STRANGER Things star Millie Bobby Brown has had a swimming pool built — just for her dogs.
The 22-year-old British actress runs an animal rescue organisation called Joey’s Friends on her farm in Atlanta, Georgia, and wants to train pooches to swim.
Millie Bobby Brown has had a swimming pool built for her dogsThe actress wants to teach her pooches how to swimCredit: nycshooter
Millie also admitted her most expensive purchases are related to her animals.
Quizzed over the most unnecessary thing she has spent money on this year, she said: “Maybe a goat shed.
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“Like I didn’t need the shed, did I? But the goats love it. I just thought it was cute. Also, a new chicken coop. That or I just built a swimmingpool for my foster dogs.”
She told the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast: “He’s like, ‘Why?’
“And I’m like, ‘Because it gets hot in the summer, and I want them to learn how to swim so that when they get adopted, they can swim’.”
Last year she said she had 62 pets including 25 farm animals, 23 foster dogs, ten of her own dogs and four cats.
She is believed to have rescued and rehomed more than 230 dogs.
Millie, who has an estimated net worth of £24million, has several goats named after rappers including Eminem, Cardi B, Slick Rick and Biggie Smalls, as well as chickens.
She said: “I have a lot of animals on the farm that were bullied out of their own farm.
“So the herds just kind of chose, ‘We hate that donkey’. Then that donkey comes to me. I have a lot of outcasts. That’s exactly where I belong.”
Millie hit the big time playing Eleven in the Netflix sensation — at the age of 12.
She made her movie debut in 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters before starring in The Enola Holmes Mysteries.
PINK was feeling in a very generous mood at the O2 Silver Clef Awards in London.
The American superstar forked out £16,000 on Harry Styles tickets during the auction on Thursday, only to hand them back to the charity — so they could have someone bid on them again.
Pink poses with her Silver Clef Award after making a generous donationCredit: GettyIcon Award winner Lily Allen donated £1,600Credit: Getty
An onlooker said: “Pink paid £16,000 to win the lot. She then donated it back. It was an incredibly generous gesture.”
Pink wasn’t the only one to dig deep at the bash — which raises money for music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins — with Jessie J pledging £500 while Icon Award winner Lily Allen handed over £1,600.
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Price Tag singer Jessie was handed the Outstanding Achievement award and opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis in her acceptance speech.
She said: “The last 18 months has been the most incredible, the most magical of my life. Also the hardest. But I believe we find the truest parts of ourselves in hard times.
“So when you are faced with them, it’s life trying to teach you something.
“To become a mum after not thinking I would, having one tt just get chopped off out of nowhere. “You never know when a tt is going to be taken from you, so enjoy your t*ts while you’ve got them.”
Encouraging other celebs to get their cash out and raise some money, Jessie added: “You’ve obviously been invited because some of you are rich as f***, don’t be a vibe killer.
“I know I wrote Price Tag, but if you’ve got money now is the time to get it out.” It was an evening of revelations too, with John Bishop telling the crowd he had renewed his vows with wife Melanie.
The pair split for 18 months in 2000, but rekindled their romance after she went to watch one of his stand-up shows.
As he handed David Gray his Silver Clef gong, John said: “I could never have imagined that I’d get the opportunity to say thank you to this artist. “My marriage had failed, everything had gone s***.
“When I was at my lowest I was introduced to David Gray and he’s been a constant part of my life ever since.
“He was there at the lowest point of my life but then when me and my wife reconciled and went on to renew our wedding vows we played Sail Away as we walked down the aisle.”
Melanie C was handed the Global Impact Award and paid tribute to her Spice Girls bandmates, after a feud put paid to a proper celebration of their 30th anniversary of Wannabe earlier this week.
She said: “We’re all in touch obviously, all of the girls, we’re so grateful and respectful of each other.
“We came together, and we achieved our wildest dreams, and we changed our lives forever, and the world forever, some would say.”
ELLIE OF A GAME FOR OUR BOYS
Ellie Goulding has been booked to perform during England’s clash with NorwayCredit: Getty
ELLIE GOULDING has thrown her support behind the Three Lions as we take on Norway in the World Cup quarter-finals.
The Burn pop star announced she had been booked to perform during the clash.
Ellie shared the news on Instagram last night and added: “Performing at half time for England vs Norway has me feeling like truly anything could happen.
