Jussie Smollett has support of Empire co-star Terrence Howard

OHMYGOSSIP — Terrence Howard has shown his support for Jussie Smollett after it was announced he would be cut from ‘Empire’.
The 49-year-old actor has spoken out in defence of his co-star – who is being investigated over reports he orchestrated an alleged homophobic and racist attack on himself – following the news producers have decided he will not be returning to set to shoot the final two episodes of the drama.
Terrence shared a video of his son Hero playing with Jussie on a private jet, and wrote on Instagram: “All your lil homies got you… We love the hell outta you”
Producers are keen to “avoid further disruption” to the show, and so have simply written Jussie’s character, Jamal Lyon, out of the finale.
Producers including Lee Daniels and Danny Strong said in a statement to The Blast: “The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us. Jussie has been an important member of our ‘Empire’ family for the past five years and we care about him deeply.
“While these allegations are very disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system as the process plays out.
“We are also aware of the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our show and to avoid further disruption on set, we have decided to remove the role of ‘Jamal’ from the final two episodes of the season.”
Jussie appeared in court on Thursday (21.02.19), where he was ordered to pay a $10,000 bond and surrender his passport after being arrested on felony charges of filing a false police report and disorderly conduct.
After the hearing, he headed straight to the Cinespace Studio in Chicago where he became “very emotional” as he maintained his innocence in a speech to the cast and crew of the show.
He reportedly said: “I’m sorry I’ve put you all through this and not answered any calls. I wanted to say I’m sorry and, you know me, I would never do this to any of you, you are my family. I swear to God, I did not do this.”
Jussie was later praised by his legal team as a “young man of impeccable character” in a statement that hit out at the way the investigation has been handled.
The lawyers said in a statement: “Today we witnessed an organised law enforcement spectacle that has no place in the American legal system.
“The presumption of innocence, a bedrock in the search for justice, was trampled upon at the expense of Mr. Smollett and notably, on the eve of a Mayoral election.
“Mr. Smollett is a young man of impeccable character and integrity who fiercely and solemnly maintains his innocence and feels betrayed by a system that apparently wants to skip due process and proceed directly to sentencing.”

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Armie Hammer dismissed as bland

OHMYGOSSIP — Armie Hammer has been told his acting is as “bland as a piece of wood”.
The 32-year-old actor admitted it doesn’t “feel good” when people criticise his work but he respects their right to have an opinion.
He said: “Maybe some people just don’t like my style. I get a lot of people telling me that they think my acting is as bland as a piece of wood. Well, that’s their opinion I guess.
“I’ve had agents tell me I will never make it. Ever. ‘Son, you just don’t have it. Quit. Now.’
“It happened a great deal with I started out. I mean, it doesn’t feel good.”
And the ‘On the Basis of Sex’ star admitted the cruel comments once forced him to take a break from social media because Twitter can be so upsetting, though he’s learned to realise the online storm soon blows over.
He told Britain’s GQ magazine: “It’s one of the reasons I took a break from social media before.
“I’m not sadomasochistic enough to enjoy this.
“I don’t want to read this, so I just walked away. For a while.”
Asked if he still reads the tweets, he added: “Oh sure. But I don’t go over and over them. But every now and again I won’t be able to sleep and I’ll take a peek and then be up for an hour and a half and ugh.
“It’s very interesting to incur the wrath and the ire of the internet, the internet’s attention span is very short.
“My relationship with Twitter is like that fable of the frog and the scorpion, the frog gives the scorpion a lift across the river, right before the scorpion stings it.
“The frog goes, ‘Why did you do that?’ and he goes, ‘Because I’m a f***ing scorpion.’ ”

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Matthew McConaughey’s mum loves his fame

