One of the newer arrivals in the Love Island villa Tom Walker has turned heads with handsome good looks and charming Leeds accent.
The 29-year-old model has a sizeable following on Instagram and has appeared in some fashion campaigns buy many viewers felt they recognised him from somewhere else.
And now we know.
Tom appeared in an advert for airline Jet2 from September 2018.
The ad, which can be watched above, is part of a series from the company to promote holidays.
Titled, Jet2holidays Younger Couples TV Advert, Tom is seen leading his other half on to a plane to head off on their holiday, where they whip of their clothes and dive into the sea. Cute!
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Mum-to-be Rachel Riley was spotted making her way home after filming Countdown (Picture: Eamonn and James Clarke)
She’s expecting her first child with dancer boyfriend Pasha Kovalev later this year, and Rachel Riley was sporting that famous pregnancy glow as she left the Countdown studios in Manchester.
The 33-year-old kept her look casual, covering her growing baby bump with a white jumper featuring Sesame Street’s Big Bird on it.
Mum-to-be Rachel was spotted pushing two suitcases full of her outfits towards the waiting taxi before hopping in.
The star had just finished a three-day block of filming in Media City and seemed ready to get home and relax.
Chatting to her beau, she joked that she ‘couldn’t see a penis on the ultrasound’.
Rachel kept her growing bump covered in a loose Sesame Street jumper (Picture: Eamonn and James Clarke)
However, the star, who has confirmed she is into her second trimester, added: ‘But they said it was too early so I might just be insulting our son.’
Rachel announced her pregnancy earlier this year in the cutest way possible as she stood next to the Countdown board.
The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant is recently confirmed she’s four months pregnant (Picture: Eamonn and James Clarke)
Cupping her stomach in front of the infamous board, she grinned away in front of letters that spell out ‘maternity’ when rearranged.
‘Pash and I have a conundrum for you… you have til December to work it out!’ she tweeted. ‘We’re over the moon excited!’
The pro dancer and TV presenter met on Strictly in 2014 when they were paired up.
They’ve insisted that nothing happened between them until after the show was over and they’ve been going strong ever since.
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They are currently holidaying together (Pictures: @courteneycoxofficial/Getty)
Courteney Cox is celebrating her 55th birthday in Mexico the best way she knew how – and of course it included a mini Friends reunion.
The actor, who played Monica Geller in the hit sitcom, flew out to to Cabo San Lucas on Wednesday four days after her actual birthday to celebrate with a group of gal pals.
The women – which included her Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston, actress Mary McCormack, producer Kristin Hahn and Jason Bateman’s wife Amanda Anka – looked holiday ready as they took on the beach.
We are sure the squad were hoping for a more relaxing trip than the last time some of them visited the resort.
Earlier this year, in February, Jennifer and friends – including Courteney and Amanda – jetted out to Cabo San Lucas for her 50th birthday, but their plane was forced to make an emergency landing after losing a wheel.
Jennifer, who played Rachel Green in Friends, recently admitted she and her friends got ‘pretty hammered’ while waiting for their aircraft to make it’s an emergency landing.
All was well and the group boarded a new plane the very next day, to our surprise.
Courteney Cox reunites with Friends BFFs Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow (Picture: @courteneycoxofficial/Instagram)
She said: ‘Everyone was like, “How could you get on another plane?” I was like, “Listen, we all had to fly around for six hours dumping fuel, we all got pretty hammered ’cause who knew what the end of this was gonna be. Let’s go out with some tequila”.’
Lisa, who played Phoebe, smiled with her two buddies as the birthday girl captioned the picture, writing: ‘How lucky am I to celebrate my birthday with these two???
‘I love you girls. So much.’
Lisa took to the comments section as she replied: ‘LOVE you girls! Happy happy Court.’
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Costumes are a television show essential. Without them, a show is rendered completely unbelievable, but with them they catapult our imaginations to a particular time and place, leaving behind a legacy in the process.
Whether it’s Villanelle’s pink dress in Killing Eve or Ugly Betty’s poncho, there’s usually always more than meets the eye and a whole world of tiny details that escape unnoticed.
Each week Back Into The Closet will deliver an exclusive look into the wardrobes of some of the world’s leading series to bring you all the costume secrets and niceties we might have missed.
Sam Waterston was cast last minute to replace an ill actor
Sam Waterston was a late addition to the Godless cast (Picture: Netflix)
Sam Wasterton played Marshal John Cook in the miniseries but it turns out he was brought in last minute to fill in for an ill actor who initially had the part.
‘We originally cast another actor as the Marshal, but they got ill,’ Betsy revealed. ‘Four days before shooting Sam stepped in and we had to completely redo the costumes.
‘Obviously a lot of violence happens with him and I had four days to meet him, measure him, buy fabric, make the suit, duster coat, boots and hat and I really didn’t see him until the day before he worked and then all the clothes had to be aged.
‘That was very challenging but everybody played their part perfectly. I was so proud. It was a tense moment but in the end it came out fantastic.’
Jack O’Connell played with his hat so much it got a hole in it
Jack O’Connell couldn’t stop playing with his hat (Picture: Netflix)
Skins star Jack O’Connell put a hole in his hat by playing around with it so much.
‘It was a brand new hat we made for him and we aged it down and he started wearing it,’ Betsy recalled. ‘I could have repaired it but I think in those days you had your going to church hat and you had your normal hat, so that was his hat.
