ITVLove Island All Stars’ Casey O’Gorman awkwardly spotted foundation on Ronnie Vint’s jacket after he snogged two girls[/caption]
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The footballer, 28, came under fire after taking Kaz out to the Secret Garden and locking lips with her just moment after doing the same with Towie‘s Elma.
When he returned to the firepit with the boys, Casey cheekily remarked in tonight’s episode, “Naughty boy, is that foundation on your jacket? Is that Kaz or Elma?”
Ronnie was then seen licking his hand and wiping his jacket in an attempt to remove the stain.
4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Bournemouth are flying despite an injury list that would send Arteta and Guardiola crying to owners for transfer funds
IT’S pretty easy to miss AFC Bournemouth.
For starters, the club’s thumbprint of a stadium is almost hidden from the sweep of the passing A338 with its promise of the beach and the lure of inviting seaside towns further down the South-West holiday highways.
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AlamyAndoni Iraola has dealt with injuries better than big-name bosses[/caption]
And much like ‘invisible kids’ at school who get overlooked in favour of the naughty class clowns, or the captains of the sports teams, everything they do on the football pitch comes and goes in the blink of an eye.
Manager Andoni Iraola comes across as an affable Spaniard, who would do it in a nice way even if he did say boo to a goose. He wears middle-aged, turtle neck sweaters.
His predecessor Eddie Howe was regarded in a similar way before taking the plunge to join the world’s richest club in Newcastle. There could not be a greater contrast.
Howe faces a cosy reunion with his old team on Saturday lunchtime looking over his shoulder at the Cherries, who are just four points behind in what is a remarkable, sustained assault on the Premier League top ten.
From a club which by modern-day yardsticks should not even be in the division.
For more than half an hour on Tuesday night, Iraola’s team was level on points with billionaire boys’ club Chelsea before conceding a 95th-minute equaliser.
That was with six academy kids on the bench and no recognised striker because of an injury list equal if not worse than those at Manchester City, Arsenal or Tottenham.
Record £31.5million signing Evanilson has a broken foot.
Enes Unal tore ligaments in his knee the same day confirmation of his fellow striker’s predicament was announced. How’s your luck?
Marcos Senesi, Julian Araujo and Alex Scott are in various stages of recovery from surgery on various parts of their bodies.
Luis Sinisterra has not played since the 2-0 win over ten-man Arsenal in October.
Taking Chelsea to the wire on Tuesday was done in the absence of defender James Hill who came off early with a hamstring problem.
But while Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola and Ange Postecoglou can reach for the keys to the club safe during the winter transfer window to bring in the reinforcements they hope will turn things around, there is no such luxury down at the Vitality Stadium.
Bournemouth won’t be buying any more permanent players to add to the whopping £8m deal for Julio Soler.
Even if the Gunners do not rush out and splash £150m on Alexander Isak, with Gabriel Jesus crocked long-term, the pressure is on boss Arteta to go out and buy big up front.
Serial champions City have slumped so are looking to splash upwards of £100m on a forward and two defenders between now and February 3.
Centre-back Vitor Reis, 19, looks like one for the future at the Etihad — yet at £33m he cost more than Bournemouth’s biggest ever one-off outlay on Brazilian striker Evanilson, now sitting with his foot up at home.
Struggling Tottenham have bought a new goalkeeper — the Cherries couldn’t even play their first choice on Tuesday because he is on loan from Chelsea.
And they only got the deal over the line with Spaniard Kepa Arrizabalaga in the first place because they know each other from Athletic Bilbao.
Whether or not the bigger clubs actually do any major business this month is irrelevant.
The TimesArsenal boss Mikel Arteta and Man City counterpart Pep Guardiola have had plenty to say when their squads have suffered injuries[/caption]
The fact they can is the point. And everybody knows about it too, courtesy of social media and Sky Sports.
Iraola’s no-nonsense side are quietly getting on with things, yet are looking a lot of larger teams firmly in the eye — and down at some like Spurs and Manchester United.
This weekend heralds the start of a hellish run for Iraola.
