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Manchester United are willing to offload midfielder Juan Mata, 26, for £20m, with Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Valencia all interested. (Daily Express) 

Chelsea are set to make 24-year-old forward Andre Schurrle, who has started just four Premier League games this season, available in January to make way for new signings. (Sun - subscription required) 
Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, linked with Arsenal in the summer, has reiterated his desire to play for a "big club". The France international says he will decide his future at the end of the season. (L'Equipe - in French) 

Entertainment venue coming to Bayonne's Military Ocean Terminal

If all goes as planned, Bayonne's Military Ocean Terminal could be seeing concerts, expos and maybe even a circus by April.

Donnell Benjamin Productions, a subsidiary of a TV program company, got the green light from Bayonne council members last month to establish a venue at the former military base for concerts and exhibitions.

Robert Donnell, managing member of the company and the former owner and operator of the Meadowlands Convention Center in Secaucus, expects to have a roughly 40,000 square-foot pavilion set up in the MOT by late spring.

Axed comedian Dapper Laughs is bringing his controversial comedy tour

After being accused of being offensive and promoting misogyny his ITV2 show has been axed but his live tour is still going ahead

Axed comedian Dapper Laughs will be bringing his comedy to tour to Manchester next year.

The comedy character, real name Daniel O’Reilly, has been the subject of much controversy in recent weeks after his show ‘On The Pull’ was branded sexist and misogynistic by critics.

Yesterday, ITV2 announced it was cancelling the show after more than 50,000 people signed a petition calling for the channel to do so.

Taylor Swift’s New “Blank Space” Video Raises Questions

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Taylor Swift’s new “Blank Space” video has been burning up the internet. Swift plays a scorned lover in the clip, but is she actually singing about a real-life past relationship? The Gossip Table speculates about who might be the object of the singer’s vexation.

Celebs mourn director Ravi Chopra's death

Zee Media Bureau/ Aparna Mudi

New Delhi: Director Ravi Chopra's death has brought the film fraternity together saddened by the loss. The director, who was 68, died in Mumbai on Wednesday due to a lung ailment.

Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Julianne Hough and More Celebs

Celebrities love to pamper their pets and some even treat their pups like their very own children!
If you go on Instagram, you'll notice that many celebs like Nina Dobrev and Jessica Biel frequently snap pics of their cute pets (and many of them even take selfies together!)

Celebrity Big Brother 2015 line-up

Patsy has previously claimed she would be unwilling to participate in any reality TV shows apart from BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing

Celebrity Big Brother bosses are reportedly "desperate" to sign up Patsy Kensit.

Producers of the Channel 5 reality show are trying to secure a deal with the 46-year-old to appear in the next series according to The Sun and have reportedly offered the former Holby City actress a substantial pay packet.