Formula One racer Daniel Ricciardo will no longer be competing in the Dutch Grand Prix over the weekend after a broken wrist pulled him from the competition.
08.08.2023 - 05:51 / ok.co.uk
Channel 5 news presenter Dan Walker has scaled the perilous Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief and braved sparkly costumes and spray tans as a competitor on Strictly Come Dancing. But he had to face his two worst fears while filming alongside his long-time pal Helen Skelton for their new travel series Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure. The journalist and TV presenter, 46, is “mildly terrified” of horses, following an incident when he was a sports reporter.
“I nearly got eaten by a Grand National winner, when I used to cover the event for the BBC,” he says. “I’m exaggerating slightly – Mon Mome swiped for my neck when I shoved a mic under his stable hand’s mouth after the race.” “So getting on a giant horse called Roger in North Yorkshire was a bit nerve-racking – but I loved it. By the end of it me and Roger were mates.
I’m going to send him a Christmas card – in fact, I might sack off Helen and do Dan & Roger’s Pennine Adventure next time around.” The new series has Dan and Helen exploring the Pennines from his home in Sheffield to her childhood home in Cumbria and meeting locals along the way. But it meant Dan had to beat his other fear – heights – when he had to abseil into a dark cave called the Alum Pot in the Yorkshire Dales. “There was a point at which you have to walk back and just step off the edge of this little cliff into a 100-metre-deep cave.
At one point I slipped and for half a second it felt like I was falling into the cave, which I’ll be honest with you was probably the worst half-second I’ve experienced in the last few years,” he says. Co-presenter Helen was uncharacteristically anxious for the broadcaster as he made his descent. “To give you an idea of how scary it was, even Helen was worried and she
.Formula One racer Daniel Ricciardo will no longer be competing in the Dutch Grand Prix over the weekend after a broken wrist pulled him from the competition.
Yungblud has released his harrowing new single, which explores his experience of sexual abuse as a child. Check out ‘Hated’ below.The singer – real name Dominic Harrison – came forward to open up about his experience yesterday (August 23), telling fans about the time he was sexually abused by a doctor when he was just seven years old.In the social media update, he also revealed that he had never told anyone about the incident until he eventually admitted it to his producer while writing the new track.
Burna Boy has enlisted Dave on his latest single, ‘Cheat On Me’ – taken from his upcoming seventh album ‘I Told Them’ – and announced details of an intimate London show.The ‘African Giant’ has teamed up with the Streatham rapper before on the latter’s smash hit ‘Location’ from his 2019 Mercury Prize-winning debut ‘PSYCHODRAMA’. The track currently has over 456 million plays on Spotify and is one of Dave’s most popular tracks.
Larsa Pippen has a ring, but it's not ring — at least, not yet. Speculation of an engagement between the star and boyfriend Marcus Jordan sparked earlier this month when he told a cameraperson they were looking for a location for a wedding. A day later, Larsa was spotted with a diamond ring on finger.
Adam Sandler‘s new movie You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah has landed a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.The new film, which features Sandler’s real life daughter, lands on Netflix this week (August 25), and has received favourable reviews from critics ahead of its release.The Hollywood Reporter said that the film is “a sweet, amusing film geared toward younger audiences, who will best relate to the main character’s personal travails as she prepares for the film’s main event.”Variety, meanwhile, said: “Playing like a cross between Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles in scale, scope and sound without being derivative, its characters, conflicts and conundrums are filled with potent, earned emotions.”Ahead of the film’s release, it currently has a rare 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with five reviews counted.A synopsis for the film reads: Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who’ve always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs.“However, things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.”Despite this early praise, Sandler has explained how he came to terms with critics “hating” his movies.The actor has starred in a number of critical flops over his career, including Grown Ups, Jack And Jill, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds and others.
Ariana Madix is finally going to share her side of Scandoval. On Friday, the star announced that she'll soon release a book about the destruction of her nearly decade-long romance with Tom Sandoval due to his affair with Rachel Leviss, who previously went by Raquel.«These last few months have been a whirlwind and though I'm in a better place now, having my personal devastation unfold so publicly was painful,» Madix captioned her post, which showcased the cover of her forthcoming book.