‘It was natural wear and tear and it was a choice that I made. I could have repaired it but he actually helped me with the aging process.’
The women all wore an item from their husband’s wardrobe in the final episode
The women honoured their late husbands in the final episode (Picture: Netflix)
The finale episode titled Homecoming saw a huge bloody battle with the women taking prime position with their firearms.
Every single female wore an item of their husband’s clothing in the installment, with Betsy explaining: ‘I wanted the women to wear a piece of their husband’s clothing in the big battle as a homage to them.
‘That was an idea Scott [Frank] and I came up with. Just to fight man to man even though it was man to woman.’
Most of the characters wore the same boots throughout the entire season
The cast pretty much wore the same boots throughout the series (Picture: Netflix)
‘In that time period people didn’t have a lot of shoes, so most of the characters in the series wore the same shoe or boot the whole way through,’ Betsy said. ‘So it’s based on historical facts.’
Roy Goode and Alice were two exceptions to the rule though, with Betsy pointing out: ‘Alex had more than one pair of shoes which would change depending on whether or not she was going into town or digging in the well.
‘Meanwhile, Roy takes off his Civil War boots and he puts on his old boots that he has buried in the grave.’
All the costumes have vanished
The costumes have disappeared (Picture: Netflix)
Betsy has absolutely no clue as to where the costumes from Godless have gotten to.
‘I can’t seem to locate them,’ she confessed. ‘I’m not joking. I’ve looked for those pieces for people who’ve wanted to do an exhibition of the costumes and I don’t know where they are.’
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It’s official: Child’s Play is no movie for children and Mark Hamill is incredibly creepy as the Chucky for a new generation.
Opening in cinemas this week, the film centres on Buddi, an AI toy that is marketed to children.
We mean, a doll that comes to life is always going to be terrifying – add in the fact it plugs into your smart phone via USB and accesses all your data and say hello to your discomfort going up a notch.
Buddi is presented to Andy Barclay (played by Gabriel Bateman) by his mother Karen (Aubrey Plaza) as an early 13th birthday present, but he has a devilish twist to him that soon unravels itself.
You see, this particular Buddi is glitched AF and self-aware to a murderous degree. Much like that episode in The Simpsons when Bart’s Krusty the Clown doll had his Good/Evil switch set to Evil, this is very much along the same vein.
Directed by Lars Klevberg and written by Tyler Burton Smith, this spin on the classic 1988 version comes with pop culture references harping back to its slasher siblings (making light of the fact Buddi is most definitely not Chucky…by asking his human owner to name him just that) that’ll elicit some laughs from the older audience.
Aubrey is a mother and that’s also crazy (Picture: Orion Pictures)
Instead of borrowing completely from its predecessor in which the doll was possessed by the soul of a serial killer, this time around we’ve gone uber 2019 with this demented doll the simple work of malfunctioning artificial intelligence caused by human meddling.
Ominous.
From gallons of blood to irony ahoy, Child’s Play delivers on the prescribed inventory of your friendly neighbourhood suspense horror. It’s not like some brilliant twist is going to come out and bite you on the butt, but it’s that classic recipe of slash, laugh, slash that keeps you going for its concentration-friendly 90 minutes.
You don’t want this greeting you in a dark alley (Picture: Splash News)
What is perhaps most brilliant is the film cements Hamill as the voice of a truly terrifying force.
The Star Wars stalwart stepped in to lend his vocals after long-time Chucky Brad Dourif was benched. While it doesn’t have the same menacing tone of those that have come before, there is something extremely unsettling about Mark’s high-pitched take on the dungarees-donning doll.
If you’ve witnessed his Joker then you know what you’re in for. For everyone else, prepare to discover the lovable man who is basically the father of the internet become so innocently menacing it’s disconcerting.
But weirdly, seeing a malevolent, two-foot-tall doll voiced by Luke Skywalker run violent rampage on an unassuming neighbourhood is more believable than the fact Aubrey Plaza is playing mum to a young adult (according to her character, she had a ‘productive’ sweet 16th…).
There are some grisly moments involving murder by drone and garden melon-shredder, showing how far horror CGI has come since the original hit the screens – the old school kills seeming comical by today’s standards.
If anything, though, it’s a look at how we treat our smart technology – Buddi plugs into everything that has a microchip and steers the ship, from heating to the telly. We see how quickly they can be influenced by their human’s movements and that may be the most terrifying part of this whole thing.
We now survive in hope your Alexa hasn’t been wrongly programmed in the warehouse, or Siri isn’t watching slasher films behind your back and learning cues.
Child’s Play is in cinemas Friday.
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While Kylie, 21, seemed emotional over her best friend’s betrayal, her older sister Kim was particularly furious.
Discussing the awkward situation, Kim said Jordyn behaved like a ‘f*****g idiot’, telling Kylie: ‘I think that the tone, of not ever saying sorry — like, I would have been on Khloé’s doorstep, bawling my eyes out, being like, “F**k, I don’t know what the f**k I was doing. Holy s**t, I’m a f****g idiot.’
Kylie then went on to reveal what happened when she spoke to Jordyn on the phone soon after the revelation of the kiss made headline news.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder told Kim: ‘She didn’t really say anything. She was just crying the whole time.
‘I was just telling her, “I’m like, scared of you now, that you’re capable of waking up the next morning with a smile on your face”.’
Kim had a lot to say about the situation (Picture: E!)
