Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.’s third Sherlock Holmes film has been pushed back to 2021.

It was thought the film was due to hit cinemas in December 2019, ten years after the original film was released and eight years after the sequel, A Game Of Shadows, but Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures have now announced it will under cinemas two years later.

Not a surprise considering the film still hasn’t got a director nor begun shooting.

Downey Jr. and Law – who starred in the first and second films – will reprise their roles as detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson respectively, and the third instalment is thought to be based on a script penned by Chris Brancato, while Robert’s wife Susan Downey, Joel Silver and Lionel Wigram are on board to produce.

However the lack of director suggests that Guy Ritchie, who directed the first two films, may have turned down the third movie or is yet to sign a contract.

No other cast members have been announced.

The first Sherlock Holmes film was released in December 2009, and earned $524 million globally, while the second flick A Game Of Shadows debuted in December 2011 and banked $545.4 million at the worldwide box office.

Iron Man star Robert has teased fans about his role as the private detective in the third edition of the adventure mystery film last year after he took to his social networking sites to ‘practice” his Sherlock face’ ahead of production.

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The cast of Beverly Hills 90210 have been among those paying tribute to Luke Perry following his tragic death aged 52.

Shannen Doherty – who played his character Dylan’s love interest Brenda – was among those paying their respects in the wake of his death, saying she was ‘heartbroken’ as she added: ‘I have so many memories with Luke that make me smile and that are forever imprinted on my heart and mind.

Tori Spelling and Ian Ziering, who also starred in the show, were also joining those from the show who paid tribute.

The series not only launched Perry’s career, but the careers of many of its young cast, several of whom were confirmed to be appearing in a reboot of the show just last week.

Here’s where the rest of the show’s cast is now.

Jason Priestley (Brandon Walsh)

Jason Priestley, who melted the hearts of teenage girls everywhere as Brandon Walsh, has worked steadily since 90210, with notable roles in the likes of Tombstone and Love And Death On Long Island.

More recent roles have included CSI, How I Met Your Mother and the TV series Private Eyes from 206-2019. He’ll be seen next in the TV movie Gates Of Paradise, set to air this year.

Shannen Doherty (Brenda Walsh)

Shannen Doherty – aka girl next door Brenda Walsh – went on to score another small screen hit with Charmed, as well as reprising Brenda in 2008’s 90210. She'[s also recently starred in her own reality TV show Off The Map as well as the Heathers small screen spin-off.

The actress underwent treatment for breast cancer in 2015 and spent two years fighting the disease before announcing in 2017 that it had gone into remission.

Jennie Garth (Kelly Taylor)

Jennie Garth – aka rich girl Kelly Taylor – went on to star in sitcom What I Like About You, as well as have three daughters with ex-husband Peter Facinelli.

More recently appeared in reality TV show The Jennie Garth Project as well as reprising the role of Kelly in 2010’s 90210 – and is one of the cast members signed up for the new reboot.

Tori Spelling (Donna Martin)

The daughter of series creator Aaron Spelling, Tori’s character Donna Martin was 90210’s most famous virgin, until she finally did the deed with Brian Austin Green’s character David Silver in series seven.

These days the mother of four is still acting, appearing in reality shows and is the author of four books – and was seen most recently in the final Sharknado movie It’s About Time as well as being one of the disguised celebrity candidates on The Masked Singer.

Brian Austin Green (David Silver)

Brian, who played the socially awkward school DJ David Silver – who ended up married to Tori Spelling’s Donna – appeared as Bree’s love interest Keith Watson in Desperate Housewives, as well as starring in the hit sitcom Anger Management.

He is also married to Transformers star Megan Fox, and they are parents to sons Noah and Bodhi as well as a third son, Journey, who was born in 2016.

Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea Zuckerman)

Gabrielle – who was actually 29 when she played high schooler Andrea Zuckerman in the show – has mainly worked in TV since her time in 90210, even (briefly) fronting her own talk show in 1995.

The mother of two was left partially paralysed for several months after she was injured on the set of the 2006 TV movie Past Tense – which she described as ‘life-changing’ – but luckily for her not career-ending. She appeared in the series Code Black in 2016 and most recently was seen in an episode of NCIS last year.

Ian Ziering (Steve Sanders)

Ziering, who played Brandon’s best buddy Steve, appeared in all ten series of the show (alongside fellow cast veterans Brian Austin Green, Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling).

