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Source: PA

Are Rihanna and Chris Martin dating? The pair had dinner together at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California on Sunday night – reportedly one of RiRi’s favourite spots. They left by separate exits to avoid being spotted, but Rihanna was seen SMILING AND LAUGHING.

TMZ has this immortal poll: ‘Rihanna and Chris Martin – Banging Or Not Banging?’ (TMZ)

Michael Jackson’s children get a combined allowance of $8million a year. The annual payout from the King of Pop’s estate to Prince, 17, Paris, 16 and Blanket, 12, has risen from a relatively paltry $5million. Imagine how many Refresher bars you could get with that. (Page Six)

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Bono had a bit of seafood chowder down the Gaeltacht. The U2 singer was visiting his son, who’s currently in the Connemara Gaeltacht, when they popped into a restaurant in Barna for a slap-up fish dinner. ”He had our famous chowder, cod and shellfish bisque,” chef Keith Carden told RTÉ Ten.

And the rest of the day’s dirt…

• Jessica Simpson got a takeaway delivered directly to the nightclub she was in. AKA THE DREAM. (TMZ) 
• One Direction have a new smell. (YouTube)
• Lil Kim had a baby and called it Royal Reign. (Mirror)
• Here’s Brody from Homeland (aka Damian Lewis) dressed up as Henry VIII. (Mail Online)
• Is Harry Styles following the Kabbalah? (Mirror)

Yesterday’s Dredge: Nadia Forde denies dating Rory McIlroy>