Most successful Great British Bake Off stars revealed - and it's not always the winners

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor You wouldn’t expect an animated film about a talking iguana to draw equal inspiration from Andy Kaufman and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but that just might help explain the wide appeal of Netflix’s smash hit “Leo.” It also makes perfect sense when you consider the creative minds behind Adam Sandler-led project, which includes his longtime collaborator and comedy’s not-so-secret weapon, Robert Smigel. Though perhaps best known to audiences for his work as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the foul-mouthed canine puppet who began life on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” where Smigel was the first head writer.

Shane Nolan has reportedly split from his wife Madeleine Wahdan after allegedly being unfaithful to her. Shane, 35, who is the son of Loose Women's Coleen Nolan and EastEnders star Shane Richie, married Maddie, 28, in July 2022 with his famous family by his side. Just over one year into their marriage however, it's been reported that the couple have split with Maddie, who won Miss Great Britain in October 2023, calling time on their relationship after finding out Shane had cheated on her, according to The Sun.

Naman Ramachandran Musician and BAFTA nominated actor Olly Alexander will represent the U.K. at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. Alexander revealed the news on Saturday during the finale of BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” As a musician, Alexander fronted English band Years & Years, which in recent years has evolved into a solo project.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Zack Snyder is a pop-fantasy filmmaker who now has a fanboy cult around him. In the two decades since he made his feature directorial debut with the grainy unsettling 2004 reboot of “Dawn of the Dead,” Snyder’s flamboyant fusion of visual wizardry, technological fixation, and kick-ass spirit has made him, at least in some quarters (read: the Comic-Con and video-game demo), a creative hero for the Age of Escapism. Fans who grew up feasting on such Snyder extravaganzas as “300,” “Watchmen,” and “Sucker Punch” then saw his much-ballyhooed entrée into the DC comic-book sphere marked by ambitious but maligned misfires.

The Real Full Monty star Ashley Cain moved viewers to tears as he discussed why he would never shave off his long beard. The former professional footballer, 33, and his ex-partner Safiyya Vorajee tragically lost their beloved daughter Azaylia to leukaemia in 2021 when she was just eight months old.

Christine Lampard has revealed she ditched a close friend who was being too ‘touchy-feely’ and ‘flirty’ with her husband, Frank Lampard. The Loose Women presenter, 44, confessed she was left feeling uncomfortable after an ex-pal would try to be ‘sneaky’ with the sportsman ‘under the table.’ Christine added that while she hates any sort of confrontation, she was happy to ‘ghost’ a friend who crossed the line.

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British actress Sherrie Hewson, 72, will be taking part in ITV show The Real Full Monty in honour of her beloved brother Brett Hutchinson, who died in 2020 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. ‌Sherrie has been gracing our screens for many years, across shows such as Coronation Street, Benidorm and more. ‌She joins the line-up of The Real Full Monty alongside the likes of TV presenter Julia Bradbury, reality TV royalty Gemma Collins, Dancing on Ice pro skater Vanessa Bauer and Corrie and Death in Paradise’s Victoria Ekanoye.

Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo first met 28 years ago, through their girlfriends at the time, before hunting a serial killer in David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” and well before battling Thanos in Marvel’s “Avengers” movies. The milage on their friendship shows in their shared enthusiasm for their electrifying performances this year: Downey in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” as the calculating U.S. Atomic Energy Commission official Lewis Strauss, and Ruffalo in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” as Duncan Wedderburn, an unscrupulous libertine. Both actors stretched far beyond their well-established movie star personas, and they were eager to ask each other about how they’d done it. Robert Downey Jr.: We really met when Fincher cast us in “Zodiac.” Mark Ruffalo: What a wild ride that was.

Dancing with the Stars” is reaching its conclusion, with the series finale scheduled to air next week. Five couples will take the dance floor next Tuesday, preparing two performances that encapsulate and showcase the work they’ve done over the past months.

Matty Edgell has been crowned the winner of this year's Great British Bake Off (GBBO). On Tuesday’s episode of the Channel 4 programme, the PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire was joined by fellow finalists Josh and Dan to make their final bakes.The trio were tasked with a choux pastry signature, a sticky technical challenge and a celebration cake showstopper.

Matty has been crowned the winner of the 14th series of The Great British Bake Off, but some fans are claiming that runner-up Josh was "cheated out of winning". On Tuesday's episode of the Channel 4 programme, PE and science teacher Matty from Cambridgeshire was joined by fellow finalists Josh and Dan to make their final bakes. The trio were tasked with a choux pastry signature, a sticky technical challenge and a celebration cake showstopper.

This year's winner of The Great British Bake Off has been named as Matty Edgell. Matty took part in a tense final alongside Josh Smalley and Dan Hunter, but it was the PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire who was named the winner of the 2023, which is the 14th season.

Matty has been crowned the winner of the 14th series of The Great British Bake Off, as he said it "doesn't feel real". On Tuesday’s episode of the Channel 4 programme, the PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire was joined by fellow finalists Josh and Dan to make their final bakes.The trio were tasked with a choux pastry signature, a sticky technical challenge and a celebration cake showstopper.

Noel Fielding has been on our screens for years, so at this point, the 50 year old is pretty much a national treasure. While his Gen Z fans probably know him best for being a presenter on The Great British Bake Off, the majority of his millennial fans, including me, think of him as Vince Noir from the surrealism comedy series, The Mighty Boosh. Both TV ventures - despite being completely different - have captured his artsy style, so it's no surprise that Noel has been described many times as an alternative icon.

Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband Derek Draper is back in hospital. The Good Morning Britain presenter gave the update on Thursday's episode of Loose Women, where she praised the carers looking after him and said without them, he "would have died".

After weeks of creating classic chocolate tortes, beautiful botanical desserts and perfect puff pastries, it’s time for the judges to choose a winner in the final of The Great British Bake Off. The bakers still in the running are Matty Edgell, Dan Hunter and Josh Smalley. But there are three challenges to go – a signature choux pastry, a sticky technical and the ultimate celebration cake – before one of them is crowned the winner by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.

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Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith hopes Scotland will “lead the way” by passing new laws on assisted dying.

There is a sequence of scenes in Andrew Haigh‘s acclaimed drama “All of Us Strangers” that will surprise both straight and queer audiences, but it’s not what you think. Sure, there is another buzzworthy sex scene between stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal for a fall movie season seemingly full of them.