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  • Stephen Fry To Step Down As QI Presenter

    Stephen Fry is to step down as QI’s presenter after 180 episodes.

    The openly gay presenter is quitting the show after 180 episodes over 13 years. The next series, M, will be star’s last. He said about his departure,

    “For thirteen years I had one of the best jobs on television,

    “After passing the alphabetical halfway mark I thought it time to move on, but I will never cease to be grateful to John Lloyd for devising QI and for everyone else for making it such fun.’

    He will be replaced by another out presenter Sandi Toksvig, who has just finished presenting a 10-year run on the BBC Radio 4 The News Quiz.

    She said of her new position:

    “QI is my favourite television programme both to watch and to be on, so this is absolutely my dream job. (My Nordic background also makes me keen to spend time with the Elves). Stephen has been utterly brilliant with the first half of the alphabet. Now I look forward to picking up the baton, mixing my metaphors and sailing towards the Land of Nod (i.e. Z). Who knows what lies ahead? It should all be quite interesting.”

    Stephen Fry’s final QI series begins on Friday October 16.

  • EastEnders Introduces Its First Trans Character Played By Trans Actor

    Riley Carter Millington, 21, will be joining the cast of EastEnders as Kyle, a transgender character.

    Riley’s casting is the first time a UK television soap opera has ever had a transgender actor playing a transgender character in a continuing role.

    Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Executive Producer,announced earlier this year that he was creating a transgender character and he was determined to have a transgender actor in the role. Following that announcement, a number of transgender actors put themselves forward for the role and, as well as working alongside groups within the transgender community, EastEnders undertook workshops to find an actor. As soon as they found Riley, the character of Kyle was developed and created.

    EastEnders is Riley’s first television role. Riley’s first appearance as Kyle will be on screen this month (October 2015) but little will be known about his mysterious character for quite some time. Following this brief appearance, Riley will return permanently at the end of the year.

    Speaking of joining EastEnders, Riley said “I am extremely excited to be joining EastEnders. I can honestly say that I have now fulfilled my two biggest dreams – to be living my life as a man and to be an actor. I cannot wait to really get stuck in with filming and I look forward to seeing what is in store for my character.”

    Dominic Treadwell- Collins, Executive Producer adds “From Mark Fowler’s HIV to Colin and Barry’s first gay kiss, EastEnders has always led the way in changing audience’s perceptions about ‘difference’ – and ultimately making the world a better place. It has been my intention for a long time to cast a trans actor playing a trans role – and we have been so careful to ensure that we cast the right actor for the part. I’ve sat in many acting workshops over the years with our Casting Executive Julia Crampsie and her team – but never have we been so moved by the incredible life stories and wealth of talent that we experienced over our several weeks of workshops with transgender actors. The people we met showed us a strength and bravery that took our breath away – and to go through as much as they have while maintaining humour and a positive view on the world is testament to what special people we met.

    In Riley, we have found not just a talented actor but also an inspirational young man whose warmth immediately comes through the screen. And this isn’t about tokenism. Alex Lamb and his story team have worked with Riley to create an EastEnders character who is fresh and relatable – but also comes with his own stock of secrets and is going to be thrown right into one of our biggest stories for the end of the year. I hope that the audience will take Riley and his character to their hearts as quickly as everyone here at EastEnders has done.”

  • Perez Hilton Calls Katie Hopkins A C**T

    Katie Hopkins has come under fire after tweeting a picture of a child, saying that the parents should never have had him, because the child was born with “half a head”.

    Controversial Katie Hopkins caused outrage after tweeting that a child born with an incurable brain condition, Microhydranencephaly, shouldn’t have been born at all – calling the parents “cruel and inhumane”. Hopkins also referred to the child as “it” and said he felt “sorry for a baby with no future.”

    Seeing the Tweet, Perez Hilton who is a father of two, slammed the Daily Mail columnist and his former Celebrity Big Brother housemate branding her evil and called her a “C**t.”

    Children born with Microhydranencephaly usually only survive a few days. Some survive for a year. Jaxon Emmett Buell made headline last week after celebrating his first birthday.

  • Winged Davide Papasidero Has Wardrobe Malfunction At Boot Camp

    Davide Papasidero, who wowed the judging panel with his camp costume suffers a wardrobe malfunction in tonight’s boot camp episode.

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  • Bobby Davro Hides His Erection With A Hat

    We couldn’t get more descriptive with that title if we tried.

    In a rather shocking start to the last programme of the current series of Celebrity Big Brother comedian Bobby Davro shows off his other talents – namely hiding his penis with a hat – without hands. Yes dear reader, without hands.
    The 57-year-old entertainer shocked his fellow housemates with a full on morning glory, hidden only by a hat.

