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Watch – How The Handmaid’s Tale reflects the real experiences of women and girls
Cast members from the award winning TV series The Handmaid's Tale are raising awareness about violence against women and girls by joining forces with women's rights group Equality Now to share real-life stories that eerily reflect plotlines from the show. In a two-minute film, cast members including Joseph Fiennes, Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd, and lead production crew share the words of women and girls describing personal experiences of rape, sex trafficking and female genital mutilation. "This is not...
Love Island ‘promotes promiscuity and cheating among impressionable viewers’
Lawyers have warned that the popular ITV2 show and other reality TV programmes are "normalising" cheating in relationships
Former EastEnders star terminally ill, according to friend
Friend who saw him in April said he went back to Bulgaria to sell his flat
New TV ad to “switch off” televisions in millions of homes
A new advert is set to leave millions of Brits fearing their TV set has broken down. Telly addicts will see their sets appear to SWITCH OFF this Friday night during ad breaks between The Simpsons, Coronation Street and First Dates. The 20 second advert will start with a buzz of static, followed by five long seconds of blackness. As over eight million confused viewers search for remote controls to check their reception, the rest of the advert will begin....
Unseen family photos of Dale Winton before he was famous
These unseen family photos show Dale Winton before he was famous - including heartwarming snaps of him with his glamorous actress mother who committed suicide. One photo shows him in London's Cumberland hotel in 1959, sitting between his doting mum Sheree and father Gary enjoying a Christmas meal. The chubby four-year-old is holding his tragic mother's hand while they all smile and pose wearing silly hats for the hotel photographer. Others show him at the wedding of his cousin Amanda...
Dale Winton looked ill in the weeks leading up to his death, say neighbours
Supermarket Sweep presenter Dale Winton looked unwell in the weeks leading up to his death, neighbours said. The 62-year-old moved from his £2.9m Regent's Park apartment earlier this month and was always "very friendly" to neighbours. The much loved presenter drove a Range Rover and Bentley with the personalised number plate "DW". Iain Grant, 84, watched removal vans pack away Dale's possessions several weeks ago and said it was clear the star's health was failing him. He said: "Dale was...
“I EAT AROUND IT” – ‘Vegan’ Masterchef judge admits she doesn’t taste the meat and fish she judges
A 'vegetarian' Masterchef judge has baffled viewers after she admitted she doesn't taste all the food she critiques - and "eats around" the meat. Guest judge Jackie Kearney appeared on the 2011 series of the BBC show and went out on the semi-finals, finishing fourth. The mum-of-two was the first vegetarian to get so far in the competition and, despite facing some anti-vegetarian backlash, many supported her food concoctions. Author and chef Jackie was invited back on the show as...
Dad regrets getting Ant and Dec tattoo on his leg after Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway announcement…
Kelvin Jackson-Bowers got the design the day before Ant McPartlin was arrested on suspicion of drink driving
Jessica Jones: AKA The Novel Experience
(NOTE: I am going to try and keep the Spoilers to a minimum, however as I am an imperfect man whose life is a sham verging on post-apocalyptic horror, Spoilers will occur. As someone should post in every polling booth, Consider yourself warned!) When the Marvel-Netflix production of Jessica Jones premiered its first season back in 2015 it’s fair to say that it was the one television show that truly merited the use of the word original in the phrase...