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With Christmas just a few weeks away, it's time to indulge in some festive film favourites.

Ruby Wax has never been anything but brutally honest – and her mental health journey has been as unfiltered as her humour. Now, the comedy icon and mental health advocate is opening up like never before – her critically acclaimed book and live tour, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, reflects on her deeply personal journey both physically, around the world, and mentally, in treating her own mental illness. It has taken her to silent retreats, swimming with whales and to psychiatric hospitals.

Comedian Jo Brand has previously opened up about being “treated differently” after she lost three stone. During an appearance on Lorraine Kelly and her daughter Rosie’s podcast What If? back in 2022, the Have I Got News For You host opened up about an unusual effect of her weight loss after she lost three and a half stone “really quickly” when she was in her teens.

Mischievous Tom Allen went down a treat when he appeared with Jo Brand on Bake Off’s Extra Slice until 2022. Now he’s entertaining viewers with his hilarious quips on The Apprentice’s comedy companion show, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, in which he interviews fired candidates after they make their boardroom exit.Tom, 40, who lives with his partner, actor Alfie Garston, tells new about his memorable encounter with the Prince and Princess of Wales at December’s Royal Variety Performance and proudly says that Prince William “wiped away a tear” at his joke.The well-spoken comic, who is from Bromley, also reveals that his posh accent is not the result of his down-to-earth upbringing, and that taking part in The Apprentice is harder than it looks on the small screen. Tom, we’re loving you on The Apprentice: You’re Fired.

Latitude Festival has announced a swathe of new names for its 2024 line-up, including The Darkness, Future Islands, Lankum and The Vaccines.The festival will return on the weekend of July 25-28 in Henham Park, Suffolk, and last month revealed its 2024 headliners as Duran Duran, Kasabian, Keane and London Grammar.Also on today’s line-up announcement are Jockstrap, CMAT, Waxahatchee, Baby Queen and Marika Hackman.The festival’s comedy line-up for 2024 has also been revealed, with headliners Jo Brand, Judi Love and Joanne McNally joining the previously announced Sara Pascoe.See the full Latitude 2024 line-up so far.

Our readers want to invite singers, chefs, comedians and actors to their ideal dinner parties. We asked our readers who they would invite to a dinner party at their house if they had the option of any celebrity alive or dead.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming is underway in the UK on Euros Lyn’s (Heartstopper) black comedy The Radleys, starring Damian Lewis (Homeland).

Alan Carr has remembered how a gaffe at Paul O’Grady’s funeral in Kent left mourners erupting into laughter. The comedian, 46, was among the celebrity guests, alongside the likes of Ronnie Wood and Jo Brand, at the ceremony in April, following the Lily Savage star’s death at the age of 67. The Interior Design Masters presenter, who previously paid a touching tribute to For The Love of Dogs star after he died from a cardiac arrhythmia, reflected on the emotional day on Kathy Burke’s Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake podcast.

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has revealed a new slate of UK comedy podcasts, including new series from comedians Daisy May Cooper, Lolly Adefope, Mo Gilligan and Dara Ó Briain.

Paul O’Grady’s former wife Teresa Fernandes has spoken for the first time since the Lily Savage star’s death aged 67. The Blankety Blank host died ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ on March 28 in his ‘own bed’ with his husband Andre Portasio beside him. The For the Love of Dogs star’s funeral was held in Kent this week and was attended by his friends, family and fans, including his daughter Sharon Mousley, Alan Carr and Jo Brand.

ITV star was laid to rest in Kent on Thursday April 20, following his death aged 67 last month. Ronnie Wood, Jo Brand, Gaby Roslin and BBC EastEnders star Linda Henry were all in attendance. Peter Tatchell also appeared, alongside Jo Brand.

A host of famous faces have arrived at Paul O’Grady’s funeral to mourn their late friend.The TV favourite passed away “unexpectedly” aged 67 on 28 March, leaving his friends, family and fans heartbroken. Paul is being laid to rest in a private ceremony in Kent, where the star had lived for 20 years years. Ahead of the service, fans of the late comic and presenter lined the streets to pay their respects – dogs and all.

