Despite the fact that many people are only just discovering who the voice of the iconic character of Sally is, The Nightmare Before Christmas is a wildly popular holiday movie,
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Ever thought about who voices Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas?(Image: Disney / https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/mediaviewer/rm3793325824/)
When it comes to this time of year, many people like to treat themselves to a festive film. And one that has remained a classic is Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The 1993 stop-motion masterpiece follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, as he stumbles upon Christmas Town. Sally, the ragdoll brought to life by local mad scientist Doctor Finkelstein, has a vision that suggests the plan will end in disaster. He is so enchanted by it that he hatches a plan to hijack the holiday season in his own twisted way.
However, she ignores her premonition and supports Jack’s venture because she is secretly smitten with him. Despite Sally adorning our screens for a long time, it seems that hardly anyone can identify the actress who gave the character’s distinctive voice.
Clare Loughran, who uses the name clary_poppins on TikTok, shared this revelation, which shocked social media users. In a revealing video, she claimed that “this humanoid matriarch voiced this humanoid rag doll.”
Sally is first portrayed in the video, followed by Home Alone’s Catherine O’Hara.
Yes, this might be one of the most brilliant yet underappreciated Christmas connections ever.
The talented performer, who played the role of Kevin McCallister’s mother in Home Alone, also managed to sing Sally just three years after appearing in one of the most adored holiday movies ever made.
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Another chimed in, “I always believed Helena Bonham Carter would voice her.” A third said, “I needed to know this.
A fourth confessed, “Wait, what?” It’s actually my favorite, which I didn’t even know. I’m ashamed”.
James Martin describes an “amazing childhood” as an “amazing childhood” because of a personal struggle that left him “irresistant.”
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James Martin has opened up on his childhood(Image: ITV)
James Martin says it was like “hell on earth” as he made a heartbreaking personal admission. The 53-year-old celebrity chef grew up on the Castle Howard estate in North Yorkshire.
James helped his mother prepare food there, and that is when he discovered his love of food. Despite enjoying success at home, James has been open about his academic struggles.
The Saturday Morning star admits he “hated” much of his time in education. James admits he “failed all of my exams” and “left with no qualifications”.
On the podcast My Life in a Biscuit Tin, he revealed some of his early life. James said, “School was hell on earth, but I had an amazing childhood. I loved every minute of it.”
Because they never had the academic life, your parents said, “Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean anything when you can come back home and say, Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean anything.” They understood that if one worked hard enough, they would succeed.
“I was quite different from anyone else, I had a very different school background, and I had a very different home.” I simply would work, and I didn’t understand why anyone else was.
James has previously stated that his dyslexia contributed to some of his academic difficulties. He claims in particular that he struggled “on Wednesdays” because his class would have spelling tests that day.
James and Mark Wogan discussed the Spooning podcast: “I hated it. At school, I failed every exam. I found it difficult to enjoy. I enjoyed cooking, but I was unable to study for my exams because I had to pass everything in my life.
I left school without any qualifications. Although I once detested Wednesdays, I’m not proud of it. A spelling test was conducted on Wednesday. On a Wednesday night, I would be crying and have 20,000 words of writing because I was certain that I would be wrong.
James explained how his dyslexia affected his education, saying that “I was a massive dyslexic and that I have never read a book in my life other than Peter and Jane level B2, which I believe was probably my last book when I was in primary school. I simply aspired to cook, and my weekend job and academic performance were also a requirement.
James left school and began a career there, working in London before moving to Saint-Émilion, France, to train as a chef. He later became a chef at Roanne’s three Michelin-starred restaurant Maison Troisgros.
At the age of 22, he took over as head chef at the Hotel Du Vin after working as a pastry chef at the Chewton Glen Hotel. His early television roles included James Martin: Yorkshire’s Finest and Ready Steady Cook.
