Avril Lavigne’s struggles as a woman

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OHMYGOSSIP — Avril Lavigne thinks it is “difficult to be a woman and to be heard”.
The ‘My Happy Ending’ hitmaker is fed up of people not taking her “seriously” because of her gender and she feels she knows what is best for her.
She told The Guardian newspaper: “It’s difficult to be a woman and to be heard, and people sometimes don’t take you seriously. I’m highly intuitive and I’ve always got a very strong gut feeling. I’ve always felt that I’ve known what’s best for me to do and I’ve had to fight different people on this journey over those 17 years: ‘You need to do this and it needs to go Top 40.’ You make those songs because you have to, but then the stuff that’s the best on record is the album tracks.
“I would get some songs the style I really wanted … I always loved the pop-rock thing and it’s still who I am. I’m still proud of those songs and I wrote them. It wasn’t like people wrote them and gave it to me. It was like, ‘OK, I get it. You guys want singles that are going in this direction. Fine, I’ll work with you but I’d rather be doing something else.’ You can’t be stubborn and just do everything your own way.”
Avril’s first album in five years will be released on February 15.
She wrote on Twitter: “I’m so excited that I can finally share with you, that my new album will be released on February 15, 2019. You can pre-order #HeadAboveWater⁠ (sic)”
The album’s title track and lead single details the singer’s battle with Lyme Disease.
She said previously: “One night, I thought I was dying, and I had accepted that I was going to die. My mom laid with me in bed and held me. I felt like I was drowning. Under my breath, I prayed ‘God, please help to keep my head above the water.’ In that moment, the song writing of this album began. It was like I tapped into something. It was a very spiritual experience. Lyrics flooded through me from that point on.”

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Katy Perry reveals school suspension

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katy Perry was suspended from school for “making sexual motions” towards a tree.
The 34-year-old singer – whose real name is Katy Hudson – has admitted she was ordered to stay away from her Santa Barbara Christian School for three days in sixth grade for “inappropriate behaviour”, including making lewd gestures towards the sapling, which she was pretending was Tom Cruise.
Katy shared the 1996 suspension report on her Instagram Story, and the document read: “At the 2:00 p.m. recess, Katy and four other students were in an ‘off-limits’ area (behind the backboards) practicing a skit.
“Katy pretended that a tree was Tom Cruise and began making sexual motions (pelvic thrusts) to the tree.
“When Katy met with Mrs. Calkins, Mr. White, and myself, she was asked to describe or demonstrate what she had been seen doing on the playground in front of some other students. Katy chose to describe it. Her words were ‘it was inappropriate’ and ‘like making out.'”
The incident was the final straw after the ‘Firework’ hitmaker had previously been given a “clear warning” following “several” other incidents of inappropriate behaviour.
The note continued: “This suspension comes after she several incidents and a clear warning in a previous conference.
“On October 17, she was called into my office to discuss her use of inappropriate language (‘p***ed off’ and calling 3rd grades ‘brats’) and using the Lord’s name in vain (saying, ‘oh my God’).
“She has also admitted being previously involved in playing ‘Spin the Bottle’ and ‘Truth or Dare’ which resulted in students kissing on the cheek. She was told then that any more inappropriate behaviour would result in a suspension.
“Katy was seen by two teachers recently outside their classrooms doing the Macarena dance in which she made body motions with sexual overtones (described by one teacher as being ‘like an exotic dancer’. ”
And the ‘Chained to the Rhythm’ singer had also been reprimanded for inappropriate clothing.
The letter explained: “Katy has been cited twice for wearing ‘crop tops’ with her midriff showing. Mrs. Hudson has assured me it won’t happen again.”
When she posted the note onto her Instagram Story, Katy added the caption: “WHEN I WAS SUSPENDED IN 6TH GRADE FOR HUMPING A TREE AND I GUESS OTHER STUFF.(sic)”

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Sharon Stone and Cynthia Nixon to star in Ratched

