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A longstanding Coronation Street cast member has lost his role in the soap after taking a selfie with well-known TV presenter Andi Peters. Matthew Davidge, 54, worked on Coronation Street as an extra for 34 years, but has revealed how he lost his job after asking the Good Morning Britain host for a cheeky snap. Andi was filming for a competition when Matthew spotted him on set and asked for a picture, which he happily agreed to.

Zazie Beetz and Lily Singh rocked much different but equally elegant looks while celebrating their new animated film The Bad Guys.Beetz, 30, and Singh, 33, were all smiles on the red carpet of the special screening, held atThe Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.They were joined by their co-stars Anthony Ramos and Marc Maron ahead of the DreamWorks Animation film hitting theaters on April 22. Zazie and Lilly:Zazie Beetz and Lily Singh rocked much different but equally elegant looks while celebrating their new animated film The Bad Guys Co-star:They were joined by their co-stars Anthony Ramos and Marc Maron ahead of the DreamWorks Animation film hitting theaters on April 22Beetz stepped out with a black mini-dress with a white flare down the front that fell to her mid-thigh.She had her hair pulled up with small silver hoop earrings for her red carpet look, including a number of rings.

Trinidad Barleycorn Picture a suburban neighborhood that mostly immigrant families and pensioners call home, hidden under a wide avenue and wedged on the edge of a forest and a river. Or as Swiss director Tizian Büchi puts it: “A hole where no one ever goes, unless they live there.” This is the setting of his first feature film, “Like an Island,” selected in the international competition at Visions du Réel, in Nyon, Switzerland. Now picture two guards, Daniel and his younger colleague Ammar, patrolling the area night and day to make sure no one goes anywhere near the river.

’80s touches, like Nancy Reagan and puffball skirts. Once you’d eaten or drunk anything, the lipstick normally slid off, leaving The Lines, which made lips look like squashed leaves.The new lip line is not brown, or russet. Or any colour.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s landmark 2013 album ‘Sempiternal’ has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.The Sheffield band’s fourth album, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret’ saw BMTH draft in Worship keyboardist Jordan Fish for the first time and add more electronics to their brand of alternative metal.Celebrating the milestone, BMTH took to Twitter to share a video of clips from the album.“NiNE yEArS oF SeMPiterNaL.

A woman quit her job as a journalist and now rakes in over £114,00 a year stripping online for married men. Leanne Carr, who goes by the name ‘Leanne London’, is a blogger and “content creator” who spends her days posing in her underwear, making TikToks and chatting to customers on a webcam.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and Paramount+ have set cast for new drama, The Gold, which quietly began filming this month in London, we can reveal.

Yard Act claim the biggest vinyl album of 2022 so far with debut record The Overload. It tops the Official Charts Company’s end-of-quarter Official Vinyl Chart with ease, selling over 11,000 copies on wax since its initial release in February. 

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn its first incarnation, “Russian Doll” felt as close to complete as any TV show ever gets. With those first eight episodes, delving deep into the minds of jaded New Yorkers Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) and back out again, creators Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland had achieved something truly heady, unnerving, and spectacular.

Lil Durk and Gunna have paid tribute to the late Virgil Abloh with a new music video for ‘What Happened To Virgil’.The music video – released on Tuesday, April 12 – was directed by Cole Bennett and features multiple sets that were inspired by the work of the late Louis Vuitton artistic director and Off White founder. The video also pays respects to Lil Durk’s late brother D Thang and the rapper King Von, who was shot dead in 2020.The video opens with a quote from Abloh that reads: “Life is so short that you can’t waste even a day subscribing to what someone thinks you can do versus knowing what you can do.”Watch the music video for ‘What Happened To Virgil’ below.The video ends with a series of pictures that explain the symbolism of the sets featured in the music video, including Drake’s plane that was painted by Virgil, and the red roof design that was one of the last things Abloh worked on for Louis Vuitton before his passing.Virgil Abloh died in November 2021 after suffering from cancer for several years.

