Vikings newbie Kristy Dawn Dinsmore has shared a string of behind the scenes snaps ahead of the third episode of the sixth and final season.

The actress will be playing Amma in the next installment of the History Channel hit, where she’ll star alongside her boyfriend Alexander Ludwig.

And to mark her arrival in the series, the newcomer uploaded a group picture of the cast and crew onto her Instagram story.

In the snap, Kristy could be seen dragging the Bjorn star into the frame as she cradled his head while beaming down the lens.

The couple were joined by the likes of Katheryn Winnick, who plays Lagertha, Floki star Gustaf Skarsgård and Clive Standen who portrayed Rollo in the historical saga.

Alongside the picture, Kristy wrote to her 59,000 followers: ‘Fam jam.’

Katheryn shared a similar picture on Wednesday evening when taking part in an Instagram Q&A.

Here the 41-year-old appeared to snub her co-star Travis Fimmel when a fan asked who her favourite person is to work with.

While we all thought it was going to be the Ragnar Lothbrok star, the actress took the opportunity to promote her upcoming movie.

‘My head is in a dryer right now,’ she told fans to explain the picture on her post, before adding: ‘Just finished movie with Sean Penn called Flag Day. Very excited about that.’

She then went onto address foot fetishes, and why she hasn’t traveled all over the world to meet the Vikings fandom before teasing what’s to come in season six.

When asked what her favourite season was, she chose the current one, adding: ‘Amazing new actors, intense drama, and shocking death for many.’

The star even opened up on the hours of work that went into getting Lagertha’s ‘wrinkles, scars and wigs’ right.

Katheryn recently revealed that she fought to keep her character alive after the director Michael Hirst received a number of death threats for Lagertha’s potential doom.

Vikings season six continues Wednesday on Amazon Prime and the History Channel.

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Carol McGiffin had an awkward live TV moment on Loose Women in the middle of a serious debate.

On Thursday’s show Carol joined panelists Jane Moore, Nadia Sawalha and Christine Lampard and talk turned to activist Greta Thunberg.

The 16-year-old had been named as TIME’s Person Of The Year 2019, which Jane felt was only because of her age.

She explained: ‘You can’t criticise her because she’s a minor, so it kind of shuts down the debate a bit.

‘I think a lot of people that could unpick what she says and argue with it in an intellectual way don’t, because then everyone says, “Oh you’re bullying a child”.’

Nobody is arguing or even disputing the fact that we have climate change. The climate changes, it always has…’

Before she finished making her point she was interrupted by a text alert from her phone that she had placed on the desk in front of her.

She quickly snatched it up and shoved it in her back pocket while apologising to the audience.

‘Oh my phone’s on. Sorry. Sorry about that,’ Carol said sheepishly as the studio audience laughed.

‘Sitting on it won’t stop it!’ Nadia joked.

The panelist went on to say she felt Greta, who has been raising awareness of the climate emergency, had been ‘a little brainwashed’.

Carol said: ‘She might just be a little brainwashed. I am questioning it, and the thing is you’re not. Unless you question things how do you know what the truth is?’

Meanwhile Jane felt the teenager was ‘scaring’ younger children.

‘Her age is what we celebrate rather than her message,’ Jane said.

‘Her message is something scientists have been saying for some time. She is appealing to a generation but to my mind a lot of what she says is scaring the young generation. “This whole the planet’s gonna end if we don’t do x y or z.”’

However Nadia disagreed, telling her co-star: ‘I agree with Jane about scaring people but her urgency, she is speaking for a generation.’

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV.

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Liam Gallagher is not a happy camper after his gig was cut short mid-song in Australia.

The musical legend was banging out iconic Oasis song Supersonic (said to be his final tune) to loyal punters at a sold out show at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne when the clock struck 11pm.

Like some sort of social Cinderella, he had to be off stage by this time and when he wasn’t the plug was quite literally pulled.

In a fan video uploaded of the moment he was silenced, Liam is seen impatiently pacing around the stage as the crowd continued to bang out the tune in defiance.

Fans wasted no time in taking to Twitter to voice their frustration in having their concert cut short.

THE MOMENT A CRIME WAS COMMITTED. @liamgallagher #whymewhynot pic.twitter.com/vowhcjgsuU

— georgie potter (@georgiepotterrr) December 11, 2019

The fuming former Oasis frontman took to social media himself to sound off as he left the stage rather disappointed following the curfew palaver, as he claimed he faced a $250,000 (£131k) fine.

Liam wrote after the performance: ‘Well that was a load of w*nk getting cut off last song we weren’t that bad I’ve heard worse any ways thems the rules you still smashed it Melbourne biblical stay young stay safe LG x.’

He claimed in another tweet: ‘250 thousand dollar fine if we played over the curfew last night 250 thousand dollars 250 thousand dollars.

‘I mean those tunes are biblical and I’m the f*cking biblical brother but c’mon that’s a f*cking piss take who ever made that rule needs to stop smoking SPICE.’

Following the uproar, because honestly, there would be riots in the UK cutting off Supersonic, a Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust statement said: ‘We share in fans’ disappointment with the way the performance concluded and apologise for the impact this had on their enjoyment of the show.

‘All venue hirers and their production crews are briefed to ensure all events meet the noise pollution requirements of the Environmental Protection Authority Victoria.

‘To meet these requirements, the Trust has implemented an 11.00pm curfew policy.’

It was claimed a member of Liam’s camp pulled the plug, as the statement added: ‘In no instance has the Trust requested a performance be abruptly finished and on this occasion tour management made the decision to end the performance at 11.00pm.

