Ashley Roberts worried about public backlash on Strictly Come Dancing

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ashley Roberts is reportedly concerned about “public backlash” over her dance background on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The Pussycat Dolls singer has been topping the leaderboard for several weeks on the BBC Latin and ballroom dance competition, and even scored the first perfect 40 of the series.
But after facing the dance-off last week – where she narrowly escaped elimination when judges chose to send home cricketer Graeme Swann instead – she is said to be worried that her previous experience in dancing is turning the voting public against her.
A source said: “She is worried a public backlash will see her exit the competition despite being an early favourite to win.
“Ashley was incredibly shaken to be in the bottom two and was upset her popularity had gone after failing to secure public votes.
“She was seen being comforted by friends backstage.”
As well as serving as a member of the Pussycat Dolls for seven years, 37-year-old Ashley started off her career in a burlesque dance troupe.
Sources also claim the other contestants left in the show are pleased to see her “unfair advantage” being brought to light, as the competition nears its closing stages with just six couples left battling for a place in the final.
The insider told The Sun’s Bizarre TV Column: “Others left in the competition talked about justice being served after her former dance experience was brought up again this week.
“Some of the celebrities feel Ashley has an unfair advantage and it’s about time the public were reminded of that.
“They feel she has sailed through the competition on an uneven playing field.
“The knives are out. Instead of consoling her, the professionals and celebrities celebrated this coming to light and affecting the voting this way.”

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Jason Momoa had two stunt doubles for Aquaman

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Momoa had to have two stunt doubles “constantly working” on the set of ‘Aquaman’.
The 39-year-old American actor plays the aquatic superhero – also known as Arthur Curry – in the James Wan directed flick and speaking at the DC Comic blockbuster’s world premiere in London on Monday night (26.11.18) he revealed he needed the help of his doppelgangers due to the numerous extravagant action sequences.
He said: “I definitely do a lot of my stunts but there’s so many stunts in this that we had to constantly be prepping so I had two stunt doubles constantly working.”
Jason – who played the character in ‘Justice League’ – is seen for the first time in Aquaman’s famous gold and green superhero costume and he admitted it was a thrill to FaceTime call his young kids, daughter Lola, 11, and nine-year-old son Nakoa-Wolf, from the set so they could see their dad dressed up.
The Hollywood hunk – who raises his kids with his wife Lisa Bonet – said: “My experience was looking in James Wan’s eyes and he was delighted and filled with joy and he was stoked and I called my kids on FaceTime and got to see their faces, it was beautiful.”
Dolph Lundgren also stars in the DC Extended Universe film and plays King Nereus, the father of Amber Heard’s alter ego Mera.
During the shoot, the 61-year-old Swedish actor saw similarities between his ‘Aquaman’ character and iconic He-Man, who he portrayed in the 1987 film ‘Masters of the Universe’, and that came from director Wan being a big fan of the 80s children’s cartoon and Mattel action figure range.
Dolph said: “Well, I think James Wan was a fan of ‘Masters of the Universe’ when he was a little kid and my King Nereus looks a bit like He-Man. So I think there’s a reason why I got cast for this role but it was a great role and a very good cast and I think it’s a fun movie.”
Opening up about the highlight of his ‘Aquaman’ scenes, Dolph added: “Well look it’s called dry for wet which means you shoot everything on a blue screen and you hanging on these wires 40 feet in the air conducting scenes and action.
“For me, I really look up to people who do these superhero movies because it’s really difficult. And the more you weigh the more the harness pulls on certain areas of the male anatomy and after four or five hours you’re ready to come down.”

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Willem Dafoe: Vincent van Gogh would like our movie

