Clifton Powell Says He's Repeatedly Been Told He's 'Too Black' For Roles

If you have not watched the first nine episodes of Love Is Blind season 2, bookmark this for later or proceed with caution. If every season of has to have a villain, the internet seems to think that this season's is Shaina Hurley. The 32-year-old hair stylist has a connection with both Kyle Abrams and Shayne Jansen in the pods and after she accepts Kyle's proposal (with his mother's engagement ring!) she turns around and tells Shayne she has feelings for him. When Shaina and Kyle try to make things work in Mexico, she quickly decides that their religious differences are too great — she's Christian and he's an atheist — and packs up and leaves.

The Chase viewers couldn't believe it when The Simpsons appeared to take over the popular family game show.

A poorly Falkirk pup missing for eight months sadly had to be put to sleep after being found in a terrible condition - in Paisley.

Council tenants started to move into brand new council houses in Standhill, Bathgate, this week.

Pancake day is just around the corner, meaning it is time to stock up on all your ingredients and favourite toppings - if you haven't already.

This Morning fans were left annoyed as a loud whirring sound distracted them from the majority of Kate Garraway's interview during the latest episode.Thursday's show (February 24) saw the 54-year-old presenter join Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the ITV sofa to discuss her recent documentary Caring For Derek.As Kate's interview got underway, a large interference sound played throughout, making it hard for viewers to hear her speak.The sound continued towards the final stages of Kate's interview, where it suddenly ceased without explanation.Posting to Twitter, This Morning viewers shared their joy that the sound had ceased and also their bafflement about its source.One viewer wrote: "Thank god that interference sound has stopped."Another commented: "At last that white noise ends...

This Morning was affected by a schedule shake-up during the latest show.Thursday's episode (February 24) didn't begin at 10am as scheduled.Instead, a five-minute long ITV news bulletin focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine was aired in its place.Returning to screens five minutes later, This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield explained the programme's delay.In a somber tone, the pair also revealed further schedule changes would take place throughout Thursday's show to accommodate for news updates on the escalating crisis.Holly said: "As you might have noticed, there's a slightly different schedule on ITV this morning. "We'll be bringing you the latest on the situation in Ukraine via our colleagues at ITV News both at 11am and also at midday."Holly and Phil later discussed the escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis with guests panellists Vanessa Feltz and Henry Bonsu.Henry said: "We don't know where what started up in Eastern Europe is going to go - just how far - but we know one thing for sure."It's going to affect us here."Of Putin, Vanessa added: "Look at the threat he's issued."'If you interfere, the percussions will be more severe than any nation has ever seen in history.'"Your thoughts would turn to some kind of nuclear...

Celebs Go Dating agent Paul Brunson said Ulrika Jonsson dated younger men because she suffered a "self-love problem" on the Channel 4 love show.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, suave dating guru Paul dished on Ulrika's dating life, her surprising unaired moments, and why the Swedish TV star went out with younger hunks on the show.The agent revealed Ulrika, 54, had one big challenge to overcome - and it was handling the public's perception of her as a big personality.He said: "Her challenge was the public sees her as someone who's so much bigger, if you will, than how she sees herself, and that's a really big thing to have to deal with."Speaking out on why Ulrika had a liking for younger men, Paul believed the former Gladiators star was secretly dismissing herself when she snubbed men her own age.He said: "Normally anyone who feels very youthful themselves, they want to associate themselves with youth."The challenge that folks like that have, including the challenge that Ulrika has, is that you end up dismissing a significant number of people your own age, but you also end up dismissing yourself."Paul went on to say the mum-of-four had a "self-love problem" on the show, and she was dealing with years of "feeling small" from her past relationships.He went on: "The fact that she doesn't date anyone her age, she didn't realise it until she came to the agency, but if you don't want to date anyone your age, that means you actually have a self-love problem."Paul added: "There were larger issues that we were dealing with, with Ulrika.

Megan Barton Hanson are "going with the flow" and still speak to each other as he dished on their relationship.The TOWIE hunk, 35, is appearing in MTV's Ex On The Beach this year - where he came face to face with his former beau Megan in front of the cameras.The pair enjoyed a whirlwind two-month romance last year before they split up - reportedly just a week after their couple's retreat to New York.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, James dished on his dating life, his time on Ex On The Beach, and how his relationship is with Megan after the split.He even teased details about his new Hollywood role in a gangster film, and it sounds like he's working with some superstar actors.Opening up about his time on the MTV show, James - known as "Lockie" - described the experience like a therapy session.He said: "I enjoyed it. It was a bit of a surreal environment, you know? It's not something I've ever done before, but I really enjoyed it.

