Jeremy Kyle was left running for his life filming a new series of The Kyle Files as knife-wielding thugs started going for him.

The TV presenter and agony uncle bit off a bit more than he could chew in filming for the new series after landing in the middle of a gang turf away.

As he investigated the rising popularity of moped muggings in the capital, weapons were suddenly drawn and the team scattered in a bid to save their lives.

Until that moment, Jeremy was trying to relate to the young gangs, and met them in a park to discuss why they chose to embrace that lifestyle.

In one chilling chat, a brazen moped yob declared it was ‘easy money’ for them to snatch and run with other people’s belongings, using a moped as a getaway vehicle.

However, things get territorial after a new gang arrives and declares the crew are filming on their turf – and demand their immediate removal.

This is what causes Jeremy and his team to make a run for it – but thankfully they all got out in one piece.

‘Wow, wow. I guess that’s the reality. I’d guess you’d say that turned a bit nasty,’ Jeremy later told the camera.

‘Suddenly two youths – their area apparently – arrived on bikes and wanted us out.’

‘We’ve had to get out of there as quickly as possible, make sure the crew are okay. They were not happy,’ he added.

The Kyle Files continues next Monday at 8pm on ITV.

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Anton Yelchin’s parents have paid tribute to the life of their Star Trek actor son on what would have been his 30th birthday.

The actor died in a freak accident with his car in 2016 and now his legacy is being remembered in a documentary called Love Antosha about his life and love of film.

Anton’s Russian parents Viktor and Irina approached his close friend Drake Doremus about making the film and it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this January, with the help of his friend Garret Price.

In an interview published on Monday, the late star’s 30th birthday, Viktor told Entertainment Weekly: ‘When we started, we couldn’t imagine the final product.

‘So when I saw the movie from the beginning to the end, once, [it was] exactly what we wanted to see.’

Yelchin, who was born in St Petersburg in Russia, started out his acting career on television appearing in long-running shows such as ER, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

The film features 60 interviews with friends, including high profile collaborators J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Stewart, Chris Pine, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg.

On the ‘easy’ task of asking them to participate, Irina said: ‘They would say “honored” because everybody wants to see [Anton] alive.’

Documentary maker Doremus says Anton was ‘one of my favorite people I ever met in my life.’

He said: ‘I loved him so much, and we had such a special, life-changing experience together, so obviously I really wanted to be a part of the film.’

Anton’s performance in Alpha Dog, which also starred Justin Timberlake, won him critical acclaim in 2006.

However, he was best known for his role in the Star Trek reboots in which he played Pavel Chekov, a character that was not recast after his death.

Production on his final film Thoroughbreds ended just 14 days before he died, but the film wasn’t released until last April.

Anton died in a fatal accident that saw him pinned between his own car and a security gate at his home in San Fernando Valley. He was just 27.

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Game Of Thrones star Issac Hempstead Wright got a grisly leaving gift after wrapping on season eight.

The cast received souvenirs when they finished work on the final season, which each present being unique to their characters.

Issac, who plays Bran Stark on the show, had a leaving pressie which was a throwback right back to the first episode in season one.

He told Radio Times: ‘I can remember when we wrapped this year, we all got gifts that were sort of storyboards that have a key moment from our storyline.

‘And my one was me getting pushed out the window.’

Quick reminder for fans as it was such a long time ago: Bran was shoved out of a window by Jaime Lannister after Bran saw him having sex with his sister Cersei. The fall resulted in Bran losing the use of his legs.

The actor recently shut down the popular fan theory that Bran will turn out to be the Night King in season eight.

‘Whenever I post anything on Instagram I just have a barrage of comments going “Night King! Hello Night King! You are Night King! Hello the Night King!” he groaned.

‘I mean, I suppose Bran is quite an interesting character to theorise over because of his whole link to time travel and whatnot. Because you can kind of get away with anything theory-wise and make it sound convincing if you’ve got time travel involved.’

He added: ‘I mean it’s quite an interesting theory, the Night King one. I just think it seems a bit obvious. A bit cheesy.’

Fans have since guessed that the Night King is actually the Lord of Light who uses fire to communicate.

Game Of Thrones returns 14 April on Sky Atlantic and HBO

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Stacey Fowler is facing more difficult times in EastEnders in the wake of her mum Jean’s cancer diagnosis.

With Jean having gone missing as she struggles to come to terms with her diagnosis, Stacey’s own mental health has given Martin (James Bye) and Kat (Jessie Wallace) cause for concern.

Things aren’t looking so good for Stacey, in other words – but the character has also sparked speculation in recent weeks with many asking if either Stacey, or Lacey Turner, is pregnant.

So is there a new Slater-Fowler arrival on the way – or is Lacey herself set to become a mum?

Is Stacey Fowler pregnant?

Well you’re half-right, because the character isn’t expecting the patter of tiny feet any time soon – but Lacey Turner, who plays her, is indeed expecting a baby.

She revealed the news last month, announcing that she was 19 weeks pregnant at the time – suggesting she and husband Matt Kay will welcome their new arrival around mid-to-late July.