More recently he’s carved himself a new niche as the chainsaw-wielding Fin Shepard in the Sharknado series. Ziering starred in all six films in the cult series, whicih ended in 2018 with The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time.

Brie Larson has revealed she would down for an all-female Avengers movie, an idea which has already been floated to Marvel head honchos and one which we can now only cross everything in hopes of it coming to fruition.

The idea was pitched in 2017 by Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in Thor; Ragnorak, and reportedly had the backing of the likes of Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)and the three female leads in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies; Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Karen Gillan (Nebula), and Pom Klementieff (Mantis).

And now Brie, who stars as Captain Marvel – the studio’s first female-fronted superhero film – has said she is ‘super into’ the idea of an all-female film with heaps of heroes.

So are we, Brie, so are we.

‘We’ll see what happens,’ she told Screen Rant, adding: ‘I love all the female characters so much. So of course like that’s what I’m interested in.

‘I’m super into an all-female Avengers movie. Yeah, I think that would just be, it would just be cool to see all of them interact together.’

Tessa revealed in 2017 that the idea had begun life as a sequel to Infinity War, but then turned into a completely new idea.

ing the all-female superhero movie pitch. She also explained how the idea evolved from being a sequence in next year’s Avengers: Infinity War – one that pairs the many female superheroes of the MCU together – to an entire movie, in and of itself:

‘I think in that group was Brie Larson, myself, Zoe Saldana, although she ran off to the bathroom, I think, so she came midway through the pitch but she had been in the rev-up to it. Scarlett Johansson. Pom [Klementieff] and Karen [Gillan], who are both in the Guardians movies,’ she told CBR.

‘Yeah, I think it was that group. We were just sort of all in a semicircle talking, and it just came up, because none of us really worked together – well, I suppose Zoe, and Karen, and Pom – and wouldn’t it be nice if we could all work together?’ she added.

‘And we were sort of speculating on they ways in which it might happen in Infinity War, or might not happen.

‘And we thought, “No, we should just have a whole movie where we know every day we’re going to arrive and get to work together.” So we just ran right up to Kevin Feige and started talking about it.’

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he’s still desperate to make the third Conan movie but it’s being held up due to complications over rights.

The actor, 71, found fame in the cult 1982 fantasy movie Conan the Barbarian as the pre-historic warrior and he reprised the role in 1984’s Conan the Destroyer.

Both films were inspired by writer Robert E. Howard’s stories about the eponymous character.

The Hollywood actor said the script for the sequel is almost ready but he can’t proceed and start shooting the project because of a legal wrangle over the rights to Conan with the Howard estate.

Speaking to website TheArnoldFans.com, he said: ‘The sad stuff about all of this is when there’s an estate like this, The Robert E. Howard estate … when someone buys these rights, those people now own the rights and they have their own vision of what they want to do.

‘We have been trying to convince him for years now that the way to go is to come back and hire a really great director and to do another Conan movie. It’s really not that far from creating a finished script.

‘The only one who really has to pull the trigger there is the people who own the Conan rights to do a movie.

‘Let’s go to Netflix or whoever it is, let’s hire a director who’s very creative and can elevate the project to make it a winning project. I hope it will be done very soon because I think it’s a great idea.’

The Terminator star added that the new movie would follow a 70-year-old Conan, played by him, who has become disillusioned with life on the throne as the king.

Schwarzenegger – who has wanted to reprise the role for over 20 years – said: ‘It would have me play King Conan, when Conan is like 70 years old and he’s disgusted by sitting on the throne and being the king and then something happens after that.’

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As Will Smith really tries his best to score that Oscar, it’s been reported the actor is set to portray the father of the undisputed GOAT.

Richard Williams, that is – the dad of Serena and Venus Williams, two of the best tennis players (*summons Kanye*) OF ALL TIME.

It’s been claimed by Deadline Will is down to take on role in the regally titled indie King Richard, as he makes his return to dramatic prestige.

However, while nothing has been confirmed (or denied, we must stress) the news has divided Will’s fans, who have called for a dark-skinned actor to play the American tennis coach.

Thus, we have a lot of mixed reactions here. Mainly everyone is kicking off over Will not being a dark-skinned actor, when there are plenty of stars who would ace this role more realistically.

Punters called for the likes of Idris Elba to take on the role, or Samuel L Jackson, while another asked whether Green Book’s Mahershala Ali wasn’t available. Some even thought Terry Crews would make a better casting decision.

One chimed in with their thoughts as they wrote: ‘Why is he always cast in roles portraying dark skin men like there aren’t tons of black actors that would make more sense for the role?’

