Joanna Barnes, known for roles in ‘Spartacus,’ both ‘Parent Trap’ movies, dead at 89

KYLIE Jenner has shared throwback photos from when she shaved her head. The star looked unrecognizable during the teen phase which also saw her wear black lipstick and skull rings.

EASTENDERS hunk Max Bowden is pictured slipping out of Shona McGarty’s home after spending the night, as sources claim the duo are “growing closer”. The actor, who plays Ben Mitchell in the BBC1 soap, was spotted at his co-star’s house in the early hours of Wednesday morning — just days after The Sun revealed the pair had become inseparable.

Chris Pine is kicking off his weekend with a meeting.

Lucy Livesey was 20 weeks pregnant when she was taken into a private room at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester. She knew from the plain chairs and neutral wallpaper that it was a 'bad news room’, just like the one she was led into when her twin brother died in 2004.

Images from our archives look back at the Dutch style cannabis café that came to Greater Manchester before police raids shut the venue for good. The Dutch Experience, in Stockport, opened to a blaze of publicity in September, 2001. Modelled on Amsterdam's coffee shops, it inspired other copycat venues to open in other parts of the UK.

Rodri's comments on Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola are bad news for Liverpool's dreams of being crowned champions of England once again.

A ‘secret garden’ a thirty minute drive from Stockport offers an ideal beauty spot for a relaxing stroll on a Sunday afternoon. Hare Hill, near Alderley Edge in Cheshire, is a tranquil woodland with a walled garden at its heart.

While much of what occurred in the year 2020 is best consigned in history, a small number of positives also developed too. Among them was the rise of the staycation: a term that is said to have seen a 500% year-on-year growth.

Premier League players that you had forgotten.The Belgian striker burst onto the scene back in the middle of the 2010s, helping Standard Liege and Marseille to put up title challenges before being signed by Chelsea for £33 million.Another excellent showing, this time for his country in Euro 2016, marked him as a hot prospect and in his debut season, he scored the goal which clinched the Premier League title for the Blues.Despite this, he was still way down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge - leading to a number of loan moves.Spells at Borussia Dortmund and Valencia were average before the first of two periods at Crystal Palace. He returned to the Eagles for the 2020-2021 season.Now, he's plying his trade in Turkey with Besiktas - though he remains a Chelsea player.The Frenchman was a key part of the plans at Spurs when he initially signed for a monstrous £55 million in July of 2019.However, things quickly turned sour after a bright start, leading then-Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho to question Ndombele's professionalism in March 2020.

Britain's Got Talent on last night's episode (Saturday May 28). Reuniting for their 25th anniversary, the four brightly coloured performers - Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po - danced to hits from Beyoncé, ABBA and one of Simon's other big acts - One Direction.

chocolate cap covering orange jelly - but did you now there are hundreds of ways to eat them?According to research commissioned by Jaffa Cakes, there are 520 unique ways in which people eat the scrumptious treat.The debate about how is the 'correct' way to eat the a Jaffa Cake can go on forever, but luckily McVitie's has set the record straight.And it turns out we've all been eating them wrong, according to the creators of the treat.McVitie's has confirmed the chocolate side is actually the bottom of the Jaffa Cakes.A social media user called Mark took to Twitter to settle the debate. He asked: "@McVities please settle a dispute for us...

who Prince Harry's father is to this day, thanks to the affair between James Hewitt and Princess Diana.Harry and Meghan Markle will be back in the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee event and have had a difficult relationship with their fellow royals.The Duke of Sussex began to fall out with brother Prince William and father Prince Charles when he got together with his wife Meghan, the two having recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary.Plenty of people have fallen out with the royals over time, but Charles was reported to be pretty unbothered by his soon-to-be-ex-wife's extramarital life, thanks to his own interest in Camilla Parker Bowles.James is reported to have grown close to William and Harry thanks to hanging around so much, and he would even sneak into Kensington Palace when he and Diana were enjoying their steamy romance.James Hewitt is a former army major known for having an affair with Princess Diana when she was married to Prince Charles.Now 64, Hewitt was in the British Army's Brigade of Guards and served during the Gulf War.Thanks to their affairs, rumours that Prince Harry is Hewitt's son have been very common in the press and public.Their romance appears to not just have been a fleeting affair that fell apart, but one that reluctantly ended with the two feeling somewhat heartbroken about it all.Hewitt had to move away thanks to his job, meaning he had to leave Diana and it was then the affair came to an end.Diana later said: "Yes, I was in love with him.