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OHMYGOSSIP — Willem Dafoe hopes Vincent van Gogh would have “enjoyed” seeing his life played out in ‘At Eternity’s Gate’.
The 63-year-old actor plays the famous artist in the new biographical drama movie – which was released in the US on November 16 – and has said that whilst he can’t say what the painter, who died in 1890, would think of the production if he were alive today, he hopes he would be pleased with the team’s work.
When asked what van Gogh would think, Willem said: “I can’t even think about that. Who knows? We would like to think that he’d enjoy it. That’s something I would have to ruminate on for a long time. But, it’s a movie. We’re making it for now. We’re making it for us. Van Gogh is a very important, influential figure to Julian [Schnabel, the director]. The film does a service to him in the respect that it doesn’t try to explain him. It’s our imagining of what it might be like to be him.”
The Hollywood icon admits he learned a lot about the painter that was unknown to him before taking on the role, including how “socially awkward” he was, as well as his “spiritual” nature.
Asked if he learned anything that surprised him, Willem said: “How steeped he was in a spiritual quest, which is usually short-handed as a kind of madness. He tried to be a man of God early in his life, so that was surprising to what extent he was always having a dialogue with his God through nature.
“For someone that was so socially awkward and had so much trouble communicating with people on a social level and famously had trouble with women, had trouble with physicality, intimacy, he was a very compassionate person. He felt distance from people, but he loved the soul of the worker. He talks much about how you have to live like a peasant to paint peasants.”
To research the role, Willem made sure to read up on the painter, but then insisted he had to “forget” what he’d learned because he didn’t want to “copy” the version of van Gogh depicted in other films.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he said: “I read biographies, of course. I had seen ‘Lust for Life’ and the [Robert] Altman film [‘Vincent & Theo’] years ago. But when you make something, you really want to forget those things. You can’t copy them. It’s the idea that to express what a work of art is you have to make another thing. There are parallels to what you learn in painting: It’s not about likeness.”

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Jameela Jamil has slammed celebs ‘toxic’ diet tips

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jameela Jamil has slammed “toxic” celebrities for their “terrible” diet tips.
The 32-year-old actress has branded Khloe Kardashian, Cardi B, Iggy Azalea and Amber Rose as “liars” for promoting weight loss shakes and urged the stars to “give the discount code” to their “plastic surgeons” rather than weight loss products.
Sharing promotional posts by Iggy, Khloe, Cardi B and Amber for ‘FlatTummyCo.’ on Twitter, she wrote: “Give us the discount codes to your nutritionists, personal chefs, personal trainers, airbrushers and plastic surgeons you bloody liars.”
The ‘Good Place’ actress then went on to open up about her own battle with eating disorders and admitted she had “listened to irresponsible celebrities” and permanently damaged her health.
Sharing a screenshot of her earlier tweet on Instagram, she said: ” I am so sick of the lies. I was so riddled with eating disorders when I was young. I listened to irresponsible celebrities and bought all these bad products and followed their TERRIBLE and toxic diet tips for how they maintained the tiny weight they were… and I f***ed up my metabolism and digestive system for life.
“I damaged my fertility, I was consumed and mentally ill. I was obsessed and didn’t eat a meal for over three years as a growing teen.
“I am not going to stop until we teach people to be better allies to women and stop selling this not at all medically sound shit and rhetoric to us. UNFOLLOW THE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BAD (sic)”
These comments come after the former T4 presenter criticised the ‘I Like It’ hitmaker for selling detox tea to her fans and claiming she wanted her to “sh** herself in public”.
She previously said: “They got Cardi B on the laxative nonsense “detox” tea. GOD I hope all these celebrities all s**t their pants in public, the way the poor women who buy this nonsense upon their recommendation do. Not that they actually take this s**t. They just flog it because they need MORE MONEY (sic)”

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Viola Davis signs feature deal with Amazon Studios

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OHMYGOSSIP — Viola Davis has signed a first look feature production deal with Amazon Studios.
The ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ actress runs JuVee Productions with husband Julius Tennon, and the couple have agreed to bring their projects to the streaming service.
Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement: “Amazon Studios is passionate about building a home for both new and established filmmakers of all backgrounds, who share the same vision in telling incredible and engaging human stories.
“Viola and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions brings distinctive, fresh voices and high-quality content to our customers in both theaters and on Prime Video.”
The announcement comes as Davis has been working on new comedy ‘Troupe Zero’ – which stars Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan – with Amazon ahead of a 2019 release.
The latest production pact comes after the company has inked deals with a number of firms, including ones with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television for eight direct-to-service films.
Other agreements have been made with the likes of Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films, while ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ director Reed Morano and ‘Get Out’ filmmaker Jordan Peele have also signed on.
It should come as now surprise, as Netflix has recently made headlines for similarly massive deals with stars such as ‘American Horror Story’ creator Ryan Murphy and Davis’ ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ boss Shonda Rhimes, who was also the mind behind ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

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Kendra Wilkinson has been ‘dating’ again

