Claire Sweeney vows to no longer weigh herself after ‘losing’ almost half a stone in two days

Megan Markle's father Thomas was reportedly rushed to hospital on Monday 23 May after suffering a stroke. According to Mail Online, the 77 year old was pictured arriving at a hospital as he wore an oxygen mask to help him breathe.

As if auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, Jacob Jones also decided it was going to be the day he proposed to his girlfriend Faye Compton. As soon as the judges told Jacob that he’d made it to the next round for his version of Joe Cocker’s You are so Beautiful, he asked Faye to join him on the stage and dropped down to one knee. An ecstatic but shocked Faye, who was sitting in the audience said yes.

Zendaya can’t get any bigger--but, somehow, she manages to prove us all wrong. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that she made the Time 100 list this year, being named one of the most influential people of 2022.After her role in Dune at the tail end of 2021, the former Disney Channel star finished out the year by starring in her third Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home.She started 2022 with a bang, releasing the second season of her beloved HBO series, Euphoria. This comes after taking home an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Season 1 in 2019.Zendaya looks sophisticated and chic with new haircut on the set of ‘Challengers’All the Marvel stars who made it to the Met GalaZendaya and Tom Holland hold hands and go on a walk in BostonNow, Zendaya is in Boston filming her next project, Challengers, preparing to reprise her roles in a Dune sequel and a third season of Euphoria.

Another bizarre moment. Johnny Depp‘s defamation trial against Amber Heard took an unexpected turn when a woman claimed the actor fathered her child.

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Film Independent has set the filmmakers and projects for its 2022 Documentary Lab. The list includes Alissa Figueroa (Breaking the Blue Wall, w/t), Shalon Buskirk and Drew Swedberg (In love, in memory), Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Land of Women), Kit Vincent and Ed Owles (Red Herring, w/t), Alix Blair, Lauren Kushner and Elise McCave (Untitled Helen Project) and Jonathan Olshefski and Elizabeth Day (Without Arrows).

Bruce Willis' family announced his aphasia diagnosis, his wife, Emma Heming, shared a video of the star playing basketball. «I see you BeeDub,» Heming captioned her Instagram Story. In the video, Willis catches a pass from a friend and makes a layup. Willis and Heming have stayed away from the spotlight since the 67-year-old movie star announced his departure from acting in March with a joint statement that included Heming, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, and his five daughters. «As a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,» the statement read.

Ricky Gervais has been criticised over “transphobic” jokes in his Netflix comedy special SuperNature.In the special released on Tuesday (May 24), the controversial comedian makes numerous jokes about the trans community.Oh, women,” he begins. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs.

Kanye West – now legally known as Ye – and XXXTentacion‘s ‘True Love’ collaboration is getting a proper release later this week.Up until now, the lead track from West’s recent ‘Donda 2’ album was only available on the rapper and producer’s Stem Player, which he launched to host his 11th studio album back in February.However, the track is now getting a full release on Friday (May 27) via Columbia Records to coincide with the release of new documentary Look at Me: XXXTentacion, which will be released on Hulu in the US on May 26. A UK release date has yet to be announced.Set to land on all streaming platforms, ‘True Love’ will also feature on XXXTentacion’s ‘Look at Me: The Album’, which is yet to get a release date.The cover art for the single was designed by West and features handwritten notes from XXXTentacion, which come from a journal discovered by the late rapper’s mother.

Netflix has teased Stranger Things events around the world ahead of season four’s release on Friday (May 27).On Tuesday (May 24), the official Stranger Things social media accounts released a thread of coordinates related to different locations in New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan, Cologne, Krakow, Barranquilla, Kuala Lumpur and Al-’Ula.The post reads: “Something big is coming. Find your city, and that’s where we’ll be.

YouTube guitarist Sophie Lloyd has joined Machine Gun Kelly‘s live band.The London-based guitarist and content creator, who boasts 722,000 YouTube subscribers and 604,000 Instagram followers, has previously been endorsed by Muse‘s Matt Bellamy, who sent her a guitar as a gift in March 2021.In an Instagram Story that was shared by Kelly earlier today (May 24), Lloyd was seen rehearsing with the singer/rapper and his live band.“Adding a new friend to the band,” Kelly wrote as a caption to the clip, while clarifying that Lloyd and his band were practising ahead of Kelly’s ‘Mainstream Sellout’ tour.Lloyd reshared Kelly’s Story on her Instagram account this afternoon, confirming her place in Kelly’s live set-up. She later shared another story, writing: “Secret’s out! I’ll be joining Machine Gun Kelly on his ‘Mainstream Sellout Tour’ this year!!”A post shared by Sophie Lloyd (@sophieguitar_)You can watch Lloyd’s guitar cover of Iron Maiden‘s ‘Fear Of The Dark’, the latest in her ‘Metal Monday’ cover series, above.Kelly’s tour will visit the UK and Europe in September, with UK dates planned for October.

