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THIS is the moment Justin Timberlake is put in cuffs as the body cam footage of his arrest for drink driving is released.

The pop star, 45, was arrested in Sag Harbor, New York, in June 2024 after he failed to stop at a stop sign and could not stay in his lane.

Shortly after leaving The American Hotel following a night out with friends, the singer was pulled over while traveling southbound on Madison Street, a public highway in the Hamptons village.

Cops, often stationed nearby, noticed Justin swerving on the road and blowing through a stop sign.

They later smelled alcohol on his breath and noted that he was unsteady on his feet and also had slowed speech and glassy eyes.

The body cam footage of his arrest was released on Friday after the star’s legal team reportedly tried to previously prevent its release.

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In the video, an officer can be seen shining a flashlight in Timberlake’s face at the roadside before the star performs poorly on sobriety tests.

He is asked to walk in a straight line but has difficulty with the instructions, appearing confused.

Timberlake tells them: “Guys, I’m just following my friends back to my house. I’m not doing anything.”

While attempting the sobriety test, he stumbles before apologising and saying ” I’m a little nervous”.

When asked to do the next test, the officers are forced to explain multiple times before Timberlake says “sorry, my heart is racing” while clutching his chest.

Looking unsteady on his feet, the singer is then heard saying: “By the way, these are like, really hard tests.”

After failing the roadside tests, an officer is then seen asking Timberlake “turn around for me please”.

Saying nothing and looking resigned, he slowly turns before he’s put in handcuffs.

A friend appears and is shocked when police tell her Justin is going with them, saying: “You’re arresting Justin Timberlake? Stop it. What?”

She pleads with the officers to speak with him and give him his phone before she takes his car home.

She begs: “Can you guys please do me a favour because you loved Bye Bye Bye or Sexy Back, do me one favour. This is insane.”

At the end of the footage, the 10-time Grammy winner can be seen in the back of a cop car behind bars.

He was taken into custody that night and arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court the following morning.

He was released without bail on his recognizance and was also charged with one count of DWI due to his refusal of the breathalyzer, according to Justin’s lawyer.

Timberlake’s lawyers previously sued the Village of Sag Harbor to prevent the release as it showed him “in an accutely vulnerable state”, reports CBS.

It was later agreed it would be released with redactions.

That September, Timberblake reached a plea deal to bring the case to an end.

The judge sentenced Justin to a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge, and 25 hours of community service at the nonprofit of his choosing.

After the sentencing, Justin said: “Even if you’ve had one drink, don’t get behind the wheel of a car.

“There are so many alternatives. You can call a friend [or] take an Uber.”

He added: “This is a mistake that I made, but I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening right now can learn from this mistake. I know that I certainly have.”

During the proceedings the star remained standing throughout and gave a statement in which he expressed remorse for his actions.

PARIS is a city of style, from elegant patisseries and remarkable architecture to world-renowned fashion houses and chic travellers.

Better still, it’s just a hop across the Channel.

Time it right and you can travel on the Eurostar for £35 each way.

WHY SHOULD I GO?

FRANCE is officially the most-visited country in the world attracting 102million tourists in 2025.

And Paris is its beating heart.

Its rich history has included revolution and wartime occupation and it is one of the world’s capitals of art, fashion and culture.

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Paris also knows food and wine better than any other city and you can pick up a glass of very decent red wine for as little as €6.

There’s no better reason to visit than that.

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WHY pound the pavements when you can whizz about in an old- fashioned Citroen 2CV, poking your head from its roll-back sunroof to gawp at all the key landmarks?

The 2CV was France’s answer to the VW Beetle, often starring in post-war films.

Today, however, it is the main mode of transport for Vintage Car Tour Paris, which offers customisable itineraries led by locals.

For a brief few hours, I was taken back to glam 1950s Paris, ticking off the cobblestoned streets of Montmartre, cruising by the pretty courtyards of the Latin quarter and posing at top attractions seen in the movies.

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CLIMBING the steps to Montmartre’s star attraction, the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, is a must.

The view from the top is breathtaking and makes the steep climb worth it, although there is a funicular if you prefer.

It costs around €2. Like any big city, the area can attract a few individuals who prey on tourists for cash, so be wary if you’re climbing the main steps.

There is a quieter set of stairs to the left, where the funicular is, if you’re worried.

WHERE SHOULD I EAT?

THE famous Clown Bar, in the 11th arrondissement, is a foodie’s dream.

The menu features just six typically French dishes, enabling the kitchen to serve fresh ingredients — all of a very high quality.

The bistro’s signature item is its veal sweetbreads — succulent and rich, served with a parsnip puree, sauteed mushrooms and a veal gravy.

There are plenty of options for non-meat eaters, too.

I loved my Mediterranean red tuna starter — delicate, tangy and delicious, marinated and served raw like a ceviche in a pickled broth.

