OHMYGOSSIP — Charlie Brooks has teased a return to ‘EastEnders’.
The 36-year-old actress turned her back on the long-running soap in 2014 in order to explore theatre, but she has warned that the residents of Walford should watch their backs over the next year or so as there’s a possibility that her conniving alter-ego Janine Butcher – a role she played on and off for 15 years – could make a comeback.
Speaking to Inside Soap magazine, she said: “John Yorke [the new executive producer] is a genius at what he does. I was there during his earlier reign and Janine was his baby, really. He was so invested in her storylines.
“I do wonder what the writers could do with her. She’s done so much already, so what could she do next? The reason I left ‘EastEnders’ was to do more theatre and I have. It’s not part of my plans to return, but never say never!”
John was forced to take control of the reigns once again last month after Sean O’Connor – who took over from Dominic Treadwell-Collins in 2016 – dramatically quit following a drastic dip in ratings and a number of complaints from members of the cast.
Acclaimed producer John – who previously worked on the show from 1999 until 2002 – has been brought on board to transform the fortunes of the BBC soap, and he is apparently planning to revamp the cast and introduce some more dramatic storylines.
A source said recently: “John was responsible for some of the soap’s best storylines.”
John is planning to screen the death of a lead character, a family abuse plot and even a shooting in a bid to resurrect the viewing figures, which have slumped to 4.5 million.
What’s more, it’s been reported that the programme’s cast list of 90-odd regulars could be markedly reduced, while casting the likes of ex-Blue singer Lee Ryan is set to stop.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mary Berry will judge a new cooking show on the BBC next year.
The 82-year-old culinary queen shocked the nation last year when she announced she was stepping down from her judging role on the ‘Great British Bake Off’ after the rights to the format were snatched by Channel 4, but it won’t be long before she’s back on screens as she’s agreed to front forthcoming eight-part series ‘Britain’s Best Cook’.
A spokesperson for the BBC told the Radio Times magazine: “At a time when British cooking has never been more varied, inspiring or of such high quality, this series will test the real-life expertise of truly great home cooks and will celebrate the food people make for their loved ones every single day. Returning to her first love, with more than 75 cookery books to her name, Mary Berry’s authority in the home kitchen is beyond question and she is the natural choice for the lead judge.”
Bosses are aiming to secure another judge to join Mary, while Claudia Winkleman has jumped on board to host the show, and the pair can’t wait to get stuck in to filming.
Mary said: “I am never more at home than when I have my judging hat on. This series is going to encourage proper home cooking which I have always championed and I cannot wait to start. Claudia, for me, is the icing on the cake.”
Claudia – who presents ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – added: “I am over the moon to be part of this show. Am slightly obsessed with Mary so will follow her around with my own moussaka for most of the filming. Apologies in advance.”
The show will “test the real-life expertise of truly great home cooks” as amateur chefs are pitted against each other while they show the nation the different dishes they make their loved ones in the kitchen every single day.
Meanwhile, the future of the ‘Great British Bake Off’, which used to be screened on the BBC, is currently up in the air as Channel 4 bosses have decided to replace Mary with Prue Leith following the cooking queen’s decision to quit out of loyalty to the BBC.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emmerdale’s Emma Atkins has hinted that her bolshie alter-ego Charity Dingle may start a lesbian affair with her arch-enemy Megan Macey.
The pair have been at loggerheads over Frank Clayton (Michael Praed) – who is dating the brunette beauty (Gaynor Faye), but has been sleeping with the feisty blonde (Emma) on the sly – in recent weeks, but things are set to take a dramatic turn as bosses have decided to take their love triangle in a different direction.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, Emma said: “We’ve been given some dialogue today where we have said: ‘Where is this going?’ I’m not afraid of it going in that direction. I do believe you can fall in love with a person no matter what gender.
“It wouldn’t bother me. She should connect with anyone, male or female. Us coming together in some shape of form is interesting because there’s so much we don’t like about one another. And yet we have come together because we’re practically family.”
And Gaynor is equally as excited about the prospect of her character dating a lady.
She added: “I think the thing is, we are actors, anything – great storylines, great relationships great drama… anything could happen.”
Meanwhile, that’s not the only love triangle forming in the Dales at the moment, as Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade) lands herself in hot water when she leans in to kiss her best friend Leyla Harding’s (Roxy Shahidi) boyfriend Pete Barton (Anthony Quinlan) again.
But this time the pair have spying eyes on them as Sarah Sugden (Sophia Moore) spots them – although it’s not clear whether the youngster will expose their big secret.
