Jennifer Grey Says ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Will Be ‘Tricky’ Without Patrick Swayze

Blake Shelton is gearing up to be very busy once again with the new season of The Voice kicking off on Monday and preparations for his upcoming Back to the Honky Tonk tour well underway.SEE: Inside Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton's jaw-dropping custom-built Oklahoma mansionHowever, fans of the country music singer will need to get their fill of Blake while they can as he recently dropped a bombshell and revealed that he is already prepared for the day when he will hang up his microphone to make way for up-and-coming stars to take his place.WATCH: Gwen Stefani serenades husband Blake Shelton"It's always over at some point, and I've always been prepared for that, and I've braced myself for it," he told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton at the Country Radio Seminar in March. "I learned to accept it a few years ago, maybe three or four or five years ago that it's coming."He added: "People are going to get tired of you winning the awards. They're going to get tired of you having number one, after number one, after number one, and they may not be mad at you, but they've already got two or three of your albums.

Eamonn Holmes, 62, has liked a tweet from a Twitter user who suggested he and Ruth Langsford should come back to This Morning following Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby's queue jump backlash.This Morning presenters were slammed for skipping the regular queue of mourners for the Queen and receiving a fast track press pass to film for the show. Despite being there for work purposes, the duo were slammed on social media as many pointed out that the likes of David Beckham and Susanna Reid queued with the public. Now, Eamonn has liked a tweet from Twitter user Nicole Ramsamy who wrote: "Does this mean we can have @EamonnHolmes and @RuthieeL back on @thismorning please?!"The tweet was a response to one from Dougie Brimson who insisted This Morning writers were "slaving over a laptop desperately trying to come up with a convincing excuse for Phil Schofield and Holly Willoughby #queuejumping".Eamonn moved on from This Morning last year to front his new show with Isabel Webster on GB News.Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy forced to leave family homeHis wife Ruth has remained on the show but not as often, with co-star Rylan Clark.It's not the first time Eamonn has shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding Phil and Holly in recent days. On GB News, he discussed mourners queuing alongside Christopher Biggins and Dawn Neesom.The former said "everyone had come together for the Queen's death" to which Eamonn replied: "Except not everyone came together, Biggins."Following backlash, This Morning producers were forced to step in and address the situation.A statement on their Instagram read: "This Morning had press accreditation and like other media, Phillip and Holly were escorted to work from the press gallery by government

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Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi has revealed she still feels close to her late husband, but still misses him more than a decade after his death. The multitalented artist, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009, would have turned 70 Thursday.  'I don't think there's anything I don't miss about him,' His widow Niemi, 66, shared with Entertainment Tonight.

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It has been 35 years since the iconic film "Dirty Dancing" first premiered on the big screen and became an instant hit. Not even the film’s stars or studio executives predicted the film's massive success.

Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi has revealed she still feels close to her late husband, but still misses him more than a decade after his death. The multitalented artist, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009, would have turned 70 Thursday.  'I don't think there's anything I don't miss about him,' His widow Niemi, 66, shared with Entertainment Tonight.

Jennifer Grey is opening up about the recently announced Dirty Dancing sequel.

Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi has revealed she still feels close to her late husband, but still misses him more than a decade after his death. The multitalented artist, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009, would have turned 70 Thursday.  'I don't think there's anything I don't miss about him,' His widow Niemi, 66, shared with Entertainment Tonight.

As the 35th anniversary of the iconic film "Dirty Dancing" approaches this weekend, Patrick Swayze’s widow paid tribute to the late actor. "When Patrick was still alive, he would always say, 'I’m on my second generation of fans' ...

