Holly Willoughby's This Morning return date has officially been confirmed - as has who will be alongside her. The presenter hasn't been seen on the programme for several weeks as she headed off to enjoy her annual summer holiday.
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks is back for more musical mayhem, as Greg Davies and his riotous co-stars return for a third series on Sky. For team captain Noel Fielding, who has been with the show since its BBC Two days, the new episodes mark his eighth year on Buzzcocks – and the 50-year-old admits that he’s less wild on the pop panel now than he was in the noughties.
“When I used to do it, I would get s**t-faced before the show and take the guests out to the Groucho Club and it would end up really messy,” he says. “Once, I hadn’t been to bed for a few days and when I came into the studio, Lorraine Kelly chased me around and spanked me over the desk with a wooden spoon.
At that point I didn’t know if I was dreaming or if that was real, but I knew I needed to go to bed.” While there’s less spanking involved in Sky’s reboot of the cult classic, it’s still as raucous as ever, with Greg, Noel and fellow co-panellists Daisy May Cooper and Jamali Maddix bringing the banter each week. The long-running show has featured chart-topping icons from Pete Doherty to Ellie Goulding – and Greg’s childhood hero, Madness frontman Suggs.
“When I was 11, I was obsessed by Madness and their album was the first I ever bought,” he says. “What I find endlessly crushing is that I meet these heroes and they’re not that much older than me.
When I was 11, Suggs was just an 18-year-old kid, but to me he was a majestic pop deity.” As for Daisy May Cooper, she’s less concerned about the music and more interested in the guests’ relationship status. She says, “I find out which celebrities are coming on.Then I ask the runners how fit they are and if they’re single!” Never Mind the Buzzcocks first aired on BBC Two in 1996, with radio DJ Mark Lamarr hosting the
.Holly Willoughby's This Morning return date has officially been confirmed - as has who will be alongside her. The presenter hasn't been seen on the programme for several weeks as she headed off to enjoy her annual summer holiday.
Ellie Goulding had the fire, but thankfully it didn’t burn!
Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Cammy Barnes sent shivers down the spines of passers by in Glasgow on Thursday afternoon with a surprise performance of his new single. The Scots star gave an emotional rendition of Bonnie's Song on the steps of the Royal Concert Hall, supported by the award-winning Rock Choir.
England women's football star Leah Williamson has condemned the president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales for kissing Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso after Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup in August. Luis was seen planting a kiss on Jenni's lips as he congratulated the team for storming to victory against England in the final match of the tournament, which took place in Australia.
Andrew Cushin has shared his latest single ‘Just Like You’d Want Me To’ from his forthcoming LP ‘Waiting For The Rain’. Check it out below.‘Just Like You’d Want Me To’ is the sixth single to be released from Cushin’s debut album following ‘It’s Coming Round Again‘, ‘4.5%’, ‘You’ll Be Free’, ‘Dream For A Moment’ and ‘Wor Flags‘.
The Great British Bake Off is back in September, and Channel 4 is giving fans an exciting first glimpse of new co-host Alison Hammond on Wednesday (August 30). The This Morning presenter has joined the gang in the tent for the much-anticipated series of the show returning in September.
Alison Hammond makes her debut in The Great British Bake Off tent in a new Channel 4 teaser for the much-anticipated series of the show returning in September.
Lorraine Kelly has kept her distance from fellow ITV daytime presenter Holly Willoughby, following the controversy surrounding her former This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield's departure. Earlier this year, Phillip, 61, quit the daytime show after more than 20 years, following reports of a falling out between himself and Holly.
Singing superstar Ellie Goulding had a fright on stage, as she was hit in the face by a burning special effect which went off at the wrong time.The 36-year-old singer was performing over the Bank Holiday Weekend – in front of 170,000 fans at the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth – when the terrifying incident happened. Ellie was belting out one of her most well-known tunes, Miracle, when it looked like a pyrotechnics flame which was on the stage started to spray in her face.The audience could only observe the incident take place as they audibly gasped, while Ellie ran away from the scene.