“I already know the boys will make England proud. It’s coming home.”
Insiders confirmed that Ellie would play a medley of songs inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
KASABIAN are giving fans an early Christmas present – with five huge shows later this year.
The band, fronted by Serge Pizzorno, will kick off their run at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on December 11, followed by gigs in Glasgow, Cardiff, London and Manchester.
The announcement comes after their sold-out headline date in front of 45,000 fans at London’s Finsbury Park last weekend.
SCHULTZ: TRACK IS PERSONAL
Matt Shultz of Cage The Elephant, who have just released a new singleCredit: Getty
CAGE THE ELEPHANT’s new single has special meaning for frontman Matt Schultz.
The US rockers, who supported Oasis on tour in America last year, released Beaches In Tennessee yesterday – their first new music for two years.
Matt, said: “It’s no secret I went through a mental health crisis a few years back. This song symbolises me finally being able to move past it.
“I was hospitalised for nearly three months, and the song addresses it by creating a fictionalised account of it.
“It was my attempt at reclaiming the ability to write about something serious that happened in my life, from a place of genuine experience.
“As a band, we were able to reclaim the ability to write a song rooted in a difficult and turbulent real-life event, but do it in a lighthearted way.”
TEN FANS ON SIDE
December 10 playing an intimate gig at Circuit in KingstonCredit: Click News and Media
DECEMBER 10 celebrated the launch of their debut EP, On Your Side, by playing two intimate gigs at Circuit in Kingston upon Thames.
The fast-rising group – Nicolas, John, Josh, Sean, Cruz and Hendrik – celebrated the release as more than 1,000 fans packed the south-west London venue across the sold-out shows.
The six performing members, with Danny currently taking some time out, treated the crowd to stripped-back versions of tracks from the EP including Angel and Run My Way.
AHEAD of Iron Maiden’s historic show at Knebworth tonight, support act The Hu went on a sightseeing trip.
The Mongolian metal band, whose third studio album, Hun, drops on July 24, visited Buckingham Palace and Big Ben in London before heading to the venue.
Mongolia’s biggest metal band, The Hu, are set to support Iron MaidenCredit: ImAPhotographer.com
Temka, who plays a traditional Mongolian guitar called a tovshuur, is a huge Chelsea fan and is thrilled to be performing here while the World Cup is on.
Zara Larsson oozes charisma in this strappy gold top and denim shorts in MadridCredit: Javier Bragado
IT’S taken Zara Larsson over ten years since her debut hit, but she is a now a true pop superstar after this sizzling show.
She oozed charisma in this strappy gold top and denim shorts at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival on Thursday night.
Zara was lifted into the air by her dancers to sing Midnight Sun.
She then did the splits during Ain’t My Fault, drove a car on stage for Hot & Sexy and also got a fan up to do her viral Lush Life dance with her.
With amazing vocals and dance moves, Zara deserves to be the biggest pop star in the world.
Mad Cool also hosted Lorde, Jennie, Cmat and Florence + The Machine, proving female pop music is thriving.
MATTY TO KICK OFF STAG DO
The 1975 rocker Matty Healy is about to embark on a huge stag doCredit: Getty
IT is turning into the summer of celebrity weddings – and I’m told Matty Healy will tie the knot with American model Gabbriette a week today.
The 1975 rocker will kick off the festivities in LA with a huge stag do tonight.
Matty and his pals will watch England play Norway in the World Cup quarter-final – and hopefully they will still be celebrating by the time the final whistle blows.
On Instagram last week, Gabbriette shared a video of the couple watching England take on Mexico, where her mum is from.
Thankfully, they were still on good terms afterwards.
The pair started dating in 2023 after Matty’s split from Taylor Swift – but their nuptials will be a lot more low-key than Taylor’s which took place earlier this month.
A source said: “They are flying out their nearest and dearest but it’s an intimate ceremony.
“The spectacle of Taylor’s wedding isn’t their thing.”
His bandmate George Daniel with his wife Charli XCX will be there, along with Matty’s mum Denise Welch – so I’m sure there will be plenty of tales to tell.
TAYLOR TOY OSCAR BID
FRESH from her five Emmy nominations, Taylor Swift is now being backed for Oscars glory, with her Toy Story 5 song, I Knew It, I Knew You.
Insiders said Pixar are pushing for the track to land a nomination for Best Music (Original Song) at the ceremony in Los Angeles next March.
