Andrew Hall has died (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Coronation Street star Andrew Hall has died aged 65.
The actor played Marc Selby on the ITV soap back in 2011, who was the cross-dressing love interest of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls).
His death was confirmed by his management InterTalent on Twitter, who wrote: ‘It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our client and friend Andrew Hall who sadly passed away on Monday after a short illness.
‘Andrew was loved by audiences for his many roles, most notably Butterflies, Coronation Street and, more recently, Syfy’s Blood Drive.’
Andrew Hall played Audrey Roberts lover in Coronation Street (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)They added: ‘Andrew was a true gentleman; kind, funny, always positive, hugely talented & immensely giving. We will miss him immensely.’
Andrew played Russell Parkinson in BBC’s Butterflies from 1978 to 1983, and also had roles in other TV shows including Hollyoaks, Holby City and Two Point Four Children.
In a statement, the actor’s son Josh Hall said: ‘Andrew began his acting career playing the character of Russell in the BBC series Butterflies.
‘He then worked extensively as an actor on both stage and screen, including a period at the RSC and a run as Bill in the West End production of Mamma Mia!
‘Later he worked as a director and producer, enjoying successes with productions including Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? At the Trafalgar, and Kindertransport, which toured the UK.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our client & friend Andrew Hall who sadly passed away on Monday after a short illness. Andrew was loved by audiences for his many roles, most notably Butterflies, Coronation Street and, more recently, Syfy’s Blood Drive. pic.twitter.com/I932iUcbPh
— InterTalent (Actors & Creatives) (@InterActors) May 22, 2019
‘Most recently he appeared as The Gentleman in the Syfy series Blood Drive.’
Andrew is survived by his wife Abigail, his mother Mabel, his children Kate and Josh, and his grandchildren Jasper and Maggie.
The Towie star declared that she was growing ‘half me and half you’ on Wednesday (Picture: Instagram/Chloe Lewis)
And now, the beauty entrepreneur is moving straight onto the next exciting step with stoker broker beau Danny, who she has been dating for the last two years.
On Wednesday night, she posted a sweet black and white holiday picture beside the ultrasound saying: ‘Half me, half you.’
Chloe and Danny have been an item since the start of 2017, going public with their new romance on Valentine’s Day.
The reality star split from her long-term partner, fellow Towie star, Jake Hall in April 2016 and shortly afterward, he began dating Real Housewives of Cheshire star Misse Beqiri.
Jake and Misse announced that they were expecting their first child in July 2017 and welcomed their baby girl, River, that November.
Chloe’s on-off relationship with Jake dominated her storyline on Towie when they joined together in March 2015.
Ultimately, they called it quits off-screen after six years.
The beauty, who has her own self-titled cosmetics company, left the Towie drama behind in February, in a reported cull of nine regular stars.
Chloe said it was ‘the right time’ to move on in a statement and said the only thing she was currently ‘in’ was love.
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Video games are a nightmare for arachnophobes. Spiders are almost as common a foe as zombies, with most of nature’s other most unpopular animals never seeming to get a look in. But if you suffer from musophobia then we’d say straight way that you should not, under any circumstances, play this game. Which is a shame, because for anyone that doesn’t have a disproportionate fear of rats this is one of the most interesting video game releases of the year.
A Plague Tale: Innocence is set in southwest France during the Hundred Years’ War. That’s not a good time for the country, as not only have the English just invaded but there’s a plague of rats that threatens to spread, well… the plague. (And even if they weren’t no one wants hundreds of thousands of rats hanging around, whether they’re carrying disease-ridden parasites or not.)
You play the game as a young noblewoman named Amicia de Rune, whose five-year-old brother Hugo has a strange ailment that has kept him confined to their estate. When their home is raided by Inquisition knights specifically targeting their family the pair are forced to go on the run, contending not only with the Inquisition but the hordes of rats that seem to be everywhere.