OHMYGOSSIP — Matthew McConaughey’s mum is a “mess” when it comes to opening up about his private life.
The ‘Interstellar’ actor revealed how he tried to tell his mother Kay, now 87, to stay tight lipped when he first became famous so he could figure out life in the spotlight.
Opening up affectionately about his mum, he told the Sunday Telegraph magazine: “She’s a mess, man. When I first became famous she would show up at my interviews. It wasn’t about me, it was about her.
“I would say, ‘Please Mom – I’m trying to navigate this newfound celebrity and being in the public eye, so just watch the loose lips. Just let me be the lead voice for now…’ ”
However, it didn’t seem to work as not long after, a friend told the star to tune into US tabloid show ‘Hard Copy’ as Kay was showing a reporter around their home, showing them “where Matthew slept with his first girlfriend” and more.
His older brother Rooster pointed out that while he admired his sibling trying to get her in line, no one else had ever succeeded before.
Matthew added: “Rooster said, ‘Buddy, you put up a valiant effort trying to curb our mother. I been around a lot longer than you, and I tried, and I saw Dad try and you ain’t changing her…’
“So now I’ve said, ‘You know what Mom? Free rein. Go for it.’ ”
Family is very important to the actor – who has children Levi, 10, Vida, nine, and Livingston, six, with wife Camila Alves – and he recently admitted the only ambition he ever had in life was to raise one of his own,
He previously said: “The only thing I’ve ever known I’ve wanted to be, since I was eight years old, 100 per cent knew it, clear, natural law, was to be a dad.
“I always knew I wanted to be a dad. I’ve always revered that as the greatest thing a man can do, be a father.
“It’s the greatest privilege and the greatest responsibility.”

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Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt ‘joked about who would die first’

OHMYGOSSIP — Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt would “joke about who would die first” and how they would pass away.
The Status Quo rock star has opened up about his late band mate – who sadly aged 68 in 2016 from sepsis following an infection of a pre-existing shoulder injury – and he admitted they often used to wonder how they would go.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday’s EVENT magazine, Francis said: “Me and Rick [Parfitt] used to joke about who would die first. We would laugh our heads off and describe ways in which we died – always crazy overdoses.
“I swore it would be me. He swore it would be him. If we’d ever been successful in America both of us would be long dead because we’d have had even more money to blow on booze and cocaine. But Rick was right in the end. I sobered up and he never did.”
Francis added he has calmed down from the rock ‘n’ roll antics of the ‘Rockin’ All Over The World’ prime in the 1970s, and he is now content to grow old.
He joked: “If you want to know what I really like doing, it’s sitting here at home waiting for death. I’m an old man. I’m nearly 70… I love trees. I love jigsaw puzzles and crosswords and shows like Endeavour and Vera on the telly.
“And, when you get to my age, I’ll be doing my jigsaw one minute then my head will be hanging and I’ll have drifted off for ten minutes. It’s lovely. Those little catnaps are absolute bliss.”
Meanwhile, in his memoirs ‘I Talk Too Much: My Autobiography’, the guitarist revealed how he still sees his friend in his dreams.
He wrote: “Since he went, I’ve been dreaming about Rick as though he’s not dead. In my dreams he’s always got a big smile on his face, like he often had in life.
“I say, ‘I thought you were dead!’ He says, ‘Yeah, well, you know.’ And I think, yep, that’s Rick. Turning up even though he’s dead. Typical.”

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Keira Knightley: I hate being told to relax

OHMYGOSSIP — Keira Knightley hates being told to “relax” when she’s acting.
The 33-year-old actress says people often try to remind her that “acting is relaxation”, but she finds it difficult to switch off when she’s on set, and only discovered it was acceptable to make mistakes when she watched Dame Judi Dench filming in 2005 film ‘Pride and Prejudice’.
When asked what the best advice she’s received is, she said: “I’ve been told so many times ‘Acting is relaxation, acting is relaxation,’ but you f***ing try it! And the more you try to relax, the more tense you feel. But on ‘Pride and Prejudice’, [Dame] Judi Dench forgot her lines in our scene and I suddenly realised, ‘Oh, actually, mistakes are fine.'”
The ‘Colette’ star received criticism for her role in the flick when she was first cast, but says she managed to brush it off thanks to her “f**k you attitude”.
She added: “I think I’ve always had a ‘F**k you’ attitude, and that’s helpful sometimes. With ‘Pride and Prejudice’, everyone was like, ‘She can’t act and that’s going to be dreadful.’ So I thought, ‘Well f**k you!'”
And Keira sometimes finds it hard to leave her characters on set, as she says the 2012 movie ‘Anna Karenina’ saw her bring the titular character home, much to the annoyance of her husband James Righton.
Asked by Notebook magazine if she ever finds it hard to switch off, she said: “Yes, in ‘Anna Karenina’. It was technical to film, so it was the only time I’ve ever – not intentionally, but totally – taken the character home. And my then boyfriend, now husband – f***ing miracle that we stayed together after that – was like, ‘I really don’t want to live with Anna Karenina ever again.’ I terrified the cast too. It was a bit much!”