“And I'm just going to have to go on until then."I thought during the 22 months of my husband’s illness that it gave me all this time to get used to the idea of losing him," she said. The pair had been married for 34 years until the day he died of cancer 13 years ago. Patrick became an overnight celebrity after the success of Dirty Dancing, having a further 20 years to enjoy his fame before dying of pancreatic cancer. The star would have turned 70 today, and his 1991 action thriller Point Break airs tomorrow night on BBC One at 10:40pm. But he wasn’t solely famous as a Hollywood A-lister; he also went on to star on Broadway due to his talent as a singer and dancer. He was sadly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after frequently suffering from stomach pain. Patrick immediately began treatment with chemotherapy and surgery. Before his death, he summoned up the resilience to briefly return to the screen in 2008, at which point he worked on his last few films before the cancer spread to his liver. Upon his death, Patrick’s multimillion fortune was left to Lisa solely, as they had no children together.The rest of his family, including mum Patsy and brothers Sean and Don, fought for years over portions of the inheritance. Shortly before he died, the star had bought a home for his mum and given her a monthly allowance, which his widow would continue to do until Patsy died in 2013. However, the family complained that Niemi had cut them off personally.Niemi received plenty of support from her husband’s former colleagues such as Demi Moore.However when she decided to sell her late husband's Californian ranch the feud reignited.The family’s initial plans were to turn the home into a museum for the actor - but Niemi sold it to

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Patrick Swayze's widow ahead of the 35th anniversary of one of his most beloved roles — Johnny Castle in .«It's really incredible,» Niemi says of the continued love for the movie, which was released in August 1987. «When Patrick was still alive, he would always say, 'I’m on my second generation of fans'… He'd get approached by young ladies who weren't even born when the movie came out.»«Any artist,» she continues, «for their work to live on like that and make such an impact in such a positive way, what more could you ask for?»As for the film's most iconic scenes — where Swayze's Johnny lifts Jennifer Grey's Baby — Niemi reveals that her late husband «had that down forever.»«Patrick loves going off and he was strong enough to do all that stuff,» she says, «so when they want to pull off a great lift, he says, 'I got one for you.'»Back in 2020, ET confirmed that Grey is on board to star in and executive produce a sequel to the beloved '80s flick, which Swayze was approached about in the wake of the original movie's success.«He would not do it again,» Niemi says.

Dirty Dancing stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey famously clashed when they worked together on the Hollywood blockbuster.The film has one of the most recognisable soundtracks of all time, but its two protagonists had “real tension” away from the film set.However, they tried their best not to let it show and despite their differences, Jennifer and Patrick ended up creating an absolute masterpiece in the process.READ MORE: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star Clu Gulager dies 'surrounded by family'Tears were shed, cross words were exchanged and even an alternate ending was debated but throughout it all the duo managed to keep things professional.Daily Star has taken a look a what happened between the actors behind the scenes of the iconic 80s movie on what would have been Patrick's 70th birthday (August 18).Patrick and Jennifer had incredible chemistry when they were on screen, but the actor had very strong feelings about the end of Dirty Dancing.According to reports, the pair clashed hugely in real-life which appeared to influence his thoughts on the film as he famously didn’t want Johnny and Baby to end up together.The film’s iconic ending would have spanned out completely differently if he’d had his own way and Patrick has previously spoken about the alternative conclusion.He admitted: "When some on the set suggested I tone down the dancing with Penny early on, I put my foot down. "They were worried the dance scenes between Johnny and Penny were too sexy, that they would overshadow the later scenes with Johnny and Baby."I felt all along that Johnny should ultimately end up with Penny as they were so much more alike, and a more realistic couple, than Johnny and Baby.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Tokyo International Film Festival is to add new venues at this year’s event. It will be the festival’s first-full-scale edition since the COVID pandemic.The festival relocated to the Hibiya-Yurakucho-Ginza area in 2021, having previously operated from the Rpppongi district for many years. It functioned as a real-world event, but had on a few dozen foreign visitors, due to strict border controls.This year, border controls are slowly being lifted and organizers are forecasting an increase in foreign festival guests.

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Jibri had no problem slamming fellow starAriela during part one of this season's tell-all special that aired on Sunday. Jibri bluntly told Ariela that she was holding her husband, Biniyam, back and also clashed with fellow star Patrick's equally outspoken brother, John.Jibri and Ariela first started butting heads when Jibri's issues with his mother this season came up, who didn't approve of the way he handled his wedding to Miona and didn't end up attending.