He later went on to present Saturday Kitchen for over a decade before launching James Martin’s Saturday Morning on ITV One. He will return today (December 25) at 1pm on ITV One with James Martin’s Christmas Day.
Brooklyn posted a photo showing his tattoo dedicated to his wife and said she means “everything”.(Image: brooklynpeltzbeckham/Instagram)
Brooklyn Beckham has declared his wife Nicola is ‘my everything’ in a loved-up Christmas post on Instagram post days after blocking his family on social media.
The son of David and Victoria Beckham shared a photo holding hands with his 30-year-old wife while celebrating the festive season with her billionaire parents in Miami, Florida. The name of his wife is also tattoed on his hand.
In a clear show of the strength of their relationship, he captioned the post: ‘My Everything’. By contrast his family seem to mean next to nothing to him.
The move follow on from another post which was taken by some to be a dig at his parents. On his TikTok page for his latest business venture, Cloud 23 sauce, he was seen walking down the street as Lady Gaga’s mega-hit “Telephone” played over the clip.
While the song has dozens of parts that Brooklyn could have chosen, he chose the segment featuring the lyrics: “Sorry, I cannot hear you, I’m kinda busy.” The lyrics were also highlighted on the video, which was shared with the account’s 9313 followers. And the wording comes shortly after he blocked his parents on social media.
The comment section instantly saw social media users criticising Brooklyn due to his ongoing feud with his family.
The rest of the family are celebrating Christmas back in the UK without him and they will not even be able to see his instagram posts anymore after he blocked them. Problems first emerged around the time of David’s 50th birthday celebrations earlier this year as fans noticed Brooklyn and his wife were nowhere to be seen in the lead up to the event and then snubbing the party.
And the duo snubbed the footballer entirely on his big day without even sending him best wishes – and are now living their own lives far away in the USA. Brooklyn and Nicola later renewed their vows without any of the Beckhams in attendance.
Relations have soured so much further that Brooklyn has unfollowed his parents on social media – with fans then accusing Victoria and David of doing the same in return. However, Brooklyn’s younger brother Cruz, hit back, insisting: “NOT TRUE. My mum and dad would never unfollow their son… Let’s get the facts right. They woke up blocked… as did I.”
Back in the UK The Beckhams are doing their best to put on a brave face and ignore any comments from Brooklyn which could look at veiled digs or attacks, with Victoria showing David preparing a tree and decorating it.
The retired footballer appeared in an extra festive mood as he posed with a Santa hat. He enjoyed the decorative activity. And he and his wife later let their hair down to enjoy martinis, which Victoria revealed had been prepared by their youngest son, Cruz, 20.
Brooklyn’s parents have so far stayed silent on the feud, and in interviews to promote her Netflix documentary questions about Brooklyn were not thought to be permitted.
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Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan reflected on the deaths of her parents and, most recently, her sister Linda Nolan, as she faces her first Christmas without her
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Coleen Nolan said Christmas will be ‘extremely hard’ (Image: ITV)
Coleen Nolan has opened up about her sadness surrounding the festive period, following the death of her sister Linda Nolan. Today marks Coleen’s first Christmas without Linda, who died in January after developing pneumonia while battling cancer.
Speaking earlier this month, the Loose Women star said Christmas will be “extremely hard” without her sister, especially as Linda “was the life and soul of family occasions”.
Asked if she spends the special day with her siblings, Coleen, 60, told Woman Magazine: “Growing up as a family, wherever we were, we’d always come back together for Christmas Day at my mum and dad’s.
“Sadly they’re no longer here and then you go on to have your own kids and now our kids have got kids so it’s kind of impossible.”
Sharing more about her plans, she continued: “We try to see each other in the lead-up or at Twixmas – that lull between Christmas and New Year.
“This will be our first Christmas without Linda and it will be extremely hard because she was the life and soul of family occasions. I really think I’m going to feel it.”
Linda was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, followed by secondary cancer between her pelvis and hip bone in 2017.
