OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Coronation Street’ legend Julie Goodyear has been diagnosed with dementia.
The 81-year-old actress’ husband Scott Brand has revealed that his “darling wife” is living with the brain condition which causes a decline in a sufferer’s cognitive abilities.
In a statement, Scott said: “My darling wife and I have had to come to terms with this heart-breaking diagnosis. Unfortunately, Julie has been suffering forgetfulness for some time and we have been seeking medical advice and assistance, but we now know that there is no hope of a reversal in the situation – and that her condition will get progressively, and perhaps speedily, worse.”
Scott and Julie took the decision to go public with her diagnosis so that any fans who meet her when she is out will understand if she seems “confused”.
He added: “We have taken the decision to publicly announce the diagnosis as Julie still loves visiting friends and eating out. Inevitably she is recognised, and fans love to meet her – and she them – but she can get confused particularly if she is tired. I hope people will understand.”
Julie – who remains a patron of Willow Wood Hospice in Greater Manchester – became a national treasure in the UK due to her role as Rovers Return landlady Bet Lynch in ‘Corrie’.
The larger-than-life star first joined the ITV soap in 1966 as barmaid Bet, but left after being advised by senior cast member Pat Phoenix – who played Elsie Tanner – to get some more acting training.
After joining Oldham’s Repertory Theatre, Julie returned in 1970 and was a permanent fixture on the cobbles for 25 years until she left in 1995.
Julie made three returns as Bet, firstly in 1999 for the home video spin-off ‘The Rover Returns’ and then again in 2002 and in 2003 for scenes shot in Blackpool as part of a storyline focusing on Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) and her husband Jim (Charles Lawson), who had recently escaped from prison.
Once she was done with ‘Corrie’ several reality TV appearances followed and Julie made a memorable appearance on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2012 alongside housemates that included Julian Clary, MC Harvey, Martin Kemp and Coleen Nolan.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Quincy Jones is making a BBC documentary series about the Montreux Jazz Festival.
The ‘Ai No Corrida’ hitmaker, 90, dubbed the BBC Four three-parter, titled ‘They All Came Out To Montreux’, and which he executive produced, a “wonderful testament” to the celebration of music founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs and is held on Switzerland’s Lake Geneva each year.
The Oliver Murray-directed series – which begins on 16 June at 10.15pm – will feature performances and testimony from deceased stars like David Bowie, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Nina Simone and many living legends like Elvis Costello, 68, Keith Richards, 75, Carlos Santana, 75, Sting, 71, Talking Heads, Shania Twain, 57, Van Morrison, 75, and Jack White, 47, among others.
Quincy said: “‘They All Came Out To Montreux’ is a wonderful testament to the story behind what I consider to be the ‘Rolls Royce of music festivals’ and how it came to be.”
Festival founder Claude, who died in 2013 aged 76, was lauded by the festival as someone who “questioned certainties”.
The organisers said: “For all of us, who were fortunate enough to cross your path, you will always remain the one who questioned certainties.
“We carry, and will continue to carry on in your spirit, everything you taught us.”
The first Montreux festival 57 years ago boasted a line-up headlined by Charles Lloyd and Keith Jarrett, and in 1973, Claude was given a shout-out in the track ‘Smoke on the Water’ by Deep Purple, who also appear in the BBC documentary, as “funky Claude”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vanessa Feltz is accusing the TV stars hitting out at ‘This Morning’ of harbouring “grudging malice” they are no longer on the show.
The 61-year-old made the remark after household names including axed ‘This Morning’ host Eamonn Holmes, 63, and its ex-resident medic Dr Ranj Singh, 43, aimed a barrage of criticism at Phillip Schofield, 61, and the show’s set-up behind the scenes in the wake of Phillip’s shock exit from the series at the end of last month after news broke of his affair with a much younger male colleague.
Vanessa said on her TalkTV show: “It has been suggested that quite a lot of the people who are very vocally critical of This Morning.
“And, actually, it’s a handful of people, there are some celebrities, a couple of journalists, and what’s been suggested is quite a lot of them were once on the programme and aren’t on it anymore.
“And that is the reason for this aggrieved, grudging malice that is coming out but if you ask people who are still on the programme and who are on it regularly, who enjoy being on it, they won’t know what they’re talking about.”
