ITV Love Island’s Sammy Root says Jess relationship was 'mad' – ‘I’m moving on'

Fresh from the news Helen Skelton won't be hosting Channel 4's Rugby League coverage, the presenter is embarking on a new career path. Not only will she voice a role in BBC children's show Fireman Sam, but she's "really proud" to have teamed up with other celebs like Julia Bradbury and Gethin Jones in launching a new mental health campaign called Hats On For Mind.

James Haskell has opened up about his and Chloe Madeley's separation on Mike Tindall's The Good, The Bad and The Rugby podcast. Last week, the powerhouse ex-rugby union player, 38, and Chloe, 36, announced their split after five years of marriage, having welcomed a daughter named Bodhi just last year. "Chloe and I mutually decided to separate at the end of September, 2023.

Earlier this year, Coronation Street's Aadi Alahan embarked on a steamy love affair with married woman Courtney Vance, and since then, the teenager has faced a host of hurdles along the way.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt‘s The Fall Guy trailer is here!

Jim Burrows, a director who directed over a dozen episodes of Friends, has given an interview where he gave a brief insight into the cast’s reaction to the tragic passing of their beloved co-star, Matthew Perry.

Friends director James Burrows mourned the loss of actor Matthew Perry in an exclusive Today show interview this morning. “I had to have a couple of days to just let it soak in,” Burrows said on the NBC morning show. “He was part of a family and he was the first one to not be part of that family anymore.”

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fans of “The White Lotus” or those looking forward to the “It’ prequel series at HBO and Max will likely be waiting for a while longer. “‘Welcome to Derry,’ we had had that scheduled for Halloween of 2024.

Boots customers are scrambling to buy a beauty bag packed full of £52-worth of luxury beauty products. Beauty buffs have hailed the £26 bag as 'excellent value for money', with many impressed by the high-quality of products inside.

Gemma Atkinson was left surprised by her fiance Gorka Marquez's comments as they spoke about her recent C-section. The Strictly Come Dancing star joined his partner on the latest episode of her podcast, The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson.

Rylan Clark has left his This Morning co-star taken aback after jokingly accusing her of being on the 'rob' when she paid a recent visit to a very famous home. The presenter was back fronting the ITV daytime show on Thursday (November 2) as he rounded off his week-long return to the helm alongside Josie Gibson.

Manchester might not be the birthplace of pizza, but we certainly know a thing or too about how to create and serve up the perfect combination of dough, tomato, cheese and extra toppings.

Gemma Owen could be swapping the Love Island villa for the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! jungle as she jets off to Australia. The former Love Island star, 20, sparked jungle rumours as she shared a photograph of the inside of a plane revealing that she was heading to Australia.

Actor Tyler Christopher was reportedly found dead inside his home after a concerned friend went to check on him. On Wednesday, 1 November, news broke that Tyler, who was best known for his role in General Hospital, had sadly passed away at the age of 50.

Josie Gibson’s fans are hoping for ‘romance’ for the star as she enjoyed an ‘amazing evening’ with a handsome pal.The This Morning star enjoyed a night out at a swanky Italian restaurant on Wednesday, 1 November, and she made sure to post plenty of snaps and videos to Instagram of the evening. Josie and her celebrity hairstylist pal Maurice Flynn hit up the Lavo London restaurant, where they enjoyed a platter of oysters followed by plates of pasta and what looks like a truffle pizza.

Matthew Perry, the star of Friends had a close bond with his assistant Briana Brancato, who he says "saved his life".The actor, 54, who had struggled with addiction in the past was found unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, 28 October. It's reported that Matthew had been playing pickleball, a game similar to squash, for over an hour before he went home to relax. When he got home, he asked his assistant to run an errand for him.

Coleen and Wayne Rooney celebrated their eldest son Kai's birthday this week. Posing for a family photo with a massive '14' stood in the background amongst two balloon clusters, the 37-year-old mum-of-four informed her Instagram fans that they'd all donned matching pyjamas in aid of the local Alder Hey Children's Hospital, which has collaborated with retailer Matalan for the last 10 years. "Happy 14th Birthday to our @kairooney.10.

