OHMYGOSSIP — Sheridan Smith is struggling to lose weight after she “bulked up” for her lead role in ‘Moorside’.
The 35-year-old actress wanted to make her portrayal of Karen Matthews’ best friend Julie in the BBC drama, which is based on the shocking disappearance of Shannon Matthews in 2008, as real as possible so agreed to pile on the pounds in time for filming last year, but has admitted she’s finding it really tough to beat the bulge and she still has “a load” to lose.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper at the Olivier Awards in London on Sunday (09.04.17) night, in which she wore a floor-length black gown, she said: “I put on some weight for ‘The Moorside’ and I’ve still got a load, but I’m trying to lose it. I wanted to get into the character and became very good friends with Julie. Julie is a lot taller than me so it was about bulking up.”
The blonde beauty has played numerous roles throughout the course of her career – including on television and on stage – but she prefers to take on “real life characters”.
She explained to the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I really do like real life characters and I keep doing it. Everytime I get a script and it’s not a real life person I’m like ‘hmmm’.
“I mean, I’ll still do those roles that are fictional but there’s something about getting under the skin and doing a role and getting to know them that I love. I know that sounds really weird and actory. I usually get a bit obsessed by the real person. I think maybe I just enjoy losing myself in other people rather than just being me. But that’s something that I love and I’m just so honoured that they would let me get to know them and play them. It’s a massive trust thing for them.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katie Price wants to host her own raunchy late-night panel show.
The 38-year-old former glamour model has begged bosses to give her a slot on the broadcasting schedule after the 9pm watershed so that she can showcase the “filthy humour” that she’s now allowed to flaunt when she’s a panellist on ‘Loose Women’.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, she said: “I really wish the show could be on in the evening. I have to keep it clean for daytime viewers. I have told bosses that I could showcase my filthy humour. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
Although bosses are yet to agree to the idea, the blonde beauty is convinced it will be a huge success because it will allow viewers to get an insight into her saucy side.
However, Katie is no stranger to fronting her own programme as last year she raked in fans with her equestrian show ‘Pony Club’ and she’s now hoping to achieve the same success with her new forthcoming 12-part fly-on-the-wall series ‘My Crazy Life’.
She said: “I’m so excited to be the first commissioned show on Quest Red. Putting my pony club together last year was such a fun return to reality TV – I loved it. Now I can’t wait to show everyone what goes on in the Pricey household. We’ve got over 100 animals and five children so expect lots of noise, mayhem and plenty of drama!”
The show will capture Katie as she cares for her huge collection of animals, renovates her home and juggles being a mother to her five children; Harvey, 14, Junior, 11, Princess, nine, Jett, three, Bunny, two.
Clare Laycock, VP, Head of Quest Red, TLC & Investigation Discovery said: “This series takes us into the heart of the crazy, action-packed life of one of the UK’s most outspoken, entertaining and best-loved working mums.
“I’m delighted to welcome Katie onto Quest Red and look forward to joining her and her family and friends for more fun-filled antics this summer.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Doctor Who’ showrunner Steven Moffat thinks the Time Lord’s first openly gay companion has been “too long coming”.
Pearl Mackie plays the landmark role in the new series of the sci-fi programme and Steven has insisted he doesn’t want any thanks for the decision to make her character, Bill Potts, gay.
He explained: “I think people would say, ‘Why the hell did you not get around to it earlier?’ – and I would absolutely agree with them.”
In fact, Steven revealed Bill’s sexuality is “not a major plot strand” in the show and admitted he was surprised by the amount of attention it had attracted.
He said, according to Digital Spy: “This wasn’t, as some people thought, some kind of press release we made – it was just mentioned by Pearl in an interview. I didn’t even know it was happening. I saw it on the internet!
“It’s not a major plot strand. It’s not even a minor plot strand. It’s just there. She’s not ‘the gay companion’ – she’s Bill Potts. She barely bothers to mention the fact. It only comes up when it’s relevant.”
This comes shortly after Steven, 55, said it’s important to not make such a big deal out of Bill being gay, because young people uncertain of their sexuality should feel reassured by programmes like ‘Doctor Who’.
He reflected: “It’s important that we don’t make a fuss about this in a children’s show which talks directly to them.
“We don’t young children who are boring and normal and happen to fancy their own gender, we don’t want to make them feel as though they’re some kind of special case because that’s frightening.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Manford is “really looking forward” to hosting ‘The Nightly Show’.
The 35-year-old comedian is set to take the reigns on the ITV late night chat show – which is hosted by a different presenter each week – on Monday (10.04.17) and believes he’ll “be all right” when he comes to host the show because he says it’s easier for comics as they can make jokes up on the spot.
He said: “I’m really looking forward to it, to be honest. As a comic, you always think, ‘Well it’ll be all right when I do it’.
“I think it’s harder for non-comics, because you’ve got to just take the writers’ jokes. But I’ve been watching every minute of it – literally taking notes.
“And what I’ve noticed so far is that when John Bishop was doing the monologue, his was the strongest, and that’s because he’s a comic and it’s his thing.
