Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman were having an affair when she fell pregnant. Simon and Lauren, who was married to Simon’s friend Andrew Silverman, announced they were expecting unexpectedly in August.

Simon recently said: “I let down a friend and I feel bad about that, but the good thing it is that I’m having a baby and I never thought I would.”

Liberty Ross opened up to Vanity Fair magazine about her husband Rupert Sanders’s affair Kristen Stewart.

“It was horrible,” she told the magazine. “It was really the worst, really the worst.”

“I have no words to describe what we went through,” Ross says. “But I think, for me, something always has to completely die for there to be a rebirth. And, for me, I feel like I’m going through a rebirth.”

Kim Kardashian shocked everyone when she went into labour a month earlier than expected.

What she and Kanye West named their daughter was equally as shocking. The pair’s choice of North (Nori) West was met with much criticism.

The world was left shocked when actor Paul Walker died suddenly in a fiery car crash.

The Fast and the Furious star lost his life after the car he was travelling in crashed into a pole and burst into flames. The driver and Paul’s friend Roger Rodas also died in the crash

After 13 years of marriage, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones announced their separation.

The pair have made it clear they are not seeking a divorce and are trying to work out their differences.

The world was shocked when **James Gandolfini suddenly died of a heart attack while holidaying with his son in Italy.

James leaves behind his wife, former model Deborah Lin, a daughter born last October and a teenage son with his ex-wife Marcy Wudarski.**

The world was stunned when a UK newspaper published photos that showed Charles Saatchi with his hands around his wife Nigella Lawson’s neck.

The release of the images lead to their immediate divorce as well as a much publicised court case in which Nigellas was accused of using drugs.

Tragedy struck the upbeat Glee cast this year when Cory Monteith was found dead of a heroin and alcohol overdose at the age of 31.

The TV stars body was found in his Vancouver Hotel room in July. The actor, who was dating his Glee co-star Lea Michele at the time, had a history of drug use and had unsuccessfully attempted drug rehabilitation in the past.

Much loved Good Charlotte twin Joel Madden had a run in with the Australian law this year when police found marijuana in the punk-rockers Sydney hotel room. British singer Seal raised more controversy when he took to twitter to defend his The Voice co-star.

“Having a joint in the privacy of his hotel room is worthy of front page news??? Way to respect a guest in your country trash media, way to make us feel welcome,” he tweeted.

Troubled child star Amanda Bynes’ very public breakdown began when she started attacking other stars on Twitter. She launched a twitter attack on Courtney Love calling her “ugly”.

This was just the start of her problems. Since then Amanda has been arrested for drug possession and most recently entered a rehab facility to undergo a mental evaluation after she set fire to her driveway back in July. She was recently released into the custody of her parents and is reportedly preparing to start classes at a fashion school in New York.

Since breaking up with Selena Gomez singer Justin Bieber has been caught with a string of ladies, including strippers, and was secretly filmed sleeping by a creepy lady friend.

Destroying his rep even more he has been caught with marijuana in his tour bus, posted photos of himself smoking weed, hit a photographer with his car and trashed a hotel room in the Gold Coast, Australia.

The world was shocked when Miranda Kerr announced her split from American actor Orlando Bloom. It’s been a tough year for the model after she stood down as the David Jones ambassador, lost a modelling contract with clothing brand Mango and was ditched from this year’s Victoria’s Secret show.

Meanwhile, Miranda has found love with Australia’s billionaire James Packer after Woman’s Day exclusively revealed the pair have been secretly dating.

Lamar Odum’s excessive drug use and cheating claims shocked not only the world, but the Kardashian Klan

Rumours swirled about Lamar’s infidelity as two women have now stepped forward to claim they had affairs with Khloe’s basketballer husband, Lamar Odom. Then came the public rant from his father attacking the Kardashian family followed by a video which shows Lamar under the influence of alcohol rapping about drug use and prostitutes.

The VMA music awards left the entire world talking about one little Disney girl – Miley Cyrus. She hit the stage dressed in a teddy bear swimsuit, before stripping off to nude, latex underwear, dry humping Blurred Lines singer Robin Thicke and twerking in front of a shocked audience.

The wrecking ball singers relationship with Aussie Liam Hemsworth subsequently broke down with her increasingly odd behaviour, including smoking a joint live on stage at the MTV music awards in Amsterdam.

This year it emerged that the totally adorable, sweet-as-pie Southern bell Reece Witherspoon isn’t so innocent at all, and is in fact part diva!

In April the American actress was arrested for disorderly conduct for refusing to get into her car after her husband Jim Toth was pulled over for suspected DUI. She was recorded renting on, asking the officer if he knew who she was before declaring “You’re about to find out who I am.” Ouch!