Jemma Lucy axed from Ex on the Beach 'for fighting'

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jemma Lucy was axed from ‘Ex on the Beach’ after grabbing her co-star’s throat.
The 28-year-old star was removed from the contestants’ house in Thailand after attacking Kayleigh Morris, 28, on the MTV show after a fall out over hunk Ashley Cain, who had bedded Jemma after dating Kayleigh.
An insider told Daily Star Online: “Kayleigh made a dig at Jemma that she dresses badly, so Jemma explained she was meant to be Hawley, but Kayleigh just carried on the insult.
“That was the icing on the cake for Jemma, she leapt up out her chair, was scratching at Kayleigh’s face and at one moment grabbed her at the throat.
“Security had to come in and escort her out, before sending her to isolation for two days after which producers eventually told her she had been axed.”
Before the incident, which will set to air on next week’s show, Kayleigh attempted to wreak revenge on Jemma for bedding Ashley by throwing her clothes out of the window and her make-up into the pool.
The insider added: “It all started because Kayleigh was growing jealous of Jemma’s relationship with her ex, Ashley.
“Jemma and Ashley were really getting on, and it wasn’t just about sharing a bed, their relationship was becoming more than sex for them.
“Jemma did her best to ignore it as she clearly didn’t want to give Kayleigh a reaction, but she snapped after downing alcohol.
“She just got really drunk one day as she had been waiting all afternoon at the beach for an ex.”
Jemma previously enjoyed a fling with Geordie Shore’s Gaz Beadle, who was in a relationship with Charlotte Crosby.
She has also been embroiled in an argument with Holly Rickwood when she tried it on with her ex David Hawley.

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Curtis Hanson dead at 71

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OHMYGOSSIP — Curtis Hanson has died aged 71.
The ‘8 Mile’ director was found dead at his Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday afternoon (20.09.16) after paramedics responded to a call about an unconscious man.
According to gossip website TMZ, Hanson was pronounced dead at the scene and passed away from what appears to have been a heart attack.
A Los Angeles Police Department couldn’t confirm that is how the ‘L.A. Confidential’ helmer passed but told Variety he died of “natural causes.”
He was reported to have been suffering from Alzheimer’s and had recently retired.
The filmmaker directed Eminem in his acting debut ‘8 Mile’, and the rapper has thanked the late star for having faith in him.
He said in a statement: “Curtis Hanson believed in me and our crazy idea to make a rap battle movie set in Detroit. He basically made me into an actor for ‘8 Mile’. I’m lucky I got to know him.”
Several other stars have paid tribute to the director, including Kevin Bacon, who starred in one of Hanson’s greatest successes, 1994 crime thriller ‘The River Wild’.
He tweeted: “So sad to hear about Curtis Hanson. great director. great man. Riding that river with him was one of the greatest gigs of my life (sic)”
Rob Lowe tweeted: “It was an honor to make “Bad Influence” with Curtis Hanson. So smart, so kind and a great storyteller. I will miss him. (sic)”
Abigail Spencer wrote: “So honored I got to work with the dear #CurtisHanson — the most lovely & wonderful. Heartbroken. My condolences to his family. #rip (sic)”
Hanson won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1998, for co-writing L.A. Confidential alongside Brian Helgeland.
He also helmed 2005 comedy-drama movie ‘In Her Shoes’ – which starred Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette – as well as ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’, ‘Wonder Boys’ and 2012’s ‘Chasing Mavericks’.

