OHMYGOSSIP — Natalie Ann Jamieson isn’t keen on splashing cash on a wedding despite featuring in a historic ‘Emmerdale’ marriage storyline.
The 36-year-old actress’ Amy Wyatt character is preparing to walk down the aisle with her trans partner Matty in what will be the ITV soap’s first transgender wedding – but she has insisted she and her real-life boyfriend Ali Ward, 36, won’t be doing the same due to the crippling costs of putting on their big day.
She told the Daily Mirror: “When people tell me how much they have spent on a wedding, I think, ‘You could probably go around the world twice with the amount of money involved’. And Ali and I would definitely prefer to do that.
“We’ve been together ages, 14 years, and getting married is way down on the priority list. We are just very happy as we are.”
The actress admitted she had passed up on the chance to propose to him on this year’s Leap Day this year when Ali suggested she take advantage of the tradition of women asking men to marry them on the date.
She said: “It’s funny as Leap Day fell on the day before I was filming my ‘Emmerdale’ wedding. I replied, ‘They’ve just been saying on the news how it’s a really outdated tradition.
“Besides, I am getting married tomorrow at ‘Emmerdale’. One wedding is enough for now.’”
Looking back at the TV wedding, Natalie Ann revealed the cast began to treat her like a real bride.
She recalled: “Everyone was treating me as if it was my own wedding, it was so bizarre. Everyone was like, ‘Have you got butterflies?’
“Even on the morning of filming, my boyfriend Ali asked if I was excited my character was getting married. I was like, ‘Guys, remember this isn’t real’.
“It was the same in the run-up, too. I had dress fittings, a trial make-up another day. It was really fun, though.”
Amy will get hitched to Matty Barton, played by transgender actor Ash Palmisciano, 34, on ‘Emmerdale’ next week.
Natalie Ann said about her off-camera relationship with Ash, who came out as transgender in 2012: “Ash is the best. We live really close together in real life and it’s nice working with him as we just chat all day.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Guy Ritchie could be set for another huge pay day as Netflix is reportedly in talks to renew his gangster comedy-drama series ‘The Gentlemen’.
The ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ director, 55, delivered a hit for the streamer with the first run of the show, which started on March 7, and has since racked up 44 million views.
A TV insider told The Sun about how Netflix bosses are already ready to green light its second series: “It’s going to be quite a challenge getting the same actors back together, but Netflix chiefs are keen for a sequel.
“Another hurdle will be securing Guy for the series as he already has several movie projects in the pipeline this year.
“But the success of series one has already convinced them there’s huge potential for a follow-up.”
The show – a spin-off from Guy’s 2019 gangster film of the same name – stars Ray Winstone, 67, as a gang lord as well as film hard man Vinnie Jones, 59, who starred in Guy’s ‘Lock, Stock’ as a loyal groundskeeper.
Other cast members included Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Daniel Ings.
As well as starring in Guy’s 1998 breakout film ‘Lock, Stock’, ex-footballer Vinnie featured in the director’s follow-up to the movie, ‘Snatch’, in 2000, alongside Brad Pitt.
Ray was cast in ‘The Gentlemen’ despite his long-running feud with Guy, which the actor last month revealed had been dragging on for decades.
The ‘Sexy Beast’ actor, who plays west London gangster Bobby Glass in the Netflix show, admitted they fell out years ago before eventually making up.
Ray told Virgin Radio’s ‘Chris Evans Breakfast Show’: “We had words years ago – a fallout.
“I was going to do (Guy’s 1998 film) ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and it didn’t happen for whatever reason.
“And I thought he was in the wrong and he probably thought I was in the wrong.
“Fisticuffs never came about, thank God. Over the years we snubbed one another but then you grow up.
“We had a meet and had a little cuddle and a chat about it. And he is a good guy.
“All those wasted years… .”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shirley Ballas cheated on an ex-boyfriend by kissing a woman at a wild birthday party.
The 63-year-old presenter, best known as the head judge on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, admitted she was unfaithful to her former partner after drunkenly snogging a fellow partygoer.
