just one of the new techniques that

03:30director Tom Hooper, who made the Oscar-winning The King's Speech, hopes will bring more awards

03:36for this film. Also showing is Parental Guidance, a grandparenting comedy with Bette Midler and

03:41Billy Crystal. Now over to Manjusha for all the latest from Bollywood.

03:46King of romance Shah Rukh Khan chose to ring in 2013 in Dubai. In town with his family and

03:51best friend Karan Johar, the superstar was staying at his villa in Palm Jumeirah.

03:55But instead of hosting a wild party, Khan preferred to keep the revelry low-key.

04:00The Jab Tak Hai Jaan star tweeted,

04:02No greater pleasure than to bring in the new year with soccer on the beach with my

04:05kids till 5 am. Now in a state of exhausted happiness.

04:09Harmol also told us that he nipped down to downtown Dubai in his

04:13chopper to witness the Burj Khalifa fireworks.

04:16Speaking of explosive action, Race 2 stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone,

04:20John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Amisha Patel will be in town on January 16

04:25to promote their thriller. But if you love thrillers, you don't have to wait for January

04:29end. This weekend, actor Rajiv Khandelwal will turn up the heat with his top thriller,

04:34Table No. 21. In a chat with Tabloid, Khandelwal displayed his defiant side

04:39as he shunned the use of powerful godfathers in showbiz and rooted for content-driven Bollywood

04:44films. This week, we also got a glimpse of actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh

04:48Bupati's daughter Sarah at the Chennai Open 2013 Tennis Tournament.

04:53We also spotted Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in a colourful lungi,

04:56the cotton wrap-around shorts equivalent among South Indians,

04:59as they unveiled the first look of Chennai Express.

05:03And that's your weekly wrap.

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