The actress told OK! Magazine how she suffered two devastating miscarriages before falling pregnant once again.

We first fell pregnant straight away in October 2017, a month after our wedding,’ Lacey said.

‘We were so excited and were thinking of baby names and then in December, when I was seven weeks pregnant, I lost it. ‘I started bleeding at home and we went to the hospital and they told me I wasn’t pregnant anymore. I was heartbroken.’

She added: ‘It felt like my whole world had fallen to pieces and there’s nothing you can do apart from try and put it back together. I blamed myself thinking that I’d done something wrong. I’d think, why me? What did I do? But, of course, I hadn’t done anything wrong – it’s all down to chromosomes and luck, really.’

Lacey and Matt married in 2017 in Ibiza, after they had been together for 11 years – since they were both 15 years old.

At the time, Lacey said: ‘I just feel really lucky. It’s really rare to spend this many years with someone and to still feel the same as it did in the beginning.’ ‘We don’t know any different, I guess, but I know we definitely feel lucky.’

It’s not yet known when the actress will take a break from the soap as she prepares to welcome her little one into the world.

EastEnders airs weeknights on Mondays and Fridays at 8pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm.

Musicians including Brian Wilson and Ringo Starr have paid tribute to legendary drummer Hal Blaine, who has died aged 90.

Blaine’s family confirmed that the drummer passed away peacefully at home, saying: ‘May he rest forever on 2 and 4.’

In a Facebook post, they wrote: ‘Hal Blaine – loving father of Michelle Blaine; grandfather of Anthony, Josh, Aaron, Whitney, Tempest, Ever and Lyryk; and inspiration to countless friends, fans and musicians – has passed on today, March 11th, 2019 at the age of 90. May he rest forever on 2 and 4.

‘The family appreciates your outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Hal from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning. No further details will be released at this time.’

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In the wake of the sad news, collaborator Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys shared a picture with Hal, tweeting: ‘I’m so sad, I don’t know what to say. Hal Blaine was such a great musician and friend that I can’t put it into words. Hal taught me a lot, and he had so much to do with our success – he was the greatest drummer ever. We also laughed an awful lot.’

The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr tweeted: ‘God bless Hal Blaine peace and love to all his family Goodbye Hal an incredible musician.’

And Nancy Sinatra shared a picture of herself performing in front of Hal, writing on Instagram: ‘Godspeed, old friend.’

While you may not have heard of Hal, you’ve definitely heard the songs he worked on.

When he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, they said Blaine ‘certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era, including 40 number one singles and 150 that made the [US] top 10′.

These include The Beach Boys’ I Get Around, Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Mrs Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra’s Strangers In The Night and Elvis Presley’s I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You and Return To Sender.

Blaine played on 6,000 tracks, but his most famous work is undoubtedly the iconic opening bars of The Ronettes’ Be My Baby – a riff that has been reused on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Just Like Honey, The Hollies’ Just Like A Rock, Lykke Li’s Sadness Is A Blessing and Duran Duran’s Is There Something I Should Know.

As iconic as the riff was, Hal actually came up with it accidentally, admitting: ‘I was supposed to play the snare on the second beat as well as the fourth, but I dropped a stick.’

The drummer was one of the members of the legendary Wrecking Crew, a group of Los Angeles session players who served as Phil Spector’s studio band.

They were inducted into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Friends hits its 25^th anniversary this summer and naturally, fans are going to make the most of it – and FriendsFest will be pulling out all the stops to make sure it’s one to remember.

The touring exhibition will be heading around the UK bringing some of the most loved sets to life once again.

We’re talking Monica’s apartment, Chandler and Joey’s apartment, the sofas for you to redo the title sequence with your mates, and of course – Central Perk.

On top of that, this year there will be four new photo ops to add to the collection so every Friends fan can live their true 90s New York fantasy.

Remember the Thanksgiving floating heads moment? That could be you. And that time Phoebe, Monica and Rachel tried on wedding dresses? Time to pick your fave and drink beer on the sofa in it.

You can even PIVOT with a sofa on Ross’s stairway (hey, if Courteney Cox can do it, why can’t we?)

Plus, seeing as it’s the 25^th anniversary and everything – there’s a chance some friendly faces could stop by for a coffee.

The exhibition will be running all summer across the UK, starting in Manchester’s Heaton Park on 2 August through to 18 August.

It will then be travelling to Bristol’s Castle Estate (23 August – 1 September), Milton Keynes’s Willen Lake (6 – 15 September) before ending in London’s Kennington Park (20 – 29 September).

You can sign up to pre-sale now at www.comedycentral.co.uk/friendsfest.

Fans have until midnight on 12th March to sign up for pre-sale tickets which will be available to them from 10am on 13th March

General on-sale will commence on 15th March. Tickets cost £29.00 including booking fee.

It really is just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic.

Friends is available to watch on Netflix and Comedy Central.