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sharon Stone and Cynthia Nixon are among the stars who will appear in ‘Ratched’.
‘American Horror Story’ creator Ryan Murphy is preparing to start work on his new Netflix series – which is a prequel to ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Next – and he’s revealed the big-name cast that will be joining Sarah Paulson, who will play Nurse Ratched, in the show and admitted he’s bagged a number of names he’s been keen to work with for a long time.
He wrote on Instagram: “‘Ratched’ on Netflix starts shooting in a couple weeks. On behalf of myself and Ms. Sarah Catharine Paulson who plays the title role and is also a big fancy producer on it, we are thrilled to announce our amazing cast…a true murderers’ row of talent.
“So many of these actors are supremely talented folks who Sarah and I have both longed to work with.
“The ‘Ratched’ Principal Players, in alphabetical order: Jon Jon Briones, Charlie Carver, Judy Davis, Harriet Harris, Cynthia Nixon, Hunter Parrish, Amanda Plummer, Corey Stoll, Sharon Stone, and Finn Witrock.
“More to come, but come on…Sarah, Cynthia, Judy, Amanda and Sharon, all doing scenes together? I cannot WAIT.”
The programme will run for 18 episodes over two series and will be set in the year 1947.
The series promises to follow the terrifying nurse’s “deadly progression through the mental health care system”.
The show was announced in September 2017 and Michael Douglas, who produced ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, is one of the executive producers on the project.
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, which is based on Ken Kesey’s novel of the same name, won the Best Picture Oscar in 1976, while Louise Fletcher scooped the Best Actress prize for her portrayal of the evil nurse.
The movie also scored Academy Award wins for Best Actor for Jack Nicholson, Best Director for Milos Forman and Best Adapted Screenplay for Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman.

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SAG-AFTRA slam Oscars chiefs

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Screen Actors Guild have blasted Oscars bosses for using “graceless pressure tactics” to allegedly deter attendees from appearing on other award shows.
SAG-AFTRA claim they have received a number of reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been pressuring certain actors to appear only at the Academy Awards on February 24 and not attend the other shows that occur before that, including their own Screen Actors Guild Awards, which take place on January 27.
The organisation fumed in a statement: “SAG-AFTRA has fielded numerous requests to respond to assertions that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences exerts extraordinary and unwarranted pressure on talent to hold them from appearing at other award presentations.
“We have received multiple reports of these activities and have experienced firsthand the Academy’s graceless pressure tactics and attempts to control the awards show talent pipeline. Awards season is a very special time when actors and actresses are being appropriately celebrated and recognised for the outstanding quality of their work. We would expect the Academy to honour these goals.
“This self-serving intimidation of SAG-AFTRA members is meant to limit their opportunities to be seen and honour the work of their fellow artists throughout the season. Actors should be free to accept any offer to participate in industry celebrations.
“The apparent attempt by the Academy to keep our members from presenting on their own awards show is utterly outrageous and unacceptable. The SAG Awards supports their union’s operations and important charitable assistance programs that provide valuable support to performers.
“We call on the Academy to cease this inappropriate action.”
The Academy have yet to respond to the statement.
This year’s Oscars have been surrounded with problems, with Kevin Hart stepping down as host in December following an outcry over past homophobic tweets.
With just six weeks to go before the ceremony, it is now likely the Academy Awards will take place without a main host, and instead it’s believed producers are keen to secure a string of big-name presenters to hand out the awards.
Ratings for the ceremony’s telecast fell dramatically in 2017 and producers were keen to revamp the show this year.
Megan Mullally will host the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Joshua Richards joins Emmerdale

