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Darren Day has opened up about how he got his first big break on the West End, during an appearance on Lorraine. The 54-year-old made his breakthrough as an actor in London's West End theatre, starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Darren has now explained how Phillip Schofield’s marriage to his now-ex wife Stephanie Lowe gave him his big break, as he replaced the departing This Morning star in the production. During Wednesday’s instalment of Lorraine, Darren reminisced over the early days of his career with Christine Lampard, who is sitting in for regular host Lorraine Kelly during the summer break. As a photo of him playing Joseph flashed onto the big screen in the ITV studio, Darren said it had “been a while” since he had seen it. Darren Day has opened up about how he got his first big break on the West End, during an appearance on Lorraine. Christine replied: “It’s happy memories. Let's just remind ourselves of that … [Read more...] about Darren Day explains how Phillip Schofield’s marriage to wife Stephanie led to his career

August 18, 2022 - 19:56 BST Loretta Devine opened up about her unceremonious exit from the hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy soon after her Emmy win Loretta Devine has had a storied career in film, TV, and on the stage and is still going strong as a beloved industry veteran. MORE: Grey's Anatomy welcomes five new cast members after Ellen Pompeo announces step back However, one of her most memorable roles to date definitely comes via her recurring appearance on the hit long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy . Loading the player... VIDEO: Grey's Anatomy hits milestone 400 episodes She played Adele Webber , the wife of Dr. Richard Webber, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was in the care of her husband's hospital. The role brought her significant acclaim and won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress. However, she eventually was killed off via a heart attack. MORE: Ellen … [Read more...] about Loretta Devine makes shock revelation about her career: ‘They killed me’

Nights are the worst for Hayley Gilmour. Her firefighter husband Isaac sometimes works more than 70 hours a week because, she says, no one else is available to cover the shifts. The 70-hour weeks mean he’s often working overnight, leaving Gilmour and the kids at home by themselves. She says the conditions firefighters are striking over on Friday is one side of the issue. The families left at home picking up the pieces is another. READ MORE: Inside the day-to-day workings of New Zealand's busiest firehouse Couples and families that work together Wakefield School kids get a chance to thank their firefighting heroes “I know he's torn between like working overtime and the family. He feels stuck because he feels like he's letting the station down or letting us down,” the mother-of-three says. The strain is exacerbated by the fact the couple have no family support in Taranaki, having moved to the region from the Bay of Plenty for the west coast surf. “It's lonely … [Read more...] about The sometimes difficult pairing of family life and a career in the fire service

Follow today's live court action R yan Giggs's ex-girlfriend has revealed that she lied to the former footballer about having cancerous cells detected in a smear test so that she "would not have to have sex with him". In late October 2020, just days before an alleged headbutt at the centre of the trial, Kate Greville, 36, told a friend she was going to end her contraception in secret. When Mr Giggs became suspicious that something was afoot, the PR executive told him: "I had a smear test…And I had cancerous cells, I have to go to hospital on Thursday." The ex-footballer responded in shock, and asked her what exactly the test had shown, to which she responded "high-grade dyskaryosis". Chris Daw QC, for the defence, said that the pair continued to have "regular and enthusiastic sex" aftwerwards, and referring to the contraceptive coil that Ms Greville was getting removed without letting her then boyfriend know, "Your plan was to get pregnant by Mr Giggs, wasn’t it? "No, … [Read more...] about Kate Greville lied to Ryan Giggs about having cancerous cells, court hears

Jessica Raine has just finished watching The Handmaid’s Tale , and is incensed because, she tells me, she got there first. ‘I had the idea to bring The Handmaid’s Tale to TV a couple of years ago and I brought it to a producer and they were like, “Oh my God, that’s such a great idea.” And then we discovered it had been snapped up [by Elisabeth Moss]. It’s amazing, but how annoying!’ She may have missed out on the chance to bring Margaret Atwood’s dystopian masterpiece to the small screen, but the 35-year-old British actress isn’t exactly short of high-profile TV roles – far from it. After working in theatre, Jessica made her name in 2012 when she was chosen to play the lead in one of the most popular period dramas of the decade. As Jenny Lee, the prim and proper young nurse in Call the Midwife, the BBC’s warm-hearted drama about midwifery in post-war London, she had us weeping every Sunday evening as the nation took the series firmly into its heart. Viewing figures topped 10 … [Read more...] about Jessica Raine: I was a little bit ashamed of wanting to be an actress – I associated them with a falseness

