The coverage runs from Tuesday-Friday beginning at 1pm.
This means that there is a change to the ITV schedules, as the lunchtime news moves up to 12.30pm and Loose Women takes a four-day break.
The female panelists will return to our screens once again on ITV Monday 18 March.
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Gemma Collins was threatened by online trolls before the Dancing on Ice finale (Picture: ITV)
A violent Dancing on Ice fan threatened Gemma Collins with a shovel, hoping to stop her from taking part in last night’s finale.
James Jordan may have won Dancing on Ice, but the spectacle was obviously all about one woman after Gemma threatened to ditch her farewell skate of the series following another dig from judge, Jason Gardiner.
Thankfully, The GC declared she wouldn’t be defeated by ‘bullies’ and announced on The Jonathan Ross Show that she would be returning to the rink for her swansong.
But the Towie star’s professional partner Matt Evers has revealed Jason was the least of Gemma’s worries ahead of last night’s show.
‘Gemma has been so excited about getting back on the ice and told fans that nothing was going to stop her. Then one person wrote, “at least not a shovel.”
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‘I wrote back straight away, “I hope this is not serious,” and reported it to Twitter,’ Matt told The Sun.
‘It’s very scary to think there is someone out there who would want to physically harm her.’
Gemma’s been the butt of intense backlash for her stint on Dancing on Ice and is subsequently teaming up with the American skater to tackle online bullying, which we’re all for.
At least it was a drama-free night on the ice, as James beat Wes Nelson and Saara Aalto into second and third place respectively, despite battling through an injury on painkillers.
Dancing on Ice is available to stream on ITV Hub now.
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After her horrific story played out on screen, Terra Newell is using her platform to help others (Picture: Netflix)
Terra Newell was the biggest hero of the Dirty John saga that plagued her family before it was turned into a Netflix show – and she’s now using her newfound attention to help out others who have suffered.
Thanks to the runaway success of the series, which was moved to Netflix after starting life on US network Bravo, the brave survivor of John Meehan’s real life attack may still be feeling the trauma in the aftermath, but has turned her social media pages into sites of positivity.
With an increased popularity online thanks to the exposure from the show, the podcast it was based off of, and the documentary on the tale, Terra searches for ‘only positive vibes’ as she talks PTSD, travel and her Walking Dead obsession on her platforms.
Discussing her coping mechanisms, Terra now has a captive audience of 17,000 people, after killing John when he launched a frenzied knife attack on her in the middle of a parking lot.
Terra was 25 when John, the opioid-addicted husband of her mother, came after her as an act of revenge. In the tussle, the twisted sociopath’s knife got loose, and Terra was able to stab him 13 times, including through his eye, killing him.
Since then, she has spoken openly about her struggle to move on from the attack, and encourages others to embrace the happier side of life.
Terra killed John Meehan after he launched a savage attack on her (Picture: Michigan DoC)
A fierce animal lover, Terra looks after ferrets and dogs, including one called Cash Money, who has his own Instagram page (and the kind of high class life we could only dream of).
For anyone suffering from PTSD, the now 27-year-old gave her advice over how to travel and deal with triggering symptoms.
On International Women’s Day last week, Terra celebrated with a post that read: ‘This day means everything to me… As a woman, I have personally been mistreated, sexually abused, and literally have fought for my life.
‘Today we celebrate Woman as a whole group! There are so many of us out there doing life changing things that need to be celebrated! 🤗 I promise as my personal goal to fight for our respect, to teach other woman to fight back, teach not only woman but other people about psychopaths and other personality disorders out there.
‘I also promise to empower and lift other woman up because we are AMAZING!’
Dirty John season 1 is available now on Netflix.
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Pete visited the local cannabis dispensary (Picture: Backgrid)
Pete Davidson is very chilled out about his age difference with new girlfriend Kate Beckinsale – and it looks like he plans on keeping the chill going.
The comedian was seen armed with a basket at MedMen Cannabis Dispensary in California – where cannabis is legal for recreational use – where he checked out various strains of weed, plus edibles, topicals and various paraphernalia.
Pete left the store with a red carrier bag and was pictured smoking, although it looked like he was simply vaping.
Pete took back up smoking weed last year (Picture: BACKGRID)
The Saturday Night Live star previously quit smoking weed after he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, but confirmed in September he was smoking again as it helped with his anxiety and Crohn’s disease.
Pete told Howard Stern: ‘I have Crohn’s disease, so it helps more than you can imagine. There was a point where I couldn’t get out of bed. I was 110 pounds.