‘We are working closely with Secret Sounds and their tour management to understand what led to this decision.’

Indeed Secret Sounds said in their own statement to Triple M: ‘As Liam said, there is a $250K fine for breaking curfew at Margaret Court Arena. And although his “tunes are biblical and he is the f*#$king biblical brother” and a god like genius icon, curfew is curfew, so the last song of his set was cut short by his team who wanted to respect those rules and the surrounding residents.

‘This was not carried out by the venue directly. Liam’s Australian shows have been incredible to date, we are all disappointed that the show ended in this way for Melbourne fans, who to that point, had been on an LG live show high.’

Liam still evidently loves the country, despite the strict noise rules, as he later tweeted: ‘Other than that I’m seriously loving Australia when I’m rich n famous I might get myself a little gaff out here c’mon you know LG x.’

Metro.co.uk contacted Liam’s reps for comment.

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Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she was ordered to ‘dress sexy’ in order to land her role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

The actress’ role as the sorority girl turned lawyer in the iconic 2001 comedy film is perhaps one of her most recognisable film roles, but she revealed that the entertainment executive Goldwyn Mayer, who distributed the film, had not even considered her for the starring role.

‘My manager finally called and said, “You’ve got to go meet with the studio head because he will not approve you. He thinks you really are your character from your Election and that you’re repellent,”’ Reese told The Hollywood Reporter. ‘And then I was told to dress sexy for the meeting.’

However, the 43-year-old was not put off by this suggestion due to the standards at the time.

‘You’re 23, you have a baby at home, you need the money and you’re being told that by people who know what they’re doing,’ she continued.

‘It’s funny to think of all the things we were told to do back then because now you’re thinking, “Oh God, if somebody told my daughter to do that, she’d be like, I really hope you’re joking.”’

Reese also recalled the audition process – and she admitted feeling quite intimidated by the nature of it.

‘I remember a room full of men who were asking me questions about being coed and being in a sorority.

‘Even though I had dropped out of college four years earlier and I have never been inside a sorority house.’

But in the end, it all worked out for Reese – as Legally Blonde became a massive success upon its release, grossing $142million (£108m) in international box office totals. It also spawned a sequel, Legally Blonde 2 (2003) and spin-off, Legally Blondes (2009).

It was also the star’s breakout movie role, which has helped to cement her success in the entertainment industry.

And if that wasn’t enough – a third installment in the Legally Blonde franchise, and fourth film overall is set to be released next year – with Reese reprising her role as Elle Woods.

Legally Blonde 3 will hit cinemas on 8 May 2020.

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Victim survivors have spoken out in a first-look trailer of Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer – and it will give you goosebumps.

The documentary includes harrowing interviews with Ted Bundy’s former girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall (also known by the last name Kloepfer) and her daughter Molly as they discuss what made Bundy have such an intense hold over women.

Bundy attacked and murdered many young women in the early 70s, eventually being executed for his crimes in 1989.

The new documentary will stream as a five-part docuseries where both Elizabeth and her daughter open up about their experiences with new unsettling details about Bundy, the inconceivable pull he had on women, and an abundant archive of never-before-seen family photos.

The chilling trailer sees many women come forward for the first time including interviews with Ted’s lawyer, police officers, and news reporters.

The trailer starts with one of the victims exclaiming: ‘It has been told many times by men, but now it’s time to talk about it because we lived and so many people didn’t.’

They are joined by a chorus of female voices, including survivors of Bundy’s attacks – some of whom are stepping forward for the first time – with chilling accounts that will forever change the Bundy narrative and provoke a discussion around gender politics that hauntingly resonates today.

The serial killer first met Elizabeth in 1969 while he was studying psychology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she worked as a secretary.

The couple first met in a bar, with Elizabeth quickly falling for Ted, who helped her raise her daughter Tina.

They remained together during the early 1970’s, which is the time when he had committed many of his crimes.

Speaking to journalists while in prison he spoke about how much he loved her, saying: ‘I was terribly jealous of her. I used to agonize about losing her. I used to just torture myself.’

Elizabeth first went to the county police to report her suspicions about Bundy being connected with a spate of young women disappearing in the Washington area.

She stayed with him during this time but didn’t tell him about her reports to the police, she even planned to visit him after his move to Utah.

The couple later discussed marriage, despite Bundy starting a relationship with divorced mother of two Carole Ann Boone, who Elizabeth didn’t know about.

Following his initial arrest, Elizabeth was interviewed by the police and she gave more details about her suspicions, and she also helped them determine that Bundy wasn’t with her at any of the times that the murders were committed.

Despite the evidence being built around Ted Bundy for kidnapping charges, he remained close with Elizabeth and lived in her house while he was on bail.

She released her memoirs about her time spent with the serial killer in 1981 called The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. It was one of the final times that she has spoken publicly about her relationship with Bundy.

Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer to Launch 31 January 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.

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Karen Gillian has admitted that she was not the biggest fan of her acting during her time in Doctor Who – and she wishes she could ‘redo’ some of her performance in the show’s fifth series.

The actress was well known for portraying companion Amy Pond in the popular sci-fi series, alongside Matt Smith as the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor, before her character and husband Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) left at the conclusion of the fifth episode in series seven in 2012.

Now Karen has revealed that she would ideally like to re-act her scenes in the first half of her first series (series five) in the role, which was broadcast on BBC One in 2010.

‘I’d go back to the first half of the first series that I did and just redo that acting,’ she told Fandom. ‘I know a lot more about acting now. I was a wee child.’