Jordyn and Tristan created quite the controversial storm
Kylie continued: ‘And then I pretty much told her exactly what we’ve been talking about — like, “You weren’t thinking about True, not Khloé, not me, but you weren’t thinking about yourself. Like, look what you did”.
‘You could do whatever, but when it affects my family, me, then that’s when it’s a problem.’
The cheating scandal immediately ended Kylie’s longtime friendship with Jordyn, who later moved out of the TV star’s guest house.
Khloe also ended her three-year relationship with Tristan, whom she shares one-year-old daughter True with.
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In the past month alone, YouTuber David Dobrik has married his best friend’s mum, surprised a friend with $50,000 (£39,000) for her wedding, paid off a pal’s tuition, and given another friend a car.
Safe to say, he doesn’t do things by halves.
Known for surprising his friends and fans, often with eye-watering amounts of money, David has built up a following of more than 12 million at just 22 years old and he doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Chatting to Metro.co.uk, however, he doesn’t class his videos as anything ‘crazy’.
‘I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don’t want to do anything, like, insane,’ he explained. ‘I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don’t do anything crazy.’
And, although it might not seem like it sometimes, he’s got some strict boundaries.
‘I’m really good at seeing the boundaries, and if I’m not, my friends are like, “Hey, what the hell, don’t even think about doing that.”‘
David’s friends, known collectively as the Vlog Squad, consist of former Vine stars including Zane Hijazi, Heath Hussar, Corinna Kopf, Carly Incontro and Erin Gilfoy, as well as comedian Jason Nash, who David describes as the ‘angel on his shoulder’, and some of his hometown pals like Alex Ernst.
In the period after Vine shut down in 2016 (RIP), the stars one by one started picking up their vlog cameras to the point that, at any given time, one of them will have a camera rolling.
He’s in his element when all his friends have a camera out (Picture: Getty Image)
While some might be uncomfortable with this, David is in his element.
‘It’s the best, it’s so weird because, having your camera on constantly is known to be such a bad thing because it’s like, “Live in the moment,” but we genuinely have so much fun when we turn the camera on,’ he told us.
‘It doesn’t feel like work at all and we’re all trying to help each other out and make videos possible.
‘I’m really surprised that no one is ever like, “I don’t wanna film right now”. I haven’t heard that in like two years. It’s really weird, people love filming, they love being on camera.’
Despite many assuming his vlogs are scripted, he’s quick to insist otherwise.
‘I’m really proud of the fact that it’s really real. A lot of people go,“Oh it’s scripted”, but it’s really not,’ he explained. ‘We don’t write jokes or anything, the furthest we’ll go is we’ll repeat certain jokes for the camera.’
He’s also been known to collaborate with his fair share of celebrities, including Snoop Dogg, John Stamos, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner. However, he admits he’s still a bit of a fanboy when it comes to celebs.
‘Any time I film with some sort of celeb, I’m like “Wow, they were really f***ing cool.” I don’t know why, it’s a weird realisation I have, I don’t know if it’s the Mid-Western kid in me,’ he laughed.
‘I hate saying this, but they’re just like me and you!’
And he would never refer to himself as a celebrity.
‘I think celebrity is such a weird word. I see myself as, like, a personality. I hate saying the word “YouTuber” because it draws so much negative attention but I think personality is the best way to put it,’ he said.
‘I feel like a lot of people don’t have the most positive things to say about YouTubers,’ he pointed out.
When asked if he thinks some people look down on YouTubers, the star affirmed: ‘100%, I think there are some YouTubers who have made some mistakes and everyone makes mistakes, but I feel like some YouTubers are penalised for it a lot more than others because they put it all out on the internet so it’s easier to see people’s flaws.’
Despite that, David’s open to sharing a huge amount of his life, even making a video with his ex-girlfriend Liza Koshy to explain that they’d broken up last year.
But he does all he can to keep the negative parts of his life off of the internet.
‘I haven’t shared anything negative in my life, anything super sad,’ he recalled. ‘As much as [the viewers] are in my life, I don’t want them to be concerned about me. That’s not my job.
‘My job isn’t to complain online, or get involved in drama. I share everything that’s positive for the most part.’
And part of that is surprising people. Just recently, David surprised a fan he’d met through Bumble with $1000, telling us: ‘I’m super into surprising people because I feel like that’s so fun and simple to do to just make someone’s day and I really wanted to surprise someone with something not so outrageous, but something really random, like that $1000 I did.
‘Bumble’s the easiest way to connect with someone for it.’
While he’s not had much experience on dating apps, he confessed he’d given Bumble a go when he first moved to LA.
‘I actually tried Bumble when I moved out here, I was like 17, 18,’ he laughed. ‘I was on Bumble for a little bit. I don’t think it was successful!’
The Vlog Squad are a huge part of David’s life (Picture: YouTube/David Dobrik)
Despite his success, David’s well aware that social platforms don’t always last forever, having first made his name on Vine, which eventually shut down three years ago.
However, he’s staying optimistic about the future.
‘When Vine shut down, I remember telling myself, “I’m gonna figure it out, it’s all gonna be okay,” and I feel like that’s the same with YouTube, something new will always come up.’
‘I’ve been on YouTube for a while, it would be interesting to see what else would happen.’
With YouTube still around, David aims to shoot something every single day if possible – however, he’s completely aware of the issue of ‘YouTuber burnout’.