A Plague Tale is essentially a stealth game, but one where you are almost always on the defensive. You’re not trying to the hide in the shadows so you can jump out and garrotte someone, you’re doing it simply to stay out of sight and escape. Even without the unique setting that’s an unusual thing for most video games, and as a result A Plague Tale’s focus is less on action and more on puzzle-solving and storytelling.
Although the game has one foot in historical truth the tone of the game is purposefully off-kilter from the very start, with the rats portrayed more like a demonic horde than a natural infestation. We’re not joking about this being nightmare fuel for musophobes, as even if you actively like the real things the creatures in the game, with their horrible noises and ability to strip people to the bone, like land-born piranhas, are horrifying by any measure.
Hugo spends most of his time understandably terrified, so it’s up to you, as Amicia, to guide him to safety – literally. You have to keep holding Hugo’s hand or he’ll start screaming out if left alone for too long, which obviously creates problems when you’re trying to get things done. If your escort mission radar has just gone off then you need not worry too much, as the game is careful not to fall into the more obvious pitfalls the idea presents.
Instead, each set piece works more like a self-contained puzzle, where you use the fact that the rats hate the light, and especially fire, to either avoid them or place them in the path of the Inquisition. This can get rather contrived at times, and the game does a good job of pretending you’re in more danger than you actually are, but the mechanics and setting are more than interesting enough to excuse the smoke and mirrors.
A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS4) – that’s a lot of rats
Amicia and Hugo aren’t entirely helpless, with Hugo able to fit in small gaps that no-one else can and his sister possessing a sling that can knock out, stun, or even kill soldiers. She can also load up with alternate ammo that can start or put out fires or attract rats towards a certain spot. Combat is still a minor part of the game but there are what are essentially boss fights at the end of some of the chapters, and the last one in particular is very impressive.
Despite the original script presumably having been written in French, the dialogue is surprisingly good and the characterisation of Hugo, the primary reference of the subtitle, is especially good. Not only does he avoid being an irritating burden in terms of gameplay but he’s a genuinely charming character to be around. As obviously traumatised as he is, his childlike wonder at the less disturbing sights he sees are very endearing, as is his unconditional love for his sister.
Hugo’s ability to find beauty and companionship all around him, despite all the many terrors, is genuinely uplifting and far more subtly illustrated than many more high-profile games. The voice-acting and the graphics, particularly the animation, are also much better than you might assume and create an atmosphere of Lovecraftian horror that is not at all what you would expect from a game about two children in Medieval France.
A Plague Tale is a welcome surprise all round, but it’s the atmosphere and the portrayal of the two leads that impresses the most, and immediately makes us wonder why Asobo Studio has been stuck making unremarkable children’s movie tie-ins for most of their existence.
Although maybe it was that experience that gave them such insight into how children think and act. Whatever they case, they’ve put themselves on the map with this game and we’d recommend A Plague Tale: Innocence to anyone. Well, anyone that’s not scared of rats that is.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
In Short: An impressively unique stealth adventure which mixes a gothic horror atmosphere with a touching tale of two siblings surviving against the odds.
Pros: Excellent characterisation of the leads, in terms of dialogue, gameplay, and animation. Interesting gameplay elements meld together well, with some surprisingly good boss encounters.
Cons: The puzzles can feel contrived and rather shallow. A little too linear at times.
Score: 8/10
Formats: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), Xbox One, and PC Price: £44.99 Publisher: Focus Home Interactive Developer: Asobo Studio Release Date: 14th May 2019 Age Rating: 18
It’s now alleged that ‘drug paraphernalia and evidence of narcotic use’ was found at the scene, TMZ reports, just three days after the 22-year-old celebrate five months of sobriety.
The cause of death of Gabrielle’s has not yet been confirmed, pending toxicology tests.
