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“I love food, but I hate diets. I like three meals a day, but if my schedule is crazy, I’ll have six smaller snacks. I’m 5ft 5in and weigh 9st 3lbs. You can’t expect to function properly if you’re hungry,” she told The Mirror about her height and diet.

“For breakfast, I’ll have egg whites, tomatoes, and wheat toast. But my new favorite is smoked salmon, poached eggs, and brown toast. And I always have a mug of builders’ tea.

Celebrity Big Brother UK is back with its 2025 edition, which will have a live launch that will see the VIP guests enter the house.

Aj Odudu and Will Best return to host the reality TV competition and will welcome the celebrities who will take on the challenge of living under constant surveillance for three weeks. The identities of the celebrity housemates are kept under wraps until they are revealed during the live show.

When does Celebrity Big Brother UK 2025 premiere?

Cbbuk premieres on Monday, April 7 at 9 p.m. BST on ITV1. ITV will be live streaming the show on its Itvx app, which is available on TV and mobile devices.

Related: ‘Celebrity Big Brother UK’ 2025 Cast Photos: Mickey Rourke, JoJo Siwa & More Enter The House

Celebrity Big Brother will once again be followed each night by Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live – giving viewers an additional hour of exclusive content. Airing on ITV2 and Itvx,...

The Celebrity Big Brother UK house is preparing to open its doors again to a new group of stars.

Big Brother has given the house a fresh coat of paint to welcome its new A-list guests, who will be revealed during the live lunch on Monday, April 7, at 9 p.m. (BST) on ITV1.

Aj Odudu and Will Best will return as hosts of the show, which will see a new batch of VIPs take up residence in the Big Brother house, which has moved to a brand new location for this season.

Related: ‘Celebrity Big Brother UK’ 2025 Cast Photos: Mickey Rourke, JoJo Siwa & More Enter The House

Ahead of the live launch, ITV has released photos of the house and Diary Room, where housemates will reveal all their secrets. You can see them below.

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Doctor Who'ssecond season of Russell T Davies's new era looks set to be one of its grandest yet. The show's next run of episodes begins April 12 and will introduce Andor star Varada Sethu as the nurse Belinda Chandra. After meeting his new friend Belinda, the Fifteenth Doctor will also be reuniting with previous companions Ruby Sunday and Melanie Bush, and uncovering the truth behind the mysterious Mrs Flood. BBC Studios and Disney have recently released a full trailer for the second season, which suggests its upcoming run will feature some of the most wild and inventive stories. The Doctor and Belinda's adventures will see them face many crazy scenarios, like cartoons coming to life, and an animated dinosaur skeleton roaming the streets of London.

A new group of stars are getting ready to enter the Celebrity Big Brother UK house this spring.

During the Love Island All Stars Season 2 finale, the eye logo for the 2025 edition of Cbbuk was revealed. The eye logo was similar to the one for the civilian series, which aired in Fall 2024, but this time with a star as the pupil.

Aj Odudu and Will Best are set to return to co-host the second season of the celebrity version of the Big Brother format since ITV picked up the show.

Last year, Celebrity Big Brother caused shockwaves across social media with the celebrity cast that included Sharon Osbourne, former The X-Factor UK judge Louis Walsh, Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith, Broadway star Marisha Wallace, The Real Housewives of Cheshire alum Lauren Simon, Netflix’s Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches, former This Morning co-host Fern Britton, and Love Island UK Season...

Jack Rooke’s sweet, award-winning sitcom Big Boys is returning for a third series, and here’s the trailer for it.

Big Boys, Jack Rooke’s autobiographical sitcom about his experience at university, has been one of the comedic treats of the last few years.

Derry Girls star Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing play two disparate young men, Jack and Danny, who find themselves as roommates in their first year of University. The former is closeted and sensitive, the latter is full of boorish bonhomie, but despite their differences they form a touching, tender bond, and Rooke’s writing covers everything from Jack exploring his sexuality to Danny’s mental health.

The show received critical acclaim for Rooke’s refusal to adhere to the usual masculine stereotypes seen on TV and for highlighting mental health struggles.

It proved to be a hit for Channel 4, who quickly ordered a second series,...

Big Boys, one of Channel 4’s biggest comedies of the decade, has been renewed for a third and final season. Watch the trailer below.

The show from Jack Rooke and starring Derry Girls’ Dylan Llewellyn will see the gang enter their final year at Brent Uni, with all the ups and downs of dissertations, deadlines, dating and the devastating departure of Louis Walsh from The X-Factor. Peggy and Shannon embark on new romances and never-ending nappy changes, whilst Jack and Danny’s friendship is tested to its limits as they realise proper adult life is coming.