‘I also just love smoking weed. I’ve been smoking weed every day for 8 years.’
Pete and Kate got frisky next to poor Antoni (Picture: JD Images/REX)
His Weekend Update colleague Colin Jost joked with Pete about whether he wanted to provide an update on a new girlfriend – and although he didn’t mention Kate, 45, by name, he made sure to point out the double standard people were applying to their romance.
Pete said: ‘Apparently people have a crazy fascination with our age difference.
‘It doesn’t really bother us, but then again I’m new to this.
‘So if you have questions about a relationship with a big age difference, just ask Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Statham, Michael Douglas, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum, Scott Disick, Dane Cook, Derek Jeter, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee, Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn and whoever the president of France is, Mel Gibson, Billy Joel, Mick Jagger, Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Kelsey Grammer, Larry King, Larry King, Larry King, Rod Stewart and Donald Trump.’
Mic drop.
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The audition process can be a daunting and sometimes weird experience for any actor wanting to get a role – especially one you love.
Thankfully, if it all works out for the best, you’ll be on set hearing the director yell ‘action!’ before you know it, and soon you’ll be a star of stage and screen and picking up some shiny new statues to sit proudly on your mantelpiece.
So now we’re going behind the curtain to see what it is exactly some of our faves have had to do in order to bag their role.
Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Ricky Gervais gives us the other side of the story, and reveals what he looks for in co-stars ahead of the release of After Life.
As well as this, Kerry Godliman, Tony Way and Mandeep Dhillion reveal what it’s like to work for the comedian, how they caught his eye, and why they keep coming back…
Ricky chooses to write his characters around the people he knows (Picture: Netflix/Getty)
Ricky Gervais – Tony / Director / Writer
‘Kerry [Godliman] was pretty much the first one that I cast. As soon as I knew it was about my dead wife, there’s no better person!
It’s easier for me. If I know who I’m writing for, that’s in my head while I’m writing. Ten times easier. Just writing nebulus, you’ve got to face the person or someone that doesn’t exist… It’s symbiotic for me.
‘It’s all about the performance, the actor is half the battle.’
I couldn’t have done that 20 years ago when I cast The Office, because I didn’t know anyone. So I had to look for the person in my head because I, I worked in an office for ten years, and you have a very strict thing of who you want when you’re writing and naively I thought “oh the person I worked with exists somewhere as an actor and looks exactly [the same].” Of course they don’t! You know? So you have to find the perfect person who exists.
I realised it’s all about performance. I’ve always done performances pieces, David Brent was as much about body language as what he said. Imagine if I just sent the script off to The Office. “Middle-aged man, says things that aren’t funny and touches his tie”. Brilliant, we’ll have that! I had to show it – I did a little demo in the place I used to work. So it’s all about the performance, the actor is half the battle.’
Kerry’s character of Lisa was the first person to be cast (Picture: Rex/Netflix)
Kerry Godliman – Lisa
‘That’s how I was asked. “Do you want to play my dead wife in a thing I’m going to do?” And I went home and said to Ben “I think Ricky just offered me a job, but I’m not sure!” It’s one of those, so much of this work is like, you go for an audition, you might get a recall, and then you got to prove it and ner ner ner, and there’s such a lovely flow to the way [Ricky] works, that there doesn’t feel like there’s that angst or that struggle. It’s based on relationships and connection.
There’s such a lovely flow to the way [Ricky] works, that there doesn’t feel like there’s that angst or that struggle.
It’s really lovely because the licence it gives the performer, is you go “Oh I’ve been cast because I bring this” and then you’re given the freedom to bring what you bring and you don’t have to covertly prove anything or do a dance or whatever.’
Mandeep left a lasting impression on Ricky during Life On The Road (Picture: Rex/Netflix)
Mandeep Dhillon – Sandy
‘[For Life On The Road] There was about ten of us in the room, loads of guys and me, and it was just auditions, random auditions for the office part. There was just this camera going round, and he was just saying, I think he said to me: “So what do you think of David Brent?” and I remember I said “he scares me”. Anyway, he howled and went “great!” I went to Wagamama’s after with my friend, got a call from the producers saying “you got the part if you want it. Ricky doesn’t know if you’ll want to do it because it’s such a small part”. I said “I’d be happy just to make teas on set! I’ll do it.” I didn’t quite believe it until my agent said well done.’