She also revealed that a Doctor Who movie had previously been in the works – with Johnny Depp set to star as the time lord – but ultimately, plans fell through.

‘There’s always talk of that [Doctor Who movie],’ she continued. ‘And Johnny Depp was going to play the doctor. This was, like, a long time ago.

‘But the BBC aren’t going to let that happen? No way! They’re like, “This is our flagship show!”’

In the meantime, it won’t be long until we see The Doctor back on our screens – as it’s been confirmed that the twelfth series of the sci-fi drama will begin in the new year – with Jodie Whittaker reprising her role as the Thirteenth Doctor, alongside fellow returnees Bradley Walsh (Graham), Tosin Cole (Ryan) and Mandip Gil (Yaz).

Exclusive: @karengillan would love to reprise her #DoctorWho role, and @jackblack would be keen to enter the… TARGIS? 😂

See the full vid ➡️ https://t.co/1Sv3sKJEQh pic.twitter.com/tPM1foETBn

— Fandom (@getFANDOM) December 11, 2019

And just recently, a teaser was released featuring a sneak peak of guest star Sir Lenny Henry in the first episode of the series.

We don’t know too much about the plot of the launch episode just yet, although showrunner Chris Chibnall, who wrote the episode, recently told Metro.co.uk that it ‘might be the biggest episode the show has done’.

We cannot wait!

Doctor Who returns to BBC One on 1 January 2020.

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Kelvin Fletcher has made it through to the final despite not even being on the original lineup.

The actor replaced Jamie Laing at the last minute after the Made In Chelsea star had to quit following an injury.

And now the 35-year-old has addressed the fact that he shouldn’t even be on the show despite making it through to the last round.

When appearing on the sister show It Takes Two, Zoe Ball asked him how it felt to be one of the last remaining contestants.

He beamed: ‘It has been the most amazing experience, and to make it to the final, it feels as crazy as it sounds as I should never have been here.’

However, it seems the Emmerdale star is more than deserving of his place in the competition, as the semi-finals saw him score his first-ever 40.

Talking about being top of the leaderboard, he said: ‘It’s the ultimate, you never know what to expect, you work so hard so it’s a relief just to get the dance done.

‘To get the 10 from Craig [Revel-Horwood], I was worried if I did talk I would be a blubbering wreck and cry, it just meant so much to me.’

Kelvin’s professional partner, Oti Mabuse, was sat alongside him and couldn’t help but praise the celeb on his efforts throughout the series.

‘I really wanted to push him beyond his limits and show how good he is,’ she smiled: ‘He can really do it. It’s the semi-final and you really want to do your best, and he did amazingly.’

Kelvin broke down in tears after landing the perfect score in the semi-finals on Saturday evening.

Tearing up as Claudia Winkleman said he ‘looked emotional’ the contestant struggled to speak as he said: ‘…Wow…yeah!’

Following his routine, Craig said: ‘Well, it really upset me actually, because I couldn’t find much wrong with it,’

Motsi Mabuse agreed and added: ‘You wowed me, this is the semi-final and you could’ve played it safe. But that was a difficult routine!’

Strictly Come Dancing returns next Saturday at 7.05pm on BBC One.

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Adam Sandler has revealed that he had the name changed for Julia Fox’s character in his upcoming movie Uncut Gems – because she shared the same name as his daughter.

The actor is leaving behind his usual comedy roots for the upcoming drama film – which will see his character, Howard Ratner, embark on an affair with mistress Julia (Julia Fox) – while still a married man to wife Dinah (Idina Menzal).

However, the character of Julia was originally named Sadie – which also happens to be the name of Adam’s oldest daughter, who he shares with wife Jackie Titone, alongside 11-year-old Sunny.

Speaking on the red carpet of the film’s premiere in Hollywood, Julia told Entertainment Tonight: ‘My character’s name was originally supposed to be Sadie. But that’s his daughter’s name, so he actually had it switched for that to make it easier on the girls.’

‘And I said, “You can’t have my daughter’s name in this movie,”’ Adam responded.

So in the end, the character was renamed to Julia – which is also the name of the actress playing her.

And it’s not like Sadie will be finding this out anytime soon – as Adam has revealed that he does not want his children to be watching this particular film until they are much older.

‘My wife can handle it all. My wife encouraged me to do the movie,’ the 53-year-old stated. ‘[As for] my kids, I said I don’t want them to see this until maybe 60 or 70.’

The star also revealed that the movie has received quite a bit of praise from critics ahead of its release.

‘Honestly, I love the movie,’ he gushed. ‘I love those Safdie brothers [directors], and when it gets praise from other people, I’m very happy for the boys, I’m very happy for everybody.’

And the film definitely looks to be a hit – it’s already sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and has also won three awards from the National Board Of Review – including a Best Actor gong for Adam.

Uncut Gems will hit cinemas on 25 December.

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James May couldn’t help but poke fun at co-host Richard Hammond as he joked his near-death accidents made him popular in Vietnam.

Along with Jeremy Clarkson, the trio discussed their favourite parts about Vietnam, as they embark on their journey for The Grand Tour season four.

In an interview ahead of the first episode which airs on Friday night, Richard explained that he loves the fur in Vietnam as he explained: ‘They do laugh if you have an accident there don’t they?’

Jeremy continued: ‘The Vietnamese love someone else’s downfall, they are just like us.’

James couldn’t help but joke about Richard’s previous accidents as he joked: ‘It makes you incredibly popular.’