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joshua Richards has joined ‘Emmerdale’.
The ‘Troy’ actor has been cast as Paddy Kirk’s (Dominic Brunt) potential real dad, a wrestler called Bear Wolf, in the ITV soap, and he is “delighted” about joining the show.
He said: “I am delighted to be joining the cast of ‘Emmerdale’. Having been based in Yorkshire for most of my life, it’s fantastic to now be filming there too.
“Bear Wolf is a great character and I am looking forward to seeing what’s in store for him.”
Joshua will appear on screen from mid-February when Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) convince Paddy to head to a wrestling convention to confront Bear.
Paddy’s quest to find out if Bear is his real dad will see some of the stars head to Northern Ireland to shoot some special scenes in the coming weeks.
‘Emmerdale’ producer Kate Brooks said: “We are absolutely delighted to have an actor of Joshua’s calibre join our show.
“An actor of immense talent and charisma, he’s a brilliant addition to the ‘Emmerdale’ team.
“It proves quite the adventure when Paddy and Marlon track Bear down in Belfast as Paddy’s life is turned upside down by boisterous Bear.
“However, Bear isn’t the only familiar face our villagers find in Belfast.”
As well as starring alongside Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger in 2004 movie ‘Troy’, Joshua has also starred in motion pictures ‘Panic Button’ and ‘King Arthur: Excalibur Rising’, and he made an appearance in ‘Heartbeat’ in 1999 as DI Haggerty.
Earlier this month, ‘Emmerdale’ bosses teased a favourite former character will return to the soap in special Belfast-based episodes.
Producer Laura Shaw said: “In March we’ve got some special episodes coming up where we go to Belfast.
“A group of our characters go to Belfast and there is going to be some fun and japes over there.
“What we can reveal is maybe they’re going to bump into somebody who was in our village quite a while ago who we’ve not seen for a while.”

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Charlie Lawson claims he could’ve fought in The Troubles

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OHMYGOSSIP — Charlie Lawson admits it is “highly likely” he would have joined a paramilitary group and fought in The Troubles had he not become an actor.
The Northern Irish star admits he could well have picked up a gun to fight in the political conflict – which began in the country in the late 1960s and saw loyalist and republican paramilitary groups go head-to-head on Northern Ireland streets for 30 years – if he hadn’t left his home nation to act.
The ‘Coronation Street’ star – who has played Jim McDonald on the ITV soap since 1989 – said: “I never took up arms.
“I suspect if I had stayed and not had the opportunities thrown at me and been unemployed staying up the Newtownards Road, I would say it probably would have been highly likely.
“I didn’t meet a Catholic until I was 20 years of age – not extraordinary for the times really, when you think about it.
“But the damage we did to ourselves as human beings and the sheer cruelty and the barbarity of both sides – of what people were willing do to other people.
“It’s horrendous and people don’t believe it now. They are not taught about it and they should be.”
Charlie has one daughter, 31-year-old former police officer Laura, but has now publicly admitted he was a “pretty hopeless dad”, and has apologised to her for being so “selfish”.
Speaking on ‘Eamonn Mallie: Face to Face’ – which airs on Northern Irish broadcaster UTV on Tuesday (15.01.19) – he added: “I was pretty hopeless as a dad. [Boarding school] made me useless with kids. I wasn’t interested at all.
“My grandchildren adore me and for some reason I am good with them. But for my own daughter I can offer nothing but sincerest heartfelt apologies about the way I behaved because I was so selfish.”
Charlie’s confession comes after his latest ‘Corrie’ storyline saw Jim returned to Weatherfield with his and wife Liz McDonald’s (Bev Callard) so-called daughter, only for her to turn out to be his girlfriend and the pair were revealed to be plotting to blackmail Liz out of her savings.

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Vera Farmiga and Jon Bernthal latest to join The Soprano’s prequel

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vera Farmiga and Jon Bernthal are to star in ‘Sopranos’ prequel film ‘The Many Saints of Newark’.
‘The Conjuring’ star and ‘The Walking Dead’ actor have been cast in unspecified roles in the project which is being created by David Chase 20 years after the Mafia TV drama first aired on HBO.
Farmiga, 45, and Bernthal, 42, join Alessandro Nivola, who will play Dickie Moltisanti, the mentor of teenage Tony Soprano.
In the original series – which kicked off the box set viewing phenomenon in the 2000s – Dickie is the deceased uncle of Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, and father of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli).
In the show, the character never appears as he was murdered prior to the drama’s timelines – but he will now be introduced in the prequel as someone who helped turn a small gang into the New Jersey crime family that Tony eventually heads.
The movie will be set in 1960s America as riots sweep through Newark, and tensions between African American and Italian residents boil over into violence
Chase was “against” creating a spin-off for a “long time”, but became interested in the idea when he explored the 1967 Newark riots which occurred when two Newark Police officers arrested and beat African American taxi driver John Smith and decided the real life event would provide the perfect backdrop for the plot and a look at Tony’s formative years.
He previously said: “I was interested in Newark and life in Newark at that time. I used to go to down there every Saturday night for dinner with my grandparents. But the thing that interested me most was Tony’s boyhood. I was interested in exploring that.
“I was against [the movie] for a long time and I’m still very worried about it, but I became interested in Newark, where my parents came from, and where the riots took place. I was living in suburban New Jersey at the time that happened, and my girlfriend was working in downtown Newark. I was just interested in the whole Newark riot thing. I started thinking about those events and organised crime, and I just got interested in mixing those two elements.”

