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EX-EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook posed for a fresh-faced selfie as she told fans she’s "ready to do life differently". The 48-year-old has spent the last few weeks reflecting on her life after the BBC replaced her Albert Square character with a different actress. Promising she's embarking on a fresh era, Danniella said: "Ok so this is what a few weeks of solitude and isolation working on yourself at home looks like.

RYLAN Clark was rushed to hospital this week with a mystery illness. The TV presenter, 33, revealed he is now back at home after “an extended stay”, but will not be on the radio tomorrow for the second week running.

– Anon, SuffolkYou say there is no compromise possible here. Hmm. We’ll come to that.

Machine Gun Kelly hasn’t responded to an assault and battery lawsuit filed against him by a disabled parking lot attendant.In the complaint filed September 8, the attendant John Tilli alleged that Kelly (real name Colson Baker) pushed and threatened him while he was working. The lawsuit comes as last year, L.A.

Disgaea series of games, Disgaea 6 Complete, is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC including all the DLC.Disgaea 6: Defiance Of Destiny initially came out as a Nintendo Switch exclusive back in June of last year, and since then has had a number of DLC packs added for characters and costumes. The strategy RPG which is the home of Prinny, NIS America’s beloved mascot, has now been around almost 20 years.The version coming to both PlayStation consoles and PC around Summer of this year will include all the DLC which has been produced since the exclusive Switch launch.

Activision Blizzard has confirmed that a sequel to Modern Warfare will be this year’s Call Of Duty. A new Warzone is also coming.The news was leaked earlier in the week via well-known leaker, Tom Henderson, on Twitter.

Bob Marley biopic.It was first announced back in 2018 that a biopic, produced by Ziggy Marley, was in the works, before Reinaldo Marcus Green, director of Oscar-nominated tennis drama King Richard, was revealed to be attached to the film last year.Ben-Adir, who most recently portrayed activist Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, will portray Marley in the as-yet-untitled film by Paramount Pictures.Speaking to Collider last year, director Green revealed that the film will focus on the making of Marley’s classic album ‘Exodus’ with The Wailers, which he recorded after moving to London following an unsuccessful assassination attempt in Jamaica.Of the Marley family’s input on the film, Green added: “Ziggy Marley is, right, my point of contact for the film, and producer on the project. So we’re full steam ahead.

Ho99o9 have announced details of a new album, produced by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and featuring Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor.‘SKIN’ will be released on March 11 via Barker’s DTA Records and is being previewed by its opening track ‘NUGE SNIGHT’, which you can hear below.The band first teased the new album last month, sharing the song ‘BATTERY NOT INCLUDED’. Of the new track and forthcoming album, the band’s theOGM said: “There’s only so much mental & physical affliction + oppression the human psyche can endure before they reach the pinnacle of no return.“I think we’ve all had our moments where we’re fed up, our mind isn’t rational, our eyesight is only seeing red &, within that sequence, emotions can get the best of us.”Watch the band’s new video for ‘NUGE SNIGHT’ below, alongside the tracklist for ‘SKIN’.1. ‘NUGE SNIGHT’2. ‘BATTERY NOT INCLUDED’3. ‘THE WORLD, THE FLESH, THE DEVIL’4. ‘BITE MY FACE’ Feat. COREY TAYLOR5. ‘SLO BREAD’ Feat. BUN B6. ‘PROTECT MY BITCH PT. 2’7. ‘…SPEAK OF THE DEVIL’8. ‘SKINHEAD’ Feat. SAUL WILLIAMS9. ‘LOWER THAN SCUM’10. ‘DEVIL AT THE CROSSROADS’11. ‘LIMITS’ Feat. JASIAH12. ‘DEAD OR ASLEEP’ Since releasing their debut album ‘United States Of Horror’ in 2017, Ho99o9 have shared multiple mixtapes – including 2020’s ‘Blurr’ – EPs and singles.

Snoop Dogg has celebrated becoming the owner of Death Row Records by releasing new album ‘BODR’ AKA ‘Back On Death Row’ – check it out below.The 18-track record sees Snoop team up with the likes of DaBaby, Wiz Khalifa, The Game and Nas.Elsewhere on the record, the song ‘Crib Ya Enthusiasm’ samples Luciano Michelini’s ‘Frolic’ which is the theme tune to Curb Your Enthusiasm. Snoop Dogg has also released a video for the track, which sees him cruising around LA.

EMMERDALE star Aaron Anthony waved goodbye to the soap this week as his character Ellis Chapman headed to Australia. Viewers and characters alike were left in tears as Ellis joined his former flame Priya Sharma in a taxi to the airport before leaving for good. Actor Aaron, 28, quit the ITV soap in December following a race probe into two of its other leading stars.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAfter the installation of restrictive new voting laws in Georgia, Hollywood seems fractured in response to new measures that affect marginalized voters in a state where dozens of film and TV projects are shot.Tyler Perry, who just spent $250 million on an Atlanta-based production facility, called for a Department of Justice investigation into the laws this week. Director James Mangold and actor Mark Hamill said they would refuse to set foot in the state to make movies or shows.

pizza ovens, and in particular the market leading Ooni Koda, are at record levels. Last year the extremely popular portable pizza oven proved so in demand that the wait for one became as long as four months for those buying directly from the Ooni website.

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lockdown restrictions begin to ease. The high street retailer was forced to close, along with a raft of other businesses, when stay at home lockdown restrictions were imposed in Scotland on Boxing Day last year.

Spring sale with up to 50% off across multiple departments, including womenswear, menswear, baby and nursery, furniture and lighting, and home and garden. It's a great opportunity to pick up some bargains if you're planning to refresh your home decor, or update your wardrobe in advance of the better weather - or if you're expecting a baby in the coming months.

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John Lewis has announced eight further department stores will not reopen after the UK's current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.The department store retailer's announcement means 1,465 jobs are now at risk, the latest in a string of high street closures following a year of lockdown restrictions.Staff were told on Wednesday morning that John Lewis will not reopen the stores after lockdown measures lift, as it undergoes a major shift in strategy to adapt to changing shopping habits.The eight shops set to close comprise four At Home stores in Ashford, Basingstoke, Chester and Tunbridge Wells and four department stores in Aberdeen, Peterborough, Sheffield and York.It said its remaining 34 John Lewis shops in England will reopen from April 12

PlayStation 5 with retailers tipped to restock the consoles this week.Insiders have claimed 20,000 PS5s could soon be on sale in the UK including at GAME, Very and John Lewis from Tuesday.Tracker @PS5StockAlertUK tweeted: "Major Retailer Predictions - GAME, Very & John Lewis (23rd-25th)... Argos (25th-26th) - Amazon (30th-1st) - Smyths (31st-2nd)."These are only predictions.

The 52nd NAACP Image Awards kicked off today with the virtual announcement of their first batch of winners. The awards ceremony will culminate on March 27 with a live simulcast across ViacomCBS Networks which will include BET, CBS, MTV, VH1, MTV2, BET HER and LOGO. Each day in between, the Image Awards will reveal winners from the non-televised award categories. 

Angelique Jackson The 52nd NAACP Image Awards kicked off Monday with its non-televised ceremony, which was presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.President Barack Obama’s bestselling memoir “A Promised Land” was among the winners during Monday night’s webcast, earning the outstanding literary work nonfiction prize.ESPN & Netflix’s “The Last Dance,” which centered Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls, picked up the outstanding documentary, television series or special category prize. “John Lewis: Good Trouble” earned the award for outstanding documentary film.Monday’s award ceremony also included acknowledgement special honorees Madison Potts (who earned the youth activist of the year) award and Reverend Dr.