Bradley Walsh has landed a huge new presenting role as the host of this year's Royal Variety Performance.The Chase presenter is set to take over fronting the live theatre show, which airs at a later date on ITV, from last year's host, comedian Lee Mack. The Royal Variety Performance is a highlight in the entertainment calendar that sees members of the Royal Family attend to watch the show, and although this year's Royal guests have not yet been confirmed, the audience has previously featured senior Royals including King Charles III when he was still Prince Charles.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer HBO and Max CEO and chairman Casey Bloys apologized to TV critics Thursday for using fake Twitter accounts to respond to negative reviews on HBO series, following a Wednesday report that revealed Bloys’ past behavior. “For those of you who know me, you know that I am a programming executive very, very passionate about the shows that we decide to do. And the people who do them and the people who work on them,” Bloys said Thursday morning at the start of a presentation at HBO’s New York headquarters, an event to promote HBO and Max’s upcoming slate of programming, which has been planned since Oct.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The final episodes of “Yellowstone” are now slated to air in November 2024. In addition, Paramount has greenlit two new spinoff series — “1944” and a contemporary series currently titled “2024.” As with the flagship show, the new shows are produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.

Kara Swisher has joined CNN as on-air contributor, appearing as a regular panelist on Chris Wallace’s upcoming weekend show and providing commentary on the network in breaking coverage of tech, culture and media.

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has claimed that his new solo album will make frontman Paul Stanley “look like an imbecile”.Drama between Frehley and his former bandmate started earlier this year, after the KISS singer explained why the band didn’t perform when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame back in 2014.Among reasons was the “demanding” nature of the Rock Hall, which wanted KISS to take to the stage with its original members – Frehley and Peter Criss – which Stanley said would be “demeaning” to the band, adding: “‘Cause if you saw people onstage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called PISS.”Frehley subsequently threatened to release “dirt” on KISS if Stanley didn’t apologise, later sharing that he didn’t apologise, but called to say “fuck you”.In a new interview, Frehley has now offered an update on his latest album, while also launching a fresh retaliation against Frehley.“I think it may be the best album I’ve ever done to date,” he said during an interview with Indiana rock radio station 93.5 FM MAX (via Blabbermouth).Asked if he every imagined his his solo career would have this kind of longevity, he said: “It was hard in the beginning, but now I’ve picked up a lot of steam. In fact, I remember when I first signed with eOne Music — now they sold the record company to MNRK Music Group, and I’m still working with the same people — but I remember the guy that got me signed to the label, he told me that, before [2009’s] ‘Anomaly’ came out, he said a lot of people said to him, ‘You’re not even gonna get the record.’“Because Paul and Gene [Simmons] have pretty much tried to destroy my credibility by calling me a drunk and a drug addict and somebody who’s not dependable.

Golf influencer Paige Spiranac opened up about her body in a recent Q&A session on her Instagram account earlier this week. Spiranac was asked whether she got "annoyed" with questions about whether her breasts were real.The golfer, who sports nearly 4 million followers on Instagram, has clapped back several times at social media trolls about what she wears or how she presents herself.This time, however, she opened up to her following. "They’ve actually gotten a lot bigger and so I can see a lot of people being confused by like when I first started this," Spiranac said.

Singaporean writer-director Nicole Midori Woodford is on a roll with her debut feature, Last Shadow At First Light, which premiered in New Directors at San Sebastian film festival and has two nominations at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) for best screenplay and best performance (Mihaya Shirata). 

Friends.In a joint interview on CBS’s Today show, Marta Kauffman and David Crane discussed their shock at the news of Perry’s passing at the age of 54 on Saturday (28 October).“He was happy and chipper,” Kauffman said of Perry, who played Chandler Bing for 10 seasons of the hit sitcom. “He didn’t seem weighed down by anything. He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair.”Kauffman said she was in “utter shock” after hearing the news last weekend.

Liam Gallagher has shared his verdict on the long-awaited “final” song by The Beatles – revealing that he finds it “heartwarming”.The track in question is the song that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have been working on over recent months, which stemmed from a demo tape recorded by late bandmate John Lennon.Titled ‘Now And Then’, the project was completed with the help of AI – which helped to lift Lennon’s vocals off the demo recording – and is being described by the band as being the “final” ever song to feature all members of the Fab Four.Both McCartney and Starr have been teasing the upcoming project for months and also shared a short film last night (November 1), which documented the history behind the track and how it came together. It is set for a worldwide release today at 2pm GMT / 10am EDT / 7am – marketed as a double A-side with their 1962 debut UK single, ‘Love Me Do’ – combining their first single with their last.Now, ahead of its official release, former Oasis frontman and Britpop icon Liam Gallagher has taken to X/Twitter to share his thoughts on the song, and told his followers that he found it to be an emotional listen.“Now n Then [is] absolutely incredible biblical celestial heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time,” he wrote in an initial post this morning.

