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parrot who refused to talk after his owner tragically died has now found his voice and tells his new owner to 'f*** off'. Rachel Leather, from south Wales, says she has sparked up a humorous relationship with Jesse who even calls her babe and boasts how funny he is.

Michelle Keegan's hubby Mark Wright has broken his silence after he reportedly 'quit' an upcoming ITV show by text, which subsequently left bosses "fuming".Speaking out for the first time since the rumours swirled, Mark has now said that he didn't send a text, but in fact called the producers. He also claims that he isn't banned from ITV and is currently working on a new show with the channel, a comment that comes after The Sun claimed a source said: "His [Mark's] reputation has gone massively downhill since he walked away from The Games.“The only show they are happy for him to be on is Soccer Aid as he is one person in a sea of faces and has been a part of the event for years but in terms of new shows – Mark won’t be approached by ITV."Just weeks ago it was reported that the former TOWIE hunk, sent ITV producers a text telling them that he didn't want to take part in the sports reality programme.Taking to Instagram to put out his side of the story, Mark wrote: "Refrained from commenting on this nonsense story for over a week because it's nonsense and there's plenty much more important stories to worry about in the world."Because it's constantly being repeated, here's my comment.

ITV’s Dancing On Ice, where they sit on the judging panel alongside Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse.The Olympians, who won gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics and became the highest scoring figure skaters of all time, spoke to The Sun about the accusations that have amassed recently. The speculations have surfaced after Coronation Street ’s Sally Dynevor and Happy Mondays’ Bez were kept in the ice skating competition over "better" skaters, sparking fans to wonder whether it was because they are a fan favourite or work for ITV.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are in Colombia. The couple is working on 30x30, a commitment that wants to protect 30% of the planet’s land by the year 2030.

The world is watching in horror as Russia invades Ukraine, with one of the largest armies on the planet killing innocent citizens and destroying countless buildings and homes with each passing day. While governments impose financial sanctions aimed at hurting the aggressor’s leader and its wealthy ruling class, many ordinary people feel hopeless.Now, a Russian musician known around the globe for political activism has utilized her platform and popularity to raise millions for the Ukrainian defense — and she did so using a sexy new technology that ensures the money is going where it’s needed without delay.Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the members of Russian rock band Pussy Riot, set up an organization named UkraineDAO in order to sell an NFT for a good cause.The digital-only artwork sold for a whopping $6.7 million, and all the proceeds are going to Come Back Alive, a non-profit that was founded in 2014 and that calls itself “the largest foundation providing support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”In just three days, as many as 3,200 individual donors spent digital cryptocurrency to own some of the NFT, which was nothing more than an image of the Ukrainian flag.

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, meaning that we're all legally obligated to do the same according Miss Dula Peep. Sorry, we don't make the rules.The 26-year-old singer was spotted in Manhattan with a fresh set of angular bangs pulled out of her signature messy up-do.

Shane Warne paid tribute to another famous cricketer just hours before his shock death of a suspected heart attack aged 52.The Australian bowler died unexpectedly in Thailand just hours after the sportsman paid tribute on social media to cricketer Rod Marsh, who also died of a heart attack aged 74 in the early hours of Friday morning. Shane called Rod “an inspiration” and “legend” in his final post, which read: “Sad to hear the news that Rod Marsh has passed.

A Scots wrestler has shed over 13 stone after a doctor's grave warning forced him to change his life.

We didn’t know Gene Simmons had such an opinion about Kanye West‘s relentless pursuit of ex Kim Kardashian…

Hollywood star Michael Douglas has taken to Instagram to issue an update about his professional acting career while addressing the conflict in Ukraine. It comes as the Basic Instinct actor, 77, wore a knitted Ukrainian flag pocket square on the red carpet at the SAG Awards in support of the country that's under invasion by Russia.In a short clip, the award-winning actor checked in on his 998,000 followers while addressing events going on around the globe.Michael said: "So, how's everybody doing out there?"Covid's getting better, we're getting closer, possibly to a third World War..."But hey, what you going to do?" (sic) he added.A post shared by Michael Douglas (@michaelkirkdouglas)The star went to reveal his next acting project which he's taking on for an Apple TV series."I'm getting back to work, yeah," he continued."I'm going to play this guy right here, look at that," he said, while showing a picture of Benjamin Franklin on his phone.He continued: "Ben Franklin, I look just like him don't I?"I have a bit of work to do," he added, jovially."I hope everybody's having a good weekend, it's not here quite yet, but soon enough.

Travis Barker is proving to be quite the upstanding gentleman. The Blink 182 drummer gave a show of solid support to his ex Shanna Moakler after she revealed she is expecting her fourth child. The announcement came just days after her ex boyfriend Matthew Rondeau was arrested for felony domestic violence. With the timing being quite sensitive, a source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife that Travis is stepping up to let Shanna know he’s “there for her.”