‘We had a moment on set on Life On The Road, obviously that was a normal audition, as you do, and then we had a moment on set where we were all waiting for our turn to do the talking heads, and you were thinking “God I need to be funny!” So I was really scared, thinking I’m not, so what am I going to say?
He came up to me at a Christmas party and said “Oh I’ve written this role for you [in After Life]”
So we got there and it turned from me trying to be funny, but ending up having a really emotional talking head about David Brent. At the end of the scene he was crying, I was crying, the whole crew were crying, everyone was crying, and then they started clapping.
He came up to me at a Christmas party and said “Oh I’ve written this role for you [in After Life]” and yeah! It’s always been his pitch for his show. He’s allowed to be vulnerable with [Sandy].
Tony knew he was going to take the part before even reading the script (Picture: Netflix/Rex)
Tony Way – Lenny
‘From the get-go, Ricky pitched it, weirdly pitched as if I was going to not do it – I was always going to probably do it, whatever it was!
He probably gave us this short pitch that was there from day one. It really intrigued me straight away, and it makes you go, “I got to do this right”.
There were notes about depression and notes about grieving that were in the scripts.
It was like a year-and-a-half’s process. He’d clearly been thinking it for a lot longer, we had to workshop it to get the character’s right.
The darker stuff was set long before the jokes. There were notes about depression and notes about grieving that were in the scripts.’
After Life is available on Netflix from 8 March.
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Alex has been accused of cheating on his new wife-to-be (Picture: Jon Kopaloff/WireImage)
Jennifer Lopez is set to be the new Mrs Rodriguez, after accepting her beau Alex’s proposal over the weekend.
The couple, who have been dating for over two years, seem blissfully happy – and with that rock A-Rod splashed out on, we don’t blame them.
But just a day after announcing they are engaged, Alex has been accused of cheating on JLo with Jose Canseco’s ex-wife.
Yep, there’s a lot to unpack here.
Former Major League Baseball star Canseco took to Twitter last night while watching Lopez’s series World Of Dance and made cheating allegations against Alex – also a former MLB star and Yankees alumni.
Canseco, 54, alleged that Alex, 43, was having an affair with his ex-wife Jessica, who he divorced from in 1999.
He tweeted: ‘Watching World of Dance watching J.Lo text Alex Rodriguez little does she know that he is cheating on her with my ex-wife Jessica poor girl she has no idea who he really is
‘I was there a few months back with her when he called her on her phone.’
Jose said he would take a polygraph test (Picture: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for Cheryl J. Kagan PR)
The athlete continued: ‘Alex Rodriguez stop being a piece of shit stop cheating on Jennifer Lopez.
‘Alex Rodriguez I challenge you to a boxing match or an MMA match anytime you want.
‘I am willing to take a polygraph to prove that what I’m saying about Alex Rodriguez is 100% accurate.’
Canseco also tweeted at Jennifer, writing: ‘@JLo if you want the truth about Alex Rodriguez call me 702-374-3735.’
Jennifer, 49, and her new fiance have yet to address the allegations, even though Lopez was on Twitter throughout World Of Dance last night.
Alex was previously accused of infidelity by his ex-wife Cynthia in divorce papers, although he requested that these allegations be stricken from court records.
The baseball star popped the question to mum-of-two Jennifer while holidaying on the island of Great Guana Cay in the Bahamas.
The father-of-two broke the news by sharing a picture of a huuuuuge diamond on Jen’s hand, writing: ‘She said yes.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Alex and Jennifer for comment.
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Big Hit has revealed that BTS’s comeback is entitled Map Of The Soul: Persona, and that it will be released on 12 April.
That’s a Friday, by the way, so get prepping to stream now.
Pre-orders will begin on 13 March, so ARMYs can get their orders in this week… then wait the four painful weeks til the record drop.
Totally worth it.
The band last released IDOL in August 2018, with the Nicki Minaj featuring track achieving them a number one in Korea and reaching no 21 and no 11 in the UK and US respectively.
We are so pumped (Picture: RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
BTS also released Airplane 2 in Japanese in November. Love Yourself: Answer smashed records upon its release in August, becoming BTS’s second album to reach number one in the US.
Speaking to Billboard at the Grammys, RM said their upcoming album would be ‘paying off for the fans’, adding: ‘We’ve been working very hard. It’s gonna be real soon.’
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Michael Grzesiek ‘Shroud’ speaks after leading his team to win the Doritos Bowl 2018 at TwitchCon 2018 in the San Jose Convention Center on October 27, 2018 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Robert Reiners/Getty Images)
Michael Grzesiek, known online as Shroud, has become on of the most popular video game streamers.