Frank Turner – listen first on NME below.The new song from the Scottish singer-songwriter is the latest preview of his forthcoming new album ‘Crisis Actor’ – which is available to pre-order now – and follows first single ‘Oblivion’.“It’s a song about drinking too much and drinking too little, holding on and trying to let go,” Liar explained. “Bitter drinks and bitter romance.”“Staring into my glass, I swear the ice cubes are judging me /For what we did or didn’t do in the past I only care that you couldn’t keep loving me,” the artist sings on the rowdy chorus.‘Negroni’ is set in the 1920s prohibition speakeasy cocktail bar that the accompanying Scotland-based video is shot in.

Usher has said that he began his preparation for the upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show “30 years ago”.The hip-hop icon, who is currently underway with various residencies, is set to take to the stage at the Super Bowl LVIII at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on February 11, 2024.However, in a new interview, he revealed that he doesn’t think his recent run of Las Vegas shows helped him secure the coveted slot, as he has been working towards an opportunity like that for his entire career.“When I got the call, I was like, ‘Man, I’ve been working really hard my entire career,’” he revealed to Extra. “The preparation didn’t start within the last two years of performing in Las Vegas.

This was the moment the net closed in on a multi-million pound drug smuggling gang. Four men, including a high-level drug dealer from Trafford, were arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators as they unloaded a shipping container which arrived in the UK from Ecuador.

Former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby in the long-running ITV soap in over 1,000 episodes, is swapping the cobbles for the wrestling ring as he prepares to make his wrestling debut at age 70.The actor is set to make his debut in Manchester next year under the SOVPRO wrestling banner, with the organisation confirming the news on social media.They wrote: "This is not a drill.This is not a parody. From the infamous cobbles of Weatherfield, The Champion of the Rovers Return, THE Les Battersby makes his SOVPRO debut on Feb 18th." Bruce himself also confirmed the news, posting on social media: "Come and join the wrestlers and me as Les 18th February 2024 for my debut with SOVPRO." The news sparked a flurry of comments from wrestling fans, with many making light-hearted remarks about Bruce's on-screen character.

Paris Fury's new book How Does She Do It? The Kids, Tyson & Me is full of insights to her life as a mother-of-seven.Together with her husband Tyson Fury - the reigning WBC heavyweight boxing champion - the 32 year old is responsible for daughters Venezuela, Valencia, Athena, and sons Prince John James, Prince Tyson II, Prince Adonis Amaziah, and baby Rico. In one section of the autobiography, Paris recounts being trolled for the hairstyles she gives her three eldest sons, with the naysayers apparently comparing them to gangsters from the fifties.

Khloe Kardashian's 11 year old niece Penelope has found it hard to be around cheating Tristan Thompson, a new episode of The Kardashians reveals. In the latest instalment from the reality show streaming on Disney+, Penelope's mum Kourtney Kardashian hints at the discomfort she feels around Khloe's ex. NBA star Tristan had cheated on Khloe when she was pregnant with their first child, True, and also kissed another woman on a night out.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Studiocanal and Universal Pictures are re-releasing Richard Curtis’ holiday classic “Love Actually” worldwide this year in a new 4K restoration. The Working Title film, whose all-star cast includes Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy and Liam Neeson, will also be released on home video and digitally in the U.S. and France.

A Lanarkshire care home embraced the spooky season by picking pumpkins at a local patch.

Marks and Spencer has apologised after an outtake from its Christmas advert caused upset. The image, showing paper hats in the colours of the Palestinian flag burning in a fire, was meant to "playfully show that some people don't enjoy wearing paper Christmas hats", according to M&S.

Lily Allen and her husband David Harbour put on united display at a basketball game in New York, amid rumours of a split.The 38 year old Smile songstress looked in great spirits as she sat next to Stranger Things actor David, 48, and some pals at the Cleveland Cavaliers v New York Knicks, NBA Basketball game in Madison Square Garden, New York. Mum of two Lily looked fantastic in a beige jumper and black jeans as she sat alongside her husband of three years, who was dressed in dark colours. They were also snapped backstage as David threw a basketball into the air.

As quick as a flash, Stacey Solomon is already in the festive spirit after going to town on Halloween costumes with her family this week. On Instagram, the Loose Women panelist, 34, updated her massive fanbase on what was taking place in her house known as Pickle Cottage. In a video, her husband Joe Swash tells Stacey: "Just do the bedding, don't go overboard.