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This is such terrible news: Odell Beckham Jr. may have torn his ACL during the 2022 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 13).

Frank Turner is on course to achieve his first Number One album this week.According to The Official Charts Company, ‘FTHC’, which stands for Frank Turner Hardcore – is currently leading the charts with more than double the sales of his closest competition, Alt-J’s ‘The Dream‘.It would be Turner’s highest-charting album to date following on from ‘Tape Deck Heart‘, which recached Number Two in 2013.Others looking to claim their highest UK albums chart entry include Slash and Myles Kennedy.Their latest collaboration ‘4’ is set to chart at Number Three, while James Morrison’s ‘Greatest Hits’ collection is on track to enter the charts at Number Five.Elsewhere in the charts, Viola Beach’s self-titled debut album is set to re-enter the chart at Number Seven, following a special vinyl release.The posthumously-released album debuted at Number One in August 2016 after the group suffered a fatal incident alongside their manager in February of that year. Last month, Turner shared his new single ‘A Wave Across A Bay’, written as a tribute to the late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.The track has been released with the blessing of Scott’s younger brother Grant, and was first performed by Turner back in 2020 during a set of Frightened Rabbit covers.“I still miss my friend Scott every day,” Turner said about the single.

Game Of Thrones fans “lost their minds” over the show’s finale.The actor, who is currently starring in the sci-fi movie Moonfall, played Samwell Tarly in all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy drama.Fans had waited seven seasons for the climactic showdown between dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen and the ruling Lannister clan.The fans were left extremely disappointed to the point where they started a petition to remake the final season, which racked up 1.8million signatures.Speaking to NME in a new interview, Bradley said: “We were never going to please everybody. People had invested too much.”He also took umbrage with people who said the cast and crew “knew it was going to be rubbish”.Bradley added: “We genuinely wanted it to be great.

Bez has revealed that he once hid out in a cave for weeks after he was chased out of an area in Morocco where he’d shoplifted.The Happy Mondays percussionist/dancer said in a new interview that he’d turned to theft as a way to survive while travelling the world in his late teens, which was before he joined the band in 1985. Bez was “mostly homeless and sofa-surfing” at the time, and had intentions to move on from petty crime, for which he had served prison time.He told The Guardian: “By the time I was about 19, I decided I didn’t want to get caught up in the sort of shit I was doing again, so thought the best thing I could do was to have a huge adventure and go travelling.“I lived in Morocco for a bit and was shoplifting just to survive; pinching bars of chocolate.

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has said the band are in the studio working on their 12th album.Tweedy, who revealed the news in his Substack on Friday (February 11), explained to fans that his correspondence had been more irregular of late owing to the fact that Wilco are making the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Ode To Joy‘.“I’ve been in the studio with Wilco making some new music, chipping away at a new record. It’s been very very very fun and exciting.

Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen had flashbulbs popping at the premiere of their explosive tell-all documentary film Rooney last week.

Fiorentina and Sampdoria star Flachi tested positive for cocaine for the second time, his career seemed to have ended in disgrace.However, a fter an enormous 12-year ban, the Italian is set to return to football at the age of 46.The striker made his long-awaited debut for fifth division side Signa 1914, 13 years since his last match for Brescia in Serie B. Flachi had been training with his hometown side for the last five months, but was finally handed his debut by the Excellenza side.And the veteran was almost lost for words when he made his long awaited return to football.“This day cancels 12 years of disqualification.

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon shared an adorable snap with her five million Instagram followers yesterday.The picture featured a sleepy baby Rose with their two pet dogs napping either side of her.Stacey, 32, posted a picture of her two dogs Peanut and Teddy nestled beside baby Rose, who could be seen napping in a black and white spotted babygrow.  The former X Factor finalist captioned the picture: “Just because.They’ve missed each other I think…”“Rose & me have been away for a few days for work so we were so excited to come home and have all the cuddles.“Now time to put everyone into their beds and have a nice early night… Happy Sunday Everyone.“I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend.

Gogglebox star Stephen Webb has pulled out of this Friday's episode after testing positive with coronavirus. The 50-year-old hairdresser from Brighton who appears on the show alongside his partner Daniel Lustig said he is "gutted" that he won't be taking part in the new series just yet.Sharing the news with his fans on Instagram, Stephen posted a video and wrote a message which read: "Gogglebox Back this Friday C4 9pm , gutted we won’t be back for episode 1 looking forward to seeing everyone #gogglebox #goggleboxfriday #goggleboxfamily."Holding his dog in his short video clip while his partner could also be seen sitting behind him through a window, Stephen said: "This is a message for the Gogglebox crew."Good luck filming this week, can't wait to see you Friday, I need a laugh.He added: "I'm off, we can't film this week because I've got covid."Looking through the window, Daniel chimed: "We locked him up in this room for everyone's benefit."Stephen then panned the camera around the space to show fans where he was currently isolating.He continued: "Look at my little room.