It’s fine though as Richard took it all in good jest as he laughed it off.

The poor host hasn’t had much luck during his presenting career as it was revealed earlier this month that he caught a foot infection while filming season four – and it could have turned into sepsis.

He explained: ‘It bloody hurts. It’s one of those on the list of cp conditions I’ve had. I got it from climbing into the water and then I realised my legs were hurting. My feet were very red and it went through my legs.’

‘You could literally see it tracking up my leg. I’m at a disadvantage because it’s a much shorter journey to my vital organs. That would have been a really c**** way to go,’ he told BANG Showbiz.

In 2017, while filming for the second series of The Grand Tour, he landed up in hospital after is £2m electric supercar careered off a Swiss mountainside while he was driving at 120mph, and burst into flames.

The star has also come under fire after joking that straight men don’t eat ice cream after The Grand Tour was accused of being ‘homophobic’.

During season three of the Amazon Prime show, Will Young also called out Jeremy Clarkson after the car show’s head-honcho called The Wrangler Jeep a ‘gay man’s car’.

‘The criticism is just ‘b***dy annoying’, Hammond began to Metro.co.uk. ‘We are not remotely homophobic! If someone takes something as homophobic… I don’t want to cause offence.

‘To say, “oh we need to be really careful not to be homophobic” would say that we are, so we’re not going to try and set out to avoid that sort of thing because we’re not.’

‘But to be honest, people are always looking for it. The favourite one we always used to get was sexism – “Oh we all know what you lot think about woman and cars?” What have we ever said? We’ve never said anything – apart from anything else I’ve got a wife and two daughters who would kick the s**t out of me.

‘But we never said any of those things, probably because people just lead on the assumption that we were. We’re middle aged, middle class so that would be the assumption that that’s what we do.’

‘I think sometimes other people are ready to be offended on other people’s behalf and I don’t think you should be allowed to be if something’s not directed at you; you can’t be offended by proxy,’ the 49-year-old continued. ‘People are looking for it.’

The Grand Tour presents Seamen comes to Amazon Prime Video on December 13.

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We might have crowned a winner, but I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2019 isn’t over just yet as we’ve still got the Coming Out show to look forward to.

I’m A Celebrity Coming Out will be hosted by Ant and Dec, and will show the moment each one of the celebrity contestants left the jungle and got back to their families and to the real world.

As we wait for the episode to air, here’s what you need to know about when it will be on.

When is the I’m A Celebrity Coming Out show on?

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Coming Out will be on tonight at 9pm on ITV.

The show will go on for 55 minutes, after which time the channel’s General Election coverage will begin.

The episode will feature footage showing all of the contestants in the moments after they each left the jungle camp.

Viewers will see interviews with each of the celebs along with heartwarming clips of them being reunited with their loved ones.

Winner Jacqueline Jossa, 27, will also be appearing to talk about her victory.

The EastEnders star has kept a low profile since her win, as it emerged that she was not going to be doing interviews after she did not appear on Lorraine Kelly’s show the Monday after the finale.

Jacqueline’s time in the jungle was reportedly marred by cheating allegations levied against her husband Dan Osborne by her fellow-campmate Myles Stephenson off-screen.

The Rak-Su singer previously dated Gabby Allen who has been rumoured to have had a fling with Dan in the past.

On the subject of her not giving interviews, a source told the Mirror: ‘She has to film for the ‘coming out’ show which airs later this week, so cancelled all other TV offers like GMB and Lorraine to spend more time with the family.

‘Jacqueline and Dan spent time together in the hotel and probably had a lot to talk about.’

I’m A Celebrity Coming Out will be on ITV at 9pm tonight.

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Things are getting political on Stormzy’s social media, after the grime superstar admitted earlier today he had never voted before. Now, after past homophobic slurs were used against him, he’s clapping back with Boris Johnson’s columns.

Earlier today the Vossi Bop star took to social media to urge fans to vote in the General Election.

‘I know a lot of people are saying “Go vote,” and it can seem like just bulls*** but hear me out,’ the 26-year-old said. ‘Man’s never voted. Man’s always looked at politicians and thought “You guys are f***ing everything up. Man don’t trust you lot. You lot don’t do nothing for man and my community and my circumstance and my mum’s circumstance.”‘

He went on to back Labour in his message, which then prompted the LGBT+ Conservatives Twitter page to repost previous tweets of Stormzy’s that dated back to 2011 and contained homophobic slurs – that he has since apologised for.

LGBT+ Conservatives? 🤦🏿‍♂️ https://t.co/sroMNvRvMx pic.twitter.com/v9XoEQ4Pce

— HEAVY IS THE HEAD (@stormzy) December 12, 2019

As the account namedropped the rapper in the tweet along with screenshots of his now-deleted messages, Stormzy clapped back by sharing snippets from columns written by Boris in the past.

One excerpt quoted a line from a Spectator column written by the current PM that referenced ‘Labour’s appalling agenda encouraging teaching of homosexuality in schools and all the rest of it’.

Stormzy also mentioned the politician suggesting in a 2002 piece that if gay marriage was ok he ‘saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men and a dog’.

Fans rallied behind Stormzy in the series of messages, with punters taking to the original post from the Conservative feed citing the rapper had said sorry for his previous homophobic comments.

In 2017 when the tweets came to light, Stormzy came forward to apologise, telling fans in a stream of messages: ‘I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past.’

He wrote: ‘I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man.

‘The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past.