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Nicki Minaj is one of the few artists in pop today who could certifiably deliver a superstar performance so there were big expectations of her headline tour show at London’s O2 Arena last night.

While there was no doubt of her capability of deliver a worthy performance, Nicki, 36, has cancelled two dates on the Nicki Wrld Tour so far and has been subjected to speculation that her career is waning.

Does she still have what it takes to give fans what they want?

In a word, absolutely.

When Nicki performed her last show at the O2 Arena back in 2015 on The Pinkprint Tour, it was heavily geared at the pop fans who were probably more likely to add Starships to their playlist than Bust Down Barbiana.

So it was a pleasant surprise to find that the tables had been turned when she returned on Monday night, with the majority of the show focusing on Nicki’s rap roots.

Straight bars on her iconic Monster rap verse, trendy trap beats of Fefe and throwback classics to the Pinkprint era were an unapologetic reminder that Nicki is first and foremost a rapper and, more importantly, can easily go up against the most ferocious rappers with her quick-wit and unique flow.

With comparisons to Cardi B and criticism that she’s lost her spot on the throne, Nicki proved to London that she might just deserve the Queen title she so humbly crowned herself with.

An entrance fit for a Queen

Oh, when Nicki arrives, she arrives.

The Queens-native rolled onto the stage upon a huge phoenix with glittering wings to Majesty.

And we all bowed.

Surprise guests

No, Drake didn’t turn up as he’s busy touring Manchester but, Nicki did make sure to represent UK talent to the fullest.

Yxng Bane was invited to perform his single Rihanna just because she ‘really likes the song’. He even got the ultimate compliment with Nicki describing him as ‘sexy’.

Ms Banks and Lisa Mercedez were also given their moments to shine with Nicki bringing them on-stage to perform their remixes of Yuh Simme after discovering them on Instagram.

English accent

‘In another life, I think I was born in London,’ Nicki told the audience in a pretty impressive accent that didn’t sound too much like she’s from the cast of Oliver.

Naughty revelations

‘I have sex three times a day,’ Nicki boasted in yet another revelation about her intimate life.

Those stage outfits

Ah, the wardrobe.We were totally envious of Nicki’s epic stage outfits, which consisted of, to name just a few: Fendi boots with a matching bodysuit, metallic corsets and a large ruffled gown that she could easily get lost in.

Nicki Wrld tour continues at Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday.

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Kim Kardashian has shared a make-up free video highlighting her day-to-day battle with psoriasis.

Panning the camera across her cheeks at close range, the 38-year-old gave fans a close-up look at the skin complaint on Instagram, on Tuesday.

She captioned the video ‘psoriasis face’ following a painful-looking flare up that saw red patches under her eyes.

Kim vowed to never cover up her psoriasis patches back in 2016 when she said that she was learning to accept it.

Psoriasis is a skin condition thought to affect around 2% of people in the UK and is characterised by scaly, itchy dry patches on the body from a build up of skin cells.

It’s most common on the elbows, knees, scalp and lower back but it can occur anywhere.

The reality star was celebrating the 16th season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians coming to a close when she posted the pictures on Monday night.

She last shared photos of her skin sores in February while she attempted to calm the skin complaint using a herbal healing ointment.

Kim previously said: ‘Sometimes I just feel like it’s my big flaw and everyone knows about it, so why cover it?

‘I’m always hoping for a cure, of course, but in the meantime, I’m learning to just accept it as part of who I am.’

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Jennifer Garner finds it hilarious how differently people treat her in comparison to ex-husband Ben Affleck – and it even ‘cracks up’ their children.

Speaking with Camping co-star David Tennant on his podcast, the 13 Going On 30 star explained: ‘[My children] have said in the past that when people see their dad they’re in awe. He’s 6ft 4in, he’s larger than life, he’s Batman.’

‘He’s won two Oscars. He’s so powerful in that way, such a powerful presence and person.’

But when it comes to the Golden Globe winner herself, people are more relaxed and just start talking to her.

She said: ‘When people see me they just want to come up and talk. They say the difference in the way people approach their parents cracks them up.’

Jennifer, who starred in Daredevil – the questionable movie, not the epic Netflix series – with Ben way back in 2003, said: ‘I was in these superhero movies before they… made them good.

‘Now they spend the money and spend the time on them.

‘When I did them, they were kind of throwing spaghetti at the wall.’

Yikes – Jen may be referring to the fact 2003’s Daredevil is still highly mocked by fans today for being a little bit too laughable.

The actors, who finalised their divorce last year, are parents to Violet, 13, Seraphina, 10, and Samuel, 6, and continue to co-parent their family despite their break-up. 

Jen and Ben, 46, got married in June 2005, welcoming their eldest daughter months later.

However, the couple split in 2015, filing for divorce two years later and having their separation officially finalised in October 2018.

Despite their split, Jennifer – who is in a relationship with burger chain CEO John Miller – remains friendly with her ex-husband, and was there for him during his relapse last year.

The actress held an intervention for Affleck before driving him to rehab to seek treatment for alcohol issues.

