Channel 4’s The Last Leg has received a number of Ofcom complaints after Rosie Jones made a shocking joke about climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, and Alex Brooker saw out the end of 2019 with a two-hour special of the comedy show, featuring guests including Johnny Vegas, Sue Perkins, and Tom Davis.

And a few of the stars dubbed 16-year-old Greta as their ‘hero of the year’ after her efforts to save the planet.

Although Rosie had some other ideas of what the teenager should be doing with her time.

‘Greta’s amazing and what she’s doing is brilliant,’ she declared. ‘But don’t do it now. She needs to live a little, she’s only 16.

‘She should be doing two things – drinking Lambrini and getting fingered.’

An Ofcom spokesperson confirmed to Metro.co.uk that they have received 22 complaints so far about Rosie’s remark.

Elsewhere on the show, Josh described Greta as ‘the first person to perfect the art of bunking school.’

Fans had mixed reactions to the joke, with one dubbing Rosie ‘f***ing hilarious,’ while another wrote: ‘Oh dear, did Rosie Jones say that. Not funny.’

Greta is proving pretty popular at the moment, with Good Morning Britain host Piers still trolling the youngster.

Because that definitely hasn’t got old.

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Piers shared a selfie with his daughter with Celia Walden, as they stared down the camera while holidaying in Antigua.

Looking all serious, Piers and his eight-year-old were apparently impersonating the searing stare-down Greta levelled at Donald Trump.

‘”I’m going to do my Greta Thunberg face, Dada… because you’ve stolen my childhood too!”,’ Piers captioned the photo, adding the tag ‘howDAREshe’.

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Lagertha could be dead by the end of Vikings episode six if the latest teaser is anything to go by.

A brand new trailer for the upcoming installment spells danger for the infamous shieldmaiden – played by Katheryn Winnick – as White Hair (Kieran O’Reilly) looks set to draw blood.

In chilling scenes, the leader of Ivar’s bodyguards yells: ‘Your son banished me, took away everything I had. My family, my pride, my identity.

‘He just thought I’d crawl away to the forest and die like some animal, but that is not my way. I fought for Ivar, but in other circumstances, I would have fought for Bjorn, or for you.’

Raising his voice, White Hair continued his threats: ‘I can kill you Lagertha, the most famous shieldmaiden in all the world. And I will!’

Fans have been hard at work sharing their theories about Lagertha’s fate in next week’s episode, titled Death and the Serpent, and have been busy sharing them online.

‘So Lagertha is going to be killed by White Hair and this because of Bjorn’s fault as a king?’ asked one.

Meanwhile, another added: ‘She will die but not by him.’

What will happen to Lagertha in the final season of Vikings currently remains under wraps, but the hero’s death has been somewhat of a long time coming for fans of the History show.

Metro.co.uk previously revealed photos of what appeared to show Lagertha’s funeral, with her corpse being sent out to sea on a blazing ship.

Could the queen’s death actually be on the horizon?

Speaking about her final scenes to ET Canada last July, Katheryn teased that there will be at least one more battle before she signs off.

‘It’s going to be adventurous, it’s going to be amazing,’ she said.

‘I’ll tell you one thing though, she is definitely not done fighting yet. There is still one big battle left to come.’

Vikings airs on The History Channel on Wednesdays at on Amazon Prime Video on Thursdays.

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Nick Gordon told his ‘step-dad’ he was looking forward to 2020, just before his tragic death on New Year’s Day.

The 30-year-old ex-fiancé of Bobbi Kristina Brown and unofficial adopted son of Whitney Houston tragically passed away from a suspected drug overdose yesterday.

He reportedly had a series of heart attacks and was rushed into intensive care in Florida, with doctors being unable to revive him.

And now his unofficial step-father, Jack Walker Jr – who was never married to Nick’s mother, Michelle, but was like a father to him growing up – has shared information from his last conversation with his son.

‘I spoke with Nick during the day,’ he told the DailyMail. ‘He seemed happy, he seemed calm, everything was going good.’

Jack added: ‘He was a free spirit, he was in a good state of mind. Everything that Nick was doing was great.

‘He told me 2020 was going to be better than 2019. He had a great job.’

Nick’s step-father previously confirmed to PEOPLE that he passed away.

‘We are devastated by the loss of my beautiful brother,’ he said in a statement.

‘He leaves a void in the hearts of my family and his friends. Nick’s battle in life was not an easy one. I will be forever grateful that my God afforded a small moment at the very end of Nick’s life, and I was able to hold his hand as he journeyed on.’

Bobbi Kristina – the daughter of Bobby and Whitney Houston – died on 26 July, 2015 after six months in a medically-induced coma from being found face down in a bathtub.

She was 22-years-old.