EastEnders will know there has been a Branning family in the BBC One soap for decades now.But it’s fair to say tensions started to rise in Watford when Max Branning – played by Jake Wood – and his beautiful family rolled into town back in 2006.The red-headed womaniser brought along his two daughters Lauren and Abi with his son Bradley soon rocking up at number 5 Albert Square.And shortly after their arrival in the town, the family soon caused chaos on the long-standing show where at least one Branning family member became embroiled in almost every plot on the show.Throughout their time on the show, the family have had their fair share of explosive arguments and sordid love affairs before they gradually left the show in a string of shocking exits.After 15 years on the show, Jake left the legacy of the Branning family down to his onscreen brother Jack – played by Scott Maslen – who continues to fly the flag in Watford.Now Daily Star has taken a deep dive into what happened to the rest of the Branning clan and where the actors who played the beloved characters are now.Max left the show after he revealed Mick Carter’s abuse hell to his wife Linda and accused her of staying with the pub landlord rather than starting a relationship with him out of pity.It was at this point that Mick flew into a violent rage as he flung Max halfway across the room before he threatened to kill him.Mick told Linda that the pair couldn’t move on in their marriage with Max around which pushed the blonde belle to force Max out of the village and never speak to her again as she makes it clear that her heart lies with Mick.Jake Wood said his final goodbye to the iconic London square back in February 2021 after he decided to take the plunge and delve

The Chase fans were left fuming after noticing a contestant's "predictable" tactics.

dog yesterday (May 23) said 'I'm going' before tragically passing away.Keven Jones, 62, pictured for the first time, died at a property in Wrexham yesterday after being bitten by an American Bully-type pet called Cookie.He had reportedly offered to help look after his son's pet dogs while he went to Wembley for a football match.Keven had been in the kitchen of the property on Holt Road when his son's partner Chanel Fong, 28, heard him telling the powerful dog: "Get off me."Chanel rushed into the room in Wrexham, North Wales, to tell Cookie to get down - but then spotted blood pouring from Keven's leg.Writing on Facebook following the incident, Chanel described the horrific ordeal. She said: “I heard Kev say get off me Cookie… so I went into the kitchen, told Cookie to get down which he did."Anyone who has come into contact with Cookie knows how much of a big fat head play boy he is."He’s not aggressive in the slightest."Just thinks he’s still a small pup and bounces around rather than walk..."She added: "Kev said he’s got me there and as I looked down there was blood pumping from Kev’s leg."I grabbed Cookie's blanket from his crate to try and keep the wound from bleeding.

Gabriel Jesus has been told that he still has a role to play at Manchester City despite Erling Haaland's imminent arrival.

Grieving friends and family have paid a beautiful tribute to Fizza Ahmed, a Didsbury woman who was found dead last month. They say she was a ‘hero’.

Now hear this: The Cinema Audio Society has set its key dates for the 2022-23 awards season. The 59th annual CAS Awards will be presented live and in-person on Saturday, March 4. The venue is TBA.

Claire Sweeney has shared an important insight on why you shouldn’t rely on scales to measure your health or fitness after she “lost 6lbs in two days”.The Brookside star, 51, has been on a health and fitness kick, telling her Instagram followers earlier this week: "Love being curvy, but wanna feel fitter, stronger and shifting a little bit of timber won’t go amiss lol." However, she shared an important insight when weighing herself two days apart and finding that the scales were telling her she’d lost almost half a stone - a figure that is unlikely to be true in such a short space of time. Claire shared an image from a fitness app which showed a variety of body statistics.

Brookside actress is currently wowing fans with her jaw-dropping performance at her Proud Cabaret show in London, featuring a string of outfit changes.Earlier this week, the 51-year-old revealed she "bloody loves eating" but hopes to feel "fitter and stronger" by the time her cabaret show comes to a close in July.She said: "Love being curvy, but wanna feel fitter, stronger and shifting a little bit of timber won't go amiss."The ex-Loose Women panellist also went on to say she gained weight during the lockdown periods before claiming it was "hard" to get back "on the wagon". But now, Claire appears to be in her element as she shared a weight loss update with her Instagram followers as she posted a screenshot including a variety of figures about lean body mass and muscle mass.

EastEnders actress Maisie Smith has taken to Instagram to tease her fans with a cryptic clue as to her new project.The 20-year-old showed off a stack of scripts to her 1 million followers as she prepares to take on a new role, four months after her character Tiffany Butcher left Albert Square.The mysterious snap showed a few sheets of white paper on a wooden coffee table, the name of the project cleverly blocked out by a sticker, with a biro pen and yellow highlighter neatly placed on top as a coffee mug sat nearby.She captioned the Instagram story with: “New things,” a clear message to fans that she is taking on a new role.Whether it be stage or screen is unconfirmed as recently Maisie stole the spotlight at Proud Embankment during Claire Sweeney’s Cabaret All-Stars show.The former soap star, who wore a tight black body con dress which featured cut-out sections down the front and sides, was coaxed into taking centre stage during the event.Maisie wowed the crowd with her incredible singing voice and the audience was blown away with her performance, as one fan told The Sun that “no one knew she had a voice like that” and that they “didn’t want her to come off stage”.Smith sang Easy On Me by Adele, who was jokingly warned to “watch out” by adoring fans who were stunned by Maisie’s voice.The actress reportedly told her friends after the show: “I’ve absolutely loved this. This is definitely what I’d love to do more of.