After a successful eSports career he has now gone on to grow his Twitch channel into one of the biggest on the platform.
The Canadian is most known for his time playing competitive tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PUBG, although more recently he has gained attention for his Apex Legends streams.
Shroud has recently passed 100,000 subscribers on Twitch, which is more than double his nearest rival TimtheTatMan and way ahead of Ninja who currently has around 27,000.
Twitch streamers are continuing to see their audience expand as eSports and streams of casual gameplay continues to increase in popularity.
Ninja has so far been the most mainstream Twitch streamer after gaining millions of followers thanks to his Fortnite gameplay, but Shroud is one of many gamers who aren’t too far behind.
Who is Shroud and how many followers does he have?
Shroud’s real name is Michael Grzesiek and he is a 24-year-old video game streamer from Ontario, Canada.
The gamer regularly stream on his Twitch channel which has nearly 6 million followers, making him the second most followed channel behind Ninja who currently has around 13 million.
He started to build a presence in the gaming world when he established himself as a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offence player, competing in various eSports tournaments within the ESEA league.
He accumulated over $200k in prize money and he represented various eSports teams such as Exertus, Manajuma and Cloud9.
Shroud decided to stop playing CS:Go professionally in April 2018 and has turned his focus towards streaming his gameplay online.
More recently he has moved away from Coutner Strike and played various other competitive games including Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG and more recently he has been a leading Apex Legends streamer.
Michael has also just reached a milestone 100,000 subscribers on Twitch which is a way for fans to directly support their favourite creators on the platform.
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek plays Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in the Doritos Bowl 2018 at TwitchCon 2018 (Photo by Robert Reiners/Getty Images)
What are Twitch subscriptions?
The system enables viewers to pay money to streamers who are partners of Twitch and subscribers can often get exclusive emotes and badges, as well as special alerts as part of their subscription to a particular channel.
The lowest tier for a Twitch subscription is £4.99 per month, but Twitch Prime users can claim one free subscription each month which costs them nothing but still helps fund the creator.
Team Shroud, lead by Michael Grzesiek, celebrates winning the Doritos Bowl 2018 at TwitchCon 2018 (Photo by Robert Reiners/Getty Images)
Who are the most followed on Twitch?
Ninja currently sits top of the most-followed list on Twitch with more than double the amount of followers as Shroud who sits in second place according to TwitchMetrics.
After that the gaps become much smaller with just 2.6 million separating the second and tenth most subscribed-to channels.
Despite having the most subscribers Ninja is only fifth for the most-watched channel with ESL_CSGO claiming the top spot with 18.7 million over the last 30 days, and Shroud takes second place with 14.9 million.
Shroud is also experiencing the fastest rise in followers on the platform with more than 600,000 new viewers following his channel over the last month.
It was only a matter of time but here goes – Kanye West has started his own church. When you’re rich, famous and have conquered everything in Hollywood, where else is there to go?
Well, as it happens, to Kanye’s home in Calabasas where he’s been hosting ‘Sunday Services’ at his makeshift church every week since January, inviting those who seek peace, harmony and egotistical rants.
We kid but, what else would a Kanye sermon consist of?
There’s clearly something drawing all corners of Hollywood to Kanye’s mysterious ‘services’, with the likes of Paris Jackson, Rick Rubin, Kylie Jenner, Kid Cudi and Diplo among attendees at last weekend’s service alone.
It’s certainly different sitting in the pew, looking to your right and seeing Rick Rubin as opposed to Mrs Jones from down the road.
You know where to find the West family every Sunday
Kanye, 41, gave us a hint of his god-like complex in 2013 when he hailed himself Yeezus, so it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that he’s now put those self-proclaiming words into action.
Kim Kardashian, Kanye’s wife, was the first to give us unworthy commoners a glimpse into Kanye’s new venture via Instagram.
Rumoured to be located in the couple’s basement, the church is undeniably aesthetically-pleasing with Kanye’s stamp all over it – an all-white landscape with fluorescent lights beaming down on the congregation and choir.
Flashing Lights, All Of The Lights, Ultra Light Beam, Jesus Walks – suddenly Kanye’s music is making more sense than ever.
From all the snippets we’ve seen over the past few months, music is the heart of Sunday Service.
But don’t expect to hear traditional hymns as, you guessed it, Kanye’s chosen his own catalogue for the playlist with a few other artists thrown in for good measure.
