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Davina McCall, the Masked Singer actress, and Michael Douglas, her hairdresser, have flown to the United States for their first vacation together.

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Davina McCall and her new husband, Michael Douglas, have jetted off on holiday just days after secretly tying the knot. The Masked Singer judge and her hairdresser husband swapped vows earlier this month, and have since celebrated Christmas early.

They reportedly flew off together to enjoy their first married couple vacation. This month, presenter Davina, 58, and her 49-year-old husband, who have been a fixture since 2018, married to surprise fans.

They have since flown to the United States to spend quality time together. Michael confirmed on social media that he and his new wife had “over the weekend” of Christmas festivities prior to their departure.

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He stated in an update to followers that “we’ve already celebrated Christmas” and that they had already done so while they were in the UK. Fans who quickly wished him and Davina a happy holiday season were quick to comment on his update.

One person expressed their happiness at their wedding and the love they shared. While another person remarked, “Have the best time, wonderful people.” Another fan remarked, “Congratulations, and you two enjoy this lovely Xmas break/honeymoon.”

Earlier this month, it was revealed that Davina and Michael had swapped vows in a ceremony on Friday 5 December. The couple swapped vows after being engaged for just three months – with Michael previously popping the question while on holiday in Ibiza with the ITV star.

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The TV presenter chose a long, white faux fur coat for the occasion instead of a traditional wedding dress. Last Friday in Marylebone Town Hall, the couple wed in a small ceremony in London.

“Everyone who is special in their lives” was present for the intimate event, according to them. As their official union as husband and wife, photos have now emerged of the couple looking happier than ever.

Fans were impressed by Davina’s matching lace hat, lace tights, and heels while Michael looked stylish in a stylish blue suit. Tilly, the daughter of Davina, posted a video to her TikTok page before the ceremony. She wrote, “Be prepared to be SICK of me,” as she displayed her own outfit for the day.

The former Big Brother host broke her silence about her wedding the week after she said “I do” as she took to her own social media to confirm the happy news.

She called the Harry Baker poem “extraordinary” and posted a video of it on Thursday. The poem’s title read, “The wedding in the mud with you is not the flowers.” Instead of champagne, it’s your favorite mug, where you can enjoy a cuppa. Not chocolate, though. It’s becoming Bruce Bogtrotter and Augustus Gloop, which is a good thing, but not just one or two. Voting with you favors frozen pizza over fancy food. Nothing can compare to a piece of comfort food on a certain nights.

While a source told The Sun that their wedding was “perfect, exactly what they wanted.” They only invited about ten of their friends and family members to the small, rural setting where they reside.

Everyone who attended was very special in their lives, and it was very intimate. With Davina’s health, they have gone through a lot, and it just seemed appropriate to formalize their union. They questioned the value of the wait.

They continued, “The following day, life just went on as usual, and by coincidence, they were guests at another friend’s wedding day.” So they officially became married couples and proudly displayed her wedding ring. The ideal weekend came along.

After going on a “danger” trip in the past, Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke decided to stay at home while his family took a winter break.

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Anton Du Beke confessed “I’m fearful” whilst recounting a “terrible” experience during a family getaway. The 52-year-old Anton shares twins George and Henrietta with his wife Hannah Summers.

Anton made the announcement in February that his family had left for a skiing vacation to avoid the slopes while he stayed at home. The Strictly Come Dancing judge admits he’s too terrified to try the sport himself, but calls his kids “great skiers.”

Anton did, however, once join the family on one of their excursions, something he acknowledges was a “terrible” decision for someone unable to ski. Rather than skiing, Anton found himself worrying he’d require rescue after battling through “waist-deep” snow.

He explained on the podcast Putt and Strut that: “I went skiing with them a few years ago, and they’re really good skiers.” They are fantastic skiers, and it’s great to start young.

“I just went along, and I don’t ski,” and it’s a terrible holiday if you don’t ski. You know how terrifying I am of the old pins.

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When they went down to the base of the mountain, they went up a ski lift that was only a few hundred meters up to the top, and I thought, “Well, I won’t get on the thing, I’ll have a walk up.”