Phillip stepped down amid rumours of a feud between him and co-host Holly Willoughby, 42, before he admitted he had lied about having an affair with a younger TV runner who worked on ‘This Morning’.
Vanessa’s comments come after Eamonn claimed there was a “cover-up” at ‘This Morning’ and said: “Those in authority had to know what was going on and they thought they would dodge a bullet with this.
“With Schofield talking about those who speak out against him – namely me, Amanda Holden, Dr Ranj as well. You simply sit there and think, ‘No mate, you’ve had it all your way for too long.’”
Dr Ranj has said ‘This Morning’ has a “toxic culture”, and tweeted: “I was on the show for 10 years and I genuinely loved and valued working there. “However, over time I grew increasingly worried about things behind the scenes and how people, including myself, were being treated.
“I didn’t know the truth about what was going on with Phillip, but I do know the issues with ‘This Morning’ go far beyond him. It takes more than one person to create a culture.”
An ITV spokesperson said the broadcaster is “fully committed to providing every opportunity for anyone who works with us to raise any concern or comments they may have”.
Phillip has denied there was a “toxic” atmosphere on ‘This Morning’, and when Holly returned to the show after a break on Monday (05.06.23) she admitted she was “shaken, troubled, let down, worried for the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s been going on and full of questions”.
She added to her 38-year-old co-host Josie Gibson: “You, me and all of us at ‘This Morning’ gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt that they had to resign from ITV and step down from a career that they loved.”
Holly also said she hoped there was going to be a “new chapter” for the show so it could “get back to a place of warmth and magic”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lennie James “can’t wait” to play an ageing love-rat in a new drama.
The ‘Line of Duty’ actor, 57, has signed up to star in a BBC TV version of Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Mr Loverman’, which tells of pensioner Barrington who has been cheating on his wife with his best friend Morris.
Lennie, who has three children with wife Giselle Glasman, said: “I can’t wait to get Barrington’s swagger on and help tell this crucial and complicated love story. As funny as it is sad. As full of heart as it is heartache… .”
A synopsis for the eight-part drama, set to start shooting later this year, says ‘Mr Loverman’ is “a life-affirming story about family, love, and being true to yourself”.
It adds Lennie’s character is “Barrington Jedidiah Walker, Esq. Barry to his mates. Trouble to his wife, his daughters, and his lover.”
It tells how the 70-year-old Antiguan born, “exuberant Hackney personality” is known for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits.
Carmel, his wife of 50 years, senses Barry has been cheating on her with other women but doesn’t suspect he’s been having a secret, decades-long passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris.
The blurb for the shows adds: “Now entering the next chapter of his life, Barry has big choices to make that will force his whole family to question their own futures.
“Bringing to life Bernardine Evaristo’s ground-breaking exploration of Britain’s older Caribbean community, Mr Loverman paints an incisive portrait of a family, exploring aspirations and regret, parenthood, and social expectations about sexual orientation and love.”
Novelist Bernardino, 64, said about her excitement at seeing her 2013 novel being adapted: “I am thrilled that Mr Loverman is being adapted into television drama. I love the idea of them stepping beyond the pages of the novel and into people’s living rooms and lives.”
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, said: “Mr Loverman is a must-read novel, and in the skilled hands of Nathaniel, Lennie and the Fable team it’s soon to be must-see television. I can’t think of a more perfect team to bring Bernardine’s exquisite story to the screen.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Louis Theroux doesn’t feel “thrilled” when winning TV awards.
The former ‘Weird Weekends’ documentarian, 53, admitted how “surprising” it is he is left underwhelmed when snagging trophies at ceremonies including the Baftas, and said he struggles to get “pleasure” from the victories.
Louis told Annie Macmanus, 44, on her ‘The Changes With Annie Macmanus’ podcast: “I’ve won a few BAFTAs in my time, and it’s surprising how in the moment you don’t feel thrilled.
“You feel a bit disconnected from it, and some part of me sort of short-circuits pleasure.”
Louis, who has sons Albert, 16, Frederick, 14, and Walter, eight, with his wife Nancy Strang, 53, called doing his job “the real pleasure” and not scooping up accolades – as he finds them “weird”.
He added: “There are times I feel very happy when work is going well, or I’ve filmed something or edited something… the work is the real pleasure.
“There’s something a bit weird about awards in general.”