Gabrielle was celebrating five-months sober last week (Picture: Instagram/Gabrielle Crahan)
Slipknot percussionist Crahan, a founding member of the group, said his wife Chantel, older daughter Alexandria and two sons, Gage and Simon were ‘heartbroken’ over the weekend.
He posted a long message of thanks from the family on Wednesday, just three nights after announcing the death of his youngest daughter from a place of ‘deepest pain’.
His new statement said: ‘Chantel, Alexandria, Gage, Simon and I would like to thank everyone for the endless amount of love, prayers, thoughts, and kindness we have been receiving.
Shawn shared his thanks with the Slipknot community on Wednesday night (Picture: Twitter/Shawn Crahan)
‘While it is not possible for me to read and respond to each individual message & comment right now, I want you to know that we can feel the energy shared and we are so grateful.
‘You have all proven that there is empathy, positivity, & strength in this community that we call humanity here on Earth.’
Crahan confirmed that the funeral will be held this Sunday, near Des Moines in Iowa.
Riviera season two is set to plunge viewers back into the glamorous but dark underworld of the French Riviera.
Julia Stiles is once again leading the cast as protagonist Georgina Clios, and the 10 Things I Hate About You actress revealed that she took on some pretty challenging stunts this season.
‘They had a stuntwoman to do the rehearsals, to see how challenging it would be. And then, I was game – I wanted to do that myself,’ she told Metro.co.uk.
Episode one, which kicks off on Sky Atlantic tonight (Thursday, May 23) at 9pm on Sky Atlantic and the season opener is an action-packed reintroduction to the criminal goings-on in the playground of the super wealthy.
Stiles continues: ‘But I was not prepared… they recreated a storm, with water tanks that are supposed to simulate waves, and it’s like 600 litres of water being chucked at you – repeatedly!
‘That will actually knock a person over.’
Riviera season 2 BTS with Julia Stiles (Picture: Sky Atlantic)
The scene in question is a beautifully shot underwater sequence – and no mean feat for any actor or stunt double.
‘They built this huge tent around the boat that was actually docked around the marina… so I was actually in the sea.
‘It was exciting to see it all come together and do that stunt… for, like, three hours.
’12 hours later, I was actually knocked down at one point and had to hold onto the railings so I wouldn’t go into the sea…’
Stiles added: ‘When I surfaced, everybody looked really panicky and nervous, and that was the end of the night! That’s a wrap!’
Riviera season 2 starts on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm.
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Now a father of two-year-old twins, George has confirmed he will never ride again – not least because his wife Amal Clooney, 41, has expressly forbidden him.
Amal expressly banned George from riding again after the accident (Photo by Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Talking to The Hollywood Reporter this week, George revealed: ‘[The impact] split my helmet in half, it knocked me out of my shoes. I was hit hard.
‘I was just waiting for the switch to turn off because I broke his windshield with my head, and I thought, “OK, well, that’s my neck.” If you get nine lives, I got all of them used up at once.’
After 40 years of riding motorcycles, the Hollywood actor said he ‘had to’ quit, one month after telling a panel that the accident ‘screwed’ up his wife Amal, who promptly banned him from getting back on a bike.
George was living in Sardinia filming Catch-22 when the accident happened on a morning ride, last summer.
The actor returned to the set of Catch-22 within a matter of weeks and is now on the promotional tour to see it premiere on Hulu.
‘That was a really fun time,’ he joked. ‘I’ve learned that I really, actually, cannot fly. I learned that lesson really well.’
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The call reads: ‘Fans were very excited to see a “Lucifer” season 4, but sadly it is only 10 episodes long rather than at least 12 episodes per season.
‘Now I know this is early, but WE NEED A LUCIFER SEASON 5. CALLING OUT ALL LUCIFER FANS!!!’
Already, the petition has achieved over 8,000 of the 10,000 signatures it needs to get a response from the government so time is ticking for Netflix.
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Riviera season two arrives on screens tonight (Thursday, May 23) at 9pm on Sky Atlantic with Julia Stiles back leading the cast in the glamorous crime drama.