A source explained to Inside Soap magazine: “He’s tried to detach himself from Priya and concentrate on being the best fiance he can for Leyla. The trouble is, there’s so much chemistry between them that it’s causing problems. The last thing Pete wants is for someone else to blurt out the truth about his cheating antics to Leyla.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’ winners Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies want three weddings.
The champions of the ITV2 reality series were over the moon when they scooped the £50,000 prize pot last week and, rather than squander their cash on pointless things, they’ve decided to use the money to help give them the best nuptials possible.
Speaking to OK! Magazine, Amber, 20, said: “Kem wants to be flown in on a helicopter. Our wedding would be all about him, it wouldn’t be about me at all!
“This is what he thinks is reality. Kem knows what he’s wearing and I haven’t even thought about a dress!”
The Welsh beauty’s boyfriend, who is of Turkish and Cypriot descent, also admitted the couple want three weddings in “Essex, Wales and Cyprus”.
The 21-year-old hunk said: “We’ll spread it over a week. We’ll have three weddings – one in Essex, one in Wales and one in Cyprus. And maybe even one in another country!”
Amber is planning to make the most out of their wedding and insists it will be “huge”.
She said: “We’ll have a huge wedding. We’ll milk it massively.”
The couple also revealed that some of their ‘Love Island’ contestants will be invited to the wedding and Kem’s close friend and fellow islander Chris Hughes will be one of the groomsmen.
Bosses are hoping to persuade the couple to get hitched on national television and Caroline Flack, who hosts the dating show, is also wanted to present the wedding, which is expected to take place in the Spanish villa where the couple met in June.
An insider told the Daily Star newspaper: “It could be the biggest telly wedding since Wills and Kate.”
Since winning the show, they’ve now been offered a string of attractive telly jobs from top broadcasters, who hope they’ll also become a money-spinning presenting duo.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sarah Harding wants to show the “real human” side to her on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.
The former Girls Aloud singer is set to enter the famous abode later this week and is hoping her stint on the show will put an end to her image as a party girl, as she insists that was just a “caricature” she played up to when she was in the group.
She said: “I would hope that people would get to see the real human being behind the mask. I still get portrayed as that girl from the band who was always hyped up to be something I wasn’t. In Girls Aloud, I played a character. I was the lairy one, the rock and roller. I played up to that because it was a caricature.
“We did a lot of photoshoots and a lot of it was quite pouty. I have one of those faces that when I’m posing, I look moody, so people probably think I’m a hard-faced cow.”
However, the 35-year-old beauty admitted she can still be the “life and soul” of the party when she’s in the right mood.
She said: “At the end of the day, I love to entertain. I’m a performer.
“Of course I love being around people but I prefer it when it’s on my terms.
“I like to duck in and out and when I’m in then I might be the life and soul. But it’s nice to just go home again, be with my dogs, put the fire on and watch the movie channel.”
And Sarah’s housemates are in for a treat if she decides to take on cooking duty.
She told OK! magazine: “I love cooking, I find it therapeutic. I did it on ‘MasterChef’ – I called it ‘Manic Chef’. I can throw things together and I have a penchant for knowing what goes with what. I have my favourites but I’m very experimental.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Bruce Forsyth is “frail” and there are concerns he may never perform again.
The 89-year-old TV legend hasn’t been seen in public for the past 19 months and his close friend Jimmy Tarbuck admitted he is in a “very serious” state after an aneurysm, amid fears he might not take to a stage ever again.
Jimmy, 77, said: “He’s okay but he’s a bit frail. He’s had an aneurysm. It’s very serious.”
Despite the former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ co-host’s ailments, he is said to be in “good form”.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, the comedian told an audience in Blackpool at the weekend: “I saw him a week ago and he is on good form.”
In March, Jimmy revealed Bruce – who has been married to Wilnelia Merced since 1983 – was in good spirits at home shortly after spending five nights in hospital with a severe chest infection.
He said at the time: “It was just good to see him.
“Wilnelia made some sandwiches and a nice pot of tea and we just reminisced and blathered and laughed. He’s getting there.
“He had a fall and a fall doesn’t do you any good at any age, but he’s at an age where it took a bit out of him.
“For 50 years, Bruce has been 35 years of age to everyone – when he’s actually 89.
“It’s the lights and the adrenaline. It all happens when you walk on there.”
The former ‘Generation Game’ presenter underwent keyhole surgery in 2015 after suffering two life-threatening aneurysms.
Bruce admitted in 2014 he quit ‘Strictly’ after 10 years because it was affecting his health.
He said: “Live television is very strenuous, especially when some shows are an hour and 40 minutes.
“I have to do all the announcements and introduce the judges. And I’m running up and down the stars 40 to 50 times per show.’