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kendra Wilkinson has been “dating” herself following her divorce.
The 33-year-old reality star finalised her split from estranged husband Hank Baskett in October – six months after filing for divorce – and she has revealed she has learned how to focus on herself over the past few weeks.
Taking to social media, she wrote on Instagram: “Been dating myself lately. Getting to know myself and even falling in love. Love and happiness is real without waiting on someone or something to do it for you.”
Kendra admitted it’s not been easy to adjust to being alone after the end of her marriage, but she has been working on it.
She added: “Been taking a lot of patience, empathy and discipline…. well, except with the d**k head I flipped off on the road the other day…”
The ‘Kendra On Top’ star – who has son Hank IV, eight, and daughter Alijah, four, with her former partner – told her fans last month that she had “fought” for the relationship.
She explained: “Signed my last divorce paper Friday. Brutal. . I gave it all i got. Truly did. Im beyond proud of myself!! Fought to save til the last second. Oh well. Life goes on. Bye lol (sic)”
Kendra had previously revealed she was finding it tough to “heal” following her split from the former American footballer, whom she married in 2009.
She said: “Just when I think I’m healed, I start to cry. Sorry I’m not a perfect person. I’m really sorry.”
She later posted a separate photo on her story which claimed that “#DivorceSucks (sic)” after finding herself doing some summer cleaning in her home.
She added: “Maybe now is the time for a dating app just to help me with my garage. Left in the dust like … I need a man please. Wait no I don’t.”

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Shania Twain is ‘bored’ of country music

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shania Twain is “bored” of today’s country music scene.
The ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ hitmaker has bemoaned the current state of country music in the US, as she claimed there’s “too much of the sameness” on the airwaves, and not enough female country stars being played on the radio.
She said: “We are not making radio progress, but we are making very small, steady steps towards awareness that we’re lacking women on country radio.
“We have too much of the sameness right now. I’m a little bit bored of it, and I want to pick it up. The only way to do that is to be proactive.”
The 53-year-old singer does admit that some progress has been made to help female country artists since she broke out into the genre, but insists many stars are still “intimidated” by what they “believe country music is”.
She added: “When I first came on the scene in country music, the limits were way too narrow for me, and it was hard for me. There are a lot of artists out there who are intimidated of what they believe country music is … I want to show them there are no limits.”
And now, the ‘From This Moment On’ singer isn’t even sure she would consider herself a country artist.
She told E! News: “Who am I am as an artist, as a songwriter, as a performer is completely outside the box of where we’ve narrowed country music to be right now. But the fans aren’t narrow-minded.”
Meanwhile, Shania recently said she’d love to collaborate with Celine Dion and write a song for her.
She said: “One of my dreams has always been that she would record one of my songs. So yeah, I’d love her to sing one of my songs. I’m going to write one for her! I love her, she’s extraordinary.
“I could write the song, she could sing it.”

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Guns N’ Roses cut set ‘after huge row between Axl Rose and Slash’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Guns N’ Roses reportedly abandoned their Abu Dhabi show over the weekend due to an explosive backstage row.
The ‘Paradise City’ rockers said they had to cut their set short on Sunday night (25.11.18) because frontman Axl Rose was ill, but it is claimed it was actually down to an argument with guitarist Slash.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Axl and Slash had an almighty tear-up over money. They were late to the stage.
“Axl made out he’d been ill all day and couldn’t do a full set. They refused stageside VIPs except [Lewis Hamilton] and [Kimi Raikkonen]. Because of the fight they didn’t want anyone backstage.”
The band played for two hours – 16 songs – before calling it a night, and it’s said the row started over the group’s £3 million fee for the event.
The report comes after the band told fans at the show that Axl – whose long-standing feud with Slash in the past has been no secret, although they appeared to patch things up – had been “throwing up” throughout the day.
In fan-filmed footage, he can be heard saying on stage: “They’ve got me on IVs and a bunch of injections, ’cause I got sick today, I’ve been throwing up for about the last five hours.
“So instead of cancelling, I’m gonna do the best show we can for you.”
Slash later tweeted: “Abu Dhabi, you guys were f***ing great tonight!
“Axl was severely ill. But you all were hugely supportive. Thanks for that. We’ll see again next time! Cheers! (sic)”
Meanwhile, bassist Duff McKagan added that the crowd “pulled” Axl through, and described his performance as miraculous considering his condition.
He wrote: “Thank you Abu Dhabi! @axlrose pulled a damn miracle… the man was beyond ill, and pulled off something I’ve never seen in my 40 yrs of playing. You all pulled him thru. Til next time! (sic)”

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I’m A Celeb bosses want Emily Atack and Nick Knowles romance