However, Jen is pretty chuffed about getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame as it was the one day she felt that she made her three children ‘a little bit proud’.

The actress, 46, decided to record the podcast in her pyjamas when interviewed by the former Doctor Who star, 47, in her home.

And she told David, who she starred with in the TV comedy series Camping: ‘I’m in my pyjamas. I feel like you’d be most comfortable seeing me this way. If I could, I would have had matching ones for you.

She added: ‘I’m in my pyjamas because it’s so past my bedtime, I’m having vodka, half of one at least.’

David Tennant Does A Podcast With… starring Jennifer Garner is available on streaming services including Acast.

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An incredibly lucky woman bought 30 lottery tickets at once – then won the $5,000 jackpot on every single one.

Deborah Brown, from Richmond, Virginia, bought 20 of her state’s Pick 4 game tickets last month – then had a hunch it was her lucky day, and purchased another 10.

And she was soon proven right, with the number she’d chosen for each ticket – 1091 – winning the jackpot, meaning her huge set of tickets had scooped a total of $150,000.

Explaining what motivated her to choose that number combination, Brown said: ‘A couple of times during the day, I saw those numbers.’

And recalling her shock at realizing just how lucky she’d been, the winner added: ‘I nearly had a heart attack.’

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Brown made herself drive around town in her car afterwards until she had calmed down.

She now plans to spend some of the money renovating her house.

Virginia’s Pick 4 game lets players choose a single, four-digit number between 0000 and 9999.

A winning number is then picked twice a day, with anyone carrying a ticket bearing that number scooping $5,000.

Players can enter the same number on multiple tickets for the same draw – just like Brown did – meaning each winning ticket will claim the same $5,000 prize.

Entrants are allowed to enter up to 91 times using the same number, with the price of a ticket increasing each time that number is played again.

It’s only a matter of weeks now until we finally get to clap eyes upon the final season of Game Of Thrones.

Yup, the first episode of series eight kicks off in the US on Sunday 14 April – with Brits getting the chance to watch a simulcast in the early hours of Monday morning.

And we already know that this season’s going to have fewer episodes than previous series – just six in fact, making it the shortest season so far.

We also know that it’s going to feature a pretty brutal battle sequence which star Maisie Williams described as ‘physically draining’.

What we’re not so clear on just yet though is how long each of the episodes is – with director David Nutter previously revealing we can expect some longer instalments than usual.

So just how long is each episode? Here’s what we know so far…

How long are the Game Of Thrones season eight episodes?

The running times for the first two episodes of the series have been revealed, with HBO – who airs GoT in the US – revealing them in its schedule for the coming weeks.

According to the schedule the first episode of season eight is 54 minutes long, while the second the following week is a shade longer at 58 minutes.

The Game Of Thrones site Watchers On The Wall has also revealed running times for the rest of the series, with the remaining four instalments longer than the first two.

They have reported that episode three clocks in at 60 minutes, episode four at 78 minutes and episodes five and six at 80 minutes each.

That’s a whole lot of Game Of Thrones for your money – and you can expect it to be pretty epic, especially with the aforementioned battle sequence set to outdo the show’s Battle Of The Bastards.

Actor Peter Dinklage – aka the show’s Tyrion Lannister – said of the sequence: ‘It’s brutal. It makes Battle of the Bastards look like a theme park’.

We can’t wait.

Where can you watch Game Of Thrones in the UK?

The series airs on Sky Atlantic, with the first episode of season eight being aired in the early hours of Monday 15 April as it is shown in the States.

If you can’t sit up that late, you can catch it on Sky Atlantic at 9pm on the Monday evening.

Ubisoft’s new open world shooter is already live for some players, as GameCentral reports in from the first few hours on the front line.

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It’s still almost a week before The Division 2 officially launches, but at this point we suspect everyone already knows exactly what to expect. Not just because of all the betas but because this is a game that makes no pretence about reinventing what has come before, but merely improving on it. Given how successful the original game has been, and how difficult other franchises have found it to retain players’ interest, that’s completely understandable. But it does mean the opening hours of the sequel are more than a little familiar…

The servers for The Division 2 were switched on Monday afternoon, as the game has a rolling launch date similar to recent EA games – where the more you pay the earlier you can start playing it. That’s not a practice we approve of, especially in a game with PvP, but it does at least allow us to get an early look at a complete version of the game. Or as complete as any online title is nowadays.

The Division 2 doesn’t suffer from any of the obvious design flaws of the recent Anthem, but the performance yesterday was not particularly impressive, with a significant amount of slowdown and graphical glitches. It actually seemed a little worse than during the open beta, and we got randomly kicked off the server a few times, but it’s still not anything too out of the ordinary.

Apart from the distasteful story set-up – which is yet another right-wing survivalist fantasy that seems to be aimed squarely at American gun nuts – The Division 2 is a rather anodyne experience at first, as the intro mission rushes you to the defence of a civilian camp under attack from marauders. The sequel is set seven years after the original game, after America has been devastated by a plague that, while it hasn’t quite reduced everything to Mad Max levels of post-apocalyptic wilderness, has certainly had an impact on council bin collections.