Of course, Jesus Walks seems to make the cut regularly while other songs heard in the teasers include Father Stretch My Hands, Heard ‘Em Say and Lift Off.
Kanye orchestrates the live band, while a full choir of at least 30 singers harmonise his classic songs.
It’s actually pretty beautiful in a weird Hollywood type of way.
There’s also an element of family with Kylie, Kris Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian regular attendees, and then there’s little North, Kimye’s eldest daughter, who takes centre stage each week.
During last weekend’s service, it looked as though the five-year-old and her best friend were asked to perform choreographed dances in front of the congregation.
The church sometimes moves from Kanye’s basement to the fields (Picture: Kim Kardashian, Instagram)
Are Kim and Kanye preparing their youngest daughter for a career in entertainment? She seems to love it either way.
The one major takeaway from the videos is that, after two years of personal turmoil and ‘breakthroughs’, Kanye actually seems to have found some peace of mind through the church.
More often than not, he’s seen smiling while dancing completely carefree, or holding North in his arms and swaying to the music.
Both endearing moments.
But then, you’re reminded there might be a corporate aspect to the ‘church’ with most of the choir wearing the latest Yeezy trainers or collections from Kanye’s clothing line.
So is this all just a way to feed Kanye’s ego? Or self-promote his business ventures?
Or, is the church the first stepping stone to building his new ‘community’ in Calabasas?
In his 2018 interview with Charlamagne Tha God, Kanye took the radio host on a trek to a sprawling section of land where he plans on building ‘low-income’ houses.
Most local areas have a place of worship so it’s not the biggest stretch to think Kanye would create his own in the town he’s creating from scratch.
Whatever the Sunday Services even are, it seems to be a place where everyone can be free.
What probably isn’t free is the entry so don’t expect to be praying alongside the a-listers in Calabasas anytime soon.
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Katie is due before a court this Wednesday (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX)
Katie Price is due to appear before a court on Wednesday to face two counts of threatening behaviour.
The 40-year-old was reported to police by her ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s girlfriend Michelle Pentecost, who alleges that the reality star shouted at her ‘Are you enjoying fucking my husband?’ at the school playground.
The charge sheet for Katie’s court appearance accuses her of using ‘threatening or abusive words or behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress’.
Katie is due before West Sussex Magistrates on Wednesday.
Michelle accused Katie of screaming at her outside the school gates (Picture: Instagram)
The mum-of-five is holidaying in Thailand currently with boyfriend Kris Boyson.
Michelle, whose son attends the same school as Katie and Kieran’s kids Jett, 5, and Bunny, 4, claims that Katie caused a scene by allegedly screaming at her: ‘Are you enjoying fucking my husband?’
Kieran’s girlfriend reported the incident to police and two more parents reportedly complained about Katie to the authorities for shouting and swearing at them.
An insider told The Sun: ‘One woman got a mouthful off Katie for standing up for Michelle and the other was sworn at by Katie, after excluding her from a parent meet-up off school grounds.’
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After years of business ventures Brand Beckham – which includes their four children Brooklyn, 20, Romeo,16, Cruz, 14, and Harper, 7, – are now worth that glorious billion, which converts to £769 million, thanks to Victoria’s namesake fashion empire, David’s football career and many shiny endorsements deals with the likes of Adidas, Pepsi, Samsung and H&M.
Brooklyn Beckham, Hana Cross, Cruz Beckham, Romeo Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham and Anna Wintour (L-R) (Picture: Rex Features)
According to The Mirror, the nice little big price tag also includes Victoria’s earnings from Moody Productions which accumulated from her time in the Spice Girls.
She is expected to make more from the girl group’s reunion tour even though she will not be hitting the stage with them.
Former footballer David’s wages are split between three companies – Footwork Productions, Beckham Brand Holdings and DB Ventures Ltd.
Footwork Productions reportedly makes £208.3m, Beckham Brand Holdings has a revenue of £260.8m, and DB Ventures Ltd has raked in £90m.
David and Harper plotting how to make more money? (Picture: Getty)
Finally adding to the huge total are the couple’s many properties, including their £35.1m West London home and a £6m Cotswolds retreat.
Teenager Cruz love a bit of singing and recorded his own Christmas pop song back in 2016, and we can’t wait to see what young Harper decides to be when she grows up.
Whatever it is, we are pretty confident we can see some more dollar signs in Beckham’s very near future.
Now, we would like to know how we can be adopted into the family?
A New York subway station played host to a spontaneous afterparty following a Robyn concert.