Of the show concluding, Rooke said: “Ten years ago I took a rather ramshackle comedy-theatre hour about grief and friendship to a damp cave at the Edinburgh Fringe and never thought a decade later it’d be a silly, sweet lil sitcom about a lad’s lad and a dweeby gay becoming best mates.

Edinburgh Fringe-originated college comedy series “Big Boys” is set to end after Season 3, Variety can confirm.

The show, which launched in 2022 after a run at the famous Scottish arts festival, stars Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as unlikely flatmates, who are thrown together in their first year at Brent University.

The third and final season is set to air on Channel 4 in February. In the U.S. the first two seasons are available on Hulu.

Season 3 will see Jack (played by Llewellyn) and Danny (Pointing) back together as they navigate the roller-coaster of deadlines, dissertations and deadlines. With the show set in 2013, it will also see Jack deal with the devastating news that “The X-Factor” judge Louis Walsh is departing the singing competition.

Meanwhile Peggy (Camille Coduri) and Shannon (Harriet Webb) embark on new romances and nappy changes.

With “real” adult life on the horizon, will the friends choose...

The BBC has released the first trailer and announced the broadcast date for the new TV series ‘Boybands Forever’ which explores the inside story of boyband mania during the ’90s and early ’00s.

Each episode follows the life-changing reality of new-found fame at a young age, from their early beginnings to hitting the top of the charts, whilst revealing some of the pivotal behind-the-scenes moments that shaped their careers and reflecting on those times decades later.

Across the episodes, the series hears from the music label bosses and band managers who managed their ascent to fame, including Simon Cowell (RCA Records) Nigel Martin-Smith (Take That), Louis Walsh (Westlife), Daniel Glatman (Blue), Chris Herbert (Five) and Steve Gilmour (911), as well as those close to the band members, music industry insiders, presenters, and journalists who followed their stories in an age before social media.

Together with their testimony, rich archive from the...

It was a devastating day for One Direction fans on March 25, 2015, when Zayn Malik decided to leave the band. The news came as a shock to many fans, as the boy band was at the peak of their fame and nothing seemed to stop them from conquering the music world. It was not just fans who were disappointed with the news. Justin Bieber’s reaction to the news proved how much of an impact the band had at the time.

Justin Bieber in the music video of Baby | Credits: Island/Rbmg

Zayn Malik initially shared in a statement that he was leaving One Direction because he wanted to be a normal kid and have some private time out of the spotlight. However, he went on to launch a successful solo career, releasing four studio albums, a mixtape, and multiple singles.

Justin Bieber Had An Unforgettable Reaction to The News Of...

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Liam Payne, who tragically passed away aged 31, started his career on British singing competition, The X Factor. The star was just 14 years old when he first appeared on the show and was eliminated during the 'Judges Houses' stage.

Luckily, Liam was determined to become a famous singer and returned to the reality show two years later as a solo singer, per the request of celebrity judge Simon Cowell. He succeeded and was placed with four other solo singers to form One Direction. The band went on to be an international phenomenon, selling 70 million records worldwide, as reported by CNN.

According to TMZ, the news of the singer's death was announced on October 16, 2024, after he fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Liam Payne's First Audition On X Factor Was Much Earlier Than Originally Thought

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Nicole Scherzinger, who played a big role in forming One Direction on The X-Factor UK, is paying tribute to Liam Payne following his death.

In a new social media post, Scherzinger, currently starring on Broadway in Sunset Blvd., penned a letter to Payne in honor of his memory.

“Dear Liam, I will forever cherish and treasure the time we shared together, from fifteen years ago when One Direction was born, right up until just a few weeks ago,” Scherzinger wrote.

She continued, “It was such a blessing to get to work with you recently. We shared the same love and passion for music and I will forever remember the meaningful and joyful conversations we had.”

Scherzinger said “It’s been so hard to process that you’re no longer here, but I am grateful to have known your kind heart, sweet soul and character.”

“You brought so much joy, light,...

A lot of information regarding the tragic death of Liam Payne has unraveled since the incident took place at the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and several of his associates in life and the music business have offered their final messages to the deceased via social media. While the entire world boils in total disbelief, authorities are still trying to piece together the events that took place before Payne lost his life.

Liam Payne in the music video of “Strip That Down” | Credits: Capitol/Republic

Payne, who was a member of the iconic One Direction band, is survived by his sisters Ruth, Nicola, Geoff (father), Karen (mother), and his son, Bear. The 31-year-old singer had his son during a brief relationship with Cheryl Cole, a singer and former judge on the X-Factor.