Season two sees the arrival of a new family on the scene led by Poppy Delevingne as Daphne Eltham.
But amid all the glamour and fanfare of season two, Delevingne, 33, admits that she struggled to be taken seriously as an actress.
‘Trying to become an actor as a model is actually quite hard because many people see acting and modelling as the same industry when it isn’t at all,’ she told Metro.co.uk.
‘I struggled for years to get into the room with casting directors because they were like “no way, she’s a model and clearly bored, can we take her seriously?” so I just sort of worked really hard at that and it took a long time to break the barrier for them to even see me.
‘So I was happy when that day came.’
Poppy Delevingne as Daphne Eltham (Picture: Sky Atlantic)
On being cast for Riviera, Delevingne says it all happened quite quickly.
‘I was really happy about it,’ she added.
In season two, the Eltham family descend upon the Cote D’Azur with their own tangled web of lies and secrets and Delevingne describes her character as ‘a bit of a busy body’.
‘She’s born into this family of huge privilege. I think she’s just one of these girls that always had everything handed to her on a plate.
‘When we first see her she’s rescuing Georgina from this shipwreck and she’s definitely sort of in awe of this brave woman who’s out on a boat on her own in the middle of the night in a thunderstorm.’
Fans can expect to see an interesting friendship develop between the two as Georgina gets sucked further into the criminal underworld of the South of France.
Delevingne added: ‘She just wants to know and she wants to delve into her life a little bit and it really just develops from there.
‘I think their friendship is one that goes all over the place. They have a relationship that starts off well and goes everywhere.’
Riviera season 2 starts on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm.
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Tati has since apologised to James and so has Jeffree, both saying they regret the way in which they shared their accusations.
However Kylie, who’s expanding her million dollar beauty business into skincare, isn’t the only one showing support for James.
Even momager Kris Jenner shared a selfie with the beauty YouTuber while he partied with the likes of Kim, Kourtney and Khloe.
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The 46-year-old admitted she was a little ‘scared’ about dying her hair a ‘mango’ shade using a L’Oreal Paris Preference at-home kit on Wednesday night.
She said: ‘I haven’t had ginger hair for over 20 years so I’m a bit scared.
‘I was keen to go back to a coppery ginger shade the fans know and love.’
It’s been two decades since the performer has had such a vibrant hair colour, typically favouring strawberry blondes and platinum looks since her solo career in the early Noughties.
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Quentin Tarantino has been promoting Once Upon A Time In Hollywood at Cannes Film Festival with actress Margot Robbie (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood writer Quentin Tarantino ‘rejects’ the suggestion that he gave Margot Robbie very few lines ‘deliberately’.
Sitting beside her male co-stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot joined Pulp Fiction director at the press conference during Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday when he refused to answer the question.
Margot plays Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Andrew Cooper/Sony-Columbia Pictures via AP)
From the audience, one film critic asked: ‘You have put Margot Robbie, a very talented actor in your film… yet you haven’t really given her a lot of lines in the movie.
‘I guess that was a deliberate choice on your part?’
Quentin responded bluntly by saying, ‘I just reject your hypotheses,’ and then fell completely silent.
Wolf Of Wall Street star Margot stars as the doomed actress Sharon Tate, who was brutally murdered by members of the Manson family in 1969 in the home she shared with director Roman Polanski.
On taking on the portrayal without a lot of dialogue, Margot spoke up for herself on the challenge.
She replied: ‘I think the moments I was on screen gave a moment to honour Sharon. I think the tragedy was the loss of innocence. To show the wonderful sides of her could be done without speaking.
‘I did feel like I got a lot of time to explore the character without dialogue, which is an interesting thing. Rarely do I get an opportunity to spend so much time on my own as a character.’
The press conference was limited by strict calls for ‘no spoilers’ ahead of the film’s release in August.