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Jared Leto to star in Andy Warhol movie

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jared Leto is set to star in a film about Andy Warhol’s life.
The 44-year-old actor and musician will produce the project, which will be based around the life of the pop artist, and take on the lead role himself.
Leto is the first star to have signed up for the the biopic, which is called ‘Warhol’.
Michael De Luca will also act as producer on the project, following the success of films such as ‘Moneyball’ and ‘The Social Network’.
Terence Winter – who wrote ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ – will pen the screenplay for the biopic, drawing source material from Victor Bockris’ 1989 book entitled ‘Warhol: The Biography’.
Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that Jared and Michael, 51, have joint rights to the book, after having the desire to work together for some time.
When the script from Terence, 55, is complete, the team will begin their search for a director and further cast members.
Jared is currently working on his role in ‘Blade Runner 2’, where he is said to be playing a “memorable, never before seen character”.
While full details of his alter-ego have not been released, reports suggest he will have a “key role” in the movie.
The news of Jared’s new movie ventures comes after he said last month that he believes Hollywood is “very conservative”.
He said: “I definitely don’t think a gay leading man would have the same opportunities as a straight leading man. I don’t think that. Not for a single second. I don’t know if that’s offensive or not, but that’s my thought right now.
“It shouldn’t be that way. I don’t think you’ll have as many opportunities. And I think you could say the same for minorities … I think that this is still a very conservative business.”

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Daniel Radcliffe's film was a joke

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OHMYGOSSIP — Daniel Radcliffe’s new movie started life as “a joke”.
The 27-year-old actor portrays a flatulent corpse opposite Paul Dano as a suicidal man in ‘Swiss Army Man’ and he thinks the finished movie is more “beautiful and poignant” than anyone would have guessed from the quirky subject matter.
He said: “It started as a joke. The directors said, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if someone used a dead body as a fart-powered jet ski?’ And they started writing around that.
“They make it utterly beautiful and more poignant than it has a right to be.”
Despite portraying a dead body, Daniel admitted he found it very easy to connect with his character in the film.
He told Metro newspaper: “I relate to his general cheerfulness, his ability to see the best in everything.”
Asked if that means he relates to a flatulent corpse more than most of his other characters, he added: “Yeah! You can definitely print that.”
After finding fame as Harry Potter, Daniel has since undertaken a number of diverse roles, including an undercover FBI agent who infiltrates a racist gang in upcoming ‘Imperium’, poet Allan Ginsberg in ‘Kill Your Darlings’ and a haunted lawyer in ‘The Woman in Black’.
And the British actor admits he loves to “challenge” himself with his career.
He said: “I have the most fun switching it up and trying to find challenging things to do.
“We’re very lucky as actors, it is one of the few jobs where the harder it gets, the more fun it gets.
“The easiest shots in the world are shots where you are opening and closing a drawer – that would be an easy day but it wouldn’t be a fun or interesting day.
“When there’s a scene that’s slightly problematic and you have to work to get it right and you do get it right, that’s the most exciting thing that can happen.”

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The Chase's 1000th ep to include all 5 chasers

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Chase’s 1000th episode will feature all five chasers.
Bosses behind the game show have decided to shake things up in celebration of the programme’s milestone by doing an hour-long special featuring Shaun ‘The Barrister’ Wallace, Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty, Paul ‘The Sinnerman’ Sinha and Jenny ‘The Vixen’ Ryan.
The show’s host Bradley Walsh said: “We’ve made it to the 1000th episode of ‘The Chase’ as the show is so entertaining and informative. I’m so lucky I get to be a part of such a great team and have a laugh at work, I even learn some things too.
“People love it because they can see how much we are enjoying ourselves. The special is going to be one chase fans won’t want to miss.”
The forthcoming special will see a different professional quizzer – known as The Chaser – face each contestant, for the first time ever in the programme’s history, in the Cash Builder round, before the fifth and final chaser will take on the group of successful challengers in the last round.
The 1000th episode of ‘The Chase’ will hit television screens across the country on Thursday, September 28 at 5pm on ITV.

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Beverley Callard may have Bipolar?