Since the singer’s passing, fans have wondered about his ex-partner’s current dating scenario. So,...

Liam Payne was just 14 when he first auditioned for The X Factor in 2008. It was where he would first meet singer Cheryl Cole, who was a judge. Cheryl found Liam adoring and admired his voice, but it wouldn't be until nearly a decade later that these two would strike up a romance.

Liam and Cheryl's relationship was short-lived, but they did welcome a son together named Bear in March 2017. The former couple maintained an amicable co-parenting relationship. In 2023, the former One Direction singer even thanked his ex for watching over their son and allowing him time to get better following personal struggles.

In October, Liam died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.

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On October 16th, singer Liam Payne died after falling from his third floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31-years-old.

Liam rose to fame when he joined One Direction along with famous faces Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. The band was formed on The X Factor in 2010, with Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger having a helping hand in forming the beloved boy band.

After One Direction split, Liam found himself in the spotlight for personal matters that included struggling with addiction and a controversial former relationship with TikTok star Maya Henry. However, things were looking up for the singer when it was announced that he was to star in a new reality TV show. Very much like how he and his bandmates were formed, Liam was set to judge the new Netflix singing competition series, Building the Band.

Related Louis Tomlinson And Niall...

Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, has died. He was 31.

Payne died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to state police reported by ABC and CNN.

Per CNN, Payne fell fell from a balcony on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood.

Born on Aug. 29, 1993, in Wolverhampton, England, Payne rose to fame after his audition for the fifth season of The X Factor in 2008, in front of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.

After moving past the first round of competition following a performance of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was eventually placed in the newly formed boy band that would be called One Direction, with fellow bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.

And while they group didn’t win that season of The X Factor, the...

“Ah, the tangled webs we weave!” mused the bard, and never has a saying felt more fitting than when examining the fuss surrounding Liam Payne and his comments about One Direction. On Logan Paul’s podcast, he boldly claimed that the band revolved around him as if Simon Cowell had crafted a master plan for boy band fame with Payne at its center.

Liam Payne | Credits: vagueonthehow via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

To add to this, another video shows Cowell praising Payne’s audition while cheekily suggesting he had an inflated ego, implying he thought he was better than the other contestants. And just when you think it couldn’t get any more dramatic, enter Maya Henry, Payne’s ex-girlfriend. She’s been throwing truth bombs, reposting interviews where Payne and Cowell’s stories are knotted up tighter than a pretzel.

Liam Payne‘s Self-Proclaimed Origin of One Direction

As Shakespeare once quipped,...

BBC Two will air a new series on the boy band mania of the 1990s and 2000s featuring interviews with Take That’s Robbie Williams, Westlife’s Brian McFadden, and music mogul Simon Cowell.

Boybands Forever, a three-episode series, will air later in 2024. Produced by Mindhouse Productions (Louis Theroux Interviews, Lockerbie) and from producer/husband-and-wife pair Louis Theroux and Nancy Strang, the show will dive into pop culture in the ’90s and ’00s, looking at the success of some of the U.K. and Ireland’s most celebrated pop stars.

Each episode will follow the reality of newfound fame at a young age while revealing some of the pivotal behind-the-scenes moments. Boybands Forever will include interviews with the artists themselves including Williams, McFadden, as well as members of East 17, Blue, Five, 911 and Damage.

The series will also hear from the music label bosses and band managers who handled their ascent to fame,...

A docuseries on the global success of 1990s Irish boy band Boyzone is coming to Sky and Now.

For the first time in 30 years, bandmembers Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Michael Graham have granted rare, exclusive interview access for the three-part show, revealing their personal experiences in the band that sold over 25 million records worldwide.

“The boys talk candidly about how they grappled with the true cost of global fame and to try and help close a chapter in their lives, they confront the strained relationships and tragic events that have had a lasting impact on all their lives, families and friendships,” a plot synopsis reads.

The Sky original series, produced by Curious Films, includes contributions from the late Stephen Gately’s sister, Michelle, his former partner and pop star Eloy De Jong, and their estranged manager Louis Walsh, as well as never-been-seen archive footage from the group’s early career.

Boyzone’s Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Michael Graham are to take part in their first joint interviews for three decades in a Sky doc about one of the most successful boy bands of all time in Britain.

