OHMYGOSSIP — Holly Willoughby feels lucky to have a group of friends who she can “talk to about anything” going on in her life.
The 36-year-old presenter is best friends with fellow TV star Fearne Cotton and has a strong collection of pals that includes her ‘This Morning’ co-host Phillip Schofield, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, former ‘X Factor’ presenter Kate Thornton, ex-‘EastEnders’ actress Tamzin Outhwaite and Spice Girl Emma Bunton.
Holly – who is married to television producer Dan Baldwin, with whom she has three children, son Harry, seven, daughter Belle, five, and two-year-old son Chester – appreciates her friendships greatly as it is important for her to have people in her life she can rely outside of her family.
Speaking as the 2017 ambassador for Diet Coke at the launch of their ‘Get The Gang Back Together’ campaign in London, Holly said: “Friends are so important and they are always there for you no matter what. I have friends that I have met at different stages in my life and we have grown up together, but what they all have in common is we can talk to each other about anything and you never feel judged because they perfectly understand you.”
Diet Coke’s new campaign sees the soft drink company offering fans the chance to win luxurious penthouse stays for groups of friends visiting London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Dublin.
Holly launched the project at The Athenaeum Hotel in London and looked stunning in a sparkling sequin skirt, crisp white shirt and red heels.
Discussing the aim of the campaign, event host Aedamar Howlett – Marketing Director for Coca-Cola Great Britain – said: “Since its inception, Diet Coke has been synonymous with female togetherness, from the iconic hunks of the 90s through to last summer’s tie up with ‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’. This year, we want to encourage friends to get together for more good times.”
For more information on the ‘Get The Gang Back Together’ campaign visit facebook.com/DietCoke or follow @DietCokeGB.

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OHMYGOSSIP — David Tennant will return as Scrooge McDuck for the second series of ‘DuckTales’.
The first installment of the revived classic ’90s cartoon may not have hit television screens in the UK yet but the Disney Channel has already commissioned a second season, meaning the 45-year-old actor will reprise his role as the grumpy billionaire.
Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming and General Manager, Disney XD, said: “Fans around the world are eager and we’re looking forward to introducing viewers to the all-new ‘DuckTales’. This early season two order is a testament to the quality work the creative team, led by Matt and Frank, and the cast are delivering.”
The show also sees Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan voice Huey, Dewey and Louie, respectively, while Kate Micucci plays Webby Vanderquack; Beck Bennett stars as Launchpad McQuack and Toks Olagundoye voices Mrs. Beakley.
The new family comedy-adventure series will once again take viewers along as Scrooge, his curious and mischief-making grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, the temperamental Donald Duck and their trusty team, Webby Vanderquack, Launchpad McQuack and Mrs. Beakley, embark on high-flying adventures around the world.
And it’s not hard to see why it’s been commissioned for a second installment before it’s even aired in the UK as the bosses have managed to get Matt Youngberg, Francisco Angones and Sean Jimenez on board to lead the star-studded cast to success.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Megan McKenna revealed that things between her and Pete Wicks are “complicated” at the moment after the hunk pulled out of appearing on ‘This Morning’ with her on Friday (03.03.17).
The brunette beauty sat on the sofa with her ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ co-stars Kate Wright and Bobby Norris to be quizzed by husband and wife hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford about the upcoming new series.
Eamonn and Ruth asked Megan about the situation with her on/off boyfriend Pete, with Ruth saying: “Pete was supposed to be here today, can you not be in the same room as him?”
Prompting Megan to answer: “It’s complicated at the moment with me and him. It’s not the best time for us to be together.”
Showing the emotional strain on her face, Megan then added: “I’d be professional. Out of respect for each other we won’t speak about each other. But right now it’s complicated.”
The stunning starlet and the tattooed heartthrob have had a turbulent relationship over the past few months, which has seen them break-up and make-up a number of times.
Further evidence their relationship has hit the rocks for good is that the pair have unfollowed one another on social media.
Megan and Pete will return to our screens on Sunday (05.03.17)on ITVBe for the new series of ‘TOWIE’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Lenny Henry says the ‘Broadchurch’ costume team are the only people who know all the crime drama’s secrets.
The 58-year-old star plays farm shop owner Ed Burnett in the third and final series of Chris Chibnall’s ITV show, which this time focuses on the investigation of DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) into the serious sexual assault of Julie Hesmondhalgh’s character Trish.
Chris took extreme measures including using high tech computer pass codes on the scripts to ensure that no spoilers leaked from the set, and Lenny admits the only guys who knew the entire plot ahead of filming were the ones handling the clothing for the cast.
In an interview on breakfast TV show ‘Good Morning Britain’, the comedian spilled: “You get each script week by week, you get your pages. If there’s a clue within the scene then OK that’s fine, but you don’t really get the whole thing. [The costume designer will say] you’ll never guess what’s happening to you next week. They might give you a bit of a clue. But you really don’t know when you show up.”
