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Whoopi Goldberg is taking a hiatus from The View as she works on a new show called Anansi Boys, her co-host Joy Behar announced on Monday.Behar, 79, said, 'If you're wondering where Whoopi is, the girl's got a movie she's making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she's doing - so she's gone for a while.'Goldberg, 66, will be filming the series - an adaptation of the 2005 novel by author Neil Gaiman - in Scotland, Variety reported Monday. The latest:Whoopi Goldberg, 66, is taking a hiatus from The View as she works on a new show called Anansi Boys, her co-host Joy Behar, 79, announced on Monday'I have been a fan of this book for a very long time and when Neil Gaiman told me it was being brought to the screen, I did everything I could to be part of it to help make people aware of Anansi and all his magic,' Goldberg, who is set to play the role of Bird Woman, told the publication.Gaiman, 61, told Variety that he had initially had Goldberg in mind when he wrote the novel: 'When I first conceived Anansi Boys, decades ago, I imagined Whoopi Goldberg as Bird Woman.' He continued: 'I wasn’t able to meet her until 2018, when she interviewed me with some of the Good Omens team at New York Comic Con.

Whoopi Goldberg has arrived in Edinburgh ahead of filming for new Amazon Prime show.

She also received a deluge of supportive comments from fans who reassured her about the procedure by pointing out that her dental surgeon was attractive.@pawmorewine joked: "I would be much happier going to the dentist if mine looked like him!""The dentist looks like a bit of a dish," @shrewsnp chimed in.An enthused @cathprior15 exclaimed: "I thought that was Pierce Brosnan for a second!"Meanwhile some of the almost 20,000 followers who had liked the post joined each other in cries of "CHEESE!" as they compared her stretched mouth to the scenes in popular cartoon Wallace and Gromit.@john_moloney_artworks wrote: "What big teeth you have and the lips, a real Wallace and gromit moment!"Then @shirlston joked that she'd thought Dawn's image was a promo for the latest episode of the show.However, many fans shared her shudders as they agreed with her comment that dental work could be hell.Referencing the star's ex-husband, @garybartoszewski joked: "I'd rather listen to an hour of Lenny Henry jokes than visit a Dentist!"@houseonthe154th added: "Blink 2 times, if you need help!"However, Dawn has battled with worse than dental pain in recent years.She had a nasty health scare several years ago when doctors feared she might have a brain tumour.During her 30 Million Minutes tour back in 2014, she was forced to take to the stage with the help of a walking stick after feeling convinced she would tumble over.The terrified star told Michelle Visage on her podcast Rule Breakers that it felt as if her skull was "collapsing inwards"."Everything [started] spinning - it’s like being very drunk and not understanding what is up and what is down," she recalled.However, it turned out that the star was suffering bouts of vertigo.

Dawn French has made a whopping £4.3million after selling her Cornwall mansion to entrepreneur Sir Christopher Evans. The Vicar of Dibley star bought the stunning mansion in 2006 for £2.3million with then-husband and fellow actor Lenny Henry.After their divorce in 2010, the comedian remained in the house with their daughter Billie, and current husband Mark Bignell later joined them.Last year, the 64-year-old sold it for £6.6million, nearly triple the amount she bought it for 16 years ago.The historic three-storey Point Neptune House overlooks the harbour in Fowey which biotech businessman Sir Christopher Evans, who is worth an estimated £208million, can now enjoy.After reports emerged that she was selling the Grade-II listed building, a source said: "Yes, Dawn is selling up, but she’s very much staying in Cornwall.

Strictly’s AJ Odudu took to Instagram to share a few bikini snaps and give an update on her holiday to her envious 228,000 followers.In the first picture, AJ strutted towards the camera with her arm behind her head as she showed off her supermodel-like legs. She smiled at the ground as she walked, her black bob framing her face as she soaked up the sun.

Lenny Henry fans claimed he looked very different while presenting Comic Relief on Friday evening, as he appeared on the BBC show following his three stone weight loss.The 63 year old hosted the BBC charity show when viewers on social media commented on the star’s health transformation. Lenny previously revealed that he had lost "between two and a half and three stone" thanks to eating a healthier diet and adding in more exercise to his routine.The change was noticeable to many viewers, with one writing on Twitter: “Blimey.