Instagram on Wednesday, Una shared a gorgeous photograph of herself wearing a green bikini top and black bikini bottoms.The Irish beauty flaunted her toned abs while posing on a sandy beach in the sensational pic.Palm trees and deck chairs could be seen behind Una as she completed her look with a pair of dark brown sunglasses and a pendant necklace.She captioned the post: "Good morning from sunny Mexico."Una appeared fresh-faced in the image, with her hair slicked back in a style which suggested it had recently been wet.She held her manicured fingernails by her side while smiling into the lens.Quick to praise the "stunning" pic were admirers from within Una's 652,000 followers.Replying to her post, one follower wrote: "Absolutely stunning."Another commented: "Beautiful."A third follower said: "The figure on you, Una."Posting to Instagram again hours later, Una shared more sizzling images of herself wearing another sensational bikini look.The mother-of-two looked fabulous as she changed into a bright orange two-piece which highlighted her deep tan, captioning her follow-up post: "Holiday spam in full swing."In the images and short Boomerang clip, Una could be seen frolicking in her hotel pool as she giggled playfully.Her Mexico break follows her ex-husband Ben Foden recently confessing that he "owed her an apology" after marrying his new partner shortly after their split.The 36-year-old former rugby star got hitched to Jackie Belanoff Smith a year after he and Una's separation in 2018.On his regrets about the timing, Ben recently told OK! Magazine: "Obviously, what I did was very selfish in regards to Una.

Piers Morgan has called on the "world to unite" to stop Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader ordered the invasion of Ukraine.The former Good Morning Britain host branded Putin a "ruthless dictator" and "shameful bully-boy thug" in a tweet after he declared the assault on Russia's neighbour Ukraine overnight.Piers also warned Putin will invade more countries if leaders don't act.The loudmouth star, 56, wrote: "Putin’s doing this because he got away with it last time in Crimea."And if he gets away with it again in Ukraine, he’ll keep invading other countries until he restores the Soviet Union."The world must unite to stop this ruthless dictator - before it’s too late."When the initial news of Putin's invasion was announced, Piers wrote: "Putin’s invaded Ukraine."This is an act of war by a bully-boy thug who doesn’t think the rest of the world has the guts or will to stop him.

OnlyFans account. Lana, from Oxford, went viral after sharing a post on TikTok to show the trick and it's pretty simple."When you try to make an OnlyFans account with his email to see if he already has an account and he does," she wrote in the clip.The fashion student also added that she didn't think her boyfriend ever has an OnlyFans account.She added: "I was humbled quickly, now it's time to humble him even quicker."Her video encouraged many other viewers to try and check on their partners – and some of the results left others in stitches.One viewer shared: "I did it and he didn't have one and now he's gonna have an email to verify his account.""Oh my God, I did this and guessed his password.

crocodiles trying to enter his tent one morning.In the chilling clip, the camper documents his struggles with the massive reptiles as they are seen prowling at the entrance of his tent in the night before eventually seizing it as their own and crushing it to pieces. The amazing sight was captured by Brazilian TikTok user @eageltrinadade who joked about the close shave with the scaly killing machines with his 1.1million followers.Captioning the clip, he quipped: “For those who asked how the camp was.”Following up on the narrow escape, he released a second video showing the tent, flattened by the rampaging beasts.A light is then shined, lighting up the creatures' rocky hides as they wait outside.“The camp didn’t work out very well.

Russia.Vladimir Putin has launched an all-out war on Ukraine with tanks and troops crossing the border from Belarus.Missiles and bombs have been reported to have gone off while explosions have been seen across the country.It has led to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy introducing martial law overnight, which has had a knock-on effect throughout the nation.That includes the suspension of the Ukrainian Premier League for a minimum of 30 days, despite its return being planned for Friday.The league was supposed to resume this week following its winter break but the delay has come as the country braces itself for Putin’s invasion.It will also throw Ukraine’s international football into disarray as well, including their next fixtures.The national team were set to take on Scotland in Glasgow, which is planned for March 24.And the British government has already insisted that the Champions League final scheduled for May 28 should be moved from Russian city St Petersburg.There has been widespread condemnation of Putin after the invasion of Ukraine while residents have been desperately fleeing the country.The Ukraine government has appealed for calm but president Zelenskyy has stated that guns will be given to citizens who request them.Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat described the situation as a “human tragedy”.He said: "To see these columns of people forced out by naked aggression by Russia and by Vladimir Putin is horrific and extremely painful, and we should be thinking very clearly about the families torn apart, the lives separated."