The rubbish-filled streets are choked with abandoned cars and fallen aircraft, with the first proper mission having you fight your way into the White House – which is being used as the local HQ. Once there the situation is explained in terms of the various groups of survivors, some of whom are friendly, and have set-up encampments that you can help build up, and some of whom are deemed ‘hyenas’ that you have to take down.

Before leaving the White House you’re introduced to the perks and abilities system, with a wide range of passive buffs to unlock as well as some nifty high tech gadgets that include bad guy-seeking grenades and what seems to be a health-giving bazooka. We opted for a drone though, which you can operate remotely or tell to target specific individuals. It has a long cooldown but it’s great fun to use so early on in the game.

Although The Division 2 is a Destiny style open world shooter, an effort has been made to ensure the apparently 40 hour long campaign can be played on your own as much as possible. There’s an in-built matchmaking option whenever you start a new mission but it’s not mandatory and you can easily check the level of your opposition to see what chance you have.

The first full-length one involves rescuing the daughter of a nearby camp leader, who’s been kidnapped by a local gang and taken to a rundown hotel. It’s here you realise that the basic combat is little changed from the original as you (re-)learn to make use of the game’s cover system, which allows you to automatically run from one hiding spot to another by targeting where you want to go and holding down a face button.

Cover is extremely important for both you and your opponents, to the point where the game will identify certain enemies as being supressed if you bathe their position in enough gunfire. There’s no separate stealth mechanics though, which seems slightly odd given how often enemies like to stand around in the open, blissfully unaware of your presence. Although creeping up towards them, moving from cover spot to cover spot, is essentially the same thing.

The desire to unlock the endgame content is going to mean a lot of people trying to rush through the story missions as soon as possible, but there do seem to be plenty of smaller side quests and ad hoc events as well, such as a fun public event where you’re fighting waves of enemies and a boss for a reward of loot. As with most things in The Division 2 there’s nothing very new or remarkable about this but together with everything else it adds up to a game that feels like it’s bursting with content.

With Destiny now essentially under new management and Anthem’s long-term future already in doubt The Division 2 is very much the safe pair of hands in the world of open world shooters. It’s straightforward, predictable, and from what we can tell at the moment sensibly balanced. There’s nothing in it that is anyway surprising or unexpected but its competent, somewhat workmanlike, approach seems more understandable than ever in the face of its rival’s problems.

And while the initial hours might not be very inspiring there is, unlike these other games, very clear rewards to look forward to in the future. For example, a new crafting features is unlocked fairly early on and allows you to build weapons, gear, and mods – with the latter allowing you to customise all your equipment to a much higher degree than before.

There’s also the Dark Zone, which is now more accessible than the original as two of the three zones normalise everyone’s stats so that no-one has too much of an advantage. We’ve only played the Dark Zone in the beta but the PvPvE action was always one of The Division’s key selling points and the sequel clearly realises that.

The real-world setting does have several obvious problems though, because The Division is an action role-playing game and that means enemies take damage depending on the stat levels of your guns not purely on whether you get a headshot or not. But the game seems to fudge this fairly successfully and even covers bosses in huge amounts of visible armour now, to try and explain why they’re giant bullet sponges.

Making sure loot stays interesting is another issue though, with the game seemingly far too serious and dour to have anything other than slightly different coloured jackets and kneepads. Despite that there are loot boxes, filled with cosmetic-only extras, but we’ve not seen anyone walking around yet that looks like anything other than a non-descript paramilitary fighter. These were all problems in the original game though, so if you didn’t find them an issue then you’re unlikely to now.

But while there’s a lot about The Division 2 that feels disappointingly predictable it’s always been made clear that it’s the endgame which is the focus of the experience, and that’s going to take a while for us to get to. There was a glimpse of it in the preview though, where a new faction invades the game world and you’re given the option to specialise your character and choose a signature weapon – and that does all sound pretty exciting.

Ubisoft has clearly looked at the problems suffered by its rivals and successfully identified where they’re going wrong and how to counter it. Unlike Anthem, we don’t think anyone’s going to be complaining about a lack of things to do or a disappointing endgame in The Division 2. Instead the main question now is how entertaining the grind is to get there.

Formats: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), Xbox One, and PC
Price: £59.99
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Massive Entertainment, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Leamington, Ubisoft Shanghai, and Ubisoft Sofia
Release Date: 15th March 2019
Age Rating: 18

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Rylan Clark-Neal knows how to leave an impression and will definitely do just that after making a poo-shaped cake on tonight’s Great British Bake Off.

The This Morning host is left mortified when his feature piece of an Ibiza cove that grants wishes (an island he claims he has been to) was coated in chocolate and left looking more like a dog had broken onto set and left something grim behind.

It didn’t take an idiot to notice it, and Rylan blushed bright red as Sandi Toksvig told him: ‘Wow, you’re going to find that dog and punish it.’

The landscape creation proved to have special meaning for Rylan, who claims all the wishes he made while on the isle of Es Vedra came true.

