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Sam Heughan will be back starring as Jamie Fraser in the highly-anticipated return of Outlander later this week.The actor will be appearing in season six of the Starz hit show but has now opened up about his first interaction with the writer of the books.The series was written by American author Diana Gabaldon who wasn’t convinced by Sam at first.She reportedly first called him “grotesque” when she was shown a picture of him ahead of his audition.Sam opened up about this in a new interview, admitting he wasn’t what “she expected.”Asked about being called grotesque, he said: “She did say that.“She saw a photo of younger me when I was a juvenile lead in Second World War stuff and not a Highland warrior from the 1700s.“I wasn’t the Jamie she expected, but when she saw my audition, she thought I transformed into him.”He added to the Radio Times: “You rarely get a chance to play a character like Jamie.“Those kinds of roles don’t come along all the time.”Diana opened up about her first thoughts of Sam when she appeared on the podcast Outcasts.Speaking to actors David Berry and Tim Downie in June 2020, she opened up about this.She said: “Well, you know what he’s like, he’s a total chameleon. He changes with each show for each character.“I was thinking, ‘Well, he doesn’t look like Jamie Fraser except for a little bit around the edges.’“On the other hand, [I thought] he looks really different, so maybe he’ll be fine and of course, he was.“But that was my first reaction.

Killing Eve since the show began in 2018, carrying on the role to the last series airing now.The actress made a revelation in a new interview about an injury she suffered near the end of filming the new series.Fiona has been lauded for her extraordinary performance in the show, even winning an BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2019.She also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the second series.Following on, in the third series she was again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series.However, while filming the latest series, Fiona fell into a predicament when she broke her leg.Speaking to Radio Times, she said: "If only I could say I was in the air doing a double switchback!"But, no, I was carrying logs down to the kitchen, slipped and landed five stairs down and crushed the top of my knee."She said the whole crew were very helpful at her time in need, even changing scene titles.First of all the scene was titled "Carolyn walks along the road", and was changed to "Carolyn sits on a bench".While she was recovering she stayed at her flat in Manhattan.Fiona originally studied philosophy at university, later attending RADA drama school.She made the leap into Hollywood when she was 28 years old, but was very surprised by the response to her first audition.Speaking to The Guardian in 2021 she said: "I got to Hollywood and they said: 'You’re very old'."I remember thinking, 'S**t, that’s bad'."I think maybe I also thought film was something to do with being pretty."I mightn’t have been wrong, either.

Cosmopolitan UK: “I’m so disconnected from it.“When I get tagged in Cassie’s or Pippa from The Voyeurs’s nudes, it feels like me looking at their nudes, not Sydney’s nudes.“When you film one of these scenes, it is so technical and so not romantic…“When I saw The Voyeurs for the first time, I wondered if I’d done too much.”She continued: “I researched celebrities who have done nude scenes, trying to make myself feel better.“There are hour-long compilations of world-famous male actors with nude scenes who win Oscars and get praised for that work.“But the moment a woman does it, it degrades them…“There’s such a double standard and I really hope I can have a little part in changing that.”Sydney had previously spoken about getting naked and how it affected her reputation as an actress.Speaking to The Independent, she admitted she was “very proud” of her performance in Euphoria, but critics did not talk about it because she had stripped down.Comparing her character in Euphoria to the one she played in comedy-drama show The White Lotus, Sydney said she believed critics were “paying more attention” to the latter despite her “great performance” in the HBO series.She explained: “With The White Lotus, I felt like people were finally recognising the hard work I’ve been doing.“This is something that has bothered me for a while.“I’m very proud of my work in Euphoria.

Benedict Cumberbatch steps on his official star during his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony in Hollywood on Monday afternoon (February 28).

Lady Gaga is kicking off her morning with a coffee run!

Hailey Bieber keeps warm on a chilly day in New York City on Sunday (February 27).

After almost a month of new episodes, NCIS is finally returning tonight on CBS.

Jennifer Coolidge is coming back for The White Lotus season 2!

The fourth season of Yellowstone already aired on Paramount Network, but it’s still not available on the show’s streaming home of Peacock.

Zoe Kravitz plays Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, in the new movie The Batman and she’s opening up about the sexuality of her character.

We’re getting down to the home stretch on Clayton Echard‘s season of The Bachelor and there are just four women remaining after last week’s explosive episode.

Hulk Hogan is officially divorced from Jennifer McDaniel.

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Brian Dietzen is opening up about a handful of health conditions that happened all in a row, just before the pandemic set in.

Savannah Smith and Jordan Alexander kick off their week filming scenes for Gossip Girl on Monday (February 28) in New York City.

fend off Russian forces, Ukrainian's are finding determination and resolve with the help of a 1984 song by an American rock band.With lyrics such, "You don't know us, you don't belong," Twister Sister's classic "We're Not Gonna Take It" is being used as an unofficial battle cry in the under-attack European country. And, Twister Sister frontman Dee Snider loves every bit of it. "I absolutely approve of Ukrainians using 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as their battlecry.

Yungblud has cancelled his upcoming shows in Russia over the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine.Posting on Twitter, Yungblud reiterated his support for the people of Ukraine after he shared a video last week saying he was “absolutely devastated” for the “beautiful people of Ukraine”.Ukraine officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation last week (February 24).Yungblud has now followed artists like Green Day and Russian rapper Oxxxymiron in cancelling his planned shows in Russia in view of the ongoing situation. He was due to perform in the country on May 24-25.pic.twitter.com/ADdUAck13C— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) February 28, 2022In a statement Yungblud wrote: “I’m heartbroken to announce I will be cancelling my Russian shows scheduled for this summer.“Heartbroken because I know the vicious and brutal acts of the Russian regime in Ukraine over the past week do not reflect the attitudes and ideals of the beautiful people who I have met in Russia in the past.”He continued to address the people of Ukraine directly, writing: “A country I’ve spent time in and have dear friends in.

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out Lydia Chambers' downfall after she destroyed Adam and Sarah Barlow as part of her sinister revenge plan. On Friday's episode, Lydia, who has been making Adam's life hell and scheming for weeks to get revenge, was confronted by his wife Sarah as she asked whether they were having an affair.To which Lydia, who has been creating fake evidence and clues to support her lie, pretended that she was in a relationship with Adam, leaving Sarah heartbroken.The duo were soon interrupted by the arrival of Adam to which he quickly insisted that Lydia was lying through her teeth as he chased the sinister newcomer onto the cobbles.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has put a spotlight on the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy has been on the ground in Ukraine, as he helps his countrymen and women fight for their survival against the Russian invasion.

Selome Hailu Matt Barr, who stars in the CW’s “Walker” as Hoyt Rawlins, is set to reprise the role in the upcoming pilot “Walker: Independence.”Described as a “good looking, slippery rogue,” Hoyt is a gambler and an outlaw who lays low in the town of Independence. Cocky, confident, brash and a bit foolhardy, he’s been having an on-again, off-again affair with rancher’s daughter Lucia Montero — but after meeting Abby, Hoyt’s wandering eye appears to have frozen in place.

Glasgow Film Festival has revealed that it has pulled two Russian titles from its line up due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.