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OHMYGOSSIP — Beverley Callard may have Bipolar Disorder.
The ‘Coronation Street’ star has battled with depression on and off for the majority of her life but, following her crippling breakdown earlier this year, her new psychiatrist is convinced she’s also dealing with another mental illness.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’ on Tuesday (20.09.16), she explained: “My psychiatrist at present, he is convinced that I am bipolar too. He is convinced of it. The way he explained it to me is that I don’t get these amazing highs or hallucinations.
“But I get the tremendous lows. I don’t get the good bits I get the bad bits. But now I am much more even and relaxed.”
The 59-year-old star – who is known for playing Liz McDonald in the ITV programme – was signed off work for two months in March when she was plunged into deep depression while shooting her scenes for the long-running soap after she ran out of one of the types of drugs she took for the illness.
She explained: “I was completely suicidal. I couldn’t leave the house. I didn’t leave the bedroom. I wouldn’t take calls.”
However, Beverley has now managed to find a selection of medication that controls her moods like her old drug, which was discontinued abruptly without warning earlier this year.
She said: “I’m much better. I think I tried four different medications to replace the one that was missing but I’m still on HRT [hormone replacement therapy] . I take an oestrogen gel a testosterone gel, so I think I’ll be great in the Olympics and I take two different anti-depressants.”
Bipolar Disorder, which was formerly known as manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods.
People with the illness tend to have periods of extreme highs and extreme lows and it’s believed one in every 100 adults will be diagnosed with the condition in the UK.

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Joey Essex and Stephanie Pratt to travel?

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stephanie Pratt wants to go travelling with Joey Essex.
The ‘Made in Chelsea’ star has only just started romancing the former reality TV hunk after they met on ‘Celebs Go Dating’ a couple of months ago but they’ve already started thinking about their future and have decided they will see the world together when works permit in the future.
Joey said: “I want kids in the future, definitely, but I’m not ready right now. Steph says the same and when I heard that, I thought, ‘YES!'”
Stephanie added: “I don’t think I’ll be ready for years. I want to get married first. Right now I’m way too selfish and I want to go travelling with Joey.”
However, for now, the new couple will be forced to spend just under a week apart while Joey shoots his new series for ‘Educating Joey Essex’.
Speaking to OK! magazine, he explained: “I’m so busy. I’m going to the States next to film ‘Educating Joey Essex’ in America, in the run up to the presidential election. I’ll be away for a week. I don’t know if I can make it.”
And the 26-year-old hunk is so upset about leaving his new girlfriend behind in London that he’s managed to cut down his filming time.
He said: “It was 10 days but I got it down to six. It will be weird.”
And Joey’s sweet actions haven’t gone unnoticed as Stephanie, 30, can’t believe how thoughtful and considerate her beau is towards her.
She explained: “He’s the sweetest, he’s a puppy. That’s his nickname and that’s why he got me a toy puppy. I just moved into my new flat in my building and when he came over he had a huge bouquet of flowers and all of this soft new bedding, and the puppy for me. How sweet is that?”

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Marnie Simpson's kidney infection

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OHMYGOSSIP — Marnie Simpson’s kidneys aren’t working properly.
The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ babe – who is regularly seen guzzling alcohol on television for her hit show ‘Geordie Shore’ – was rushed to hospital last week with an infection in her abdominal organs and doctors believe it could be down to too much boozing.
Writing in her column for Star magazine, she said: “I was rushed to hospital last week with a kidney infection and kidney stones. My kidneys aren’t working properly and doctors think it could be from drinking too much alcohol … I’ve been on medication.”
After a gruesome week strapped up to a drip, the 24-year-old reality TV star decided to book a last-minute trip to Barcelona, Spain, with her boyfriend Lewis Bloor to help her recover.
She said: “I’ve just got back from a romantic break in Barcelona with Lewis. We finally found a weekend when we could both get away, so we booked it last-minute. It was nice to escape and relax for a few days, just the two of us. It’s just what we needed.”
However, the brunette beauty has admitted her relationship with Lewis, 26, isn’t going as well as she thought it would.
She explained: “Things are still going well between me and Lewis, but I find out relationship really hard, if I’m honest. I want things to be as amazing as they were on ‘CBB’ but I was being unrealistic because it’s so different outside. I want to keep things private, because I don’t want to give people a reason to talk about us. I already get tweets when he’s doing PAs. It’s so stressful.”
The couple hit it off when they were both thrown inside the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house for three weeks in the summer.