Recently, the ‘My Scientology Movie’ star showed off how his alopecia “of the beard” gives him “a weird little Hitler moustache” if he forgets to pick up the razor, and reassured fans he wasn’t trying to imitate the dictator’s look.
Louis captioned a selfie on Instagram: “Nature has played a cruel trick on me. Thanks to my alopecia barbae (“of the beard”) I can now only grow a weird little Hitler moustache.”
It came after Louis took to his socials in January to speculate he “probably” had the long-term hair loss problem and how it was impacting his beard-growing prospects.
He captioned a series of self-portraits: “So this is what my beard grows like now due to what I think is probably alopecia.
“Basically, I get a little triangle of stubble around my mouth and some more at the sides.
“It’s not a big deal, but I don’t want people to think I’m doing something creative with my facial hair and doing it badly, when it’s just what I look like when I don’t shave.
“This is also why I don’t wear a beard as much anymore. Maybe it’ll grow back. Who knows?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bonnie Langford is returning to ‘Doctor Who’.
The 58-year-old actress – who shot to fame as a child on ‘Opportunity Knocks’ in the 1970s – first appeared as Melanie Bush in the BBC sci-fi series in the 1980s as the companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors played by Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy and initially reprised her role as a cameo opposite Jodie Whittaker in 2022 but will now return to the show once more when Ncuti Gatwa takes over in the title role.
She said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Melanie Bush back. To be part of the exceptional cast, crew and production team led by the force of nature that is Russell T Davies is a career highlight. I’m so privileged and proud to have been a member of the Doctor Who family since the classic era and to be included in the new generation is phenomenal.”
Showrunner Russell T Davies commented that Bonnie – who away from her time in the show has made her name in theatre with roles in musicals such as ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Anything Goes’ and also enjoyed a three-year stint on soap opera ‘EastEnders’- will be “right in the thick of the action” when the show returns to screens in November.
He said: “Open those TARDIS doors wide, because Bonnie’s back! What an honour, delight and hoot to welcome back the character of Melanie, after too long away. And this isn’t just a cameo, Bonnie is right in the thick of the action, battling monsters and chaos and cliffhangers, right at the Doctor’s side, just like the old days!”
‘Doctor Who’ will premiere exclusively on the BBC for the UK and Ireland. Disney+ will be the exclusive home for new series of Doctor Who outside of the UK and Ireland.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Whitney Adebayo is “not afraid to go for what she wants” on ‘Love Island’.
The 25-year-old wig maker – who hails from London – made her first appearance in the Mallorcan villa on the hit ITV reality show
Speaking amid her arrival on Wednesday(07.06.23) night’s episode, she said: “My name is Whitney, I’m 25 years old and I’m from Camden Town. I’m an entrepreneur. I sell wigs. I’ve been out of the game for a minute, I haven’t really been dating but from what I remember I score! I’ve got a nice body, I’ve got nice hair. I’m extremely smart so I’m just a full package. I don’t care what people would say about me; my friends would say I’m a b****, but in a nice way of course. I don’t really like, BS that’s not my vibe. I’m not afraid to go for what I want. I feel like if your man can be stolen, then was he really your man?”
Just moments after arriving, Whitney was seen chatting to André Furtado – who was initially coupled up with Catherine Agbaje before she was stolen by Zachariah Noble – as she reeled off a series of traits to describe her ideal man.
She said: “I like every flavour, vanilla, chocolate, blue, pink, as long as you’re giving then you’re giving. Definitely tall, nice smile, good hands. Nice personality. But other than that. I’d give for the both of us, do you know what I mean?”
Catherine later commented: “I wasn’t jealous but I was intrigued. If Andre is her type…”
Elsewhere, Mitchel Taylor and Molly Marsh shared their first kiss.
The 26-year-old gas engineer was coupled up with social media content creator Molly, 21, when the public paired them up together at the start of the series and on towards the end of Wednesday night’s (07.06.23) episode, Mitch “moved in fast” for a kiss.
Molly said: “He literally just went in there! And he does move fast, but I guess it worked in his favour.”
Mitch remarked: “That was such a good kiss!”
At the end of the episode, it was revealed that in the next instalment, the Islanders will take part in a challenge where they have to snog the three Islanders they have the most “sexual tension” with and would “secretly” like to get physical with.
‘Love Island’ continues tomorrow at 9PM on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player, proudly sponsored by Virgin Media Mobile.
