SHE sang about putting the hours in on Busy Woman – and now I have heard Sabrina Carpenter has taken inspo from the original workaholic.
Her routine at the MTV Video Music Awards in September will pay homage to Dolly Parton’s movie comedy Nine to Five, which also starred Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
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A source said: “Sabrina is working with her favourite choreographers on the routine that will reference the classic 1980 film.
“Sabrina is very fond of Dolly after she also starred in her video for Please, Please, Please.
“She is planning on doing a medley of songs at the awards ceremony following her stellar year of hits.”
On Valentine’s Day in February, Sabrina released a new video for her track Please, Please, Please featuring country legend Dolly.
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Sabrina released the new version with the Jolene hitmaker after the previous video starred her ex, Irish actor Barry Keoghan.
Dolly revealed: “Our voices are very similar. I can’t tell sometimes which part’s her and which part’s me.”
The pair, who are both 5ft tall with bouncy blonde hair, also bear a striking resemblance.
Dolly said: “We look like relatives. She looks like she could be my little sister.
“We’re little women doing big things.”
Sabrina is nominated for eight awards at the VMAs, which will be held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 7.
The former Disney star, who is performing at the annual awards show for the second time in a row, could win video of the year for Manchild from her upcoming album Man’s Best Friend, which is out next Friday.
Sabrina gave her 48.6million Instagram fans a taste of her new track Tears with a clip of the music video on Friday night.
Dressed in a baby blue dress with a wedding hat, she could be seen lying in a field next to a vintage car.
It looks like Sabrina is a movie star as well now — just like Dolly.
RAYE HINTS DOWN TO A TEE
RAYE has put fans in a spin after hinting at the title and release date of a new track from her second album.
The Prada hitmaker shared a snap of her merchandise stand at All Points East festival in East London yesterday.
A sign read: “This merch may contain a release date. Lots of love, Raye x.”
Her T-shirts were covered in a string of cryptic statements, with some of the words obscured.
Phrases splashed across the clothing included: “Where Is My Husband? Will be yours 19th of September 2025 . . . The very first fragment of [redacted] from the second [redacted].
“The oh-so fabulous, utterly over being, desperately single gal from South London . . . Chapter two . . . I would like a ring.”
Raye yesterday headlined the festival, which also featured Tyla and Cat Burns. In April, she had revealed she was working on new music and feeling the pressure to make a hit.
She said: “I couldn’t write anything, I was overthinking everything. I definitely cried.”
The singer, who scooped six Brit Awards in 2024 following the success of her album, My 21st Century Blues, added: “I just feel like the bar is high.
“I just want to trust my gut and hope I make the right decisions.”
A FAN ON STAGE? NO TROUBLE, SAYS CHRIS
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COLDPLAY’S Chris Martin made an autistic fan’s dream come true on Friday night.
The frontman picked out 18-year-old AJ Murphy from the 84,000-strong crowd at Wembley Stadium during the band’s opening night.
Wearing headphones and a Coldplay T-shirt, the lad was overcome with emotion as he hugged Chris, above.
His light-up sign saying “I am autistic, please pick me, number 1 fan” caught the singer’s eye.
Murphy told the audience that he was a DJ and music producer, before asking if he could sing Trouble with the band.
Chris joked: “Trouble is from our first album. You’re 18, AJ, so this song is 55 years older than you. Before I even had my first wig.”
Friday marked the first of ten record-breaking nights at Wembley to close The Music Of The Spheres World Tour. And the notorious kiss cam – which caught a CEO cheating with his lover at a gig in Boston –this time captured a sweet proposal.
A man held a sign asking his girlfriend to marry him before getting down on one knee.
After she accepted, Chris sang: “On a day like this, I encourage you to kiss, I hope you’re happy till the day you die.”
SAM’S SCARY CAREER
SAMIRA MIGHTY has revealed that she is loving the “chaos” of juggling a pop and film career.
The former Love Island star, who recently released her dance single Cardio, made her film debut last month in the British horror flick Bambi: The Reckoning.
Speaking to Original Magazine about juggling acting and her budding music career, Samira said: “It has been full-on but I have never been good at just picking one lane.
