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Fatboy Slim has revealed that he once almost gave up music in order to become a firefighter.The DJ – real name Norman Cook – says he remains a “wannabe fireman” but that he’s now too old to switch careers.During a speech at an event hosted by the Fire Fighters Charity (via PA), he said: “I have been in the music business pretty much all my life but there have been ups and downs and there was one particular down where everyone around was like, ‘You are going to have to actually get a proper job now because you are skint’.“I thought about what job I would like to do and for some reason fireman just… I don’t know.

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Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for Moonstruck, has died at the age of 89. She had been in ill health for some time.

“Sabrina the Teenage Witch” was the reason former Oklahoma resident Caron McBride became a wanted woman.

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BBC Radio 2 Breakfast presenter Zoe Ball, 50, shares 20-year-old son Woody and 11-year-old daughter Nelly with her ex-husband Norman Cook, best known by his DJ name Fatboy Slim.Speaking to Martin Kemp today, she discussed the lack of contact with her son after he moved out for university.Former EastEnders star Martin joined Zoe to discuss his show and bond with son Roman Kemp.During their chat he said he felt like he had lost his best friend after his son moved out.Agreeing, Zoe said: “I know what you mean because my boy has gone off to uni down in Bristol, I never know where he is or how he is.”The radio host went on to say he had popped back home yesterday and she asked him to contact her more often.Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen

UK stage and screen actor Paul Ritter, best known for long-running Channel4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour aged 54, his agent has announced.

In Norman Whiteside's first Manchester derby, the Northern Irishman tackled a City rival with such ferocity that the player ended up in Sir Matt Busby's lap.

Helena Christensen and Norman Reedus‘ son is looking so grown up!

Kaley Cuoco is looking back on her abbreviated first marriage to tennis player Ryan Sweeting.

Bolton community, found dead after going missing on a Christmas walk. An avid walker and former marathon runner, Norman Stewart left his home on The Strand in Horwich for a routine ramble on December 29 at around 4pm, say his family.

James Marsden is mourning the loss of his family pet. actor, 47, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share the news that his dog, Buddy, had died at the age of 12.Marsden shared some photos of Buddy over the years, enjoying time with his children, celebrating birthdays and going on car rides.The actor included a heartfelt tribute along with the photos as he said farewell to his family's «best friend.»«He was love. He was healing.

Fatboy Slim has said having a sex toy named after him is the “greatest triumph” of his career.The DJ (real name Norman Cook) was the inspiration for the Fatboy Thin toy.Speaking about the moments that made him realise he’d made it as a DJ and performer, Cook remembered hearing his music on Eastenders. “I think the first time I knew I had arrived was when we heard a tune of ours on the jukebox at the Queen Vic,” Cook told the Celebs & The Average Joe podcast.“That’s always a big moment in a musician’s life – it’s like: ‘Oh we’re part of the furniture now.'”He then added that his “greatest triumph and my greatest honour of doing this, is to have a dildo named after me.

And now Norman Cook has swapped DJ sets for shifts waiting tables at his eaterie.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United legend Paddy Crerand would tell the younger members of the squad that there's nothing quite like Old Trafford on a big European night. Norman Whiteside had heard all of those stories before.

Zoe Ball shared cute notes left by her children around the family home.

He was a thorn in the Labour Party's side for decades - then he joined them.Tributes were today paid to Norman Owen, the former leader of Salford's Liberal Democrats, who has died.Born and bred in the city, he once had a punch up in a town hall corridor and secretly helped out a Busby Babe who had fallen on hard times.Known as "Stormin Norman" for his brash, get things done attitude, he was behind an astonishing rise of the Lib Dems in a city which is a socialist stronghold.Always sharply dressed in a suit and tie he stuck to his roots - enjoying a pint in The Union pub on Liverpool Street and The Chandos Club, near his home in Weaste.At his peak in opposition he was in charge of ten Lib Dem councillors in 2008/09, the largest number the

Radio DJ Zoe Ball and ex-husband Fatboy Slim bid an emotional farewell to son Woody as he headed off to university.

Zoe Ball bid an emotional farewell to her son Woody as he began university in Bristol on Wednesday.The radio presenter, 49, was joined by her ex-husband Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, who she shares her son with, and she shared a slew of snaps from their trip after dropping him off.One snap saw Zoe put on an animated display as Woody smiled with glee and the DJ, 56, posed behind them, while another snap saw father and son pose together in what appeared to be his dorm in student halls.Zoe and Norman's daughter Nelly, ten, also posed for a photo with Woody, as she wrapped her arms around him.The teen put on a casual display for the big day as he paired a yellow football shirt with grey jeans, while he also wore a black face mask amid the

The Walking Dead is ending in 2022, but Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) will ride on. The best friends will be getting their own spin-off in 2023, AMC has announced.

Shocking video shows a blind man kicked by a dog-owner, after he accused him of leaving his pet in a hot car for "over two hours".