The underlying cause of death was determined as immersion associated with drug intoxication, but the manner of death was undetermined.

A year after Bobbi’s death, her boyfriend Nick was found responsible for Bobbi’s wrongful death and ordered to pay $36 million to Bobbi’s estate.

Nick was a close friend of the Houston family and lived with them as a teenager.

Before they got engaged, Bobbi referred to Nick as her ‘big brother’. They announced they had got married in 2014, but it was later revealed they never legally married.

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Magician Criss Angel shared a heart-breaking video of his young son getting his hair shaved off after his cancer returned.

The star recently revealed that his five-year-old son’s cancer returned in early December.

Johnny has been strong as he chose to get his hair shaved off himself.

Sharing the video to his Instagram, the star captioned it: ‘We must embrace what we can’t control with courage, strength and forever love. #CelebrateLife #2020’

Johnny was first diagnosed with lymphoblastic leakemia in 2015 – when he was barely two years old – and has been battling the deadly disease on-and-off ever since.

Speaking to his son in the video, Criss said: ‘Do you want to keep your hair long and we’ll just let it fall out and if it falls out we’ll keep it in a ponytail?

‘Or do you want to cut it off? It’s up to you.’

The video then cut to Johnny with his head shaved receiving chemotherapy treatments before showing multiple pictures of Johnny smiling and looking happy.

Criss and ex-wife Shaunyl Benson recently shared a series of photos of his son returning to the hospital after being in remission for 11 months.

The family Boxing Day in the hospital.

Shaunyl revealed that little Johnny no longer ‘wants to smile’ after battling cancer for so long.

Posting several photos of him lying in the hospital bed, she wrote: ‘THIS is childhood cancer. THIS is happening right now. Every 2 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer. 1 in 5 of those children will not make it. (sic)

‘THIS is our son Johnny Crisstopher @crissangel he has battled for 3 years and has another 3 to go. He is only 5 years old. THIS has been his normal since he was 18 months old.

‘Today he doesn’t even want to smile because the medications make him sad and angry. It’s the day after Christmas and our day started early for a long round of chemo.

She continued: ‘Instead of planning our next year at school, we are planning our next hospital stay. THIS is happening right now.  #relapse #leukemia#childhoodcancer’

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One of R. Kelly’s ex-girlfriends has made some bold claims about the singer as she revealed he ‘forced’ her into a suicide pact.

Jerhonda Pace met Kelly when she was just 17-years-old and in a follow-up documentary, she alleged that he told her she had to kill herself if he was ever arrested or harmed.

In the clip, as she broke down in tears she began: ‘With Rob, I was part of a suicide pact with him. And if anything was to happen to him, if he was to go to jail or someone was to harm him, I was supposed to kill myself.’

She continued: ‘When the suicide pact came about, Rob and I was in the mirror room, and he told me if I was everything to him like I say he is, then there would be no life worth living.

‘He said, “if something happens to me, I want you to take these pills”.

‘When I was with him I was really ready to take my own life because Rob was everything to me. Rob was my life.’

Among those speaking out in the documentary was music boss Damon Dash, who revealed that his ex-girlfriend Aaliyah wanted nothing to do with R. Kelly and that she was just a ‘sacrificial lamb’ in a follow-up documentary.

The 48-year-old claimed the late singer wanted nothing to do with R. Kelly after they got an annulment on their controversial marriage.

His marriage to Aaliyah was annulled after only a few months because of her age.

Kelly had produced Aaliyah’s first album when she was 14 years old. Sadly, Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.

In the clip, Damon made some bold claims as he exclaimed that if other people had protected Aaliyah then ‘so many other girls wouldn’t have gotten touched’.

‘Whether they know whether they’re in a bad place or not, the fact that they were able to get touched and they were in a bad place they would have been able to have gotten help earlier,’ he began.

‘You shouldn’t always have to learn from pain but you can learn from other people.’

He continued that Aaliya was like’ the sacrificial lamb’ and she didn’t deserve ‘any of that’.

He explained: ‘I know the whole story and I know it was to cover up and all of that, but how did that cover it up it just made the conversation less crazy like he married a child.

‘You know that was a good soul, a good girl and she wasn’t even so resentful like ‘let that man live but keep that f****r away from me.

‘That’s all she wanted. She was just happy to be away.’

He went on to allege that R. Kelly and Aaliyah’s marriage was a ‘cover-up’.

‘He married a child,’ he added.

It follows after R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to charges he asked someone to bribe a government official to procure a fake ID the day before he married Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time.

The star appeared via video feed in court in December 2019 where he denied the charge of scheming with others to pay for the document, ahead of the secret 1994 ceremony.