The Swedish performer played at Madison Square Garden on Friday and concertgoers were not ready for the music to end – so they took it to the 34th Street-Penn Station subway platform afterwards.
Video captured and posted to social media show the spirited sing-along by fans who belted out renditions of ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ and ‘Dancing on My Own.’
Robyn performed in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City (Picture: NAGL Road)
Don’t worry Emilia, we’re all going to blub (Picture: HBO)
Just in case you haven’t heard: the end of Game of Thrones? It’s going to be emotional.
We’ve already heard countless testimonies and predictions from cast members, producers and even fans about how the concluding season of the HBO hit show will test both tear ducts and Kleenex distributors around the world.
And now we’ve learned how Emilia Clarke reacted after filming her final scenes as Daenerys Targaryen – by shedding ‘loads of tears’ and drinking a more-than-healthy serving of wine.
‘That was the moment I realised that alcohol can also be a depressant,’ she told the Press Association. ‘I was kind of nursing a glass of wine going, “I don’t know why I’m not getting any happier from this!”‘
Clarke also said that there was an ‘equal amount of fear’ in terms of comparing how she felt filming her first GoT scene with her last.
Season eight could see the Queen of Dragons’ reign go up in flames (Picture: HBO)
The star later recalled how she walked around London ‘aimlessly’ for three hours after learning Daenerys’ fate in the final season for the first time.
‘It might as well have been raining and I would’ve just walked in it not knowing what to do,’ she said.
Damn – so what could this mean for Dany? Will her reign as the Queen of Dragons go up in smoke, or will she ride to victory?
Game Of Thrones returns April 15 on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.
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James May was peak James May as he launched his new Amazon Prime series Our Man… Japan (Picture: Amazon Prime)
James May is breaking out of The Grand Tour and heading to Japan for a solo jaunt well away from Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, because, really who can blame him?
Naturally, James was fairly excited when news finally broke of his new adventure this afternoon and gave the series a little shout out on Twitter, only to realise he could have found a slightly more appropriate place to launch the show while roaming around Heathrow airport.
‘Hello viewers, I’m very excited! I’m at London’s Heathrow airport about to depart to make a six part travel documentary for Amazon Prime and I’m going to one of these places,’ the motor head enthused, pointing at a board where we can see absolutely nothing, but actually know everything already.
Heading off from Heathrow, James beamed: ‘Japan is the most amazing place I’ve ever visited. Everything about it is a surprise: a boiled sweet, a bullet train, an unexpected ancient temple, and the challenge of eating a single edamame bean with chopsticks.’
‘It’s a class A stimulant for all the senses, and an etiquette minefield for the unwary,’ he added. ‘I intend to immerse myself in it completely, in the pursuit of enlightenment and life balance. And I bet the noodles will be fantastic.’
That’s what working with Jeremy Clarkson for over 20 years will do to you (Picture: Amazon Prime)
‘James can’t speak the language, he is clueless about Japanese etiquette, but at least he knows there’s a small tree called a banzai…’ the show’s synopsis teased.
Georgia Brown, Director of Prime Original Series in Europe, said: ‘We’re incredibly excited to announce this new project with James, which will see him take on an epic thousand mile journey across ancient Japanese islands, mega cities, and all points in between.
‘The Grand Tour fans around the world will be delighted to hear that they will have even more James May on their screens. We can’t wait to see what James and his talented team produce from this ambitious adventure.’
James May’s Our Man… Japan is expected to arrive on Amazon Prime later this year while The Grand Tour continues Fridays on the streaming giant.
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Over 7,000 people signed up to participate, putting their trust in science and a panel of experts, but it was Steph and Jonathan, and Verity and Jack that came out on top to get their very own arranged marriage.
Jonathan, 39, decided to sign up for the show after recently attending a friend’s wedding and seeing several friends go on to have successful arranged marriages.
He says that a deal breaker would be ‘someone lazy without the same drive’ and he wouldn’t want to ‘rush into starting a family.’
Verity and Jack aren’t bothered by the show’s terrible success rate (Picture: Channel 4)
Meanwhile, Steph, a 28-year-old nurse wants to find someone who ‘is ready to make a commitment’ and lists her ideal man as someone ‘tall and dark, who likes cats, is equally laid back, funny, kind and logical.’
She considers herself an ambitious person and likes to challenge herself and learn new things. Could they be a match made in heaven? Only time will tell…
Office Manager Verity, 28, has admitted that she’s not worried that the track record of the show hasn’t been great either, explaining that probability is on her side.
