Meet Coronation Street's newest couple as Emma falls for new heartthrob Curtis

We all know her as Weatherfield’s most bubbly barmaid, Emma Brooker but in a recent interview with OK!, Alexandra Mardell - aka Ali - told us that she’d love to take on a “gritty” role in a drama in the future.

When we catch up with Alexandra Mardell and her fiancé, actor Joe Parker, the happy couple, who are both 27, are on cloud nine. Joe popped the question in April, but as we chat to the self-confessed “soppy” pair about their engagement it’s clear they’re both still buzzing as though it was yesterday.

Coronation Street real-life couple Sally Carman and Joe Duttine have celebrated their three-year anniversary with a sweet photo of a romantic day together.

Ever since she first stepped foot on the Corrie cobbles, Daisy Midgeley has been making waves in Weatherfield. Daisy brought a fresh me-first drive and determination to protect step-mum Jenny from anything and everything.

Some of ITV's biggest soap stars from Coronation Street and Emmerdale are reportedly set to get a pay rise, according to The Sun.The actors have previously been paid as freelancers from personal service companies, which meant ITV did not have to give holiday pay or national insurance. However, now it's been said that HMRC will tell ITV to categorise their stars as staff and change to a new structure of pay.

Soap star Tina O’Brien has been on our screens for over two decades and she’s spent a large chunk of that time playing Coronation Street favourite, Sarah Platt - now Barlow. She won multiple awards for her portrayal of the character including Most Popular Newcomer at the 2000 NTAs and Best Storyline at the British Soap Awards the same year.

Brooke Vincent has paid a sweet tribute to her sons by getting a tattoo on her wrist. The black inking reads: “8:14”, which is the exact time that both her newborn son Monroe and his big brother Mexx, 18 months, were born.

Coronation Street is set to deliver a hard-hitting storyline as the soap moves to a post-watershed time slot next week. Soap bosses are taking advantage of the fact Corrie is being moved to a later time, as The Masked Dancer airs nightly at 7pm on ITV.

Friends: The Reunion has left its fans flooding social media with the excitement of seeing their six BFF's reunite for the first time since the show came to an end in 2004. The iconic sitcom has entertained generations of audiences and today, on 27 May, the reunion will be aired in India simultaneously with the US. Ahead of the reunion, we stumbled upon some interesting information about Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry.

The Crown‘s Emma Corrin has taken inspiration from the boybands of the ’90s as she showed off her new, bleached blonde curtain haircut on Instagram. Thanks to TikTok, the curtain fringe is reigning supreme as the style to emulate this summer and Emma just proved exactly why with her short, floppy cut, courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Daniel Martin.

Coronation Street’s Elle Mulvaney is the latest star to go Instagram official with her new boyfriend, Euan.The actress, who plays Amy Barlow on ITV’s hit soap, has taken to her social media feed to confirm her new relationship with a selfie of her love. In the picture, both Euan and Elle can be seen cosying up to each other while smiling into the camera.

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NBC’s Saturday Night Live closed out its 46th season in style as the finale, hosted by Anya Taylor-Joy and featuring musical guest Lil Nas X, became the first show of the season with full studio audience amid the lifting of most Covid-related restrictions in New York — and around the country.

Tonight, Saturday Night Live paid photographic tribute to Charles Grodin, who died earlier this week.

No longer live from New York! Saturday Night Live has catapulted the careers of many of today’s most popular comedians, including Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey and Adam Sandler. In fact, the NBC sketch comedy series has become a launching pad for hit talk shows, films, sitcoms and game shows since its 1975 premiere.