Earlier this month a new indictment accused the singer, 52, of bribing a government official in Illinois back in 1994 to obtain a fake ID for Aaliyah (named as Jane Doe in documents, but believed to be Aaliyah) to show she was 18 years old. It’s alleged the ID was used in order to secure a marriage license when Aaliyah was 15.

Kelly, then 27, and Aaliyah married in August 1994, a day after the alleged bribe took place, reports The New York Times. The same claim was made in a documentary, Surviving R Kelly, that aired in January, by one of Kelly’s former tour managers.

Metro.co.uk previously contacted Kelly’s reps for comment.

Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning will air on Lifetime in three parts starting on Thursday 2 January.

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Sh*t got real on New Year’s Eve in Gabrielle Union’s household, after her Uber driver asked to use her, ahem, bathroom facilities after dropping her and her husband Dwayne Wade home from their night of celebrations.

It seems the driver outstayed his welcome by quite a while, making it clear it was a number two, not one.

Gabrielle wasted no time taking to Twitter to relay the night’s events: ‘Trying to be responsible & use UBER & our driver asked to use our bathroom 15-20 min later’ she posted.

Fans replied praising Gabrielle and Dwayne for their kindness and also appreciating the hilarity of the situation. One called them ‘truly good Samaritans’, while another called her tale ‘a story for the ages’.

The Bring It On star is also not afraid to speak out about less trivial issues. Last month, she spoke out about discrimination women and women of colour, in support of others after she left America’s Got Talent.

Ricky Gervais has said he’s not transphobic because of a joke he made about Caitlyn Jenner four years ago.

The 58-year-old British comedian responded to the backlash he received at the time, ahead of his Golden Globes hosting gig this weekend.

In his 2016 speech, Ricky deadnamed the 70-year-old I’m A Celebrity 2019 star – the action of referring to a transgender person’s name prior to their transition.

‘What a year she’s had,’ Ricky began his joke. ‘She became a role model for trans people everywhere – showing great bravery in breaking down barriers and destroying stereotypes.’

Then came the punchline: ‘She didn’t do a lot for women drivers.’

It was a reference to a fatal multiple-vehicle collision Caitlyn was a part of in February 2015, in which one woman, Kim Howe, was killed. Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges in the case.

The joke received some laughs from the famous crowd at the time, but condemnation from some people on social media.

And now he’s addressed the backlash, calling the joke ‘misunderstood’.

When asked by The Hollywood Reporter if he’s transphobic, Ricky responded: ‘I just say I’m not.’

He added: ‘I was very careful that the joke was about her being a bad driver. The joke was about stereotypes.

‘I started off being correctly inclusive saying she’s brave, breaking down barriers. And then I [said] she didn’t do a lot for women drivers.’

Speaking about his history of ‘offensive’ jokes, he said: ‘I think offense is the collateral damage of free speech, and it’s no reason not to have free speech. That’s what I’d say — it’s the lesser of two evils.

‘Having free speech and some people getting upset by it is the lesser of two evils because not having free speech is horrendous.’

It’s not the first time he’s come under fire for making jokes about the transgender community.

Ricky come under fire for saying he would dress up as transgender activist Jessica Yaniv for Halloween last year.

He posted on social media: ‘I was going to dress up as something weird and creepy for my Halloween party, but I’m bucking the trend this year and I’m going as brave female activist Jessica Yaniv.

‘This also means I don’t have to wax my big old hairy b**ls.’

Fans were not impressed with his tweet about Jessica, 34, a Canadian journalist who made headlines after trying to sue several beauticians who refused to wax her when they found out she has male genitalia.

Ricky later apologised and said: ‘This tweet upset some people yesterday so I think I should apologise and delete it and never make offensive jokes like this again.’

The Golden Globes is Sunday 6 January.

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(spoiler alert) BBC One’s new adaptation of Dracula delivered a pretty big surprise to viewers as its gruesome first instalment came to an end.

Because having slaughtered a bunch of nuns in a shockingly graphic bloodbath, it emerged that Sister Agatha (Dolly Wells) is in fact Van Helsing – the vampire’s ultimate adversary.

All of which has twisted proceedings up a little, given that the original Van Helsing is actually male – leaving us to question what Agatha’s backstory actually is.

The character’s pretty important in the story though – so just who is Van Helsing?

Here’s what you need to know…

Who is Van Helsing in Dracula?

Abraham Van Helsing – to give the character his original name – is actually a vampire hunter and Count Dracula’s arch enemy.

He appears in Bram Stoker’s original Dracula novel after being called in by John Seward, a former student, to help with Mina Murray’s best friend Lucy Westenra, who is suffering from a mysterious illness.

He realises that Lucy has fallen victim to a vampire – Dracula in fact – and attempts to save her – but Lucy dies, and later returns as a vampire who preys on children.