As a newcomer to the programme, Lenny admits that David and Olivia couldn’t have been anymore welcoming to him and fellow newbies Julie and Sarah Parish.
Lenny – who will present this year’s ‘Comic Relief’ charity telethon on March 24 – said: “It’s been a fantastic experience to be involved with as a series. This has been very exciting working with Sarah and with David and Olivia. They have been really welcoming, welcomed all the new people to the cast. It’s good to be Ed Burnett with my own farm shop. We don’t want to give too much away. I’m not allowed to say anything. It’s a secret, I can’t tell you.”
‘Broadchurch’ continues on ITV on Monday night (06.03.17) at 9pm.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jennifer Hudson has warned ‘The Voice’ judge Gavin Rossdale not to “get in her way”.
The 35-year-old singer-and-actress is about to go head-to-head with fellow coaches Gavin Rossdale, Will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones for the live knock out rounds and she is desperate for one of her six acts to win the whole competition.
And Jennifer thinks that Bush frontman Gavin’s team is the biggest threat to her chances of being crowned the winning mentor.
In an interview with The Times newspaper, she said: “We get competitive. I’ll say, ‘Gavin, we’re cool, you’re a gentleman and all that, but I don’t play around when it comes to music so don’t get in my way.”
Jennifer, 35, says her friendly rivalry with Gavin, 51, was sparked when they both kept turning their chairs for the same singers.
The ‘Dreamgirls’ star said: “Gavin likes to turn around when I turn around and I have to say to him, ‘You just turn that chair back.’ Sure we butt heads and the drama kicks in. I don’t have an attitude, I’m just sassy, but maybe he takes it as an attitude because he be looking at me like, ‘What did she just say?’ ”
She added: “Actually, I’m going to ask him if he finds me annoying.”
‘Team J-Hud’ is comprised of Jack Bruley, 20, Mo Adeniran, 21, Georgie Braggins, 21, David Jackson, 29, Jamie Miller, 19, and Tim Gallagher, 23, and Jennifer has confessed she does a favourite act.
When asked if she had a fave, she replied: “I can’t answer that. But yes I do. I have one steady favourite and the others I see in a different light every week. Mo is really shy and easy to work with. You have to remind him it’s a competition sometimes, he’s so nice. Georgie is all for her jazz and she’s very sure of herself. Jack still doesn’t know how he got there. He lives in his head.”
‘The Voice UK’ is on ITV on Saturday (04.03.17) at 8.30pm and on Sunday (05.03.17) at 7.45pm.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Tom Jones thinks ‘The Voice’ has a “better chance” of turning contestants into stars now it is on ITV.
The talent show moved from BBC to ITV for its most recent series and the 76-year-old coach believes it could help make the acts more successful.
He said: “Things have changed because the record company people now are more hands-on.
“On the BBC, they were limited because [the label] couldn’t come into the studio a lot of the time. We have a better chance.”
However, the ‘It’s Not Unusual’ hitmaker insists it is not easy to make it in the industry.
He explained: “When you land a contract, you’re getting your foot in the door. You still have to get a hit record, and there is no guarantee of that ever – it’s not easy, it never has been and it never will be.”
And whilst Tom insists there is no “competition” between him and his fellow coaches, he still believes he has the strongest team on the show.
Speaking about his fellow coaches Jennifer Hudson, will.i.am and Gavin Rossdale, he told the Metro newspaper: “We’re friends so, no, we’re not competing with each other. But I feel I’ve got the strongest team, so hey…”
Meanwhile, Tom previously admitted he thinks his late wife Melinda Trenchard would have been “really happy” to find out he was back on the show.
He explained: “Oh yeah, she would have been really happy because she enjoyed it. As you know, the contract was like once a year and then we go the phone call ‘We are not renewing your contract’ a couple of days before and I was like ‘Why didn’t you give me more notice, what was that about?’ My wife, god bless her, she said, ‘You don’t want to do ‘The Voice’ then do you?’ and I said ‘Well, it’s not my choice.’ ‘Really?’ [she said] So she couldn’t understand and then she passed away before I came back.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Legendary comedy duo Hale and Pace are set to join ‘Benidorm’.
Gareth Hale and Norman Pace – who fronted their own television show in the 1980s – are set to make an appearance in the tenth series of the ITV show.
It is not known how big a part the pair will play in the programme but they will star as undercover detectives investigating Lesley (Tim Healy).
Series 10 – which will go into production in Benidorm, Spain, later this month and will air on screens in 2018 – will also see Shane Richie return for four episodes as entertainer Sammy Valentino whilst John Challis’ character Monty Staines will become a series regular.
Show creator, writer and executive producer Derren Litten said: “When I wrote the first script of ‘Benidorm’ I had no idea it would change my life so dramatically over the next 10 years.
“As I put the finishing touches to the 74th episode I am so grateful to our fans and to ITV for giving ‘Benidorm’ the best possible home we could hope for. Here’s to the next 10 years!”