Anton claimed at the time that he was wearing “snow shoe” trainers. You can’t walk in waist-deep snow in it, he continued.

It was snowing when I began walking up this section that they weren’t skipping on. I climbed halfway up and became a little stuck in the waist-deep snow. I looked like some bloke who had just wandered in after walking up a hill of snow and seeing everyone else skiing in all the gear.

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On the side of this hill, I saw myself being saved, I thought. It was so humiliating. I had to go up because I was wet, and literally, “What is he doing?” asked the question. ‘”.

Anton will be back on our screens at 7.25pm on BBC One, participating in the Great British Sewing Bee Christmas special.

Lucy Beaumont, Lucy Beaumont, Susan Wokoma, and Tom Wilson, better known as Hammer from Gladiators, will be competing against him.

The contestants will attempt to recreate Santa Claus’ sack in a way that is unique, as well as creating outfits in line with The Twelve Days of Christmas. Additionally, they’ll create clothing for models in the spirit of their favorite holiday treats.

Anton announced on social media that he was “delighted to share that I’ll be appearing on The Great British Sewing Bee Celebrity Christmas Special alongside the wonderful Lucy Beaumont, Susan Wokoma, and Tom Wilson” Get creative, folks.

Without its timeless holiday anthems, including Jona Lewie’s enduringly popular Stop The Cavalry, Jona Lewie’s, Christmas wouldn’t be the same without them. But he never anticipated that the holiday would be so popular.

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Jona Lewie has to be up there alongside Mariah Carey, Slade and Wham! in terms of owning belting Christmas anthems. His huge hit, Stop The Cavalry, is a perennial favourite, regularly heard on the radio at this time of year, despite being released an incredible 45 years ago.

The 78-year-old singer, who resides in London with his partner, had no idea the single would be so popular, and it wasn’t even intended to be a festive track. It was never going to become a Christmas classic, I thought. John Lennon was shot the day Stop The Cavalry was released, he said to the Daily Express back in 2015. His death coincided with its release.

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“The following week, two of his tracks held the top two spots and my record was third,” Jona continued. “It’s wonderful to have a single that ranks alongside White Christmas and Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody, getting airplay every December. Sometimes I hear it in a shop and I think, ‘Blimey, that’s me!”

In fact, it turns out the single was only released at Christmas because of one line in the song. Jona recently told the Daily Mail: “It featured the line ‘wish I was at home for Christmas’ so the record company released it in early December.”

However, after the release of the song, Jona continued to express his frustration with it. “I tried to get past my success with that song during the 1980s and 1990s.” I never had to find a regular job because it sold about three or four million copies! However, I’ve maintained my concentration.

He can’t stay too frustrated though, considering the money the track brings him each year – it’s estimated to earn around £120,000 in royalties every year, and could be raking in considerably more this year as it’s famously featured in the Christmas advert for supermarket chain Morrisons.

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Jona claimed that “50% of my real income” is actually made up of Stop The Cavalry, according to the Guardian. I follow the path, though. That’s all that is published, since I write both the melody and the lyrics.

“And because I’m a musician, I can do the backing track for me, which is recording royalty.” I was a one-man show. Additionally, you get annual regurgitation and potential to make money every year if you can get a track associated with Christmas.

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However, Jona was nearly cast out in the cold before his first major hit, making it almost impossible for Stop The Cavalry to occur. Before his 1980 album You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties solidified my place, he said, “I was on the verge of being dropped from Stiff [Records]. It sold about 200,000 copies and climbed to 16th place. People liked the lyrics. Following an eight-year hiatus, it was fantastic to return to Top of the Pops. However, the idea of becoming a pop star was a little stifling.

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The Oscar-winning actress makes her directorial debut, Goodbye June, which premieres on Netflix on Christmas Eve and features a family saying their final farewell to their dying mother.

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Dame Helen Mirren shared some advice on ageing, warning of “complications” that come with it. The Oscar winning actress is now 80, and became an octogenarian in July this year.

