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Engelbert Humperdinck? Far from a song, it’ll run you $6.2 million to purchase his just-listed Los Angeles home.Born Arnold Dorsey, the 86-year-old “Release Me” star took this 5,602-square-foot Mediterranean-style spread in Bel-Air to the market this past week, one of its listing representatives confirmed. It’s being advertised as a remodel or a development opportunity, the latter of which would allow a new owner to build a new home on the existing lot, which offers wide views of the canyons and downtown LA’s skyline.Dirt first reported news of the listing.As it stands, the residence — Humperdinck’s stateside retreat — has four levels, five bedrooms and six bathrooms.

The Repair Shop star Jay Blades announced his engagement to fiancée Lisa-Marie Zhozen over the Christmas season last year, and he presented her with a ring made by one of his co-workers on his BBC show. It seemed the ultimate romantic gesture - and Jay's co-worker Richard played a helping hand in upgrading the relationship, which had raised Jay out of a deep depression.A delighted Jay had tagged his The Repair Shop co-worker Richard Talman in Instagram posts, flaunting the stunning ring he has given her."Ring designed by me & made by @rtf," he wrote alongside the image.Meanwhile, Richard shared in their joy by dedicating his own social media post to their union."It was a real honour to make this engagement ring for another one of my #repairshop family! Congratulations to Lisa @lisamariezbozen & Jay @jaybladesmbe on your engagement!," he exclaimed proudly.Jay was congratulated publicly by Leigh-Anne Pinnock, the Little Mix star he once mentored as part of his furniture business, and pal Louise Minchin.His relationship helped him enormously after a period of time during which he had hit "rock bottom".The 51-year-old had suffered a string of hardships throughout his life, from living on a rat-infested council estate in poverty after his father abandoned the family when he was a baby, to becoming homeless at 21 and having nothing more than a single carrier bag of possessions to his name.However, in spite of his success on The Repair Shop, Jay revealed he found himself "homeless" yet again as an older adult following the break-up of his previous marriage with ex-wife Jade."I was homeless.

Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has celebrated her first birthday as a mum-to-be in style this year as her boyfriend Jake Ankers swept her off her feet with a heartfelt surprise. The 32 year old star first announced she and Jake were expecting their first child together back in April, with the bundle of joy expected to arrive later this year.

Variety.Guests who are able to score tickets to the extravaganza will have the chance to spin a replica of the colorful “Wheel of Fortune” disk.Fans will also solve puzzles on the tour’s game board to win a variety of cool prizes from $10,000 to trips to Paris and Hawaii.Audience members may also be randomly selected to win cash and gifts.Tickets for the show start at $29.50 with a pre-sale dropping on May 17 at 12 p.m. PT.

Neil Jones, 40, has had on and off relationships since the break up of his marriage from fellow Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones, 33.The professional dancer has taken to Instagram to answer a fan's question while denying all new relationship rumours as he issues an apology to his fans.Neil took to Instagram today to do a Q&A with his 240,000 Instagram followers as he answered questions, giving an insight into his life.One fan asked: "What is your girlfriend like?"Along with a black and white picture of a surfboard, Neil penned: "If you're talking about my new board she's incredible."But if you are talking about what the papers keep writing then I'm sorry I'm still single."Neil's comments come after rumours speculated he had a brief romance with Sienna Hollen.However, these rumours were put to rest by Neil's representatives who released the statement: "Contrary to recent inaccurate source based reports, Neil remains single."He’s not been in a relationship, nor on a string of dates with anyone of late."He is very much happily single and focused on the Strictly The Professionals Tour."A post shared by Katya Jones (@katyajones)The rumours began to circulate when earlier this year Neil liked a string of Sienna's Instagram posts, with the bombshell even returning the favour.Neil has also previously been linked to underwear model Sophie Lily Keer and dancer Luisa Eusse.He was married to fellow Strictly star Katya for 11 years however their relationship ended in 2019 after Katya was pictured kissing her celebrity partner, Seann Walsh, in 2018.However, the exes have remained close friends since announcing their split and often dance together on the show.Neil told Express.co.uk last year: "We've been through so much together