However, after forgetting to colour in the meringue, he coated it in chocolate instead, bringing the poo-looking creation to life.

While it might not have been the most appetizing to look at, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood still found something good to come out of it.

‘And we thought they were going to poo-poo it!’ laughed Sandy (badoom-tsssh!)

Ahead of the full episode airing tonight, Rylan teased what was about to be aired as he filled in for Holly Willoughby on This Morning.

Naturally, Phillip Schofield had an absolute field day when he saw the finished product.

‘In my defence, can I just say, I didn’t know that was how it was going to look until I did it,’ Rylan added.

‘I thought, I want to get a rocky texture so I melted chocolate and hazelnuts.’

You’ll have to tune in tonight to see who takes the trophy – Rylan, James Acaster, Russell Tovey or Michelle Keegan.

At least he can say, with all honesty, that it was an actual showstopper!

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Keith Lemon almost quit Celebrity Juice after Fearne Cotton threw in the towel after 10 years last December.

The 45-year-old comic revealed he and team captains Fearne and This Morning’s Holly Willoughby had a pact for them all to walk away from the show together, but he went back on the deal after realising he loves hosting the programme too much to step down.

‘Initially I said, “That’s it, I’m leaving too.” It’s been 10 years and Holly, Fearne and I don’t see each other all the time, but we’re a close group of mates,’ Keith, who’s real name is Leigh Francis, admitted.

‘Ages ago we said to each other if one goes, we all go. After I found out Fearne was leaving, I went to bed and slept on it and woke up the next day thinking that I can’t leave the show because I still enjoy it so much.’

The presenter was glad to hear that Holly had decided to stay with Celebrity Juice too, adding: ‘I thought, “If Holly leaves because Fearne is then that really is the end, I’m not doing it without them both.”

‘But then I spoke to Holly and the first thing she said was, “Who are we going to get then?” I said: “So you’re still up for it then?” and she said, “Of course!” She did say she thought she would be the first to leave though. I thought so, too.

Top Gear host Paddy McGuinness, who’s a regular guest on the show, will be taking over from Fearne when the show returns later this year.

‘I was a guest on the first ever episode and I’ve done every series since so I’ve always felt like part of the Juice family,’ Paddy said at the time.

‘Keith’s one of my best mates, I love Holly and we all have a natural rapport. I’m looking forward to the chaos!’

Loose Women’s Stacey Solomon has also been booked for the series as a regular, adding: ‘I’m so bloomin’ excited to be joining the Juice family. I have loved the show since it began and always enjoyed being a guest so to get to be part of the furniture is a dream come true.

‘So here goes nothing. Wahoo!’

Celebrity Juice is expected to return to ITV2 later this year.

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Disney have dropped a new trailer for the Aladdin live-action remake and it looks insane.

In the short clip of the upcoming film, we get to hear a sneak preview of the classic hit A Whole New World, and a glimpse of that magic carpet ride.

It’s too romantic.

Aladdin, who is played by Mena Massoud, can be seen reaching out to his one true love Jasmine, Naomi Scott, and they blast out the romantic duet.

He then grabs her hand and sits her on the carpet before the loved up characters glide off into the sky.

Prior to the tear jerking scene, the trailer takes us to the time Aladdin first lays eyes on the princess and it gives us all the feels.

With Abu on his shoulder, it appears the whole world stands still as they their eyes meet while he is trying to escape the ‘bad guys.’

On top of this – we also get more of a look at Will Smith’s take on the Genie as he’s summoned from his lamp, before joking with his new found buddy.

Appearing all stern and scary at first, the actor spits the words: ‘Oh great one who summons me I stand by my oath…’

Aladdin’s face looks full of wonder as he’s told he has three wishes, but then the Genie burst out laughing and breaks into the other well known hit A Friend Like Me.

Once finding out his powers, Aladdin asks the Genie to make him a prince, to which he hilariously takes the literal meaning of his request, and when clicking his fingers, randomly magics up a real life prince.

‘Urm, no,’ the robber quips back before another scene shows off all the Disney magic as the star of the movie stands on an elephant while confetti falls from the sky at a royal event.

Controversy has surrounded Will Smith’s character as fans complained on Twitter that he wasn’t ‘blue enough.’

However, he has since hit back at the remarks, reassuring everyone that there is a lot of CGI in the movie.

Writing back to a fan, the 50-year-old said: ‘I’m gonna be BLUE! :) This is how the Genie is in Human / Disguise Form. My character will be CGI most of the movie.’

When sharing the first trailer to drop, Will later added: ‘I told y’all I was gon’ be Blue!! Y’all need to trust me more often!’

As well as Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott, Will Smith will be joined by the likes of Marwan Kenzari who will play Jafar, Navid Negahban as Sultan, and Billy Magnussen who will take on the role of Prince Anders.

Aladdin is due for release on 24 May 2019 in the UK, the same day as in the US.

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It’s nearly time for Red Nose Day to get fully underway, with Comic Relief programming having already started.