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Denzel Washington says he collects wisdom

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OHMYGOSSIP — Denzel Washington collects “wisdom” from his life experiences.
The 61-year-old actor – who can next be seen alongside Chris Pratt, Byung-Hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Ethan Hawke in the Sony Pictures and MGM’s remake of ‘The Magnificent Seven’ – thinks it is important to always remember the advice he has been given over the years.
And in an interview with Collider.com, Washinton has revealed what he spends his lifetime collecting.
He said: “I keep collecting different things…Wisdom.
“You know, ‘Fall down seven times get up eight’, ‘People who never fail are people who never try’. ‘You have to master your anger you can’t let anger be your master’…’In order to get something you never had you have to do something you never did’.”
The actor also reflected on how he views life now he’s older and wiser.
He said: “The most interesting thing to me is doing five lines without lifting the pencil and some people don’t get it, you have to go outside the box in order to connect them without lifting it so it’s thinking outside the box. I don’t know if you get older and wiser when you get older but you start to trim away the nonsense and you see what works over time.”
The ‘Training Day’ star also shared some words of wisdom of his own, claiming that people should to want to make a difference to the lives of others.
He said: “You pick a side – you can be as people most of your life but you’ve gotta sit out at some point and look in the mirror.
“You can’t be that person, or maybe you’re afraid of that person, what am I doing, am I helping or am I hurting? Am I lifting people up or am I knocking people down?
“Don’t just aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference…As long as you get up one more time than you get down then you can fight, fight another day.”
‘The Magnificent Seven’ is centered on seven outlaws who come together to protect a small town. It also features Martin Sensmeier, Matt Bomer, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard in the star-studded line up.

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Kristen Bell: We haven't started recording for Frozen 2

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kristen Bell says the ‘Frozen’ sequel hasn’t begun recording yet.
The 36-year-old actress – who voices lead character Anna in the blockbuster Disney film – has given an update on the progress of the second movie in the franchise and said that they haven’t started doing the voiceovers yet because the writers are still finalising the script.
However, the ‘Bad Moms’ star revealed that they have completed the recording for a spin-off ‘Olaf Christmas special’, which was “a lot of fun” to do.
Asked if the cast have recorded their parts yet, she explained: “We haven’t, actually. I thought we were about to start recording, but I was mistaken. So, we haven’t begun yet. They’re putting the finishing touches on the script.
“We record, as those characters, often.
At the change of season at the parks, whether it’s for Disneyland, Epcot, or when Japan opens, we will record new voices for our characters, but we actually haven’t started recording for the second ‘Frozen’.
“But what we have been working on is an ‘Olaf Christmas special’ that we’re doing for next year (airing on ABC). We’ve recorded that already, which has been a lot of fun to work.”
Meanwhile, Kristen revealed that there will be new songs in the Christmas spin-off.
She said: “There’s new music, as well. Yeah, there are new songs.”
The blonde beauty says playing the role of the ice princess is “magic” and she loves to see the “joy” it brings children and adults alike.
She told website Collider.com: It’s such a cool feeling! It feels like being a part of a little bit of magic. You just hope that the project you’re working on brings people joy, and then you look at the team around you and you realise that you can’t go wrong with a dream team, like the one they put together to work on ‘Frozen’. It’s so much fun!”

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Emmerdale's Kerry Wyatt is pregnant

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emmerdale’s Kerry Wyatt is pregnant.
The bolshie factory worker – portrayed by Laura Norton – has been trying to push her guilt to the back of her mind since she had a car bonnet bunk up with Ross Barton [Michael Parr] behind her husband Dan Spencer’s [Liam Fox] back.
But it seems she’ll have no choice but to face to music when she learns she may be carrying his baby later this week.
Laura said: “She’s gutted. It makes her realise that she’s not going to get away with placing her head in the sand and lying to Dan. Kerry actually convinces herself that this is her punishment for the bad thing that she’s done, and that she deserves it. She massively regrets what happened.”
The bubbly raven head almost tells Dan about her infidelity with the handsome cabbie but decides to talk through her issues with her friend Joanie Wright (Denise Black) first.
She explained to Inside Soap magazine: “Kerry is too ashamed to share it with anyone at first. She opens up to Joanie with great trepidation, as she thinks she’ll get told off! But Joanie’s reaction is the opposite – she wants to help Kerry find a solution.”
She quickly comes to the conclusion that the only way to save her relationship is by having an abortion.
Laura said: “Kerry is utterly convinced Ross must be the baby’s father, rather than Dan, so she feels as though she has no choice. It’s awful for her … This baby could be her last chance to be a proper parent. Having said that, Kerry finds it very easy to shut down her emotions. There’s this voice in her head saying, ‘I can’t be pregnant, I have to have a termination’ – there are no two ways about it.”
However, her world may be turned upside down once again when she’s told she has to have a scan – and see the baby – before she can go ahead with the termination.