After Newcastle it’s third-placed Nottingham Forest then leaders Liverpool. You could say it’s make-or-break time but given their recent luck with fitness that’s tempting fate.
Club captain Adam Smith and Marcus Tavernier are also sidelined for good measure.
Bournemouth’s highest finish in the Premier League is ninth and they are on course to beat that.
And that is in spite of an injury list that would have higher-profile managers sobbing on telly.
But if they do hang on against the odds, it is something worth shouting about. But they won’t because it’s not their style.
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4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Macy the Toad’s strop was ribbiting TV but it’s Masked Singer’s weirdly dysfunctional judges that are show’s best bit
AS The Masked Singer demonstrated so perfectly this week, hell hath no fury like a Toad In The Hole scorned.
ITVMacy Gray brought drama to the Masked Singer when she stormed off[/caption]
ITVMacy was unveiled as the Toad-in-the-Hole[/caption]
So livid was the American singer, in fact, after losing Saturday night’s tie-breaking vote to Bear, that she waddled off stage as soon as the announcement was made and it took more than an hour of frantic pleading and negotiations before they could coax the old dingbat back for the big reveal.
A moment for viewers to treasure as celebrity walkouts are a vanishingly rare treat in our saccharine-sweet, PR- controlled telly world, occurring at a rate of no more than once every five years, at best.
The Bee Gees set the gold standard, of course, on a 1997 episode of the Clive Anderson show, but there hasn’t been one as good as Macy’s since Piers Morgan exited Good Morning Britain, chins first, after a row with Alex the weatherman, back in March 2021.
Less is more
Whereas Piers’ hissy fit signalled the beginning of the end of Good Morning Britain as must-see television, Macy’s strop was so gloriously demeaning and unexpected I started to think it might just lead to a revival in fortunes for The Masked Singer, which ended its second series, in February 2021, with more than 10million viewers watching Joss Stone win the title as “Sausage”.
A smarter network than ITV would’ve had the good sense to leave this phenomenon well alone.
But the fools in charge here, who don’t understand the basic economics of supply and demand or even the concept of less is more, couldn’t help but interfere and turned a genuine event into just another money-hoovering process by introducing The Masked Dancer spin-off and I’m A Celeb “specials”.
With the result? At the start of the current run, there were just four million viewers trying to guess the identity of Toad In The Hole, Wolf, Teeth, Kingfisher (Harry Hill?) and the gang, via a series of clues that even Bletchley Park in its WWII heyday would’ve struggled to unscramble.
That may be the biggest reason, in fact, why my personal intrigue has switched from the acts to the panel of judges.
A weirdly dysfunctional group, this lot, who, with one honourable exception, are so hopelessly lost without a script and an autocue, you’d struggle to believe three of them had even watched television, let alone worked in it for decades.
Maya Jama has something of an excuse, of course, even if she couldn’t ad-lib a fit of the hiccups, as she is a relative newcomer to the show and the medium.
Mo Gilligan, however, is a comedian without a funny thought in his head who only ever makes me laugh when, in all apparent sincerity, he’s looking Wolf up and down saying: “It could be Bono from U2 in there.”
It really couldn’t, Mo.
Though in terms of odd performances, he’s got nothing on Davina McCall, a woman possessed who appears to be frantically compiling algorithms, probability charts and figures from the Office for National Statistics during the performances and then turns to host Joel Dommett and says: “I think Toad In The Hole could be Courtney Love.”
Thank God then for Jonathan Ross, the only panellist who can think on his feet and is having to cover for all of them.
When they’re stupid, he has to be serious and guess correctly.
When they’re serious, he has to be funny and crack a joke at his own expense.
It was no real surprise then when it was left to Jonathan to try to dig them all out of a crater when Toad In The Hole finally reappeared for unveiling, on Saturday and revealed a woman so angry I thought for one minute it was George Foreman in that outfit and Joel was about to get a grilling machine shoved up his ar*e.
Nor did things improve during her interview.
“We are thrilled to have you here doing the show.”
“Thanks.”
“You were incredible, Macy.”
“Thanks.”