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Steven Spielberg casts Rachel Zegler as Maria in West Side Story film

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OHMYGOSSIP — Steven Spielberg has cast Rachel Zegler as Maria in his upcoming ‘West Side Story’ adaption.
The 72-year-old director has chosen the 17-year-old New Jersey high school student to make her film debut and take on the iconic role – made famous by Natalie Wood in the original 1961 film -across from Ansel Elgort’s Tony.
The ‘E.T’ director previously insisted that the lead role of Maria in his reboot – which follows the love story of a 1950s Romeo and Juliet who are caught between two New York gangs, the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks, – would exclusively go to a Latina actress.
Spielberg told The Hollywood Reporter: “When we began this process a year ago, we announced that we would cast the roles of Maria, Anita, Bernardo, Chino and the Sharks with Latina and Latino actors. I’m so happy that we’ve assembled a cast that reflects the astonishing depth of talent in America’s multi-faceted Hispanic community. I am in awe of the sheer force of the talent of these young performers, and I believe they’ll bring a new and electrifying energy to a magnificent musical that’s more relevant than ever.”
Zegler added that she was “humbled” to be offered such a significant role to the Hispanic community and can’t wait to get started.
She said: “I am so thrilled to be playing the iconic role of Maria alongside this amazing cast. West Side Story was the first musical I encountered with a Latina lead character.
“As a Colombian-American, I am humbled by the opportunity to play a role that means so much to the Hispanic community.”

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Rudimental want DJ Locksmith to play Bond villain

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rudimental star DJ Locksmith’s bandmates want him to play a James Bond villain.
The BRIT Award-nominated drum and bass group’s member – who is joined by Piers Agget, Amir Amor and Kesi Dryden in the ‘These Days’ group – revealed last year that he had launched his career in film working on projects soundtracked by his bandmates, and now they’ve tipped him to be the next Jaws or Blofeld.
Piers said: “Locksmith is the man that you’ll see in films – he has acting in his sights so you’ll see him on the screen in the near future.
“I would really love to see him play a baddie in a James Bond film, he’s really talented, or a sick Marvel character.”
Locksmith himself told the Daily Star newspaper: “I’m currently doing a couple of movies – it’s me acting personally and then the band will do the music.”
Whilst a part in a 007 movie may be quite ambitious, the band would also love to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Sam Smith, Madonna and Adele by recording a Bond theme.
Kesi added: “We could do a Bond theme tune – that would be fun.
“We might have to send the Bond producers a letter.”
Locksmith revealed in June last year, that he had secured several movie roles.
The 32-year-old star – whose real name is Leon Rolle – said: “I’m currently doing a couple of movies this year and want to integrate some music and soundtracks into that.
“It’s me acting personally and then the band will do the music so watch this space.”
However, fans of the four-piece shouldn’t worry about the movie projects taking over from their music, as Locksmith admitted his acting isn’t “as good” as the work he does with the ‘Not Giving In’ hitmakers.
He confessed: “My acting is not as good as what I do with Rudimental.
“I don’t do the stuff outside of the band as well as I do Rudimental.”

