Tina Turner Marries Long Time Partner in Zurich, Switzerland

Tina Turner has tied the knot with her boyfriend Erwin Bach.

A Swiss municipal official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday (17.07.13) that the pair married ''a few days ago'' in Zurich, Switzerland, during a civil service ceremony.

The couple are allegedly planning an intimate Buddhist wedding at their home this Sunday (21.07.13) with around 120 guests to celebrate their union.

This will be followed by a star-studded white-themed party, where Tina will reportedly wear an Armani gown.

David Bowie, Sade and Oprah Winfrey are among the high-profile guests thought to be attending the event, which Tina has apparently warned neighbours about, apologising in advance for the noise levels.

Tina and Erwin, who is 16 years younger than the 'GoldenEye' vocalist, have been together for 26 years and have lived in Kuesnacht, near Zurich, for 20 years.

The couple met in Germany in 1986, when Erwin managed EMI, Tina's record label.

The 75-year-old singer was previously married to Ike Turner, who she divorced in 1976 due to his abusive behaviour. He died in 2007.

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Tina Turner Proud To Marry Boyfriend Of Three Decades

Tina Turner, a true old school diva has finally surrendered her single lady status and married her boyfriend of decades, Erwin Bach. The singer, 73, had the private ceremony in Switzerland. The diva married the German producer in a civil ceremony and the couple are planning to have a Buddhist celebration at their home on the banks of Lake Zurich on Sunday, according to Reuters.

What's love got to do with it?

Turner and Bach have been together for 27 years – more than can be said for most celebrity couples – and they have lived together in Zurich, Switzerland, for 15 of them. It appears that the icon of rock, R&B, soul – pick a genre you like – has finally found happiness in her second marriage. Her first husband was the infamous Ike Turner, whom Tina married in 1962 and divorced fourteen years later. A decade after the fact, she revealed in her memoir I, Tina that Ike had been physically abusive.

Quite a lot, apparently.

The marriage news comes as a bit of a surprise to those, who have paid attention to the singer’s relationship through the years. In 2000, both Turner and Bach denied any marriage plans and explained that they were content just being together and moving at their own pace.

"We are married – we just haven't walked down the aisle, and until there's a need to, we probably won't," Turner said at the time for PEOPLE magazine.

"We don't need a marriage to be together," Bach added. "Some people need that security thing, but I think if you're internally happy with your partner, you don't need symbols."

Still, even if they have changed their minds, the couple seems like one of the most stable celebrity romances in a long while. We here at Contactmusic would like to wish all the best to the newlyweds!

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Vanessa Hudgens hates fame

Vanessa Hudgens hates the idea of fame.

The 'Frozen Ground' star, 24, who is dating 'The Carrie Diaries' heartthrob Austin Butler, enjoys being recognised for her work as an actress but thinks that the word 'fame' has negative connotations.

Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the UK premiere of her new film at London's Vue West End in Leicester Square on Wednesday (17.07.13), the brunette beauty said: ''I don't like the word fame. I love being an actress and I love pushing myself, and doing different things, and I love that people appreciate what I do, but like I said, I don't like that word. It turns into something else I think.

''Some people like the idea of fame, I don't like the idea of fame. I like being an actress. It's different.''

The actress was joined on the red carpet by her co-stars Nicholas Cage, Katie Wallack and Robert Forgit, as well as 'Game of Thrones' star Nathalie Emmanuel.

Vanessa, who previously dated Zac Efron for four years, enjoyed going to strip clubs to prepare for her role in the thriller.

She said: ''I spent some time at a strip club which was fun and interesting and put me in the right head space for sure.

''They [the strippers] were like, 'Vanessa do you want to come on?' They wanted to get me on stage but it wasn't going to happen.''

But she said her boyfriend never got to see her in character at home.

She explained: ''No. Once my characters are done they call cut and you leave it behind, it's already enough doing it as many hours as you do.''

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Vancouver Police Issue Heroin Warning Four Days After Cory Monteith's Death

Police officials in Vancouver, Canada have issued a red alert warning to drug users in the city about the potency of heroin on the local market following a spike in overdoses, including that of tragic actor Cory Monteith.

The Glee star died in his hotel room in Vancouver on Saturday (13Jul13) and autopsy and toxicology test results have confirmed the cause of death was an accidental overdose.

Now, a day after Monteith's remains were reportedly cremated, city lawmakers have raised the alarm on a dangerously potent toxic grade of the drug.

A police statement reads: "The Abbotsford police department has observed a concerning increase in the numbers of heroin overdoses in the community."

Officers claim they had detected the presence of fentanyl, which is used to treat cancer-related pain, in recent supplies of heroin, which causes increased potency.

The statement continues, "Our front line officers have spoken with many individuals who have reported being concerned about the potency of heroin that is currently being bought, sold and used."

It is not clear whether or nor police think the batch of heroin Monteith took was laced with fentanyl.

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Tom Hanks And Ron Howard Returning For Dan Brown's Inferno

Tom Hanks is reuniting with director Ron Howard to bring author Dan Brown's latest mystery thriller Inferno to life on the big screen.

The actor will reprise his role as Harvard University symbologist Dr. Robert Langdon for the new movie, which is centred around literary masterpiece Dante's Inferno.

