Former Scottish Television newsreader Kirsty Young began her new #250,000 a year contract with ITN last Monday. She made her debut on the channels lunchtime bulletin with co-presenter John Suchet. Her new colleagues had reportedly been unhappy with the arrival of the new presenter, who is set to replace veteran journalist Julia Somerville. Youngs appointment places her among the most highly- paid news presenters in Britain. Tamzin Outhwaite, the EastEnders star who plays Ian Beales reluctant wife Melanie, announced her engagement to 30-year-old Glaswegian television producer Marty Benson last week. She revealed he had proposed to her on Christmas day over a candlelit dinner whilst they were on a holiday in Madagascar. The couple have been dating for 18 months since being introduced at a party. Benson, whose identity had been kept a secret until the announcement, has moved in to the stars #100,000 London flat. Those dysfunctional cartoon characters, The Simpsons, celebrated their 10th birthday on Friday and patriarch Homer Simpson joined the rank and file of Americas elite when he got his very own star on Hollywoods walk of fame outside Manns Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The characters won their own series after starting out on the Tracey Ullman show and, a decade later, now appear in more than 60 countries worldwide. Homers penchant for doughnuts and Duff Beer has made him the patron saint of couch potatoes everywhere.
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