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Danny Mac turned down Strictly Come Dancing 'a few times'

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OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Mac has turned down ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ “a few times.”
The 28-year-old actor is taking part in the current series of the Ballroom and Latin show but he has admitted this year wasn’t the first time he was approached by bosses as he’s been on the hit list for a few years running.
Speaking to the Radio Times magazine, he said: “I’ve actually turned it [‘Strictly Come Dancing’] a few times, I’ve been so scared of doing it. But I thought it was time to face my fear. So despite my better judgement, I’m going to attempt to be myself on camera while learning to dance wearing blue sequins.”
And, although it was only announced he had joined the line up for this year’s show a few weeks ago, the handsome star signed the contract quite a while ago.
When asked how long ago he sealed the deal, he said: “Oh, a few months now. It’s been a well-kept secret for a long time.”
He may be joining a show that is notorious for splitting couples up due to the nature of some of the dances but he’s adamant he won’t let the programme come between him and his fiancée Carley Stenson, whom he’s been dating for five years, despite being paired with glamorous professional Oti Mabuse.
He explained: “I’ve been fortunate to work with lots of beautiful women, so I’m not nervous about getting close and personal with Oti.
“I want to have that level of attraction, make it intimate. Fortunately my fiancée completely understands because she’s an actress too.”
Danny met Carley on the set of ‘Hollyoaks’ back in 2011 – when he joined the Channel 4 soap as the lovable Mark ‘Dodger’ Savage and she was playing Steph Cunningham – and they finally got engaged in March this year.

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Michelle Keegan is 'really ill'

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OHMYGOSSIP — Michelle Keegan is “really ill.”
The 29-year-old actress believes her busy work schedule, which saw her film army drama ‘Our Girl’ in South Africa for eight weeks and then immediately shoot ‘Tina and Bobby’ in Manchester, has shattered her immune system.
Talking about her health during an appearance on BBC One’s ‘The One Show’ on Monday (19.09.16) night, she explained: “I’ve been really run down. It happens when your body stops – because I literally did ‘Our Girl’ and then did ‘Tina and Bobby’ straight away and I only wrapped filming two weeks ago. Since then I’ve been doing so much promotion for ‘Our Girl’. I only stopped about a week ago and since then I’ve been so ill.”
However, it’s hardly surprising the former ‘Coronation Street’ actress is battling with ill health at the moment as she recently admitted filming for ‘Our Girl’ in the blistering sun was damaging on her body and she was “exhausted.”
She said of the experience: “It was emotionally draining and very tiring but I had the best time and I, obviously we were there for two months, thought I might get a bit homesick after a week but I’m not joking I loved every single second of it. It was a life experience for me.”
And shooting the series has even cured Michelle’s fear of heights because her alter ego Lance Corporal Georgie Lane was rescued by the Special Forces in a helicopter.
Speaking during a Facebook Live chat, she said recently: “We did (film) the helicopter (scenes) in the air, we were harnessed in and I’m actually quite scared of heights but I think after this I was fine with them. I wanted to go back up again.”

