THE festive season is almost upon us and we can barely contain our excitement over the prospect of wearing glitter every single day. But it turns out - sparkles don't only have to be for Christmas jumpers and festive manicures. That's right, you can now actually buy glittery PAINT for the walls of your home - and the best part is, they'll only set you back £5 in B&Q. Mums have been obsessing over the purse-friendly paint on the American Facebook page I Need This In My Life.

STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers were left fuming this evening over a number of ‘random’ scores. Fifteen celebs took to the dance floor tonight for the first episode of the series and many ended up getting high marks from Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton du Beke. Viewers felt that while some people were over marked, others were under scored – likeFleur East – and they demanded to know what was going on.

GenderYou wear it wellGwyneth Paltrow and Julia Roberts have donned 'fat suits' for recent film roles. But what do real overweight women think of their on-screen portrayal, asks Rachel ShabiFat is the new thin in Hollywood, albeit artificially. Gwyneth Paltrow, a woman who usually looks her eight stone, has recently been pictured wearing a "fat suit" and several pounds of face make-up to play what she describes as her most challenging role to date: a 22-stone woman in the forthcoming film, Shallow Hal.

Calling all 'Selling Sunset' fans -- gear up for a whole new series, seeing that 'Selling The OC' is finally here. As per the synopsis of the series -- " A fresh set of realtors square off, competing to establish themselves at The Oppenheim Group's second office on the Orange County coast. Will the pressure prove too much for these agents to handle?" And while we will certainly miss Christine Quinn and all her antics that kept fans so thoroughly entertained, it's now time to meet the cast of the spinoff.

The ObserverFashionThe polo shirt has been sported over decades by pop stars, football fans, ska-lovers and gay revellers, but now also by the far-right Proud Boys When British tennis champion Fred Perry became the first player to win a career grand slam in 1935, he might have hoped his legacy would be defined by the stunning bit of history he made, still just 26 years old. It’s unlikely he could have predicted his name would be used in 2020 to uniform a far-right male militia jacked up on violence and misogyny.