And on and on it went, until Jonathan tried to defuse the atmosphere by poking fun at the host and I started thinking that maybe Macy will be able to salvage her career and The Masked Singer will rise again to 10million viewers.
Then Joel hit her with his final question. “Macy, have you enjoyed the show?”
No, Joel, she has not. But at least she’s still got her dignity.
ITVJonathan Ross is the only panellist who can think on his feet and is having to cover for all of them[/caption]
UNDERSTATEMENT of the year?
Crime+Investigation, a friend of The Eunuch Maker, who was given a life prison sentence for mutilating men in the most grotesque manner imaginable: “I would say he probably lacked some social skills.”
Yeah. I would too.
UNEXPECTED MORONS IN THE BAGGING AREA
LIMITLESS Win, Dec: “In current UK money, a £2 coin is worth how many pence?”
Khajal: “60.”
The Chase: Celebrity Special, Bradley Walsh: “Cathay is the in-flight magazine of what Hong Kong airline?”
BBC1 allowing the Eve Mansour character and its desperation for a “strong female” presence to destroy the credibility of SAS Rogue Heroes.
And C4’s health and safety obsessives telling Celebrity Hunted viewers, “Do not recreate anything portrayed in this episode”, thereby forcing me to abandon all the plans I had to chase Denise Welch and her husband Lincoln Townley round a Norfolk cornfield in a helicopter.
ALL THE SINGLE LADDIES
A MERE 24 weeks after the last marathon ended, up popped host Maya Jama this week, to tell ITV2 viewers: “The wait is finally over.
RexLove Island: All Star’s Marcel, who is 39[/caption]
A flattering description for a fairly desperate collection of retreads, life failures and others that are simply too old for this caper, like Scott, 36, who’s “been on a journey of sobriety and personal development”, but cannot kick his addiction to clapped-out dating shows, and 39-year-old Marcel, who should be scrolling through SilverSingles for a companion to enjoy “whatever time he’s got left”.
The really daft thing about the class of 2025: Part One, though, is that if they haven’t already had each other they’re certainly overfamiliar with everyone else from the Love Island celebrity circuit, which seems to keep the franchise going during those few months of the year when it’s not actually on air.
The egos on them all are quite something to behold as well and generally begin with the Islanders trying to explain their mega-fame with a “best known” sentence.
As in, Kaz: “I’m best known for stealing Josh from Georgia in Casa Amor,” or Curtis: “I’m best known for making everyone coffee in the morning.”
If they’re “best known” for anything, however, it’s behaving like conceited jerks.
The absolute master of this dark art being an unemployed fishmonger called Luca Bish, who took one look at his own reflection, on Monday night, and sighed: “I don’t know who that is, but he is one sexy fella.”
With the crushing irony here being, I was in word-for-word agreement, right up until the “one sexy fella” part.
IF, like Crime+ Investigation presenter Marcel Theroux, you were wondering halfway through this two-part bloodbath: “Who is the real Eunuch Maker?”
Gareth Ainsworth: “The defender doesn’t look over his shoulder even once – Not once. Maybe once there.”
And Michael Dawson: “You can’t win football matches unless you win.”
(Compiled by Graham Wray)
TV GOLD
THE eagerly awaited return of C5’s so-bad-it’s-intoxicating drama The Good Ship Murder, with Shayne Ward.
The Harry Hill/Stacey Solomon combination creating a strong contender for the best ever episode of BBC1’s wonderful Would I Lie To You?.
Julie Nicholson’s beautiful story about the London black cab driver, which may help restore your faith in humanity, during episode three of 7/7: The London Bombings, on BBC2.
And a brilliant return to form from C4’s 24 Hours In Police Custody: The Norfolk Narco Cartel, which couldn’t quite nail the Mr Big figure who’s been flooding the East Anglian county with Colombian cocaine, but I’m guessing it isn’t Pablo Escobaaaarrr.
CELEBRITY Hunted update: Denise Welch and Lincoln Townley have just come out of “hiding” live on ITV’s Loose Women, which was witnessed by many thousands of people.
