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Loose Women star Coleen Nolan has shown off the lavish lifestyle of her cats as she revealed she built them a custom-made patio when she moved house. Speaking to host Charlene White, who quizzed her on the 'lovely' lifestyle her beloved pets have been living, Coleen was keen to explain why she had the luxury outdoor space built for her kitties. Viewers were shown inside the incredible enclosed outdoor space, complete with scratch posts, plants, and even their own sun lounger.The space also included the cats' only indoor area for chillier days, which Coleen gushed was their very own bedroom.

If you've travelled with Ryanair recently, you'll know the airline company has seemingly got stricter with their luggage allowances. No longer can you just turn up with any old carry-on case or backpack, instead you have to have one that fits their specific dimensions almost exactly: 40x20x25cm. In fact, one Mirror journalist reports she witnessed 12 people on her flight charged a £46 fee to check in their 'slightly bigger' bags when theirs didn't fit these dimensions.

Since she joined the cast of Coronation Street back in 2000, Sue Cleaver has become a familiar face on screens. As Eileen Grimshaw, Sue has been involved in some dramatic storylines, including one which saw her character marry serial killer Pat Phelan. However, Sue recently took some time away from the show and turned her attention to the stage when she joined the cast of Sister Act on its UK tour where she played Mother Superior.

Very Important People has seen host Vic Michaelis interview an assortment of characters that really can’t be described in just a few words. From Vic’s Ex-Step Grandmother (Lisa Gilroy) to Mental Health Advocate Tommy Shriggly (Zac Oyama), every improvisor brought a uniquely wild energy to Dropout’s short form series, matched by Michaelis’ ability to perfectly adapt to every situation while keeping up their host persona.

new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985.At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a night out in LA with other actors including Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson. Blum ran the Brat Pack profile that changed the lives of McCarthy, Estevez, Lowe, Nelson, Demi Moore, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy forever.

Prime Video‘s Blade Runner 2099 has another lead. THR reports that “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer joins Michelle Yeoh on the cast list of the upcoming limited series.

Kathryn Bigelow is back, and in a big way. Deadline reports that the female director returns with her first movie since 2017’s “Detroit” for an untitled Netflix feature.

“Bridgerton” Season 3 promises plenty of balls and other social events, and music supervisor Justin Kamps pulled string song covers of several big-name artists for the orchestral pop music signature to the Netflix show. The needle drops heighten the luxurious social moments as well as more intimate and emotional ones.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Nikhil Melnechuk has wrapped production in Texas on his debut feature, the bull riding drama Daisy. Cast set in the pic, described as an underdog sports story, includes Melissa Jackson (The Easy Kind), Abigail Cowen (Fate: The Winx Saga), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Nashville) and Adam Huber (Dynasty).

Deauville American Film Festival Director Bruno Barde has been suspended from his role following accusations by seven women of sexual harassment in report by French investigative website Mediapart.

Catfish and the Bottlemen have announced a 10th anniversary edition of their classic debut album ‘The Balcony’.The Welsh indie-rockers will release their special reissue of ‘The Balcony’ on September 13. Their debut originally landed at Number 10 in the UK Charts, eventually going Platinum by 2016.Now, the 10th anniversary reissue will be available on a limited edition CD, cassette, and vinyl.

28 Years Later will be set in Newcastle, and lead star Jodie Comer has revealed she’s studying Cheryl‘s accent in preparation for her role.Comer will star alongside Cillian Murphy, Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jack O’Connell in the third instalment of Danny Boyle‘s zombie apocalypse trilogy, which reportedly began filming in Newcastle last month.Now, in a new profile piece for ELLE, Comer has revealed that she’s been watching clips of Cheryl on The X-Factor in order the grasp the Geordie accent.“I’m excited to get the first day done,’ she said, ahead or shooting her scenes. “Danny just seems like such a confident, intuitive and intelligent director.