The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival earlier this week but a letter personally signed by Quentin warned critics: ‘The cast and crew have worked so hard to create something original.
‘I only ask that everyone avoids revealing anything that would prevent later audiences from experiencing the film in the same way.’
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is out 14 August.
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Sophie Turner had a moment of panic during her latest Instagram live after realising that she had accidentally filmed what appeared to be a weed vape.
The Game of Thrones actress was being pampered by a hair stylist on Wednesday when she decided to hop on her IG live.
While answering questions from some of her 13 million followers, Sophie, 23, suddenly stopped mid-sentence and saw that her vape was casually sitting on her lap.
She immediately threw it onto the floor and burst out laughing with her stylists, clearly realising the awkward mistake.
Fans are convinced that Sophie was puffing on a weed vape, also known as a dab pen, following her previous admission that she used to spend her time with GoT co-star Maisie Williams smoking, well, weed.
In a 2018 interview with Vulture, Sophie said: ‘We’re kind of like loners on Game of Thrones, just because the past few seasons Maisie and I have sleepovers every night when we’re shooting. Or every night whenever both of us are in town.
‘We just used to sit there and eat and watch stupid videos and smoke weed.
Sophie Turner might want to do a quick sweep of the room before she live streams (Picture: NBC)
‘We’d get high and then we’d sit in the bath together and we’d rub makeup brushes on our faces. It’s fun.’
She then wondered: ‘I don’t know if my publicist will kill me for saying this.’
A hilarious behind-the-scenes photo is circulating of the actress shooting a pivotal scene alongside Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark) and Maisie (Arya Stark), and looking deep in thought while puffing on a vape.
After that incredibly divisive GoT finale earlier this week, it’s no surprise Sophie needed to find a way to unwind from all that backlash.
*** SPOILER ***
The Stark family had a happy ending in the final episode of season eight with Sansa made queen of the North, Arya setting sail to explore what’s west of Westeros and Bran being crowned king of the six kingdoms.
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Ariana Grande wipes away a tear as she performs on stage (Picture: Getty)
Ariana Grande’s mother has shared an emotional picture of 22 candles in memory of the 22 who died in the Manchester Arena terror attack in 2017.
Twenty-two concertgoers, including young children and their parents, were killed when a bomb was detonated at the end of the Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.
Taking to Twitter however, Joan honoured those who lost their loves and said that they were with her ‘always, in my heart and in my mind’.
‘All my love Manchester, today and everyday… you are with me always, in my heart and in my mind,’ she posted.
‘To ALL of you who have suffered and still suffer from tremendous loss, trauma or devastating injury.. I love you, I send you a warm hug, today and forever. #OneLove.’
She also added a picture of 22 candles in a heart shape on top of a piano, and added: ‘Our house may be empty this year, but our hearts are full of love…. in honor of the 22 beautiful angels we lost too soon ……. #Manchester22.’
As people left the concert a terrorist called Salman Abedi detonated a home-made bomb, in the deadliest attack since the London bombings in 2005.
Despite many innocent people dying that day, and hundreds more being injured in some way or another, the city maintained its resilient nature afterward, and two weeks later Ariana returned to the city for the One Love Manchester concert, a benefit show which saw the likes of Miley Cyrus and Liam Gallagher perform.
‘As we saw yesterday, evil will test us, it will show its face again, but because of you we can say we will be ready, we will be fearless, we will be great and we will honour our children,’ Scooter Braun, Grande’s manager, said in an emotional statement midway through the show, referencing the terrible London Bridge attacks which took place weeks later, 3 June.
‘Because we owe it to those children whose futures were ripped away from them to be brave.
‘They demand our bravery. Hatred will never win, fear will never divide us, because on this day we all stood with Manchester.’
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Romance is said to have blossomed between Davina and Michael, a celebrity hairdresser who Davina has worked with for the last 19 years, along with the likes of Rochelle Humes, Laura Whitmore, Dawn French and Holly Willoughby.
