Coronation Street stopped me from coming out as gay, claims soap legend

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Ethan Shanfeld Starting Tuesday, broadcasters are required to disclose foreign government-sponsored programming. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously adopted the foreign sponsorship identification rules in April 2021, today announcing a March 15 compliance date.The rule is meant to increase transparency, notifying the American public when a foreign government or its representatives are attempting to persuade them.

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The biggest draw of the massive 11-night Netflix Is a Joke festival which begins next month in Los Angeles is not Kevin Hart, not Dave Chappelle and not Pete Davidson, but Southern California’s own Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, at least in terms of seats filled in one night.

Alaskan Bush People star Bear Brown was reportedly arrested for fourth degree domestic violence last Friday.The 34-year-old reality star (born Solomon Isiah Freedom Brown) was released from the Okanogan County Jail on Monday without bail, according to TMZ.Bear was said to have split with his wife of two months Raiven Adams twice over the past three years. Busted: Alaskan Bush People star Bear Brown was reportedly arrested for fourth degree domestic violence last Friday, and was released from the Okanogan County Jail on Monday without bailBrown and Adams have a two-year-old son River Anthony, whom he didn't meet until six months after his 2020 birth.The eccentric 'king of extreme' made his Instagram private within the past week.

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Fox News said that its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed in Ukraine on Monday when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by oncoming fire.

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The institutions that went on to become the University of Manchester received donations from donors with connections to slavery, a report has revealed.

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It's been a few months since she has been seen in Weatherfield but Grace Vickers didn't waste much time in resorting to her blackmailing ways.

Coronation Street, said she did not feel she could come out as gay during her time on the show.The star revealed she felt she wasn’t allowed to be her authentic self for two decades in a candid interview on Loose Women. Amanda, 86, starred in Coronation Street from 1981 to 1982, and again from 1988 to 2001. Throughout that time, the actress refused to confirm her sexuality in public and did not reveal her lesbian identity until after her time on the soap had come to an end. Amanda appeared on Loose Women today with her wife Hilary Bonner and was asked by the panel what it was like having to keep her sexuality hidden for so long. “There was no camo of any kind at that time,” Amanda explained. “There were various people in charge of the show, so they called the tune.

Coronation Street star Amanda Barrie revealed she wasn't able to come out while she was still starring on the ITV soap.The actress announced the news on Loose Women explaining she was on the soap for 20 years but was unable to come out publicly.Amanda played Alma Sedgewick on the programme and told the Loose Women panel the news on Wednesday.The 86-year-old star previously refused to confirm her sexuality and came out later in life as bisexual.The star had also previously insisted that she would have been fired if she came out during the 1980s.Amanda appeared on Loose Women beside her wife, writer Hilary Bonner, and shared a sweet kiss on-screen.The star said: "There was no camp of any kind at that time."There was various people in charge of the show so, they call[ed] the tune. Do we call it homophobic? Call it what you like...""What people did was they sold you to the press who thought 'there's a story there'."The press came and the very same people who would've done that would then say, 'I'm not going to work with someone who's gay.'"The TV star tied the knot with Hilary back in 2014 and she admitted that only a few close friends on the show knew the truth.She explained: "Nobody at Coronation Street knew but my very close friends Helen [Worth], Sue Nicholls and Barbara Knox.""I’d been with Hilary for years and we didn’t want to get married before.