With the sun making a few more appearances over the past couple of weeks as spring starts to kick into gear, the desire for a nice pint after work or at the weekend increases ever so slightly.

A warren of characterful Victorian streets and alleyways was sacrificed for the building of Manchester's Arndale Centre.

Eamonn Holmes says 'life just got lonelier' over heartbreaking lossLottie went on to gush about how grateful she was to have a close family particularly when it came to dealing with grief.On whether she'd like more children, she said: "Yes definitely."I think that's always something that I've wanted because I know how amazing that's been for me, especially with the situations we've been through."Knowing that we had that support system, it definitely makes me want to create that with my family."Having a big family, Lottie added, "makes a difference" through hard times."There's always someone around to lean on if you need them," she gushed."I thank my mum for that, she gave us a big family and also taught us to be strong and be there for each other."Lottie said she was also "lucky" to have a supportive partner like Lewis. Tamzin Outhwaite 'in tears' over Harry and Meghan's Netflix doc [REACTION]'Not what men go for' Jo Brand opens up about 'horrible' setbacks [INTERVIEW]Tom Cruise told teary Emily Blunt to 'stop being such a p**y' on set [REVEALED]The 30-year-old dealt with his own grief in 2020 following the loss of his then girlfriend Caroline Flack aged 39.Lottie opened up about her experience with losing loved ones as part of Sue Ryder's Empty Chair campaign.Research found that three quarters of people who have experienced a bereavement skip meals because they don’t like eating alone.Three-fifths of grieving people also said that being invited over for dinner helped with their grief.Lottie said of her involvement: “My beautiful mum was a proud mother to her seven children and worked as a midwife for 14 years.She was passionate about helping and caring for people.She loved life and raising her children and helping

Matt Hancock as he questioned the MP's reasoning for signing up to I'm A Celebrity...

"I think one day I will just have to put a photo of me on Instagram, actually trying to kill him."So, yeah.To satisfy all those people that want me to do it."Jo also previously admitted that she and Bernie had never planned to have their children later in life, it just happened.Talking to the Daily Record in 2011, Jo said: "Having children is fab."They keep me young and make me get up in the morning."She added: "It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.""I hoped I'd become a mum but I didn't expect to.

Damian Lewis has been tapped to star in supernatural black comedy The Radleys, based on Matt Haig’s popular novel of the same name. The film has Heartstopper director Euros Lyn at the helm and is produced by Debbie Gray (Good Luck To You Leo Grande) through Genesius Pictures with Cornerstone Films handling worldwide sales.

Gogglebox fans have been left furious after Channel 4 announced that it’s cancelling the show this Friday.The hit programme usually airs on a Friday at 9pm, but this week it’s being replaced with a one-off revival of the stand-up and entertainment show Friday Night Live. Channel 4 will instead air the brand new Gogglebox episode on Saturday night at the same time. An announcer explained shortly before airing Send Nudes: Body SOS on Wednesday night.They said: "It's one for your diary.

The TV Choice Awards 2022 shortlist has been announced and Bridgerton is in the lead, with the Netflix drama in the running for three accolades after its well-received second season came out earlier in the year. The drama is nominated alongside Outlander and Death In Paradise for Best Drama Series. Jodie Comer is up for Best Actress in Killing Eve and This Is Going To Hurt's Ben Whishaw is hoping for the Best Actor prize.

Read more: DWP £326 payment being made into thousands of bank accounts direct today Back in 2014, the MP for Portsmouth North was one of the celebrity contestants in the show Splash! which saw well-know faces try to perform high-skilled dives in front of a panel of judges featuring 2004 Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor, coach Tony Banks and stand-up comic Jo Brand. Mentoring the celebs was none other than Team GB hero Tom Daley. Penny, who in 2011 was voted as Westminster's "sexiest MP", featured in heat three of the show's second series alongside comedian Patrick Monahan, singer Paul Young, model Danielle Lloyd and The Only Way Is Essex star Dan Osborne.