dinosaurs were cold-blooded or warm-blooded has finally been answered.Dinosaur experts, also known as paleontologists, have often wondered whether or not the most feared animals to ever live were warm or cold blooded, but they never had an answer.That is until now, thanks to a study created by a team lead by Dr Jasmina Wiemann of Yale University.It had been thought that dinosaur's were slow creatures because they were cold-blooded and had to conserve energy.But, Dr Wiemann explains in her new report, this was not the case and the answer lies in the beasts metabolism.She said: “Metabolism is how effectively we convert the oxygen that we breathe into chemical energy that fuels our body.“This is really exciting for us as paleontologists – the question of whether dinosaurs were warm- or cold-blooded is one of the oldest questions in paleontology, and now we think we have a consensus, that most dinosaurs were warm-blooded.“Having a high metabolic rate has generally been suggested as one of the key advantages when it comes to surviving mass extinctions and successfully radiating afterwards.“We are living in the sixth mass extinction, so it is important for us to understand how modern and extinct animals physiologically responded to previous climate change and environmental perturbations, so that the past can inform biodiversity conservation in the present and inform our future actions.”She did later clarify that while larger dinosaurs such as the T-Rex were warm-blooded, the smaller ones such as ancient lizards were probably still cold-blooded.Birds were also cold-blooded, which is, she adds, why they survived a mass extinction event – although that is not definitive because “many non-avian dinosaurs with equally high

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVersus Entertainment has brought on board Decentraland and Lumiere to develop metaverse and NFT angles for its ongoing film project “The Infinite Machine.”“The Infinite Machine” is a film adapted from Camilla Russo’s book of the same title which is now being produced by Versus with Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free. It tells the story Vitalik Buterin, the controversial co-founder of Ethereum, the world’s second largest digital asset.Decentraland operates a virtual world that uses open-source technology, allowing it to be expanded by member users.

Judi Dench has been dating David Mills, 77, for over 11 years now - and the lingerie lover has revealed that she's not afraid to spice things up. In an unearthed interview, the star, 87, admitted that she visits a "lovely naughty knicker shop" in London's Covent Garden - although she's not too keen on the idea of others buying up the goods.

Claudia Winkleman, 50, compared her approach to beauty with that of her co-star Tess Daly, 53.The Strictly Come Dancing host described the model’s visage as “flawless” in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.Claudia recently teamed up with her co-star Tess to promote Boots No7 Pro Derm Scan.The futuristic new diagnostic service aims to give customers accurate skincare and cosmetic recommendations based on a super close-up scan of their skin.During the interview, Claudia was asked how Tess’ approach compares to her own.While the star always looks exceedingly glam on Strictly every week, she admitted that her former fashion model friend was the person to call for beauty tips and tricks.“It could not be further from…” Claudia said, comparing their contrasting attitudes.“So Tess is, number one, utterly beautiful. Right?She’s like a supermodel with this flawless skin,” she continued.Tess and Claudia have been presenting Strictly together since 2010, with Claudia taking over from the late Sir Bruce Forsyth to become the main presenter in 2014.A post shared by Claudia Winkleman (@claudiawinkle)Speaking about how her and Tess might be compared, Claudia continued: “I don’t mind.

Playboy model with famous 30GG boobs has caused an online meltdown with her latest post. Iryna Ivanova is no stranger to flashing the flesh as she earned herself a massive fanbase of 1million followers on Twitter.The Playmate uses her platform to show off her incredible body – and social media users absolutely love it.Now in one of her latest posts, Iryna rocked a stunning bikini set as she basically squeezed her assets into them.She simply captioned the short clip of her flaunting the style by putting one kiss emoji.

Joanna Barnes, a longtime film and television actress who appeared in both versions of the classic comedy "The Parent Trap," died Friday at her home in The Sea Ranch, California. She was 89 and succumbed to what was described as a lengthy illness by friend Sally Jackson.

ACTRESS Joanna Barnes passed away aged 89 at her home after a lengthy illness, her friend revealed on Saturday. Barnes, 89, appeared in both the original and remakes of The Parent Trap.

tributes pour in. The longtime Hollywood actress died Friday at her home following what was described as a lengthy illness by friend Sally Jackson.The actress appeared in both the original and remakes of The Parent Trap.In the original 1861 version of the hit comedy, she played Vicky Robinson, the wicked gold digger, out to sink her claws into the twins’ dad.

Joanna Barnes, a longtime film and television actress who appeared in both versions of the classic comedy The Parent Trap, died Friday at her home in The Sea Ranch, California. She was 89 and succumbed to what was described as a lengthy illness by friend Sally Jackson.