Another joked ScarJo may have made a better choice, seemingly referencing her casting as an Asian character in Ghost In The Shell.

Richard is a massive figure in the world of tennis, having raised the two champions to be bosses on the court, alongside their mother Oracene Price.

It’s said when his girls were around the age of four, barely the size of a tennis racquet, Richard ‘drew up a 78-page plan for their professional tennis careers’. Guess he was thinking ahead – and it paid off brilliantly.

Serena is the holder of 23 Grand Slam tournament wins, while sister Venus has an impressive haul of seven.

The Zach Baylin script is said to be produced by Tim White and Trevor White under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner. Not only potentially in the main role, Will is also rumoured to producer with his own Overbrook Entertainment banner.

Allan Mandelbaum and Caleeb Pinkett are exec producers and Mary Solomon and Rick Rickertsen are co-producers.

It comes after Will stepped away from his role in the upcoming Suicide Squad sequel.

Despite initial reports suggesting that a Suicide Squad sequel would be with all its original stars, sources have confirmed to Variety that Will won’t be returning.

His character Deadshot won’t feature in the reboot, with insiders revealing scheduling issues are the main reason behind him not coming back, as he’s not available for filming.

Maybe because he’s working on King Richard?

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The Bachelor UK has only been on air for less than a week and it’s already said that the winner has been leaked.

On Monday night the show returned where it introduced the new heartthrob Alex Marks, and his quest to find love.

After four of the girls were eliminated, the remaining 15 got to meet the bachelor himself – with one of the contestants being Tonique Campbell.

Since appearing on the show, it’s said she has already gone and leaked who the winner is.

A source told the Daily Star: ‘Tonique was out in Soho last week and started openly telling people who won the show. She didn’t seem to care who could hear her.’

They added: ‘With Big Brother out of the picture The Bachelor UK was their big programme and has been pushed loads on social media.

‘For the winner of the show to have leaked before the first episode has even aired is disastrous.’

Despite knowing the name of the contestant who won, the publication refused to announce the winner.

In the first episode, the girls were forced to turn on each other as it was down to them to pick who should leave, with Faran and Natasha getting the boot.

When they then got to meet the Alex, he was chosen to pick another two girls to leave – and immediately sent Chloe and Lois to pack their bags.

Now, in a teaser clip for next week’s episode, it looks as though there will be even more turmoil, as a huge fight breaks out between the girls.

This year’s series was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, and host Mark has already dropped a huge hint about the winning girl – if you didn’t hear Tonique in Soho!

When talking on This Morning the 32-year-old revealed that the winner is the girl Alex follows his heart on from the start.

He said: ‘What I love about this series is in the final, which you’ll have to wait two weeks for, the girl that he chooses is the girl he followed his heart from the start, who you probably wouldn’t expect.’

The Bachelor UK continues tonight at 10.15pm on Channel 5 – Metro.co.uk have reached out to Channel 5 for further comment. 

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Harry Potter fans can breath a sigh of relief as Warner Bros have promised they will get Fantastic Beasts 3 will be ‘right’ after the poor response to The Crimes Of Grindelwald.

The Crimes Of Grindelwald, the second chapter of the fantasy series, was the worst reviewed in the wizarding world franchise and the lowest grossing in the J.K. Rowling canon; there are eight Harry Potter films and two Fantastic Beasts films.

However Warner Bros. boss Kevin Tsujihara has insisted they ‘know what they need to do’ for the next film to match the success of 2016’s first film, Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them.

‘The second film didn’t perform as well as the first, but I think we know what we need to do to get the third film hopefully even better than the first one. And J.K. Rowling is really working hard now on that third script, and we’re going to get it right,’ he said.

‘She has an incredible vision of where she wants to go with this that is incredibly exciting.’

Tsujihara, 54, went on to explain that the key to creating the next movie will be finding a balance between older, more knowledgeable fans who know about the world through the Harry Potter films and books and newer viewers who are experiencing the Wizarding World for the first time.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Tsujihara said: ‘The hardest part of the franchise is you have such a big core fan base. That fan base really knows the lore and they want to go deep into these characters.

‘But what you don’t want to do is intimidate people. You want to be able to create a stand-alone movie that’s enjoyable for someone who isn’t steeped in the lore.’

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Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Ian McKellen and Gillian Anderson are among those to receive 2019 Olivier Awards nominations.