Jack and Verity are confident their marriage will work (Picture: Channel 4)
‘It’s got to work at some point,’ she said. ‘You can see each year that there’s a couple where one person’s keen and the other person isn’t, so hopefully at some point it’ll be both people on the same page.
Jack, a 25-year-old IT Consultant who’s after an active petite girl, echoed similar sentiments, adding: ‘I believe this is the year for it.
‘If I start thinking that none of them have worked, subconsciously, I’ll be thinking that this isn’t going to work, and I don’t want to think like that. I want to think, this is going to work.’
Last year, Ben and Stephanie filed for divorce after they tied the knot the previous year, and were the only couple who had remained together from the 2017 series.
Married at First Sight airs Wednesday 20 March at 9pm on Channel 4.
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She’s taking back control in her life (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
Charlotte Church has revealed she’s cutting back on booze after struggling to deal with what she’s dubbed ‘hangxiety’ as well as ‘shame, and guilt’, following nights out.
The singer explained that, as a woman in her 30s, she’s ‘trying to grasp control’ in her life.
‘I just don’t want to deal with the hangxiety any more, the creeping panic, the shame, the guilt. I already renounced Catholicism,’ she pointed out.
While acknowledging that she’s not teetotal, the mum-of-two has chosen to cut back on the booze and feels ‘fabulously bloody brilliant’ for it.
She married her long-term boyfriend Jonathan back in 2017 (Picture: David M. Benett/Getty Images for The Roundhouse Trust)
Sounds like a success to us!
However, her journey so far has certainly had its difficulties, including those she’s faced from her husband, Jonathan Powell, who she tied the knot with back in 2017.
‘Was I, as my husband interpreted, constantly fishing for compliments while slyly pouring scorn on other people’s unhealthy choices?’ she asked.
Nevertheless, the 33-year-old concluded in an article penned for The Guardian that she’s ‘getting shit done’, and gaining the confidence to be more open with her loved ones.
Back in 2017, she tied the knot with her long-term partner Jonathan, in a fairytale ceremony in Cardiff.
The low-key wedding, which was held ‘under a tree’ was attended by just a small number of family and friends.
At the time, a source close to the pair said: ‘Charlotte and Jonathan have been in love for a long time and a wedding was always on the cards.
‘They wanted to keep things low key and swore all the guests to secrecy as they married under a tree.
‘Jonathan has been a great influence on Charlotte, she has calmed down a lot since she met him.’
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What’s more, they unveiled the title – Map Of The Soul: Persona.
Of course, we would have known that had we picked up on the sneaky hints BTS have been dropping.
BTS totally had us duped (Picture: Jun Sato/WireImage)
The title of the album was actually revealed in the intro to BTS’s performance at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) in December.
Ahead of the boys’ performance of Anpanman in Hong Kong, a video flashed up reading: ‘You gave me power. You gave me love. So now I’m a hero, so now I’m a boy with love. I’ll show you the map of the soul. I’ll show you do the dream.’
Show us the map of the soul? You scoundrels.
So they really clowned us huh? Look at all these hints! 😭
1. Part of the VCR clip from MAMA 2018 in Hong Kong 2. Jung's "Map of the Soul" (available on the Big Hit Shop) 3. The ending message of Jin's solo "Epiphany"
Last year, the Big Hit shop was selling the book ‘Jung’s Map of the Soul’ – yup, it was hiding in plain sight.
And seven months ago, the Epiphany video also gave us a clue as to what BTS’s next album would be called.
At the end of the poignant video, a message flashed up in Korean, which, when translated to English, read: ‘To come to the end of the process of finding one’s self means to return to the staring point. What must be discovered in the end is the beginning of everything, the milestone, the map of the soul.
‘Although a part of everyone, it is not discovered by anyone – I will try to find it, starting now.’
Well. We feel silly.
Thanks to the Persona suffix on the album title, we’re expecting this era of music to be a trilogy format, just like Her, Tear and Answer of the Love Yourself era.
Pre-orders for Map Of The Soul: Persona begin on 13 March.
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Khloe Kardashian sure showed Tristan Thompson what he was missing, as she headed out to her friend’s birthday in a nude fishnet catsuit.
The 34-year-old was spotted at the MGM Grand hotel, as she headed out in Las Vegas for a night on the town.
Celebrating both Malika and Khadijah’s birthdays, the reality star led her girl squad through the venue before documenting the evening on Instagram.
Taking what appeared to be a private plane over to Sin City, the girls enjoyed their lavish flight as they tucked into all of the party snacks.
