Dizzee Rascal appeared on Newsnight yesterday evening, speaking to Jeremy Paxman about the significance of
Barack Obama's Presidential win. An unlikely talking head, perhaps, but Dizzee had some things to say on the show, including his thoughts on Barack embracing hip hop and how that encouraged the youth of America to come out to vote. At one point Jeremy pointed out perhaps Dizzee should run for Prime Minister, which the rapper agreed wholeheartedly with.

Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr took over Leicester Square last night for the UK premiere of
Tropic Thunder. A smattering of Brit celebs also showed up for the screening, including Louisa Lytton, Alex Pettyfer, Gemma Atkinson and Dizzee Rascal. The
newly-shaven Robert was looking rather handsome, while his co-star Ben talked
about the controversy that the film has caused,
saying:
"Everybody's entitled to their opinion of a movie like this where the comedy is a little bit edgy and out there.

This weekend the massive Reading and Leeds festivals took place with performances from Metallica, Dirty Pretty Things, Manic Street Preachers, Rage Against The Machine, The Last Shadow Puppets, Bloc Party and oh so many more.
A bored-looking Kate Moss watched from the sound desk as her man Jamie Hince got down on one knee in front of his bandmate Alison Mosshart during The Kills' set. Meanwhile Alexa Chung hung out with Alex Turner and his bandmate Miles Kane on the grass at Leeds – what do you think of her festival look?