Anderson joins Eileen Atkins, Patsy Ferran, Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Parkinson in the best actress category, while David Suchet, Arinzé Kene, Kyle Soller, Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale join McKellen in the hopes of winning best actor.

Godley, Miles and Beale are all up for their shared role in The Lehman Trilogy.

Redgrave is nominated for best supporting actress for her work in The Inheritance.

The gender-switched production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company has received nine nominations, making it the most nominated show at this year’s ceremony alongside newcomers Come Away With Me.

Company, starring Mel Giedoryc, is nominated for best musical revival, best director, set design, lighting design, theatre choreographer, and nominations for performers Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone, Jonathan Bailey and Richard Fleeshman.

The Inheritance is the most nominated play with eight nominations.

In 2018, Hamilton – one of the biggest theatre phenomenons in recent years – won seven awards out of a record-breaking thirteen nominations.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alex Lacamoire were honoured with the outstanding achievement in music for the production at the Victoria Palace Theatre; Giles Terera won best actor in a musical for his role as Aaron Burr – beating his co-star Jamael Westman; and the play was named the Mastercard best new musical.

The 2019 Olivier Awards with Mastercard takes place on Sunday 7 April at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Jason Manford.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split in 2016, after more than 10-years together.

And it has now been claimed the Fight Club actor is worried the Wanted star is ‘spoiling’ their six children – Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne.

According to an insider, the 55-year-old doesn’t want their brood to ‘have a sense of entitlement’ and feel as though ‘everything should be handed to them’.

‘Brad fears Angelina is spoiling the kids. He wishes Angie would stop buying the kids stuff they don’t need,’ a source said. ‘Brad fears that Angie feels guilty about the divorce and is over-compensating by taking the kids shopping every weekend.

‘He has pleaded with her to slow down on all the spending. Brad is frustrated that Angie will not compromise and instead continues to get the kids whatever they want.’

The former couple split in 2016, but are still thought to be figuring out some of the details surrounding their divorce.

‘A custody arrangement was agreed to weeks ago, and has been signed by both parties and the judge,’ Angelina’s lawyer, Samantha Bley DeJean, shared in a statement to Reuters in December.

‘The agreement, which is based on the recommendations of the child custody evaluator, eliminates the need for a trial.’

Brad was thought to have been given more access to their six children, but the insider told Hollywood Life that the Ocean’s Eleven star is still not ‘satisfied’.

‘He wishes he could be with them daily and it makes him sad when they are away. The hardest part of the divorce has been no longer being with his kids on a daily basis,’ they added.

‘Brad loves the kids and misses the days when they would all travel together as a family and spend time with him on set of his movies. He wishes he could see them more often.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Brad and Angelina for a comment.

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Jessie Ware has welcomed a baby boy with husband Sam Burrows.

The Say You Love Me singer revealed the happy news on Instagram today with an intimate picture of the proud star cradling the newborn.

Alongside the image, Jessie praised the NHS home birth team that helped deliver her little boy.

‘Last night I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy in my living room,’ the 34-year-old wrote.

‘I couldn’t have done it without the MOST fantastic NHS Homerton Homebirthing team: Francine, Annie and Roisin. The level of care and kindness they offered us was incredible. Once again I’m reminded how much we should cherish our special NHS.’

Jessie revealed she was pregnant back in October with a stunning black and white Instagram post of her bump.

The singer/songwriter simply captioned the image: ‘…and in other news

Jessie and husband Sam, who have been together since she was 18, are already parents to a little girl, who she gave birth to in September 2016.

The pair wed in August 2014 on the Greek island of Skopelos – the same location they got engaged.

Last year Jessie told Metro.co.uk that she felt guilt over being a working mum following the birth of her first born.

‘I guess the last record [Glasshouse] was my most autobiographical and personal and revealing, and I have to say, it was really cathartic.

‘Being a new mum and working things out, while writing a record – but also figuring out how to be a mum, and trying to be a good mum! It was a wonderful release to be able to write in my state of fear and excitement. And guilt, always guilt!

Explaining why she felt guilty, she continued: ‘Lots of mums would say the same, When you’re a working mother, or even when you’re not a working mother, there’s this element of guilt. For me, when I was working, I felt completely guilty because I wasn’t with my daughter.

‘You kind of can’t win! The amount of women with kids, or friends who have kids, that I’ve spoken to who say that never really goes away… You just figure out a way to balance it all to the best of your ability and I’m still kind of figuring that out. It’s hard! But yeah, it’s a necessity!’