Inferno will be Hanks and Howard's third film adaptation of Brown's books following the success of 2006's The Da Vinci Code and 2009's Angels and Demons. Screenwriter David Koepp will return to work on the script.

The movie is expected to be released in December, 2015.

Inferno is Brown's fourth book featuring the adventures of Dr. Langdon - Hanks and Howard had previously been attached to a film based on the writer's third novel, The Lost Symbol, but those plans were shelved after the director pulled out of the project, reports Deadline.com.

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Vincent Piazza In The Mix For Jersey Boys Role

Actor Vincent Piazza is in talks to lead the cast of Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of hit stage musical Jersey Boys, according to reports.

The Boardwalk Empire star, John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen and Michael Lomenda are the front-runners to play Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in the movie musical.

Piazza is the only one of the four who has not appeared on the Broadway stage in Jersey Boys - sources tell Variety magazine that Young, who is currently starring in the show in New York, will play Valli, Bergen Bob Gaudio, Piazza Tommy DeVito and Lomenda Nick Massi.

Eastwood is expected to make a start on the film later this summer (13).

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Why I wouldn't want to be royal

Catherine has been closely watched throughout her pregnancy -- her new baby will be subject to similar scrutiny.All eyes have been on Duchess of Cambridge ahead of the birth of her first babyBritain's royal family is closely watched by the media and the publicSimon Hooper: New royal should be "first to embrace the cause of republicanism"Editor's note: Simon Hooper has worked as a journalist covering international news, politics and sports for websites and publications, including CNN, Al Jazeera, the New Statesman and Sports Illustrated.

London (CNN) -- As Britain segues seamlessly through feelgood summer heat from Andy Murray mania to royal baby euphoria, let us at least spare a thought for the unfortunate newborn caught, through no fault other than his ancestry, in the global spotlight.

No royal arrival has been so closely scrutinized since 1688 when Mary of Modena, wife of the widely disliked James II, gave birth watched by dozens of officials amid speculation that her pregnancy was a Catholic conspiracy intended to fabricate a male heir.

Even their presence was not enough to quash rumors that the child had been smuggled into the birthing chamber in a bedpan, and within months James had been deposed; his son was destined to spend his life in bitter exile in France and Rome.

At least the newborn prince and his parents are unlikely to be run out of the country, even if the flag-waving royalists celebrating the birth are hardly representative of a silent majority largely apathetic about the monarchy and more inclined to treat its modern incarnation as a publicly-subsidized soap opera largely staged for the amusement of American tourists.

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Nor did his mother suffer the indignity of having the home secretary in the vicinity of the delivery room, a custom for royal births only formally ended in 1948.

And there have undoubtedly been worse times in history to be born into one of Europe's great royal dynasties. Paris in 1789 springs to mind, or St. Petersburg in 1917.

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The Windsors may have recovered some of their respectability after the nadir in their fortunes in the 1990s that culminated in the 1997 death of Princess Diana, thanks in no small part to the fairy-tale mega-wedding of William and Kate in 2011 and Oscar-winning propaganda such as "The Queen" and "The King's Speech."

To question the role of the monarchy and Britons' attachment to it is still to risk a public flogging from more reactionary sections of the British media, as author Hilary Mantel discovered when she found herself pilloried earlier this year for describing the Duchess of Cambridge as a "plastic princess designed to breed."

The resulting furore missed the point that Mantel was trying to make, which was that members of the royal family, however privileged and luxurious their lives, are essentially prisoners of their own circumstances, trapped by their supposed obligations to an archaic and largely redundant institution.

"Our current royal family doesn't have the difficulties in breeding that pandas do, but pandas and royal persons alike are expensive to conserve and ill-adapted to any modern environment. But aren't they interesting? Aren't they nice to look at?" said Mantel.

Opinion: Baby helps make a monarchy better

If Mantel's point was essentially true of Kate Middleton, who, like a mafia wife, married into the firm of her own volition, how much worse must the situation be for her offspring, who will become public property from the moment he is displayed to the assembled world media on the hospital steps.

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And in an age obsessed with the oxymoronic phenomena of "reality" and celebrity, the young royal will be forced to perform a gilded simulation of a normality that he will never experience for real, ultimately embracing the stiflingly conservatism of a British establishment of which the monarchy remains the apex, and allowing their personality to be airbrushed according to public tastes. It will be "The Truman Show" with footmen.

Royals, for better or worse, once inhabited worlds of intrigue, conspiracy and high drama, their lives, relationships and deaths entwined with the rise and fall of nations and empires. The feats and misdeeds of kings, queens and their progeny were fodder for Shakespearean epics.

Yet it is centuries since the British royal family played anything more than a decorative role in the life of the nation -- and this new heir may have to wait the best part of this century before assuming even those diminished duties.

Opinion: How to raise a royal baby

Royal heirs have traditionally passed the years waiting for their relatives to die by becoming champions of worthy causes. Prince Charles is famed for his woolly opinions on environmentalism and architecture, while Prince William has leant his support to the campaign to tackle homelessness.

Perhaps, out of enlightened self-interest alone and with time on his side, the prince could one day become the first royal to embrace the cause of republicanism.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Simon Hooper.

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