Luke Combs might have found his new backup singer.

Shane Warne once issued a fierce response after cricket fans told him to "back off" from plastic surgery.The late Australian cricket icon, who tragically died on Friday, repeatedly denied that he had ever had any form of plastic surgery after fans often claimed that he gone under the knife.They lamented Warne in the comments section of one of his Instagram posts, with a filter on the image changing how his face looked.But Warne was having none of it in an interview with The Australian, saying: “Everyone thinks I’ve had facial operations. I haven’t had one thing.

Ridley Scott and Francis Ford Coppola have all criticised modern superhero films to various degrees. The latter, last month, said they’re all based on the same “prototype” that is “made over and over and over again”.Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, addressed the criticism in an interview with The Times.“All movies are valid,” Jackson said. “Some go to the cinema to be moved dearly.

Liam Gallagher has responded to Dave Grohl saying he’s one of “the last remaining rock stars” on social media.Earlier this month, Gallagher released ‘Everything’s Electric’, the first single to be taken from his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, which is set for release on May 27 and is the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Why Me? Why Not.’.The song was co-written by Foo Fighters frontman Grohl, who also plays drums on the track, and its producer Greg Kurstin.In a new interview with NME, Grohl, who was promoting Foo Fighters’ new gross-out splatter horror Studio 666, praised Gallagher and talked about how the track came about.“Unfortunately we didn’t do it in person but I love being in the same room as Liam,” he said of the collaboration. “It’s like putting a fucking quarter in a juke box and just turning it up with that guy. It’s fucking great. Obviously, he’s an amazing singer and he’s a fucking rock star.

Emmerdale actress, singer and TV icon Patsy Kensit is 54 years old today.The star, who was born on March 4, 1968, rose to fame as a child actor before going on to star in huge Hollywood films including Absolute Beginners and Lethal Weapon 2.She later went on to play Sadie King in ITV soap Emmerdale for over two years.However, she is not the only soap star to have found fame in Hollywood, with many actors going on to find new levels of fame in smash hit films.To celebrate Patsy Kensit's birthday, Daily Star looks at the soap icons who have made it to Hollywood.Long before Patsy Kensit starred in Emmerdale as Sadie King between 2004-2006, the actress had a long and successful career in Hollywood films.The actress started out as a child star, before landing her breakthrough role in the 1986 film Absolute Beginners, which also starred and featured music by the late music legend David Bowie.Over three years later, she also appeared as Rita Van Den Haas in the blockbuster film Lethal Weapon 2, who falls in love with Detective Martin Riggs.Talking about her career to The Guardian, she said: "Making the transition from child actor to teenage one was a lucky break, and then somehow I’ve continued to get work through my adulthood.

Prince William got an “almighty b******ing” from the Queen who was furious after a dangerous quad bike stunt.He recalled the incident when he was a youngster riding a quad bike at Balmoral alongside his older cousins, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall and he almost squashed Zara, the Daily Mirror reports. The Duke of Cambridge reminisced about the incident that left him deep in hot water during an interview with Sky News for a documentary to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday nearly six years ago.

Seems like Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are still navigating their separation.

Despite being one of the most acclaimed and iconic American filmmakers to ever grace the medium, Terrence Malick remains a pretty big mystery to many film fans. This, largely, has to do with the fact that Malick is reluctant to do any sort of press and doesn’t make massive Hollywood blockbusters.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglu has paid tribute to legendary Australian cricketer Shane Warne after his sudden death.

It was one of the great miscarriages of justice in boxing.Far from the worst decision ever seen, but one which just felt like it had ruined so much.Jack Catterall was robbed of becoming undisputed light-welterweight champion against Josh Taylor last weekend.But it wasn’t just the four belts he was denied taking home, it was the moment.It won’t happen but, even if the result was to be overturned and the Chorley challenger was given the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBF titles, it would never be the same.His crowning glory should have come in the ring at the Hydro in Glasgow, not over an email in the coming weeks.But that’s gone forever now. Even if Catterall goes on to win a world title in the ring, it’s unlikely to match what would have been last weekend.Upsetting the big favourite, ending an unbeaten run and beating the undisputed best in the division - that’s how you become a champion.With Taylor now moving up, Catterall’s chance may now come for a vacant title against someone we haven’t really heard of on these shores.It will still be great for Catterall, who has devoted his life to the sport, but it won’t be as special.Sadly that was taken away from him by Ian John-Lewis and Victor Loughlin, who somehow scored the fight in favour of Taylor.Let’s not forget that despite keeping his belts and unbeaten record, Taylor is also a victim here.He has wrongly been abused for the last seven days for something he didn’t do.