Praising Elle for her video, the 22-year-old added: ‘I haven’t burnt out yet, but I definitely see where that could possibly happen…You can’t make videos and not be having a good time doing it.
‘People will see that and they won’t enjoy it as much. So it’s really important to take care of yourself first.’
As for his plans for the future, David wants to hold onto what he’s got for as long as he possibly can.
‘Not just the YouTube thing, but having this be my job,’ he clarified. ‘I really love it so I want to figure out a way I can do this for the rest of my life.
‘Whether it’s doing a TV show, hosting a radio show, I just really want to stay in this business.’
While he can see himself going into traditional media, he adds that ‘traditional media and the media I’m in now are just going to mix and it’s just gonna be a big blend in five to ten years.
But that certainly doesn’t mean he’d turn down an opportunity to make The David Dobrik Show. Giggling, he told us: ‘I’m definitely down.’
Watch this space.
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I notice a lot of people on the Inbox seem to talk as if they have all or most of the consoles that are released… am I the only one that only has one? (A PlayStation 4.) I enjoy gaming, but not enough to want to spend over a grand per generation on different consoles. I’ve been that way most generations and as far as I can gather, by seeing what my friends do, that’s the norm?
Apart from anything I think I’d be overwhelmed if I had so many different formats. Where would I put them? How would I have the time to play all the extra exclusives? Plus I’d have to pay three online subscriptions instead of just one. It all seems like far too much hassle and much too much money.
Personally I can’t waiting till video game streaming is 100% because that will simplify things greater. No stupid brick under the TV, no discs to keep on the shelf, and hopefully, with cross-play, less concern about what formats your mates have got. I’ve always been one for the one format future and while I don’t think it’ll ever happen exactly like that this is the closest we’ve been in a long time. Eckard
Waiting for a Switch
I see there’s been another (fake) leak about the Switch Mini and while it’s not true everyone seems convinced it’s going to happen, and probably quite soon. I don’t understand why if it’s out this year they didn’t announce it at E3? Does that imply they’re hiding something? Surely they’d want it to out in time for Pokémon Sword/Shield, which it sounds like it’d be perfect for.
Haven’t seen anything concrete on the supposed Switch Pro though, so maybe that’s being held back for next year? Would be a bit odd to release two new models at once I guess.
I ask because I haven’t got a Switch yet and like many I don’t want to be caught out by Nintendo announcing a new model just as I buy the old one. But there’s a lot coming out soon, beginning next month, and I’d rather not play unnecessary catch-up by it only coming out in the autumn. Oh well, when’s the next Direct…? Dickon
GC: Isn’t this a question about understanding or predicting Nintendo? Because you know how that always goes…
Specialist subject
I was slightly bemused by the head of Platinum’s comments on console manufacture.
The benefits of using more standardised architecture for console are, amongst others, easier ports between platforms, cheaper consoles, backwards compatibility, and a more straightforward design process for game developers.
Weighed against these advantages, the novelty value of each console having custom-made chips seems small. Matt (he_who_runs_away – PSN ID)
GC: We don’t think he wanted custom chips for pure novelty but because it implied consoles could have certain specialities, as they used to, instead of just being a jack of all trades.
Just writing to note the sad demise of one of the best ever independent games stores.
GForce in Glasgow has sadly closed down after 27 years.
I have bought almost all my games from them since 1992 and they were usually available a couple of days early, and sometimes up to a week early.
They built my first PC (Pentium 90, DOS, and Windows 3.1).
A gaming institution is no more but I for one will never forget them. Shuggybarr
Quite different
The obvious difference between Kinder Eggs and some loot box systems is that even if you get a duplicate toy in your Kinder Egg it still has a value – you might enjoy having two of the same toy, or you can swap it with a friend or stick it on eBay. Not to mention the chocolate you’re also getting either way.
None of this applies to loot box systems in which you might end up paying for just a duplicate costume, for example, that is literally impossible to extract any benefit from, hence you’ve won precisely nothing and gambled away your money.
But of course EA and their ilk know this, and are just trying to wriggle out of scrutiny with what strikes me as an intellectually dishonest comparison. Le shock. Dynamite Headdy
GC: Don’t forget it’s ‘quite fair’. Not very fair, but quite fair.
Less is more
Following the recent high-profile update release, my brother, a friend and I thought it would be worth giving Sea Of Thieves a try. And we gave it a proper try too… but it’s very dull. The whole experience has really brought home what I feel is the biggest missed opportunity in modern gaming – co-op.
Sea Of Thieves could be brilliant but it’s not. The islands are all the same, the missions are all the same, and there is absolutely zero sense of progression. I wish the great basis they have could be made into something more substantial.
It feels like Rare are using so many resources to make it an ‘online experience’ for as many players to interact with at once, that they forget to make it a fully formed, proper game. I realise that profit is the bottom line, and that’s fair enough, but I really wish that there were more quality, fully formed adventure games that you can play through with friends – not the empty, repetitive games as a service which are ten a penny now. You really don’t need 60 people playing at once to make a game fun – three or four players with more room for an actual game would be far better. drumbeatvideo
GC: Technically you can have couch co-op if one player is on an Xbox and the other is on a laptop – Sea Of Thieves has very low system requirements. That’ll be even easier to do once Project xCloud starts.
Hardcore reloading
RE: Smokin Monkey. The only games I remember you throwing bullets away are Operation Flashpoint, which is ancient but spawned the ArmA series. And Arizona Sunshine which is a VR game.