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Kelly Brook: I felt like a failure after miscarriages

OHMYGOSSIP — Kelly Brook felt like a “failure” after suffering two miscarriages.
The 39-year-old model lost a baby girl in 2011 – whilst she was dating former partner Thom Evans – when she was five months pregnant, before suffering another miscarriage later the same year, and has said she struggled to push through the “difficult time” before publicly addressing her heartbreak on ‘Loose Women’ last year.
She said: “I feel like it’s such a taboo subject and it wasn’t really something I’d planned on speaking about. I’d never really discussed it publicly, but I thought it would maybe give comfort to other women who have been through the same thing.
“You can feel a bit of failure if you go through miscarriage or feel that it’s quite unfair, but as much as it was a real loss and a difficult time, I got through it.”
And since pushing through the devastating losses, the Heart FM radio presenter has said she’s come to terms with the idea that she probably won’t have any children of her own.
Kelly – who is now romancing Jeremy Parisi – added: “I’ve sat down and asked myself: ‘Do I really want to have children? Is this something I really want to do?’ And I’ve realised that actually it’s not something I’ve always wanted and I’m fine with it.
“It’s sad that it happened and obviously I wish that it hadn’t gone that way. But there is life after that, and I’ve found happiness in other things, like gardening. I’m a natural nurturer, and that was my therapy. I can’t control a miscarriage – it’s something completely out of my control.”

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Ashley Banjo gives adorable shoutout to newborn daughter on Dancing on Ice

OHMYGOSSIP — Ashley Banjo promised his newborn daughter he would “be home soon” during Sunday’s (24.02.19) episode of ‘Dancing on Ice’.
The 30-year-old dancer is on the judging panel of the ITV ice dancing competition, and took a moment to shout out his daughter Rose Adura Banjo- whom he welcomed with his wife Francesca Abbott on Thursday (21.02.19) – during the live show on Sunday.
Speaking after host Holly Willoughby asked him about life as a new father, Ashley said: “I am in love. I know she is not technically watching yet but, ‘Daddy will be home soon Rosie, I love you’.”
The Diversity star also thanked the show’s make-up team as he joked that he looked “horrendous” following several days of late nights since his tot’s birth.
Before the show – which saw the remaining five celebrities competing for a place in the semi-finals next week – kicked off, Ashley posted a picture on social media in which he said his daughter is “everything” to him now.
He wrote alongside the snap of himself: “Backstage about to go live for @dancingonice! Last time I was standing here I didn’t have a daughter… Now she’s everything… #nextchapter #time (sic)”
The dancer revealed the news of his daughter’s birth in a sweet post on Instagram earlier this week.
He wrote: “Our beautiful daughter came into the world at 6:45pm on 21st February 2019 – weighing a healthy 8lbs 13oz.
“Her name is Rose Adura Banjo. I am in the deepest love ever with my little family @francescabanjo I love you and am so proud #nextchapter (sic)”
Ashley had previously revealed he is finding the idea of fatherhood “quite surreal”, but is delighted about the prospect after the couple went through a “tough” fertility journey.
He shared last month: “It’s already quite surreal for me thinking there is a little baby Banjo on the way. A little girl. It’s been tough. People assume, I did it myself, they think, ‘If you want a baby, have one.’ It doesn’t happen like that.”

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Michael Jackson accused of child sex abuse by former maid

OHMYGOSSIP — Michael Jackson has been accused again of being a child sex predator by his former maid Adrian McManus.
Adrian previously made allegations of child sexual misconduct against the King of Pop – who passed away in 2009 – earlier this year, and has now doubled down on her comments, claiming she saw him “fondling” children on several occasions through her time working at his home.
Speaking to Australian TV show ’60 Minutes’ – which aired on Sunday (24.02.19), she said: “They were sitting on his lap. I just saw a lot of fondling. Him maybe rubbing his hands in kids’ hair, kissing them. Petting the kids … kind of by the rear end. I didn’t think it was appropriate because they’re not his children … I just didn’t think it was right.”
Her allegations have been corroborated by another staffer named Melanie Bagnall, who worked as a security guard at the Neverland Ranch, and said claimed once saw the ‘Thriller’ hitmaker with a child “sitting on his lap”.
She said: “[I saw] a child sitting on his lap and he had his hands close to the boy’s genitalia. Like, cupping his genitalia.”
Meanwhile, in an interview given earlier this year, Adrian claimed she often found the “underwear” of young children in Michael’s room.
Speaking to DailyMailTV, she said: “There was a lot of Vaseline around Neverland, a lot in Michael’s bedroom. I didn’t question it, because he was my boss and you just do what you’re supposed to do, but I would wonder.
“When I would go in to pick up Mr Jackson’s bedroom, many times when there were his special guests there, little boys, they were taking baths with him in his Jacuzzi. He had a Jacuzzi in the bedroom and I used to have to let the water out of the Jacuzzi, so I had to put hangers together in order to get to the middle of the Jacuzzi to let the water out.
“But Michael would have his underwear floating in the water and the little boys’ underwear floating in the water together. If they weren’t floating in the water, they were outside on the floor around the Jacuzzi. So I would find stuff like that.”

