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Jason Donovan looked unrecognisable as he underwent a dramatic transformation to become Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. The actor and singer, 55, who shot to fame back in the eighties as Neighbours hearthrob Scott Robinson, has now shown that he can still do it all. Jason ditched his short blonde locks for a longer, darker ‘do to portray the character in the well-loved musical.

Emma Harrison, a former star of Aussie soap Neighbours, has revealed she now lives in a shipping container. The 49 year old actress first appeared in Erinsborough as Annalise Hartman's long lost sister Joanna, back in 1995.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag "Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours – just a friendly wave each morning, helps to make a better day," – so say the sugar-sweet lyrics to the theme song of the iconic Australian soap, Neighbours. If only life was really that easy, thinks Paul Keane, who played loveable Des Clarke on the show back in the 1980s. For Paul, now 65, hit rock bottom when he should have been enjoying the height of his fame, and even his co-stars Guy Pearce (who played Mike) and Craig McLachlan (Henry) couldn't help make it a better day.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Departing Neighbours actors have gone on to all kinds of incredible futures over the years, following their exits from Ramsay Street. Margot Robbie, who played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, and Guy Pearce – Mike Young from 1986 to 1989 – became major Hollywood actors, with Margot currently setting cinema screens alight with her starring role in Barbie, while Guy is known for films including LA Confidential and Memento. Kylie Minogue – who played tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell from 1986 to 1988 – of course became a huge chart success, most recently scoring a top 10 hit with Padam Padam.Then there's Craig McLachlan, who played Henry Ramsay in the late 1980s before going on to have a short-lived pop career.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Henry Ramsay was the loveable, blond curly-haired joker in popular Aussie soap Neighbours – son of Madge (Anne Charleston) and brother of mechanic Charlene, famously played by Kylie Minogue. Played by actor Craig McLachlan, he was brought in by show execs in 1987 as a new hunk to replace the recently-departed Shane Ramsay (Peter O'Brien). And he got viewers' pulses racing over the course of more than 800 episodes, with his hapless plots and schemes and his flirty ways – not to mention his dungarees.

A NEIGHBOURS star has lashed out at show bosses after being 'snubbed' from the finale. The last ever episode of the Aussie soap aired Down Under on Thursday and airs tonight on Channel 5 in the UK.

Relatives of McLachlan’s character will be returning. Henry’s sister Charlene, played by Kylie Minogue and his stepfather Harold Bishop, played by Ian Smith, are confirmed to be in the final episode.

Neighbours legend Craig McLachlan once got humped by a dog on set while he was dressed as the Easter Bunny. It happened after the hunk collapsed in the heat while dishing out eggs to co-stars on the soap’s set in the late 1980s.READ MORE: When is Neighbours final episode and what is the plot as famous faces reuniteHe said: “I hopped around the cul de sac going to all the cast members, but what we didn’t think about is that it was unusually hot.“After I’ve jumped and hopped to the fifth or sixth cast member, I was starting to hallucinate in that darn rabbit suit.“When I was about 15ft away from the wardrobe bus, I just collapsed to my knees.

Neighbours actor Craig McLachlan has claimed that his former Rocky Horror Show co-star used to "goose" him by poking him between the buttocks. The actor is suing Christie Whelan Browne – who he worked with on the production in 2014 – as well as the ABC and Fairfax Media over claims made in reports in 2018.He says they defamed him by publishing stories that portrayed him as having harassed and bullied female performers in the musical's 2014 run, allegations that he denies.The case is being heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court in Australia and Craig, 56, has taken to the witness stand.The actor said that he and musical theatre star Christie worked together in 2005 on a production of Grease.Craig, who shot to fame as Henry Ramsay in the hit Aussie soap, said that the pair got on "fabulously" and that they had plenty of laughs while they were working together.He told the court that after a performance the actress asked him to take "quasi porno shots".Craig said the positions were Christie's choice.He also said that she asked him to pull her hair but that he said no.Craig – who has been with his partner Vanessa Scammell since 2009 - claimed that Christie was the "goosing queen of the cast" when they worked together on The Rocky Horror Show in 2014.He said that it was something that she did to him and other members of the cast.Explaining goosing, he said it was a finger or "couple of fingers poked between the buttocks".The star said Christie would also try to "dacks" cast members which means pulling their paints down as a prank.The actor is suing for defamation over claims made in 2018 that he allegedly indecently assault, harassed, bullied and exposed himself to female cast members during the 2014 production.

Neighbours and Home and Away, has told the court that his co-star Christie Whelan Browne was inappropriate whilst on set.Craig is suing Christie for defamation, along with ABC and Fairfax Media.The 56-year-old says that the media companies defamed him back in January 2018 by publishing stories which portrayed him as having harassed female performers during The Rocky Horror Show in 2014.Craig also claimed that Christie Whelan Browne had asked him to take “quasi porno shots” of her during a production of Grease in 2005.The actor alleged that Christie asked him backstage after the show and asked to take photographs with him in “porno-style positions”.He added that he had refused to pull her hair when asked and put it down to her “sense of humour”.The pair worked together once again in 2014, for The Rocky Horror Show, and said that they were “excited” to be working together again and that the atmosphere between the cast on set was “affectionate”.Craig claimed that the actors all “clowned around” and “smack each other’s bottoms,” while one male co-star gave him a “tweak on the nipple”.McLachlan branded Christie as the “goosing queen of the cast” and recalled that she would “goose” him, meaning putting her fingers up his buttocks and pulling down his trousers and pants.He called it her “regular gag” and that it was done “throughout the entire tour,” both to him and “to other cast members”.Craig continued to tell the court that Christie gave the cast “wedgies” and would “flick the elastic” of their pants.Craig also said that she would attempt to “dacks” her colleagues, which means pulling down someone's trousers and pants.The actor went on to recall that his co-star once asked him an inappropriate question regarding her

Home and Away star Dieter Brummer after his death aged 45.As Summer Bay’s Shane Parrish between 1992 and 1996, the TV actor graced many a teenage bedroom. In later years, he turned his back on showbiz and took up a career as a window cleaner after departing Home and Away to experience life out of the limelight.But what happened to the other soap heartthrobs of the 1990s? Daily Star has taken a walk down memory lane, looking at the biggest soap hunks from Hollyoaks' Adam Rickitt to Neighbours' Craig MacLachlan and where they are now.

The 55-year-old's first significant love was his high-school sweetheart, Karen Williams, secretly marrying when they were just 21 and 22, respectively.

Neighbours star Craig McLachlan has broken down in tears as he opened up about being acquitted of sexual assault charges which "ruined" his life.

Neighbours star Craig McLachlan has been cleared of all allegations that he assaulted four women during a stage show in his native Australia.

Craig McLachlan, the Australian actor known for his long-running stint in soap Neighbours, has been found not guilty of multiple assault allegations.

Neighbours star Craig McLachlan said he sent a video of himself simulating a sex act as part of a "lewd joke", a court heard.

Neighbours star Craig McLachlan admitted sending a video of himself simulating a sex act to one of the women accusing him of indecent assault.But the actor, 55, insisted today (Thursday) it was part of “lewd jokes” that the pair shared.Three videos of the Australian entertainer were played in court where Mr McLachlan is fighting charges against him by four women accusing him of serious misconduct.Footage showed the actor, who played Henry Ramsay in the hit soap, touching his groin area over his shorts.He reportedly told prosecutor Matt Fisher: "I’m simulating touching myself outside of my shorts.“[The woman] and I used to engage in lewd jokes.”Two other videos were also played of Mr McLachlan on or near a toilet with his pants down, making