“But when Dermot O’Leary was doing the interviews, I think his were the strongest of them, because he knows that world. A lot of it has been very good.”
The show has had its ups and downs in the past seven weeks since it started airing with viewing figures sometimes dipping below one million, but Jason has praised the programme for daring to be different.
He told The Sun newspaper: “You’ve got to work out what works and doesn’t work — but unfortunately in the case of The Nightly Show the only way to do that is live on television.
“But hopefully, by week seven we should have nailed it.
“It’s nice to be asked to do something like this because it’s a big deal for ITV and they’ve really invested in it.
“Having one person with one vision driving a show, right or wrong, is very refreshing and I think that’s the way TV should be done.”
‘The Nightly Show’ airs weekdays on ITV at 10pm.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lauren Goodger celebrated her first anniversary with her jailbird boyfriend with a gushing Instagram post.
The former ‘TOWIE’ star can’t celebrate the special day with her beau Joey Morrison – who is currently serving an 18-year sentence for offences including kidnap, blackmail and burglary – but took to Instagram to post a picture of them kissing.
She captioned it: “Happy first year anniversary to us #love #oneyear #strong #sunday #hisandher #summer2017 (sic).”
Lauren also posted a meme celebrating couples who “make it through an incarceration”.
The post read: “Couples that make it through an incarceration are not your average couple.
“Only those with the strongest love, commitment, and loyalty make it to that homecoming.
“This is not an ordinary love. It’s exceptional (sic).”
However, Lauren, 30, soon removed both posts without an explanation.
Meanwhile, it was previously reported Lauren is “really in love” with Joey, also 30, and is thankful his stint behind bars means they are having to take their relationship “slowly and soberly”.
A source said: “Lauren is really in love and her life is completely centred around Joey. She says she’s never been in a relationship like this before and she loves getting to know Joey the old-fashioned way – slowly and soberly… They speak all the time and she writes love letters to him twice a week. Lauren loves writing letters – she thinks it’s sweet and old-fashioned and isn’t something she would usually do. Joey sends her flowers, too, which he asks his dad to organise on his behalf.”
And the star recently revealed she’s about a new reality TV show, which Joey will be part of, despite saying he “doesn’t want to be in the public eye”.
Lauren said: “Definitely [we will go in to business together] a bit further down the line. We always speak about it, although he doesn’t want to be in the public eye. But I’m in talks to do a TV show, and he’ll have to be a part of that. He ain’t got a choice!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Aidan Turner broke his hand filming ‘Poldark’.
The 33-year-old actor likes to do his own stunts when shooting his role as Ross Poldark in the hit BBC1 drama series but came a cropper while tackling a daring fear for the upcoming third season.
He said: “I think I do all of it; I broke my hand!”
Aidan particularly enjoyed an upcoming storyline when Ross sets out to rescue his captured friend Dwight Enys (Luke Norris) because he likes getting out of the studio.
Speaking at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival, he said: “Dwight’s ship goes missing off the coast of France, so Ross rallies the troops together to try to find out where he is and it turns out he’s in prison. So he has to go and bust him out: it’s the boys with the guns, it’s very exciting. There’s a little war movie in the middle of it.
“It was a lot of fun running around in the woods with guns. It’s fun to break from the studio stuff. That’s why I do it.”
One of the only things Aidan doesn’t like about working on the show is the fact he doesn’t have as close a bond with Garrick, Delemza (Eleanor Tomlinson)’s dog, who lives with her and Ross, as he would like.
He said: “I love dogs, I’m a dog person. He’s a working dog and when he’s on set he’s working but he’s not terribly affectionate and it kind of annoys me that he’s not.
“He doesn’t want to know you unless you have a treat in your hand and I have no time for that!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judges have been blown away by a number of dog acts in this year’s auditions.
Following the success of Ashley and Pudsey, and Jules and Matisse in 2012 and 2015 respectively, clever canines have been taking to the stage with a variety of weird and wonderful skills, much to the delight of Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
When the show returns to TV, fans will be treated to the sight of a poker-playing Jack Russell, two singing Great Danes, a pair of poodles driving a pink Cadillac and even a dog that does yoga.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: “Talented dogs have always been part of Britain’s Got Talent but this year there are more good ones than ever.
“It really is the year of the dog and the judges couldn’t get enough of them. The poodles were so fantastic they got a standing ovation.”
And the talented dogs were in good company, as at one of the London auditions, Simon brought his Yorkshire terriers Squiddly and Diddly, David had his beloved pooch Bert, and Amanda had her puppy, while hosts Ant and Dec also had their devoted hounds with them.
And the famous canines even got involved with the auditions as doggy yoga instructor Mahny persuaded the stars to bring their pets on stage to try out some poses.
The source said: “The audience loved seeing the judges and their dogs getting involved. It will be a fantastic TV moment.”
But dogs aren’t the only acts to turn heads at this year’s auditions, as viewers can also look forward to an Italian man who dresses up as a pair of fake boobs, three builders dressed as the Spice Girls, a heavy metal singer and a raunchy trapeze artist.

