56 m. ago When panto goes horribly, painfully wrong: ‘it was the worst chafing of my life’

Panto season is upon us, and for the performers, anything could happen. Actors recall their most excruciating moments – from a panic attack while dressed as a cow, to dripping blood while in flight as Peter PanWhen panto goes wrong, the show must always go on. And there is a lot that could go wrong: malfunctioning pyrotechnics, panic attacks, chafing thighs, broken props, broken bones, bruised egos – and that’s before you get live animals involved. Missed cues and forgotten lines are small potatoes by comparison. So with panto season once again in full swing, we speak to seasoned professionals about the exhausting, error-laden, explosive truth behind the most “magical” season of the year.Adam Buksh played The Genie in Aladdin at Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian, in 2013 It was halfway through the show when Aladdin got trapped in the cave. Our version was based on the original story, One Thousand and One Nights (not Disney’s), in which Aladdin possesses two magical entiti...

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65 m. ago Brian Walshe to be sentenced after being convicted of killing of his wife

A Massachusetts man is expected to be sentenced for murdering his wife, whose body was never found after she disappeared nearly three years ago

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3 h. ago Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner cause of death confirmed as son charged with murder

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead at their Los Angeles home on Sunday

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5 h. ago Rob Reiner and Michele cause of death confirmed as son Nick charged with alleged murders

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles home, with a medical examiner reporting multiple sharp force injuries as son Nick faces murder charges

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5 h. ago Confessions of a cheater: The 12 words that quell my wife's suspicions. How I'm getting away with it. The one thing I fear. And why I can't resist. Yes I'm unrepentant, says Peter... so would you be?

Having survived ten Christmases as a cheating husband, I like to think I'm something of an expert...

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5 h. ago Rebel Wilson and pregnant wife Ramona Agruma, 41, step out at Aspen polo match in first public outing since baby announcement

The Bridesmaids star, 45, and her other half, 41, bundled up in cozy looks to keep warm in the cold winter weather at the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship.

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6 h. ago Justin Bieber goes shirtless as he makes sushi with wife Hailey during home cooking lesson

The couple are back in Los Angelesafter traveling to Tokyo, Japan, but are now enjoying some laid-back time together at home after an action-packed adventure abroad.

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6 h. ago Rob Reiner and wife Michele's cause of death revealed as son Nick appears in court

A medical examiner as issued an update in the double murder case of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele as their son Nick has been charged with their deaths

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7 h. ago Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori breaks silence on reason behind daring outfits

Bianca Censori has opened up on her daring looks after a number of see-through outfits worn by Kanye West's wife left the public gobsmacked

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7 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow makes rare move of bringing her stepkids on the carpet... after complaining they 'tested' her

Falchuk shares his two children with his ex-wife, Suzanne Bulnik, whom he divorced in 2013 after some 20 years of marriage. Paltrow and Falchuk wed in 2018.

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7 h. ago Peter Andre enjoys a day out with wife Emily and daughter Princess at a skincare event after revealing his strict parenting rule

The trio visited the Fairmont Windsor Park clinic to try out the launch of 3D ReFirm, the new celebrity-approved skin-tightening treatment.

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9 h. ago Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori finally explains why she wears zany body

The brunette beauty tried to spin her the reason behind her attention-grabbing looks. It's not for press but rather a way for an artist to express herself. And she doesn't get hurt when people hate on her.

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9 h. ago 'Millions of fans have watched me in Emmerdale for 23 years but my kids refuse to tune in'

Emmerdale star Charlotte Bellamy reveals how her character Laurel's romance with drug dealer Ray is a car crash waiting to happen .

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11 h. ago Susie Wiles interview might be a useful distraction from how poorly things are going for Americans

The incendiary quotes don’t disguise how dissatisfied people are about jobs, inflation or the cost of livingThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdaySo it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump’s cabinet is bonkers.From that bombshell Vanity Fair interview, which featured some truly terrifying close-up photos, we learned that Wiles considers JD Vance to have been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade”. She believes Elon Musk to be an “odd, odd duck”. Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is, in Wiles’ view, “a right-wing absolute zealot”.“If we’re judging by these numbers, Americans are completely dissatisfied with the way things are happening in this country.” Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Dundee Utd vs Celtic as it happened with Wilfried Nancy on the brink of disaster

Wilfried Nancy is already a man under pressure having lost his first three games and Jim Goodwin’s side are ready to stare down the champions

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11 h. ago Darts icon married fan after leaving wife for new lover 18 years his junior

A World Championship legend left his former partner of 25 years after claims he abandoned her for a younger model before he wed new wife 18 years his junior

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12 h. ago Coronation Street's Jonathan Howard says he's had 'great run' as Emmerdale crossover teases peril

EXCLUSIVE: Carl Webster could be in danger as the worlds of ITV soaps Corrie and Emmerdale collide in Corridale

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12 h. ago Pilot reveals what really happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode when flying

A commercial pilot explains the real reason phones must turned to airplane mode during flights - and it’s not what most passengers think

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13 h. ago Retired salesman found dead along with his 'ill' wife at their £800k seaside home in Huntington's 'mercy killing' and suicide

The bodies of Heather and Michael Newton were found at their £800,000 home near Poole Harbour, Dorset, on New Year's Eve last year.

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13 h. ago Dick Van Dyke’s wife Arlene Silver says she has a stalker and doesn’t ‘feel comfortable going out’

The makeup artist says she’s seen her stalker outside of her yoga class

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