Drake Was Allegedly Ready To Leave ‘Degrassi’ Because His Character Was In A Wheelchair

Banks has announced the release of her fourth album, ‘Serpentina’, and shared a brand new single – listen to ‘Holding Back’ below.The musician (real name Jillian Rose Banks) released her last album, ‘iii’, back in 2019. It featured the singles ‘Gimme’, ‘Look What You’re Doing To Me’ and ‘Contaminated’.Today (February 25), Banks took to Twitter to share that the follow-up to ‘iii’ will arrive on April 8. “Beyond excited to announce my next album Serpentina is coming out April 8th,” she wrote, sharing a clip of ‘Holding Back’.The anthemic new single follows last year’s ‘Skinnydipped’ and ‘The Devil’, both of which will appear on ‘Serpentina’.You can listen to ‘Holding Back’ below:“In the past I’ve been really tight and controlled, and I don’t feel like that right now,” Banks said in a statement, discussing her new album.

Robbie Williams has revealed his involvement in Lufthaus, the (formerly) mysterious Armada Music signing that launched earlier this month.The group released their debut single – a club-ready house banger titled ‘Sway’ – on February 11, but although it’s unmistakably Williams’ voice on the track, his identity was kept secret until today. The revelation comes via The Sun (as reported by Yahoo), which printed a statement from Lufthaus in its Bizarre column.“This project has been keeping us busy in the studio throughout the pandemic, so we’re delighted to now be releasing the first single,” the group – rounded out by producers (and Williams’ longtime collaborators) Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis – wrote.

Olly Murs has cancelled his upcoming tour after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.

Good causes in South Lanarkshire are set to share vital funds this year as the Co-op welcomes the latest causes to its Local Community Fund.

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The complex drainage operation is now completed at Gleniffer Braes - with all nine cars stuck in Linn Reservoir now visible.

Oliver Hudson's opening up about what it was like experiencing «intense anxiety» after coming off his medication last year.The star on Thursday posted a throwback video of himself from June 30, 2021 in which the 45-year-old actor can be seen on video explaining how he came off Lexapro several months prior to recording that video, after taking it for five and a half years to treat his anxiety.Hudson described what he felt like that day and what the the process has been like for him since he decided to come off his meds.«It's been really gnarly for me,» he says in the video. «It's been crushing. Debilitating.

Paris Saint-Germain training ground on Friday has set tongues wagging on social media. The former Manchester United defender revealed his location on Twitter, prompting speculation as to why he was taking a close look at Mauricio Pochettino’s side.

Juventus president Agnelli is reportedly set to outline fresh plans at a sports summit, detailing how instead of having enduring members, there will be a domestic league qualification, similar to how the Champions League works.The Super League initiative still lives on in the minds of Juventus, Barcelona, and Real Madrid, despite the six English clubs who were a part of the project last time having apologised for their involvement and accepting fines from the Premier League.According to The Telegraph, it is hoped the fresh model will mean that cities such as Luxembourg and Dublin will be able to eventually forge their own competitive clubs.Furthermore, it is thought attacks will be made to the current model of the Champions League and its quality of football, the so-called failure of UEFA financial fair play regulations and the advantages of state-owned clubs such as Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.Do you think this new proposal will succeed? Let us know in the comments section. ESL rebel three said: "Since within the EU a club cannot benefit from state aids [sic] from its own member state … why should it be allowed that the football market is disrupted, to the exclusive benefit of a few state-owned clubs, because of state aids coming from non-member states?”“For example, Dublin or Luxembourg – and their inhabitants - will finally be entitled to have access to premium club football”.

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LOOSE Women star Frankie Bridge caught her husband Wayne out when he tried to slip off to the pub. The 33-year-old former Saturdays singer figured out the ex-footballer had sloped off for a pint and called him out on WhatsApp.

, “I’m enjoying not having to worry about covering up my tummy. If I feel a little chubby, it’s like, Whatever! It’s a baby!” She continued, “Right now, being pregnant, some days you just feel like, ‘Ugh, I just want to lay here on this couch all day.’ But when you put on a little face and a little lipstick, you transform.

The leading ladies of Peaky Blinders were out in full force on Thursday night as they attended the premiere of the sixth and final season of the hit BBC show in Birmingham.The actresses looked as glamorous as ever as they celebrated the last run of episodes of the period drama — however the mood was also sombre as cast member Helen McCrory was deeply missed.The 52 year old, who appeared in Peaky Blinders as Polly Gray since its debut in 2013, tragically passed away in April last year following a secret battle with breast cancer and did not film any scenes for the latest series. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Former Love Island contestant Georgia Steel has given her followers a sneak peek into her brand new walk-in wardrobe. The 23 year old, who appeared in the Mallorcan villa back in 2018, has been busy renovating her home after purchasing the property back in June 2021. Announcing the news on Instagram, she said: “And just like that I've brought my dream house.

It's entirely possible that a majority of Drake's fans were introduced to him as a rapper rather than as Aubrey Graham, child actor behind the character of Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation. In the teen drama's fourth season, Jimmy is paralyzed after a school shooting and becomes a wheelchair user, one of the show's most iconic character arcs thanks in no small part to Drake's subsequent superstardom.

Before he was the ‘Champagne Papi,’ Drake was just neighborhood teenage heartthrob Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian hit television series Degrassi: the Next Generation. Even though the “Flip the Switch” rapper was part of the cast for seven seasons, Drake almost left the show after his character was shot and confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his time on the show. That’s according to a new oral history, Degrassi’s creator and head writer James Hurst revealed to the A.V. Club on Friday, October 15.

Degrassi: The Next Generation has revealed that Drake threatened legal action against the show, in which he co-starred, over a wheelchair storyline.The rapper appeared as Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian drama from 2001 over seven seasons.However in a recent oral history of the show to mark its 20th anniversary, writer James Hurst explained that the then actor pursued legal action after his character wound up in a wheelchair.“There was a letter from a law firm in Toronto, and it was from Aubrey [Graham, aka Drake],” Hurst told AV Club.“It was an odd letter that said, “Aubrey Graham will not return to Degrassi season six as Jimmy Brooks unless his injury is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair.”The writer called Drake in to get to the root of

If Drake got his way, Jimmy Brooks would’ve had a very different ending on Degrassi. According to a writer on the teen drama, the rapper, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, threatened to quit the series if his character remained in a wheelchair after season 5.

Drake was willing to do whatever it takes to get Jimmy Brooks out of his wheelchair.

Drake nearly quit Degrassi: The Next Generation over a certain storyline.

Before he became one of the biggest musical artists of his generation, Drake started his showbiz career as Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation... though he almost left the show early.The 34-year-old Toronto native played Jimmy Brooks from the start of the show in 2001 before leaving halfway through the eighth season.Degrassi: The Next Generation writer-producer James Hurst revealed in a wide-ranging AV Cluboral history of the show for its 20th anniversary that the singer (real name Aubrey Graham) almost left when Jimmy became paralyzed and was bound to a wheelchair.