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ bosses are reportedly keen on a romance between Emily Atack and Nick Knowles.
It’s said that producers have noticed a bit of a spark between the 28-year-old actress and ‘DIY SOS’ star Nick, 56, and they’re hoping it can develop into something during their time in the jungle.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: “Producers think Nick and Emily getting together would make good telly. Nick has a type and Emily fits the bill.
“And she hasn’t minded a famous boyfriend in the past. Everyone is watching closely and hoping for a proper spark.
“They’ve had a couple of moments on screen that producers thought was a good sign. They’re seeing how things develop.”
The dad-of-four has previously dated ‘Emmerdale’ actress Gemma Oaten, 34, and 31-year-old model Pasca Craymer, while his e-wife Jessica Moor was 25 years younger than him.
Meanwhile, ‘The Inbetweeners’ star Emily hasn’ shied away from high profile relationships, having been with pop superstars Dougie Poynter, 30, and Harry Styles, 24, in the past.
She also admitted before she went to Australia for the ITV reality show that she was open to the idea of finding romance in the jungle.
She said: “I am single at the moment. And never say never [to finding a romance in the camp].
“We are in a situation where we are all not going to smell our best, nor look our best and I can’t really imagine it happening but hey, who knows?! It’s a bit of fun!”

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Amanda Bynes ‘ruined’ career with tweets

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OHMYGOSSIP — Amanda Bynes thinks she “ruined” her career through Twitter.
The ‘Easy A’ actress admitted she is “really ashamed and embarrassed” about a period in her life when she a lot of drugs and posted a number of bizarre and hurtful messages about her family and other celebrities, including some infamously vulgar posts about Drake, and the comments still “eat away” at her.
She said: “I’m really ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said. I can’t turn back time but if I could, I would. And I’m so sorry to whoever I hurt and whoever I lied about because it truly eats away at me. It makes me feel so horrible and sick to my stomach and sad.
“Everything I worked my whole life to achieve, I kind of ruined it all through Twitter. It’s definitely not Twitter’s fault — it’s my own fault.”
The 32-year-old actress even made the “really foolish” decision to announce her retirement on the microblogging site.
Speaking to Paper magazine for their Break the Internet issue, she said: “I saw it and I was convinced that I should never be on camera again and I officially retired on Twitter, which was, you know, also stupid.
“If I was going to retire [the right way], I should’ve done it in a press statement — but I did it on Twitter. Real classy!
“But, you know, I was high and I was like, ‘You know what? I am so over this’ so I just did it. But it was really foolish and I see that now. I was young and stupid.”
Amanda – who has been sober for four years – admitted her substance abuse “messed up” her brain and turned her into a different person.
She said: “My advice to anyone who is struggling with substance abuse would be to be really careful because drugs can really take a hold of your life.
“Everybody is different, obviously, but for me, the mixture of marijuana and whatever other drugs and sometimes drinking really messed up my brain. It really made me a completely different person. I actually am a nice person. I would never feel, say or do any of the things that I did and said to the people I hurt on Twitter.”
And the ‘She’s The Man’ star warned even “harmless” drugs can ruin a person’s life.
She continued: “There are gateway drugs and thankfully I never did heroin or meth or anything like that but certain things that you think are harmless, they may actually affect you in a more harmful way. Be really, really careful because you could lose it all and ruin your entire life like I did.”

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Alicia Silverstone to pay 12k per month in divorce settlement

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alicia Silverstone has agreed to pay $12,000 a month in spousal support.
The ‘Clueless’ actress recently made a settlement agreement in her divorce from Chris Jarecki – the father of her seven-year-old son Bear – and it’s emerged she will be paying out the huge sum until 31 January 2024.
According to court documents obtained by ‘Entertainment Tonight’, the payments will be made on the first of every month, but if Chris gets into a relationship and his “housing costs” are reduced by at least half “as a result of [Jarecki] sharing a residence with any unrelated adult” for five months out of a 12-month span, Alicia’s financial commitment “shall immediately terminate”.
The former couple have also agreed to share joint physical custody of their son and need to agree on an “equal and fair” custody schedule.
The date of their separation is listed in the documents as 15 March 2016, but they only announced their split in February this year, with the 42-year-old actress filing for divorce in May.
At the time of the divorce filing, a spokesperson for the ‘Babysitter’ actress – who began dating Chris in 1997 and got married eight years later – said the pair would always stay “very close friends”.
The representative said: “They still deeply love and respect each other and remain very close friends but have mutually decided to separate after being together for 20 years.
“They have a son together who they will continue to co-parent.”
Alicia cited irreconcilable differences as the grounds for divorce.
The new court documents confirmed their marriage will officially be over on 7 December 2018.