David Whitely unsuccessfully tried to “hide” at The London Podcast Show, which was also witnessed by many thousands of people.
Colin Hutton / Channel 4Celebrity Hunted’s Denise Welch and Lincoln Townley[/caption]
Duncan James and Christine McGuinness are planning to “hide” at Worcestershire’s Mello festival, which will be witnessed by many thousands of people.
And newsreader Simon McCoy is on his way to “hide” on The Vanessa Feltz Show, which seems like a smart move.
GREAT TV LIES AND DELUSIONS OF THE MONTH
Love Island: All Stars, Catherine: “The set is beautiful, but I make it more beautiful because I’m a star.”
Celebrity Mastermind, Sindhu Vee: “Comedian.”
And This Morning, “aura reader” Fiongal Greenlaw Meek: “An aura, from a scientific perspective, is . . .”
4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Changing looks of Renee Zellweger from fresh-faced Bridget Jones to Chicago bombshell as Vogue shoot leaves fans divided
ACTRESS Renee Zellweger is about to bring Bridget Jones back to the big screen — after having more transformations than her weight-obsessed character has had big knickers.
Getty - Contributor2014: Renee Zellweger arrives at the 2014 Elle Women In Hollywood Awards[/caption]
Nikolai Von BismarckRenee on the new cover of British Vogue[/caption]
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In a new photo shoot for British Vogue, the 55-year-old actress looks like a dead ringer for a young Sharon Stone, sporting sharp suits and short blonde hair.
While some fans described the look as “beautiful” on Instagram, others weren’t so sure and accused Renee of “being airbrushed to oblivion” and undergoing cosmetic surgery.
One Vogue follower, Karina Barrett, wrote: “A stunning lady that for some reason has been made unrecognisable? Don’t get it?”
Another, Kathleen Pert, added: “My God I hope you did that to her face in production and it’s not permanent.”
A third commented: “Wow surgery is a bit out of control.”
The Vogue shoot has once again put the Jerry Maguire star under scrutiny over her ever-morphing looks.
She has been pictured over the years with an apparently slimmer, smoother-looking face and fuller lips.
Her most startling change was in 2014 when she raised eyebrows on the red carpet of Elle magazine’s Women in Hollywood Awards, where she appeared to have wider, open eyes.
Renee put the 2014 look down to a change of lifestyle after stepping away from a hectic schedule that “didn’t allow for taking care of myself.”
She said at the time: “Not that it’s anyone’s business, but I did not make a decision to alter my face and have surgery on my eyes.
“I’m glad folks think I look different. I’m living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I’m thrilled that perhaps it shows.”
Could it be that British boyfriend Ant Anstead, of Wheeler Dealers fame, is the motivation for her latest “happiness” makeover?
Renee this week let it slip that the couple are now living together in San Diego with Ant’s “little boy” after dating for four years.
‘I like my quirkiness’
Ant, who met the actress while filming an episode of his Discovery+ series Celebrity IOU Joyride, has a five-year-old son Hudson with his ex-wife Christina Haack.
He also shares daughter Amelie, 21, and son Archie, 18, with his ex-wife Louis Anstead.
Eagle-eyed fans have speculated the pair have secretly married as Ant has referred to Renee as his “missus” in several social media posts.
Their union is certainly a happy ending for Renee who has been as unlucky in love as her chain-smoking, singleton alter-ego in the past.
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Getty2002: New York movie premiere of Chicago[/caption]
The double-Oscar winner was previously wed to country star Kenny Chesney for just four months, citing “fraud” as the reason for splitting in 2005.
She was then engaged to comic actor Jim Carrey for a year before being romantically linked to Bradley Cooper, who she met filming 2009 horror mystery Case 39.
Between 2012 and 2019, she was in a long-term relationship with musician Doyle Bramhall, an American guitarist, producer and songwriter who has worked with Eric Clapton and Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters.
Harley Street plastic surgeon Dr Riccardo Frati reckons Renee is likely to have had Botox, fillers and perhaps eyelid surgery — but that ageing and weight fluctuations for roles would have also played their part in the star’s ever-changing looks.
