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OK!
Editor Unknown
Categories Celebrity
Frequency Weekly
First Issue Unknown
Company Northern and Shell
Country United Kingdom, USA/Canada,
Mexico, Middle East,
Australia, Russia, Malaysia
Language
Website
ISSN unknown

OK! is a British weekly magazine, specialising in celebrity news. In 2005, an American version was launched, followed by a Spanish language version in Mexico in 2006 and Bulgarian language version in 2007. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (529x768, 120 KB) This image is of a scan of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. ... “Megastar” redirects here. ... Private Eye cover depicting Desmond following his purchase of the Daily Express newspaper Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Recently, OK! was awarded £1,033,156 in a lawsuit. OK! had exclusive rights to the wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, but its rival Hello! magazine, published pictures as well, so OK! sued. Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress who began her career on stage at an early age. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Hello! is a weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news. ...


OK! is one of the most popular celebrity gossip magazines in the UK. A new issue is released every Wednesday. The magazine itself also has another inner mag called Hot Stars, which it has been said is similar to rival magazine Heat. “Megastar” redirects here. ... heat is a British entertainment magazine published by EMAP Consumer Media, and edited by Mark Frith. ...


Front covers

Three covers of the US edition. L to r: #25, #26, and #27.

The front cover of OK! magazine tends to focus on British celebrities and occasionally Hollywood personalities. In 2005 its biggest cover stars were Jordan, Peter André, Kerry Katona and Victoria Beckham. Although front covers featuring Victoria Beckham often imply that the former pop star has given an exclusive interview, this is rarely true. Often old photographs and quotes are rehashed.[citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 570 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3218 × 3385 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 570 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3218 × 3385 pixel, file size: 1. ... André on stage Peter André (27 February 1973) is a pop singer-songwriter and television personality. ... Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Croft (née Katona) (born September 6, 1980) in Warrington, Cheshire, England) is an English television presenter, magazine columnist and former pop singer with girl band Atomic Kitten. ... Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams), (born April 17, 1974 in Harlow, Essex, England) is an English singer, songwriter and fashion designer best known as a former member of the Spice Girls. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ...

 ok is also a submission to have sexy time with another person of the opposite sex 

this is not always approved of by your parents so don't tell them they will be very very mad


Interviews

The magazine tends to feature exclusive interviews and personal revelations from celebrities including engagements and pregnancies. In 2005 celebrity pregnancies were revealed by Jordan and Peter, Steven Gerrard and Alex Curran. Stars such as Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton and Andy Scott-Lee announced their engagement with exclusive deals with OK! magazine. Steven George Gerrard MBE[2][3][4][5] (IPA: []) (born 30 May 1980, Whiston, Merseyside) is an English football player. ... Liberty X (originally called Liberty) is a manufactured pop group formed from five contestants from the 2001 UK TV show Popstars. ... Michelle Heaton (born 19th July 1980, in Newcastle, England) is a British popstar, currently in the band Liberty X. She first shot to fame when she took part in the ITV reality tv show, Popstars, however she failed to get in the band, HearSay but formed Liberty X with...


Weddings

OK! is most famous for its coverage of celebrity nuptials. Its biggest scoops were Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, David and Victoria Beckham, Jordan and Peter André, and Ashley Cole and Cheryl Tweedy. In October 2005 three major celebrity weddings took place on the same day — Jordan and Peter, Kate Garraway and Derek Draper, and Samia Ghadie and propery developer Matthew Smith. OK! covered them all over separate issues. The biggest wedding of the three (Jordan and Peter) was covered over two bumper issues. The same happened for the wedding of Ashley & Cheryl Cole wedding as well as Christina Aguilera's wedding. Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress who began her career on stage at an early age. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams), (born April 17, 1974 in Harlow, Essex, England) is an English singer, songwriter and fashion designer best known as a former member of the Spice Girls. ... André on stage Peter André (27 February 1973) is a pop singer-songwriter and television personality. ... Ashley Donovan Cole (born 20 December 1980, Whitechapel, London, England) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. ... Cheryl Ann Cole, née Tweedy, (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and member of the girl group Girls Aloud. ... Kate Garraway (born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on May 4, 1968) is a British television news presenter. ... Derek Draper was a New Labour insider and lobbyist who was at the centre of a scandal about political lobbying known as Lobbygate, the Cash for Access scandal, or Drapergate. Derek attended the University of Manchester, where he was first spotted by Peter Mandelson, and employed by the latter as... Samia Ghadie (born 13 July 1982 in Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester) is a British actress. ...


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