She told Mel Giedroyc’s ‘Unforgivable’ show: “I was part of something, and that was a 40th birthday party where this wonderful young lady had too much to drink and so had I.
“We had this great big snog – she was engaged, and I had a boyfriend, so you could say it was a really strong and loveable embrace with somebody else’s girlfriend.”
Looking back at other embarrassing moments, the former ballroom dancer – who is now dating her fiancé Danny Taylor, admitted her most humiliating situation came during her interview for ‘Strictly’.
She said an ice pack, which she was using to cope with sciatica – an agonising condition that affects the body’s nerves – had leaked, which led to her completing her bid for the BBC show without wearing any underwear.
When the Metro newspaper’s Sixty Seconds column asked what her most embarrassing moment was, she said: “I had one of my interviews for ‘Strictly’. I’d flown in from the United States and I had bad sciatica. I was in terrible pain.
“I had to go straight to the BBC studios and I had those big girl knickers on. They decided to give me ice, so they got an ice pack, put it round my hip, bandaged it up, and I got my knickers on and my lovely long dress.
“Then the water started to leak – it leaked all the way over my pants… I didn’t have a spare pair, so I sat and did my interview knickerless!”
Shirley also revealed her ‘Strictly’ co-star Anton Du Beke had been a “naughty boy” once he exposed her “big girl panties” to the programme’s audience.
She recounted: “On the tour, he came up to my room and said, ‘You read, our Shirl?’
“I said, ‘I’m just popping my hair up, I’ll be out in a moment.’ I’d just bought these big girl panties. They were massive – they go right underneath your boobs.
“He stole a pair and put them in the top pocket of his tuxedo – (he) never told me.
“Then we went out on stage, I’m looking all glamorous, and he’s saying to the public, ‘Doesn’t she look lovely?’ They’re clapping and he goes, ‘I just want you to know that she wears these kind of kickers’, and he pulled them out.
“That’s Anton! He can be a bit of a naughty boy.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruth Jones is being flooded with praise and thanks for ‘Gavin and Stacey’ from fans who weren’t born when the show aired.
The 57-year-old actress, who co-wrote – and starred as Nessa in – the hit BBC Three sitcom alongside James Corden, 45, from 2007 to 2009, said she’s amazed young fans gush about the show when they meet her at the door of the West End musical ‘Sister Act’ in which she’s starring as a Welsh Mother Superior.
The Daily Star quoted her as saying: “It’s funny really – I often meet people at the stage door of the theatre after a performance.
“And there are teenagers not even born when ‘Gavin and Stacey’ came out who say, ‘Oh we love it’, and it’s such a tribute, such a compliment.
“I’m really touched by that.”
‘Gavin and Stacey’ last aired in 2019 for a Christmas special, and it has been reported the cast would be reuniting once more for a festive one-off this year.
But when asked about the story – which also claimed BBC and Netflix bosses were caught in a bidding war over the episode – Ruth said it was “sadly a rumour”.
She told RTE Radio 1: “All I can say is, if there was something to say on that front, James and I would happily announce it, we would.
“Apparently there’s a bidding war going on between the BBC and Netflix and I love it because it says, ‘a source says’ – who is this source?”
The actress speculated the reunion show gossip started after she was pictured having lunch with James in the UK after he had finished his stint as ‘The Late Late Show’ presenter in the US.
She added: “Then the next thing is, ‘Oh my god they must be writing more ‘Gavin and Stacey’, which is lovely.
“It’s lovely that people are so desperate for it because imagine if it was the opposite and were like, ‘Oh, god, you’re not bringing that back again’.”
Despite insisting there was no new ‘Gavin and Stacey’ episode in the works, Ruth said she would “never say never” to another Christmas one-off special of the show.
She added on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Zoe Ball Breakfast Show’: “Who knows, you never say never in this world do you? I don’t know.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeremy Clarkson is worried human heads will grow too big due to the world becoming increasingly “confusing”.
The former ‘Top Gear’ presenter, 63, took aim at modern entertainment and food services for being overly-complicated, and argued the intricacies of modern life would cause people’s brains to needlessly expand.