‘The homophobic language I used was, embarrassingly, a part of my vocabulary when I was younger and…ignorance made me feel comfortable to use them whilst not understanding the hate and the ramifications they carry. That isn’t an excuse, I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.’

He closed the stream of messages with: ‘Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies.’

When it comes to Boris’ comments, last month he insisted they were not offensive and claimed they could only be ‘made to seem offensive’ if they were taken out of context.

He added during BBC Question Time: ‘I have written many millions of words in my life as a journalist and I have genuinely never intended to cause hurt or pain to anybody.’

Boris then defended his ‘right to speak out’.

Stormzy, who’s gearing up to release his new album Heavy Is The Head, has been using his platform to get his fans involved in politics ahead of the general election.

And he’s made it clear which side he’s on, previously branding the Prime Minister a ‘sinister man’ with a ‘long record of lying and policies that have absolutely no regard for the people that our government should be committed to helping and empowering’.

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Jonathan Ross couldn’t help but make a little dig at Simon Cowell at The Masked Singer launch on Thursday.

The comedian was joined by Davina McCall, Ken Jeong, and Joel Dommett as they spoke ahead of the show, which will air in January 2020 – although Rita Ora, who is also a judge on the talent show was absent from the first-look screening.

At the launch presenter, Joel exclaimed that he couldn’t imagine anyone turning the show off.

‘I can’t imagine anyone turning this on, on ITV and not liking it. I can’t imagine turning it off,’ he began.

Although Jonathan couldn’t help but poke fun at X Factor: The Band as he joked: ‘Simon Cowell will turn it off.’

Heading over to UK waters for the first time, viewers have already been given a first tease of the six characters, which the celebs will embody to hide their real identities.

The intricate costumes are deliberately designed to hide or distort distinguishing features which include body shape, colour, race and gender, which could all be giveaways to who they really are.

For our first foray into the series, eight of the 12 characters are: Unicorn, Fox, Monster, Chameleon, Daisy, Octopus, Duck and Queen Bee.

When each singer is knocked out, their true identity will be revealed – and the judges and the viewers at home will see how good their guessing skills are.

All we can kind of tell from the trailer is that the Queen Bee and the Fox are both women… but that’s about it.

‘I’m so excited to be part of this incredible panel, bring it on!’ Rita enthused. ‘I’m a huge fan of The Masked Singer, it’s such a fresh and original show.

‘I can’t wait for it to come to the UK and to get started – it’s going to be so much fun.’

‘I love this show! I’m so excited and I can’t wait to join Rita, Jonathan and the inimitable Ken on the panel and see just what amazing costumes and performances our celebrities will be bringing to the show,’ Davina added.

We’re ready for this to take over our lives.

The Masked Singer UK launches in January 2020 on ITV.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK stars The Vivienne and Baga Chipz have finally given the people what they want by reprising their Snatch Game characters.

That’s right, the duo now have their very own talk show where they appear as Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump on the new web series for World of Wonder, Morning T&T.

And just before the UK’s general election, the pair opened up their sketch by waving goodbye to the current Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and he left the set.

‘Hello, and welcome back to Morning T&T,’ Baga said: ‘If you’re joining us, then you just missed the fabulous Prime Minister Boris Johnson, let’s wave him off, everybody.’

The programme then shot to a cardboard cut out of the PM walking away as The Vivienne shouted after him about how good his hair looks.

After an argument about Brexit, and whether or not it’s Britain or America first, they then went onto talk about ‘golden showers’.

Because that’s the kind of conversation every viewer wants to take up to.

After winning RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, The Vivienne spoke about their new venture when chatting with Metro.co.uk.

Viv said: ‘It’s called Morning T&T, and basically it’s a feature length Snatch Game. It’s like a spoof of a morning TV show like Good Morning Britain or Good Morning America, Donald Trump and Margaret Thatcher are the hosts, so as you can imagine, it doesn’t go well.

‘I obviously went in with quite a few characters but I thought Donald Trump, he’s really current, he’s probably the most famous person in the world at the minute.

‘Not gonna lie, I knew it might get a bit more press in America than doing maybe Kim Woodburn.

‘But also to make a bloody idiot of him – more than he’s doing himself, which is hard.’

It was the Snatch Game in week four that basically guaranteed that The Vivienne and Baga would make it to the grand final.

When asked if a Boris Johnson impression was on the way, she said: ‘Oh, god love, no. I act like a t**t but not that much of a t**t.’

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Unseen photos from a Fourth Of July party in 2000 show Jay-Z and Aaliyah getting close on the dancefloor just a year before her tragic death.

The Try Again hitmaker was dating Damon Dash at the time, who was also at the party attended by stars including Diddy, however her then-boyfriend claimed many guys were ‘going hard’ to woo the beauty.

Jay, who was 30 at the time, was pictured with his arm around the waist of 21-year-old Aaliyah as the pair looked to be in great spirits snapping photos with other partygoers.

Surrounded by friends, in other images the pair are flashing broad smiles and dancing, while Aaliyah – who was wearing a bright pink tank and jeans, wrapped her arm around Jay’s shoulders in front of the camera.

According to sources who spoke to Mail Online, ‘Jay-Z rented a mansion in East Hampton and they had a catered barbecue in a tent in the back yard’ for the soiree, as they added the pair evidently had ‘chemistry’.

Sadly a year later the star would be dead, after she perished in a plane crash in August 2001. And two years after that, Jay-Z was dating Beyonce after their ’03 Bonnie & Clyde collaboration, who he went on to marry and shares three children with.

Damon – who dated the singer and actor until her untimely death aged 22 – once claimed Jay-Z was ‘going hard’ to woo her.