Jessie also previously spoke about her special bond with her husband, saying there’s ‘something beautiful’ about the fact they’ve known each other since they were teenagers.

She said: ‘Sam and I have been together since we were 18. We know everything about each other. There’s something so beautiful about that. But there’s also this need for desire and longing, something that upsets the… coasting.’

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Russell Brand was always going to be the most extra star on Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, but no one was quite expecting this.

The 43-year-old hoped to pull of one of the greatest delicacies to ever leave the Bake Off tent when the first batch of celebrity chefs were tasked by judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood to pay nod to their ‘finest performance’.

Competing against Third Rock From The Sun and The Crown hero John Lithgow, Hannah Cockroft and Jon Richardson, the eccentric comic chose to bake a biscuit vagina – and we’re all for it.

‘The female plays an integral role in the process of childbirth,’ Russell – who welcomed his first child Mabel with wife Laura Gallacher last year – explained.

‘That’s why it was a good performance because of my acceptance in a secondary role.’

Prue, 79, clearly impressed, gasped: ‘You have got this great big vagina! It all sounds extraordinary.’

‘I’ve never heard of a biscuit quite like that,’ Paul grinned.

Russell, we salute you!

Other celebs lined up to show off their culinary talents to Prue and Paul include Rylan Clark-Neal – who’s also getting stuck into this week’s Celebrity Apprentice for Comic Relief – Michelle Keegan, Jeremy Paxman, Caroline Flack, Russell Tovey, Big Narstie, and Georgia Toffolo.

One star who already faces disaster is Johnny Vegas, who, according to the trailer, has a right ‘mare in the tent, which isn’t massively surprising, to be honest.

And, of course, Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding, who will be rocking blonde hair, will be back to stir up all sorts of trouble.

Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer kicks off tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.

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Fleabag finally returned for its second series on Monday with Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s titular character back in the grips of her dysfunctional family – and fans are completely obsessed.

After waiting the best part of three years for the show to make a comeback, it could have been a swing and a miss for the BBC comedy’s follow-up installment, but it hit it out of the park with a home run as viewers are branding it the best television to hit the small-screen in the past decade.

The first episode of the brand new season saw Fleabag endure a rather uncomfortable dinner as part of her Godmother and Dad’s engagement celebrations, and although things took a dark turn, we thought it was pretty remarkable.

Taking their praise to Twitter to show appreciation for the ‘genius’ show, fans posted: ‘I think people will be speaking about this episode of Fleabag for years to come. It’s a work of art.’

Echoing the same sentiment, another said: ‘Watching the first new episode of Fleabag for the second time today. Genuinely the best television I’ve seen in years.’

A synopsis for the brand new series teases: ‘Fleabag is back for a second bite, and this time she is going toe to toe with the man upstairs.

‘In an unexpected twist of fate, our lost little rascal meets a Priest (Andrew Scott) who jolts her into seeing the world in a different way.

‘Picking up a year on, there are still old wounds to unpick and new ones to dress as the next chapter of Fleabag’s life takes her to hell and back.’

It continues: ‘Since the end of the last hilarious series when her entire family rejected her, her darkest secret was revealed and she nearly threw herself in front of a car, she’s back for more laughs than ever.

‘Fleabag and Claire are brought together by an unexpected attack and tensions rise as another side of her sister emerges. Further afield, Dad still can’t look Fleabag in the eye and Godmother slithers closer into the girls’ lives.

‘Joyful, bleak, poignant and sucker-punch funny, the original cast is joined by a car-crash of new characters as we delve further into the world of Fleabag.

‘With hope and faith at the core of Series 2, our heroine finds herself in the midst of a battle she is determined to win: Fleabag Vs God.’

Fleabag is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer kicks off this week, with celebrities including Russell Brand, Georgia Toffolo, Michelle Keegan and Rylan Clark-Neal getting their aprons out to bake.

Announced towards the end of last year, the celebrity bakers have had some time to practise their buns, but who will be crowned winner?

There are 20 famous faces taking part across the series and all proceeds will go towards Stand Up For Cancer.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new series before you sack off your friends for Paul and Prue…

When does the Great Celebrity Bake Off air?

You can catch the second series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer on TV from Tuesday 5 March at 8pm.

There are five episodes in total, with the series airing on Tuesdays.

What celebrities are taking part in GBBO?