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Inbetweeners creators pen football comedy

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Inbetweeners’ creators are making a new comedy series about football.
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley will reunite for the first time since the E4 student show on ‘Afternoons’, which will follow the “misadventures” of three young players at a fictional Premiership team.
The half-hour show has been commissioned for six episodes on BBC2 and will focus on the fact the trio “from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social media than they are at scoring goals”.
And BBC bosses have promised the programme will feature “memorable dialogue and excruciating humiliation”.
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, said: “Having Iain and Damon back together on a new scripted piece is about as good as it gets in comedy. Their take on what happens off the pitch brims with their skill at creating a gang of instantly recognisable characters, memorable dialogue, deftly tuned plots and excruciating humiliation is never far away.”
The writers – who will also serve as showrunners alongside Caroline Leddy and Tom Werner – are “incredibly grateful” to have had their new programme given the green light.
They said in a joint statement: “We’re delighted to be working together again, and incredibly grateful to Shane Allen and the BBC for the faith they have shown in the idea.
“We’re hoping to show viewers the hilarious inner lives of three young men who just happen to have a very stressful job in the public eye.”
Casting details for the new show has yet to be announced.

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New James Bond film called Shatterhand

OHMYGOSSIP — The new James Bond film will be called ‘Shatterhand’.
The next chapter in the spy franchise will enter production on April 6 this year in Pinewood Studios in London, England, as well as Matera, Italy and after previously being simply known as Bond 25, it’s working title has now been revealed via a listing in trade publication Production Weekly.
The upcoming film – which is helmed by Cary Fukunaga and will likely be Daniel Craig’s last performance as the suave superspy – is set to be released in April 8, 2020, after being pushed back from February 14 of that year amidst a major rewrite of the script.
Lupita Nyong’o has also been linked the project and according to Baz Bamigboye’s column for the Daily Mail newspaper, producer Barbara Broccoli and Fukunaga have been trying their best to convince the ‘Black Panther’ star to appear in ‘Shatterhand’.
Meanwhile, it was previously revealed that Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, and Lea Seydoux will all return for the latest installment.
Lea, 33, portrayed Bond girl Dr Madeleine Swann in 2015 movie ‘Spectre’, and she looks set to reprise her role after support from Craig and the director.
Fukanaga previously said: “Lea will be returning.”
Speaking about the British trio, the director added: “You have some of the best actors in the world here. Why wouldn’t I have the best coming back?”
Fukunaga was named as the hotly-anticipated movie’s new director in September after Danny Boyle walked away from the project over “creative differences”.
Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said at the time: “We are delighted to be working with Cary.
“His versatility and innovation make him an excellent choice for our next James Bond adventure.”

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Gwendoline Christie joins cast of The Friend

OHMYGOSSIP — Gwendoline Christie has joined the cast of ‘The Friend’.
The ‘Game of Thrones’ actress will star alongside Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, and Casey Affleck in the upcoming independent comedy, which will be directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
The film will follow the extraordinary real-life story of Nicole (Johnson) and Matthew Teague (Affleck), whose best friend Brad Ingelsby (Segel) decided to put his life on hold and move into the couple’s house after discovering Nicole had six months to live.
It is unknown yet who Gwendoline, 40, will play in the film.
Production will start next month in Fairhope, Alabama.
Kevin Walsh, Michael Pruss, and Ryan Stowell will produce for Ridley Scott’s Scott Free banner with Teddy Schwarzman for Black Bear Pictures, who are set to finance the entire project, while Scott himself will serve as an executive producer and Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler will serve as executive producers alongside Ingelsby, Teague, Scott and Ted Deiker.
In a statement, Matthew previously said: “I’m thrilled and honoured to see the story come to life this way, thanks to the filmmaking vision of Gabriela Cowperthwaite and a script that Brad Ingelsby and I worked on closely together.
“It captures what’s at the heart of the story: deep love and loss, and the saving grace of friendship, to have the talents of Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel and Casey Affleck help the story live on is remarkable.
“And I’m grateful to Scott Free and Black Bear, who have been both passionate and sensitive from day one. I hope the story gives people an honest glimpse of what it means to face mortality, and the value of having a true friend at your side, when that moment comes.”