Last month he told Page Six: ‘I did not mean to fall in love with Aaliyah, she was just that cool.

‘But you know, we were both going hard … everybody was trying to get to Aaliyah – it was not just Jay.’

The Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder – who started the label and clothing line Rocawear with Jay in the 90s – recalled to Hip-Hop-Motivation (via The Daily Beast) in the past that Jay ‘knew her before I did’. Even though, we should add, Jay hasn’t spoken about Damon’s claims.

‘It was just a situation where Aaliyah was the type of girl that would give you a shot. She didn’t care what people thought or whatever,’ he said. ‘So, she’ll date you and be your friend. You might end up in the friend zone. A lot of times, that’s what happened. You weren’t just going to hit that. At least in my experience. Somebody may have had a different experience at a different time in her life.’

At the time of her death in 2001, Aaliyah was quite literally on the cusp of becoming a movie superstar after finding fame with hits like More Than A Woman.

She had just garnered healthy success in film Romeo Must Die, had filmed a role in Queen Of The Damned and her appearance in The Matrix sequel would have undoubtedly cemented her place in Hollywood.

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Jacqueline Jossa may have emerged as Queen of the Jungle, but her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here journey raised questions about her relationship outside of the jungle.

Rumours emerged that she and Myles Stephenson had had a conversation, which wasn’t aired, about what allegedly happened between Myles’s ex, Gabby Allen, and Jacqueline’s husband, Dan Osborne.

Myles has revealed to Metro.co.uk that the conversation did take place, but they made every effort for it never to reach the light of day by ensuring they were away from cameras and had their microphones off.

The Rak-Su star, 28, explained what happened with their conversation, admitting he tried to keep it as private as possible: ‘It did happen, but it wasn’t on air. Basically she asked me in the main camp and I said “now is not the time to talk about it”, and when we got a spare five minutes on the way to a trial we spoke about what I had read [in Gabby’s messages] and that was it. I’d found messages when me and Gabby were together.

‘She listened to what I’d read and she took it on board and she moved on from it. So I’m glad, I’m glad that she took it in and made a decision on what she wanted to do.’

Myles admitted that he was disapoointed to see all the stories which came out in the press from his ex once he left the jungle, but was expecting it to happen.

He explained: ‘I was expecting Gabby [to speak to the press]. When you’re with someone for a year, you get to know what they’re about. I knew that was coming and I was just disappointed because I genuinely didn’t mention her at all.

‘When I went through what I went through with messaging the girl, I admitted it straight away. I held my hands up because I was in the wrong, even though we were on a break I was in the wrong and it hurt her.

‘I was told to keep my mouth shut in that whole situation, which I did, respectfully. I wanted to keep it private because I believe relationships and situations like that especially deserve to be kept private.

‘And again, that’s why I wanted to tell – well, I didn’t want to tell Jacqueline, she confronted me about it – but if I was going to tell Jacq I didn’t want it to be on air. And that’s what made me disappointed in what Gabby did because I genuinely said this information off-air for Jacqueline to deal with behind closed doors, in privacy.

‘I didn’t say it live on TV so I don’t know why she decided to then go to the press and do all these stories. I didn’t disrespect her in any way by telling Jacq about this, I told her behind closed doors.’

While Myles and Jacqueline made every effort to keep their chat under wraps, they’re still confused how information about it reached the light of day as they had removed their microphones and weren’t being filmed at the time.

He told us: ‘It wasn’t in camp, it was off-site. Whenever we were going to a trial, you’d have to travel to the trial location and in that travelling time you’re not filmed. So we took off our microphones and she asked me then, and I told her then.

‘And even after that I said to her, “keep this between you and Dan as much as possible. Because it’s not fair on the kids, it’s not fair on the whole family, sort it behind closed doors and keep it moving”. Make of that what you will, it wasn’t out of spite that I told her.’

How the information leaked is still a mystery, as he doesn’t think anybody overheard their talk and their microphones had been removed: ‘I don’t know, that’s one thing that’s been wracking my mind because I wanted it to be private. Like I said, it doesn’t deserve to be in the public eye. Nobody needs to know what happens behind closed doors. And once it does come out it had the potential to jeopardise [Jacqueline’s win] and everything that she’s done.’

Myles added: ‘She’s the strongest woman I’ve ever met. She’s dealt with it so well and what is beautiful is that she has the ability to forgive. The good thing about her is that no matter what people say on the outside, she knows it’s her life, she can do what she wants.

‘People can have an opinion and an input but at the end of the day she knows what she wants and I think she knows what she wants even more now.

‘The jungle made her strong. She’s always had it in her but I think going through the jungle and facing her fears, messages aside, it brought out a confidence that I don’t think she’s seen for a while.’

After the conversation happened, rumours surfaced that Jacqueline had had a secret phone call home for ‘crisis talks’ with Dan, but Myles says everyone’s conversations in the Bush Telegraph were private so none of the other campmates know whether that happened or not.

Myles also revealed he and Dan had spoken, and that he had told him the reasons why that topic got brought up uring their time in the camp: ‘We spoke. We spoke when we were on set in the canteen area and I told him what I’d read and I just reiterated that I didn’t tell her out of spite and I wanted them to sort out their issues.

‘At the end of the day I’m not with Gabby, I’ve got nothing to gain or nothing to prove by saying exactly what I’ve read. It was purely because she was a good friend and if I was in that situation, I would want to know.’