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Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t get ‘the deal’ with the Kardashians

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t understand why the Kardashians are so famous.
The Black Sabbath rocker admitted he asked his wife Sharon to explain the phenomenon to him, as he suggested the reality TV family – which includes social media queen Kim Kardashian West and model Kendall Jenner – “don’t do anything” to justify the attention they get.
Speaking to The Big Issue, he said: “I said to Sharon the other day, ‘What the f**k is the deal with these Kardashians? They don’t sing, they don’t act, they don’t do anything.’
“She told me, ‘The trend now is that people want to be celebrities and make money for doing f**king nothing.’ And I was like, ‘Oh.’ ”
Despite his comments, the 69-year-old musician wished the ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ clan luck and admitted all that matters is that they’re “happy” with their career and lives in the spotlight.
He added: “I mean, I don’t want to put them down and if I was to start slagging them off they would say, ‘So what?’ Good luck to them, if they’re happy with it then I’m fine with that.”
He also reflected on his own experiences with reality TV on ‘The Osbournes’ – which also featured the couple’s kids Jack and Kelly – explaining it was all filmed in the moment and certainly had an impact over the years.
He said: “When we did ‘The Osbournes’ it was totally raw, there was no script. We just did what we did and had the camera rolling. Have a camera crew in your house for three years and you go a bit crazy!”
Meanwhile, Ozzy has been out of action with his own career lately after had to cancel live shows and undergo surgery due to a hand infection.
He recently said: “I was really looking forward to doing the Hollywood Bowl. I’m going to make those shows up next year. It could have been a lot worse. I could have been dead.”

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Oprah WInfrey pays tribute to mom

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OHMYGOSSIP — Oprah Winfrey is grateful her mother is “now at peace”.
The 64-year-old media mogul’s mom Vernita Lee passed away on Thanksgiving (22.11.18) at her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the age of 83, and the talk show legend has now thanked fans for their support and sympathy after the news was made public.
Oprah shared a family photo on Instagram and wrote: “Thank you all for your kind words and condolences regarding my mother Vernita Lee’s passing. It gives our family great comfort knowing she lived a good life and is now at peace.”
Vernita – who worked as a housekeeper throughout her life – has already been laid to rest at a private funeral.
As well as Oprah, Vernita is survited by her other daughter, Patricia Amanda Faye Lee, four grandchildren – Alisha Hayes, Chrishaunda Lee Perez, Aquarius Lofton and Andre Brown – and four great grandchildren – Jaxon Praise Perez, Chai Theresa Perez, Donovan Hayes and Trinity Hayes.
Vernita gave birth to Oprah at the age of 14, shortly after meeting the ‘Wrinkle in Time’ star’s father. But she subsequently moved to Milwaukee to become a maid, meaning the American icon was raised by her grandmother.
The duo had a distant relationship until later in Oprah’s life, and they eventually appeared together on the star’s eponymous talk show in 1990.
Meanwhile, Vernita’s son Jeffrey Lee passed away in 1989, while her third daughter, Patricia Lee Lloyd, died in 2003.
During a TV interview, Vernita revealed how her faith in God helped her through the death of her two children.
She shared: “I’m a Christian lady, and if you’re a Christian person, it helps you to deal with situations like that.”
Vernita also spoke of how proud she was of Oprah.
She said: “I loved her the way that she loves people now.”

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John Malkovich’s Poirot could be ‘hated’

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OHMYGOSSIP — John Malkovich has warned fans of Hercule Poirot may “hate” his portrayal of the detective because he’s dropped his Belgian accent.
The American actor takes on the iconic role in the three-part ‘ABC Murders’ and admitted the festive drama is so different to previous adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels, that the author’s estate took some convincing to give the project – which also explore Poirot’s sexuality and sees him scarred by the First World War – the go ahead.
He told Radio Times magazine: “It is almost 180 degrees different from anything that had come before.
“In our version, Poirot has lived in England for 20 years and has made a very long and laborious effort not to seem too much like a foreigner and to speak English like an Englishman.
“There was a certain amount of convincing the Agatha Christie estate about this version, and I was involved in some of those conversations. There was never anything unpleasant or difficult, but obviously this is a very known and loved character, and there may have been some worries that we weren’t, as it were, saluting that.
“Poirot and Christie fans may just hate all this, I have no idea.”
John – who has traded Poirot’s distinctive moustache for a neat goatee beard- also explained how the detective’s bachelor status is questioned in the series.
He said: “In the script, one of the many policemen who don’t like Poirot makes a comment about him not being known to be fond of women.”
The 64-year-old star also thinks fans will be surprised by the number of scars his alter ego has.
He said: “Poirot has a lot of scars. One of them is what happened to – and around – him in the war, but not in the way that’s been done before. There are scars – even wounds – from being a refugee, from being a very old man, who is treated as such. The world has passed him by.”