For a sophisticated setting, head to Kinugawa restaurant on the top floor of SAX hotel, not far from the Champ de Mars and with views of the Eiffel Tower sparkling at night.

The menu is Franco-Japanese, with its star dishes being melt-in-the-mouth miso-marinated black cod, Wagyu beef sliders and delicious lamb chops with garlic and rosemary, the best I’ve ever tasted.

I FANCY A DRINK…

YOU can’t go wrong with a cocktail at the Little Red Door in the trendy Marais district.

It is listed in the top 50 bars in the world and, despite its reputation for creating mind-bending beverages, the vibe is unpretentious.

Staff are happy to serve traditional cocktails alongside more creative options.

My first drink was the Cepe, which consisted of coffee, caramel and mezcal, which was a bit like having a boozy coffee with sparkling water. Amazingly, it worked.

Those after something light and refreshing should try the Aquaponie, a muddle of lemon, sweet clover and two different types of French vodka.

WHERE SHOULD I STAY?

IF you’re celebrating a special occasion, the 5H SAX Paris in the 7th arrondissement ticks every box.

Built in 1899, the property was once a telephone exchange, but today it houses a sumptuous spa and 118 rooms.

Mine featured traditional French windows overlooking a garden area where there’s a heated swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

For those on a tighter budget, the Hilton Garden Inn Paris La Villette is just a 45-minute drive from the airport and only 300 metres from the Metro, making for a perfect pitstop.

A FLIGHT attendant has opened up on secrets of the trade and revealed how you can earn brownie points in the air to score freebies.

The flight attendant, who has been serving major airlines for two decades, said it is easier than you think to win the favor of those working on planes.

Sandra White has lifted the lid on her veteran experience serving the skies.

“You draw more bees with honey,” she said, meaning rude or impatient flyers will likely not get anything for free – especially not any “off-menu” items.

She shared several tips with Shermans Travel, ranging from how to get a free drink, how to score a better seat, and how not to be the most annoying person on the plane.

“Scoring a free beer on a flight is not all that hard,” she admitted.

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According to White, there are a few reasons why she’ll give a customer a free drink, but it all comes down to one thing: being nice – really nice.

If a plane is having mechanical problems and passengers have been sitting on the tarmac for hours – without being rude – she’ll likely comp them a drink.

“I’m sure they need it,” she said.

She noted that if a flyer happens to only have cash on them, while most airlines only accept cards, she’ll just hand you the drink.

“Basically, kindness goes a long way,” she said.

And as far as a better seat goes, politely asking if there is any availability could help you to win big.

White shared that she’s more than happy to make sure a guest is as comfortable as possible.

When it comes to seats on the plane, that typically comes down to the gate agent’s discretion – but occasionally, flight attendants will send you up to first class if there’s space, and if they ask nicely.

It is not a guarantee, but it never hurts to be friendly to the person serving you peanuts.

The worst passengers, however, are those that come onto the plane having had too much fun while in the airport.

That is, flyers who are already drunk on the flight.

“Annoying drunks” are the bane of a flight attendant’s existence, according to White, thinking their funnier than they are and ordering more drinks before beverage service has even started.

White said these flyers should not even bother getting on the plane.

“I’ve only had to cut off two people – you really don’t want to make a drunk angry at 36,000 feet,” she said.

“They might defecate on the beverage cart. Yes, this really happened to a co-worker.”

HE FINALLY patched things up with brother Liam for the Oasis reunion last summer.

And it seems that Noel Gallagher is now closer than ever with his nephews Gene and Lennon — after teaching them how to party hard at Sony Music’s official Brit Awards after-party.

The Rock ’n’ Roll Star songwriter proved he was exactly that, as the last man standing at 3:45am yesterday at the do in Manchester’s amazing Soho House — despite knocking back endless bottles of Peroni until the bar stopped serving.

An onlooker said: “Noel and Liam’s sons are really close, and they hung out all night at the Sony bash.

“He might be in his fifties now but Noel still knows how to party and he put his nephews to shame with the amount of booze he could knock back.

“Noel was in really high spirits after getting the Songwriter Of The Year award and he had so many people coming up and congratulating him.

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“Gene and Lennon tried to keep up with Noel but they couldn’t, he out-partied them by a country mile.

“Even Noel’s daughter Anais gave up trying and left at 3am — Noel just carried on drinking bottles of Peroni.

“When Noel left, it was amazing he could walk straight.

“But he is a proper rocker and showed all those young ones right up.

“When Gene finally decided he wanted to try and one-up his uncle, he went to the bar and was told they’d stopped serving.

“He tried three times to be served and was in a huff when he was told no.

“To be fair it was almost 4am — and he should have just kept up with Noel when he had the chance.”