He said in his Sunday Times column: “Already, we have many people who think that an old newspaper full of fish ’n’ chips is no match for a grilled trout on a bed of whatever the modern-day equivalent of a potato is.
“Certainly I bet you never saw the day coming when you threw your microwave in the bin and replaced it with a man on a moped.
“I’m not being a Luddite here. I want new medicines and new ways of communicating with people. I don’t even mind that artists have moved on from charcoal and crayons, but I do have to wonder about the speed we’re going.
“A study published recently determined that the human brain was roughly the same size for thousands of years, but since the 1930’s, it has begun to grow at an astonishing rate. It’s now 6.6 per cent bigger by volume, and 14.9 per cent by surface area.
“And there’s no evidence that this growth is slowing. Which means we will continue to become cleverer and more complicated until eventually our heads are so massive, it’ll become impossible to be born.”
‘The Grand Tour’ host also bashed the film ‘Dune: Part Two’ for being “completely incomprehensible” and knocked the characters of Baron Harkonnen (played by Stellan Skarsgård) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) for being too nuanced.
He said: “Everyone told me that the new ‘Dune’ movie is very good, so I went to see it. And it turns out they were lying. It’s completely incomprehensible.
“By concentrating pretty hard, I worked out that the guy from ‘Ronin,’ in the black vinyl nightie, was the baddie. But after the woman from ‘Mission: Impossible’ drank the blood from a supersonic earwig and was suddenly covered in writing, it’s possible she was up to no good too.
“Luckily, however, I live in Chipping Norton, where the local cinema is fitted with comfortable sofas and pretty waitresses who bring you rosé, so I got a bottle, relaxed and concentrated on that instead.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Eamonn Holmes was late for his morning presenting job after being stranded by Storm Kathleen.
The 64-year-old broadcaster was replaced by Tom Harwood, 27, for the first 75 minutes of Monday (08.04.24) morning’s GB News breakfast show after he was unable to make it to the network’s London studio on time for its 6am start.
Tom appeared alongside Isabel Webster, 41, who told viewers: “It’s a bit different this morning. Eamonn is on his way in but he’s been caught up in Storm Kathleen. More on that a little bit later.”
Eamonn made it into the studio by 7.15am and joined Tom and Isabel on the show as he patted Tom on the back for stepping in for him.
Isabel asked the Northern Irish former Sky News anchor: “What a shocker, Eamonn, so what happened?
“You were at the airport by 11am yesterday morning.. .”
Eamonn said he didn’t get home until 11.30am on Sunday, adding: “It’s just one of those things.
“The weather situation… a lot of people in the further north would have been through it as they were more likely to be affected.
“So Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen – they were all affected by it. But we are here.”
He then jokingly tugged Tom’s arm and told him to “get out” of his seat.
Isabel had told her Instagram followers in a video about Eamonn’s absence she had “cut him some slack” for not being punctual.
Eamonn – who has suffered a string of health woes linked to his double hip replacement surgery – added he was feeling a bit hoarse.
He went on to say his landing at Heathrow Airport, London, was turbulent.
Eamonn had taken to his social media on Sunday (07.04.24) to update his fans about being hit by flight days as Storm Kathleen battered Britain – grounding more than 100 flights across the nation.
He captioned a selfie snapped at Heathrow: “Huge winds playing havoc with flights today. Not sure you’ll be seeing me on @GBNews Breakfast tomorrow the way things are going? Been in Glasgow airport since 11am.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Garraway has been filming a secret new TV project abroad after the release of her tear-jerking ‘Derek’s Story’ documentary.
The 56-year-old ‘Good Morning Britain’ co-host – who told in the show of the devastating impact of her late husband Derek’s Covid battle before his death aged 56 in January from a heart attack – took to social media after an airplane trip to reveal she was fresh from filming.
She said in a caption on her Instagram alongside a photograph of a bouquet of orchids she took while on board a flight: “Just landed back home after an amazing week filming – meeting some truly inspirational people (can reveal all in September.)”
