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Helen Skelton says she signed for Strictly to cheer herself up and "smile" again.In April, the former Blue Peter host and her rugby player husband Richie Myler – who have three children – broke up after nine years together.And when asked why she agreed to do Strictly, Helen said: "I just wanted to do something fun. It was a good chance for my family to see me smiling and it’s a fun adventure."READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing has Geordie Shore star blanket ban on show despite huge successBut she admits it may be a struggle to get close to her hunky male dancer on the BBC show.Helen, 39, added: "I’m not that touchy-feely, so I think the physical closeness I’ll need to have with my partner will take a bit of getting used to!"It comes after the Countryfile star admitted that she would like to do Dancing on Ice.Speaking before her participation on Strictly was revealed, Helen said: “I like to do anything that challenges me."I’d love Dancing On Ice.

Coronation Street tonight (September 23) after her life is left hanging in the balance.Viewers of the ITV soap saw Kelly pay gangster Kieron to kill Gary Windass, after she discovered that he murdered her father Rick Neelan.Rick was a villainous loan shark who terrorised residents in Weatherfield, before Gary murdered him.READ NEXT: ITV Corrie fans fume as intense scenes between Kelly and Gary 'too dark' to seeIn a nail-biting episode earlier this week, viewers saw Kelly's hitman take Gary to the woods to murder him in cold blood.

Helen Skelton has spoken out on her upcoming time on the hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, explaining how it'll be a "good chance" for her family to see her smiling.Th 39 year old TV presenter and actress was the final contestant to be announced to have joined the 2022 line-up of the programme, which kicks off on Friday 23 September after a year-long wait. Speaking out about what made her decide to take part in the show, Helen explained: "I just wanted to do something fun! It was a good chance for my family to see me smiling and it's a fun adventure." She went on to share her excitement as she added: "Anybody who's had anything to do with Strictly will say, the make-up people are the best, the costume people are the best, the set designers are the best, the dancers are the best.

Rob Schneider surprised his fans by working the drive through window at a Raising Cane’s in Arizona in an effort to promote his new movie "Daddy Daughter Trip." In addition to handing out chicken to costumers, Schneider also passed out free tickets to the world premiere of his movie, which is set to premiere in Arizona on September 27. One of those lucky fans who go see the movie on opening day will win free Raising Cane’s chicken for an entire year.

Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry says his door’s always open for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The "Jazzman Blues" director revealed that he offered his Los Angeles home to the couple during their fallout with the royal family.

Charlize Theron is getting candid about her personal life. The actress, 47, spoke with Harper’s Bazaar for their October cover issue all about parenting, navigating the dating world and her experience after 25 years in Hollywood. "I feel like I’m at a place where it is what it is," Theron said of her career.

A woman who has accused celebrity chef Mario Batali of sexual misconduct anonymously has now gone on the record in a newly released Discovery+ documentary. "Batali: The Fall of a Superstar Chef" premiered on the streaming service on Thursday. In the documentary, a former hostess at one of Batali’s restaurants, Eva DeVirgilis, accuses the chef of sexually assaulting her in 2005.

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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lukas Gage has joined the cast of the “Dead Boy Detectives” series at HBO Max, Variety has learned. The eight-episode series was ordered at HBO Max back in April. It is based on the DC comics of the same name as well as “The Sandman,” from characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The official series description states, “It’s a fresh take on a ghost story that explores loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), two dead British teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson). So, it’s a lot like a vintage detective series — only darker and on acid.”

Thania Garcia Shawn Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and more are on the soundtrack to the upcoming animated movie “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile!” Mendes, as the voice of the titular character, also revealed that he will be sharing one of the original tracks he wrote for the set titled “Heartbeat,” next Friday (Sept. 30). He is credited on eight tracks on the list and is also joined by co-stars Constance Wu and Javier Bardem, as well as Anthony Ramos. The full soundtrack will be available for streaming on Oct. 7, the same day as the film’s official premiere. A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) Based on Bernard Waber’s 1965 children’s book, the Will Speck and Josh Gordon film follows Lyle the crocodile as he navigates New York. After the Primm family moves into their house on 88th Street, Mrs. Primm, played by Wu, is shocked to find the singing crocodile in her bathtub. Eventually, the croc makes friends with her son Josh (Winslow Fegley) and his owner Héctor P. Valenti, played by Bardem.

Norman Lear celebrated his 100th birthday over the summer and ABC is continuing the celebration with the special, Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter.

Shakira has explained that the "private details" of her break-up are too "raw" to share at the moment.However, she has been more open about the therapy she has been administering to herself ever since."I think [music is] the best medicine, and along with the love of my family and my kids that sustains me, music and writing music is definitely one of those tools."It's one of the few tools I have for survival in extreme conditions," she added to Elle magazine.Shakira revealed that she'd sacrificed time that could have been spent on her career to devote herself to the relationship with Gerard.She told of how she'd given up her "nomadic" lifestyle, which had included constant touring and charity trips helping to build schools in impoverished parts of her native Colombia.When she fell for him back in 2010, she opted to take a step back from her career and move to Barcelona to support his sporting career.She describes this choice as a "sacrifice of love", telling of how she vowed to be present in the lives of the couple's two children.She and Gerard had first hit it off after he appeared in her music video, 'Waka Waka', which was released for the football World Cup in 2010.During their relationship, Shakira gave birth to two boys - nine-year-old Milan and seven-year-old Sasha.She has been vocal about her adoration of them, saying that they too, like music, have been her "medicine".However, Gerard is now in a new relationship with a PR girl he met when they worked together on events for his sports investment company Kosmos.The pair were recently seen attending his best friend's wedding together on the Costa Brava.Shakira feels she has been left bereft after their split in June, which took place after 12 years together.However,