Whilst Saskia Schuster, ITV’s Comedy Commissioner, added: “‘Benidorm’ is very much part of the ITV family with viewers taking these wonderful characters to their hearts.
“Show creator, writer and exec producer Derren Litten has some great plans for the tenth series and it’s a real treat to welcome Hale & Pace and Shane Richie to the Solana resort.”
It has been confirmed that Troy (Paul Bazely), The Oracle (Johnny Vegas) and Tiger (Danny Walters) won’t be returning for the new series but fans will be pleased to know Joyce Temple Savage (Sherrie Hewson), Mateo (Jake Canuso), Liam (Adam Gillen), Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) and Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) will all be returning.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Coroner’ has been given the axe.
The daytime television drama has only been on screens two series and, considering the time of day it was aired, managed to rake in one million plus viewers but it seems the BBC weren’t happy with its success and have decided to give it the boot.
The show’s fate was announced in a press release on its website this week: “After two fantastic series, ‘The Coroner’ won’t be returning as we look for opportunities to bring through new programmes for the BBC One daytime audience. We’d like to thank the brilliant cast and production team for all of their hard work.”
However, the shock news hasn’t gone down too well with viewers and some die-hard fans have even started an online petition to bring it back later this year.
The drama stars Claire Goose as single mum Jane Kennedy who returns to her hometown Lighthaven in Devon and is reunited with her former childhood sweetheart Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins (Matt Bardock) as they investigate murders.
The writer Sally Abbott previously said that she based Jane and Davey on the sexual tension between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey in 1949’s ‘Adam’s Rib’.
And it’s not just the fans who are devastated with the verdict as Claire has since taken to her Twitter account to express her “sadness” about the shock axe.
She wrote: “Truly overwhelmed for all the love for #The Coroner. You’ve made a very sad day bearable. Thank you. Much love to you all.”
Matt added: “Absolutely overwhelmed with the love for #TheCoroner thank you. Who knows may be we can do it again one day! Amazing group of people involved. (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — EastEnders’ Mick Carter is set to be sent to prison for the foreseeable prison.
Danny Dyer – who portrays the loveable landlord in the long-running soap – recently asked producers if he could take a last-minute holiday in order to recuperate from his hectic filming schedule, but his dramatic dash has meant that bosses have been forced to quickly re-write the storyline surrounding his major character to avoid disruption.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: “Some said the prison storyline is by far the easiest way of cutting him out of the show at such short notice. Other ideas were tabled, but they wanted something to tie in with Mick’s turbulent life on the Square.
“And it will mean Danny could stay away for as long as he needs to recuperate and get back to work at which point Mick can be released from jail.”
It’s not how known when the scenes will air but it’s expected to be soon as Mick, his mother Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Aunt Babe (Annette Badland) – who has since left the show – recently found themselves in hot water with the police after they were caught breaching their alcohol licencing by serving booze before their permitted time.
The trio were ordered to pay a hefty fine to cover the crime they’ve committed but Mick’s recent financial woes means he’ll unlikely be able to cough up the cash in time.
Danny is currently in South Africa with his wife Joanne Mas and their three children; Danni, 20, Sunnie, 10, and Arty, three, but bosses are desperate for him to return.
The insider explained: “His departure from the soap has been a major headache for producers and they are desperate for his return. His character is central to many key storylines that are filmed about six weeks in advance.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lisa Faulkner has landed a role in ‘EastEnders’ as Fi Browning.
The 45-year-old actress – whose partner is TV chef John Torode – will play a major part in the BBC One soap, but she and executive producer Sean O’Connor are remaining tight-lipped about her character and how she will make her mark on Albert Square, although the latter teased that she is “a no-nonsense but sophisticated business woman”, who has her “sights” set on another Walford resident.
Speaking about her new gig, Lisa said: “I’m so happy to be joining the cast of ‘EastEnders’ – it’s an iconic show and I can’t wait to play my part in it.
“Fi Browning is a hugely exciting character and I’m really looking forward to working with Sean and all the team, and revealing more about her.
“I can’t say any more now as I’m sworn to secrecy, but it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Sean added: “I’m really thrilled that we have been able to tempt Lisa Faulkner back to TV drama and back to the BBC.
“She’s an extremely accomplished and hugely popular actress and we’re very excited to have her in Albert Square.
“Fi Browning is something of a departure for ‘EastEnders’; a no-nonsense but sophisticated business woman with strength and vulnerability.
“But does she have an agenda? And who – or what – has she set her sights on?”
Since Lisa won ‘Celebrity MasterChef’ in 2010 she has gone on to front a number of food-related projects, including co-hosting a TV show called ‘Real Food Family Cook Off’ and releasing her own cookery books.
However, starring in ‘EastEnders’ will see her return to her acting roots as she has previously starred in ‘Holby City’ and ‘Death in Paradise’.
Fi Browning is set to join the soap this spring.
It follows the casting of former Blue singer Lee Ryan, 33, who will play bad boy Woody and is expected to appear on screens in the coming weeks.

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