Boyzone [working title] will reveal the personal experiences of the band members, who sold more than 25 million records worldwide. They will talk candidly about how they grappled with the true cost of global fame, while the doc will also include contributions from those closest to Stephen Gately, another former member who died in 2009. Louis Walsh will contribute and there will be never-been-seen archive footage from the group’s early career.

Overall, the doc will examine the key events that shaped Boyzone, including the highs and lows of global stardom, the intense tabloid intrusion in ’90s Britain forcing Gately to come out, and after a sensational comeback in 2007, Gately’s death, which the...

A new season of Big Brother UK will air this fall on ITV2 and Itvx, and the new eye logo has been unveiled.

During the Love Island UK final, ITV2 teased the graphic for the new season, which Aj Odudu and Will Best are set to co-host.

The new logo is a multi-color eye that resembles paint dripping, which you can see in the image below. See the teaser in the video posted above.

‘Big Brother UK’ 2024 eye logo

Big Brother UK 2024 is set to be the second civilian series since ITV acquired the format in August 2022, but the 21st season overall. ITV relaunched the format in October 2023 to tepid overnight results on their main channel before ending its run on ITV2, where the ratings averaged about 1M per night.

Related: ‘Celebrity Big Brother UK’ 2024 Crowns Winner On ITV

Earlier this year, ITV aired its first edition of Celebrity Big Brother UK,...

Reality talent shows succeed because viewers love cheering on their favorites and witnessing dreams come true. Bad auditions also entertain, as seen in the dramatic Ablisa incident on the UK version of The X-Factor. Abbey and Lisa's friendship turned ugly on stage with squabbles, forgotten lyrics, and even a physical altercation.

A big reason reality talent competitions are so successful is because viewers love rooting for their favorite to win. Viewers love watching talented and deserving people achieve their dreams. It's especially meaningful when audiences feel a connection with a contestant from their audition to the very end of the show.

This is the kind of success Kelly Clarkson accomplished when she became the winner of the first season of American Idol.

However, another major source of entertainment has also been the bad, embarrassing auditions. One such incident occurred during the UK version of The X-Factor in 2010. Audiences reacted with...

While America’s Got Talent judge, Simon Cowell has made a significant name for himself, he hasn’t always been rich. He shares a story about how he was nearly bankrupt before getting his big break that made him the millionaire he is now.

Simon Cowell’s Rags To Riches Story

Currently, Simon Cowell is a common household name after his appearance as a judge on America’s Got Talent since 2016. But before that, he was also on Pop Idol, American Idol, The X-Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent. While he has become the difficult-to-impress judge over the years, he hasn’t had it easy along the way. Although he is currently a self-made millionaire, he has a few secrets about what it takes to get there. Now his career keeps him busy and in the spotlight, but there was a point in his life when he was facing bankruptcy.

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Mel B, known for her outspoken personality, called out Louis Walsh for groping her on television, showing strength against mistreatment. Mel B shared her harrowing experience of escaping an abusive relationship, highlighting the manipulation and control tactics used by abusers. Overcoming her past, Mel B credits her father's death as a turning point that gave her the strength to leave the abusive relationship and find peace.

Mel B rose to fame as a member of the girl group Spice Girls. The five girls took the world by storm in the late 90s and became one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Known as Scary Spice, Mel B was famous for her outrageous fashion choices and outspoken personality.

However, she also found herself in situations where she was mistreated.

Mel B has been speaking out about her experience with abuse in an effort to help those in similar situations.

Sharon Osbourne isn’t welcome in America anymore. Here’s what she has to say about it. Sharon Osbourne Reveals Her US Opportunities Are Dried Up Following Her Exit From The Talk

Sharon Osbourne may have been voted out of “Celebrity Big Brother” as fast as Princess Kate’s uncle had been, but not before she shared tidbits about what her career is like overseas, which strictly speaking, was where she thrived at in recent years.

Sharon Osbourne Feels She Is Banned From The USA

“I got banned in America,” she said during a conversation with fellow housemates Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh. “I can legally, but nobody will employ me because they say I’m racist.”

Her mates from the house supported her and insisted there was no way she was racist, especially since she was from a minority group herself.

Walsh particularly told her she did nothing wrong,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of the winner of Celebrity Big Brother UK.

The first edition of Celebrity Big Brother UK on ITV has crowned its winner after 19 days.

Following the evictions of Zeze Miller and Marisha Wallace on Tuesday night, six housemates remained in the house and were in contention to take home the crown.

The British public started voting for their winner on Tuesday, but a shock eviction on Thursday night saw Heartstopper’s Bradley Riches exit the house before the final.

Only five finalists made it to the final: Colson Smith, David Potts, Fern Britton, Nikita Kuzmin, and Louis Walsh.