Though it’s not unusual to see the pair hanging out – their friendship has already spanned two decades – Davina, 51 and 45-year-old Michael were seen holding hands at The Chelsea Flower Show.
However sources close to Tracey have revealed that she is now trying ‘to get her head around’ the news, as she thought Davina would be the ‘last person Michael would end up with’.
‘The family had been there for Davina during her split with Matthew — and Michael was very much a confidante to her. So Tracey knew all the ins and outs and was supportive,’ the insider said.
‘To find out they are dating, and that they’d been showing off their new relationship in public was an absolutely devastating blow for Tracey.’
Michael Douglas and Davina McCall have been pals for nearly 20 years (Picture: Getty)
Davina’s 18-year marriage to Matthew Robertson ended with a £2.5million quickie divorce in 2018.
Earlier in May, Davina insisted she was ‘single and happy’ and in a very good place to start dating again.
She said: ‘Why is being single viewed as a bad thing? I have been out on dates – but can’t a woman be single and happy?’
Davina added: ‘I was in a relationship for 20 years and there is a lot more for me to think about than finding a date. Life is different. I have three children and a career.’
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According to the publication, Kendall FaceTimed the NBA star right before sitting down for the interview and even live streamed his basketball game while getting her hair and makeup done.
The couple had dated for more than a year (Picture: GC Images)
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star also explained why she chooses to keep her relationships out of the spotlight unlike her famous sisters like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner.
Kendall said: ‘Also, I’m very young, and right now, I feel like relationships aren’t always super certain and I don’t want to bring too much attention to something if you don’t really know long term [what it’s going to be].
‘A relationship is only meant to be between two people, and the second you make it the world’s business is when it starts messing with the two people mentally.’
She added: ‘Like once everyone is let in, you’re letting all these opinions into your relationships, and I don’t think that’s fair.’
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Love Island has cast plus size model Jada Sezer (Picture: Instagram)
Love Island has reportedly cast plus-sized model Jada Sezer for the forthcoming fifth series of the ITV2 reality show.
The 30-year-old mental health campaigner, who the first plus-size model to walk at London Fashion Week, is set to join Tyson Fury’s younger brother Tommy in the Majorcan villa when the show kicks off in just under two weeks.
An insider revealed: ‘Previous years have been criticised for a lack of diversity among contestants.
‘This year producers are determined to have more variation among the Islanders.’
They continued to The Sun: ‘Jada would be a perfect choice because she is passionate about body positivity – and even appeared on Good Morning Britain in her underwear before running the marathon.’
Jada has previously discussed her body on a podcast, saying: ‘This is my natural weight and I’ve been able to make a career from it.
‘If I was to stop liking cake and lost weight then I would probably lose clients because when you get down to a size 14/12 it can be harder to get jobs.’
‘With everything that’s happened, bosses know that the show will be under intense scrutiny this year so they’ve gone back to see what it is the viewers want, and if there’s anything they can do to make it better,’ it was alleged.
They continued: ‘One thing that keeps coming up is the lack of body shape diversity.
‘Viewers want to see girls and boys with bodies they can relate to. Sexy singles come in all shapes and sizes and this is what the viewers will see this year. It’s a really positive move.’
Love Island kicks off Monday 3 June on ITV2.
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Can Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff save Top Gear? (Picture: PA/Rex)
Top Gear’s days seemed numbered with the departure of Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc in relatively quick succession after Jeremy Clarkson’s hissy fit over a steak caused the motoring series to skid off the track.
But Top Gear is back with a new line-up. Paddy McGuiness and Freddie Flintoff will sit behind the wheel alongside regular Chris Harris next month and it appears they may have already begun to turn the show around.
Top Gear has long been the BBC’s most lucrative item, once boasting more than 350 million viewers worldwide during its Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond heyday, while its last series bowed out with under 2 million British fans tuning in to wave off Friends star LeBlanc last year.
