Big Brother orders 'bizarre' task as housemates not allowed to leave bed

Farida became the first housemate to be evicted from this year's Big Brother following an ongoing feud with contestant Kerry. During her short but sweet time in the house, make-up artist Farida, 50, clashed with NHS manager Kerry, 40, on numerous occasions.

Big Brother star Farida Khalifa has found viral TikTok fame thanks to her niche career.The 50 year old make-up artist from Wolverhampton is popular among women and girls from the Traveller community, and she's been dolling them up for special events for years. Farida has garnered more than 17,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares top beauty tips and transformations from caravans across the country. Farida previously told The Sun about her work, explaining: "I do travellers’ make-up wherever they want me to.

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S Club have cancelled their latest reunion show at the last minute, due to 'unforeseen circumstances.' The iconic 90s pop group were due to perform at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on Friday, 13 October, as part of their 25th anniversary tour. However, Bradley McIntosh, Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Tina Barrett, and Jon Lee are unable to take to the stage in Merseyside due to the venue confirming a 'technical issue.' Instead, representatives from the arena say that the gig has been postponed to Monday, 30 October.

Rylan Clark has announced an exciting new career move after stepping down from presenting Strictly Come Dancing's spin-off show 'It Takes Two'.The BBC Radio 2 host confirmed he would be taking a step back from his role on the show after four years.The former X Factor star began co-hosting the show alongside Zoe Ball in 2019, before the fellow Radio 2 star left and was replaced by Strictly dancer Janette Manrara. Rylan then announced that he too would be leaving the BBC2 show to "pass on the baton to someone else and explore what else life has for me." But now the Celebrity Gogglebox star has teased that he’s back with a whole new reality TV show, admitting to fans that it’s "not as easy as it sounds." In a statement talking about his Strictly departure, the 34-year-old wrote: "I’ve had the best time hosting the show alongside Janette and Zoe, and I can’t thank the amazing team enough for always putting on a great show." I’ve been welcomed into the Strictly family and will firmly hold that title dear to me," he added.The role has since been taken over by X Factor and Strictly star Fleur East.

Big Brother star Farida has been spotted in a resurfaced episode of Come Dine With Me. But the makeup artist, 50, from Wolverhampton, starred on what has been labelled as the worst Come Dine With Me ever, after contestant Lee left his guests unimpressed with his questionable cooking skills. Farida, who is one of the first Big Brother contestants alongside Kerry, to be facing eviction and could be leaving the house during the first live axing on tonight, rated Lee's meal shocking low during the show.

With arguably even more crowds in its second day, New York Comic-Con saw a beefed-up presence from New York’s finest due to ex-Hamas leader Khaled Mashal’s call for a “day of jihad” today.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of “Gen V,” titled “Welcome to the Monster Club,” now streaming on Prime Video. Even superheroes can party a little too hard. The heroes of “Gen V” wake up wondering what the hell happened last night in this latest episode, but what seems like some alcohol-induced memory loss turns out to be diabolical mind wiping. The culprit comes from within our core group of heroes, when it’s revealed that Cate (Maddie Phillips) was erasing people’s memories on Dean Shetty’s (Shelley Conn) command.

Rylan Clark has revealed his next career move after Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two returned to screens without him. The BBC Radio 2 host left fans gutted earlier this year after confirming that he'd be stepping back from his hosting role on Strictly: It Takes Two after four years ahead of the BBC dance contest's return later this year.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Nintendo‘s Mario is having a big 2023. After taking in a $1.3 billion big box office haul for “The Super Mario Bros.

Humza Yousaf has said that Rishi Sunak has not spoken to him despite his relatives being trapped in Gaza.

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Jonathan Groff is sharing the beautiful story of how he came out as gay to his brother, David Groff.

Big Brother star Farida Khalifa has found viral TikTok fame thanks to her niche career.The 50 year old make-up artist from Wolverhampton is popular among women and girls from the Traveller community, and she's been dolling them up for special events for years. Farida has garnered more than 17,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares top beauty tips and transformations from caravans across the country. Farida previously told The Sun about her work, explaining: "I do travellers’ make-up wherever they want me to.

A van has been plastered with angry notes from disgruntled locals after being abandoned on a street for weeks. Fuming residents on Chessel Street in Bedminster, Bristol, have made their feelings known after the converted camper was parked outside two terraced homes.

Joe Jonas has filed to dismiss his divorce case against Sophie Turner.The former couple officially announced their separation on September 6 on Instagram, where they described it as a “united decision”.However, according to court documents obtained by Page Six, the Jonas Brother has now filed to dismiss his petition for dissolution. The publication states that the pair will instead “pursue an amicable resolution of all issues” after reaching “various agreements” during mediation.The court documents only pertain to Joe’s petition, which he filed on September 1.

Hexworks has shared that the PC and PS5 versions of Lords Of The Fallen will launch “as intended” while the Xbox version may not be totally ready.In a post to X (fka Twitter) on October 12, the developer expressed its gratitude for the content creators who have been playing Lords Of The Fallen to identify technical issues ahead of the sequel’s arrival.“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the content creators who have worked with us to enable the rapid deployment of patches, updates, and performance improvements ahead of tomorrow’s exciting launch of Lords Of The Fallen,” it said.“As such, PC and PlayStation 5 players will be able to enjoy the game as intended.

Ellise Shafer It’s been a year since Katie Gregson-MacLeod went viral on TikTok with “Complex,” a devastating piano ballad about unrequited love that poised the 22-year-old for singer-songwriter stardom — and she’s still processing it all. “When your life changes that drastically, that quickly, I don’t think there’s ever any way of processing it,” MacLeod tells Variety over coffee and croissants at a North London café.