    It’s been 28 days in the house and clearly frustrations are starting to show.
    The veteran stand-up joins fellow housemates Stevi and Chloe Jasmine, James Hill, Austin Armacost, Natasha Hamilton and Sherrie in their bid to win Celebrity Big Brother 2015.The programme is on Channel 5 from 9PM tonight.

  • Vicki Michelle “Pressing Charges” Against CBB Farah Abraham

    Veteran actress Vicki Michelle is apparently set to press charges against reality personality Farrah Abraham after being hit on the head “with great force with a glass”.

    The ‘Allo Allo actress released a statement through her agent which said,
    “Actress Vicki Michelle MBE is this morning with Hertfordshire police and will be pressing charges against Farrah Abraham, who struck the back of her head with great force with a glass during the recording of CBBBOTS this week.
    “Vicki has been in show business for 40 years and has been left in deep shock and with a concussion after the attack by Ms Abraham.”

    The alleged altercation happened in Monday night’s episode of CBBOTS, a side show for Celebrity Big Brother, which is hosted by Rylan Clark. During the programme exchanges between Aisleyne and Farrah had got heated, she fumed,

    “You’ve got your cheque, you’ve had your cheque now get on the plane and f*** off.

    “Get on the plane and f*** off, no-one likes you. We don’t want you here. Go on!”

    Later on as Farrah is talking to Rylan, Aisleyne interrupts and Farrah shouts her down saying,

    “Hag be quiet”

    Next Aisleyne says, “sorry”, and goes towards her Champagne glass… The programme is cut.
    The show resumed after 10 minutes with the celebrity panel being removed from the studio.

    Ms. Abraham’s agent has announced that the complaint is in the hands of her legal team and that no further comment would be made on the matter.
    In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said:

    “Officers are continuing to make inquiries with relevant parties following the incident which occurred at Elstree Studio’s on the evening on September 22. These investigations are on-going at this time.

    “No arrests have been made.”

    During her time in the house Farrah Abraham had been criticised for the use of homophobic language. During a task she branded Gail Porter and Natasha Hamiton “lesbians” whilst callling Austin Armacost a “gay homo.”

    Farrah tweeted that she wouldn’t be at the Celebrity Big Brother live final tonight because she doesn’t want to put herself in a hostile situation.

  • Violence Erupts On Rylan’s Bit On The Side Big Bro Show

    Chairs thrown, Champagne chucked, veteran ‘Allo, ‘Allo actress receiving medical attention – but who started it all?

    Everything seemed to be going well on Rylan‘s show, when Farrah Abraham called reality star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace a “hag”. That’s when sources say things on the BBOTS set went nuclear.

    During the programme exchanges between Aisleyne and Farrah had got heated, she fumed,

    “You’ve got your cheque, you’ve had your cheque now get on the plane and f*** off.

    “Get on the plane and f*** off, no-one likes you. We don’t want you here. Go on!”

    Later on as Farrah is talking to Rylan, Aisleyne interrupts and Farrah shouts her down saying,

    “Hag be quiet”

    Next Aisleyne says “sorry” and goes towards her Champagne glass… The programme is cut.

    Transmission was cut as Aisleyne was seen to pick up her Champagne glass. We’re told that Champagne went flying at this point, but not who started the fight which would eventually see all the panellists removed from the show.

    A Channel 5 spokesperson said in a statement: ‘Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side was interrupted this evening due to an incident on the set.’

    The programme which is broadcast with a minute delay cut before any of the dramatic violence unfolded. It returned shortly after with Rylan explaining that the panel had been removed and the show would go on. The programme ended at least 10 minutes before it’s official end time.

    INNOCENT VICTIM: Veteran actress Vikki Michelle was injured by flying glass.

    THE FULL MONTY: Janice and Jenna join the panel and sparks fly.
    What follows is a mixture of reports, but apparently depending on who you believe Janice got involved in the fracas and is accused of throwing a chair, however the supermodel’s agent told the Daily Mail that she had ‘thrown herself in the path’ of another flying glass which was about to hit Vikki Michelle. The ‘Allo ‘Allo actress had to receive medical attention after being injured by glass. She tweeted her fans that being “checked over” and thanked them for their concern.

    THE GLASS: What happened next?

    A Channel 5 source told The Sun,

    “It was absolute chaos. Glasses and then a chair went flying and Vicki ended up injured in the process.

    ‘Everyone was screaming and sobbing. Vicki, who hadn’t caused anything herself, was caught in the crossfire and ended up being glassed.”

  • “WELCOME HOME”: Austin Drags James Back To The Bromance Bed

    It seems that Jaustin is back on and the Bromance is alive and well as Austin Armacost drags James Hill back to bed.