“And I was getting the flu. I always got the flu in studios.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stacey Solomon suffers with anxiety “a lot” more than she did when she was younger.
The 27-year-old television presenter – who is known for competing on ‘The X Factor’ in 2009 – has admitted she feels there is a lot more pressure thrust upon her to look good, especially from social media, which she didn’t “notice” when she was a teenager.
She told Star magazine: “I feel that [pressure] more now I’m in my 20s than i did when I was a teenager.
“I get a lot of anxiety. I feel like I didn’t notice all this stuff as a teenager. I feel privileged to have grown up without social media and all these stigmas.
“There’s so much pressure on both women and men to look a certain way. Why are so many people having plastic surgery, going on crash diets and over-exercising? It’s insanity.”
But the ‘Loose Women’ panellist – who is currently dating Joe Swash – tries not to take any criticism personally and to “ride it out” in a bid to overcome her uneasiness.
Speaking about her coping mechanism, the blonde-haired beauty said: “You have to remember to ride it out and not take it out on yourself physically. I have to accept that it’s happening and come through the other side of it.”
And Stacey believes she has a “moral obligation” to positively influence the younger generation, especially her children, as she advises them not to work out just yet as they are too young to develop a fully toned torso.
Stacey, who has sons Zachary, nine, and Leighton, five, said: “I believe you have a moral obligation to quash these stereotypes and let people know it’s not OK. It’s up to us as individuals and people with an influence on social media to not take notice of those comments and call people out.
“My son, Zach, asked me why he doesn’t have muscles and he’s nine. I had to literally go into anatomy and biology and explain what will happen to his body as he gets older and how unhealthy it would be for him to start exercising at his age. ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emma Willis doesn’t think there’s a rivalry between ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Love Island’.
The 41-year-old beauty currently hosts the Channel 5 reality show in which contestants are forced to live together in a house filled with cameras, and has said she doesn’t believe there’s any competition with ITV2’s ‘Love Island’ – which has aired at around the same time over recent weeks – as the programmes are “completely different”.
Speaking about the two shows – which both finished airing their latest series recently – Emma said: “I don’t think there is any rivalry between the two shows, they are completely different. They can both exist alongside each other.
“‘Love Island’ is about couples looking for romance and ‘Big Brother’ is about a group of people being taken out of their comfort zones, from different walks of life, and seeing how they cope living with each other.”
And Emma is desperate to see her show continue for many years to come, and has said she’d love for ‘Big Brother’ – which turned 17 this year – to make it to its 20th anniversary.
She said: “I hope it’s got legs. I’ve been obsessed with it since it began in 2000, but everything has a shelf life. Hopefully it will go for a little while longer. It would be nice for it to at least make 20 years.”
The show host is gearing up for the celebrity edition of the show which starts on Tuesday (01.08.17), and hopes there won’t be any divas in the line up.
She told The Sun newspaper: “In the normal Big Brother the contestants are fighting for a lot of money, but in ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ I like it to be fun as all the housemates are being paid to be in there.
“The housemates who threaten to walk because the hot water is turned off are a bit annoying, as it’s not like anything seriously bad will happen to them. They just need to enjoy it and put on a good show.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dawn Ward has pulled out of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ just one day before the show launches.
The ‘Real Housewives of Cheshire’ star was one of the famous faces set to enter the house when the show returns to screens on Tuesday (01.08.17) but she has reportedly decided at the last minute not to take part, throwing things into chaos as the show’s producers desperately search for someone to take her place.
A source told The Sun Online: “Dawn has decided not to take part in the show at the very last minute. She may have done reality TV in the past but she got cold feet about doing CBB. The shows bosses are desperately trying to find someone to fill her boots – which will be a hard task considering she’s such a character.”
And now Dawn isn’t participating, bosses will be even more disappointed as ‘So Macho’ singer Sinitta – who was previously linked to a possible appearance on the show – revealed she wouldn’t go into the house if Dawn was there.
She said: “I know Dawn is going into the house but thank God I am not. I did ask for 24-hour security as I have been hit once in my life and I did not want to be hit again. I just wish Dawn all the best. I won’t be watching as I will be doing other things.”
Meanwhile, Sarah Harding, Shaun Williamson and Brandi Glanville are just some of the names set to enter the house during the launch.
Made In Chelsea’s Sam Thompson and Jemma Lucy as well as Megan McKenna’s ex Jordan Davies, ‘Hollyoaks’ star Paul Danna, ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ actress Helen Lederer, TV psychic Derek Acorah and ‘X Factor’ alumni Amelia Lily are also expected to appear on the show.

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