Three years later, she was told it had spread to her liver before doctors found two tumours surrounded by smaller ones in her brain.
Announcing her death in an emotional statement, her sister Maureen Nolan confirmed that cancer was not the cause.
As part of the post, she wrote: “I would just like to say, to all the people out there who felt inspired by Linda, the big C didn’t actually get her. She contracted double pneumonia over Christmas and New Year and because of her immune system it was one battle too much.
“So please keep hopeful and strong if you are suffering, she lasted nearly 20 yrs with one cancer or another, and so can you.”(sic)
The Nolans are sadly no strangers to facing cancer news, with four of the sisters having been diagnosed over the years. In 2013, their sister Bernie Nolan died from breast cancer aged 52.
Ten years later, Coleen revealed her own diagnosis on Loose Women.
She said: “I got skin cancer last year. I had carcinoma on my shoulder which has now gone and had chemo cream on my shoulder so that burned that off.
“And then I’ve got this tiny bit of dry skin. I’ve been saying for ages, it doesn’t matter how much oil or cream I put on it, it won’t go.”
She added: “But doctors said, ‘That is pre melanoma, it will turn into skin cancer which is worse that carcinoma’. So I’m getting that treated when the tour ends.”
Coleen said she “laughed” when she received the news, given her family’s history with the disease.
“I thought, ‘Oh well of course I have, cancer loves my family’,” she added.
Meanwhile, while the Loose Women star will be missing her late sisters this Christmas, she has found joy in welcoming two new grandsons into her life.
Here is a round-up of some of the most memorable stories from this year’s showbiz calendar, where there is never a dull moment.
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Katy Perry was all smiles when returning to Earth after a flight on Blue Origin New Shepard(Image: BLUE ORIGIN/AFP via Getty Images)
The past 12 months have seen a slew of entertainment stories dominate the news agenda. From divorces to deaths, and yet more Strictly Come Dancing drama, here we have rounded up some of the most memorable news stories.
The first incident, dubbed the Coldplay KissCam drama, happened in July but has been back in the news recently as the woman at the centre of the drama gave her first interview. Kristin Cabot broke her silence on what she describes as 16 seconds that ‘ruined her life’. The life-changing moment at a July Coldplay concert, has become one of the most viral videos of all time.
– Coldplay KissCam drama
A high-powered chief executive who worked for a tech company with a New York address resigned after watching a viral clip from a Coldplay concert in the summer. When Chris Martin, the band’s frontman, asked the cameras to scan the crowd at a concert in Massachusetts, Boston in July, Andrew Byron and Kristin Cabot, both of whom worked for Astronomer, were caught by surprise.
“Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy”, Martin, 48, joked when the couple appeared on screen and quickly tried to hide their faces. The clip, which was widely shared online, was the start of a number of parody videos and memes, and it even appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The couple quickly emerged from their roles thanks to social media, and they both quickly recused themselves.
Later on, in an unexpected move, Astronomer hired US actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who was married to Martin for 13 years, as a spokeswoman. In a video where she avoided making mention of the KissCam drama, Paltrow said, “Astronomer has had a lot of questions over the past few days and they wanted me to answer the most common ones.”
– Katy Perry in outer space
In April, pop star Katy Perry embarked on an 11-minute trip to space as part of a six-woman crew who boarded Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket for the New Shepard mission. The 41-year-old sang Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World as she and the crew, also made up of CBS Mornings presenter Gayle King, former rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, astronaut Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn and Bezos’s wife Lauren Sanchez, entered space.
The six women float around the spacecraft until they reached zero gravity before looking at the camera and declaring in unison, “taking up space,” according to a video that Blue Origin shared on X.
Perry was also seen holding a daisy which she later held to the air after emerging from the spacecraft to honour her daughter Daisy, before kissing the ground. Then, Bravos her, she responded, “Thank you.