Dr Frati, who has not treated her personally, said: “It is important to remember that when thinking about Renee, we all think about the 32-year-old Bridget Jones.
“However, she had to put on 25kg to play that role. It is also known that she had to do the same for other roles.
“I can see her eyebrows are much higher than before, and this could suggest a brow lift and Botox. Renee has naturally hooded eyes, but by comparing photos, I can see that she may have had eyelid surgery.
“It looks like fillers have been used to create a better balance on her midface and jawline.”
Renee revealed the finds all the talk around her looks “sad.”
She said: “I don’t look at beauty that way. And I don’t think of myself that way. I like my weird quirkiness, my off-kilter mix of things. It enables me to do what I do.
“I don’t want to be something else. I got hired in my blue jeans and cowboy boots with my messy hair. I started working like that.”
Whatever the case, fans are on tenterhooks for the fourth and final Bridget Jones movie, Mad About The Boy, which follows our heroine navigating life as a widow without Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy.
In her Vogue interview, Renee reveals she spent two weeks “undercover” at a London publishing house to prepare for the role of PR girl Bridget before the first movie in 2001.
She says nobody guessed who she was, adding: “Maybe I was out of context or maybe it was having more chubby cheeks. It was odd.”
Whether Texan Renee will want to remain in the spotlight for long after is anyone’s guess.
The nine-time Oscar nominee took a break from acting between 2010 and 2016 and now reveals how she spent the time.
She said: “I wrote music, studied international law. I built a house, rescued a pair of older doggies, created a partnership that led to a production company, advocated for and fundraised with a sick friend, and spent a lot of time with family and godchildren and driving across the country with the dogs.”
It sounds like the perfect life for a certain Bridget Jones.
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4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ‘in advanced talks with Euro giants as ex-Man Utd boss, 51, prepares for return to management’
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER is close to being appointed manager of Euro giants Besiktas.
GettyOle Gunnar Solskjaer is in advanced talks to return to management[/caption]
GettyThe Norweigan has not been in post since being sacked by Man Utd four years ago[/caption]
Solskjaer, 51, has not held a managerial role since leaving Manchester United in 2021.
The former Red Devils striker helped guide United to a second-place finish in the Premier League and reached a Europa League final.
According to Fabrizio Romano, negotiations between Solksjaer and Besiktas are in the “final stages.”
Solksjaer is set to sign a “one-and-a-half-year contract” with the Turkish club.
He is due to watch Besiktas’ game against Samsunspor this weekend from the stands in Istanbul.
The 51-year-old has been linked to the vacant Leicester City and West Ham jobs over the past year.
4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Donald Trump gives menacing look in official portrait ahead of return to White House
DONALD Trump gives a menacing look in a new official portrait released just days before he returns to the White House.
The President-elect, 75, scowled for the camera in the brightly lit snap while wearing a blue suit over white shirt and blue tie while sporting an American flag in his lapel.
EPADonald Trump gives a menacing look in a new official portrait released just days before he returns to the White House[/caption]
ReutersJoe Biden delivered a bumbling farewell from the White House’s Oval Office[/caption]
The team said in a statement on Thursday: “In just four days, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and JD Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States — and their official portraits are here.
Sitting behind the Resolute Desk, the 82-year-old outgoing President gave a 19-minute address to the nation.
Biden warned that an “oligarchy” is emerging in America in what many saw as a swipe at Trump and his billionaire tech tycoon backer Elon Musk.
With a raspy voice, he said: “I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern.
“And this is a dangerous concern.
“And that’s the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people.
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”
Biden also cautioned against what he described as the “real dangers” of social media.
He said: “I’m equally concerned about the potential rise of a tech industrial complex that could pose real dangers for our country, as well.
“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power.
“The free press is crumbling, editors are disappearing.
“Social media is giving up on fact checking.
“The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.
“We must hold the social platforms accountable to protect our children, our families and our very democracy from the abuse of power.”
4 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on US ambassador Rudd has made ‘direct contact’ with Trump
Australia's ambassador to the US and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has reached out to Donald Trump's incoming administration ahead of his inauguration.
