EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the best of the day’s celebrity dirt from the top to the very bottom.

Zayn Malik and rapper Azealia Banks have been trading blows on Twitter, and it’s actually got beyond nasty this morning. 

It all started last night when Banks accused him of copying the look of her music video with his new single Like I Would:

Then Zayn sent out a couple of cryptic tweets late last night 

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Which Banks took as a direct insult to her – and hit back hard

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After a night’s worth of abuse by Banks, Zayn got back to her this morning

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And her response to that was bizarre

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Banks’ Twitter rant then got brutal. Racist, homophobic and n-word laden tweets directed at the former One Direction man, like:

When your entire extended family has been obliterated by good ol the U.S of A will you still be trying to….

And she moved on to throwing insults at Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian this morning.

So now everyone is like that’s not OK

And Banks is just coming out of this looking AWFUL

That escalated quickly. (Mirror)

The BMI Pop Awards were on last night in California, and Taylor Swift was in the house to accept the Taylor Swift Award. 

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The award recognised Tay’s “artistic talent and influence.” She told the star-studded audience:

If they had chosen someone else to give the Taylor Swift Award to, I’d be kind of bummed about it.

The only other person to ever receive an award in their own name from the BMI was Michael Jackson back in 1990. So, y’know, it’s a BIG deal. (Billboard)

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Meanwhile, Johnny McDaid has spoken to E! about his reconciliation with Courteney Cox when they stepped out together at the Awards last night: 

Just look at us. I love her. I’ve always loved her.

When asked whether that means the wedding is back on, Johnny laughed and said:

Let us win an award first.

Ah Johnny, you’re teasing now.

And the rest of the day’s celebrity dirt…

• Biebs thinks his fans treat him like a zoo animal, so he’s banned photos (Mirror) 
• Jennifer Lawrence is single and definitely ready to mingle (The Sun)
• Nicole Scherzinger could return to The X-Factor along with Louis and Sharon. Getting the old gang back together (DailyMail)
• Blac Chyna has debuted her baby bump for the waiting camera. Eh, very bump-like by all accounts. (OK!)

Yesterday’s Dredge: Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes just had another baby on the sly>