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Karyn Kusama to direct horror movie Breed

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OHMYGOSSIP — Karyn Kusama has signed up to direct horror movie ‘Breed’.
The 48-year-old American independent film director, who worked on 2015 horror mystery ‘The Invitation’, has teamed up with her old production crew to direct the movie on behalf of 20th Century Fox.
The movie will be a 20th Century Fox first for producer Scott Frank, according to The Wrap, and will see ‘The Invitation’s’ writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi be tasked with adapting the novel by Chase Novack.
Speaking about the project, Frank said: “‘Breed’ was the first piece of material I acquired and was a complete no-brainer – falling right into the sweet spot of the work that I’m trying to do in my partnership with Fox.
“The fact that I also get to collaborate with the talented likes of Phil, Matt, and Karyn only makes an already exciting project even sweeter.”
Novack is also known to write under the name Scott Spencer, which he used to work on ‘Endless Love’ and ‘Waking the Dead’.
‘Breed’ is centered on a couple living in New York who travel to Slovenia to have a procedure that will help them have children, after unsuccessful infertility treatment. But all is not what it seems, and 10 years later, when their twins grow up, they face some weird noises coming from their parents’ room.
Casting information has not yet been announced.

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Joe Berlinger can't watch new Blair Witch

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2’ director Joe Berlinger can’t watch the new ‘Blair Witch’ movie as it will bring back “trauma”.
The 54-year-old filmmaker’s horror sequel was savaged on release, much like the new rebooted film – which has flopped at the box office on its first week of release – and he admits he wanted his name taken off the project as he was so unhappy with studio interference.
He told Deadline: “I have nothing but respect for [Blair Witch helmer] Adam Wingard and I hope the film is great; I haven’t seen it yet. Ironically, I was in Toronto and just couldn’t bring myself to go see it and relive the trauma.
“What trauma? The studio recut the film and inserted scenes of gore against my will and I didn’t have the courage back then to just remove my name from the film. And then to be eviscerated by critics on a cut of the film that I did not sanction was doubly painful.”
Berlinger explained that if his work has been included the way he envisioned it, he would have taken the criticism on the chin.
He explained: “That’s not to say that my director’s cut would have garnered a better reaction from critics per se, by at least I could have stood by the film for representing my vision and if people hated that version, it would have been less painful because it’s what I would have wanted to be seen.”
He also tweeted a statement to rebut the claims that the film was in ‘financial disaster’.
He said: “It was still Artisan’s second highest grossing film in their history, the highest being the original BW. It grossed $48 million worldwide on a $10 million budget and did over $25 million on DVD… Pure gravy on DVD. I know because my DGA residuals on this film paid for my daughter’s college education.”

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Georgia Taylor returning to Coronation Street

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OHMYGOSSIP — Georgia Taylor is to return to ‘Coronation Street’.
The 36-year-old actress will reprise her role of Toyah Battersby in the soap this December, 13 years after she was last seen on the cobbles in February 2003, and she can’t wait to team up with Jane Danson, who plays her sister Leanne Battersby, again.
Georgia said: “I am thrilled to be re-joining my old friends on the cobbles and hugely excited to be given the opportunity to explore the character of Toyah 13 years on.
“‘Coronation Street’ has always had a place in my heart and I’m delighted to be working again with my good friend Jane Danson and bringing the Battersby sisters back together.
“The script writers and producers have come up with some fantastic, clever, and detailed story-lines that have inspired me and I feel excited to get started!”
Georgia will start filming her scenes next month and will return over the festive period as she catches up with sister Leanne, who is pregnant with Steve McDonald’s (Simon Gregson) baby.
Producer Kate Oates said: “I am delighted that Georgia Taylor has agreed to return to the role of Toyah. She is a talented actress who has had great success since leaving the show in 2003.
“Family relationships are the lifeblood of soap operas and I am excited to explore the drama that Toyah will bring with her to the cobbles. She has led an interesting life away from Weatherfield and she has secrets she has kept even from Leanne.
“Her arrival this Christmas looks set to put the cat amongst the Coronation Street pigeons.”
Toyah left Weatherfield in February 2003 after discovering her university tutor John Arnley (Paul Warriner), who she had been having a fling with, had also been having an affair with her pal Maria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie).

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