You can pick up the clip and it adds to your total but you need to be quick. Bobwallett
GC: ArmA is a good call, those games were always the most realistic.
Sigh… It can be hard reading the pages of GameCentral and being, primarily, an Xbox gamer. The letters are rolling in expressing opinions that Microsoft had an open goal this E3 and still managed to kick the ball three feet short of scoring…
I am hopeful for the future though, I’m a Halo devotee so the new title has me excited. I believe that Playground Games have the tech to create a beautiful Fable, I want them to realise the potential of that franchise and the portfolio of developers Microsoft has purchased have all released games I’ve enjoyed. And thanks to Game Pass Ultimate I’ll get to play for ‘free’ (till 2021).
I do have worries. Gears 5 really needs to update its gameplay, anything from adding a hub world with gated entry via items à la Batman: Arkham, a greater focus on melee, or a complete rethink of its combat mechanics but a sixth entry where it’s simply a linear slog through waves of enemies will be something of a letdown and would be unhappy evidence that Microsoft haven’t learned a thing from the other Gears Of Wars and its sublime update.
Microsoft do have one area in which I feel they excel. Online multiplayer. Sea Of Thieves has been one of my favourite games this generation. I’ve played most of Sony’s big games on release, and dabbled with VR, but I always return to Xbox multiplayer. Halo, Forza, Sea Of Thieves, and old favourites or new curiosities on Game Pass mean my PlayStation 4 and Switch lie unused for long parts of the year…
That’s just me though… the love expressed on these for the Switch, VR, Sony exclusives, and all manner of games and activities is infectious and I’m thankful for being lucky enough to have tried them all.
I just wanted readers to know there are people out there who genuinely prefer the multiplayer focus of Microsoft first party releases. DarKerR (gamertag)/DarKerR-UK (PSN ID)
Inbox also-rans
The John Wick game sounds really interesting. A fighting system that looks like a video editing timeline? Finally, my career choice will benefit my gaming life! Sparky the Yak
Man, I haven’t thought about Evil Genius in years, what a blast from the past to dig up. Maybe one day EA will get round to a new Dungeon Keeper. Yeah, right… Gauntlett
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Luisa Zissman welcomed third daughter Clementine back in 2017 – her second child with businessman Andrew Collins.
And the Apprentice star – who also has Dixie from a previous marriage to husband Oliver Zissman – is absolutely done with having more children.
Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, the 32-year-old lifted the lid on adjusting to having three little ones running around.
‘It’s really hard. It’s a challenge on a daily basis. But amazing,’ she told us. ‘I will definitely never have another one. I’m very happy with my three.
‘Three is a handful. And I take whatever help I can get. It’s tough, but I wouldn’t change it. I think you know when you’re done, and I’m definitely done. I barely have time for the three that I have.
‘I think people now, and people my age becoming parents, are a lot more selfish than our parents were. We do want to go out with our friends, we do want to have couples nights away. It’s harder with three kids, it’s a juggling act, but I’m lucky.
‘I have my parents here, I’ve got a nanny. Would I have had any more if I didn’t have the luxury of those? Maybe not, I don’t know. But they’re fun. We’re all dancing around Disney. I love my girls, I just adore them. I always wanted girls, we’re a good little girl gang.’
Luisa previously delighted her fans with pictures of her ‘girl gang’ on social media – sharing glimpses of her kids on social media.
However, this changed shortly after Clementine’s birth, and she no longer posts pictures of their faces for her fans.
‘I think it will change when they make the decision, and when they’re old enough to go on it,’ she continued. ‘I don’t show them because they have a right to privacy.
‘Sometimes I think we overshare so much, and we actually don’t really know, long term, what effect that’s going to have on any of us because we’re the first generation that are coming through with social media.
‘I don’t really like it when parents show their kids in the bath, or potty training. I just think some things are better left private and the people that love them, see them…’
Luisa isn’t planning on having any more children (Picture: WireImage)
Which is fair enough.
As well as taking care of her little ones – and training up as a horse jockey for the Magnolia Cup Charity Race – Luisa also hosts a podcast with Celebs Go Dating star Anna Williamson, and has been praised for just how open the pair can get.
Part of why listeners love it so much – and why Luanna (aka the new Ant and Dec) are going on tour – is they have a straightforward chat about exactly what is on their minds, with no judgement and even less filter.
But does she ever worry about being so open and honest with her views?
‘I don’t get nervous because anything I say, I genuinely believe and I think if I wasn’t being true to myself, then perhaps,’ she said. ‘But actually, everything that we talk about, I genuinely feel or have like a strong belief in.
‘I’m not bulls****ing, if I say something, I will do it or that’s how I feel. So I don’t really get nervous, because it’s just my opinion, if you don’t agree with it, that’s fine. You’re entitled to not agree with it.
‘It’s so annoying when you say one thing and people are like, “I don’t agree with that we’re not friends anymore. I don’t like her anymore”. It’s so pathetic. I can say something you won’t like, and that’s fine, we can disagree and then we can be move on. It doesn’t have to be like a big, be all and end all.
‘[Cancel culture] is so strange. It’s very bizarre. We’re just way too sensitive nowadays. It’s a big thing with my kids, like, I joke with my nine-year-old [daughter] Dixie.