Related: Sharon Osbourne Exits ‘Celebrity Big Brother UK’ After Eight Days: “It’s Been A Great Party”

On Cbbuk‘s final night, Britton was the first housemate evicted and placed fifth.

Walsh, who had been a favorite to win, was the second housemate evicted on the show’s final night,...

Celebrity Big Brother contestant Louis Walsh has ignited a ramped-up war of words with X Factor breakouts Jedward, with the identical twin singers accusing Walsh of forcing them to give one of his PR workers £70,000.

On last night’s Celebrity Big Brother, Walsh branded the singers – who featured on The X Factor during his time as judge and who he used to manage – “vile,” before saying he “got £5 million from them.”

Jedward responded almost immediately via X with a string of weighty accusations including that Walsh had “forced us into an office to pay £70k+ to [sic] from our bank account to one of his own PR workers.”

In a number of tweets last night after the show, Jedward – real names John and Edward Grimes – also accused Walsh of “trying to make us sign our name and life away in dodgy contracts to people he was great friends with.”

They also attacked Walsh’s character,...

Sharon Osbourne exited Celebrity Big Brother after spending eight days in the most famous house in the UK.

Osbourne was a “lodger” and wasn’t an official housemate, having agreed to appear in the reality competition for only one week. The former The Talk co-host was not evicted from the house and didn’t face the public vote.

“It’s been a great party. I have loved it,” Osbourne said after Big Brother announced her time had ended.

Big Brother asked Osbourne to name the housemates who impacted her most, saying it was Nikita Kuzmin.

“He’s beautiful inside and outside,” Osbourne said about the Strictly Come Dancing dancer.

Osbourne also mentioned Levi Roots because “he’s just a genuinely good guy.”

“I’ve loved every minute,” Osbourne said outside the house before her daughter Kelly joined her on stage to give her a hug.

Kelly Osbourne hugs mother Sharon...

Sharon Osbourne was talking to Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh on Celebrity Big Brother and let them know the troubles she was having finding work. According to Sharon, no one in the United States will hire her since The Talk fired her for behind-the-scenes issues. She said she has been “banned” in America.

Here is what Sharon had to say about her inability to find work in America.

Sharon Osbourne Can’t Get Hired In America

Sharon Osbourne was one of the hosts of The Talk, but one comment led to further investigations and her eventual termination from the show. The talk show has the hosts discussing current issues, and on one episode, they discussed comments Piers Morgan made about Meghan Markle. Sharon defended Piers, a friend of hers.

After Markle was on an Oprah Winfrey interview and talked about her mental health struggles due to racism. Piers was less than sympathetic.

American TV viewers haven’t seen Sharon Osbourne much since her contentious exit from The Talk in 2021, and now the former talk show cohost claims she’s persona non grata in the United States. “I got banned in America,” Osbourne told Celebrity Big Brother housemates Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh on Thursday’s episode of the British reality show, as seen in a Daily Mail video. Osbourne also agreed when Walsh, a music manager who judged the British X Factor, said that Osbourne was faultless. “I did nothing wrong,” she said, echoing Walsh’s words. And when Simon, a cast member of The Real Housewives of Cheshire, asked if Osbourne couldn’t work in American TV now, Osbourne said, “I can legally, but nobody will employ me because they say I’m racist.” Simon then pointed out that Osbourne is Jewish, Us Weekly reports. “I know, and that’s what I said to them!

Sharon Osbourne has made her comeback to reality television on Britain’s Celebrity Big Brother and she’s holding no punches. In a recent episode, Sharon spoke with X Factor‘s Louis Walsh about why she had such hard feelings toward Simon Cowell. Keep reading to see why the two are at odds and why Sharon Osbourne blames Simon.

Why Is Sharon Osbourne Mad At Simon Cowell?

According to Sharon, she lost out on a job opportunity because of Simon Cowell. At the time, she worked on the X Factor alongside Louis Walsh. However, she received a call asking her if she would consider coming to host The Masked Singer in the United States. Sharon Osbourne turned the job down due to her obligation to X Factor with Simon.

The reality television icon assumed she would be asked back to work on X Factor. Sharon worked on the program for...

Sharon Osbourne has demanded to stay in separate living quarters from other Celebrity Big Brother housemates, a command her bosses granted to keep her on the show.

Osbourne, 71, entered the house on Monday night with Louis Walsh. The two television personalities were kept in a secret lair and were able to critique their co-stars from afar.

A source close to the show told the Daily Mail that Osbourne will be staying in her own suite.