She added about her bumpy journey: “Every flight that lands safely is a good flight by me! But this was exceptional.
“Despite storms internationally and delays the staff were calm and kind and managed to look as fresh as these flowers – even on landing.
“I am more resembling potpourri but feel great!!!”
‘Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story’ was shown in March as the final part of a trilogy of documentaries about the her late political strategist and psychotherapist husband Derek’s Draper’s battle with Covid.
At the end of September, Derek reached the grim milestone of being Britain’s longest surviving Covid patient after spending 184 days in and out of intensive care with the virus – which left him in a coma, battling sepsis and robbed of his speech.
His health fight saw Kate forced into a long break from work as she became his full-time carer once he was released from hospital – which she said left her in crippling debt of at least £800,000.
She said when she returned to presenting duties on ‘Good Morning Britain’ she felt ashamed for being “completely broke” and said her “well paid” ITV job wasn’t enough to cover the cost of being a carer.
Kate added on the show about how she had been inundated with letters from fellow carers: “I’m sad because I don’t have the chance to care any more but it felt wrong to walk away from the caring campaign I felt I have a responsibility for.
“I’ve had 8,000 letters from people saying, ‘Please don’t give up’… because we need (the care system) to change.
“If something can be done it will be a wonderful legacy for Derek.”
On her latest documentary about Derek, she said: “Derek’s care costs more than my salary from ITV and that’s before you pay for a mortgage or household bills or anything for the kids – so that is a crunch point.
“We are entirely reliant on extraordinary carers but the system they work for is incredibly complicated and underfunded.”
“Why is it people get sick and it’s no longer considered the right thing for them to be in hospital – why does coming home feel like falling off a cliff?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stephanie Waring is set to leave ‘Hollyoaks’.
The 46-year-old actress – who plays Cindy Cunningham on the long-running soap – has taken to social media to announce that she’s leaving the show, amid a wave of cast exits.
Stephanie – who made her ‘Hollyoaks’ debut in 1996 – wrote on Instagram: “I can’t believe I am writing this and I have taken the last two weeks to process and come to terms with the shock of what I am about to say.
“I am heartbroken to announce that my character of Cindy has been included in the actors reduction of Hollyoaks.
“As an actress obviously I understand there are no jobs for life but with my 28 years on the show I hoped that Cindy would survive the exciting revamp and continue into its new era, especially as I began playing her in 1996, making me the only original cast member remaining to be included in the cast cull, which I can only describe as gutting.
“I was given the chance to say I had chosen to quit the show to spare me any embarrassment of revealing that I’ve been axed, which was very kind but I don’t want to lie to the fans who have followed Cindy’s journey for nearly 3 decades as I believe they know she nor I would ever have left the show by choice, Hollyoaks is in my blood and I have loved every minute of walking in Cindy’s heels.
“I would like to add that I totally understand all shows evolve, so whilst I cannot hide my devastation I can only express my gratitude for my time on the show and respect the producers decision with no anger just sadness. (sic)”
Stephanie also revealed that she’d love to return to the show one day.
The actress said: “I will relish every last scene I have left to play with the gift of a role that is Cindy Cunningham. I don’t know how or why she exits yet but I have been assured I’m not being killed off, which I’m thankful for as in soap land anything can happen so I’d like to think we’ll see her again but who knows.
“On a personal note, whilst I currently can’t imagine a life away from my Hollyoaks family or being Cindy, who will always remain a part of me, I know that on my last day I’ll walk out with my head held high, even if my mascara is still running! (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alison Hammond is to host a brand new show for the BBC where she will spend the weekend with celebrities in their homes .
The 49-year-old presenter is best known for fronting ‘This Morning’ for ITV and was also recently announced as the new host of ‘For the Love of Dogs’ on the network following the death of Paul O’Grady but will now take on a new role at the rival broadcaster for a six-part series titled ‘Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend.’
She said: “I’m so excited to serve up some big lols and tons of OMG revelations on the BBC as I spend some quality time with some of the UK’s favourite celebrities. When I’m on a mission no secret is safe, and trust me no stone or cupboard will go unturned!”