Walton Goggins often portrays characters who transcend time and place, whether in modern day Kentucky, like in FX’s Justified, as career criminal Boyd Crowder, or in Civil War-era Wyoming in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, as plucky sheriff Billy Crash. In Fallout, though, he goes further: as The Ghoul, he is 200-year-old apocalypse survivor Cooper Howard, once a favored Western movie star, now a mutant bounty hunter. The two halves of this character combine in a captivating performance for which Goggins was happy to endure a torturous prosthetic.

EXCLUSIVE: Addison Sharp has been promoted to Head of Development and Production at Iron Ocean, the production company of Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

There was much concern within the late-night community that there would only be three nominations for the the Emmy’s Outstanding Talk Series category.

System Of A Down‘s Shavo Odadjian has launched his brand new project Seven Hours After Violet with the gnarly new single ‘Paradise’.The bassist has unveiled the new five-piece band, which consists of Odjajian, Taylor Barber from Left To Suffer on vocals, Alejandro Aranda from Scarypoolparty on guitar/backing vocals, with Morgoth and Josh Johnson from Winds of Plague on guitar/production and drums respectively.Speaking about the new song, Odadjian says ‘Paradise’ “showcases the various dynamics we explore throughout, which makes it the perfect introduction to Seven Hours After Violet.”“I’ve been making music for over 30 years, and I wanted to do something super heavy but melodic and come back to my roots,” he continued. “Until this band, every side project I’ve done has been outside the walls of heavy music.

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Gauyo (Insecure, Ginny & Georgia, Send Help) and screenwriter talent-discovery platform Coverfly has partnered with the Black Boy Writes Media banner for the fourth year of the Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative. The initiative, which launched at the start of 2021, is dedicated to supplying industry access and resources to pre-WGA Black screenwriters. 

EXCLUSIVE: Kerri Kenney-Silver(Reno 911!) is the latest to join the cast of The Four Seasons, Netflix‘s forthcoming comedy series based on the Universal Pictures title of the same name. She joins fellow series regulars Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo and Erika Henningsen. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps.

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points for Season 3 of Bridgerton.

The French Connection and Law And Order star star Tony Lo Bianco has died aged 87.The actor passed away on Tuesday night (June 12) at his horse farm in Poolesville, Maryland, following a long battle with prostate cancer, his representatives confirmed (via The Hollywood Reporter).“Tony passed peacefully at 9pm last night with his wife Alyse by his side,” they said in a statement.Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1936 Lo Bianco was best known for his performance in The French Connection, which won five Academy awards 1971: Best Picture, Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Best Director (William Friedkin), Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.He also starred alongside Richard Gere in Bloodbrothers (1978) and appeared alongside Clint Eastwood in City Heat (1984).Lo Bianco kickstarted his film career with the cult classic The Honeymoon Killers (1970), with plenty of big screen work soon following.Outside of film, he was a successful stage actor, director and producer, starring in many Broadway productions including Moliere’s Tartuffe. He also directed eight productions and produced 25 more.In 1975, Lo Bianco won an Obie Award for his role in an Off-Broadway production of Yanks-3, Detroit-0, Top of the Seventh.He was also nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge.Elsewhere, Lo Bianco starred as heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in Marciano (1979) and later appeared in many tough guy roles in films including City of Hope (1991), Boiling Point (1993) and The Juror (1996).Later in life, Lo Bianco appeared in a number of popular TV series, including Murder, She Wrote and Law And Order.Away from acting, Lo Bianco was also a Golden Gloves boxer.

Netflix has revealed its top 10 most-watched TV series of all time, based on views from their first 91 days on the streamer.Sitting at the top of the list is the Addams Family spin-off series Wednesday. The Jenna Ortega-led show has been viewed 252,100,000 times by subscribers, with a total viewing time of 1,718,800,000 hours.In second place is Stranger Things season 4, which has been viewed 140,700,000 times and watched for a total of 1,838,000,000 hours.