Noel’s hedonism clearly rubbed off on the other stars at Sony’s bash, which was the best of all the star-studded after-parties, thanks to its stellar guest list.

Brits host Jack Whitehall told me earlier this month that he would be having an early night because his fiancée Roxy Horner and their toddler daughter were coming to Manchester to be with him.

But he ended up partying into the early hours of yesterday morning.

I spotted him holding court with a group of his mates upstairs near grime star Skepta, with Jack finally heading back to his hotel at 3am.

Hopefully he had some Nurofen stashed in a bag because I think yesterday could have been blighted by one almighty hangover — and a very excitable toddler.

LIAM GALLAGHER praised his brother from home as Noel collected his award.

He posted on X: “All hail the greatest songwriter this country has ever seen since Lennon and McCartney.”

He also showed his support for former foe Robbie Williams’ tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, writing: “He was unreal”.

Liam also revealed why he didn’t go to the event at Co-op Live. He told a fan: “I was scared… Of all those cool folks in 1 room, they make me nervous.”

Olivia’s up fur a party

OLIVIA DEAN had good reason to smile as she headed to an after-party following her incredible four wins.

The singer scooped Artist and Pop Act, plus Album and Single of the Year for her record The Art Of Loving and her Sam Fender collaboration, Rein Me In.

Olivia wrapped up in a fur coat which covered her sparkly minidress – but didn’t hide her legs from the northern chill.

She did opt to wear sunglasses too, but at that time of night, they certainly weren’t needed.

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LILY ALLEN pulled out of attending the Brits as she’s desperately trying to recover in time for the launch of her first tour in seven years.

She was up for three gongs – although she was pipped to the post for all three by Olivia Dean – and had been due to travel to Manchester on Saturday morning.

But Lily made the last-minute decision not to attend after battling a brutal cold last week.

She launches her Lily Allen: Performs West End Girl tour in Glasgow this evening and has been trying to conserve energy.

Last Tuesday, she told fans she had been in bed for two days because she was “so sick” and hadn’t been able to rehearse.

When she did get back to practising, she said she had lost the lower register of her voice.

There are very high expectations for the tour, as every date sold out on the day they became available.

So a night of partying probably wouldn’t have done her any favours.

ALEX WARREN performed Ordinary at the ceremony but it’s his new single Fever Dream which is climbing the charts.

The American, who was accompanied by James Blunt on piano at the show, released the track on Friday and it’s on course to be his second No1.

But Ordinary is also rising – up four places to No15 in the midweek charts.

Jade throws shade

JADE THIRLWALL’s feud with Noel Gallagher started at the Brits five years ago.

Following Little Mix’s win for British Group, he said they were “not in the same league as Oasis.”

And she made her feelings towards him clear when Noel was accepting his Songwriter Of The Year gong at this year’s awards – by swiftly exiting the room.

She chose that exact moment to head backstage as she prepared to present the International Artist of the Year award to Rosalia.

Back in 2021, Jade hit back at Noel’s comments and said: “We are the most successful girl group in the country – but he’s not even the most successful performer in his family.”

Something tells me she isn’t praying for another Oasis tour.

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WOLF ALICE drummer Joel Amey told me he’s pleased the Brits came to Manchester.

The North West city will host the ceremony for the next two years and, speaking backstage, and despite being a Londoner, Joel think it is a great move.

He said: “Not everything being in London is a good thing. Manchester has an incredible band culture, it has an incredible heart – it’s nice not to be in the same place all the time.

“As Londoners, we get so much there and people get a jaded – we need more of this feeling around the country. The Mercury Awards were in Newcastle and everyone got behind it, we need more of it.”

Of next year’s ceremony, Joel has a suggestion for the Global Icon award.

He added: “I would love to see Andre 3000 get it. I love him, everything Outkast has done is amazing and he has been doing this for ever.

“He was ahead of his time and we can see how influential he is now.”

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HARRY STYLES kept things gentle at the Brits, having first kicked off the day at a top health spa in nearby Warrington.

The Aperture singer was seen getting a sweat on at the Park Royal Hotel, where one guest told me: “It was about 10.30am and Harry walked into the gym and started working out.

“I had to do a double take and other people clocked him, but no one bothered him. It was all very low key, you would never have known he is one of the biggest stars on the planet. It felt so surreal.”

Harry was very much man of the night at the Co-op Live Arena, but after his incredible opening performance, he didn’t go wild.

Despite having a table, Harry never left his backstage area and once the show had ended, he headed to Sony’s after-party for a quick 30-minute appearance.

A source said: “Harry was keen to be seen supporting Sony and the Brits but also is aware his tour kicks off on Friday at the Co-op Live Arena back in Manchester.

“It was a very low-key weekend for him, he left the party after half an hour.”