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Bros to record new album documentary

OHMYGOSSIP — Bros are set to film a new documentary about making their comeback record.
Matt and Luke Goss have seen a resurgence in popularity since the siblings’ documentary ‘Bros: After The Screaming Stops’ aired last year, which looked at their bitter rivalry which led to their acrimonious split in 1992.
And after it was reported that the ‘When Will I Be Famous’ hitmakers are set to sign a huge deal with Warner Music, Luke has revealed they are planning to let the cameras roll once again to capture any “tension” in the studio, though he insists the project won’t act as a sequel to the film.
According to the Daily Mirror, he said: “You have to hope for a little bit of tension. There should be a nice spiky energy in the studio.
“If you’re all going down the same road, you’re going to make a middle of the road album…
“It wouldn’t be a sequel – that would take away some of the authenticity of the film itself.”
It may come as a surprise that the pair are allowing their creative process to be filmed, as Matt previously admitted it was tough to make the film because it meant giving up his privacy.
He said: “We value our privacy most of all, which is why we’ve never milked our celebrity status for reality TV – so it was a fearful decision. This film nearly broke me. I didn’t want to finish it at one point. I just wanted to go home. I had my life and I love singing but it was starting to get too painful and our relationship was in real jeopardy.”
Since playing their 30th anniversary shows in 2017, the brothers – who will play London’s O2 Academy Brixton on July 5 – have vowed to never break up again because they’ve realised that the “incredible journey” that they’ve been on with their fans made at the height of their fame, in the late 80s, isn’t over yet.
Luke said previously: “We’ve made our decision that Bros will never disband again. We’re still on an incredible journey with our community of fans. We are brothers for life.”
Bros released three studio albums, ‘Push’, ‘The Time’ and ‘Changing Faces’ between 1988 and 1991.

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Amy Winehouse hologram tour postponed

OHMYGOSSIP — The planned Amy Winehouse hologram tour has been postponed.
The estate of the late ‘Back to Black’ singer – who passed away aged 27 in 2011 – teamed up with the BASE Hologram company to create a virtual likeness of the star to go on the road with a live band and backing singers to perform “digitally remastered” versions of her classic hits.
However, BASE has now issued a statement regarding the cancellation of the shows and admitted they “encountered some unique challenges and sensitivities” with regards to making the performance “respectful” towards Amy and her “incredible” legacy.
They tweeted: “BASE Hologram is committed to remembering Amy Winehouse and her legacy in the most celebratory and respectful way possible.
“In developing the type of highly ambitious state of the art hologram/augmented reality theatrical event that would truly capture her genius and incredible artistic and social contributions, we have encountered some unique challenges and sensitivities, therefor we are putting the tour on hold until we determine the best path to a creatively spectacular production that would properly honour Amy’s legacy at its highest-calibre.”
The company’s chairman, Brian Becker, added to Billboard: “Developing our productions is a cross between a Broadway show and a concert spectacle which requires creative engineering and that type of creativity does not necessarily follow a schedule. “And that’s what happened with Amy Winehouse, we promised to celebrate her life in the most respectful way possible … and to ensure we keep that promise we are putting the tour on hold while we plot out a creatively spectacular production fitting of her remarkable career.”
Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse, announced the tour last October.
He said at the time: “This is a dream for us. To see her perform again is something special that really can’t be put into words.
“Our daughter’s music touched the lives of millions of people and it means everything that her legacy will continue in this innovative and groundbreaking way.”
The run was expected to begin in autumn 2019, with money raised from ticket sales going towards the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Hologram tours have become largely popular ever since a $400,000 digital replica of Tupac Shakur took to the stage at Coachella in 2012, while a hologram of the late Michael Jackson danced to ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ at the Billboard Music Awards in 2014.
BASE have also orchestrated two other major tours, one featuring Roy Orbison and the other Maria Callas.