‘And I’m like, “Don’t be a snowflake, I can’t bear it”. But it’s true. It’s like, you know what? Get over it. You don’t have a right to be offended by that. So just shut up and move on.
‘I think there’s so much complication in life now that people need to just be more up front. You’re not being nasty with it, it doesn’t mean that you’re being a b***h. It just means you’ve got a right to say what you think.
‘We’re too censored nowadays.’
Luisa is adamant that, if more people were straightforward with each other and actually spoke their minds, the world would be a better place.
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Two Door Cinema Club have lost a giant inflatable fire extinguisher (Picture: Redferns)
Two Door Cinema Club are on the hunt for a giant inflatable fire extinguisher – after theirs was stolen out of their lock-up.
Yes, seriously.
Taking to Instagram, the What You Know singers revealed their 35ft prop was taken, just days before their Glastonbury set.
And we have so many questions.
‘URGENT – We have had a break in at our lock up near Gatwick, thankfully relatively little was stolen but we our missing a specific prop we had made in the US for Glastonbury which was delivered last week to our lock up,’ they told their 212k followers.
‘It’s a pretty big inflatable fire extinguisher that measures around 35ft in length, it has our name down the side and they’ve taken it inflated with its internal motor.
‘There’s a pic of the inflatable below before it was shipped. If you have seen it or know anyone involved we are offering a reward so please email us TDCCinflatable@gmail.com.’
So just FYI, if you spot a giant fire extinguisher floating around near the airport – or anywhere in the UK – don’t panic.
Or maybe do, who knows?
It seems the bands followers are equally as baffled, with many questioning whether this has anything to do with their upcoming album, False Alarm.
One asked: ‘Why…would you steal…a 35ft inflatable fire extinguisher?????’
‘How does one even get that out the door discretely,’ another said.
While a fan commented: ‘How do you steal a whole ass IN F L AT E D 35 FOOT fire extinguisher, damn.’
And an Instagram user added: ‘Idk if this is legit or a literal false alarm I’m deeply confused.’
But it seems the Something Good Can Work stars truly are on the hunt for their giant inflatable fire extinguisher, sliding in with the hashtag: ‘#FindOurFireExtinguisher.’
Maybe have a hunt for a giant, 35ft inflatable fire, huns…
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‘Listen… when they’re hacking you, they’re hacking all of your stuff…whether its one picture or a million pictures.
‘Once you take that picture it goes into the cloud and it’s available to any hacker that wants it… and if you don’t know that in 2019 that this is an issue.’
She added: ‘I’m sorry you don’t get to do that. You cannot be surprised that someone hacks you.’
‘Shame on you for putting that public opinion out there like that for every young girl to think that they’re disgusting for even taking a photo like that. Shame on you.
‘I’m not gonna lie, I want to say I feel pretty disgusting, ya know… I feel pretty disgusting, Whoopi.
‘Knowing everyone seen my s**t. And I just want to say that me watching this interview made me feel bad about myself.
‘And I hope you’re happy. I hope you’re so f***ing happy.’
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Liam Payne mocks his own Ascot outfit (Picture: Monopoly / Getty)
Liam Payne has just gone and poked fun at his Ascot outfit.
The 25-year-old was enjoying his day at the races when he took to Instagram to share a joke with his 17.5million followers.
Uploading a picture of himself wearing a suit and a red tie, which he had paired with a top hat, the Strip That Down hitmaker laughed off the fact he resembled the Monopoly man.
Sharing a cartoon of the character, he wrote: ‘Have you ever seen me and the Monopoly man in the same room.’
Fans were quick to comment and couldn’t help but draw comparisons.
‘Can’t deny that you do both look alike,’ one teased, while another added: ‘Stream monopoly by ariana grande & victoria monet.’
He compared himself to the Monopoly man (Picture: Getty Images)
Others were left in stitches: ‘You are such a meme,’ they called him.
And it seems the father-of-one is not the only one who is making fun of the Ascot pictures going through our feeds this week.
As he posed with Dame Joan Collins and his Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid, the controversial presenter joked he was a ‘rose between two thorns.’
Piers was also at the races (Picture: Instagram)
However, it seems the snap caught his fellow ITV presenter’s eye, who quipped: ‘So lovely of those two glorious women to talk their auld granda out for the day.’
Piers and Lorraine have had on going beef since her awkward moment with Esther McVey.
Lorraine surprisingly ‘broke character’ to snub the Conservative MP on live TV, claiming not to remember her from her days as a presenter on breakfast programme GMTV.
Following a debate about Jo Brand’s controversial joke about throwing acid at politicians, Piers led into the usual segment with Lorraine explaining what was coming up on her show that day.
He said: ‘Talking of someone who’s never offensive, Lorraine Kelly.’
Lorraine pulled an awkward face as Susanna added: ‘Oh I don’t know…’
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If there’s two video games every parent, even those that have zero interest in gaming, have heard of it’s Minecraft and Fortnite (with Grand Theft Auto probably in third, even though kids aren’t supposed to play it).
Fortnite’s unparalleled success has been due to just a few obvious factors: it’s free, it’s constantly updated, and it’s actually quite good. Everyone plays it but particularly cash-strapped kids, at whom most of the marketing and gaudy costumes are aimed at.
But what goes up must go down and at some point Fortnite is inevitably going to see a decline in interest, and that time looks like being round about now.
The latest Google search data, as noticed by Forbes, shows that interest in Fortnite has been on a steady decline and Minecraft has seen an unexpected spike – with Minecraft creators Mojang reporting that YouTube views of Minecraft related videos were up 8% last month.
