Emmerdale and Coronation Street actor Charles Foster dies with former colleagues paying tribute

Kilmarnock's pantomime has been named as one of the best in the country.

From the Anne Hathaway–James Franco disaster of 2011 to David Letterman‘s “Oprah, Uma” joke in 1995, there has been no shortage of memorable host moments in Academy Awards history.

Angelique Jackson When Kerry Washington stepped onto the gold and black carpet at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood for the fifth ABFF Honors ceremony on March 5, she had the trailblazing Black women who forged a path for her to become an actor, producer and director on her mind — and an homage to one on her person. “I’m wearing an actual dress that Whitney Houston wore,” Washington told Variety, explaining that “When you get an award for excellence in the arts, you’ve gotta go to Black excellence.” As Washington prepared for the event, where she was honored alongside Courtney B. Vance, Janelle Monáe and Macro’s Charles D. King, plus filmmaker Kasi Lemmons and the cast of “Eve’s Bayou,” all for their contributions to the arts, one word came to mind: community.

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Coronation Street's Stephen Reid takes dark action against Carla Connor next week that could leave her dead. Fans of the ITV soap will be horrified to hear that the factory boss' life is in serious danger. In official spoilers released by ITV, Stephen is planning to make Carla his third victim having already murdered builder Leo Thompkins and his father Teddy.

Emmerdale's Cathy Hope finds her behaviour growing out of control in upcoming scenes on the ITV soap. Bosses revealed they would be tackling a soap first with the storyline, and the teen has recently confirmed some worrying symptoms. After experiencing sudden outbursts of anger and very heavy periods, as well as being in pain, she spoke with doctor Manpreet who advised it was related to her periods.

Coronation Street fans were left fearing for Paul Foreman after he was knocked down by Carla Connor in the Underworld van after she was secretly drugged with LSD by serial killer Stephen Reid. Paul was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital but was soon back home with his arm in a sling.

Coronation Street have recast Jackson Hodge after six years as the character is set for a return, leaving Faye Windass in turmoil. Viewers will recall that Jackson is the father of Faye's daughter, Miley, who she gave birth to in 2015 when they were both teenagers. However, soon after Miley's Christening service, Faye struggled with being a young mum as the Hodge family offered to look after the youngster.

Coronation Street spoilers see Daisy Midgeley's stalking storyline take another terrifying turn as sinister Justin's dark link to her mother Christina is revealed. Only recently, Justin has been inflicting a terror campaign on Daisy after first meeting at hospital last year - and despite Daisy going to the police to report her stalker, they haven't taken her concerns seriously. In upcoming scenes, Daisy meets her mum, Christina, for lunch but when her mother introduces her new boyfriend...

Emmerdale’s Amy Walsh has paid tribute to fiancee and EastEnders actor Toby-Alexander Smith on the day of his birthday, revealing that she feels ‘unbelievably lucky’ to spend her life with him. The actress, who plays Tracy Metcalfe in the ITV soap, took to social media on the day of Toby’s birthday to share a special message. ‘Happy birthday beautiful man! Inside and out’, she wrote on Instagram.

With the FA Cup upon us a number of regularly scheduled TV shows have had to be rescheduled, including popular soaps EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. From 7pm on Wednesday (March 3) the football will be dominating television screens, filling the schedules for both the BBC and ITV.

Madonna has paid a heartfelt tribute to her late brother Anthony Ciccone. Over the weekend, a representative for the Queen of Pop's family announced that Anthony had died on Friday at the age of 66. No cause of death was given.

Madonna honored her older brother, Anthony Ciccone, on Monday, in an Instagram story shared days after his death. The "Vogue" singer broke her silence on Anthony's death with a throwback snap and a list of a few pivotal points she learned from her late sibling. Fox News Digital confirmed Ciccone died on Friday, Feb.

Broadcaster Charles Foster has passed away after delighting audiences as one of the faces of the North West's Granada TV channel throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s.The veteran ITV staple, was also an accomplished actor with roles in the ITV dramas Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Crown Court. Most recently he had provided the voice over on ITV's Judge Rinder programme, having also previously worked on Catchphrase and The Krypton Factor. Immediately following the announcement of his sad death, tributes have flooded in from all around the country.

Soap actor and ITV presenter Charles Foster, who was well known in North West's Granada TV channel in the 70s, 80s and 90, has sadly passed away.

EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street are in a huge schedule shake-up next week thanks to the Live FA Cup Football. Next week, soap watchers will be disappointed to see Wednesday's episodes cancelled and instead replaced with football, which will be airing on both BBC One at 7:30pm and ITV at 7pm. While EastEnders will be cancelled again on Tuesday for the Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup which will air at 7:30pm with Emmerdale going back to its old time of 7pm so Live FA Cup Football can air 7:30pm.

Paris Hilton threw it back to the aughties for her Klarna & Paris Hilton House of Y2K Launch Party on Thursday evening (February 23) in Los Angeles.

Emmerdale fans think the soap may have risked being slapped with official complaints thanks to a saucy innuendo from Bernice Blackstock. During Thursday night's trip to the Dales, viewers of the ITV show saw the new B&B owner having to talk to Wendy Posner after she accused her and new business partner Bob Hope of sleeping together.

Coronation Street alumnus Adam Rickitt is still busy at work with his successful side business in Knutsford, Cheshire. Co-ran by his Good Morning Britain correspondent wife Katy, 'Dexter and Jones' is a craft beer/artisan gin/fine wine passion project for the part-time actor, who also popped up in Hollyoaks as Kyle Kelly a few years back.The 44 year old, sporting a long blonde mane of hair, was snapped loading some of their products out of the shop earlier today ahead of opening time. According to a website description, Dexter and Jones stocks "more than 450 different craft beers, 10 draft beers (which are ever changing), more than 150 small batch gins and more than 60 different wines.

Coronation Street fans were left horrified by a "disgusting" twist for poor old Daisy Midgeley on Wednesday night as she continues to be stalked by Justin on the ITV soap During the latest episode, Daisy, played by Charlotte Jordan, was bombarded with a string of texts from Justin as he continues to make her life a misery. An emotional Daisy showed her fiancé Daniel Osbourne the messages and he was left concerned as Justin appeared to send a death threat.Taking action, Daniel insisted they were going straight to the police station as he wasn't taking any chances after Justin's sinister text. However, upon speaking to PC Scott, the police officer played down Justin's terrifying behaviour, saying they will fill out a report but: "Until he [Justin] commits a crime, there is nothing more we can do!" And things went from bad to worse at the end of the episode as Daisy's phone flashed once more as she thought it was Justin but instead it was PC Scott liking all of her past holiday snaps.