London: Singer-actress Selena Gomez is offering her fans the opportunity to help her create her debut fragrance.

She feels her fans would be the perfect people to help her choose a signature perfume.

“It’s really important to me that my fans understand me and who I am as a person – I feel like we’re all just in it together. They’re everything to me,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Gomez as saying.

“I always involve them in every aspect of my career. And at this time in my career and life, I’m able to share something with them, and I think we can make something great together,” she added.

“My fans can go to selenagomezperfumes.com and see all the ingredients – the top ingredient, the middle ingredient, and a base. I want the base to be rich – I like vanilla and maybe some chocolate. For the middle, I’ve smelled raw grapefruit and peach, and the top note’s definitely going to be fruity.

“I’m going to put up all the notes I like and let my fans pick which ones they want to put together. So, it’s going to be something that I like, regardless,” the actress said. (IANS)

London: Singer Cheryl Cole and teen sensation Justin Bieber are reportedly in talks to collaborate on new album.

Cole’s US management firm have started talks with Scooter Braun, who catapulted Bieber, 17, to fame.

“Cheryl is beyond excited about her new album and Bieber’s team are deep in talks with her’s to make a hit. They already see Cheryl and Will.i.am (Cole’s manager) as part of the family,” mirror.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

“Will’s got a vision for her album, and now the biggest and the best names are keen to be part of it. Usher and Will got together to make O.M.G – just think what they could do with their proteges,” the source added. (IANS)

London: Michael Jackson’s sister singer La Toya Jackson will pay tribute to his late brother by performing at his tribute show.

La Toya has not sung in public since the 1990s, but she’s preparing to fly to Wales to join Black Eyed Peas and Christina Aguilera at the Michael Forever concert in Cardiff Oct 8.

“There will never be another magical moment such as this to celebrate Michael with his fans,” express.co.uk quoted her as saying.

La Toya wants to celebrate her brother’s legacy, and admits she’s looking forward to taking time out from attending ongoing Dr. Conrad Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial. Murray is accused of administering the fatal dose of anaesthetic Propofol, which cost Michael’s his life in 2009.

“In speaking with my mother, I asked her where she thinks Michael would rather have us be – in this courtroom filled with negativity and lies, or on a stage celebrating his music, his legacy and his life. She said without a second of thought, ‘Celebrating his life with family and fans’. I am looking forward to putting on a great show and making my brother proud,” she said. (IANS)

London: “Lord of the Rings” actor Sir Ian McKellen has bought a historic pub which is said to have helped inspire author Charles Dickens.

The Hollywood actor is a regular at the historic pub “The Grapes”, and he lives just yards away from it in in Limehouse, east London.

He always harboured a wish to open a tea shop, and has partnered with theatre director friend Sean Mathias to purchase the riverside pub, reports thesun.co.uk.

“This is my local. I knew the licencee, Barbara Haigh, and she had been asking me for years whether I wanted to buy the pub, and I had always said no. Then she said she was retiring. It’s a huge asset to the area and there has been a public house on this site since the 1540s. Some people come a long way to visit The Grapes and others just step across the road,” said McKellen.

The 72-year-old, who played Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has already been pumping money to spruce up the pub. But admits he couldn’t have taken on such a challenge on his own.

“I couldn’t have done it by myself. If you mention to anyone you are buying a pub their face lights up. It’s a bit of a performance. We wanted to make some alterations without changing the atmosphere because it is so delightful and has been for centuries.

“A lot of the locals think of it as their own and that is partly why we won’t be making any violent changes,” he said.

The Grapes was immortalised by Dickens as The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters pub in “Our Mutual Friend” in 1864. As a youngster, Dickens was made to stand on the table and sing to customers.

The pub was built in 1720 on the site which dates back to 1583.

Now McKellen is trying to get a grip on the business of running a pub.

“I was in the restaurant and heard a diner say, ‘I didn’t expect sea bass to have the head still on.’ I said, ‘Would you like me to fillet it for you?’ And I did. I wouldn’t know how to change a keg but I have been behind the bar pulling a pint,” he said.

Seller Ms Haigh, 61, who has run the pub for the past 17 years, said before the sale: “Sir Ian is buying the pub with his own interests at heart, especially living close by.” (IANS)