Celebrity Apprentice aired last week, Kilimanjaro: The Big Red Nose Day Climb is on tomorrow: and it’s only a few days until the official Red Nose Day telethon graces our screens.

Of course it’s all to raise money for good causes, but the entertainment part is a big pull, with personalities from Hollywood to right here getting involved.

Here’s what you can expect from this year’s Red Nose Day, as well as who will be part of it.

When is Comic Relief 2019?

The whole thing will be getting underway on Friday 15 March, with the telethon starting at 7pm on BBC1.

Who is presenting Red Nose Day 2019?

As usual, Lenny Henry will be at the helm. He’s also be joined by the following lot:

• David Tennant
• Joe Sugg
• Paddy McGuinness
• Emma Willis
• Romesh Ranganathan
• Rob Beckett
• Alesha Dixon
• Clara Amfo
• Zoe Ball

What’s on?

Four Weddings and a Funeral sequel 7pm-10pm, BBC1

It’s been a quarter of a century since the original, and now the original Four Weddings cast members will be getting together once again.

Expect Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, and plenty more, in a sketch written by Richard Curtis – writer of the original film and co-founder of Comic Relief.

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s Strictly danceathon 

The Strictly presenters are putting their money where their mouths are this year, and are dancing for a full 24 hours in order to make money for the cause.

So far, they’ve already smashed through 80,000 steps since 7.15pm last night and have been kept entertained by the likes of Beverly Knight, Arlene Phillips, Fleur East and Vernon Kay. Watch the best bits on the night.

Bodyguard comeback 7pm-10pm, BBC1

David Budd has a new assignment in this one-off Comic Relief special.

Golden Globe winner Richard Madden will star alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar, Gina McKee, Vincent Franklin and even more extra special guests.

Mamma Mia Here We Go Yet Again! 7pm-10pm, BBC1

Jennifer Saunders and Philip Glenister will be bringing together all their best acting and comedy mates for a send-up of this year’s box office smash hit.

There will be singing, and there will definitely be some choice dance moves.

Comic Relief Does University Challenge 10pm-10:35pm, BBC2

Host David Baddiel will be asking the big questions to Martin Freeman, Emily Atack, Jason Manford, Kerry Godliman, Robert Rinder, Vick Hope, Luisa Oielan and Darren Harriott.

Will they dumb it down for the celeb lot? Who knows.

Other sketches 10:35pm-midnight, BBC1

After the channel switch to make way for the news, it’s back to BBC1 for more antics.

Freddie Flintoff will be driving Robbie Savage mad, and you’ll be in for a treat when Alan Partridge begins his Norwich round of fundraising.

The cast of Mrs. Brown’s Boys will also have a slot, and there’ll be a chance for Bond fans to win breakfast with 007 himself – Daniel Craig.

Oh, and did we mention there’d be a performance from the cast of Magic Mike? Definitely worth waiting for.

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James Corden had David Beckham on the verge of tear  when he led the footballing legend to believe a hideous artwork was being erected at LA Galaxy in his likeness.

Corden captured the moment his pal David came face-to-face with a golden statue with a ‘massive chin’ and a ‘huge arse’ for The Late Late Show last week, and the footballer could barely believe his eyes.

The soccer legend, who played for the team for five years, didn’t hold back about the ’embarrassing’ likeness to an artwork that he said would make his children cry if it was permanently placed at the front of the stadium.

As the artwork was unveiled in his honour, David said: ‘It doesn’t really look anything like me. Look at my eyes. You know, the only thing that’s good about it is the hair and that’s about it.’

David was shown an initial design for approval in Chicago, but cheeky Corden then asked his props department to create a replica with crossed eyes and a sizeable chin.

The shocked footballer continued: ‘There’s catching me in motion, and then… I mean, look at my chin. Look at my bum, look at my arse. It doesn’t look like that.’

David said the ’embarrassing’ statue looked more like Stretch Armstrong and chastised his famous friend Dave Gardner for laughing while he panicked about the formal unveiling.

‘I really don’t see how this can go out,’ David declared. ‘There’s no way that can go out of the front of the stadium.

‘My parents are coming over from London, my wife’s coming. It’s lucky my kids aren’t coming because if my kids were to see this, I think they’d just cry.’

Speaking to the creator, who was luckily being impersonated by comedian Maz Jobrani, David added: ‘I don’t want to offend you in any way but this is such a big thing for me.’

Just as David threatening to walk out of the meeting, a forklift knocked the statue over – much to David’s delight.

‘I think you’ve probably done me a favour there,’ he told the forklift driver before Corden popped up from behind the cameras.

Despite having many choice words for mate Corden, the relief on David’s face said it all.

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The Eurovision Song Contest may be all about campness, music and, well, more campness, but there’s always political controversy in the mix.

And this year, tension has been ramped up, with many people calling for a boycott of Israel’s staging of this summer’s show due to the country’s occupation of Palestinian territories.