Back in May, as part of a campaign with Age UK, Helen spoke about getting older. The charity had started a campaign to encourage people between the ages of 50 and 65 to exercise more as there was a “major concern” about people’s physical health as they aged. Likewise encouraged younger people to make “little changes now to help them later in life”.

As an Age UK ambassaor, she continued, “Getting older will come with its complications, and getting out and about and living as independently as we’re used to doing in our younger years may not be as easy to do.”

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Helen emphasized that exercising didn’t need to be “joining a gym,” but rather “a short walk or yoga,” which she herself enjoys. She also urged people in their 50s to do so. The key here is that we should “embrace” age rather than “fear” it.

On Christmas Eve, the 80 year old’s latest film became available to watch on Netflix. Goodbye June, directed by and starring Kate Winslet, sees Helen as June, an elderly and dying woman.

The four children of June are getting ready to say goodbye to her at Christmas through the movie. Toni Collette plays her older sister Helen, while Kate plays Julia’s second daughter. Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough both play the other two siblings, and Timothy Spall plays June’s husband.

Kate opened up about nepotism in the acting world and the term “nepot baby” prior to the movie’s theatrical release. She claimed in a conversation with the BBC that her children were not “getting a leg up” in their careers despite Joe Anders as the screenwriter of Goodbye June.

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Because these kids aren’t getting a leg up, Winslet insisted, “I don’t like the nepo baby” term. You know, Joe would say to me, “I don’t want people to think this movie is just being made because I’m my mother,” he said. The script is excellent, and the movie could have been produced with or without me.

She continued, noting that there are many different fields where children follow their parents into careers, including those in law and medicine. Kate argued that her children’s employment opportunities do not result from her connections to the sector.

Some online users expressed mixed opinions about her statements, with some claiming that she was not “acknowledging” how having your mother as an Oscar winner would benefit the film industry. One person responded, “What a disappointing take.”

Nepotism “gives you a leg up,” it opens the door. That is not a thing that many people have. It’s just about recognizing that. And the phrase helps to identify a serious issue in the entertainment sector, where people are so extremely difficult to break in without any financial connections.

Another person commented, “This is so illogical! How many “21-year-olds” produce feature movies? Every young performer who lacks famous parents or contacts to get opportunities is delusional and insulted by a third person.

The Great British Bake Off winner from Channel 4 in 2023, Matty Edgell is now gearing up for his first Christmas as a father after his wife delivered their daughter.

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Great British Bake Off winner Matty Edgell has become a first-time dad as his wife has given birth. The couple welcomed their first child together just days before Christmas amid the most wonderful time of the year.

After returning their daughter from school, the 30-year-old reality contestant and his wife, Lara, are now gearing up for their first Christmas as a new family. After sharing their happy news, they have been congratulated by a number of other Bake Off stars and celebrities.

Taking to Instagram on Christmas Eve, the Channel 4 star shared an adorable collection of photographs of himself, his wife, and their tiny baby. One image showed the proud dad walking out of hospital with his baby in a car seat carried in his hand.

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His daughter and his daughter were spotted snuggling up to each other as they sat down in a second image. A third image showed a closer look as a person was draped over in a lemon design blanket.

In an accompanying message, Matty wrote: “A picture that felt a million miles away this time last year. Welcome to the world our beautiful little Lila. Both Mum and baby doing amazing.”

He continued: “In awe of how well Lara done throughout the pregnancy and she’s already the best Mum to our little girl. We didn’t have to wait long for our first Christmas.” And he added: “Merry Christmas everyone.”

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Along with fellow Bake Off stars congratulating him, his news was met with cheers and celebrations. Aww, congratulations, Rahul Mandal, who won the show in 2018! According to his own daughter Deveshi, who turned one earlier this month, Lila and Deveshi appear to have very similar birthdays.

Both Bake Off finalists Josh Smalley and Dan Hunter also shared their support. Oh my goodness, this is wonderful. Happy holidays to both of you and have a wonderful Christmas. Dan also drew the phrase “Beautiful Christmas present!! Congratulations to both of you enormously! Hope everyone is doing well; tonight’s stocking needs to be updated! I wish you all the best of luck.