Flintoff and McGuinness joins Chris Harris behind the wheel in Top Gear revamp (Picture; Rex/BBC)
According to Guardian, Flintoff and McGuinness’ nerves served them well as they seamlessly brushed over mishaps and joked to the studio audience: ‘No wonder they keep changing presenters.’
According to the publication, onlookers lapped up Flintoff and McGuinness’ debut so much so that the Bolton-born Take Me Out comedian jumped up on a car, filmed the cheers and cheered: ‘Thanks for making us feel so welcome.’
The Grand Tour’s Clarkson recently poked fun at his successors, admitting on The Jonathan Ross Show that while his merry men wish Top Gear all the best, he struggles to share the same humility.
And with the Amazon Prime series returning next year without its studio audience, all traces off the trio’s time on the BBC will come to an end. Though, they needn’t worry. As it stands The Grand Tour’s ratings eclipse Top Gear’s by millions – which Clarkson is also still feeling suitably smug about.
Though, he later stressed that he didn’t understand who he was being asked about…
Top Gear is expected to return to BBC One this summer.
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Ross Geller’s T-shirt means ‘friends’ in sign language (Picture: Reddit)
Ross Geller’s T-shirt has a hidden meaning in the Friends episode The One With The Tea Leaves and our minds are blown.
In the season eight installment the character, played by David Schwimmer, wears a grey top with a hand sign covering the chest.
While some of us might not have given the ensemble a second glance, eagle-eyed fans pointed out on Reddit that the gesture is actually a subtle nod to the sitcom’s title and means “friends” in sign language.
‘That’s pretty cool, and something actually new I haven’t heard before about the show,’ wrote one user about the incredible revelation.
The Friends costume designer Debra McGuire took extra special measures when creating Monica Gellar (Courteney Cox), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) and Ross’s wardrobes.
Talking about Ross’s leather pants in season five, Debra spilled: ‘We had to shoot that a thousand times, he had to do it over and over again.
The Friends costume designer lifted the lid on how they shot the scene of Ross in leather pants (Picture: Netfflix)
‘We do scenes multiple times on a sitcom, but we knew when we did that scene that it was going to be complicated with him shimmying in and out.
‘He [David] was a good sport none the less because it was extremely difficult.’
Debra also let us in on how Joey managed to put on all of Chandler’s clothes in the episode The One Where No One’s Ready way back in series three.
‘Building that costume was amazing,’ Debra enthused. ‘What we did was, take all these pieces from his iconic wardrobe and cut them so they were flapped and looked like they were layer, upon layer, upon layer.
‘We undid that costume from the back, so he went in through the back and his arms would go in and it was Velcroed with a piece that went over the back so we couldn’t see the Velcro. It was quite an amazing construction job.’
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BTS and Khalid are still considering a collab (Picture: Twitter)
Khalid has hinted at the potential for a collaboration with the biggest boyband in the world, BTS.
The 21-year-old American singer revealed that he and the K-Pop band are both ‘mutual fans of each other’, as he praised the seven-piece for being ‘exceptional and extraordinary’.
The boys have already worked with the likes of Fall Out Boy and The Chainsmokers, but now it may be the turn of Khalid as he admitted that there is ‘definitely talks of a collaboration’.
BTS and Khalid at the 2019 BBMAs (Picture: Getty)
‘I think that wold be awesome we just have to get to it,’ he said on Good Morning Britain on 23 May.
‘They deserve everything that is happening to them now,’ he added.
Khalid has also had a meteoric rise to the top, nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2018 and six Billboard awards in 2019.
He became the biggest artist in the world on Spotify, with over 50m monthly listeners, at the end of April beating the likes of Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, but he said that as ‘an up and coming artist, the best thing is to get support from those you look up to’.
‘I feel like moving with positivity is the best way to move, especially as a young individual.’
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