“Sharon is Celebrity Big Brother‘s star signing so producers were prepared to make her living situation more comfortable, especially given her age,” the source said.

“Viewers will see Sharon in her own room complete with an ensuite during Tuesday night’s episode but she will still be interacting with the other housemates and be a part of the main action in the house.”

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Celebrity Big Brother returned for the first time in six years to 2.7M viewers last night, as Sharon Osbourne and Kate Middleton’s uncle entered the house.

The show was just ahead of the launch of the civilian Big Brother UK in October, which secured 2.5M viewers, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.

Celebrity Big Brother, which peaked with 3M, will now have the benefit of airing nightly on ITV main channel for the next three weeks in the primetime 9 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. Pt) slot and be given a big push on streamer Itvx. The civilian Big Brother kicked off in the same slot in October but was then moved to ITV 2 and ratings naturally declined from there – averaging around 1M per night.

Revealed yesterday by hosts Aj Odudu and Will Best, Celebrity Big Brother contestants include Sharon Osbourne, Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith...

Celebrity Big Brother UK is back after a more than five-year absence. The cast of the first season of ITV was revealed by Aj Odudu and Will Best during the live launch on, Monday, March 4.

ITV resurrected the Big Brother format in 2023 and following positive results announced a celebrity edition of the reality competition. The names of the contestants had been kept under wraps and weren’t officially revealed until the start of the show.

Sharon Osbourne was the first to enter the house and was tasked with putting three celebrities in the danger zone and would follow up with selecting one of them who would face eviction via the public vote. Big Brother reunited Osbourne with her The X-Factor UK co-star Louis Walsh, who would help her judge the housemates as they come in.

Other celebrity housemates included Love Island UK Season 8 and contestant of The Traitors US Season 2 Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu,...

Popular 90s Irish boy band Boyzone are gearing up for a fresh round of concerts as the group reunite in a joint business venture. Formed by Louis Walsh back in 1993, the boyband had put off getting back together for some time now, with rumours they were coming back for their 30th anniversary this year.

Members Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy have signed a deal in a business move similar to that made by Hollywood’s Ryan Reynolds and Shut Up rapper Stormzy.

The Boyzone have teamed up to buy shares in Lancashire’s Chorley Fc where they also plan to perform a series of concerts, reports mirror.co.uk.

The band will be heading to this Saturday’s home game against Solihull in the Fa Trophy to officially seal the deal.

Confirming the news, Shane said: “I’m really looking forward to the weekend, we’ve got lots...

Celebrity Big Brother UK is set to return in March 2024, and rumors suggest that Shirley Ballas, Gyles Brandreth, Linda Robson, Louis Walsh, Joey Essex, Katie Price, Phillip Schofield, and Sarah Ferguson may be cast. Shirley Ballas, a former dancer and TV judge, is among the rumored celebrities for Celebrity Big Brother. Gyles Brandreth, Linda Robson, Louis Walsh, Joey Essex, Katie Price, Phillip Schofield, and Sarah Ferguson are also among the speculated stars for the upcoming season.

Celebrity Big Brother UK is expected to return in March 2024, and rumors about the cast have begun to circulate. The Big Brother spin-off series first premiered in 2001 and hasn't aired since 2018. Excitement about its return has already started building. Casting is underway for a new crop of celebrities to share the Big Brother house.

Eight celebrities are rumored to be starring in the next season of Celebrity Big Brother UK. The names of the...

TV star Sharon Osbourne would never judge a small screen talent show again because she doesn’t like how young contestants are treated. She also spoke about her co-judge Simon Cowell and said that he’s “never been a friend” of hers. The 71-year-old star was a judge on ‘The X Factor’ from 2004 to 2007, before returning in 2013, and again from 2016 to 2017, and also sat on the ‘America’s Got Talent’ panel between 2007 to 2012.

She told Best magazine: “I’d never do a talent show again. I’ve come to realise that the way they’re run isn’t right. Take kids. It’s not fair to put them through that schedule, that hard work.

“That’s particularly true of reality-based shows.

“The young people who appear on them are not mentally prepared for what is going to happen to them. When they fall by the wayside, they get brushed aside.”

Despite...

TV star Sharon Osbourne would never judge a small screen talent show again because she doesn’t like how young contestants are treated. She also spoke about her co-judge Simon Cowell and said that he’s “never been a friend” of hers. The 71-year-old star was a judge on ‘The X Factor’ from 2004 to 2007, before returning in 2013, and again from 2016 to 2017, and also sat on the ‘America’s Got Talent’ panel between 2007 to 2012.