The singer of the Fireworks said, “I feel very, very, very connected to love. I think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you, like how much love you have to give and how loved you are until the day you launch”.
The singer has also been in the headlines this year following her split from the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom, whom she shares her daughter with. Since then Perry has been romantically linked with former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and posted a photo of them to Instagram earlier in the month.
– The passing of Ozzy Osbourne
The Black Sabbath frontman, 76, passed away in a reported heart attack just two weeks after Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert in Birmingham. The news of Osbourne’s death rocked the nation and fans arrived in their droves to Birmingham city centre on July 30 to pay their respects while a hearse carrying the singer made its way past Broad Street and to the Black Sabbath bench and bridge.
When the cortege arrived at the bench and bridge, which were bursting with floral tributes, balloons, and messages from fans, Osbourne’s family stepped out of the cortege. Each family member carries a pink rose that was adhered to a purple ribbon and was placed next to a star’s poster, which read, “Birmingham will always love you,” among other floral tributes.
Musicians from Bostin Brass played Black Sabbath songs to accompany the cortege, and fans threw flowers at the hearse while it slowly passed through the city. The heavy metal singer was well known for his theatrical acting, including once styling himself as the Prince of Darkness and once bit off the head of a bat.
– Lily Allen’s comeback
Lily Allen’s fifth studio album, West End Girl, immediately garnered attention in October for its catchy melodies and frank lyrics, which are said to detail the alleged infidelity of the singer’s ex-husband, US actor David Harbour. According to Allen, whose 14-track album exposes the breakdown of a marriage that was “opened” after the “husband went astray” in explicit terms, the record, which was her first for seven years, has a mix of “truth” and “fantasy” on it.
Dakota Johnson, a 40-year-old US actress, portrayed the titular enigmatic mistress from her song Madeline in a December appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL). The Fifty Shades Of Grey star also delivered the song’s spoken-word outro, explaining her side of the story via texts to Allen, saying: “He told me that you were aware this was going on and that he had your full consent”.
– Strictly departs Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly
A year on from Strictly Come Dancing’s 20th anniversary, hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announced they would be leaving their roles following this year’s Christmas special. Daly, 56, had co-hosted alongside the late Sir Bruce Forsyth since the series launch in 2004, while Winkleman, 53, fronted its weekday companion show, It Takes Two.
Winkleman, who is also known for presenting The Traitors, eventually moved on to host the Sunday night results show alongside Daly and joined the main show every Saturday from 2014, after Sir Bruce stepped down. The duo picked up the entertainment programme gong at the Bafta TV Awards in 2024 and were made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours for their services to broadcasting.
Following the announcement, they both posted numerous photos and separate posts to their Instagram accounts. It’s very challenging to express what Strictly means to me in words, said Winkleman. It’s been the greatest relationship of my career”.
Daly added: “Thank you for the laughter, the friendship and the countless memories over all these years. You’ve filled my heart in ways I’ll never forget. I’ll miss you all so much.” The pair received a message from Queen Camilla during the show’s final in December and Golden Glitterballs as leaving gifts.
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Following the success of Charli XCX’s alternative pop album, which came out in June 2024, Brat was the first Brit Award recipient at the beginning of the year. She later made headlines when she wed George Daniel, her long-time partner and drummer of The 1975, and held a celebration in both Hackney and Italy.
In another romantic turn pop star Taylor Swift got engaged to her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce and shortly afterwards released another chart-topping album, The Life Of A Showgirl.
Also in the music world, the Oasis reunion tour was seen as a huge event for fans and was deemed a huge success from the minute Liam and Noel Gallagher walked on stage holding hands at their opening show in Cardiff in July.
There was also a number of high-profile divorces, with TV presenter Cat Deeley and The Late Late Show presenter Patrick Kielty among the couples announcing their separation.