Dan Walker has shown support for his friend and co-presenter Helen Skelton after she decided to quit her job on 5 Live. The radio host broadcast her final shop on Sunday morning after taking over the slot from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore.
Zendaya is remembering Angus Cloud in his hometown of Oakland, California. The 26-year-old actress co-starred with Cloud in HBO’s hit series, “Euphoria”.
Zendaya is remembering Angus Cloud in his hometown of Oakland, California. The 26-year-old actress co-starred with Cloud in HBO's hit series, .Tragically, Cloud died late last month. He was 25.
Tom Sandoval appears to have a new lady in his life already. And it’s all thanks to one of his former Vanderpump Rules co-stars!
Brent Lang Executive Editor William Petersen was a theater actor from Chicago when William Friedkin changed the course of his life. In 1984, the Oscar-winning director tapped the then-unknown performer to play Richard Chance, a Secret Service agent willing to bend rules and break laws in order to capture a shadowy counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) in “To Live and Die in L.A.” The crime thriller was a return to form for Friedkin, who had summited the heights of the movie business with “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” only to suffer a string of disappointments. Petersen and Friedkin would later collaborate on a Showtime remake of “12 Angry Men” and two episodes of “CSI.” Friedkin died on Aug.
Ed Sheeran has shared his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in music, calling the technology “weird”.The ‘Subtract’ singer-songwriter spoke about AI during a recent interview with Audacy, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City.Towards the end of the conversation, Sheeran was asked whether he had seen any of the music-orientated AI projects that are becoming increasingly popular across social media.“What I don’t understand about AI is like, for the last 60 years, Hollywood movies have been telling you, ‘Don’t do it’. And now everyone’s doing it,” he responded.
It's been nearly a year since Hamza Yassin won Strictly Come Dancing 2022, however Dan Walker still thinks that his pal and Channel 5 co-star Helen Skelton should have been the one to take home the glitterball trophy.The broadcaster, who is presenting Dan & Helen's Pennine Adventure with the Blue Peter host, explained why he thought she deserved to win last year's series with her professional dance partner Gorka Marquez. "As a really good friend of hers, watching the way that she danced with Gorka and the way that she developed – I still think she was robbed!" he told OK! in an exclusive interview. "Hamza and Jowita seem lovely but Helen, she’s the people’s champion," he added.
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens actor Bowen Yang has said that he “almost died” in a production mishap when a horse that he was riding bucked in fear.Yang revealed on his Las Culturistas podcast recently that the incident happened while shooting season three of the sitcom in Iceland.“Actually, [it’s] not fun to be on a horse,” Yang said. “[I’ve] ridden a horse for camera.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course. And riding them can be a challenge, as Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang recalled on a recent episode of his Las Culturistas podcast.
Burna Boy has shared the launch single ‘Big 7’ along with details of his upcoming seventh studio album ‘I Told Them’. Check it out below.Last month, the Nigerian star released his Brandy-sampling nostalgic song ‘Sittin’ on Top Of The World’ with Atlantan rapper 21 Savage.
Josie Gibson was left comforting an angry and upset Craig Doyle as he returned to This Morning with bad news. The duo were back fronting the ITV daytime show on Monday (July 31) as they kickstarted their summer stint at the helm following on from Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary.
Ariana Grande has moved on following her split from husband Dalton Gomez — with a fellow Ozian!The actress and singer is dating co-star Ethan Slater, a source confirmed to ET on July 20.«Ariana and Ethan recently started dating. They have a lot in common and have a lot of fun,» the source shared at the time.
Ariana Grande has moved on following her split from husband Dalton Gomez — with a fellow Ozian!The actress and singer is dating co-star Ethan Slater, a source confirmed to ET on July 20.«Ariana and Ethan recently started dating. They have a lot in common and have a lot of fun,» the source shared at the time.
Emmy-winning actor Sarah Paulson will return to Broadway this fall for the first time in 13 years when she stars in the Second Stage Theater production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ darkly comedic family drama Appropriate. Lila Neugebauer (The Waverly Gallery) will direct.