While Sonny Jay, a recent father, wrote: “West Ham’s newest fan (Sorry Lila, you’ll learn to embrace it)” Matty won Bake Off two years later, beating Josh and Dan, her fellow contestants.

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Opening up about his delight at winning, Matty told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: “I’m quite relieved now that it’s out” – adding it felt “surreal” to watch himself winning in a pub with close friends. He said: “Hearing your own voice is horrendous and then seeing the faces I pull when I’m concentrating – that’s not much fun either.”

After explaining that he was shocked to see his friends win, he later said that he felt “fuming” because his ex-girlfriend, who is now his wife, had invited him to the show. He recalled that, “I honestly never thought I would be considered a contestant, let alone manage to make it to the final in particular.” I’m able to thank her without a doubt.

He added that it had been difficult to keep his victory a secret, and that his colleagues and students who he taught while the episodes were airing frequently ridiculed him. The teacher who teaches PE and science said, “When I made a grey, flat dog, if you could call it a dog, and I couldn’t make buttercream, to try to avoid telling people I’m not bad and end up winning, it was quite challenging.”

The Kardashians are known for having enviable wardrobes and business affairs alongside their dramatic romantic lives. However, one family member seems to have experienced a romantic snooze before Christmas.

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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have rekindled their relationship. Reality TV stars have a storied and long-lasting romantic relationship that dates back to January 2016 (see below).

Kardashians star Rob, 38, and model and rapper Blac, 37, who is also known as Angela White, 37, welcomed their daughter Dream in November 2016 after getting engaged to their son. Fans were unsure that the couple’s explosive split in 2017 would ever be resolved.

However, as rumors about the duo’s reconciliation grew, it appeared as though hell had frozen over. Angela herself admitted to being “person” with her former partner back in October, which fueled the rumors.

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Cut to Christmas Eve, Eve, however, and it appeared whatever romance had been bubbling away had turned cold. Taking to Instagram hours before Christmas, Chyna shared a stoic image of herself staring out into the night while squatting in the street.

As her year came to an end, the star announced the end of any romantic endeavors by draped her shocking lime-colored hair around her shoulders and dressed completely in black. She continued, “You knew it, You and I,” while adding, “Guess whose ending the year single.”

Angela’s supporters quickly rallied around her. “Protection of that energy!” was a phrase. I can’t be giving it to everyone. Lastly, one that was typed as “Single &amp, Peaceful” alongside an emoji face that smiled. Another person remarked, “It’s good to be single.”

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She revealed her plans last year to prevent the public from seeing her daughter Dream. After the youngster had initially shared a clip of music with her on social media, she made a statement.

The actress quickly responded, “It is no song. You can’t stream it, and you can’t do anything else. Not a single song is released, though. The proud mother, however, remarked that the musical talent experiment she had insisted on.

She stated, “Dream is just, she’s learning different things about herself, and I think this is just one of the things.” Angela revealed in the same interview that she had asked her daughter if she wanted more siblings, which gave a very blunt response.

She said, “I believe I once said something to Dream, like, “Drew, would you want a little brother or sister?” And Dream was like, “No.” She’ll say, “Well, I might want a little brother, so that he’ll be really nice to me.”

And surprisingly, she revealed that she was thinking about having more surgeries in the future to increase her family size. She claimed for the news that having our children would be the only time we’ll need surgery again. The only procedure is the two C-sections that I actually had.

Rob also provided an update on his relationship status earlier this year. He stated in a podcast interview in July, “I just talk to people… There are times when I feel like I have too much energy.

He explained. I don’t want to be like that because I’m talking to too many people. I’m trying to set a good example, and I have a daughter. I don’t let my daughter meet my daughter because I don’t bring any girls into the house. But since she was a baby, I’ve always been that.

He continued, “I’ve been single for eight years, and she’s eight years old.” I’ve dated and other things, but I’ve never taken seriously or wanted to. All I’m interested in is dreams. I’m probably too strict with that because I probably should have fun and enjoy my life, and I still enjoy it because I don’t care to date anyone.