The British actor James Norton has said he is not afraid about the response to his upcoming Russian mafia show as he has already received death threats of his role in Happy Valley. Norton, who is tipped as the next James Bond, starred in the Bafta-winning crime drama as Tommy Lee Royce, a psychopath and violent ex-convict who abducts and ties up a young woman. He revealed that his portrayal of the character led to death threats from members of the public, meaning he has no concerns about his safety when the BBC’s new big budget drama McMafia airs in January. “Some people have asked me if I’m worried about getting death threats for exposing how the Russian mafia works,” Norton told Radio Times magazine. “That would be nothing new. Playing Tommy Lee Royce, I’d get death threats buying milk in my local shop.” Norton, 32, will play the lead role of McMafia, the corporation’s forthcoming adaptation of British journalist Misha Glenny’s best-selling non-fiction book about … [Read more...] about James Norton: ‘I got death threats when I was buying the milk after Happy Valley’

Vinay Srivastava, a 65-year-old journalist from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, died after being denied medical care for severe COVID-like symptoms. He took to Twitter in his final two days to beg for help from various hospitals and doctors. As per Srivastava's tweet on Friday, his oxygen level dropped to 52, which is 43 points below the 95 that is considered 'normal' and significantly lower than 88, which is considered 'alarming'. In his tweet translated from Hindi, he said: "Doctors and hospitals in your state have all become autocratic: I am 65-years-old, along with this, I have spondylitis due to which my oxygen level has dropped to 52 and no hospital lab and doctors are picking up the phone. " He addressed the tweet to Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Srivastava's son, Harshit, desperately searched for a hospital bed for his father and waited hours outside the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) Office for a mandatory letter that hospitals demand … [Read more...] about Indian Journalist dies tweeting for help after hospitals refuse to admit him

Next Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is scheduled to join a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. The purpose of the meeting is to resolve differences between the positions of Netanyahu and Gantz/Ashkenazi on the issue of Israel's proposed unilateral annexations of part of the West Bank; land captured by Israel 53 years ago this week. Sunday's meeting will be the second time Friedman has taken the unprecedented step of directly interfering in Israel's domestic affairs, in a manner and direction that has never been done before. Granted, U.S. ambassadors have always been very public figures in Israel. But they never became openly involved in disputes within the Israeli government—and certainly never to push a point of view that has been antithetical to the position held by successive U.S. administrations for the past 53 years. The topic of the meeting is, whether, and how much of the West … [Read more...] about With annexation pledge, Netanyahu might have bitten off more than he can chew | Opinion

The Notebook: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams star in trailer SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Hollywood is endlessly filled with feuds and rivalries, but Garner was always regarded as one of the nicest and most easy-going guys in Tinseltown. He's back on screens tonight playing another honourable and heartfelt hero as the older version of Ryan Gosling in the perennial weepie The Notebook. However, off-screen, he didn't mince words with his assessment of one of his era's biggest stars and screen icons. Garner starred together with McQueen in The Great Escape. The latter may have been Mr Cool on screen but he often inflamed and enraged his co-stars with is antics on and off camera. Garner summed the man up beautifully and … [Read more...] about James Garner brutally described the biggest problem with Steve McQueen ‘The kiss of death’

Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak in profile SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The former Chancellor is in a battle to cement his position as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Sunak has promised to remove EU 'red tape and bureaucracy' (Image: Getty) Ahead of Sunday night’s television debate with his rivals, Mr Sunak has promised to stage an overhaul of EU laws in his first 100 days as Prime Minister. The leadership candidates are competing to win the votes of MPs who backed diehard Brexiteer supporter Attorney General Suella Braverman before she was knocked out of the running. Votes by MPs this week will determine which two contenders will face the Tory membership in the final round of the … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak promises Brexiteers he will torch Brussels’ laws within 100 days