Van Helsing eventually helps to free Lucy from the curse, before attempting to protect Mina from the lure of Dracula as well as attempting to track him down and destroy him.

We also learn that Van Helsing had a son who died, which drove his wife mad from grief.

It’s thought that Bram Stoker might have modelled Van Helsing on a real person – with a Polish journalist, Adam Weglowski, suggesting he might have based him on a Lutheran pastor named Helwing, who studied vampires and werewolves.

Who else has played Van Helsing onscreen?

The most famous incarnation of Van Helsing was played by Peter Cushing in the 1958 movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

However the character was also played by Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1979 big screen adaptation and by Anthony Hopkins in the 1992 version.

The vampire hunter also had his own spin-off movie Van Helsing in 2004 – with Hugh Jackman taking on the title role.

Dracula continues on BBC One on Thursday night at 9pm.

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The Apprentice’s Lottie Lion has sparked another online row with former candidate Dean Ahmad as she accused him of being two-faced.

The librarian caused a lot of controversy during her time on the BBC show, and even admitted she ‘wasn’t there to make friends’.

Taking to Twitter the 20-year-old posted a series of screenshots that appear to show a conversation between herself and Dean.

She captioned the post: ‘ Didn’t have a problem with this “Racist” a few months ago, did you @DeanAhmad_?

‘It infuriates me when people are pleasant to your face (as he doesn’t have a genuine problem with me) yet feeds the mainstream-media view of false stories & allegations. For what? Probably attention.’

In one of the screenshots, Dean appears to be responding to another person on social media who said: ‘the fact you didn’t tag Lottie’.

To which he responded: ‘I don’t tag racists’.

The other photos show a normal conversation between the pair on social media.

This occasion isn’t the first falling out Lottie has had with her fellow candidates as she recently sparked another row with Ryan-Mark Parsons.

The pair have clashed yet again as Ryan-Mark branded the librarian a ‘liar’ overcharging fans money for photographs.

The 20-year-old admitted that she wanted to take a break from Twitter over Christmas and she tweeted for the first time today (New Year’s Eve).

Lottie hadn’t tweeted since 5 December.

In the post, she exclaimed: ‘I needed a break from twitter over the festive period, but I’m back baby!’

I really needed a break from Twitter over the festive period, but I’m back baby!😚 pic.twitter.com/ceFZmlScNM

— LottieLion (@LottieLion1) December 31, 2019

Lottie’s return follows after she uploaded a photo to her Instagram story, telling her fans that she would never ask for cash for posing for a picture with her fans, a seeming dig at her former co-star.

Ryan-Mark has recently started taking requests for personalised video messages and signed photographs and has been charging customers £10 to £15 a pop for the pleasure.

Addressing whether she’d ever follow suit, Lottie wrote to her followers: ‘I have been asked if I charge for signed photographs and videos, the answer is NO.

‘I would never charge my followers who support me for something as simple and cheap, and see it as a way to say thank you to you all (sic).’

The Apprentice is available for catch-up on BBC iPlayer.

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The Witcher’s Freya Allan has revealed that she does all of Cirilla bloodcurdling screams herself and we are shook.

The 18-year-old actress, who plays the magical princess of Cintra, admitted that bosses of the new Netflix fantasy drama didn’t actually have to edit in fake shrieks – and boy is there a lot of them.

Ciri’s powers take the form of an impressive high-pitched scream and they get more and more forceful throughout the show’s eight episodes.

‘Oh, I did it all,’ Freya confessed. ‘All the screaming was mine. Like, I remember on set, the very first time I did the scream, we did a rehearsal, and the director came over and said, “Oh, we should have done a take.”

‘I don’t know what it is, but lots of the roles I’ve gotten into, I’ve had to do these huge screams, and so I’m kind of a pro in that.’

She continued to Comic Book: ‘Everyone always says that I do a really kind of, a quite piercing one, so yeah, it was all mine, and my throat was very, very sore by the end of it. But I mean, it was kind of fun as well.’

The extent of Ciri’s abilities is yet to be unearthed, but in the first episode, she yelled so loud that she caused the glasses on the table to shake.

The Witcher’s casting director Sophie Holland admitted that it was quite a long process in finding Ciri and have revealed they were ‘lucky’ to have found Freya.

‘To find a girl who was 16 and could convey in a really emotional way, the loss of her parents, the loss of her grandparents, being pushed out into this world that she doesn’t know and surviving on her own in a way that is completely alien to her,’ she told Metro.co.uk.

‘Imagine being 16, and trying to show that? When some 35-year-old actors would struggle, we knew she had to be special.

‘Thank goodness she walked into our room when she did. She’s brilliant.’

The Witcher is available to stream on Netflix.