Details of which celebrities are to take part will be announced at a later date but bosses at the BBC have teased that a host of “big names” are signing up because Alison – who also recently joined ‘The Great British Bake Off’ as a presenter – is one of the best-loved TV stars in the country.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC said: “Alison is one of the most warm-hearted presenters in the UK.
“It’s no surprise that big name celebrities are lining up to have her spend the weekend at their homes. It’s going to be a blast!”
The news comes just days after the former ‘Big Brother’ contestant claimed she “never wanted” the full-time hosting position on ‘This Morning’ following the introduction of Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, and that she and Dermot O’Leary were happy presenting the Friday slot and covering holidays.
She told The Sunday Times magazine: “We’re the Friday guys! We love being Friday guys!”
Asked if there was any discussion about her presenting more often, she added: “Absolutely not. How could I? I live in Birmingham and do ‘Bake Off’ and ‘For the Love of Dogs’. I never wanted that job. Last year we did extra because we were going through issues, but Cat and Ben will save that show.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Anna Samson will lead the cast of ‘Return to Paradise’.
The former ‘Home and Away’ actress will play DI Mackenzie Clarke in the Australian spin-off series of hit murder mystery franchise ‘Death in Paradise’, with her co-stars including Lloyd Griffith, Tai Hara, Catherine McClements, Celia Ireland, Andrea Demetriades and Aaron McGrath.
Mackenzie has made a name for herself by cracking seemingly-unsolvable murder cases as a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police, but she returns to her hometown of Dolphin Cove in Australia after being accused of tampering with evidence.
Although she is unwelcome in the town, having fled six years ago when she left her fiance Glen (Hara) waiting at the altar, Mackenzie reluctantly joins the local police team, with no other options open to her, and is determined to figure out whatever cases land on her desk.
Co-Creator and Executive Producer Peter Mattessi says: “I’m beyond excited to welcome Producer Di Haddon and our two fabulous directors Mat King and Tenika Smith who are coming together with our amazing cast to bring the world of ‘Return to Paradise’ to life.
“We are having so much fun creating this brand-new mystery series that brings an Australian twist to one of the globe’s most successful television franchises.
“We think audiences in Australia, UK and around the world are going to fall in love with our wonderful characters, our delicious whodunits, and our gorgeous coastal Australian locations.”
The six-part series will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and ABC and ABC iview later this year in Australia. It will be distributed globally by BBC Studios.
Filming for the new programme is already underway in Sydney and the Illawarra coastal region.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rita Simons refused to get in a coffin when her character left ‘EastEnders’.
The 47-year-old actress – who now stars as Marie Fielding in Channel 4’s ‘Hollyoaks’ – had played Roxy Mitchell on the BBC soap opera for a decade when she and her on-screen sister Ronnie (Samantha Womack) were supposedly killed off in 2017 but when asked about a possible comeback, mentioned a series of other characters who had come back from the dead.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, she said: “Listen, [there] was Dirty Den’s return, Michelle [Collins] as Cindy…I think in soap when you get asked to go in a coffin, you say no. I did!
“The thing is we’re at ‘Hollyoaks’ now and I have to say, it’s gorgeous, it’s like coming home but just up north. I know how soap works, I know the system. I’m so comfortable there. So, for now, I love where I am.”
Roxy drowned in a swimming pool alongside her sister but in 2023, she made an appearance as her daughter’s hallucination in 2023.
The former ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ star – who since leaving ‘EastEnders’ has also carved out a successful career in musical theatre with roles in ‘Hairspray’ and ‘Legally Blonde’ – also explained that she “wasn’t sure” she wanted to join ‘Hollyoaks’ or the new reality show ‘Drama Queens’ because it meant a big relocation but that it was her children who persuaded her to go for it.
Rita – who has 17-year-old twins Maiya and Jaimee with husband Theo Silveston – said: “We had to move from London to Liverpool in order for this to work and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it because of the kids but they were like ‘Mum, we’re leaving school in three months – go!'”

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