She told Best magazine: “I’d never do a talent show again. I’ve come to realise that the way they’re run isn’t right. Take kids. It’s not fair to put them through that schedule, that hard work.

“That’s particularly true of reality-based shows.

“The young people who appear on them are not mentally prepared for what is going to happen to them. When they fall by the wayside, they get brushed aside.”

Despite...

Asia Argento (“The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things”), Frances Barber (“A Bird Flew In”), Tamer Hassan (“The Football Factory”), Laura Whitmore (“Sadhbh”) and child actor Erin Ainsworth have joined the cast of “A Mother for an Hour.”

The film, which is being directed by Giga Agladze, follows the story of a woman who poses as the lost mother of a dying child and discovers through this act a world of deceit and violence.

Agladze’s most recent movie is surrealistic drama “The Other Me” (2022), starring Jim Sturgess and Andrea Pejic, executive produced by David Lynch.

“A Mother for an Hour” is being produced by Kirsty Bell, Goldfinch CEO and co-founder of The Number 44, and Ben Charles Edwards, also a co-founder of The Number 44. The executive producers are Phil McKenzie and David Kereselidze. It is shooting in the North of England, predominantly in Newcastle, Hartlepool and surrounding areas.

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Simon Cowell has said that The X Factor will “more likely than not” return to screens in 2024.

The record executive, best known for judging The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, said he is often asked when the talent contest will return and will only bring it back if he could “go back to where the show started”.

The X Factor first aired in 2004 and catapulted artists such as One Direction, Little Mix and Leona Lewis to stardom, before concluding in 2018.

In an interview with The Sun, Cowell said: “The funny thing is that when young people approach me on the street, all they want to know is when X Factor is coming back.

“They all watch it on YouTube. When we stopped the show, I genuinely thought there was no need for it — that everyone would be signed from YouTube.”

“But there are so many people wanting to...

The year had barely started when the tabloids came for Rylan. Back in January, a video of the presenter on a night out in Soho, filmed by an anonymous person, was posted online. In the clip, the unknown figure is seen laughing with Rylan who, with a megawatt grin on his face, declares with gleeful abandon: “Give me the gear!” As far as the tabloids were concerned, they’d got the goods. “Rylan Clark caught demanding drugs,” one headline read. Another called him “troubled”. But what they failed to understand was that the TV star was – shock horror! – making a joke.

“It was a drug dealer outside Freedom,” says the 33-year-old TV and radio host, with a hint of frustration in his voice. “He’s filming and comes and puts his arm around me, so I’ve joked, ‘Come on then, get the gear out.’ If I was doing a line off someone’s chest,...

From the very beginning, Nicole Scherzinger knew the members of One Direction had that one thing. Earlier this year, X Factor U.K shared previously unreleased footage showing exactly how the boy band was formed by judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Nicole online. While many people had previously credited Simon as being the mastermind behind the group's pairing, the clip revealed that the Pussycat Dolls singer actually played a much larger role than people knew.  During an appearance on Sherri, Nicole shared what her reaction was to fans finally learning the truth behind that moment, admitting the release was "kind of crazy." "Honestly, I never thought this footage...

For the members of One Direction, the story of my life could've gone a whole lot differently.   On July 23, to celebrate the beloved boyband's 12th anniversary, Fremantle Media released a never-before-seen video of the group filmed during season seven of The X Factor U.K. in 2010. The clip shows judges Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh forming One Direction after testing out different member combinations. As the trio peer over a table covered in photos of potential soloists, Nicole suggests that they create "an imaginary boy group instead of just saying, 'no.'" She then takes the photo of Niall Horan from Louis and...

Globalisation isn’t just about lax child labour laws lowering the price of t-shirts; it also has its downsides. Global markets have a tendency to replace local idiosyncrasy with the accessibly bland. Should, for instance, the makers of Sweden’s chocolate Plopp Bar ever branch out into English-speaking territories, they’d be forced to rename their product to something much less funny, and we’d all be the worse off for it.

Murderville, a US series based on BBC Three’s Murder in Successville, is worse off for just that reason. In the transatlantic translation of the semi-improvised detective comedy, a niche element has been dropped, and with it, much of the original’s charm. Here’s the premise: every episode, a celebrity guest is thrown amongst a regular cast of comedy actors to solve a murder alongside the lead detective. There’s a part-script for everybody but the celebrity,...

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding died Sunday morning at home of breast cancer, according to her mother. She was 39 years old.