Fortnite’s decline is by no means sudden or unexpected but what is surprising is the rise in interest for Minecraft.
It’s probably related to the game’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which have raised its profile, and the annoucement of mobile AR app Minecraft Earth and console-based dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons.
Although plenty of adults play Fortnite the audience for Minecraft is more predominately children, with most tending to grow out of it in their early teens.
The uptick though could show that some are no longer embarrassed by their earlier obsession and are now coming back to the game. Something which Minecraft Earth is likely to encourage even more.
Prince Charles and Daniel looked thrilled to see each other again (Picture: Getty Images)
Daniel Craig had the pleasure of hosting Prince Charles on set of James Bond this afternoon and frankly, they couldn’t have looked more pleased to see each other.
Prince Charles, 70, headed to Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath on Thursday to meet with the cast of the upcoming Bond 25, including actress Naomi Harris, actor Ralph Fiennes and director Cary Fukunaga.
The cast were delighted to give His Royal Highness a tour of the famous sprawling set, and was spotted chatting to Naomi, 42, as a portrait of Dame Judi Dench in her iconic character M hung on the wall next to them.
But perhaps the highlight of Prince Charles’ set visit was getting a personal tour of Bond’s beloved Aston Martin DB5, which Daniel had the pleasure of unveiling.
No word yet on whether Charles was offered a martini, shaken not stirred.
At one point, Charles was seen watching clips from past Bond movies using headphones and, judging by the smile on his face, was highly entertained.
According to royal reporter Richard Palmer, Charles was invited to the set in his role as royal patron of the British Film Institute and the UK intelligence services.
Charles got to see the Aston Martin DB5 up close (Picture: Getty Images)
Pure bants (Picture: PA)
Daniel, 51, seemed to be in high spirits despite suffering a series of setbacks in recent weeks.
The Casino Royale actor broke his ankle while filming an intense scene on the Bond 25 set in Jamaica last month. He was subsequently flown out to the US for an operation and to seek treatment with a specialist doctor.
Daniel’s injury meant production was delayed by around a week but filming resumed earlier this month.
Assuring fans that he’s back on the mend, a photo of Daniel working out in the gym with a boot on his injured foot was posted to the official 007 Instagram account.
That’s not the only drama to swarm Bond 25 recently, as it’s claimed Daniel and his co-star Rami Malek, who will play a villain, have ‘struggled’ to film together in recent weeks.
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Sophie Turner has revealed that her dad always wanted her to marry a musician (Picture: Getty Images)
Most fathers have an idea about what kind of man they hope their daughter will marry and luckily for Sophie Turner’s dad, the actress chose exactly what he wanted.
Turns out the Game of Thrones star’s dad really hoped she would tie the knot to a musician or a sportsman and now Andrew Turner’s got a Jonas Brother as his son-in-law.
‘My dad was beyond pleased when I married a musician because it was always kind of, “You have to marry a rugby player or a musician”‘, Sophie admitted to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s podcast, HFPA in Conversations.
‘So I got one of them right.’
But the X-Men: Dark Phoenix star admitted her dad wasn’t really a Jo Bros fan before she started dating Joe but things have changed now.
‘He’s getting into the Jonas Brothers. They weren’t his demographic, but he’s getting into them now and he loves them and the new music is fantastic.’
Now Sophie’s dad has a Jonas Brother for a son-in-law. Winning! (Picture: Getty Images)
Sophie, 23, and Joe became engaged in 2017 and had been planing a French countryside wedding.
But after Joe, 29, and his brothers performed at the annual Billboard Music Awards in Vegas in April, they decided to hell with it and got wed with an Elvis impersonator.
In a video shared on Diplo’s Instagram story, the actress was seen heading into a chapel with the Jonas Brothers singer, where they become husband and wife.
The couple are still planning to have a big wedding in France this summer and have just held a separate stag and hen do ahead of the ceremony.
Fingers crossed we get to see another video from their big day!
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Kylie Jenner is ‘scared’ of Jordyn Woods (Picture: Getty Images/ WireImage)
Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner discussed Jordyn Woods and the Tristan Thompson scandal, with Kylie admitting that she was ‘scared of’ Jordyn.
‘Never in a million years’ did Khloe, 34, think that Jordyn, 21, would hurt her. These are Khloe’s words as she recalled the events that rocked headlines earlier this year.
In case you live under a rock. Jordyn, a close friend of the Kardashian-Jenner family was kissed by Tristan Thompson, the father of Khloe’s baby.
In a clip from Sunday’s all-new Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the mother of one sat down with sisters Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, Jordyn’s former friend, to discuss the betrayal.
Kylie said: ‘I called her and she didn’t really say anything. She was just like, you know crying the whole time.
‘And I was just telling her, “I’m like scared of you now. Like, you’re capable of waking up the next morning with a smile on your face.”’
Kylie’s words came right after Khloe shared: ‘Tristan, we’ve all known what he’s capable of. Look what he did when I was nine months pregnant.
Their long term friendship is over (Picture: Getty Images)
‘But I knew who he was. I never in a million years thought that’s who she was.’
In fact, the disbelief ran so deep as a shocked Kim reminded the girls that ‘no one believed’ the story when it first dropped.
Things are very complex at the moment as Khloe is Kylie’s sister, while Jordyn is Kylie’s best friend.
