Singer Dua Lipa breaks up with model boyfriend before jetting off to LA to spend time with Calvin Harris
RISING Brit singer DUA LIPA is back on the market after splitting from model ISAAC CAREW.
But she might not be for long — as I can reveal she’s grown close to her No1 target for musical collaboration.
I hear she has been spending time in the US with superstar Scots DJ CALVIN HARRIS, who is currently unattached.
Just weeks ago she told me during a visit to Bizarre HQ that she was off to LA, where Calvin is based, to work on a “specific song in mind for a specific person” and her goal was to “create a relationship with them first”.
Her plan seems on track.
A source said: “Dua Lipa and Isaac went sseparate ways and she’s moving on.
"She’s been working in the same circles as Calvin and is a big fan.
"He’s the collaboration she’s really wanted, although she’s had her eye on lots of big names.
"It will be interesting to see if anything comes from them teaming up — especially away from the studio.
Dua had been dating model-turned-chef Isaac for 18 months and they both attended the Brits last month but sat at different tables.
Dua, with 725,000 Instagram followers, five Top 30 hits in 2016 and more than 195 million views on her YouTube channel, saluted Calvin in a Capital FM interview in December, around the time they both performed at the station’s Jingle Bell Ball.
Asked which of her fellow performers she would like to work with, Dua said: “Calvin Harris. Mate, give me a song.”
He has only been linked to US singer TINASHE since his split from TAYLOR SWIFT last June, but denied they were dating.
He’s clearly in no rush.
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Camilla tunes up
SHE may have quit one of the biggest girl groups in pop three months ago but there’s little doubt CAMILA CABELLO will be a huge success without FIFTH HARMONY.
I can reveal she has teamed up with MAX MARTIN, the mastermind behind TAYLOR SWIFT’s Bad Blood and Shake It Off, BRITNEY SPEARS’ Baby One More Time and KATY PERRY’s California Gurls.
She’s also been penning new tunes with MAJOR LAZER’s DIPLO and ONE-REPUBLIC’s RYAN TEDDER, who co-wrote with ADELE for her second and third albums.
Adding some girl power, she was joined by CHARLI XCX in the studio last week, who said: “She is so talented, I was floored.”
New music is clearly coming soon.
Wonder if the pink furry coat will make the videos?
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Nicole Furzinger
THERE was no way NICOLE SCHERZINGER was going to get the cold shoulder in this outfit.
The ex-PUSSYCAT DOLL singer was snapped with a comfy fur stole draped over her left side as she attended the launch of fashion house Thomas Wylde’s Warrior II collection in Hollywood.
Whoever was sitting on her left at the catwalk event would have been in luck.
They’d have no problem nodding off resting their head against that.
Anne tries to go large with Arg
ANNE-MARIE tried to get Towie’s JAMES “ARG” ARGENT drunk at a pal’s wedding – not realising he’d gone teetotal after previously battling addiction.
She made the confession after performing new single Ciao Adios in the first of two amazing Facebook Live sessions hosted on my page at Bizarre HQ.
Facing my new Biz Buzzer challenge – which gives my guests the chance to swerve just two of my seven tough questions – the Essex girl, who took no chances with the temperature in a fluffy jacket, also recalled how she once auditioned for Arg in a local talent competition.
Anne-Marie said: “Arg didn’t discover me. I was already singing around and he was judging this contest in Essex. I didn’t win, so thanks Arg. But he liked me.
“I didn’t see him again until my friend’s wedding a few months back and I was trying to get him to drink some alcohol and he was like, ‘No’.
“I didn’t know he wasn’t drinking alcohol – before that I was like, ‘Wahey!’ ”
Zac's all-star squad
COUNTRY music superstar ZAC BROWN performed his songs Real Thing and My Old Man at my second Facebook Live session of the day – then revealed he has a secret showbiz squad that makes TAYLOR SWIFT’s gang look tame.
While discussing new side project SIR ROSEVELT– who make their debut at London’s Scala tonight – Zac said: “I went to dinner with JOE WALSH, RINGO STARR, PAUL McCARTNEY, DAVE GROHL, and I think JOHNNY DEPP was there.
“It’s an amazing, weird thing to appear with these people who were superheroes.
“It’s like hanging out with Batman.”
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Dan is Em's beast male
PLENTY of movie fans will be disappointed to see DAN STEVENS transformed from a handsome prince into a monster in Beauty And The Beast.
But co-star EMMA WATSON, who plays Belle, has revealed she was chuffed to see him in his furry state – as she has the hots for fictional animals.
She said: “There’s something a bit sad about when he transforms.
“You’re a bit like, ‘Oh, OK – you were quite nice before.”
But she added: “He’s hot. I found the lion in Narnia quite hot. Is that wrong? Is that OK? Probably not. Sometimes animals in films are hot.”
Yup, totally wrong on every level – sorry Emma.
Adele's jokes have X factor
ADELE’s had her share of mishaps on her tour Down Under.
She has had to cancel her pyrotechnics due to separate incidents and the show at the Adelaide Oval last night suffered a power cut.
But pro Adele kept the crowd entertained with an X-rated gag while the issue was fixed.
She said: “Shall I tell you my filthy joke despite all the children here? I need more applause than that because I might offend someone.
“What do you call a blonde standing on her head? A brunette with bad breath.”
Later she explained the power outage was caused by a rotating stage, which she has now decided to ditch.
Adele said: “So you know the band’s stage starts revolving after a little while?
“Well, as the stage revolved, it pulled the power plug out so all the instruments went off. I won’t be revolving that stage again.”
Now she’ll have to keep her filthy jokes for the pub afterwards.
Bender like Beckhams
NOW he’s old enough to drink, BROOKLYN BECKHAM might want a night out free from his parents’ watchful eyes.
But dad DAVID still gatecrashed his belated 18th birthday at London’s Tape nightclub on Saturday.
The pair pulled a “gangster pose” selfie while partying with Aussie singer CODY SIMPSON and THE VAMPS’ TRISTAN EVANS and JAMES McVEY.
They started at the China Tang restaurant in Mayfair’s Dorchester hotel to celebrate the birthday of VICTORIA’s mum, before swiftly departing to carry on boozing.
Hopefully Posh won’t mind nursing double the hangovers from now on.
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Charts
STEPS have scored the highest new entry in the midweek singles chart after announcing their 20th anniversary reunion in Bizarre.
Their catchy pop hit Scared Of The Dark, from upcoming album Tears On The Dancefloor, is at No11, while ED SHEERAN continues to dominate with six songs in the top ten.
Jukebox
THERE have been plenty of good tunes taking my fancy this week.
The City Don’t Care by LEON ELSE, Real Thing by the ZAC BROWN BAND and Wild Love by ELLE KING are all great.
I’m also loving LOUISA JOHNSON’s single Best Behaviour and JENNIFER HUDSON’s Remember Me.
Festival
YEARS AND YEARS will headline the poptastic Mighty Hoopla festival on June 4 in London’s Victoria Park.
The British electronica trio will perform alongside SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR, WILL YOUNG, ALL SAINTS, RAYE and S CLUB 3 at their only UK festival date of the summer.
New act
NORWEGIAN songwriting and production team STARGATE are about to make a huge splash in the industry.
The duo, who co-wrote RIHANNA’s Diamonds, have just signed with RCA Records and have got two of my favourite pop stars, SIA and PINK, collaborating on their debut single Waterfall.