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Michelle Keegan gets eyebrows microbladed after she ‘over plucked’ them

OHMYGOSSIP — Michelle Keegan gets her eyebrows microbladed because she “over plucked them in the 90s”.
The 31-year-old actress is able to keep her morning beauty routine “to a minimum” because she has a lash lifting treatment and semi-permanent microblading, and it means she can concentrate on keeping her skin looking flawless.
Speaking to The Metro newspaper, Michelle said: “I got my eyebrows microbladed. I had it done because I over plucked in the 90s and I can’t grow them back – if I could get bushy eyebrows again I would. It helps me with time in the morning, I hate taking a long time getting ready, so the fact I have a LVL Lash Lift means my eyelashes are already lifted and because my eyebrows are microbladed I don’t tend to do much to my eyes, or brows. It’s more my skin really. I like to keep everything to a minimum because it’s easier.”
The brunette beauty – who is married to Mark Wright – keeps her skin hydrated by drinking “a pint of water every morning” to kickstart her beauty ritual.
She added: “My skin goes through phases, it always changes. At the minute it’s going alright, but when I was away filming for the first time in South Africa for ‘Our Girl’, my skin went really bad. I had really bad breakouts all under the skin, so I saw a dermatologist. My skin changes with the climate so I just change my skincare routine in line with the weather.
“In the summer I tend not to wear night moisturiser, but in the winter I do and that’s when I see the change. It took me a while to get it under control. And I can sometimes see it when I’m on camera. But also around this time, I didn’t drink a lot of fluids. Ah, this is a really good tip actually – my friend recommend that every morning when you wake up drink a pint of water because it kickstarts your body, which is now something I do. And yes, I do see and feel a difference because your body has fasted for eight hours, you’ve not had any fluids so your skin is dehydrated.”

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Jordan Banjo would never do Strictly Come Dancing

OHMYGOSSIP — Jordan Banjo says he would never do ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ because Oti Mabuse told him he is “not very good” at ballroom.
‘The Greatest Dancer’ presenter said the show’s team captain tried to teach him some steps, but she wasn’t impressed with his moves..
Jordan is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: “I am afraid I could never do it. The trouble is people know me from Diversity and my street dancing and so they will expect me to do good.
“But the reality is ballroom is tough. Too tough for me. Oti gave me some lessons and tired to teach me just one thing – a hold.
“But after a while she told me I’m not very good. She said my posture was not right.”
The 26-year-old is best known as the leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2009.
Despite his experience, he feels that his years of street dancing made it “hard” for him to suddenly master a different style.
He said: “The problem is I have been doing street dance for so many years it is very hard to suddenly forget everything I know and so something new.
“It’s like just because you can play basketball doesn’t mean you are good at football.”
On Saturday (23.02.19) Jordan and co-host Alesha Dixon will be fronting the finale of ‘The Greatest Dancer’, which will see the remaining contestants compete for the £50,000 cash money prize.
The four acts left to compete for the winning title are Oti’s KLA and Ellie, Matthew Morrison’s James and Oliver, and Cheryl’s Harry and Eleiyah.
‘The Greatest Dancer’ final will air on BBC One, starting at 7.10pm.

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Leah Bracknell wants to ‘feel normal again’ after cancer diagnosis

OHMYGOSSIP — Leah Bracknell says she wants to “feel normal again” after battled lung cancer for over two years.
The former ‘Emmerdale’ actress was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2016 and now the 54-year-old star – who played Zoe Tate on the ITV soap – is determined to get her old life back because she is sick of battling with conflicted emotions.
In her latest blog post – which she titled ‘Take Me Back to Normal’ – Leah wrote: “Living with stage four cancer is not black and white, we cannot always be the noble and exceptional patient nor are we always self-pitying and woe-is-me.
“Life on this path is far more nuanced see-sawing somewhere between the two; there are sunny days and there are days when dark clouds glower ominously and oppressively. To sum up, I am fed up of being fed up. And I’d like a break please.
“Having a moan and a whinge does not come without a sizeable chunk of guilt. I know there are people out there who are enduring much worse circumstances than I. I know that I have a great deal about which to be grateful.
“But that little part of me that is feeling sorry for myself just wants to be seen and heard. She wants to jump up and down shouting, ‘It’s not fair’, ‘I want my life back’, ‘I want to feel normal again’.”
The actress also described how she is constantly longing to “wake” from her current cancer “nightmare.”
She said: “Sometimes it feels like you are trapped in a cage. If only you could find the door and step out to freedom and life as it was before.
“If only you could wake from the nightmare: dawn breaks and you realise that it was all just a bad dream. And life is wonderfully normal again. Yes, if only.”

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