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The second episode of Dracula aired on BBC One tonight and bosses surprised us with yet another sneaky Sherlock Holmes Easter egg.

Much to our delight, showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss slipped in a cheeky reference to the infamous detective’s right-hand man and renowned biographer Dr. John Watson.

Did you notice it?

Within the first quarter of the thrilling installment, Grand Duchess Valeria (played by Catherine Schell) told Claes Bang’s Count Dracula about a mysterious author who wants to document her life.

As they talked over a spot of dinner, Duchess Valeria commented: ‘A gentleman in England wants to write the story of my life.’

Would that be Dr. Watson, perhaps?

This is the second time Dracula has referred to Sherlock Holmes since the drama kicked off on New Year’s Day.

Episode one paid homage to the British sleuth and saw

Sister Agatha (Dolly Wells) floored Jonathan Harker (John Heffernan) by revealing the suspiciously quiet nun beside her throughout his interrogation was actually his fiancée, Mina (Morfydd Clark).

‘I apologise for the deception; it was necessary she heard the story from your own lips,’ Agatha, who later turned out to be revealed as Van Helsing teased.

She continued: ‘Having established your identity, it was not difficult to trace you back to England and find your worried fiancé. I have a detective acquaintance in London.’

Both Dracula and the Sherlock Holmes books were set and published in the Victorian era and Moffat and Gatiss worked on the Sherlock series together – and unsurprisingly, audiences are convinced that the two will crossover at some point.

‘It started as a joke,’ Gatiss said at the Dracula premiere. ‘We were shooting Sherlock series three, we had been shooting for two days.

‘And we came back to London for an awards ceremony and I had just taken a picture of Benedict [Cumberbatch] in his coat with his collar up, in silhouette, against Mrs Hudson’s doorway and I showed it to Ben Stephenson who is the drama commissioner and I said, “It looks like Dracula doesn’t it?”‘

Dracula continues on Friday at 9pm on BBC One and is available for catch-up on BBC iPlayer.

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Misfits star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett made his debut appearance in BBC One’s three-part thriller Dracula tonight and fans were loving it.

The 34-year-old actor, who shot to fame as Curtis Donovan in the E4 television series back in 2009, plays Adisa – the high-minded aide-de-camp to Lord Ruthven.

Adisa is said to be holding onto more information than he’s giving away – but what secrets could he be burying?

Misfits aired for four years until 2013 and starred The Umbrella Academy’s Robert Sheehan, This Is England’s Joe Gilgun and Game Of Thrones star Iwan Rheon.

Nathan’s character Curtis was the longest-serving member of the original Misfit gang and he started out as a promising athlete – that was until he was found guilty of drug possession.

After the storm, Curtis learned he had the power to turn back time, which he could use only when he had strong feelings of regret.

As the show continued, he later sold his power to Seth for money but was later left devastated when his girlfriend was killed and he wasn’t able to go back and undo the tragic events.

Avid television bingers will have noticed that Nathan is also currently starring in BBC drama The Trial Of Christine Keeler, which continues on Sunday.

Nathan has taken on the role of Johnny Edgecombe in the biopic, an Antigua-born jazz promotor who is the catalyst of the  Profumo scandal after he fires a gun at Stephen Ward’s door.

Dracula continues on Friday at 9pm on BBC One.

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The BBC has got 2020 off to a bloody good start with its new adaptation of Dracula, which thoroughly creeped out viewers when it debuted on New Year’s Day.

The first episode of the three-part drama aired on BBC One last night, bringing with it a naked bloodbath in a convent, twists galore and a cliffhanger of an ending.

The series – or at least a fair part of it – is set in Transylvania, known as the Count’s home – but just where was the series actually filmed?

And where is Transylvania anyway? Here’s what you need to know…

Where is the BBC’s adaptation of Dracula filmed?

While Castle Dracula might be located in Transylvania, those scenes were actually filmed in Slovakia – with the exteriors featuring the same castle as the one that appeared in the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu.

The East European nation might have provided a convincing location, but it didn’t come without its challenges – not least having to film the scene in which Dracula breaks into sister Agatha’s convent naked, in below freezing temperatures.

‘We shot the whole thing across three days, I think, and then we came back and did another two days here so it took five days [to film],’ explained star Claes Bang.]

‘I have to say, I was the one who said he should not wear any clothes. I know it’s slightly weird but it was written like that and I think it has an impact that he was there with no clothes on, to some extent.’

The weather caused other hiccups for the production, meaning the first scene had to be reshot due to the amount of snow around.

‘It was what never happens – there was like a magical snowstorm all through. Flakes the size of your hand,’ Mark Gatiss explained.

‘Literally, no-one had stepped on it, it was like Christmas. But the first shot it wasn’t snowing, and we had to go and do it again. It was amazing – beautiful.’

