Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterDirector Paul Haggis, now under house arrest on sexual assault charges in Italy, has gotten a trial date for his rape lawsuit in New York.The trial is set to begin on Oct. 11, before Judge Sabrina Kraus in Manhattan.
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Neighbours star Stefan Dennis says he “surprised himself” when he became emotional on the last day of filming the long-running Australian soap.The actor, who played the villainous Paul Robinson, said it was “a melancholy day” as he looked back at his experiences from the past 37 years, including run-ins with the Royal Family.The soap first aired in 1985 and follows the lives of those living and working in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, with Dennis joining the show as one of the original cast members. Speaking on the Australian breakfast programme Studio 10, Dennis said he had had to keep a “very low profile” on the last day, in order to avoid becoming “an absolute mess”.
“It’s a melancholy day for me,” he said. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
“I sort of closed the studio door behind me on my very last scene, my very last dialogue scene and… I suddenly surprised myself by getting incredibly emotional. “I just kept to myself and went to my dressing room… so I’m keeping a very low profile today.
I think I’ll just be an absolute mess if I sort of hang around too long.” Dennis also revealed that Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother had both been big fans of Neighbours and would specifically request tapes from the BBC so they could catch up on episodes missed during royal engagements. He recalled that the Queen Mother once snubbed the entire cast of the US sitcom Golden Girls at a meet and greet to talk to the Neighbours cast instead.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterDirector Paul Haggis, now under house arrest on sexual assault charges in Italy, has gotten a trial date for his rape lawsuit in New York.The trial is set to begin on Oct. 11, before Judge Sabrina Kraus in Manhattan.
Coldplay’s Chris Martin was filmed taking over a family pub’s piano to play a rendition of ‘A Sky Full of Stars’.Martin was filmed playing the 2014 hit at family pub The Stag Inn in Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, after a friendly chat with some patrons who seemed to be planning a wedding. While enjoying a pint at the pub, Martin appeared to have taken patrons’ request to play the song, smiling as he launched into its opening notes.“You never know who might pop in for a pint! What a lovely man he is,” the owners of the pub wrote in their post on June 26.Watch Chris Martin play ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ below.You never know who might pop in for a pint! @coldplay what a lovely man he is.
Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, Niall Horan, and Daisy Edgar-Jones donning their wellies and waterproofs for some awesome live music. Glasto day one was a major success as the festival returned for the first time in two years following cancellations due to the pandemic.
Trigger warning: This article mentions suicide.Rob Mills might have been killed off Neighbours in 2020, but that hasn’t kept him from being involved in the show’s final days.WATCH BELOW: Behind the scenes Finn Kelly's Neighbours deathThe beloved Aussie soap was cancelled in March after its British network decided to remove the show from its line-up, taking a fair chunk of funding with it.It seems Rob was part of the blow-out finale, which is seeing the likes of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, and Guy Pearce return to Melbourne to reprise their roles one last time.“My shoot was out on Ramsay Street,” he tells WHO.“It was the last day they were ever going to shoot on Pin Oak Court, or Ramsay Street. It was quite emotional … I took so many photos.“It was great, they had Scotty Major directing, and he’s an incredible director and also an actor who’s come up through Neighbours … it was great to have him at the helm,” Rob revealed.Rob's character Finn Kelly was killed off in 2020.“I’ve never seen that many people on set – the call sheet was like hundreds of people long.“I think even the EP got himself a gig as the ice cream guy, which I thought was kind of cool,” he laughed.“It was a really beautiful day.
It seems there’s no end to the number of young royals in The Queen’s family at the moment. While perhaps the most known are Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, there is also a whole host of other youngsters who less is known about.The Queen currently has 12 great-grandchildren and eight grandchildren so you would be forgiven for missing a name or two out from any list. One young royal who very few people know about is Prince Michael of Kent's granddaughter who used to attend the same school as Prince George and Princess Charlotte in London.
The cast of the Ramsay Street soap have been a staple at Australia's television industry awards for as long as we can remember, given that Neighbours began airing in 1985.
Celebrity Gogglebox viewers were left confused as actress Denise Van Outen failed to mention her own starring role in a TC show featured on the programme.
As his mother’s coffin lay on a gun carriage, draped in the Royal Standard and white lilies, a teenage Prince William bowed his head in deep mourning. But while he could easily have broken down during the funeral for the late Princess Diana of Wales, the 15-year-old held back the tears, giving younger brother Harry extra strength to cope with such a heartbreaking ordeal.
Kylie Minogue has described her return to the Neighbours set as "emotional" after filming scenes for the show's finale. The pop superstar, 54, quickly rose to fame after starring in the Australian soap in 1986. She told Sky News that although she had acted before appearing in the show it had been her "big break" and played a special role in her career.
The lights went out for the last time on Ramsay Street yesterday, as the very final scene of Australian soap Neighbours was put in the can.
Neighbours is making a return in the UK, but not in the way you would expect. The Australian based soap is planning a UK theatre tour after the long-running show was axed from both its Aussie channel and UK broadcaster, Channel 5, in August. The tour will begin in March 2023 and celebrate the past 40 years of the soap.
Kylie Minogue has revealed that there was “quite a bit of pressure” for her to appear in the upcoming finale episode of Neighbours.In an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers yesterday (June 8), the singer discussed her early days on set of the Australian soap opera and how she will reprise the role of Ramsay street resident Charlene Robinson, who last appeared on the series in 1988.“I got this role in Neighbours in 1986… There was quite a bit of pressure for me to come back, so I shot my scenes back in Australia,” Minogue revealed.Elsewhere in the interview, Minogue credited the show with her later success as a musician, saying that its popularity “exploded” during her tenure and comprised “a large part of how [she] entered the music industry.”“England just went crazy about [Neighbours], so it’s been with me ever since…You know, you’re in people’s households [and] the show was played twice a day,” she recalled.Minogue also talked about how fellow Neighbours alum Guy Pearce, who landed his breakout role on the show in 1986 as troubled high-schooler Mike Young, would likewise return for the finale. The pair played friends during Pearce’s three-year run on the soap, and Minogue hinted at the emotion of their forthcoming reunion.“[Guy Pearce] was also on the show.
Kylie Minogue shined in a bright white outfit on Tuesday while out in New York City. The 54-year-old Australian entertainer wore a double-breasted white coat over a silky white top with lacy trim. She completed her stylish suit with loose white trousers.
Neighbours' final scene has been revealed – and it will include two of the soap's biggest stars. Fans are going to have to say farewell to the Channel 5 soap, which is ending this August after more than three decades on air, and the soap's writers intend to do so in spectacular fashion.The Australian soap is going to end on an emotional note, featuring arguably the show's most famous couple; Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.The two will be returning for a special episode to finish off the soap, which was given the axe earlier this year after Channel 5 pulled out funding the programme, with another a broadcaster not coming forward to take over the show.