Kylie said that she reminded Jordyn of the lengths of her betrayal.
Tristan and Khloe share baby True together (Picture: Getty)
‘I pretty much told her exactly what we’ve been talking about. Like, “You weren’t thinking about True, not Khloe, not me”,’ Kris Jenner’s youngest adds.
‘”But you weren’t thinking about yourself like, look what you did.”.’
While Kylie seemingly suggests she can forgive quite a bit, she makes it clear that actions against her family are an entirely different cause all-together.
The lip kit guru added: ‘You could do whatever, but when it affects my family, me, then that’s when it’s a problem.’
Kylie taking sides with Khloe seems to mark the end of the girls’ long-term friendship with mama Kardashian, Kris, likening Kylie ditching Jordyn to a ‘divorce’. Ouch.
The girls have been best friends since 2013, with Jordyn even living in the lip kit mogul’s mansion.
Jordyn previously said that she said she will ‘always have love’ for Kylie, but it looks like Kylie has made her own thoughts pretty clear now.
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Love Island are bringing Casa Amor back (Picture: ITV)
The Love Island gang are set to get a massive shake-up as Casa Amor returns – with 12 newbies heading to Mallorca.
And we can only imagine the amount of shapes Tommy Fury is going to find himself in.
According to reports, viewers will be getting their first look at the new villa next week, and we are already counting down the days.
It was previously claimed Casa Amor would be taking a back seat this year – after antics last year led to a string of Ofcom complaints, most notably when Dani Dyer broke down thinking Jack Fincham had been unfaithful.
There will be chaos on Love Island once more (Picture: Splash)
Maura Higgins will love that.
Love Island boss Angelia Jain previously told The Sun: ‘What we do in terms of format twists – as this is ongoing casting – we’re trying to mirror real life and relationships do get tested, that’s entirely normal.
‘So we will test them and the islanders are fully aware their relationships will get tested.
‘We will do that because that’s the expectation for the audience and the islanders.’
Can current favourites Michael and Amber, and Curtis and Amy, hold up under the separation?
Or will their heads be turned by the 12 new bombshells – like when Josh Denzel walked back into the original villa with Kaz Crossley on his arm…
We cannot wait to find out.
Love Island continues daily, at 9pm, on ITV2.
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The Oscar-winning actor both executive produced and stars in the World War II set satire, based on Joseph Heller’s infamous book – appearing as hapless Commander Sheisskopf alongside a cast that also includes Girls star Christopher Abbott as main character John Yossarian.
Of course it’s not the first time that the actor has taken a prominent role on TV – as he originally found fame on the small screen before appearing in all those hit movies.
But what other shows did Clooney appear in? Let’s offer ourselves a brief reminder…
What other TV shows has George Clooney been in?
The 58-year-old notched up numerous TV appearances in the early days of his career, appearing in several episodes of Roseanne, Facts Of Life and two detective series, Bodies Of Evidence and Sisters, which aired in the early 90s.
However his breakthrough role came in the smash hit medical drama ER, which ran for 15 years from 1994-2009.
Clooney found fame as womanising Dr Doug Ross in ER in the 90s (Picture: Alamy)
The series, created by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, and set in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital, starred Clooney as paediatrician Dr Doug Ross, a devoted doctor with a troubled past and seriously womanising ways.
He appeared in the show from 1994-1999, leaving the series to focus on his then blossoming film career.
However he returned in the final season in 2009, with a storyline which saw his character, now working in Seattle, trying to persuade a grandmother (Susan Sarandon) to donate the organs of her grandson, who has been gravely injured in a cycling accident.
What else did George Clooney appear in?
As well as his recurring roles you might also have spotted Clooney in Friends in 1995 – basically playing his ER role in the episode The One With Two Parts: Part Two.
He also voiced Stan’s dog Sparky in the South Park episode Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride.
When is Catch-22 on?
The series kicks off on Channel 4 on Thursday night at 9pm.
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Jada is often honest about her sex life on Red Table Talk (Picture: Overbrook Entertainment)
Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed some intimate details about her sex life and recalls having a threesome when she was younger, but wasn’t a huge fan.
The Gotham actress is currently married to Will Smith but, before she fell in love with the Fresh Prince of Bel Air star, she ‘experimented in her sex life, which included having sex with two ‘cute people’.
The 47-year-old opened up about her former sex antics during the latest episode of her Facebook series Red Table Talks and said: ‘I had a threesome once. I was very, very young. Like early 20s.’
However, it wasn’t for her as Jada admits: ‘I didn’t like it. It just didn’t have the level of intimacy [I wanted].
‘But I tried it once and I was like, “Well, that’s not for me”.’
It seems the threesome wasn’t entirely planned as Jada explains that while she had thought about it, it wasn’t until she came across the right people that she decided to go ahead.
She explained: ‘But I always think if I was in love with two people, that’s another level. I could see and join a threesome then, but I was a kid.
Will and Jada have been happily married for 20 years (Picture: FilmMagic )
‘I saw two cute people and I was like, “Hey”.’
At that point in the discussion, Jada’s mother Adrienne Banfield said: ‘It was a sexual experiment.’
The Hollywood starlet told Jimmy Kimmel: ‘I never thought that I personally would have a TMI moment and that was the show.
‘It was a group decision because there were a lot of women; part of our production team; and a lot of friends of ours that have had problems with their mates and their relationships because of pornography.’
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