Ellen DeGeneres is «manipulative,» «blatantly opportunistic» and «way too controlling» hours after a report surfaced detailing his once close relationship with DeGeneres and their fallout.The 25-year-old singer posted a video on TikTok Thursday and said he stands behind all of what he said in an explosive profile in which the singer also referred to DeGeneres as «domineering» in the months and years that followed after his 2010 appearance on as a 12-year-old who went viral when he performed Lady Gaga's «Paparazzi» at his Oklahoma middle school. «And I stand behind all of it,» Greyson said. «You know, I've been wanting to tell this story now for multiple years and was repeatedly told not to but the truth is, what you saw on TV and what was pitched out to the mainstream just wasn't what was happening behind the scenes.»Chance also said that getting older has helped him find perspective after all of these years.«Now that I'm 25 and I'm older, I can recognize that what happened to me as a kid was not cool,» he added.

Coronation Street villain has also confessed he hadn't always wanted to appear on the show at all."I’ve been asked to do things over the years and I've never wanted to do them," the straight-talking TV star explained.He shared that he had previously been "wary" and fearful, in case shows like Strictly could affect his career "in a negative way".However, the trauma of losing his father two years earlier helped him to see things from a different perspective - and he began to embrace living for the moment."I just realised you have to grab life and start saying ‘yes’ to things," the Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps alumnus continued."When I got the phone call about Strictly something inside me said ‘Just say yes, do it’, because I'd rather look back and say ‘I did that’ rather than ‘why didn't I do that?’" he explained.However, there's one show requirement that he's still not keen on - and that's the prospect of a spray tan.As a "working class kid", the idea of dressing up to the nines for a dance show and having a full glam transformation isn't something that comes naturally to him, although he has vowed to try to have fun with the concept as much as possible."I’m a bit worried about being Strictly-fied, I must admit!" he joked in an interview prior to his dance debut."I'm worried about spray tans because everyone keeps telling me I've got to have spray tan and I've never had one and I really don’t want one!" he explained.The star had previously shared his fears that his bed would become stained with the tanning lotion.But he's willing to get involved with everything the show entails for the sake of his recently bereaved mum, who is a huge fan of the show.Will shared that she'd had a "really tough" couple of years

are go!Disney and Marvel officially confirmed the cast of the new MCU team-up film at the D23 Expo in September, and fans are already eagerly speculating about the upcoming anti-hero squad — despite the fact that it'll be nearly two more years before we get to see them onscreen together.Returning to the MCU in the upcoming film are Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost and Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster.The film, directed by Jake Schreier, will also see Sebastian Stan reprising his longtime role as the Winter Soldier after he and Anthony Mackie most recently starred in their own Disney+ spinoff,.Marvel president Kevin Feige confirmed the team-up at San Diego Comic-Con in July, as he introduced Marvel's Phase 5 slate of film and streaming projects.

Helen Skelton, 39, recently announced she had split from her husband of eight years, Richie Myler.The Countryfile star surprised many when she announced that she would be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing and admitted the real reason why she decided now was the right time to take part in the show.Helen was asked in an interview prior to her debut this weekend why now was the best time for her to take part in the show.She replied: "I just wanted to do something fun!"It was a good chance for my family to see me smiling and it's a fun adventure."This comes after Helen announced back in April that she had split from her husband of eight years.This came months after Helen had given birth to the former couple's third child and daughter, Elsie Kate.Helen married Richie in December 2013 and the pair have three children together.Until the announcement of the break-up, they appeared to the outside world to have the perfect marriage, with many expressions of their devotion on social media in recent weeks.Helen will battle it out for the Glitterball Trophy on Strictly this year alongside the likes of Kym Marsh, Will Mellor, Richie Anderson and Kaye Adams.As she began training Helen proved all was well behind the scenes as she told fans she understood why people raved about taking part.Helen wrote on Instagram: "Totally understand why people rave about being part of this show in the way they do…"Smiles and laughter are infectious. Very grateful to be part of the class of '22' still in awe this is technically work."For however long it lasts I have already made memories to last a lifetime.

Arsenal fans would have snapped off your hand had they known they'd top the Premier League table after five games. And the Gunners can extend their margin at the top should they beat Manchester United on Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford.

Arsenal legend Cesc Fabregas to get his U18 squad fired up ahead of the North London Derby on Saturday.The young Gunners thrashed Tottenham 4-1, with 16-year-old striker Omari Benjamin netting a hattrick to help Wilshere seal his first victory as U18s manager, having been handed the reins four days after calling time on his injury-ravaged playing career back in July.In the dressing room before the game, Wilshere showed his players a clip of Fabregas scoring his iconic kick off goal against Tottenham in 2009 (check it out below) before playing a motivational video message the Spaniard had sent over - which clearly worked gangbusters.READ MORE: Arsenal fans love what Zinchenko did despite not being in squad for win over Fulham"I think it’s important that the boys know what [the North London Derby] means for the club," Wilshere said."Cesc was someone who taught me a lot about this game. I knew about it growing up, coming to Highbury and watching it, but I used to watch Cesc and there was one game, I showed [my players] the goal, when we scored and he scored just after kick off, and you see it in his eyes - the passion."He taught me that, Cesc.

Arsenal target Pedro Neto has already lit-up the Emirates - with a player-of-the-match performance in a 2-1 win for Wolves.The winger, 22, ran the Gunners ragged back in November 2020 in a display which shows exactly why they are now reportedly after him before the transfer window closes next week. He gave his side the lead on their travels, turning home after Leander Dendocker's headed had bounced back off the bar.Arsenal drew level through Gabriel soon after, but Neto played a significant role in getting Wolves back in front before half-time.