One person who was happy to let her hair down after performing though was Dua Lipa.

She hot-footed it to Warner Music’s official after-party alongside her family, who were taken to Manchester by her record label on the cool British Pullman Train, specially hired by the label for the weekend.

Dua made a beeline for the dancefloor with a gaggle of about ten pals before taking some time out for a cheeky ciggie in the smoking area.

Keen not to let her night end there, the Houdini singer was whisked across town to attend Sony’s after-party.

There she hung out with Mark Ronson and drank picantes until the early hours.

Mark so dashing

MARK RONSON delivered one of the most memorable sets of the night.

He played a medley of his hits and was joined on stage by Dua Lipa, and US rapper Ghostface Killah.

But the producer made a mad dash to the Manchester airport in the early hours and only just made his flight home to New York.

Following his Outstanding Contribution To Music win and stellar performance, he celebrated at Sony Music’s party at Soho House and took to the decks until 2am.

But he was forced to make a desperate plea for help after his hour-long DJ slot ended and no one had turned up to take over.

Mark, who was supported by Dua on the dancefloor, told the crowd: “I’m having a lot of fun but I have to catch a flight in two hours so can the other DJ please report to the booth.”

I’m told he made it to the airport by the skin of his teeth, and arrived safely back in the chilly Big Apple.

It’s a good thing he’s used to exceptionally late nights.

AFTER picking up two awards, Sam Fender was in the mood to party – but he shunned the posh dos for a backstage booze-up.

“Sam and his mates loaded up on cans of lager and stayed in the Co-op Arena,” one of my backstage moles explained.

“The stage was being dismantled and all the parties were open but Sam decided to hang around. He was on a massive high and was singing and laughing with his mates as they went to the artists’ green room to crack open some tinnies.”

Never change, Sam.

BUTLIN’S is already a cheap holiday, but what if we told you that holidays to its resorts are about to get a lot better?

Butlin’s is making one of its popular all-inclusive packages better value for money.

The all-inclusive drinks package now includes seven new drinks including spirits and cocktails.

Partnering with Coca Cola, there will be three new cocktails including the ‘Birthday Bonanza’ which features vodka, amaretto and Coca-Cola to celebrate Butlin’s’ 90th birthday.

In addition to the new cocktails, guests will also now be able to order Gordon’s Mediterranean Orange Gin, Captain Morgan Dark Rum and Disaronno.

And there will be another non-alcoholic and low alcohol option as well – Madri Excepcional 0.0%.

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Per adult, the drinks package starts at £25.95 per day and includes the above as well as soft drinks, wine, draught beers and cider and Proud to Serve Costa Coffee.

In total, guests get a choice of over 60 drinks with the all inclusive drinks package.

Travel writer, Helen Wright, who has tried the drinks package, said: “To add the all-inclusive drinks package onto the booking, it was an extra £41.45 for us and £51.95 for Gen and the boys per day. An overall £124.35 and £155.85 respectively.

“When you check in, you are given a wristband and a QR code to use when you want to order drinks during your stay.

“But with the amount of activities and entertainment, I was unsure whether I would get through £42 worth of drinks in one day.

“It was almost 1pm and with them occupied for 15 mins, Gen and I could enjoy our first cocktail of the weekend along with some adult conversation.

“Alcohol is served from 11am at the resort. A glass of house wine is £4.90 and a pint is £5.95.

“I’m more of a cocktail girl, so I decided to get into the holiday spirit with a margarita, usually £7.75, but free with my wristband.

“Doing a quick tally, it wasn’t even lunchtime yet, and I’d spent over a third of my initial £30 a day outlay already.

“Only the adults wear the band, so it does mean that kids can’t go up and order their own drinks.

“However, it was easy to get drinks, and despite the resort being very busy in high season, none of the bars were too crowded or had a long wait.

“There is no question, if you like a beer or cocktail in the sun or you plan on drinking at lunch and dinner, with a few extras like coffee and a lemonade in between, £30 a day is well worth the money. 

Alex Meyer, head of marketing at Butlin’s, said: “We’re all about offering incredible value for money, and with the latest additions to the All Inclusive drinks range the package is even better value for guests.

“Now with over 60 drinks to choose from, including our new cocktails and spirits, our All Inclusive drinks package continues to be unrivalled compared to other UK holiday resorts’ offerings.

“As we celebrate our 90th birthday, guests can raise a glass to the landmark occasion with our brand-new Birthday Bonanza cocktail.

“The new creation is set to rival our guest favourite cocktail, Butlin’s On The Beach, which has been the most popular cocktail since the drinks package launched in 2024.”

If looking to head off on a break to Butlin’s, you could book a Showtime Term-Time Midweek break with the drinks package for £399.

In September 2025, Butlin’s holiday resort also revealed it’s latest expansion plans with hundreds more lodges.

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