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Ellie Goulding joining Octavian at BBC Sound Of 2019 Live

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ellie Goulding is set to perform at BBC Sound Of 2019 Live on January 31 with Octavian.
The ‘Close To Me’ singer received the prestigious honour in 2010, and she will join this year’s recipient and the runners-up Dermot Kennedy, Grace Carter Mahalia and Sea Girls for a performance on the show, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 1.
Sharing her excitement for the gig, Ellie tweeted: “I’m so excited to be playing at BBC #SoundOf2019 live alongside some incredible new talent. Hope to see you there too! x http://bbc.in/2D9b6xz (sic)”
French-British star Octavian – whose real name is Oliver Godji – became the first rapper in 15 years, when 50 Cent topped the annual poll, to win the title.
Reacting to the news, he said: “That’s lit. I don’t even know how to feel right now … Mum, I made it!”
A panel of 136 music experts, including Radio 1 DJs, artists such as Ellie and 2018’s winner Sigrid came together to narrow down the finalists and pick the overall winner.
Octavian – who released his 2018 mixtape ‘Spaceman’ to critical acclaim in September – has previously been compared to Drake and even received the praise of the ‘In My Feelings’ hitmaker for his dancehall-influenced sound, and he’s vowed to make 2019 a “loud” year for his music.
Octavian said: “I get inspired and I try to make a new sound every day. It’s going to be a very loud year for me. Loads of music, loads of visuals, loads of albums.”
King Princess, ‘Why Her Not Me’ hitmaker Grace, slow thai and Rosalía also made the top five.
Dermot, Ella Mai, Flohio, Mahalia
and Sea Girls were also contenders in the longlist.
Annie Mac, who unveiled the winner on her BBC Radio 1 show, commented: “BBC Sound Of is always a wonderful opportunity to get a snapshot of the new music landscape in the UK and this year is really interesting. 6 of the 10 artists are women. And we have two rappers in the top five! I am delighted that UK rap music has got such great placement in the list – Octavian is a truly original and exciting artist, pushing the boundaries of the genre and it’s great to see such a progressive artist getting such a huge accolade.”

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The 1975 and Anne-Marie set for BRITS Week War Child gigs

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OHMYGOSSIP — The 1975, Anne-Marie and Bring Me The Horizon are among the acts playing BRITS Week War Child gigs in the run up to the BRIT Awards.
Matt Healy and co, the ‘Friends’ singer and ‘Mantra’ rockers will play intimate shows next month, along with the likes of IDLES, You Me At Six, AJ Tracey, Enter Shikari, Frank Turner, Jessy Glynne, Tom Odell and more.
Arena band The 1975 will play the tiniest show in a while at The Garage on February 19.
Anne-Marie play Omeara and Bring Me The Horizon will headline The Dome on February 19.
The money made from the ticket for the shows helps fund War Child’s vital work delivering solutions protecting and educating children in some of the world’s worst conflict areas, such as Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen.
Last year Ed Sheeran, Jessie Ware, Wolf Alice, Rag’n’Bone Man and more played charity gigs to help raise funds for children living in war-torn countries at The O2 arena, but this year the shows have moved back to smaller venues.
The fund-raising shows come head of the main BRIT Awards on February 20 from North Greenwich venue.
To enter the draw to win tickets to see the artist of their choice music fans can make a £5 donation at www.britsweekwarchild.co.uk.
The 2019 gig listing for War Child is as follows:
IDLES, 100 Club, February 11
You Me At Six, Scala, February 11
Chris Difford songwriting masterclass, BRIT School, February 12
AJ Tracey, 100 Club,February 12
Nick Mulvey, Wilton’s Music Hall, February 13
Enter Shikari, The Dome, February 13
Frank Turner, Omeara, February 15
Mabel, Bush Hall, February 17
Jake Bugg with special guest Jade Bird, Omeara, February 18
Jess Glynne, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, February 18
DJ Semtex & Friends, XOYO, February 18
The 1975, The Garage, February 18
Bring Me The Horizon, The Dome, February 19
Anne-Marie, Omeara, February 19
Tom Odell, Omeara, February 22

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The Killers gave Spike Lee full reigns over Land Of The Free video