Dan Walker, 45, left fans surprised earlier this year as he announced his departure from BBC Breakfast after six years.Today, he appeared on the show for the last time before joining Channel 5 News later this month.In light of Dan’s farewell to the BBC, TalkTV star Piers Morgan, 57, sent him a message congratulating him on Twitter.However, the post seemed to have left Dan dumbstruck, as Piers proclaimed the “end of an error”.Sharing a picture of Dan, Piers wrote: “End of an error. Congrats mate @mrdanwalker,” alongside two clapping emojis.Confused, Dan replied: “Thanks… I think,” along with a laughing emoji.Other Twitter users shared their theories as to what Piers meant with his cryptic message.The_gay_geek70 quipped: “End of an ‘error’ ? A mistake? What?“Thank goodness you don't do that print journalism eh? Oh...

We’re getting the first look at three of ABC’s new series for the 2022-23 broadcast season. The network has released teaser trailers for fall dramas Alaska and The Rookie: Feds and midseason comedy Not Dead Yet. Check them out below.

EXCLUSIVE: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ first narrative feature, It Is In Us All, in which she stars alongside Cosmo Jarvis (Peaky Blinders), Claes Bang (The Northman) and newcomer Rhys Mannion, slating it for release in theaters and on digital this fall.

Since N-Dubz revealed that it was releasing a new single this Friday (20 May) and is planning to perform in arenas across the country, people have been feeling super nostalgic and taking trips down memory lane to remember the trio’s best bits. But how much do you remember about Dappy, arguably the most iconic of the trio?

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The brand new trailer for Where the Crawdads Sing, starring Daisy Edgar Jones, just debuted online (and it features some new Taylor Swift music, too!)

Marvel’s next big series is under production and the Indigenous cast has been revealed.

Prince William and Elton John were among those praising U.K. soccer player Jake Daniels for coming out as gay this week.

TOWIE's Charlie King has told how he reached the "depths of my despair" after a nose job went wrong. The reality star opened up as he spoke before the Health and Social Care Committee about struggling with body dysmorphia, a condition which sees sufferers spending a lot of time worrying about physical flaws that are often unnoticeable to others.Charlie, 36, shared that he was bullied at school and struggled with his sexuality.He said for much of his teens and 20s he experienced an "internal turmoil", and that one of the things he could control was his own image.The star said he became "obsessed" with his nose during the coronavirus lockdown and decided to have surgery, which then didn't go "to plan"."During lockdown and being isolated and being on my own, my obsession turned to my nose because it had been broken 15, 20 years ago, whenever it was," he said."It was something I just became obsessed with… 'It needs to change, I need to fix it, I need to go and see a plastic surgeon'."So I did and the surgeon agreed, 'We can improve that', and with my nature as a person I got the validation that I need, so let's do it."The TV star went on: "I don't want to say botched nose job… I had a nose job that didn't go to plan."Charlie - who wants more mental health support for people who have cosmetic procedures – had to wait a year until his nose could be fixed and said that in that time he "went to the depths of my despair"."I had to move back and live with my mum because I couldn't earn money and I was depressed,” said the celeb, who was on TOWIE between 2012 and 2017.He said that even now he was "still not myself". For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.

Rangers fans have been booted off a flight to Spain for rowdy behaviour ahead of the Europa League final tomorrow night.The supporters were on their way to Seville for their team’s huge football match against Eintracht Frankfurt tomorrow night.But six of them never made it after being kicked off the same flight in two separate incidents.The first ejection from the plane happened before the Ryanair flight from Manchester to Faro, Portugal, had even left the ground.Footage circulating on social media shows police boarding the plane before escorting a man back to the tarmac.The Rangers supporter, wearing a replica shirt, then appears to plead with a copper before later being seen in handcuffs.But that was only the start of the drama, with the plane later forced to divert to Nantes, France, when a passenger needed oxygen in a medical emergency.But while she was allowed back on to the plane after treatment, another five Rangers fans were booted off before it took off again, reports the Scottish Sun.Some of the Rangers fans allegedly stole from the drinks trolley and abused flight attendants, while the crew were forced to make an announcement about the ban on smoking or vaping in the bog.French authorities later released the five, and they were not charged or formally taken into custody.“It was absolutely appalling behaviour from the moment they started getting smashed in the airport ahead of the flight,” said one witness, according to the Sun.“Watching it unfold was completely embarrassing.“It was completely sickening to witness – people so drunk and stupid on a packed airplane at 35,000 feet.“They just ignored everything they were told.