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OHMYGOSSIP — June Brown has had her eyesight “saved” following a 60-second operation.
The 90-year-old actress – who is best known for playing Dot Branning on ‘EastEnders’ – was one of the first people to undergo the Eyemax Mono technique to treat macular degeneration, an age-related condition which means damage to the retina stops a person seeing fine details.
She told the Sunday Express newspaper: “I can see people’s faces and recognise my children again. I can now distinguish colours and the pattern on a rug that I couldn’t see before.
“I can read again and I don’t think I would be able to see at all if I hadn’t had the operation.”
The soap stalwart had been diagnosed with the condition over 10 years ago and it was even written into her storylines last year after developing an advanced stage of the disease.
But now, June is overjoyed that her vision is “slowly improving” after the pioneering lens surgery helped readjust nerve signals in the brain to access healthy parts of the retina.
She added: “[My eyesight] is slowly improving all the time. I think my brain is teaching my peripheral vision to come into operation.”
June recently admitted she can’t afford to quit ‘EastEnders’.
She said: “I can’t afford to retire. I never had the money to start a pension – I didn’t start to make any real money until I was 58 – and now it’s not worth much.
“I’ve always been afraid of being poor when I’m old. It’s a dreadful thing to be strapped for cash when you are elderly. It’s awful when you’re young, too, but you always have hope.”
However, she has another reason for remaining in the show, as June admitted she would be bored if she quit working.
She said: “As long as I am capable of working, and can learn lines and move around, I will carry on. I’d be utterly bored if I stopped.
“I don’t think I look nearly 90 but because I can’t see these days I don’t know.
“You don’t think about your age – you just knock it down.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Graham Norton’s former partner worries the star has sacrificed success for love.
The 54-year-old talk show host was in a “serious” relationship with American Scott Michaels for five years from 1996 and his former partner fears his decision to always put work first will make it hard for him to settle down eventually.
Scott said: “Graham and I were the loves of each other’s lives. I was very serious about him and I know he felt the same way.
“I am happy that Graham has the success he wanted but I do feel sad he hasn’t found love.
“He might find someone he likes but the difficult part is finding someone who will fit into his lifestyle.
“I don’t miss being in Graham’s world but I have no doubt his ­determination to be famous ended our relationship.”
Scott moved to the UK to be with Graham after months of a long-distance relationship, and was proud to be a part of the Eurovision host’s early quest for fame by driving him to gigs.
He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “It felt like I was contributing to his dream and our life ­together. I always thought he would make it. He was hard-working and very confident.
“He would restrict himself to one glass of wine before a show, then afterwards it was no holds barred. One time we were out with Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys and Graham fell asleep standing up. That was one of his things.”
But as Graham’s career took off, Scott found it hard to be a part of his “ordinary” world.
He said: “I got upset that he was the one being loved by ­everyone and ­getting invited to exciting things. There were long days and nights when he just wasn’t around.
“There were more and more people taking up his time – ­business people, managers, friends, fake friends. I was ­surplus to requirements.
“There were two different worlds, ordinary and famous, and I was in the ordinary world.”
Scott persuaded Graham to go for couple’s counselling in a “desperate” bid to save their relationship.
He said: “I was desperate. I’d moved to another country for this guy after all. It was like he never wanted to be the bad guy and tell me to get lost.
He had to push me enough for me to say, ‘F**k this, I am done’. And at that stage, I was done.”
But Scott has no hard feelings towards his former partner.
She said: “I just hope he is happy.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Georgia May Foote is “done” with reality TV for “a while.”
The former ‘Coronation Street’ star may have came second when she took part in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ two years ago but she has admitted she doesn’t think she’ll sign up to another series in the near future because she wants to focus on acting.
Speaking to OK! magazine, she said: “I always say never say never but I don’t think so. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ was the one I wanted to do because it meant learning a new skill. I think I’m done with reality TV for a while.”
And, although bosses are currently on the hunt for a new head judge following legend Len Goodman’s decision to leave last year, the 26-year-old actress is adamant she’ll never claim a position on the panel – like Alesha Dixon did when she won the show.
She said: “I know Alesha Dixon became a judge after being on the show but acting is my priority at the moment. It’s so sad he’s leaving.
“His replacement needs to be somebody with an old head on their shoulders and plenty of experience. Karen Hardy would be great, she knows competition dancing. Somebody to rein Bruno Tonioli in.”
Georgia found love with professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice when she was on the programme but they split up just eight months later and now the Bury-born actress is loved up with male model George Alsford.
Although their relationship is going from strength-to-strength, Georgia has no intention of settling down any time soon as she wants to focus on herself for now.
She explained: “I’m concentrating on myself while I’m still young. I was so upset when I turned 26. I was like oh my gosh, I’m actually on my way to 30. My sister Katie turns 30 this year which is scary as I always feel that I’m not too far behind her – 30 feels like the age when I should be being sensible and getting married.”

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