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Killers gave Spike Lee “full creative control” over the music video for their anti-Trump song ‘Land Of The Free’.
Brandon Flowers and co recently dropped the politically-charged anthem, which saw the 61-year-old Academy Award-winner at the helm, about the US-Mexican border wall, gun violence and incarceration.
The ‘Somebody Told Me’ rockers spent several weeks with the ‘BlacKkKlansman’ director towards the end of last year, visiting the America/Mexico border to capture real-life footage of migrants families making the journey to the supposed “land of the free”.
Brandon has said he felt compelled to pen the track after the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut in 2012, and those that followed in his hometown of Las Vegas, Orlando and Parkland.
Speaking about the song to Zane Lowe on Beats 1 radio, the 37-year-old frontman explained:
“I think it’s a very important time right now and enough was enough is basically where it comes from.
“It started in my mind, around when [the] Sandy Hook [shooting] happened and as a father how that affected me and then it just started stacking up.
“It was things like Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, things like what’s happening at [the Mexico border] wall.
“This stuff didn’t seem to be in harmony with the values that I believe my country was founded on.”
Brandon initially felt “inadequate” to write the song, but just had to get it of this chest.
He added: “I would start the song and then I would put it away and say ‘I’m not the guy to do this.
“I feel inadequate, someone is gonna write this song’ and then it just piled up with Las Vegas, Orlando, Parkland [shootings]. It just kept coming and I just thought , ‘I have to get this out’.”
A press release for the track describe the song as “a heartfelt lament inspired by current events and recent national tragedies.”
One line about the gun crisis in the country sees Brandon sing: “So how many daughters?/Tell me how many sons/Do we have to put in the ground/Before we just break down and face it?/ We’ve got a problem with guns/ In the land of the free.”
The heart-wrenching song was recorded at the Las Vegas band’s very own Battle Born Studios in Nevada, and is produced by long-time collaborate Jacknife Lee, with additional gospel vocals by Lynn Mabry, Dorian Holley, Will Wheaton, Sherree Patrice Brown, Akasha Mabry and Killers’ touring vocalists Amanda Brown, Danielle René Withers and Erica Canales.
The new stand-alone track is the band’s first since the band’s 2017 LP ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ and is available to stream on all major platforms now.

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Gemma Collins ‘threatens to quit Dancing On Ice’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins has “threatened” to quit ‘Dancing on Ice’ after Holly Willoughby questioned her “professionalism”.
The 37-year-old reality TV star is said to be hurt after the TV presenter, 37, accused her of displaying a lack of “pride” in her work by leaving the hit ITV show 15 minutes early on Sunday night (13.01.19).
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Gemma’s a nightmare but is getting away with it because producers know she’s the biggest draw.
“On the first show she told an exec she was the star so shouldn’t have to be in group performances or stand on the balcony to watch the others.
“On social media she makes out she’s pals with them but in reality she doesn’t care.
“She’s devastated by everything that’s been said about her and is threatening to quit.”
Dancing on Ice’s digital presenter Kem Cetinay claimed on Monday (14.01.19) that the ‘The Only Way is Essex’ star left the live broadcast before the end because she was a “bit bored”.
He said: “We went into the live show, and then the last quarter of the show, she went home.
“Well I didn’t know she went until after but then we saw this video and I was thinking, ‘I don’t know where Gemma is?’
“I went to her dressing room and she wasn’t there. So I did speak to her after and she said she was a bit bored, but she does love skating.”
Holly then gave her opinion on Gemma, saying: “The thing is I really love Gemma, you know I’m a big fan of Gemma’s and I think she’s great on the show. I do, but I think there has to be a bit of professionalism that comes into any work you do, just a bit of pride in your work.”

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Shirley Ballas joins Comic Relief’s Mount Kilimanjaro climb

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shirley Ballas is the first celebrity to sign up for Comic Relief’s Mount Kilimanjaro climb.
The 58-year-old ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ head judge is eager to throw herself into training for the expedition as soon as the tour for the BBC One show finishes next month.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre TV column: “Shirley’s really excited, but nervous. She has a busy fitness regime lined up to help with walking in the altitude.
“It’s going to be a huge challenge but she knows it’s for a great cause and she’s thrilled to be part of it.”
Little Mix have also been approached to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the tallest mountain in Africa and stands at 5,895 metres.
Every year around 1,000 people are evacuated from the mountain and approximately 10 deaths are reported, although the actual number of casualties is believed to be three times higher.
In 2009, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton and Alesha Dixon set off to Tanzania to tackle Kilimanjaro with project manager and guide Jeremy Gane of Charity Challenge.
Cheryl, Fearne, Denise and Ben reached the summit first at sunrise.
Then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with the group upon their return to the UK, and said they were “inspiring a generation of kids” with their bravery.
The climb raised an excess of £3.5 million with over £1.8 million coming from the audience of BBC Radio 1 – which was a record for the station.
Comic Relief has raised more than £1 billion since it launched in 1985.
The charity says it uses the money to “tackle the root causes of poverty and social injustice in the UK and across the world”.

