Celebrity Gossip, December 5: Pixie Lott’s crush on Strictly’s Jake Wood

The Lay Me Down singer - who is dating model OLIVER CHESHIRE - admitted to harbouring a soft spot for the EastEnders actor after watching his show-stopping moves on the BBC dance show.

“I absolutely love Jake and his twerking hips! I love that he just goes for it and he really gets into character, that’s why he’s done so well in his dances,” the 23-year-old pop star told Closer.

BRADLEY COOPER has told how he bulked up naturally for his role in American Sniper, because he didn’t want to use any other substances.

The Silver Linings Playbook star revealed to Vanity Fair that having struggled with addiction many years ago, he didn’t want to take any stimulants to help him pack on the pounds to play former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

The film has been adapted from Kyle’s book, American Sniper: The Autobiography Of The Most Lethal Sniper In US Military History. It tells the story of the expert marksman, who was killed by a discharged war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON has opened up about her experiences of motherhood so far, saying it is “exhausting but wonderful”.

The Captain America star gave birth to daughter Rose at the beginning of September, and has spoken to Gala magazine about how things have been going with her first-born.

She said: “It’s exhausting in the most wonderful way. I never thought how much sleeping through the night would mean to me.

“I still lack experience. Right now I’m just trying to manage. You have to first, how should I put it, learn the ropes.”