The reality show can also be seen on ITV2.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lucy Worsley has been a nervous “wreck” on the set of her new game show.
The 49-year-old historian is fronting new Channel 5 show ‘Puzzling’ – her first job hosting anything in a studio – and she admitted she’s really feeling the “pressure”.
She told the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column: “I’m a wreck, an utter heap of nerves. This is all new to me and the pressure of it is extraordinary.
“There are so many things that could go wrong for the contestants, but also for me. It’s been a real joy, but also nerve-wracking and terrifying.
“Normally I’m out with a very small crew stuck on a rainy street corner in Edinburgh. I’m not used to working with such a large, complex team in such a big TV studio.”
Lucy confessed while she always assumed it was tough to make things look as easy as the likes of Victoria Coren Mitchell or Claudia Winkleman do, her new role has confirmed it.
She added: “I had a sense that it wasn’t easy to be a Claudia or Victoria, but now I know it for an absolute fact.
“Hats off to the people who make it look effortless. I’m in awe of them.”
Meanwhile, she explained that there is so much that goes into making the show – which is set to launch on June 22 at 8pm – right down to getting the balance right when she’s asking a question.
She said: “I’m under huge pressure to get the question out quickly but correctly. And it’s so important for everything to be absolutely fair.
“There are even some adjudicators in the back room watching and listening and if there is ever any doubt about whether an answer is correct or not, everything has to be fully checked out.
“So there are these pauses where they check everything.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rebecca Ferguson is accusing ITV and Ofcom of leaving her “fobbed off” when she raised concerns about the treatment of artists on reality shows.
The former ‘X Factor’ contestant, 36, has gone public with an email she sent to the broadcaster and the broadcasting watchdog in 2021, which she used to call for an “urgent inquiry to ensure the future safety of contestants and ensure adequate safeguarding measures are put in place to protect future contestants on these shows”.
Rebecca told The Times newspaper she had raised the concerns after being contacted by former contestants and ITV staff following the 2020 suicide of ‘Love Island’ presenter Caroline Flack, and said she decided to make her complaint and the responses to it public amid ITV’s handling of the Phillip Schofield scandal and accusations there was a “toxic” culture behind the scenes of ‘This Morning’.
She said: “I feel that if I don’t speak up now then these issues will never be dealt with.
“The public can be hypnotised by TV. They think it’s all glitz and glamour but what has happened with ‘This Morning’ is the first time I’ve seen the public wake up.”
Rebecca’s 2021 complaint alleged reality show contestants were forced into contracts without independent legal advice and “mentally manipulated and abused”, as well as “reduced to tears due to pressure (and) bullying”.
Rebecca sent her email to ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall and other senior management at the broadcaster.
The singer added she was “shocked” she had an online meeting with Ofcom officials following her complaint, but they were apparently unwilling to investigate.
ITV said: “We have continued to evolve and strengthen our approach, and we expect all producers of commissioned programmes to have in place appropriate procedures to look after the mental health of programme participants as well as their physical safety.”
Ofcom said it had been in contact with Ferguson about her 2021 correspondence, adding: “We listened carefully to the extent of her concerns about the treatment of contestants during her time on ‘The X Factor’ in 2010. “During these exchanges, we explained our powers and how our broadcasting rules apply in detail.
“We confirmed that new rules introduced to protect participants in programmes were not applicable to programmes broadcast before 5 April, 2021.”
A spokesman for ‘The X Factor’ insisted about how it had had always taken contestants’ welfare seriously: “During the 2010 series of ‘The X Factor’, there were robust measures in place to ensure everyone involved in the making of the programme was supported throughout their experience and beyond including a dedicated welfare team made up of psychologists, doctors, welfare producers and independent legal and management advisers with no time limit on aftercare once the show had aired.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Scarlett Moffat feels chip shops with a terrible hygiene rating are “better”.
The ex-‘Gogglebox’ star, 32, is very particular about her takeouts as she wants her kebabs to be from somewhere with a rating of at least “four” but when it comes to other carry-outs such as chips, she isn’t as fussy and actually thinks the “worse” the rating is the more yummy the food will be.
She said on her ‘Scarlett Moffatt Wants to Believe’ podcast: “If we get a takeaway from a kebab shop I check the food hygiene rating and I’m like, ‘This is all right, it’s a four’.
“But if I go to a chip shop, it could be one and I’m not bothered.
