EastEnders fans beg for iconic character to return as classic episode airs

Ant and Dec admit they live in fear of being pranked by vengeful celebrities that they have played jokes on. For more than ten years, the TV duo have set up famous faces such as Gordon Ramsay, Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell, James Corden and Bradley Walsh.

Gemma Collins breaks down in tears over her close friend's suicide after bravely opening up about her own history of self-harm.The 41-year-old reality star has struggled with hurting herself for two decades and has opened up about her past for the first time in a candid Channel 4 documentary which aired on Wednesday (February 16) evening.Over the course of the film, Gemma chatted with her therapist, Mandy Saligari, mum Joan, best friend Vicky and her fiancé Rami.She also met with people who have similar experiences of self-harm and learns about some of the support available.During her visit to Harmless, a centre for self-harm prevention in Nottingham, Gemma got emotional about her close friend's tragic death.The former Celebrity Big Brother star asked co-founder and CEO of the charity Harmless, Caroline Harrow: "Why is it more girls that self-harm then boys?"Caroline replied: "Yeah more girls show up then boys but more men kill themselves."A visibly emotional Gemma added: "A very close family friend of mine, he was like a little brother to me, he committed suicide," before breaking down into tears.Rhys Alan Smith, the ex boyfriend of TOWIE's Harry Derbidge, died in 2021 after taking his own life.He was close friends with several cast members in particular Gemma and her ex James Argent.Gemma also revealed in the documentary that she struggled with her meteoric rise to fame.She was a car saleswoman when she first appeared on The Only Way Is Essex back in 2011.It didn't take long before Gemma became one of the show's most iconic stars.Speaking about the impact of that for the first time, Gemma told fiancé Rami Hawash what triggered her to self-harm.She explained: "It was never about you, it was never about any of that."It

Ariana Grande, 28, and Dalton Gomez, 25, are clearly going from strength to strength! The pop princess and her adorable husband, who secretly married in May 2021 to the delight of fans, looked every inch like a blissful newlywed couple in gorgeous snaps shared to Ariana’s Instagram (below) on Feb. 16. The photo album was captioned with a simple heart and arrow emoji.

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Manchester City and Real Madrid footballer Robinho after he was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape.In 2017, Robinho and five other men were found guilty of raping a 22-year-old Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub in January 2013.Last month, the Court of Cassation in Rome rejected the ex-footballer's last-ditch appeal against his conviction. The Supreme Court’s ruling cannot be challenged and is definitive.Now Italian officials have requested their counterparts in Brazil extradite the star so he can serve jail time.However, the South American country's constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens.This makes the likelihood of Robinho serving any actual time in jail appear slim.

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the late Robert Forster and among many other industry players.Frank began his career in the mid-1970s, starring inTV series such as Police Story and Kojak and featuring in the early Stallone films Rocky and Paradise Alley. The Hollywood actor then went on to continue with his screen career into the 2010s, with guest features on hit shows such as Cagney & Lacey, Knight Rider, The Greatest American Hero, Matlock, Who’s the Boss? and Miami Vice.By this point, he had already made appearances in other films such as American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love and Vigilante and Flashdance.However, one of his most recognisable roles was in the first two Simpson and Bruckheimer’s Beverly Hills Cop films.Frank posed as a cigarette buyer in the turbulent opening scene of the first film and as a hood who Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley accuses of being a cop in the second movie.He also famously acted as a bartender in the Simpson-Bruckheimer film Top Gun.And later as a bail jumper in the Robert De Niro-Charles Grodin action-comedy classic Midnight Run.According to reports, Frank always said: “They make movies about guys like me.” And that quote will be written on his gravestone, his partner Scher said.Along with his partner, Frank is survived by his brother, Vito Pesce, nieces Vanessa Pesce and Danielle Pesce, and sister-in-law Catherine Pesce.

Quiana Burns’s leadership role at Tamron Hall is becoming permanent. The Good Morning America Weekend executive producer joined the syndicated daytime talk show as interim executive producer in October, shortly after Tamron Hall moved from ABC Entertainment to ABC News where it is overseen by the team of ABC News President Kim Godwin. It was Godwin who announced Burns’ official appointment today.

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I’m a Celeb.The former England boss, 67, has turned down Strictly Come Dancing “several times” because he worries he’s past it.He fears he would cop an injury and be left on the subs’ bench.But the football manager “is very tempted” to go down under.Former Everton manager Big Sam revealed: "I know Ant and Dec really well, of course.“I have done for many years.“They've tried to entice me on plenty of occasions over the years saying ‘Come on, big man. We'd love to have you on’.“It has been tempting, to be fair.

SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee of the advertising industry have begun negotiations for a new set of commercials contracts. The current contracts expire March 31. Three years ago, the union said that its commercials contracts “cover an estimated $1 billion in annual earnings.”

Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. rights to The Novelist’s Film, the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner from South Korean writer-director Hong Sangsoo, which recently made its world premiere at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival. The film is the third Silver Bear winner in as many years from Hong—who won Best Director for The Woman Who Ran in 2020 and Best Screenplay for Introduction in 2021—and will be the 11th of the director’s works released by Cinema Guild in the last seven years.

Danielle Lloyd opened up about her beauty queen days and said pageants really helped her through a time when she was struggling with abuse.The star has previously opened up about the horrific domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of an ex-boyfriend when she was a teenager, with her getting "beaten up every day".Danielle was the winner of Miss Great Britain in 2006 and told the Daily Star how it was an "amazing part" of her journey.Danielle chatted exclusively to showbiz reporter Carly Hacon during a Facebook Live tell-all, where she looked back at some of her best moments.Looking at a pic from her winning the competition, she said: "Look how young I look - time goes by so fast!"It was an amazing part of my journey, I'd struggled from a young age with abuse, and obviously pageants made me a stronger person and a lot more confident as well. Especially when I won it gives you that boost."When asked if she would like her daughter to enter the pageant world when she grows up, Danielle said she definitely wouldn't be pushing her into that world.Danielle added: "I won't be coaching or pushing her into anything like that, with any of my kids I just want them to do whatever they want to do."I want them to be happy, my oldest kid wants to play football now.

Body positive influencer Olivia Kirkby hit back at trolls who claimed that she can't be ‘beautiful’ as she doesn't have a flat belly.The blonde bombshell embraces her natural body and often posts uplifting content for her 300,000 TikTok followers.But despite Olivia flaunting her curves to thousands of adoring fans, the influencer was told she can't be seen as beautiful because she doesn't have washboard abs. Not standing for the negativity, the stunner has taken a stand by dancing in a teeny crop top exposing her belly.In the clip, Olivia first bent over and shook her finger as she wrote the hateful remark on the screen.It read: “You have to have a flat belly to be beautiful.”In defiance, the curvy babe revealed her stomach in low cut jeans.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe full lineup of exclusive titles for April’s Record Store Day has been announced, with the expected title from official RSD 2022 ambassador Taylor Swift. Her first-time release of a “The Lakes” single leads the way for hundreds of releases that range from a deluxe “Blue Velvet” soundtrack reissue and two John Williams 90th-birthday releases to rarities collections from Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed and David Bowie… and from unreleased jazz concerts by Charles Mingus and Bill Evans to vinyl reissues of albums by Prince, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Childish Gambino, Stevie Nicks, the Cure, Kacey Musgraves and Pearl Jam.This year’s RSD will be on April 23 — the weekend after Easter, and Tax Day, to lighten the load on religious or business conflicts.

show ran out of episodes for the first time in 35 years after production was stalled in March due to the global health crisis.So, how long will fans be waiting before they can get their next soap fix…BBC has announced that the beloved soap will be back on air from Monday September 7.In true EastEnders fashion, the last series ended on a number of serious cliffhangers with one of the most dramatic moments coming as Sharon was revealed as the new Queen Vic pub landlady.The 12-week hiatus has probably not helped matters and in the meantime but soaps fans have been given some relief as they are being treated to a trip down memory lane with the spin-off show EastEnders: Secrets From The Square.All the drama from Albert Square will now be taking

EastEnders' official return date has been confirmed by BBC bosses, after 12 weeks off the air.September 7 will see the hit BBC One soap opera make a dramatic comeback to TV screens up and down the country, with a fresh batch of episodes.Airing four evenings per week, each episode will be 20 minutes long, according to The Sun. Speaking about the soap's return, executive producer Jon Sen said: "From the moment we turned the lights out in The Queen Vic our ambition was to come back with a bang and this autumn certainly does that.

EastEnders will return “with a bang” on September 7th after nearly three months off-air.

Kellie Bright is better known for playing soap character Linda Carter on EastEnders but away from Walford the talented actress enjoys an idyllic home life.The 44 year old actress married her long-term love Paul Stocker, 36, in 2014 and the pair have two sons together, Freddy and Gene. As well as her role on EastEnders, Kellie has also starred on Strictly Come Dancing, played 'Me Julie' in Ali G and almost gave birth in a car with her second child Gene.