Phillip Schofield has shared the details of a love note left for him at Dancing on Ice.The presenter revealed that a secret admirer was leaving him love notes behind the scenes of the ITV skating show.Phillip hosted the show on Sunday night just hours before Valentine’s Day kicked off.Showing the love, someone working behind the scenes of the show left Phil an adorable note backstage.The 59-year-old star was much pleased with the revelation and took to social media to show off his message.On Sunday, Phil shared a photo of a heart-shaped red note that read: “If you were a chicken, you’d be impeck-able.”Thrilled at the message, Phil penned alongside the snap: “Loving the little notes posted anonymously backstage @dancingonice” – along with a heart face emoji.A second pic showed another note that said: “You are a ray of sunshine.”Phil then wrote: “On my dressing room door” – this time with two heart face emojis.Liberty Poole became the latest star to leave Dancing on Ice - but it didn't come without a surprising message backstage.The former Love Island star was gutted to get the axe from the ITV skating show on Sunday night (February 13) - along with her pro skating partner Joe Johnson.Liberty had suffered a nightmare night as she stumbled on the ice rink during her rollercoaster routine to Flo Rider's hit song Right Round.Although she managed to get back up in her feet and bagged 28 points out of 40 from the judges, it wasn't enough to save her at the end of the night.After being booted from the show, heartbroken Liberty took to Instagram to tell her fans she had been crying over the result.However, she was baffled by a message in a tissue that harked back to her days as a Nando's waitress.Chatting to her fans in a series

balloons keeps 50,000 of the rubber toys in his home – and has opened up about his unusual fetish. Julius claims he’s been obsessed with balloons since the young age of four when his mother first bought him one in hospital.For 50 years since, he’s been addicted to them and even has a “balloon sanctuary” inside his house filled to the brim with balloons – and he sleeps in there every night.Julius revealed his obsession on an episode of TLC’s Strange Addiction and explained: "They're beautiful.

Neighbours history.He is portrayed by Stefan Dennis on the Australian soap.The 63-year-old actor was born on October 30, 1958.He first appeared on Ramsay Street in the show's premiere episode in 1985 but his character Paul shockingly departed Neighbours in 1993 when his character served time in prison for fraud.Following his original Neighbours exit, Stefan appeared on the Sky One football drama Dream Team as Samuel Irving.He also had minor roles in British soaps including Casualty, River City and The Bill before returning to Erinsborough in 2004.He's been entertaining audiences ever since and Daily Star has taken a sneak peek into his life away from the cameras.Stefan appeared as Paul Robinson in the first ever episode of Neighbours.The Australian soap premiered on March 18, 1985.The eldest child of Jim Robinson and Anne Robinson, Paul eventually grew into a villainous figure on the soap and was involved in several high profile storylines, including an affair with 15-year-old Kim Taylor.Following a string of marriages, Paul got caught up in a fraud plot which saw him jailed.The sentence led to Stefan's departure from the soap.Stefan returned to Neighbours in 2004 with his character Paul involved a truly chilling storyline.Setting fire to The Lassiters Complex, Paul also murdered Gus Cleary (Ben Barrack) in an attempt to reclaim his former empire.He later married Lyn Scully and embarked on a number of extramarital affairs - though over recent years, Paul has showed a mellower demeanour.

Naomi Campbell has posed with her baby daughter for the first time ever - and revealed her girl "wasn't adopted - she's my child".The iconic supermodel was snapped for the cover of British Vogue - and it is the first time the world has seen any photos of her baby's face.Campbell opened up about becoming a new mum at 50 - after announcing the arrival of her first child in May last year.She also told the magazine that only a few people knew she had been planning to become a mum. The cover of British Vogue's March 2022 issue sees global superstar Naomi holding her baby girl affectionately in front of the camera.

Gerald Williams was a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Yankees, Brewers, Braves, Devil Rays, Marlins, and Mets. Gerald Williams was drafted by the Yankees in 1987 and made his major league debut with the club in 1992. He was known for his speed and defensive skill in the outfield and was nicknamed “Ice.” He was traded by the Yankees late in the 1996 season to the Brewers, so he did not play on the Yankees World Series winning team that year.

Trisha Paytas is expecting their first child with Moses Hacmon!

Page Six.The talk show host's mental state has been thrown into question of late since her bank froze her personal accounts amid claims she's being exploited, something she vehemently denies. Her attorney insisted that Wendy is "fine" and is "of sound mind.""[She is] disappointed about falsely circulated statements from an industry she has devoted her life to," LaShawn said.

An Ayr United starlet has won praise from Wayne Rooney - after his stunning overhead kick drew comparisons with the former England ace.

A dramatic car fire on a motorway slip road has sent smoke pouring across the motorway as Scotland's traffic agency begged motorists to find another way home.

A dad died of brain cancer after going to hospital when he recognised his symptoms in a patient featured on a 24 Hours in A&E episode.

The new phase of homes at Hamilton's popular Brackenhill Park development have now been released.

EastEnders star Jordan Johnson, the son of serial killer Lucas Johnson.Actor Michael-Joel David Stuart first appeared on-screen on the BBC soap in May 2008 and quickly became wrapped up in one of his biggest storyline to date after discovering the body of Jordan's mother, Trina, who was murdered by his father.Another one of his storylines included being bullied by Ben Mitchell who ended up hitting him round the head with a spanner and fractured his skull.Since leaving the role of Jordan, a character soap bosses recently killed off with a heroin overdose storyline, actor Michael-Joel continues to light up our screens.From his blossoming West End career to his unbelievable body transformation, let’s take a look at where the child star is now…Despite his success staring in one of the UK’s biggest soaps, the young star has also led an enormously successful theatre career and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.The London-born star got his first big break in theatrics in 2006 when he performed as young Sunny in the West-End musical Daddy Cool.A far cry from his on-screen character in EastEnders, Michael-Joel went from strength to strength in his stage career ultimately landing the coveted role of young Simba in West End musical and Disney classic The Lion King.A star of stage and screen, the now 24-year-old made his television debut in the BBC award-winning drama production Shoot the Messenger in 2006.His success in theatre and TV landed him his first movie role having gone on to play Buckwheat in the movie Mister Lonely by Harmony Korine in 2007.On playing his most famous role as Jordan on EastEnders, he said: “Coming into EastEnders is an absolute dream.