Joe Swash is returning to EastEnders for the first time in 15 years - and the date of his arrival has now been confirmed. It was recently announced that Joe, 41, will be returning to the soap after more than a decade away from the hit BBC show.
07.11.2023 - 11:23 / ok.co.uk
Comedian Brian Conley has always made the nation chuckle, but what his EastEnders character Rocky Cotton has done is no laughing matter. Desperate to clear his huge gambling debt, Rocky set fire to his wife’s café hoping to claim on insurance. However, his plan backfired as the blaze had huge repercussions for the Beale family and this week Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) gets arrested for arson.
“It’s awful,” agrees Brian, “but Rocky is hanging on to the fact Kathy will be released – he wants to give it a bit longer before confessing because he might be able to get away with it and live happily ever after." “But Harvey [Monroe, played by Ross Boatman] is putting pressure on Rocky quite literally, he has him against the wall – he threatens him. Harvey wants to smack Rocky around the head and say, ‘Look mate, you’ve got to take the rap for this.’” It’s not a big surprise that Rocky wants to get the cash through illegal means. After all, he arrived in Walford under the alias of Terry Cant to con Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), and ended up a bigamist when he married Kathy in July.
“I’m surprised Rocky’s still hanging around,” says Brian. “He would be treated like mud if the truth were to ever come out. And it’s affected everyone, they all love that café.
[But] he only wanted a little fire, Rocky never wanted it to explode!" “And the whole situation goes from bad to worse because after the fire, Rocky’s seen as a hero because he ran back inside. And that makes him feel so much worse. Rocky’s in such an awful position, but he does play along with it.” Brian reveals the blast storyline was a shock for him as well as Rocky when the secret came out in the scripts.
Joe Swash is returning to EastEnders for the first time in 15 years - and the date of his arrival has now been confirmed. It was recently announced that Joe, 41, will be returning to the soap after more than a decade away from the hit BBC show.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise married 17 years ago in a lavish wedding hosted in a castle in Rome. The event cost over 3 million dollars and was attended by guests like Jennifer Lopez, David and Victoria Beckham, Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and more. Robert Evans, one of the event’s photographers, recently discussed what it felt like to be a part of such a memorable occasion.
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Men’s Health about his career, love life and what he thinks makes a movie star. Powell, who starred in last year’s hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” revealed that in order to prepare for his role as the cocky Lt. Jake “Hangman” Seresin, he and Hollywood legend Tom Cruise spent hours watching movies and discussing his character’s traits.
ill-advised Instagram posts was made to go on a listening tour of Jewish leaders, sources tell The Post.CAA agent Maha Dakhil, 48, who represents A-listers including Tom Cruise and Madonna, is still working at the firm, despite resigning from its internal board after coming under fire for her posts.We’re told she went to meet Hollywood rabbi, Steve Leder, of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, as well as Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive of the Anti Defamation League.A company source told us: “Maha has divided CAA — there are some Jewish agents who feel very strongly that she should learn from what she did and that she should definitely be sanctioned, if not sacked.“But there was also a feeling that CAA had to be careful because they could face rebellion from staff who thought that Maha was being muzzled from expressing her own opinions.”Dakhil’s actions led to Oscar-winning “The Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin quitting CAA in protest and jumping over to rival WME.The source said: “Maha looked like she was going to be the next heir apparent at CAA, and one f-up has called her judgement into question.“At work, she’s always been very professional, but she’s rubbed some people the wrong way and tended to make herself the story, with selfies with the stars and attending all the parties.”As for now, Dakhil has wiped her Instagram of all her starry photos and has not posted since the debacle.The Post has reached out to CAA for comment.And while Hollywood gets back to work after the strike, CAA has more issues as the agency is being sued by actress Julia Ormond over convicted rapist and former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.The complaint, filed last month, alleges that CAA top brass, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane encouraged her
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As Brian Conley prepares to leave his part as Rocky Cotton in EastEnders later this year, he confesses he’s devastated to be leaving his on-screen wife Gillian Taylforth (who plays Kathy Cotton) behind.The pair have played on-screen partners for the past two years and their characters tied the knot in July. More recently, the future of Rocky and Kathy’s marriage has been put in jeopardy thanks to Rocky’s gambling addiction.To get out of his predicament, Rocky set fire to the local café hoping to claim on the insurance. However the plan backfired and Kathy finds herself arrested for the crime.
Rocky Cotton’s (Brian Conley) insurance plan backfires when his wife, Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) is arrested for the arson in EastEnders spoilers. The Beales are distraught after the fire and Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) is quick to blame Kathy for the incident. George Knight (Colin Salmon) comforts Cindy in The Vic and encourages her to go back to the hospital where it appears Cindy has forgiven Kathy.
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Rocky Cotton (Brian Conley) starts a fire at the Kathy's Café in the hope of clearing his debts in EastEnders spoilers. But what he doesn’t realise is that Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) is trapped inside. Rocky searches for a way of paying back the money he borrowed from Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) without his wife Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) finding out exactly how much debt he’s in.
“If You Would Have Told Me” (which is now out), the actor, 60, detailed a near miss he had with the controversial Church of Scientology in the 1980s. It all started when his former acting teacher’s assistant slipped him some Scientology books. “I’m walking to my car and Mia runs out and hands me my workbooks,” Stamos wrote in his book.
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