Comic Relief viewers were wowed by Sir Lenny Henry tonight, with some unable to get their heads around how youthful the comedian looked.Sir Lenny, 63, who co-founded Comic Relief back in 1985, kicked off this year’s Red Nose Day telethon.Tonight, Comic Relief was filmed in Salford and presented by Doctor Who actor David Tennant, Top Gear’s Paddy McGuinness and pop star Alesha Dixon.Sir Lenny’s presence on stage proved to be a distraction, however, as people just couldn’t get over his age-defying looks. The comedian looked trim in a navy suit, which he paired with a bright blue shirt.BBC viewers took to Twitter to share their amazement at the comedian’s appearance on the show. Twitter user PottyDotty wrote: “Lenny Henry you get better with age #likeafinewine”.While Lexi commented: “Wait what 63??? You look fantastic”.Prime Time Gav asked: “How does Lenny Henry look younger now than he did 30 years ago?!”KatieBenz53 exclaimed: “Flippin heck! Lenny Henry doesn’t age!” Jen Jen added: “Lenny Henry wow, defo better and better with age”.In 2018, the comedian first surprised fans with his newly-slim frame in 2018, when he appeared at the Unsung Heroines: The Lost World of Female Composers premiere, held at Soho House.Lenny has put his impressive three stone weight loss down to a strict vegetable-based diet and rigorous fitness regime.  He told The Mail On Sunday: “What's my secret? Well, it's eating broccoli and not much else. “I've also been running a lot.

Strictly Come Dancing winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice reunite for an emotional dance.The fan-favourite pair took to the dancefloor for the first time since being crowned the victors on the beloved BBC dancing show in December.Rose and Giovanni wowed the nation with an emotional waltz to Ellie Goulding's How Long Will I Love You during Friday night's Comic Relief on BBC One (March 18).The duo were all smiles as they dazzled the BBC's Salford studio - which is hosting the annual fundraising event for the first time.It's fair to say the fans at home loved seeing the duo reunite on the dancefloor, and many flocked to Twitter to talk about the moment.One wrote: "It’s so good to see Rose and Giovanni dance again. The best couple Strictly have ever had! #ComicRelief2022 #comicrelief.A second said: "Such elegant dancers and beautiful song #RedNoseDay #comicrelief #ComicRelief2022." ShakyWoon added: "Rose and Giovanni beautiful and graceful dancing! #RedNoseDay #ComicRelief #RedNoseDay2022."A third gushed: "It’s so good to see Rose and Giovanni dance again.

David Tennant opened the 2022 Red Nose Day fundraiser by giving a special tribute to Zoe Ball who is missing the show due to getting Covid.

BBC viewers were confused when Comic Relief appeared to suffer a technical blunder at the start of the show.However, the apparent technical issue came during a segment called Magic Goes Wrong, which left some viewers wondering if the so-called blunder was actually intended.The mysterious moment came just 20 minutes after Comic Relief kicked off on BBC One (March 18).The BBC's annual fundraising show was hosted by Alesha Dixon, Paddy McGuinness, Lenny Henry and David Tennant.When Alesha and Paddy introduced the Mind Mangler, an act played by Henry Lewis, fans could still hear the previous segment, which saw Fantastic Beasts stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law surprise school kids with a trip to the Wizarding World.It meant the Mind Mangler's segment was interrupted by Eddie and Jude's voices at first before a long silence filled the studio.Cutting off the segment, Alesha said: "Give it up for the Mind Mangler!", before correcting herself, saying that there had been a "technical fault" in the studio.Some viewers on social media questioned whether the 'error' was staged.One fan wrote: "Is it wrong that I genuinely can't tell if that Mind Mangler bit was genuinely supposed to happen, or if it was an actual technical fault?"A second replied: "A fourth added: "Exactly. We have a storm going on in Spain and I thought the signal had gone.

Alesha Dixon put on a glamorous display when she stepped out to host BBC's Comic Relief.BBC's annual Red Nose Day fundraising event which aired on Friday night (March 18), saw Britain's Got Talent beauty Alesha join co-hosts Doctor Who legend David Tennant, comedian Lenny Henry and Take Me Out star Paddy McGuinness.Alesha stole the show in a collared red blazer matching Red Nose Day's trademark red colour theme, which she paired up with a black bra and stylish black trousers.The star-studded charity show was filmed at the BBC's studios in Salford for the first time ever, but it didn't come without its dramas.That's because Radio presenter Zoe Ball, as well as Kylie Minogue and Joel Dommett, all had to pull out of the show after testing positive for Covid.Kicking off the show, Alesha and her co-stars sent their well-wishes to Ball.David said: "We will miss you tonight Zoe, we are sending you loads of love."Zoe was meant to be one of the presenters, but she said she would be "watching and supporting from bed".Taking to Twitter, she wrote: "Pook ! fell at last hurdle and have had positive lat flows this am – noooooooo – gorgeous @AleshaOfficial is going to work the double shift tonight on @ComicRelief, i owe you lady love...She added: "good luck to A, Lenny, David, Paddy, AJ, Vernon, & the @comicrelief gang."Joel revealed he was "super annoyed" to catch the virus, as it meant he couldn't host the show.He wrote: "Super annoyed to report that I have the vid. This unfortunately means I have to pull out of hosting @comicrelief.