BBC Breakfast descended into chaos on Wednesday (April 13) as Nina Warhurst 'disappeared' from the screen after nearly being run over by a trolley.Business correspondent Nina was reporting on the rising inflation rates from a busy warehouse in Birmingham - but nothing could have prepared her as she was almost swept off her feet by a passing worker, quite literally.With Jon Kay and Sally Nugent firmly on solid ground on the red sofa, they turned to Nina for the business news of the day - and it wasn't looking good.But as Nina concluded: "As we said earlier, the predictions from the Bank of England is that inflation will go even higher, higher than eight percent, in the coming months."They will potentially use interest rates in the meantime to bring it down."She added: "We get the latest figures at seven o'clock, as I said - expect it to go higher than six point seven percent. We'll be back with you then."In the background as Nina prepared to deliver her parting words to camera, a group of male workers could be seen chatting as one attempted to steer a pallet truck forward - right to where Nina was standing.They'd been waiting patiently for a few minutes while she chatted, but they seemed to sense the segment was over as she went to move out of the way, but not before showing herself on the TV screen behind them in a cheeky echo of BBC Breakfast.She said: "In the meantime, we'll probably just chill out and watch a bit of telly.

We’re taking a trip down memory lane and checking out all of the famous exes Kim Kardashian has dated over years!

Source Music, a subsidiary of HYBE, has announced a debut date for its upcoming girl group, LE SSERAFIM.In a statement issued to Weverse today (April 12), Source Music announced that LE SSERAFIM are set to release their first mini-album on May 2 at 6pm KST. Their upcoming record, titled ‘Fearless’, is currently available for pre-order through the Weverse Shop.

Victoria Fuller is hopping down a different kind of bunny trail. The artist, who was Playboy’s Miss January 1996, is going from the mansion to the Metaverse by launching the "Rogue Playmates" NFT series. Every buyer will receive a members-only "golden key," which grants them access to a digital space where they can interact with models in real-time.

Pamela Anderson made her Broadway debut Tuesday night when she entered the cast of the long-running revival of Chicago.The 54-year-old, who is playing the lead role of Roxie Hart, glowed as she accepted a bouquet of red roses during the curtain call.She showed off her world-famous figure as she hit the stage wearing one of the revealing black costumes that have become a signature of this production. The name on everybody's lips:Pamela Anderson made her Broadway debut Tuesday night when she entered the cast of the long-running revival of ChicagoPamela emphasized her curves in a clinging high-cut black bodysuit that featured a mesh decolletage and sleeves.Her signature platinum blonde hair was worn in a do reminiscent of the Roaring 20s, which is when the beloved musical is set.

Ukrainian kids. Ukraine's United Nations ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said most had been taken from the besieged city of Mariupol to Taganrog - 70 miles away in Russia.

Twitter page after a long illness. Gottfried was known for his standup comedy and for roles in films including Aladdin and Problem Child.

Amber Heard's defence attorney claimed Johnny Depp would try to turn the defamation cause against his ex-wife into a "soap opera," but warned that it was a distraction. Ben Rottenborn, Heard's lawyer, said the case was about her First Amendment rights to discuss her experiences, and argued that context matters and asked the jury to read the entire article she wrote for The Washington Post – which led to the lawsuit – and not just the parts highlighted by Depp.

New radars launched today (Wednesday) on the M62 Smart Motorway will detect stuck drivers within 20 seconds of a breakdown or accident, say highways bosses. The ‘Stopped Vehicle Detection’ units are 'going live' between junction 10 at the Croft interchange and junction 12 at the Eccles interchange, a section which uses the hard shoulder as a live lane.

Easter Weekend is only a couple of days away, which means Mancunians will be on the lookout for things to do over the four-day weekend. After two years of pandemic-induced disruption, many will be looking forward to the resumption of normal service - and there's plenty of foodie favourites, parties and family-friendly option s to get stuck into.

A Scots mum has been left traumatised after a pensioner ploughed his car into her living room leaving her young daughters trapped upstairs.