However, host Assi Azar isn’t standing for the suggestion of a boycott.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Assi said: ‘ I don’t want to give any room to people that want to ban something that’s all about music. Leave the politics to the politicians.

‘The only way to create peace and love is by communicating, through meeting and talking – not through banning. The people who want to celebrate hate, Eurovision is not the place for them.’

Assi is hosting Eurovision in Tel Aviv this May alongside Bar Rafaeli, Lucy Ayoub and Erez Tal, with a new image of the quartet showing that they most definitely scrub up well.

The Israeli stars will be hosting the two semi-finals and the all important grand final from Tel Aviv on 14, 16 and 18 May, with Assi promising us staging that will blow our minds.

But for many, Eurovision isn’t about the staging, it’s about the sense of community it brings – with the LGBTQ+ community in particular having a particular affinity with the annual competition.

And Assi, who is gay and married Albert Escola in 2016, believes that’s because the two communities have similar values.

He said: ‘I think that the LGBT community’s values are very similar to those of Eurovision. Eurovision is all about let’s have fun, let’s live and let live. As a gay person, Eurovision is like gay pride – a celebration of colours and love and being different, of acceptance. I think that’s why the LGBT community is so connected to it.

‘And also, it gives the stage to everybody. Unlike politics, which is so conservative, Eurovision is a true democracy. Netta said last year when she won, “Thank you for choosing different, thank you for diversity”. It’s a place for every person who wants to feel loved, regardless of colour, weight, looks – Eurovision accepts everyone.’

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place on 14, 16 and 18 May in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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The Chase’s Anne Hegerty has set the record straight after viewers were convinced that Paul Sinha aka The Sinnerman was stepping down from the show.

Last week, Paul announced to presenter Bradley Walsh and his competitors that the last game of the show was ‘final,’ prompting viewers to believe the 48-year-old was leaving for good.

However 60-year-old quizzer and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! sweetheart Anne, explained just what he meant and confirmed that her co-star isn’t going anywhere after a confused fan asked what the fresh hell was going on.

‘Did Paul just say this was the end of his #TheChase career??’ they wrote.

Anne replied: ‘This happens to me all the time. I say something about “my Final Chase” and Twitter gets hysterical and thinks I’m leaving.

‘We have ALWAYS referred to the endgame as the Final Chase.’ Phew.

Despite Paul staying with The Chase gang, die hard fans still have to wait a monumental three years to come head-to-head with the quiz masters.

This isn’t the first time chasers have been rumoured to be stepping down.

Back in January, Anne herself was forced to reveal that she isn’t quitting the ITV daytime show after social media went into a frenzy.

She exclusively told Metro.co.uk: ‘I love doing The Chase, I’m absolutely loyal to it and it will always be my top priority.

‘I don’t intend ever to leave! But ever since coming out of the jungle it’s been an absolute whirlwind, and you can’t blame someone for idly fantasising about what it would be like not to have to do so much!’

The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV.

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The Jonas Brothers made their comeback earlier this month by dropping the new single Sucker.

But despite fans being overjoyed by their reunion, it seems they have already fallen into controversy.

That’s right, the boys have now been accused by Portugal. The Man of copying their 2017 track Feel It Still with the new hit.

Taking to Twitter one fan asked the North American band: ‘Hey guys genuinely curious, are you mad at the Jonas Brothers?

‘I can hear similarities but not to an extent of sampling a song. Lyrically and sonically to me they’re different but the same fan that likes either would probably like the other…’

To which they replied: ‘Not mad at all. Actually dig a lot of their music and Nick’s solo records.’

The group then later threw shade in the Jonas Brothers’ direction by joking about how their hit sounds like the Marvellettes’ Please Mister Postman.

They quipped: ‘To be fair, the chorus of Feel It Still sounds very similar to Please Mister Postman by the Marvellettes…

‘Which we respectfully cleared and thanked them for every chance we got. As one does. @jonasbrothers.’

The newly reformed group are yet to address the claims, and are still reveling in the success of their comeback.

Just this week it was announced that the trio’s single Sucker has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs.

Taking to Twitter the boys thanked their fans, as they wrote: ‘Today’s a big day people.

‘We’re officially celebrating our FIRST EVER #1 on the @billboard Hot 100 plus the first group this CENTURY (and second group EVER) to debut #1.

‘We can’t thank you guys enough for all the support. We love you guys so much.’

In another post, Nick, Joe and Kevin added: ‘Also want to give a HUGE thank you to @republicrecords @philymack @ryantedder @frankdukes and the rest of the team for all the hard work and putting everything behind this record.

‘This is just the beginning…  #Sucker.’

Earlier this year the rumours started circulating the trio were going to reform six years after they stopped making music.

An insider told The Sun: ‘This is going to be one of the biggest music reunions in years. It’s no secret that things weren’t great by the end of the Jonas Brothers, but blood is thicker than water and they’ve healed their rift in the years since the split.

‘After enjoying solo music success and taking time to work on passion projects, they feel that now is the right time to get back together.’

Metro.co.uk have reached out to the Jonas Brothers’ reps for further comment. 

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