Ellise Shafer For the past two years, Holly Humberstone has been living on the road. After growing a passionate fanbase in her native U.K. with the 2020 EP “Falling Asleep at the Wheel,” the singer-songwriter hopped across the pond for two back-to-back, life-changing opening gigs: first for indie favorite Girl in Red, followed by a stint on Olivia Rodrigo’s debut tour.

Big Brother fans have praised the show’s diversity after Farida opened up to fellow housemate Hallie about her family and religion during an emotional conversation. Muslim make-up artist Farida, 50, broke down in tears as she told 18 year old youth worker Hallie about her difficult past that saw her parents split up, lose their business and the family ending up homeless.

Chantelle Houghton has opened up on her divorce from ex-husband Preston – admitting that marriage can place a ‘huge burden’ on a relationship. The Celebrity Big Brother winner, 40, met the Ordinary Boys singer, 41, on the reality show in 2006 and the pair were engaged in April of that year before tying the knot just four months later. But they were divorced within 18 months - despite Chantelle thinking they would be together ‘for the rest of her life’.

S Club have paid tribute to late member Paul Cattermole during the opening night of their reunion tour, describing him as a “brother”. Check out footage from the show below.The gig took place at Manchester’s AO Arena last night (October 12), and was described as a preview to the pop group’s first reunion tour in eight years.As well as playing classic tracks including ‘Don’t Stop Moving’, ‘Have You Ever’ and ‘Reach’, the members all took time throughout the show to pay tribute to longtime member Cattermole, who died shortly after the live concerts were announced.“That’s our brother right there, man,” said Bradley McIntosh as a montage of images of Cattermole was shown (via BBC News).

A man armed with a knife killed a schoolteacher and seriously injured two other people in an attack in the grounds of a high school in the northeastern French town of Arras on Friday.

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AppleTV+ feminist ‘50s drama “Lessons in Chemistry,” since he’s best known for goofy comedies such as “The Office” and “Jury Duty.” As it turns out, nobody from the show initially tapped Eisenberg, either. “My wife read the book and said, ‘Oh my god, this is a TV series.’ So I started reading this book, and immediately saw what she was talking about,” Eisenberg, 46, told The Post. “I thought the book was beautiful.

Ryan Christie told how ropey Scotland row referee Serdar Gozubuyuk was in a muddle over disallowing Scott McTominay's goal - as it emerged the Dutchman was censored by his own FA after another hugely controversial VAR cock-up involving current Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers.

Martin Lewis has warned hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women over State Pension age, not to bin a letter they may receive over the coming weeks thinking it’s a scam - it’s not, and could be worth a small fortune. The letters contain details about potential State Pension underpayments and could be worth tens of thousands of pounds.

Big Brother star Farida Khalifa shares a surprising link to King Charles.The 50 year old make-up artist, who shares tutorials on TikTok, where she has amassed over 27,000 followers, once applied henna to the King. Speaking on a video she posted to TikTok, Friday said: "I've put Henna on King Charles. I was featured in his Prince's Trust booklet as one of the successful businesses that they had funded.

The MIA Market, Rome’s splashy precursor to Mipcom Cannes, is almost over and there has been plenty to digest. Attendants from all over the world including a healthy dose of U.S. C-suite star power have been listening intently in the cinema screening rooms on the Piazza Barberini all week, and there has been plenty to discuss, as execs from around the world ponder a path to normality following a year of chaos and disruption. Meanwhile, the Israeli-Hamas conflict rages and the world mourns, with ripples felt here in Rome. See below for Deadline’s key takeaways from the annual TV and film confab.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Not even five years have passed since Saudi Arabia first opened up for tourism in 2019 and, yet, the country’s entertainment industry seems to have evolved at an astronomical rate. With multimillion-dollar film and TV project development initiatives available to both local and international companies, high rates of content consumption and an overwhelmingly young population with broad access to smartphones and increasingly affordable internet rates, the kingdom’s media boom currently attracts the attention of entertainment conglomerates both local and multinational.

Israel's military has told more than one million Palestinians living in Gaza to evacuate the north, according to the United Nations. It is an unprecedented order for almost half the population of the sealed-off territory ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group.

Big Brother has returned, which means for the next six weeks, we'll be pretty much unavailable most evenings.The iconic reality show aired on Sunday after a five year hiatus, but now it's back and bigger than ever. With two new presenters - Strictly's AJ Odudu and Dance Dance Dance's Will Best - plus a fresh batch of new housemates and, just as we expected, there's been laughs, tears, and a whole load of drama. Housemate Zak Srakaew has already won over viewers with his laid back attitude and cheeky smile.

“There is an unbridgeable gap between our work and the magnitude of brutal violence,” the CEO of Israel‘s largest media organization has told Deadline as the violent conflict sparked by Hamas‘ brutal attacks on the nation nears its second week.

EXCLUSIVE: A BBC internal investigation has found that the star presenters of its relaunched news channel were not promised their jobs before an open recruitment process.

The Big Brother house was reportedly 'locked down' after a security breach on Thursday.The 16 housemates, who only entered the brand new Big Brother house on Sunday night when the show made it's highly anticipated return to screens, were ordered to remain indoors when the alert rocked the security teams working around the TV studios. A YouTuber had attempted to fly a drone over the Big Brother house, trying to scour the studios for an secret inside look. According to The Sun, a man claimed he had also somehow hacked into their radio systems and managed to listen into crew conversations.