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Rupert Thorpe's editors had some terse words for him before he left for the Invictus Games in Toronto, Prince Harry's Olympic-style event for wounded soilders: "Get that f-ing picture." That picture — the money shot as Thorpe calls it — is the first one of the prince and his Toronto-based girlfriend Meghan Markle side by side, in their first fully public outing as a couple. Source

NEW YORK - Demi Lovato has been named a Global Citizen mental health ambassador at the organization's music festival in New York City's Central Park. The singer who has struggled with mental health issues herself was named Saturday. Source

Meghan Markle, Suits actress and girlfriend of Prince Harry, might have inspired a new sitcom being developed by her ex-husband, a television producer. According to Deadline.com, Trevor Engelson is producing a comedy pilot with a royal connection alongside Modern Family executive producer Danny Zuker. Source

Acclaimed soul singer Charles Bradley has died after a lengthy battle with stomach cancer. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Charles Bradley," a statement released on Bradley’s official Facebook profile reads. Source

LONDON - British actor Colin Firth says he has taken Italian citizenship as a "sensible" move amid global political uncertainty. Firth, who is married to environmentalist Livia Giuggioli, says he has become a dual U.K. Source

A British Columbia man received the chance of a lifetime on Thursday when he performed a duet alongside legendary singer Paul McCartney. Gregg Anderson, a postage clerk from Grand Forks, B.C., sang alongside the former Beatle during the sound check of his Thursday concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Source

When Daddy Yankee calls, people answer. So when the reggaeton star went on social media to ask fans to help victims of Hurricane Maria in his native Puerto Rico and the earthquake in Mexico, his fans delivered with an avalanche of donations. Source

Authorities are reportedly confident they will catch those responsible for attempting to extort Kevin Hart, after several warranted searches led to officers uncovering vital evidence. The 38-year-old actor was allegedly asked to pay a seven-figure sum to avoid a sex tape being leaked, with the footage allegedly showing the comedian in a compromising situation with a woman other than his pregnant wife Eniko Parrish. Source

Shawn Mendes has launched an online fundraiser to help those affected by the Mexican earthquake just days after he escaped safely from the quake ahead of a planned show in Mexico City, an incident he called "pretty scary. Source

Churchill's saying about a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma? He could have been talking about Grace Marks, the woman at the centre of Alias Grace. There's a lot bubbling under the surface in the new CBC-TV and Netflix miniseries adapted from Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel, inspired by the true story of Grace Marks, a poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant accused and convicted of murder in 19th century Canada. Source