“I kind of live for the chaos. It keeps things exciting and I think that energy shows up in my work too.
“Shooting Bambi was character building. It was not always glamorous.
“Filming at 4am in the cold, running in the mud is not for the weak.”
Rather you than me, Samira.
IT’S DUA’S LIPA YEAR
DUA LIPA takes the plunge as she glams up for her 30th birthday in a low-cut halterneck dress.
The pop star had spent the lead up to her big day having a ball in Jamaica – and she looked flawless as she celebrated her big milestone on Friday wearing a sexy sheer red gown.
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Sharing her joy on Instagram, Dua wrote: “This last lap around the sun has been, without a doubt, my favourite year yet. The past 10 years have been the most incredible ride I could’ve ever dreamed of . . . my 20s were pure MAGIC. Not without their challenges or awkward moments, but filled with more love, joy and lessons than I ever imagined.
“I’m so deeply grateful for every step of the journey and everything it’s taken to get here.”
Dua also shared a sweet snap alongside her fiance Callum Turner, plus a pic of her about to tuck into a giant chocolate cake, top.
And she was spotted playing a game of backgammon with a dirty martini in her hand.
Meanwhile, Dua’s dad Dukagjin revealed the family were sent 30 bottles of Dom Perignon vintage Champagne for the big bash.
Cheers to you, Dua!
MILLIE ON WED ALERT FOR SIS
STRANGER Things actress Millie Bobby Brown flew to her sister Paige Brown’s wedding in Suffolk on August 10, bringing her and husband Jake Bongiovi’s recently adopted two-week-old baby.
A source told me: “It was important for Millie to be there for her sister and it was the perfect opportunity to introduce their little one to their family.”
Photographer Emma-Jane Lewis shared a glimpse behind the scenes of the wedding at the Wilderness Reserve – a 5,000-acre retreat in Suffolk.
She wrote: “The most spectacular wedding planned by my gorgeous bride’s sister @millie bobbybrown who planned it alongside @camillaboniek events who did her own wedding day last year. These guys were the dream team.”
This week, the British actress announced she had become a mum for the first time at the age of 21, revealing to her 64.1 million Instagram followers that she and husband Jake, inset, had adopted a baby girl.
The insider said: “The baby was tiny and everyone was saying how adorable she was.”
Millie, who plays Eleven in the supernatural Netflix series, and Jake, son of singer Jon Bon Jovi, wrote on Instagram: “This summer, we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption.”
Millie said on a podcast: “I want to focus on establishing myself as an actor and a producer, but also I really want a big family.”
The Sun revealed Millie and Jake, below, had secretly wed in May 2024, with a lavish second ceremony in Tuscany, Italy, in September last year.
The actress will reprise her role in the final series of Stranger Things, which will be released in November.
YOU’LL GO FAR, BABY
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WITH effortless charm, silky smooth vocals and electric guitar riffs, rock band Brigitte Calls Me Baby made their return to London this week.
Lead singer Wes Leavins swooned across the stage like a young Morrissey at Omeara on Wednesday night.
The Chicago band, who will play at All Points East festival today, formed in 2022 and have only released one album – The Future Is Our Way Out.
But that did not stop their adoring fans from singing along to tracks such as Too Easy and Pink Palace like they had been around forever.
Wes delighted the crowd by revealing they had finished recording their second album and played catchy new track Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.
They closed with their own interpretation of George Michael’s Careless Whisper and a rendition of Impressively Average.
I saw the band play in June – and it seems that they are sounding better every time they step on stage.
Impressed? Yes. Average? Definitely not.
CHAPPELL ROAN looked like a bat out of hell at Reading Festival – with one of the winged creatures on her head.
The US star drew a huge crowd for her performance on Friday night, arriving on stage in black lace and slowly removing parts of her outfit throughout her 90-minute set.
Belting out hits The Subway, Red Wine Supernova and Good Luck, Babe!, a singalong highlight was also My Kink Is Karma – but it may have been awkward listening for one punter.
Chappell, who performed at Leeds Festival, said: “I dedicate this to my ex, who’s in the crowd tonight.” One way to get revenge.