As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.

Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.

BBC fundraiser Comic Relief is back on our TV screens on this weekend.The long running programme was founded in 1986 by stars including Lenny Henry, and has since featured some of the biggest names of stage, screen and film including Alan Carr, Tess Daley, Chris Evans and Graham Norton.Its 2022 show will also feature huge celebrities including David Tennant, Davina McCall, Alesha Dixon, Zoe Ball and of course, Sir Lenny Henry, to name a few.Ahead of the highly anticipated event, Daily Star has taken a look at where some of the hosts, past and present, are now.Lenny Henry was one of the stars to co-found Comic Relief back in 1986 and has regularly hosted the charity fundraising programme throughout the years.Having risen to fame as a comedian, he made his way into television through the talent competition New Faces in 1976, at the age of just 16 years old.From there it was onwards and upwards, as he also appeared on Tiswas, The Fosters and starring as multiple characters in 1986's Lenny Henry Tonite and The Lenny Henry Show.He has most recently appeared in Doctor Who as Daniel Barton, Broadchurch as Ed Bennett and The Syndicate as Godfrey Watson, as well as being listed as appearing in the new Lord of the Rings TV series.His career also led him to his future wife and fellow comedian Dawn French, who he was married to from 1984-2010, and with who he has one daughter Billie Henry.The couple divorced in 2010, but Dawn French told The Mirror that she and Lenny are still very close friends, saying: "Remarkably, we seem to have shifted with relative ease from a 25-year marriage to a lasting friendship.“I am amazed by us – there is no war, we’ve turned out to be the best of friends."Zoe Ball is no stranger to presenting roles,

Dawn French, 64, revealed their “bizarre” relationship meant they could no longer live under the same roof.The Vicar of Dibley actress admitted her daughter, now 30, had moved out of the family home at the age of 24.Dawn French and her ex-husband Sir Lenny Henry adopted Billie Henry when she was just two weeks old.She said their relationship causes “frequent wars”.While they love each other, they do not always get along, she told the Daily Mail in 2015.She joked that there “would be murder” if they had continued to live under the same roof.However, her daughter’s new house, at the time, was only 12 minutes away, so they still both lived in Cornwall.Shooting to fame as part of the French and Saunders duo in the eighties and nineties, Dawn also admitted that motherhood had been a challenge for her.“I expected that if you nurture [a child], like a tomato plant, it grows towards the light, and surely if your mum is someone who wants to have fun with you and have adventures and read with you and spend time with you, how could you ever have a war?,” she said.“But I haven’t got a kid who wants to read with me and have adventures with me, I’ve got a different kind of kid who’s a different set of challenges and that’s been my lesson.“Nothing is ever what you think it’s going to be at all.”Dawn said the love between them is what keeps her going through the challenges of motherhood.“If the love wasn’t there I don’t know how we’d survive all this other stuff."Despite the ups and downs, Dawn has described her daughter as ‘the greatest achievement’ in her life.She explained: “Our relationship exists in a bizarre kind of process of peacetime, small battles, war.“The peacetime is much more than the other two energies, but we have our

Zoe Ball has had to pull out of Comic Relief's big telethon hours before its due to air. The BBC Radio 2 presenter revealed the news on Friday morning as she was due to be part of that evening's night’s star-studded presenting line-up, alongside Sir Lenny Henry, David Tennant and Paddy McGuinness.

Red Nose Day is back. Comic Relief’s flagship fundraising event returns today with the aim of generating millions of pounds to help people live free of poverty, violence and discrimination.

Kylie Minogue will not appear during Comic Relief after testing positive for coronavirus.

One of the biggest charity entertainment nights of the year is almost upon us, with many huge names uniting to raise money for BBC Comic Relief 2022, Red Nose Day tomorrow (Friday, March 18). This year’s programme will be hosted by Comic Relief legend Sir Lenny Henry, alongside Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness, Alesha Dixon, and David Tennant, all live from the studio.

Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.

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