viral on Twitter.The post, shared by Twitter user @UncleDuke1969 with his 73,600 followers, reads: "Please could staff not feed bacon to the squirrels as they have now started attacking pedestrians."Captioning the post, Uncle Duke wrote: "THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN."The tweet has since gone viral - racking up thousands of retweets and more than 11,000 likes.Many were confused, as one person asked: "Pedestrians taste of bacon? Is anyone going to rest this theory?"While another echoed: "Hang on - they buried the lead there: where on earth is it that the pedestrians smell like bacon?!"Meanwhile a third called the animals the "Bacon Batallion", as another added: "The invasion has begun!!! They’ve been right under our nose the whole time, biding time, waiting for civil instability amongst the humans."The sign comes after a policeman recently received a special award for 'bravery and dedication' after being attacked by squirrel.David Wheatley, a sheriff's deputy from Harrison County in Indiana, USA, has been given the cheeky recognition by the force for his courage after footage showed him being set upon by the furry animal.The policeman had been responding to a call from an elderly lady, who had opened the door of her caravan to let her cat in when a squirrel ran inside and began crawling all over her.Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Pete Davidson‘s mother in the upcoming TV series based on the SNL comic’s life, Bupkis.Speaking at the 2022 NBC Upfronts on Monday (May 16), Davidson confirmed the Sopranos actress will portray Amy Davidson in the upcoming Peacock series based on the comedian and actor’s life.“I’ve done a lot of projects that reference my life, because that’s kind of all I can do,” he said at the event.“One of the things that sucks about that, though, is my family members, they often get to play themselves because of, you know, the low-budget situation. So, my mom is starting to think of herself as a real actress.”Davidson – who will play a version of himself in Bupkis – introduced Falco by saying he was “extremely happy to get to introduce the woman who will be playing my mom — Edie Falco.”Alluding to her role as Carmela Soprano in the beloved crime drama series, Falco added: “Finally, I get to play an overwhelmed mother of two living in a world of corruption.

As I Lay Dying have lost another member in longtime bassist Josh Gilbert who last night (May 16) announced his departure from the band.His decision comes after guitarist Nick Hipa left the Californian metalcore outfit in 2020, citing that he wanted to prioritise “a motion design career, deep focus on my family, taking care of my health, and working on other creative projects”.Taking to Instagram to issue a statement, Gilbert wrote: “Hello, friends. After 15 years (almost half my life), I’ve decided to part ways with As I Lay Dying.“Despite the ups and downs inherent, I’ll always be grateful for the profound privilege of being to able to grow up travelling the world playing music with the band.

It's been two decades since Emmerdale actor Anthony Lewis left the soap, but for fans his character Marc Reynolds is fondly remembered. Yet Anthony, 39, is still a TV regular, though fans might not realise it - he hosts the continuity announcements on BBC One and BBC Two.The dad of one began his acting career aged nine when he took on roles in Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost. He first appeared as Marc Reynolds in 1999, leaving three years later but making a return in 2007 for the funeral of his on-screen grandfather Len.

EastEnders star Leslie Grantham, who played Dirty Den in the BBC soap, was booed at the opening night of a venue in Liverpool back in 2006.During the launch of FAB Cafe on the night of September 28, 2006, the former BBC actor was co-hosting the event - but it would seem the then 59-year-old's welcome by punters was "rough".Two years prior to the launch of the quirky new Liverpool city centre venue, Leslie was axed from the BBC soap opera over an online scandal that involved him exposing himself on a webcam to an undercover reporter.There were also allegations that he had insulted co-stars on the show. On the night of the opening itself, Leslie Grantham arrived at the venue in a Silver Spirit Rolls Royce, according to the Southport Reporter, as long queues of people who had purchased a ticket waited outside.