Bruce Jones to join I'm A Celebrity jungle?
Rumours abound at this time of year, just days before the line-up's revealed for the latest series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!Tabloids and websites suggest that Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street's Les Battersby, might be one of those going into the jungle this year. Hmm. Read Full Story
Graeme Hawley on playing jailbird John Stape
John Stape's back on Coronation Street this week when he's released from prison. Sally Webster isn't too pleased to see John back, as you'd imagine, and she blacks out Fiz's windows!Graeme Hawley, who plays John, gives a lovely interview to The Daily Record in which he says he's contracted to play John until summer next year. It's well worth a read.Graeme also reveals he and his lady wife have a new baby daughter, named Audrey, but he swears he didn't name her after Audrey Roberts! Read Full Story
Craig Kelly booted off Strictly Come Dancing
As Luke Strong, Craig Kelly hot-footed it away from Coronation Street with Rosie Webster's cash and an evil smile on his face.But Craig wasn't so light-footed on Strictly Come Dancing and has finally been voted off. He did his best but let's face it, he never looked that comfortable dancing, did he? And as much as I was willing him on every week to do well and wanting him to win, it just wasn't going to be.Never mind, eh? Have a look at Craig's official website here.Craig and his brother Dean... Read Full Story
Ryan Thomas and Tina O'Brien split up
If the Sunday papers are to believed today, Tina O'Brien has thrown Ryan Thomas out of their flat. It's in all the papers and if the stories are true, the gist of it is that their split comes after Ryan was questioned by cops after crashing his car. The couple have a 13 month old daughter, Scarlett.The Mirror says that Tina was being comforted by friends after the split, while Ryan is with pals in Amsterdam. And yesterday, apparantly, Tina updated her profile from 'In a relationship' to 'Sing... Read Full Story
Gail Force: Fri Nov 6, 2009 Corrie Episode Review
Written by Jonathan Harvey (7:30) and Damon Rochefort (8:30), directed by Tim Dowd.Roy wants to tell the police about Tony's confession, but Hayley convinces him not to. Maria comes in with a gift of flowers for Roy, which is accepted by Hayley. Maria then tells Hayley that Tony would like to see her. Roy looks horrified at the thought. Turns out that Tony would like to give Hayley her supervisor job back, with good pay. Roy figures that Tony is trying to buy them off, so he heads over t... Read Full Story
Norris and Horace - a Corrie comedy gem
I know that our blogger Yoork will be doing the full double episode review but I had to blog just how much I enjoyed Horace and Norris last night. They're a double-act made in heaven. "You can call me Horace," said Horace, extending his hand for Norris to shake. "You can call me Mr. Cole," replied Norris. And the look on little Simon's face was priceless when he saw the new Kabin assistant: "There's two of them!"The second highlight for me from last night was Blanche after meeting Simon's ot... Read Full Story
Kym Marsh scared to try for another baby
Kym Marsh has revealed that she's scared of trying for another baby after losing her premature son moments after he was born earlier this year.Kym is now taking part in an investigation for ITV1's Tonight programme into premature births and said the ordeal was still "very, very painful", when she appeared on ITV's This Morning. You can watch the video online here.Asked if she would be frightened to try again, Kym said: "Absolutely, yeah, and a lot of the ladies I spoke to felt the same way." ... Read Full Story
Paint your own Hilda's flying ducks
The fab Retro to Go blog has brought us various kinds of flying ducks before, similar to those Hilda Ogden once had on her wall. And now you can buy flying ducks that you can paint yourself. Find out more here.Want more Hilda Ogden-style ducks? Have a look at these:Ducks with added bling ITV official ducksDucks with coat hooksWhole flock of ducks Read Full Story
Helen Flanagan to launch Bolton hospice Christmas fair
Helen Flanagan, who plays Coronation Street's Rosie Webster, will open Bolton Hospice’s Christmas Fair on Saturday 14th November.Helen will launch the event at 10am at the hospice, in Queens Park Street, off Chorley New Road, Heaton. She said: “I am really happy and thrilled to be asked to do it. It is such a worthwhile cause that I am happy to do something. It is especially nice because it is in my hometown."The event will run from 10am until 2pm with stalls manned by volunteers ... Read Full Story
Ryan Thomas quizzed over car crash
Ryan Thomas, who plays Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street, has been questioned by police over a car crash in Manchester city centre. The BBC confirm that Ryan was spoken to by officers over a collision in the early hours of last Saturday.He is believed to have been in a Chrysler which struck a lamppost. Another man has been charged with driving while under the influence of drink or drugs in connection with the accident, police said.Ryan has not been charged in connection with the crash. Read Full Story