The rest of the production was shot on these very shores, with the interior of Dracula’s castle, as well as The Demeter – the ship which features in episode two – filmed at Bray Studios in Berkshire.

Meanwhile, episode three was actually shot in Whitby in Yorkshire, which where it also takes place.

Where is Transylvania in real life?

Transylvania is actually a region in Romania.

It’s in the central part of the country, and sits close to the Carpathian mountains – home to wolves, lynx and the biggest population of brown bears in Europe – as well as being home to cities including Cluj-Napoca, Brasocv and Sibiu.

The area is popular with tourists, especially for those looking to visit Dracula’s Castle – or, to give it its real name, Bran Castle.

The castle, which was built in 1377, is about two and a half hours drive away from the Romanian capital, Bucharest, and is open all year round.

You can find out more information about visiting at the official website.

Dracula continues on BBC One on Thursday night at 9pm.

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Wilmer Valderrama proposed to his girlfriend Amanda Pacheco in what can only be described as the best way to start the new year.

The 39-year-old That ’70s show actor and ex of Demi Lovato got down on one knee at a beach in La Jolla, San Diego to pop the question and his 28-year-old model fiancée (of course) said ‘yes’.

Taking to Instagram, Wilmer shared a picture of him on one knee with a beautiful sunset in the background.

He wrote in the caption: ‘”It’s just us now” 01-01-2020.’

Then Amanda shared a second photo of the gorgeous ring engagement ring.

With Wilmer holding her hand up to towards the setting sun, the huge diamond glistened among the sparkling sea.

She captioned both photos with the exact same thing as her fiancé.

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Amanda also shared the photo to her Instagram story with the caption: ‘Going into the New Year like…’

In response to the news, a load of celebrities took to the comments section to wish the happy couple well.

Kevin Jonas commented with five clapping hand emojis while Terry Crews opted for four fire emojis and a huge ‘CONGRATULATIONS’.

Avril Lavigne when with five red love hearts and the message: ‘LOVE!!! Congratulations.’

While Eva Longoria went for a super chilled out ‘ahhhhhh!!!!!’ alongside seven clapping emojis.

And here’s one more congratulations from us – congrats, guys!

The couple first went public with their relationship in April 2019.

There’s still no word from Demi Lovato about this latest update from her former boyfriend, despite breaking up on good terms in June 2016.

After the news of their break up dropped, they both shared the same statement on social media.

‘We will always be supportive of each other,’ it read.

‘Thank you to everyone who has offered us kindness and support over the years.’

Their break-up came as a shock to fans as the pair, who are 13 years apart in age, regularly proclaimed their love for each other and often posted loved-up selfies on social media.

He was reportedly by her bedside during Demi’s drug overdose hospitalisation in 2018.

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Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale’s reaction to meeting BTS is just too darn adorable and we have no choice but to stan.

The 30-year-old American actress hosted Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve alongside Ryan Seacrest on Tuesday night as they welcomed the South Korean boy band on the New York stage to do the famous countdown.

But while Lucy was backstage with the boys, she took the opportunity to grab a sneaky photo.

Posing in between the band, she excitedly smiled in a magenta fur coat as the BTS heartthrobs shined in their black and white outfits.

Taking to Twitter tonight to share the photo, she wrote: ‘OK not quite sure what I’m doing but I was excited,’ tagging BTS and adding a love heart emoji face.

It’s been just over an hour since she posted the tweet and (at the time of writing) it has almost 6,000 likes and more than 1,300 retweets.

Those are some serious numbers.

OK not quite sure what I’m doing but I was excited 😍 @BTS_twt #BTS pic.twitter.com/K8yPLzC6Zk

— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale) January 2, 2020

The seven-piece band took to the stage for an energetic performance that saw them cover bangers Make It Right, as well as finishing with their hit Boy With Luv.

And didn’t they look awesome as they did it in style?

The band – made up of RM, Jin, Jungkook, Jimin, V, Suga and J-Hope – took to the red stairs in the middle of the Square as the Army filled the atmosphere with cheers.

The group flexed their pipes from 10.30pm ET in New York City’s Times Square, alongside the likes of Post Malone and Alanis Morissette.

Fans couldn’t contain their screams (and we wouldn’t be able to either, tbf) as they hit the stage and slayed their choreography.

The band landed in New York the day before, gracing JFK with their stylish presence as they made their way through the terminal.

It comes after the group’s label BigHit Entertainment dropped the best Christmas present last week with a cryptic photo teaser on Twitter.

Sounds like 2020 is the year BTS shine ever brighter than they already have.

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Katie Price is setting the record straight on her tumultuous 2019 with an explosive new book – and risks igniting beef with her exes in the process.