Girls Aloud were Britain’s biggest-selling girl group of the 21st Century, selling 4.3 million singles and four million albums. They scored 21 UK top 10 singles between 2002-2012, including four number ones.

Harding revealed her diagnosis last summer and said the cancer had moved to other parts of her body.

Her mother, Marie, announced her daughter’s death on Instagram, describing her “beautiful” daughter as “a bright, shining star”.

Girls Aloud bandmate Nadine Coyle said she was “absolutely devastated”.

“I can’t think of words that could possibly express how I feel about this girl and what she means to me. I know so many of you will be feeling this way,” she wrote on Instagram.

Harding was a 2002 contestant on Popstars: The Rivals, an ITV talent show that sought to...

Updated at 10.25Am with a statement from producers: Former The X Factor contestant Misha B has spoken candidly about her experience performing on the Simon Cowell-created talent show, saying that producers foist an ‘”angry black girl narrative” on her.

Misha B took part in the 2011 season of The X Factor, at which time Cowell was working on the U.S. version of the show for Fox. She finished fourth in the competition, with girl band Little Mix proving victorious.

In two Instagram posts, one of which was an hour-long video relaying her experiences, Misha B raised questions about her treatment on the ITV show and posted clips of judges’ comments about her alleged behavior behind the scenes. Producers said they are looking into her claims.

“In 2011 what I thought at the time would be the best opportunity for me, turned out to be the most painful experience of my life,...

Axs TV has revealed that it will premiere the 16th season of the UK version of The X Factor on October 14 at 8Pm — and this year it will have a celebrity twist.

The X Factor: Celebrity, made by Syco Entertainment and Fremantle-owned Thames Television for ITV, will feature stars including Ricki Lake, Glee’s Kevin McHale and Hayley Hasselhoff in the singing contest. Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh will judge, while Dermot O’Leary will host.

Axs TV has been the U.S. home of The X Factor for the past five years. Lucia McCalmont, vice president of program acquisitions at Axs TV, said: “The series has long stood as one of the most popular offerings on our network, and has particularly resonated with our younger viewers who are excited to be among the first to see the up-and-coming international stars of tomorrow.

“We are proud to...

Ricki Lake, Glee’s Kevin McHale and Hayley Hasselhoff are some of the stars lined up for ITV’s The X Factor: Celebrity.

The British broadcaster has tweaked its long-running reality competition series to feature celebrities beginning in October. Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh will judge, while Dermot O’Leary will host.

Talk show host Lake, McHale, who co-hosted the Teen Choice Awards with Demi Lovato, and David Hasselhoff’s daughter Hayley, who starred in ABC Family series Huge, will feature alongside a raft of British celebrities, influencers and Love Island contestants.

Lake will feature in the over-28 age category alongside The Chase’s Jenny Ryan, journalist Martin Bashir, famous for his 2003 Michael Jackson interview, and Coronation Street actress Victoria Ekanoye. Hasselhoff and McHale will feature in the under 28s category alongside Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna, Love Actually’s Olivia Olson and EastEnders’ Jonny Labey.

Read the latest on four recent stories including a new initiative between the Annecy Animation Festival and Cannes, Isabel Coixet casting her upcoming HBO España series, Robbie Williams leaving “X Factor” and Danish drama “New Nurses” selling in the U.S.

Marché du Film, Annecy Partner on Animation Day at Cannes

The Annecy Festival has joined forces once again with fellow French institution, the Cannes Film Market, to create Animation Day, a day dedicated to the increasingly important industry sector, taking place on Sunday, May 19.

The initiative builds on the popular Annecy Goes to Cannes event, in dented ring its 4th edition, in which five animated feature films in production are pitched to an industry audience. This year’s line-up is mouth-watering: Anticipated Spain-Chain co-pro “Dragonkeeper,” Canada’s “Archipelago; Folivari and Studiocanal-backed “Samsam”; Brazilian Nsfw claymation “Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People”; and French-German-Belgian “Yakari.”

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A 2014 clip showing former X Factor judge Louis Walsh grabbing Mel B's butt has sparked outrage after resurfacing on social media. The clip, posted to YouTube in Dec. 2014, resurfaced on Twitter and online over the weekend, showing Louis, Mel B, Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole being interviewed by Sarah-Jane Crawford on The Xtra Factor. During the interview, Louis placed his hand on Mel B's backside and went on to grab her butt as they sat next to each other. Mel B, clearly uncomfortable, then stopped the interview, telling Sarah-Jane to "hold on a second." Mel B then asked Louis, "Why are you grabbing my butt?" Louis replied that he was looking after Mel B and host Sarah-Jane then...