A happier story came in the form of an unlikely relationship that blossomed on ITV’s reboot of Celebrity Big Brother. US dancer JoJo Siwa and reality TV star Chris Hughes batted away rumours they were in a romantic relationship before eventually confirming them to be true in a social media post more than a month after their stint on the reality TV show.
Popular TV show Strictly hit headlines in 2024 amid allegations of bullying during rehearsals and the drama continued into 2025 when The Apprentice star Thomas Skinner admitted to cheating on his wife just weeks after their wedding in an interview with the Sun on Sunday, having previously apologised for picking up a journalist’s phone and walking out of a press event for Strictly midway through. He also asserted that Strictly’s elimination was rigged, and that he was unfairly excluded from the show because he had met US Vice President JD Vance.
Sophie, Jude Law’s daughter, was played by Miffy Englefield in the holiday classic The Holiday. Despite being a mother herself, the 26-year-old still gets inappropriate messages from older fans.
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Miffy Englefield played Sophie in The Holiday(Image: Universal )
Countless viewers are currently indulging in festive film favourite The Holiday. But did you realise it’s been a staggering 19 years since this beloved film hit our screens? That means all the young stars from the movie have now reached adulthood, including Miffy Englefield, who portrayed one of Jude Law’s daughters – Sophie – in the romantic comedy.
Miffy has revealed online she is now a mother herself, although admits she’s troubled by “gross old men” who tell her she’s still “cute”. The 26-year-old, who lives in Littlehampton, West Sussex, welcomed daughter Frankie into the world on April 23, 2020.
Miffy, who played Sophie in The Holiday, was just six years old when she was cast as Jude, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Emma Pritchard, who also played her on-screen sibling.
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In a TikTok clip on her @miffz_ account, she posted: “When gross old men say things like ‘I’m so glad you are still as cute as you were in The Holiday’ to me.”
She continued, “I feel all kinds of creeped out, idk, depending on how I looked as a child and how I looked as a grown a** woman.”
The film follows Amanda, played by Cameron, as she develops a charming Graham, Jude, as she falls in love.
After initially posing as infidelity, she later discovers that he is Sophie’s father.
Reflecting on her film experience, Miffy previously told Fabulous: “It was amazing being in it. Every time it is on telly – and it is a lot – I crack up. It’s on Netflix now too.
It is really funny, according to my partner. He informs everyone. We watched it together, but to be honest, it makes me want to tear my eyes out. It’s so embarrassing.
She shared how much time Jude spent with her and how she felt about it.
He consistently gave me acting advice. In between takes, we would sit and perform tongue twisters on him.
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If you can recall the ten years he spent with Alfie, I’d probably like him.
“But no, I don’t fancy him in The Holiday – that would be really weird. He played me dad!”
Miffy also answered fan’s questions about appearing in The Holiday in another TikTok video. First she revealed what the The Holiday cast were like, as she said they were “amazing”. Miffy added: “It sounds really cliche but there’s not much to tell because they were all so lovely.”
She continued, “Of course one of Jude Law’s daughters in the movie, he was the one we spent the majority of time with, and he was wonderful and kind, and he was so patient, and he was just so kind, and he told us a lot about acting.”
However, the cast was all so kind. Kate Winslet is as ethereal as she might seem, and Jack Black is hilarious. Cameron Diaz is pretty self-assured, and she’s gorgeous.
She then admitted that “sadly she’s not,” and asked if she was still in contact with any of the cast members. Everyone is busy, she said, but life is just a lot. Miffy revealed that Nancy Meyers, the film’s producer and director, used to email her every year for a “good few years,” adding, “Nancy is the loveliest and so smart. “
Miffy said she “absolutely would” when asked if she would ever resume acting and that she would enjoy reading and auditioning. I’m not sure if I’m any good at it any more, but I don’t really think that many casting directors are looking for people with my appearance.
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“I’ve got a lot of tattoos now, and I’ve got a few body mods, so if a casting director wanted me to read a part, hit me up. I’d love to”.