Ellise Shafer A documentary about musician Pete Doherty will have its world premiere at this year’s Zurich Film Festival in the Sounds section. Described as “an intimate film portrait of his scandalous rockstar life,” “Peter Doherty — Stranger in My Own Skin” is helmed by Doherty’s wife, Katia deVidas.
All eyes have been on UK chart-topper Ellie Goulding since she was rumoured to be in the midst of marriage woes earlier this year.The singer, 36, and her art dealer husband Caspar Jopling, 31, are said to be taking a break from their four year marriage. On Sunday, Ellie posted an arguably cryptic message about their split on social media. Ellie took to Instagram to share a carousel of snaps from her ongoing summer holiday with son Arthur, two, and used the post to advise her followers to "keep going".
Noel Gallagher took to the stage in front of 25,000 fans tonight at a huge home-coming gig at Wythenshawe Park tonight. It was Noel's first first show in Manchester since a gig at Heaton Park in 2019 - and the closest he's played to his childhood home of Burnage since the Oasis mega gigs at Maine Road at the height of their fame.
Christine Lampard was forced to issue an apology to viewers who tuned into Lorraine on Friday (August 25). The TV presenter, who is a regular Loose Women panellist, was back at the helm of the ITV breakfast show to cover for Lorraine Kelly.
Olivia Rodrigo has become the youngest person ever to receive the BRIT Billion Award.Rodrigo – who is currently only 20 years old – scored the landmark achievement in mid-July, but was presented with the award last weekend (August 17) while the singer was in the UK to promote her latest single ‘Bad Idea Right?’.A post shared by The BRIT Awards (@brits)The BRIT Billion Award, which was introduced earlier this year, recognises artists who achieve an astounding one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. Other artists who have received the award so far since its inception in May include ABBA, Coldplay, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Lana Del Rey, Queen, Becky Hill, James Arthur, Rita Ora, Lewis Capaldi and Ellie Goulding.Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Guts’ is set to release on September 8 via Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).
Selena Gomez and acclaimed producer Fred Again appear to be cooking up a new bop.
Daisy May Cooper is fully embracing single life at the moment, revealing that she takes the opportunity to find a man when filming Never Mind the Buzzcocks.The 37-year-old comedian, who split from her husband Will Weston in 2021, said ahead of Buzzcocks' third series that she often asks the show's runners if the guests are "fit" and romantically available. When asked how she prepares for each episode, she revealed: "I just come in and watch s***e on YouTube.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks host Greg Davies has opened up about his most embarrassing celebrity encounters - including the time he met his famous crush, Blue Peter star Janet Ellis. The comedian told OK! that he ran into Janet - who is the mum of singer Sophie Ellis Bextor - in a chip shop, but ended up "humiliating" himself. "I met Janet Ellis once in a fish and chip shop.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Lorraine Stanley, who plays Karen Taylor in EastEnders has been enjoying a holiday with her fiancé, Mark Perez, after filming her last scenes on the soap.The pair , who got engaged in July after being together for nine years, enjoyed a camping getaway to the seaside town of Swanage in Dorset over the weekend. Lorraine, 47, shared a sweet snap of herself and Mark at their campsite, as she jokingly wrote: "Camp skanks".The actress could be seen wearing a simple black t-shirt with sunglasses and a cap, whilst Mark pouted at the camera in a denim shirt.
Calvin Harris and Sam Smith have released a video for their new collaboration ‘Desire’.The track was released last month and peaked at Number Six on the Billboard US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The song features a thumping beat with the anthemic chorus, “You are my desire, oh / And just the thought of you is keepin’ me awake / You take me higher, oh / Take me away”, fit for the dance floor.An accompanying video has since been released which features a group of drag racers driving around, while Smith sings and poses around a race car.
From one female powerhouse to another, Shania Twain is sending prayers to Céline Dion. Dion has stepped away from the spotlight since announcing she was diagnosed with an incurable neurological disorder late last year. "I hope to be able to connect with her at some point," Twain told Billboard of the "Beauty and the Beast" singer.