Drama aside, since impressing in the jungle as camp chef, Myles has also been tipped to sign a deal for a cookery book, with an insider telling Metro.co.uk that three publishers had been in a bidding war to sign him up.

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For Britney Spears superfan Bryan Ray, no cost is too much in his quest to look like the singing star – even as it cracks the six-figures.

Citing the Toxic hitmaker as ‘the pinnacle of everything’, Bryan was 17-years-old when he had his first cosmetic procedure done inspired by Brit’s likeness, and now he’s spent over $100,000 (£75k) on treatments.

Now with long, blonde hair and a fringe that riffs on Brit’s famous and coveted hairstyle, it’s hard to disagree there is a certain likeness there between the two.

And there would want to be, counting the dollars he’s spent on emulating her appearance.

The Los Angeles-native has met Britney several times – even running into her in the pharmacy not long after the infamous head-shaving incident of 2007, but was in love with her vibe long before.

‘I just thought that Britney has the entire package and I was so drawn to her aesthetic because I think she’s absolutely perfect, so it felt very natural for me to begin to emulate her,’ Bryan tells Metro.co.uk of why he chose Brits as his transformation background.

As a teen, he recalls his first procedure was veneers for his birthday, in the name of ‘a Britney Spears smile’.

He says: ‘I also had laser contouring on my gumline because when Britney smiles all you see is these big, beautiful, pearly white teeth and I just had to have the same smile!’

That first procedure set him back $25k (£18k) but he was hooked – he had Britney’s smile and that was just the beginning.

‘At this point I’ve had over 100 cosmetic and plastic surgeries,’ Bryan tells us, as he rattles off the procedures. ‘After my veneers I had rhinoplasty [nose job], fat injections into my cheeks, I had a brow bone reduction. I have been getting Botox and many other injectable fillers every six months since I was 20.

‘I regularly get vampire facials […] I also get laser hair removal every six to eight weeks to preserve my skin and make my face and body hairless and have a more youthful appearance. I put La Mér on my entire body and I try to avoid the sun completely. I spend about $2000 (£1500) a month on skincare products.’

This is dedication, people!

Asked whether there is one particular era of Britney he favours – because we’re talking two decades of material here – Bryan says he likes to pull inspiration from past and present looks and put his own twist on it.

‘There’s a lot of maintenance involved in maintaining my look. The plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures, facials and skincare, laser treatments, Botox and filler‘s, hair extensions I’ve spent well over $100,000. But to me it’s well worth it because I’m investing in myself,’ he insists.

‘I’m always making improvements and changes with my look. The entire process of collaborating with a plastic surgeon with me as the canvas is so fascinating to me.

‘We live in an incredible world where if you don’t like something about yourself you can change it and there shouldn’t be any shame or stigma attached to that. I think it’s important for everyone to do what makes them happy as long as you’re not hurting anyone.’

He concedes he’s received backlash for his surgeries and has been urged to stop by others, however he insists as long as he’s not hurting anyone he’s ‘not going to let anyone dictate’ how he lives.

Still, there is some feedback he’s happy to take on board…

‘I was on the TV show Botched and Dr Nassif told me that I cannot have another rhinoplasty or else my nose will collapse. He is an expert so I am taking his advice.’

Through being honest about his journey he hopes it will inspire others to live their best life and ‘be fearless’ in their pursuits.

‘My message will always be that you do not have to conform to what our society deems “normal” in order to be happy,’ he says. ‘It might be scary at first but being true to yourself is the key to happiness and I know that might sound corny but it’s honestly true.’

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Kendall Jenner has just thrown the ultimate shade at her sister Kylie, as she mocked her lips in a fake makeup tutorial.

Yes, the older sibling decided she was going to be all kinds of savage as she was testing out the beauty mogul’s brand.

Holding onto a Kylie Cosmetics mirror, the 24-year-old chuckled at the camera as she impersonated the billionaire’s YouTube videos.

Smearing a whole load of red lipstick onto her chin, lips and pretty much the entirety of her front teeth, the model laughed: ‘Oh my god, it feels amazing on my skin.’

After completing the disastrous look, the short clip then jumped to a preview of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians finale.

Here Kendall was seen on FaceTime to Kylie, as she laughed: ‘I’m Kylie.’

Unimpressed, the mother-of-one replied: ‘You look as cute as Kylie,’ while nine-year-old Mason Disick teased: ‘You know you’re talking to yourself, right?’

After giving birth to her now one-year-old daughter Stormi, Kylie opened up on her insecurities, and how her bambino helped her become more confident.

She told Vogue Australia: ‘We all have insecurities, right? Nobody’s perfect, and that’s my thing.

‘I feel like having a daughter, and thinking about beauty in the future, has definitely changed me, and I feel like it has made me love myself more and accept everything about me.

‘Even my ears, I always felt like they stuck out too far, and she [Stormi] has the same ears as me and so now I love my ears.’

Kylie famously turned her insecurities about her lips into a lucrative cosmetics business, which was recently valued at almost $1 billion (£786 million).

Just recently, the entrepreneur sold 51% of her Kylie Cosmetics business for $600 million (£463 million).

Talking about the sale, Kim Kardashian told Entertainment Tonight: ‘That’s so inspiring and so amazing and I’m so proud of her.

‘I’ve known that selling her business was always in the works for her for a long time.’

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Gabrielle Union has defended her ‘too black’ look after she was axed from America’s Got Talent.

Simon Cowell and his show have found itself in a racism row after the former judge claimed she was told her hair and wardrobe was ‘too black’ for the competition.

