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The Wonder of technology: Music legend and gadget enthusiast

He has appealed to tech companies to make their gadgets more accessible for the blind and on Monday Stevie Wonder stocked up on some new products. The 62-year-old musical legend was seen leaving an Apple store in Los Angeles with two shiny new MacBooks. Stevie was led out of the store by his assistant, who was carrying the familiar white bags containing the new computers.   Tech geek: Stevie Wonder was seen leaving an Apple store at The Grove and his assistant was carrying two laptops Stevie was dressed in a grey tunic outfit and wore a pair of aviator style sunglasses as he exited the store holding the arm of his assistant at The Grove shopping mall. Apple products boast a VoiceOver setting, which allow blind and visually impaired users to use the computers. The application includes gesture support, braille display mirroring, web spots and spoken hints. Ian Macrae, editor of the website Disability Now and long-time blind journalist and broadcaster praised Apple'

Doting dad-to-be! Marvin Humes celebrates his 27th birthday

He'll be celebrating his birthday next year as a father. So when it came to marking his big day this year, Marvin Humes decided to enjoy some time with his pregnant wife Rochelle, ahead of the birth of their first child in just two months' time. The JLS singer was seen picking up Rochelle from the ITV studios on Monday morning, after she spent a busy few hours doing promotional work alongside her Saturdays bandmates, before the pair grabbed some lunch.   Doting dad-to-be: JLS star Marvin Humes celebrated his 27th birthday by picking up his pregnant wife Rochelle from the ITV studios and taking her out to lunch     Peek-a-bump! Rochelle's grey dress highlighted her pregnancy figure as she headed out for the lunch date Marvin took the wheel as his expectant wife posed up before getting inside the couple's large black SUV. Rochelle, 23, looked chic in a fitted grey dress which highlighted her pregnant figure, paired with a chic Nakawaga trench

Bringing dainty back! Emmy Rossum makes them green

She can always be counted on to bring some much-needed glamour to the red-carpet. And while many guests at Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience album release party on Monday night opted for more casual trouser and jacket ensembles, Emmy Rossum made them all green with envy in her pretty embroidered dress. The Shameless star was dainty in her demure cream frock featuring an intricate emerald floral design as she made her appearance at the event inside the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.     Bringing dainty back: Emmy Rossum wore a pretty cream dress featuring green embroidery as she attended Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience album release party at the El Rey theatre on Monday night The 26-year-old actress also accentuated the attire by wearing matching green eyeshadow on her eyelids and white polish on her manicured nails. Emmy rounded out the ensemble with a pair of white stilettos and a simple black clutch bag. Meanwhile, many other stars

Charlotte Church shows off her body confidence in low-cut dress

She's been known for her yo-yo weight, having gone from a size 6 to a size 14 over the past few years. However, Charlotte Church has now embraced her curvier figure, and it's all down to her boyfriend Jonathan Powell. The Welsh singer, who is currently touring her new indie material in the United States, was spotted showing off her figure in a low-cut dress in West Hollywood recently.   Body confident: Charlotte Church looks summery in a low-cut polka dot dress outside the Troubadour in West Hollywood The former classical singer, 27, was spotted chatting on her mobile as she arrived ahead of her gig at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood last week. Ahead of the gig, she tweeted: 'Rocking out in LA! About to head down to the Troubadour for tonight's show.' The mother-of-two is now believed to be a size 12 and is completely comfortable with her figure thanks to her supportive boyfriend Jonathan.   Comfortable in her own skin: The 27-year-old ha

Dot in the dock! EastEnders' favourite OAP dragged

Admittedly Dorothy Branning hasn't had the easiest of lives - a criminal son,  a couple of rogue husbands and terrible boss called Mr Papadopoulos. But EastEnders bosses have come up with a new twist in the life of chain-smoking character Dot - dragging her through the courts. Soap fans will be shocked at seeing the red-headed sherry-loving OAP in the dock - scenes reminiscent of Coronation Street's 1998 storyline which saw Dierdre Rachid unfairly jailed for fraud.   Dot in the dock: Sherry loving Ms Branning appears in court on EastEnders charged with housing benefit fraud It isn't quite clear what those cunning BBC 1 bosses have planned for Dot, who has been played by June Brown since 1985. Viewers will know that Dot trusted her council-owned home to pal Cora Cross as she went away to visit her grandchild Dottie - and then watched in horror as the bouffant-loving character fell behind with her rent. In a plot which saw Dot bumble through council ques

Well, he is the head of Playboy: Hugh Hefner reveals he's slept with 'over a thousand' women

Hugh Hefner has revealed he's slept with "over a thousand" women. The 86-year-old Playboy founder - who wed third wife Crystal Harris last December - insists he has always been faithful during his marriages, but "made up for it" when he was single. Asked by the new edition of America's Esquire magazine how many women he has slept with, he said: 'How could I possibly know? Over a thousand, I'm sure.   How many! Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has revealed he's slept with more than 1,000 women, although he doesn't know the exact number   'There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn't married. You have to keep your hand in.' The media mogul - who was previously married to Mildred Williams from 1949 to 1959 and Kimberley Conrad, the mother of his sons, Marston, 22, and Cooper, 21, from 1989 to 2010 - is happier than ever with Crystal and fe