The mother-of-one wished the pair a happy birthday on her story, and shared a number of pictures of them from over the years.
Koko was sure leaving her relationship woes back at home (Picture: Splash News)
After a dramatic couple of weeks, it seems Koko was sure leaving her relationship woes back at home as she blew off some steam with her childhood besties.
Responding to a fan’s meme of baby Stormi with the caption ‘Stormi in Calabasas waiting for Jordyn to pack her shit and get out of Kylie’s house like…’, the 36-year-old commented: ‘These hoes ain’t loyal.’
Malika has stuck up for Khloe during the Tristan / Jordyn drama (Picture: Getty Images)
She tweeted: ‘This has been an awful week & I know everyone is sick of hearing about it all (as am I). I’m a rollercoaster of emotions & have said things I shouldn’t have.
‘Honestly, Tristan cheating on me & humiliating me, wasn’t such a shock as the first time.
‘What’s been harder & more painful is being hurt by someone so close to me. Someone whom I love & treat like a little sister. But Jordyn is not to be blamed for the breakup of my family. This was Tristan’s fault.
‘I have to move on with my life & count my blessings, my family, my health, & my beautiful baby True.’
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Reddit user saraquarius highlighted a conversation between Jon Snow and Lord Beric from last season, suggesting that ‘the war is ultimately between the Night King and the Lord of Light’, regularly brought up by Melisandre.
In the conversation, Beric says they are fighting against death.
‘Death is the enemy. The first enemy and the last,’ Beric tells Jon.
One fan offered the explanation that Jon could be the Lord of Light, but they suspect that ‘he’s not the good guy’.
A further theory suggested that the Night King himself is actually the Lord of Light.
Fan Corrog suggests that the Lord of Light lives inside the Night King, just that he is buried within him.
Is the battle between the Night King and the Lord Of Light within one man? (Picture: HBO)
They continue: ‘Think about the messages Melisandre receives in the fire. She sees a great battle in the snow. She sees herself on the battlements of Winterfell. She sees the eyes Arya will shut forever. She sees a lot of things in Westeros.
‘And mostly northern Westeros, at that. Has any of her visions been of things far from a Weirwood tree?
‘Add to that, this human part of the Night King knows about wights. He knows the dead of the South will just bolster the Night King.
‘So he uses fire as his calling card. Messages in the fire, the Lord of Light, and burning your enemies. Burning your enemies kills them, and conveniently makes it impossible to use them as wights.’
Could everything throughout the series really be building up to a war within one man? And if so who will win between the Night King and the Lord of Light?
Alternatively, could Jon be revealed to be the Lord of Light from Melisandre’s visions?
We won’t have to wait much longer for all to be revealed in the final season.
Game Of Thrones returns April 14 on Sky Atlantic, HBO and is available to watch on NOW TV.
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AJ Pritchard is keen to dance with a ‘mature’ lady for Strictly Come Dancing (Picture: Getty)
Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pirtchard has admitted that he’d much rather dance with an older celebrity when the series returns to the BBC later this year.
The 24-year-old professional, who was caught planting a kiss on Love Island‘s Caroline Flack at the National Television Awards in January, has previously been paired with younger famous faces, including Claudia Fragapane, Mollie King and Lauren Steadman.
But AJ now wants to try his hand at creating some killer routines with a cougar, naming Britain’s Got Talent’s Amanda Holden as his ideal partner.
‘I’d love to dance with Liz Hurley or Amanda Holden if the dynamic was right, I would always want to make it work,’ he said.
AJ believes Amanda Holden would be perfect for lifts (Picture: MEGA)
‘For me it’s always about respect for your partners and about making her feel comfortable the same way that I would with a younger person
‘My ideal, more mature partner would be Amanda Holden. Height-wise she would be brilliant.’
He added to The Sun: ‘She’d be perfect for lifts, she’s light as a feather and she’d look graceful doing the ballroom numbers.
‘I don’t care how old someone is, it’s just a number. It’s about where you are in your life and having a good time.’ Ain’t that the truth?
Earlier this month, AJ declared that he also wants to lead the first Strictly same-sex couple in the next series of the show.
‘If it’s going to be anyone [in a same-sex pairing], I’d like it to be me.
‘I’m 100% the pro to do it. ‘I guess it all depends on who the celebrity contestants are this year,’ he told Daily Mail. We’re not sure you can have your cake and eat it, AJ.
Strictly Come Dancing returns to the BBC later this year.
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