After being declared bankrupt and set to lose her ‘mucky mansion’, – as well as a controversial affair with her ex-boyfriend Charles Drury – Katie will have a fair amount of things to write about, that’s for sure.

According to sources, Katie’s seventh book will include an honest account of her financial struggles and what she hopes to do to turn everything around, while not ignoring her eventful romances from the past year.

The star has reportedly taken a celibacy vow, and her seventh book is said to be centred around being an ‘independent woman’, and moving on from the drama in her past.

‘Katie is determined to turn over a new leaf in 2020. It is the start of a new decade and Katie wants to make a success of it,’ the insider added to The Sun.

‘Part of her plan of letting go of the past is setting the record straight about everything that’s happened.’

The star has ‘a lot to say’, with one of her exes being in particular danger of being slighted.

‘Charles, in particular, had better watch out because there is a lot she has to say on him and their relationship,’ they said.

It’s also been alleged the book will include messages and pictures from the last couple of years that Katie has previously kept under wraps.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Katie and Peter’s representatives for comment.

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James ‘Arg’ Argent has checked into a retreat in Thailand looking for ‘help with this recent addiction issues’ and ‘weight loss’.

2019 was a tough year for the 32-year-old Towie star, who was allegedly ‘rushed to hospital’ over fears he had ‘suffered a drug overdose’ and it had been claimed that he concerned pals called an ambulance after he had been ‘missing’ for 48 hours.

According to reports, Arg was eventually taken to get help after initially ‘refusing’ to go with professionals, who spent three hours with him at his Essex home.

And now he’s seeking help for it all and taking some much-deserved time off.

A source close to the star explained to The Sun: ‘Arg has jetted off to Thailand to start the New Year at a specialist facility.

‘He has realised he needs help with his recent addiction issues and with his weight loss battle, so has turned to professionals.’

It’s unclear when the star will be returning to the UK and he’s reportedly not set a time limit on his Thai getaway.

Rest up, Arg.

James has had a tough few months, after Gemma was forced to call the emergency services when he failed to return any messages, leaving her worried.

Discussing the situation, he previously told the publication: ‘I wasn’t speaking to a certain person so I didn’t reply.

‘They became concerned and called the police and ambulance. They turned up and checked on me. They came up to my room to make sure I was fine.’

He insisted his parents were already in the house checking up on him when ‘this person’ called the emergency services again, leading an ambulance to turn up at his house.

James has since thanked his friends – like former Towie co-star Mark Wright – for all their support lately.

Metro.co.uk has contacted James’ reps for a comment.

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Lisa George fears she may walk from Dancing on Ice just days before the show is due to start.

The soap star has joined a stellar line-up including the likes of Maura Higgins, Caprice Bourret, Paralympian Libby Clegg, Trisha Goddard and Lucrezia Millarini who will be representing the women this series.

Ian ‘H’ Watkins will be joined by Diversity’s Perri Kiely, magician Ben Hamlin, and Joe Swash, who will also be putting themselves to the test on the ice.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk ahead of the ITV show, the Corrie actress revealed that she suffers badly from anxiety.

‘I’m just ploughing through because I suffer really badly from anxiety and nerves, so if I think about it I might walk out and not do it,’ she began.

‘I just have to not think about it. I love it, I love skating and it’s what I loved as a child.

‘It has brought that back to me which is such a lovely feeling of freedom.

‘But I have to forget about the nerves and just get on with it. If I think about it I get nervous and cock it up.’

Michael Barrymore has already been forced to pull out of the show after he broke his wrist during rehearsals.

Michael was hoping that his stint on this series of Dancing on Ice would be his comeback into show business, however, the funnyman broke his wrist meaning he had to quit the show before it even began.

Speaking on the Christmas Special he exclaimed: ‘I’ve been dedicated to this business for a long, long time and accepted that it was over for me.

‘And I coped. But I realised just how much the business makes me who I am.

‘I love it so much.’

Dancing on Ice returns 5 January on ITV.

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Charlotte Crosby has announced she’s bagged a spot on the Australian version of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and she’s buzzing.

The former Geordie Shore star, who recently went public with her romance with DJ Chris Wright, confirmed her spot in a social media post.

Over the moon by the news, Charlotte enthused: ‘Wondered why I’ve been quiet?!?! IM ONLY GOING IN THE GOD DAM SOUTH AFRICAN JUNGLE for @ImACelebrityAU finally my dreams have come true and I don’t have to photoshop my head on the English line up anymore see you soon my jungle buddies.’ (sic).