It was recently revealed that Gabrielle, who was dropped from the series after just one season, had complained about the programme’s ‘toxic culture’ behind-the-scenes.

Following the claims, Gabrielle has taken to social media where she exclaimed: ‘I don’t take notes on anti-blackness.’

Along with a video she posted: ‘Unapologetically me. Be comfortable and confident with your whole ass self. It might give others the fluuuxxx but never stop being you.

‘You can shine on your own terms. And if you got something to say I don’t take notes rooted in anti-blackness. I love me as I am.’

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Earlier reports also claimed that the Bring It On star is seeking legal action against Simon’s company Syco, which co-produces America’s Got Talent, with an insider alleging she’s in talks with his people as well as NBC.

They claimed: ‘Gabrielle kept complaining about Simon’s total autonomy on set. There were no other channels to go through to make a complaint about conditions.

‘She was shocked when she was told that her hair and wardrobe was “too black” and she immediately tried to lodge a complaint, but there wasn’t a place to go.’

They continued to the Mail on Sunday: ‘Gabrielle is powerful and wealthy in her own right. She’s not interested in a settlement or having this swept under the rug.

‘This is her #MeToo moment and she’s doing this because she genuinely wants to change an outdated system and wants to make it better for the women who come after her.’

Deadline report that an independent investigator will assess the claims made by Gabrielle.

Earlier this month, America’s Got Talent released a statement to address the drama and stated they were in contact with Gabrielle and her team.

The statement said: ‘We remain committed to ensuring a respectful workplace for all employees and take very seriously any questions about workplace culture.

‘We are working with Ms. Union through her representatives to hear more about her concerns, following which we will take whatever next steps may be appropriate.’

Following that, Gabrielle tweeted and revealed that she’d began meetings to address the situation.

‘We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday,’ she wrote.

‘I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth. I led with transparency and my desire and hope for real change.’

Gabrielle was embroiled in controversy following her exit from America’s Got Talent last month, when it was claimed she complained of a ‘toxic culture’ and racist jokes being made.

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Stacey Solomon has revealed the lengths she would go to in getting her baby son Rex to breastfeed and admitted she felt ‘guilt’ while struggling.

The Loose Women panellist has been incredibly candid about her motherhood journey thus far and revealed she’d stopped breastfeeding her six-month-old son Rex – whom she has with Joe Swash – after struggling to get him to drink from her breast.

While tracking her baby’s weight, after she noticed he wasn’t gaining the pounds like he ought to be, Stacey admitted she’d ‘count his poos’ and track everything he did in a spreadsheet.

Speaking about it now, Stacey believed she got the process ‘so wrong’, and still feels ‘emotional’ about her decision to stop breastfeeding.

Stacey – who also has 11-year-old Zachary and seven-year-old Leighton from previous relationships – regrets not going to see a breastfeeding specialist while she was still in hospital after giving birth to Rex.

In fact, Stacey is still ‘a bit emotional about it’: ‘I would love to still be breastfeeding. It was gutting to give up. I do feel guilty about going home so early.’

However, according to the Celebrity Juice star, it didn’t take long for her to notice Rex’s weight.

‘By day five he had lost so much weight. He was a small baby anyway and he had lost almost a whole pound,’ she said, speaking to Kerry from La Lache – a charity which supports women who are struggling with breastfeeding – on her podcast Here We Go Again.

After having someone come over to help her milk the all-important colostrum and kneed out the milk lumps, the mother-of-three admitted tracking her son’s weight gain was ‘driving her insane’ as she became almost methodological in her observations – which we can probably gather happens to a lot of new mums out there.

‘He had this bed cover that had lines on it and every week I’d see if he was any closer to the next line. I got obsessed with it. I used to count his poos, his wees, write them all down,’ she said.

‘I had a spreadsheet, I wrote down meals, ounces, hours, minutes, seconds he spent on my breast. And then if the health visitor was coming to visit him, I would pray that he wouldn’t poo. Just like please don’t poo, I need that in you, I need to pass. And it drove me insane.’

Listen to Here We Go Again with Stacey Solomon, available on Global Player and all other major podcast platforms.

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TV bosses have finally confirmed when series nine of Death In Paradise will start – so…can Christmas be over already?

The hotly anticipated series will also be a milestone for Ardal O’Hanlon as he will bid farewell to the show.

The Irish actor revealed earlier this year that he was leaving after playing DI Jack Mooney for four seasons.

Ardal said: ‘I’ve spent the last four summers in Guadeloupe playing DI Jack Mooney (solving over 20 murder cases in my time there!) It’s been a hugely rewarding and unforgettable experience, working with incredibly talented actors, directors and crew while discovering a magical part of the world.

‘However, it’s time to move on and explore other opportunities – preferably nearer the Arctic Circle. I’m confident that Death in Paradise will go from strength to strength and viewers will share my enthusiasm for Jack’s successor!’

In the first episode of season nine, which airs on 9 January 2020, New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home.

Jack and the team must uncover the identity of the mystery murderer before they strike again.

Death In Paradise remains one of the BBC’s most popular shows, with season eight drawing in an average of over seven millions viewers.

Ardal is the latest star to announce his departure after Danny John-Jules (Dwayne) and Josephine Jobert (Florence).

Danny was replaced by Shyko Amos, who plays new police officer Ruby Patterson.

While the show’s sunny location suggests that it’s all plain sailing on set – that’s not always the case, as Shyko recently tore her calf muscle and was left on crutches.

Death In Paradise series 9 will air on Thursday 9 January 2020.

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