An impressive 20 famous faces have entered the infamous tent in a bid to impress judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, and raise some cash as well, and of course it’s jam-packed with culinary disasters and meltdowns…

Jeremy Paxman

Rylan Clark-Neal

Caroline Flack

Johnny Vegas

Russell Brand

Michelle Keegan

Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo

Jon Richardson

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Hannah Cockroft

Joe Wilkinson

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

John Lithgow

Big Narstie

Jess Phillips

James Acaster

Nicola Adams

Greg Wise

Sally Lindsay

Russell Tovey

Which celebrities are taking part in the first episode?

Episode one will see actor John Lithgow, comedian Jon Richardson, Paralympian Hannah Cockroft and comedian Russell Brand enter the tent to cook up some tasty creations.

And you’re guaranteed to be in for a viewing treat, as Russell ends up rustling up some vagina biscuits. Yep.

But who will end up victorious and receive a Hollywood handshake, and who will disappoint Paul and Prue with their dismal bakes?

A 40-second teaser was released last month and it’s certainly looking like the series will be epic.

The Great British Bake Off Stand Up To Cancer special begins on March 5 at 8pm on Channel 4.

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Up in the top left is Luke Perry, proud father, cheering on Jungle Boy at PWG in January. It was so sweet and adorable. And now I'm so incredibly sad. pic.twitter.com/PT9CNAEPAm

— esther lin (@allelbows) March 4, 2019

The death of Luke Perry has seen an outpouring of stories about his kindness, warmth, and generosity but Luke was also a devoted father – as this wonderful picture shows.

Shared by photographer Esther Lin, the picture focuses on Luke’s son Jack, also known as Jungle Boy in the wrestling community.

He is in the ring, with the spotlight shining on him – while in the top left corner is his father Luke, proudly cheering him on.

‘Up in the top left is Luke Perry, proud father, cheering on Jungle Boy at PWG in January,’ shared Esther.

‘It was so sweet and adorable. And now I’m so incredibly sad.’

Luke died at the age of 52 following a stroke; he died on Morning at St Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, according to TMZ, with a statement to Metro.co.uk confirming he passed away surrounded by his family and close friends.

Luke is father to two children, 22-year-old Jack, and 18-year-old Sophie, who he shares with his ex-wife Rachel.

The actor found fame on Beverly Hills 90210 and in recent years, Netflix drama Riverdale, but as Dylan McKay on teen drama 90210, he found life-long friendship with the likes of Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, and Jason Priestley.

His character had long-running relationships with Shannen and Jennie’s character, and Jennie admitted her ‘heart is broken’.

‘He meant so much to so many. Such a very special person. I share my deep sadness with his family and all who loved him. Such a terrible loss,’ she said.

Shannen had been in touch with Luke and was one of the first to reach out to the 52-year-old following news of his stroke.

Following his death, she said: ‘I have so many memories with Luke that make me smile and that are forever imprinted on my heart and mind.

‘Luke was a smart, quiet, humble and complex man with a heart of gold and a never-ending well of integrity and love.’

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Gemma Collins has confirmed that she won’t be returning to Dancing On Ice for Sunday’s final.

The former Towie star broke the news on Instagram just hours after judge Jason Gardiner compared her to a ‘refrigerator’ on This Morning, telling her fans that she won’t be ‘bullied’ any longer.

‘I’m really tired of being BULLIED by this man,’ Gemma wrote to her 1.3million followers.

‘I wish you would stop… it’s very very upsetting and hurtful, let it go Jason stop bullying me ENOUGH is ENOUGH. I won’t be bullied any more making me feel uncomfortable to come back to the final on Sunday!

‘I was looking forward to Sunday but won’t be anywhere near someone who’s BULLYING me… this is NOT ACCEPTABLE on any level comparing any human to an electrical appliance is not acceptable #STANDUPTOBULLIES.’

Gemma was due to return to Dancing On Ice alongside her fellow competitors for Sunday’s final and previously said she ‘wouldn’t miss it for the world.’

Over the weekend, she said: ‘Guys don’t worry …. despite all the rumours I’m definitely BACK for the FINALS. I wouldn’t miss it for the world…can’t wait to see who wins. ‘GC will be skating one last time…see y’all next Sunday.’

Dancing On Ice airs Sundays at 6pm on ITV.

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Hours after Keith Flint was confirmed to have died yesterday, The Chase aired an eerily ill-timed question about The Prodigy.

The 49-year-old was found dead at his home in Essex yesterday, with fans pouring out with grief across the world.

However, the tea-time favourite came under fire yesterday afternoon when Bradley Walsh asked a contestant: ‘Which chart act has the fewest members?’