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Take That to perform at X Factor final

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OHMYGOSSIP — Take That will perform on ‘The X Factor’ final this weekend.
The ‘Patience’ hitmakers – comprising former show judge Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – have confirmed they will be taking to the stage at London’s SSE Arena, Wembley, though they haven’t confirmed speculation their former bandmate and current panelist Robbie Williams will be singing with them.
The band wrote on Twitter: “The rumours are true… we will return to the @TheXFactor (sic)”
Also performing during the two-part final are George Ezra and Ellie Goulding, as well as recent guest judge Nile Rodgers and his band Chic, and former winner James Arthur, who will team up with Anne-Marie for their ‘Greatest Showman’ cover ‘Rewrite the Stars’.
Dalton Harris, Scarlett Lee and Anthony Russell will compete in this year’s final.
Typically, the finalists all perform a celebrity duet but it hasn’t yet been revealed who they will be partnered by.
However, Scarlett has previously admitted she’d love to team up with ‘Impossible’ hitmaker James.
Meanwhile, Gary recently claimed the show was edited to make him look like the “bad guy” during his three years on the judging panel.
He said: “They film you for eight hours until you’ve had enough and then you say something bad – and that’s what they use when it goes out.”
And ahead of this year’s series, he warned Robbie – who is a judge alongside his wife Ayda Field, show boss Simon Cowell and former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson – he’d find the programme exhausting.
He said: “It’s going to be great, but I know what’s to come with that show. I know what it does to you. He’s got some hard work ahead, that’s for sure. I’ve told him it’s a lot of hours – more than people realise. It’s tiring.”

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Billie Piper reprising Doctor Who role

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OHMYGOSSIP — Billie Piper is to reprise her ‘Doctor Who’ role of Rose Tyler.
The 36-year-old actress portrayed the Timelord’s companion from 2005 to 2006 and again in 2008, 2010 and 2013, and she’s stepping back into her shoes once more to explore what happened from when her alter ego got trapped into an alternate universe in the series two finale ‘Doomsday’ to when she returned in series four in a new audio series of adventures.
Big Finish’s four-part ‘Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon’ will explore the character’s “journey through dying parallel worlds” and will feature Rose and her family and “capture and showcase the beautifully rich human characters of Doctor Who”.
Billie isn’t the only familiar face to be returning, as Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall will reprise their roles as Rose’s parents Jackie and Pete, and Mark Benton is back as alien investigator Clive Finch, despite his show death in 2005.
Big Finish approached Russell T Davies with the idea and were delighted with the former ‘Doctor Who’ showrunner’s “enthusiastic” response.
Producer David Richardson said: “I approached Russell T Davies with the idea of Big Finish making a Rose Tyler spin-off. He was very enthusiastic – as always – and suggested we followed Rose’s journey that ultimately leads to her finding the Doctor in ‘The Stolen Earth’.
“There is a whole multiverse of possibilities. Russell suggested including Jackie and Pete, and embraced my idea of including a parallel universe version of Clive – who of course was killed off in the TV series (in the 2005 episode ‘Rose’).
“It’s rather dark (though never short on wit and charm) but it’s not really about villains. It focuses on the fight to survive against the odds, and on the power of family and love.”
Billie is delighted to be back as her “extraordinary” alter ego and is looking forward to the response to the challenging series.
She said: “I love how normal Rose is, and yet really extraordinary. She lived a normal average life but she is incredibly curious and has an enormous capacity for love and empathy and is really spirited. She is extraordinary.
“That’s the great thing about ‘Doctor Who’. It challenges new-thinking. It’s progressive and it can be political in amongst these human emotions and relationships. I think that’s its greatest appeal.”
‘Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon’ will be released in September 2019 and is available for pre-order now at £25 on CD and £20 on download.

Source: Female First
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