“I feel like the worse the hygiene rating from a chip shop, the better.”
Scarlett, who is expecting her first baby, a boy, with her long-term partner Scott Dobinson, 37, recently posted images from her Peter Rabbit-themed baby shower on her Instagram while enthusing her looming arrival “finally feels real”.
She wrote: “Wow where do I start. As someone who never knew If she would be a mammy I literally felt on cloud nine at my baby shower.
“I felt so overwhelmed with love and it finally feels real we are going to have a little boy.”
The ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ winner, crowned Queen of the Jungle on the show’s 2016 run, recently said she has been hit with the reality of almost being a mum when she was “packing” her things for hospital and getting ready to meet her son.
Scarlett said: Packing my hospital bag has made it feel real of just how soon I’ll get to meet my little boy and see the feet that have been kicking me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katherine Ryan has signed on for ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’.
The 39-year-old comic said she is “excited” to appear on the star-studded edition of the Channel 4 show alongside her husband Bobby Koostra, 40.
She told The Sun: “It’s usually just the dogs who get to see us watch TV, so we’re excited to welcome viewers into our home as we decompress in our favourite spot – the sofa.
“We’ve been huge Gogglebox fans for years and we are thrilled to be taking part.”
Katherine recently revealed her days as a single mum with daughter Violet, 13, who she had with a previous partner, were some of her happiest and was “quite nervous” she may never regain that feeling after she had her son Fred, 23 months, and daughter Fenna, five months, with Bobby.
She said to The Sun: “I was really happy with my daughter.
“I’m not one of those mothers who needs time away from my kids, I want to be with them as much as possible.
“Well, now they kind of annoy me because there’s three of them – but when Violet was little, she never bothered me.
“She was my best friend, the love of my life. I’m actually quite nervous that my decade of being a single mother to Violet, and of struggling and being poor . . . I’m worried that might have been the best time of my life.”
Katherine also revealed people are starting to recognise her kids from social media even when she’s not there.
She said: “What’s started to happen since I had my most recent baby, Fenna, is that the babysitter takes Fred out to the park instead of me doing it, and people have said to her, ‘That’s Katherine Ryan’s son, I remember him from Instagram.’”
Katherine, who first dated Bobby when she was a teen growing up in Canada, also said her partner “loves” the trappings of fame.
She added: “Bobby loves that I’m on television, and I’m quite well-liked.
“He likes it when people recognise me, he likes that we went to Maya Jama’s birthday party, he likes the red carpet and all the perks. He’s proud of what I do.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dannii Minogue is set to front a lesbian dating show.
The singer has signed up to play Cupid on BBC Three’s ‘I Kissed a Girl’, which will follow 10 women in a massive country home pairing up, as a follow up to the channel’s ‘I Kissed a Boy’ – also hosted by Dannii and which was billed as the UK’s first gay dating series.
Dannii said: “After showing love truly is for everyone with ‘I Kissed a Boy, I am thrilled to have the chance to be Cupid again for girls in this second series.
“I’m so excited to see if we can find more connections, chemistry and hopefully love sealed with a kiss. Here come the girls!”
A synopsis for the upcoming take on the show said: “‘I Kissed a Girl’ will serve drama, smash stereotypes and promise more twists and turns than ever.”
And a source told The Sun about the upcoming series: “This must be the last spin on a dating show to come to fruition and many would argue it’s been long overdue.
“ITV already have a ‘Love Island’ for middle-aged people coming up and BBC Three are just wrapping up ‘I Kissed a Boy’, which had been a successful same-sex dating show for men.”
Dannii has also teased the upcoming ‘I Kissed a Girl’ on her Instagram Story.
She posted a clip of the credits of the last episode of ‘I Kissed a Boy’ being shown, followed by a voiceover announcing ‘I Kissed a Girl’ contestant applications are open.
The 10-part ‘Boys’ show had seen lads match up after a kiss, with couples are formed based on what each person was looking for in a potential partner, with the pairings tested on compatibility.
Dannii told the Metro about the boys’ series: “This is going to change the daily life paths of many, many people.
“There’s so much to be learned from the show, for families, friends and allies, and even for people who attack the community.
“I think they’re attacking something they don’t know about, or they feel like they’ve never met anyone that’s gay.
“I’m so happy that BBC Three is kicking the door down, putting the show out there because it’s nuts that it’s 2023 and this has never happened before.”

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