A source said: “There is a full-on drive to get Taylor to the Oscars and win the golden prize.
“There is such excitement at how well the film has been received and how beloved the song has become in a very short space of time.
“One beautiful factor in this is that Taylor has such a deep connection to these movies.”
If she lands a nod, it will be the first time newlywed Taylor has received an Oscars nomination.
CAUGHT LIVE
Johnny Marr @ Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
★★★★☆
Johnny Marr performs at Castlefield Bowl in his hometown ManchesterCredit: Getty
JOHNNY MARR was at his mercurial best for his sellout homecoming gig in Manchester.
There were plenty of Smiths classics, a couple of seriously decent new singles and a stunning disco-ball moment that turned the baked concrete of Castlefield Bowl into a club dancefloor.
It was the indie icon’s biggest solo show to date, ahead of the release of his fifth album The Age Of Everything in October.
Marr kicked off with Generate! Generate!.
It was a rousing opener, but it was the second track, The Smiths’ Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before, that got the crowd going.
New Town Velocity, from his 2013 album The Messenger, was a welcome moment of reflection while new track Spin went down a storm.
The finale was epic. The juddering riff of How Soon Is Now brought the curtain down on the main set, before a trio of classics – Panic, Iggy Pop’s Passenger, and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – culminated in arms wrapped around shoulders.
Dua Lipa has taken her London property empire to four pads by snapping up two more swish homesCredit: APThe pop sensation has just dropped around £1m on a two-bed flat in London’s Leicester Square areaCredit: Google Maps
And another £1m went on a flat in north London which is next door to a pad with a similar price tag she already owns.
Dua also has a pad in Hampstead worth £7m.
A firm called Chiltern Court Ltd, of which she is a “person of significant control” took out loans from the royal family’s banker Coutts & Co and OneSavings Bank Plc to fund the purchases.
That’s despite the chart topper being worth £150m.
CHRISTINE McGuinness looked stunning as she soaked up the Bank Holiday sun in a tiny black bikini.
The model, 38, had fun and cooled down in a paddling pool filled with plastic balls.
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Christine McGuinness looked sensational splashing around in a paddling poolCredit: mrscmcguinness/InstagramThe star posted a video of herself enjoying the beautiful weatherCredit: mrscmcguinness/Instagram
In a video posted to Instagram, the media personality took to the water in a skimpy black bikini with thong bottoms.
She grinned widely as her daughter jumped into the pool making a big splash.
The star wrote over the reel that she felt her problems were melting away as she spent time with her kids, with the clip first starting at “99 problems” and then ending with “0 problems” at the end of the clip.
Christine finished the look off with a pair of chunky sunglasses and kept her hair loosely falling down over her shoulders.
Captioning the post, Christine wrote: “My mummy magic medicine, always. Life is just better with them.
Christine has been making the most of the Bank Holiday weekendCredit: InstagramThe post come after Christine and Olympic boxer Nicola Adams sparked romance rumoursCredit: instagramChristine has also recently been linked to DJ RoxxxanCredit: InstagramThe duo were caught kissing in Christine’s carCredit: Instagram/rotriplex
“Wishing you all a Gawjus bank holiday, half term, heatwave!”
The star added in brackets: Stay hydrated and wear protection always! sorry to be that mum!”
Fans of Christine thought she looked stunning and dropped compliments in the post’s comment’s section.
One user said: “Stunning as always Christine, hope you’re having a lovely bank holiday x”
A second shared: “Beautiful mummy.”
A third added: “If I had your body I would wear that to Tesco. Just saying.”
The sexy video comes just weeks after Christine was spotted locking lips with DJ Roxxxan in her Land Rover Defender.
She added: “Not like a legalised marriage, but like a blessing, a celebration of love.”
Christine has also been growing close to Olympic boxer Nicola Adams, who has confessed that she’s “crazy” about the blonde bombshell.
While neither of the two women have directly addressed the speculation, Nicola took to social media to confess she’s head over heels right now.
She shared a clip of herself dancing with her eyes closed with the caption: “Them – you’re not that crazy about that woman”
Nicola added: “Who me? [laughing emoji].”
Christine and Nicola attended The DIVA Awards 2026 recently, which is an event which celebrates the achievements of LGBTQIA women and non-binary people.
And an onlooker told theDaily Mail: “They were inseparable and looked like they were a couple.”
