County Whitley Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Actor Stephen Tompkinson has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man he confronted for drunkenly making noise outside his house.The DCI Banks star was accused of punching Karl Poole in the head after finding him and a friend drinking at the bottom of his driveway in the early hours of May 30 2021. Mr Poole fell to the ground and broke his skull when his head hit the pavement, Newcastle Crown Court was told.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden will return to TV screens tonight (7 November), as she joins pal and Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.The pair first met when Sara appeared as a contestant on Strictly in 2021, and will go head-to-head alongside experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and Steven Moore to see who can uncover the most interesting antiques and make the most money at auction. In a clip released before the show airs tonight, Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sara has said she made it her “mission” to have Amy as a friend when she appeared on Strictly.

Actor Stephem Tompkinson has been cleared of punching a drunk man outside out his house who he confronted for making noise.

The neighbour of actor Stephen Tompkinson has told a court she saw him slap and punch a drunk man in the head after asking him to move away from his home in the early hours of the morning.The 57 year old DCI Banks star is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Karl Poole on May 30 2021. Jurors have heard Mr Poole and his friend Andrew Hall had been drinking since around midnight and had gone to the beach to watch the sunrise before walking back past Stephen's home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.

TV star Stephen Tompkinson allegedly punched a man who was making a noise outside his house and caused him "traumatic brain injuries", a court heard.

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Benton Whitley announced today the creation of Whitley Theatrical, a New York City-based casting and producing office for theater, film, and television.

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Duncan Stewart, whose big-name clients include the Tony-winning Hadestown, the new Life of Pi and the acclaimed The Great Comet of 1812, is dissolving his Stewart/Whitley agency after 14 years to head up the new casting arm of global live event company RWS Entertainment Group.

There are two new additions to the Country Music Hall of Fame, both of whom started their music careers in different genres, Jerry Lee Lewis, who began as a rock performer, and the late Keith Whitley, who initially got his start as a bluegrass performer. Lewis, also known as "The Killer," was not present at the ceremony on Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee, as he was following his doctor's suggestions.

John Cale has shared an animated video for his new single ‘Night Crawling’.The clip, which you can view below, sees the Velvet Underground multi-instrumentalist hitting the streets of New York in the 1970s with David Bowie.The song is his first new music since 2020 single ‘Lazy Day’ and his collaboration with Kelly Lee Owens on ‘Corner Of My Sky’.“There was this period around mid-late 70s when David and I would run into each other in NY. There was plenty of talk about getting some work done but of course we’d end up running the streets, sometimes until we couldn’t keep a thought in our heads, let alone actually get a song together.

Berkshire and in Reading, temperatures soared to almost 38 degrees. Now a celebrity who has experienced his fair share of Reading heatwaves has commented on how he dealt with the Summer heat growing up. Ricky Gervais said that as a working-class kid with no air conditioning or central heating he was very much "at the mercy of the weather.

A chippy in Cheshire has been named one of the best in the UK - and now it's revealing the secrets of its success. The Codfather, in Northwich, accepted the accolade in honour of its former owner, who died tragically in a crash two years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Ne-Yo (Step Up: High Water) has signed on to star alongside his real-life aunt Kym Whitley (Twenties) and niece Tyler Kay Whitley (The Game) in the indie romantic comedy The Pact, from writer-director Robert Mychal Patrick Butler (Life Ain’t Like The Movies).

Disabled and elderly residents were left ‘trapped’ in a tower block for days after the lift broke down. Tenants with ‘serious mobility issues’ were unable to get out for their shopping or for any fresh air before the lift was fixed four days later, say furious neighbours.

A Scots thug who choked his girlfriend with her scarf, banged her head against doors and dragged her screaming along the floor escaped prison today. Instead brutal drunk Daniel McNair was hit with a two-year community payback order compelling him to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work within 12 months.

Willow Smith‘s farting confession took over the December 29 episode of Red Table Talk — which invited comedian Kym Whitley and New York Times Advice columnist Philip Galanes to help solve viewers’ most awkward social dilemmas. While discussing the latter, the singer, 20, revealed what happened on a date when she accidentally farted from laughing too hard.

Kilmarnock star Michael Nelson has been handed a north-east derby for his managerial debut in the FA Cup.

Stacey Solomon has been left in shock after her boyfriend Joe Swash surprised her with a £50,000 camper van.The 30 year old Loose Women presenter, who was recently taken on a date to IKEA by Joe, branded the new family vehicle a “monstrosity” as she saw it parked outside their shared home. Joe, 38, travelled to Whitley Bay in Tyne and Wear to pick up his sweet new ride after getting it custom made by Southland Motor Company.

Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley are expanding their New York-based casting office Stewart/Whitley and opening a film and television arm.