    The on and off again bromance between Austin and James seems to be on again after Austin drags formerApprentice star James Hill back to bed, saying WELCOME HOME…

    Yesterday the pair had a falling out after James nominated Austin because of his behaviour towards Janice. In an explosive rampage Austin called the “world’s first super model” a c**t numerous times.

    After speaking with Big Brother in the diary room about his mother’s incarceration and his brother’s death, a tearful Austin re-joined the house asking for forgiveness.

    Speaking to James, the married reality star said,

    “I just think you should be on your hands and knees begging for forgiveness.”

    James pretends to sleep in a different bed but Austin drags him out and puts him back in their bed, saying,“welcome home.”
    Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at: 9pm on Channel 5

  • Ben Mitchell And Paul Coker Get Caught In The Act

    Major awks ahead for Ben Mitchell in Eastenders as he and Paul Coker are caught in the act by his pa Phil.

    It seems the pair have a thing for risky places to make whoopie, the last time they were at it, the frisky pair were in a room with a corpse, in a funeral parlour. The amorous scene landed the Beeb in trouble when concerned members of the public made official complaints.
    This time Phil Mitchell catches Ben and Paul in the middle of the act. Up until now Ben’s sexuality has been kept under wraps from his family. Fair to say, Phil is stunned to have stumbled in on the pair.
    A shocked Phil takes in the scene as the love birds sheepishly put their clothes back on.. But we’ll have to wait to see how Walford’s hard man reacts to the revelation that his son is gay.

  • Austin Armacost: Janice Dickinson Is A C**T

    Yep, that’s twice now CBB’s Austin has dropped the C bomb on Janice.

    Austin Armacost is not Janice Dickinson’s fan, not by a long stretch, after calling the “world’s first supermodel” a c**t twice in 48 hours.

    Austin’s rant at Janice happened after a week of arguments, which came to a boiling point after Janice nominated Austin not to receive a letter from home after she screwed up the task to enable housemates to get a letter from a loved one. In a show of solidarity, Janice threw her letter away but was given it to read by Big Brother later on.

    In tonight’s episode, Austin’s anger at the mother of two seemed to have gotten the better of him after going on a rampage.

    He said,

    “You are a terrible example of a women and a mother, your children would be so embarrassed, you’re f**king the worst excuse for a women ever.”

    To which Janice sticks her fingers up at Austin and tells him to “kiss my a*s.”

     

    Austin responds,

    “You’re such a good mother to throw your middle fingers up on National Television, you f**king embarrassment of a mother, you should be ashamed.”

    At this point Janice hides under the covers, while Austin lands the blow,

    “That’s right, I didn’t think you had anything to say, you stupid c**t.”

    He then criticises her lifestyle and job by saying,

    “What an embarrassment to society, run around with your tits out and you’re spreading your legs. You’re just such a nasty excuse for a woman…miserable…who has to pop from reality show to reality show like you do to f**king get a pay cheque. Get a job, learn a trade, get some education, you stupid f**king b*tch.”

    He goes to Big Brother to calm down and speaks about his family including about his mother’s arrest and jail time has affected him.

    “I have done nothing but be honest and truthful with everybody in this House and that is why from the start I wanted to share about my brother and my mom, because I’m f**king p*ssed off. I had to bury my brother and then send my mom to prison. I saw my mom for a week before I came to London and I come back to Huddersfield and see this amazing family that my husband has and that p*sses me off because my family is self-destructive.”

    Austin’s mother, Karen Armacost was sentenced to six years in jail for theft. She pleaded guilty to stealing $681,000 over four years from her former employee.

    After speaking to Big Brother he goes back into the house and says,

    “That was bang out of order to say those things. I’m not going to make excuses, it was f**ked up and inappropriate by any means that is an understatement. It’s absolutely the last things that should have come out my mouth.”

  • End Of The Bromance As CBB James Nominates Austin Armacost

    It’s all over. The CBB bromance between Austin and James Hill is officially over.

    Done. Dusted. Finished. The great CBB bromance between Austin Armacost and former Apprentice star James Hill is officially over after James nominates Austin for eviction. We’re imagining Austin’s husband Jake is very happy about this news.

    On his nomination of Austin, James said,

    “the way he goes off and how he is treating people is very hard for me because you know I have to make the right decision and as much as I love him you know he is wrong and how he is behaving is wrong, it makes it very hard for me because he is my best friend in here.”

    Talking about his nomination to Bobby Davro, James says, “that was very hard for me mate.”

    The housemates facing eviction tomorrow night (Tuesday 22 September) are JANICE, BOBBY, JENNA and AUSTIN. Austin and Jenna are shocked to discover that they have been nominated by their friend, James, leading to a big row breaking out between Austin and the rest of the Housemates. Ooo errrr big dramz.
    CBB continues tonight on Channel Five from 9PM