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Shyko Amos asks Death in Paradise fans to give her a chance

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shyko Amos has appealed to ‘Death in Paradise’ fans to give her a chance after some vowed to switch off because she replaced Danny John-Jules on the drama.
The ‘A Very English Scandal’ actress has thanked the 58-year-old actor – who played police officer Dwayne Myers – for helping her land the role of Ruby Patterson on the show, but admits she has come under fire from some of the programme’s fanbase who admitted they only tune in to see the ‘Red Dwarf’ star.
Shyko – who will make her ‘Death in Paradise’ debut on Thursday (17.01.19) – told Series Linked podcast: “It feels, honestly I just think it’s an honour. He’s been so magic on the show, and I actually have said that, he’s been brilliant, and for me, who’s a newbie, to step into his shoes, that’s great.
“He set it up for me, so thank you Danny. I was nervous, I can’t pretend I wasn’t, because everyone on social media does always tell me, ‘We miss Danny.’
“Or you get the ones, the ones of you out there that are like, ‘Well, I’m only watching it for him’. And they’re not even going to give me a chance.
“Give me a chance!
“On the one hand it was daunting, but on the other hand, I just thought, well, I’m completely different so it’s a chance for me to just do something different and I really hope that you guys will like it.”
Shyko enjoyed filming the BBC series in Guadeloupe at first, but admitted the heat began “taking a lot out” of her.
She added: “I think for about the first month, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m cool with this. This is heat, this is wonderful, this is everything I could have imagined.’
“And then you just get to this point where, once you’ve been under those lights and you’ve got the police uniform on, you’re just like, wow, it’s really hot, it’s taking a lot out of me.
“And when you’ve been on set all day, that really is an impediment, I think, that you have to get your head around.
“So the heat and the mosquitoes are the things that I remember.”
Danny announced last April he was departing ‘Death in Paradise’, admitting he needed more “razzmatazz”, and he later joined ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

Source: Female First
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Johannes Radebe missed Strictly tour rehearsals due to to visa problem

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rehearsals for the ‘Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour’ were thrown into chaos after professional dancer Johannes Radebe missed key sessions due to a visa issue.
Johannes joined the BBC ballroom TV show for the 2018 series and once the show wrapped he made a trip home to South Africa, however, a problem with his visa meant that he has been absent for many of the practice sessions ahead of the start of the tour, which kicks off in Birmingham on Friday (18.01.19).
Johannes only got back to Britain last Wednesday (09.01.19) which meant that extra rehearsals were scheduled for the weekend so he could catch up on the choreography.
Speaking to The Sun’s TV Bizarre column, a source said: “The dancers on the show were furious as his failure to turn up on time put everything behind … The fact some of them had to rearrange their social plans left them furious. Everyone has been moaning about how chaotic this year’s rehearsals have felt and the dancers are laying all of the blame at Johannes’ door.”
The tour features a host of celebrities from the most recent series taking to the ballroom, including glitterball trophy winner Stacey Dooley, Dr. Ranj Singh, Lauren Steadman, Joe Sugg, Graeme Swann, Ashley Roberts and Faye Tozer.
And on Monday (14.01.19) ‘Strictly’ professional Giovanni Pernice revealed he will be dancing with his celebrity partner, Steps singer Faye, and Pussycat Dolls star Ashley, whom he is dating after getting close to the blonde beauty behind the scenes on the last series.
He said: “It’s different, I’m dancing with Faye and with Ashley – it’s different.”

Source: Female First
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