Lorraine Kelly seemed worried about Katie Price's cosmetic surgery when she told her "don't have any more work" done.Mucky mansion star Katie appeared on Lorraine's ITV chat show on Thursday (February 24) - and the pair spoke about Katie's bond with son Harvey, her terminally-ill mum Amy and her rounds of surgery. However, Lorraine seemed concerned about 43-year-old Katie's cosmetic work when she brought up the topic at the end of the chat - and she urged her to stop getting work done.Lorraine said: "I'm looking at you now and I want to say to you, 'don't have any more work, you're fine'." Katie replied: "You sound like my mother! You sound like my mum, she's like 'what are you doing, where are you going?'"Lorraine laughed: "I am your mother!"The former glamour model went on to recall the time her mum Amy told her off after getting a brow lift.She said: "When Harvey won the awards, so many people texted me saying 'what was that hat you had on your head?' "I said 'It wasn't a hat, it was a bandage'.

Tom Hardy has responded to claims by Charlize Theron that the pair had a frosty relationship on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road.A new book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild And True Story Of Mad Max: Fury Road by New York Times columnist Kyle Buchanan claims Theron and Hardy screamed at each other in front of cast and crew and he made her feel unsafe.It is claimed Theron, who played villain Imperator Furiosa, branded Hardy a "f**king c***" after he turned up on set hours late.Theron alleged she asked to have a female producer be with her at all times as "protection" against Hardy, 44, who played the lead character in the 2015 blockbuster.The Mail reported Hardy addressed the friction between the pair to Buchanan, saying: "In hindsight, I was in over my head in many ways. The pressure on both of us was overwhelming at times."What she needed was a better, perhaps more experienced partner in me.

BBC Morning Live presenter Sam Quekhas taken a savage swipe at co-host Gethin Jones over his former TV appearance.Both presenters have previously appeared on MasterChef and their time on the cooking competition was brought up during Thursday's episode of the morning programme.The pair spoke about organisation of cutlery drawers before conversation took a cheeky turn.Sam told Gethin: "I'm a stickler for a clean cutlery drawer. I get upset when my husband puts the whisk in the wrong drawer."A photograph of Sam's immaculate drawer then appeared on screen.Gethin asked: "Is that yours?"Sam explained: "Thats' my main cutlery drawer.

Doom” bot is gaining traction for posting every single frame of Doom, though it’s going to be years before the bot reaches the credits.Every hour, the Doomscroll Doom bot posts a single frame from The Ultimate Doom, id Software’s 1995 shooter.Speaking to NME, co-creator Steve Nass said that “once the term [doomscrolling] became popular, it didn’t take long for us to start trying to make some dumb connection between doomscrolling and the famous video game.”“Eventually, we settled on doomscrolling through every frame of Doom (or as we like to call it, DOOMscrolling). It was stupid and made us laugh but also seemed like it might actually help distract people from the endless void of depressing information that Twitter can often be.”doom14984.png pic.twitter.com/FIzqT8EX3H— Doomscroll DOOM Bot (@DoomscrollDOOM) February 23, 2022Nass explained that there are 15,770 frames of Doom to get through, and the bot will take nearly two years to post the game from start to finish.On the purpose of the bot, Nass said the pair “hope it helps people from doomscrolling now and again,” and further says it serves as a “celebration of Doom the game.”“A lot of the frames look really cool, with interesting freeze frames of stuff like Doom Guy mid-plasma blast.

GWAR have announced a new album, graphic novel and UK tour dates, all coming up this summer.New album, ‘The New Dark Ages’, is set for release on 3 Jun and will be accompanied by companion graphic novel, ‘GWAR In The Duoverse Of Absurdity’.“This is the greatest rock record of all time”, says frontman The Berserker Blóthar. “These are the songs for a new age, a New Dark Age, when men live by the dimming light of a technology destined to betray them.

Florence And The Machine are back with new single ‘King’, which ruminates on being a female artist striving for longevity in music but also wanting a family.“As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much”, says Florence Welch. “I just got on with it.

Companies representing the estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell have requested that legal action filed with the courts in New York by the Hendrix estate and Sony Music be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds. That legal action seeks court confirmation that agreements reached between the Hendrix estate and Mitchell and Redding back in the early 1970s are still in force.The UK-based companies representing the Redding and Mitchell estates have filed their own litigation in the English courts, specifically against Sony Music UK.