The options were The Proclaimers, Pretenders, or The Prodigy.

After fans slammed the episode, ITV have now told Metro.co.uk: ‘The Chase is pre-recorded (months) in advance and we do always make best endeavours to ensure our scheduling and programme content is not insensitive in light of news events when episodes are due to air.

‘We apologise this was not spotted.’

Keith was a true 90s pioneer as voice to some of the most rebellious moments in music – most notably The Prodigy’s most celebrated single, Firestarter.

The DJ’s loss was felt by millions yesterday with countless tributes posted on Twitter, while celebrities and musicians far and wide hailed the punk ‘an inspiration’.

His band mate Liam Howlett told fans yesterday the singer had committed suicide, although this is yet to be confirmed by police.

Keith’s estranged wife Mayumi Kai has since broken her silence with a post on her official Twitter account sharing a Japanese news story about the tragedy.

While she didn’t share any message of her own, Mayumi appeared to support his bandmates’ statement that read: ‘It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint.

‘A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed.

‘We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time.’

The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV. 

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As a Geordie Shore cast member, Scotty T has engaged in some pretty outrageous behaviour over the years. But the reality TV star has really outdone himself this time after being caught urinating at a cash machine on a boozy night out in Newcastle.

The 30-year-old stepped out on the ‘toon’ with a friend on Sunday evening but clearly couldn’t wait to get home to relieve himself, as he was pictured urinating all over the wall of a Tesco Express cash machine.

Classy guy.

Oh, and it gets better.

It seems Scotty is pretty adept at multitasking as he actually proceeded to whip out his bank card, tap in his pin number and withdraw money, all the while continuing to decorate the wall as he relieved himself.

Guessing he’s had practice before.

Scotty seemed completely nonchalant about the paparazzi snapping away his every move and casually looked around while waiting for his money to emerge.

After lightening his load, Scotty reunited with a male pal, picked up his can of Jack Daniel’s Vodka and lit a cigarette while trying to do up his zipper with one hand.

His friend seemed to find the whole incident hysterical, enjoying a good laugh as Scotty lifted up his shirt and struggled with his zip while stumbling down the street.

Scotty is yet to explain his unhygienic behaviour but instead, chose to sizzle his pork on Instagram for SPAM Appreciation Week.

It’s been a tough few weeks for Scotty, who split from his make-up artist girlfriend Chloe Elizabeth Wilson last month.

Confirming the split, Chloe said: ‘Thank you for all the messages. What’s happened has happened. Sometimes you just can’t be good enough for someone, but it’s not the end of the world. I’m sure I’ll find my human one day.’

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Maisie Williams has opened up on the Game Of Thrones scene, which she says left her ‘broken as a human.’

The 21-year-old, who plays Arya Stark in the fantasy saga, revealed that she was thrown in at the deep end when taking part in one of the show’s final battle scenes.

It’s said that the fight for Westeros is going to be one of the longest sequences ever to play out in the HBO epic.

And while we can’t wait to see what the creators have up their sleeves, it seems Maisie couldn’t wait for filming to end.

While chatting to Entertainment Weekly, the actress confessed that she didn’t believe director Miguel Sapochnik when he tried to explain to her just how much work goes into making a battle.

The star told the publication: ‘I skip the battle every year, which is bizarre since Arya’s the one who’s been training the most.

‘This is my first taste of it. And I’ve been thrown in at the deep end.’

Describing what takes place during the production, she added: ‘Nothing can prepare you for how physically draining it is. It’s night after night, and again and again, and it just doesn’t stop.

‘You can’t get sick, and you have to look out for yourself because there’s so much to do that nobody else can do.’

Maisie confessed: ‘There are moments you’re just broken as a human and just want to cry.’

While the cast and crew are remaining tight lipped over what’s to come in the final season, HBO dropped a short clip of an upcoming episode when advertising their channel.

Here, Arya can be seen almost mesmerised as she stares into the sky.

While transfixed on what’s going on above her, the trailer jumps to a shot of one of Daenerys’ dragons flying overhead causing the young Stark to crack a smile.

The footage itself points to a scene showing armies arriving into Winterfell, possibly explaining why Arya looks so pleased to have the support from a huge dragon.

A closing shot also shows The Wall falling down from a seemingly different angle than the season seven finale, indicating it could be the reverse side of Viserion’s destruction.

Game Of Thrones season eight kicks off 14 April 2019.

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Capitalising on the success of Ralph Breaks The Internet, Disney is set to create a spinoff based around the totally angelic characters.