Wondered why I’ve been quiet?!?! 🦁🦒🦓🐆 IM ONLY GOING IN THE GOD DAM SOUTH AFRICAN JUNGLE for @ImACelebrityAU finally my dreams have come true and I don’t have to photoshop my head on the English line up anymore 😂😂😂😂😂 see you soon my jungle buddies ❤ #ImACelebrityAU pic.twitter.com/8L7NNMrVSe

— Charlotte Crosby (@Charlottegshore) January 2, 2020

Unsurprisingly, fans can’t wait to see Charlotte tackle life in camp, with former Dancing On Ice contestant Melody Thornton posting: ‘Yaaaaay! Go Charlotte!’

‘Have fun Charlotte!! Smash it!! added Marnie Simpson.

Charlotte’s announcement comes one year after she told Metro.co.uk that I’m A Celebrity bosses decide not to cast reality stars in the series.

Having won Celebrity Big Brother in 2013, she admitted that she was ‘banned’ from taking part in ITV’s show because ‘they just don’t have anyone who’s done Big Brother.’

A source has claimed that the reality star had made several attempts to get cast on I’m A Celeb, with one insider saying: ‘Charlotte’s team have tried to get her onto I’m A Celebrity for years but they’ve always turned her down.

‘When they used to feature reality stars she was either not famous enough or too late to the party.’

They added to The Sun: ‘And after they put their ban in place a few years back, she was told it was impossible.

‘Now she’s taking part in the Aussie version and she can’t wait. Charlotte is a huge name in Australia and they love her out there, so she’s easily favourite to win already.’

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia kicks off Sunday 5th January on Network 10. 

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*Warning: This article contains massive spoilers from Dracula episode 2, titled Blood Vessel.

Dracula just took everything we thought we knew about the BBC Drama and threw it in the bin. What just happened?

Tonight’s second instalment of the most gruesome series you’re likely to find on the BBC in a long time took an unexpected turn from the events of episode one, which only left us with a mountain of questions – none of which were answered.

After finding herself cornered by Dracula (played by Claes Bang) in the closing moments of last night’s premiere, The Rules of The Beast, Sister Agatha (Dolly Wells) – who turned out to be vampire hunter Van Helsing – suddenly found herself playing a game of chess with Bran Stoker’s beast.

Or so she thought.

The entire instalment was set on a decrepit Russian ship heading to England with one passenger wiping out some of the guests one by one – no prizes for guessing who said passenger may have been.

As the survivors on board frantically tried to work out which one among them had been picked them off, there was an unnerving curiosity surrounding the sick casualty in cabin number nine.

Our worst fears were confirmed when it was revealed Agatha was the captive, clearly on her death bed.

However, while she diminished by the second nothing stopped her fighting and with the aid of the few survivors still standing by the end, the nun sacrificed herself to blow up the ship with Dracula on board, before he casually walked along the sea bed to eventually wash up in London where he was greeted by… Agatha… in a police uniform… in what appears to be 2020.

So. Many. Questions. Starting with:

What have we just been through?

WTF just happened. While we’ve been sat back enjoying the retelling of Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror with a Moffat and Gatiss twist, suddenly we’ve jumped more than a century into the present, haven’t we?

And where do we go from here? The rug was well and truly swept from beneath us in what is already a game-changing finish.

Should we have seen it coming?

Agatha revealed in episode one she had a friend who was a detective In London, which Moffat and Gatiss teased at the Dracula World premiere was Sherlock. At the time, that seemed implausible but now it all makes sense.

And tonight, before Dracula drained her blood, Grand Duchess Valeria (Catherine Schell) revealed she was on her way to London because someone was interested in writing the story of her life. Any biographers come to mind? How about John H. Watson.

Were these both clues that we were in the 21st Century all along?

What happened to Agatha? 

Tonight Agatha was knocking on heaven’s door but we have no idea why – even if you could bet your house Dracula got his fangs in her. Her fingernails were peeling off and she’d been confined to cabin number nine. Her days were numbered but what happened between her last confrontation with Dracula and now? 

Is Agatha dead or not? Why was she expecting Dracula?

Because we saw her lifeless body floating in the water but just minutes later, who welcomed Dracula to England? Agatha, or at least her identical twin, but with an English accent, with a beaming smile on her face.

‘Welcome to England, Dracula. What kept you?’ she grinned, clearly expecting his arrival.

What happened to Mina Harker?

Blood Vessel was missing one thing: Mina Harker (Morfydd Clark). Last we saw of Jonathan’s fiancee, she’d been duped by Dracula and was subsequently cornered with nowhere to turn and it seemed both Mina and Agatha’s days were numbered. T

hen tonight we learned Dracula let her go – but why? He hasn’t spared anyone else so what was different about Mina.

We previously learned Agatha turned to her London detective pal to track down Mina, so now we’re back in the capital will she be popping up again in episode three.

Dracula continues tomorrow at 9pm on BBC One.

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