Well, if we get our way.

After the likes of Belle, Snow White, Jasmine and Cinderella became firm fan favourites upon their inclusion in the recent flick, it seems Disney is listening to punters who want more.

The characters all went against the traditional trope usually dedicated to the princesses and it was about time, said everyone.

Well, the movie’s directors have now admitted that they would be keen to see the characters get their own spin-off movie.

The directors of Ralph… Rich Moore and Phil Johnston said of the mission to include the popular characters: ‘I think it’s an idea worth exploring, because everywhere we go, we hear that response.

‘“Oh my God, I love the Princesses like that”.

They added to The AV Club: ‘Not just the scene meeting Vanellope and talking about what it means to be a princess, but then to see them in action – it does feel like there’s something to that – that people are finally seeing the Princesses do what you’ve always believed they could do, but you’ve never seen it before.’

The scene above in which they reference Vanellope stumbling into the chillaxing area of a bunch of our favourite legendary princess, including Pocahontas and Ariel sees them poke fun at the crazy ways in which their own movies played out.

You know, the bit where Ariel had her voice stolen by a sea witch in return for some legs, or when other were ‘kidnapped or enslaved’ or, in the case of Snow White, poisoned.

Yeah, when you write it all out like that is does seem ridiculous.

Still, despite the rapturous applause for the tongue-in-cheek depiction of the princesses, the directors confirmed nothing was set in stone or even in the works as of yet.

‘I don’t know if there’s any conversations going on here seriously about [a spinoff], but we’ve definitely heard a lot of [positive response from the fans],’ they added.

‘The fans are off the charts with the ideas that are out there.’

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Emily Atack earned a place in our hearts thanks to her stint on I’m A Celebrity, last year.

And the 29-year-old cemented her status after she delivered an excellent clapback to a vile troll on Instagram, who attempted to fat-shame her.

The actress proved she has absolutely no time for online abuse after she was branded ‘fat’ on the red carpet at the Brit Awards, telling the follower in question to ‘have a wonderful evening, and then go and fuck yourself’.

Fair play.

And, speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk about her response, she said: ‘I still said have a wonderful evening, because I hope they do have a wonderful evening, but I hope they go and fuck themselves as well.

‘I was more angry about the fact that some young girls might have seen those fat comments and it would’ve made them feel shit about themselves, if they’re going through some body confidence issues.

‘If you see those comments on someone, I don’t want them to sit there and think, “Well if she’s fat then what am I?” People calling me ugly is unhealthy for other girls to see those comments, I don’t give a shit.

‘I can handle it. It was on behalf of anyone who gets fat-shamed, and these nasty comments. I’m just like, “Fuck off, it’s people like you who are the problem!” Nobody is perfect, just fuck off!’

Say it loud, say it proud, Em!

The Inbetweeners star embraced herself completely during her stint in the jungle, previously admitting the thought of going completely make-up free and without fake tan in front of the entire nation on live TV worried her more than the snakes and bugs on the show.

But Emily explained she believes it is important to let people – especially those who follow her on Instagram – that perfection is a myth, and the only way to truly be happy is by embracing all flaws.

‘Everybody is constantly comparing themselves on Instagram, it’s all about pictures and looking perfect, having the perfect life, having the perfect body and outfits, everyone is striving to be perfect,’ she told us.

‘I just want to say, nothing is perfect. We can’t be perfect. To strive for that all the time is really unhealthy. We should start embracing our flaws. Your flaws make you who you are, your flaws make you perfect. It’s so important for me to stress there’s no such thing as perfection.’

And she has made sure to get that message across in her first collection for In The Style.

The actress is following in the footsteps of some huge names, including Charlotte Crosby, Dani Dyer and Olivia Atwood, by launching her first range with the brand – after the news they have decided to stop airbrushing the photos on their website.

Speaking about her collection, she added: ‘It’s designed for every woman, every body, every mind, every soul. I wrote that the other day on a caption and thought it was a nice way of putting it. It’s for all body shapes, it’s for anyone who feels they can’t wear something because they might be too curvy. This doesn’t exist in my collection.

‘If you like something, and it looks good on a mannequin, it can look good on you, no matter what shape you are.

‘We should be wearing clothes that make us feels sexy and confident, no matter what shape we are, no matter what our bodies are like. It’s for every woman. That was very important for me.’
She is a true queen.

Emily Atack x In The Style launches on 6 March at www.inthestyle.com.

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