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The actor and presenter Joanna Page has a plan and wanted to stick to it to get work done

Joanna Page feared fans might spot her and think she was dogging – when she was actually writing her autobiography in her car. New book Lush comes out on September 25 and, Gavin & Stacey star Joanna said the writing process was not completely straightforward at home. She said: “I’d go and sit in our garage to write, and my husband would be like, ‘I’ll look after all of them’ – but that apparently involves him popping in every five minutes to ask me something.

“So then I started going to car parks to write, just sitting there in my car trying to get it done in the middle of the night until I thought ‘This is getting a bit dodgy’ – or maybe a bit dogging-y – so I’d go back and park outside my own house, not daring to go inside in case I woke the kids, and keep writing in my car till five in the morning.”

Joanna is best known for playing Stacey Shipman in Gavin & Stacey who was prone to using the word lush in episodes of the hit sitcom. In the acknowledgements pages she admits “When I realised I was going to write a book, I got over-excited, thought I was Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City and went straight out to buy a handbag I could carry my notepad and pens in. Then I realised I was going to have to actually write the thing and s**t myself.”

Readers will be taken “from Swansea To Stacey” behind the scenes of her most iconic roles and introduces readers to a colourful cast including Ruth Jones, James Corden, Richard E. Grant, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson.

Joanna had given up on acting after a failed audition and was back to her job in a shoe shop when the Gavin & Stacey script turned up.

“It completely and utterly changed my life. It’s given me amazing opportunities, wonderful experiences and a whole new family,” she told Radio Times. The cast are still close and have a messaging group that is regularly updated.

She added: “We’ve got a WhatsApp group, called ‘ Christmas is occurring’, and we send messages all the time. When Rob was doing Destination X, he’d send us photos and James would zoom into them and try and work out the locations.

“We’re always sending each other messages of support or arranging to see each other. And I’ve got a secret little chat with just me and Ruth, too.”

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is the UK’s most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since current records began in 2002, with ratings of over 19.3 million. It has smashed the show’s own record from the 2019 Christmas special which reached 18.5 million viewers in 28-days.

The last ever episode of the hit British sitcom took the top spot on Christmas Day last year and was watched by a staggering 12.3 million viewers, beating their 2019 special and making it the biggest Christmas Day overnight since 2008.

It has since added over 6 million to its total, a number that will only continue to grow when the 28-day figures are published, which is well on track to reach over 20 million.

* Lush by Joanna Page is out on September 25.

Reba McEntire has opened up about how her grandchildren, Brandon Blackstock’s children are doing following his tragic death just weeks ago

Reba McEntire has opened up about how her step-grandchildren are coping following the death of their father. Brandon Blackstock, who had children with Kelly Clarkson, died in August, aged 48.

The country singer opened up about how Brandon’s children are handling the death whilst she was on the red carpet at the Emmys.

“The kids are doing well, they’re all bonding together and hanging out with each other, and taking it one day at a time,” she said. “We know God’s got this.”

Brandon had four children in total, two – Savannah, 23, and Seth, 18 – by his first wife Melissa Ashworth and two – River Rose, 11, and Remy, 9 – with Kelly, whom he was divorced from before his death.

He was Reba’s stepson when she married her father, Narvel, from 1989 to 2015. According to his mother, Reba’s son and Brandon’s brother, Shelby Blackstock, is also “doing great.”

Brandon, who was a talent manager, died on 7 August after living with melanoma for over three years. A rep for his family announced the death with a prepared statement that read: “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away.

“Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.”

While Reba did not make her own tribute to Brandon, she commented an emotional Instagram post from her son with: “Very well said Shelby. Yes, we will miss him so much.”

The family will soon have something to celebrate as Reba quietly confirmed she was engaged to her long-time boyfriend Rex Linn during an interview on the Emmys red carpet, where she chose not to correct an interview when she referred to Rex as Reba’s “fiance”.

The couple have been together since 2020, when they both guest-starred on Young Sheldon.

Lil Nas X was charged with four felonies after allegedly assaulting police officers when he was found wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear

Lil Nas X wasn’t in attendance for his pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles on September 15 after entering an inpatient treatment program. Last month, he was charged with four felonies after he allegedly ran from police officers when he was found wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear.

The 26-year-old was hospitalised from a suspected overdose after he was found wandering around Ventura Boulevard in his underwear early in the morning. In footage filmed by a passerby, the star was seen wandering down the street yelling out: “Hey, don’t be late to the party tonight.”

Later in the video, Lil Nas was seen reciting lyrics from Nicki Minaj’s verse on Kanye West’s song Monster. He was later seen telling the man recording the video of him to put his phone away.

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On Monday’s pre-trial hearing, his lawyers confirmed the singer is currently ‘in treatment’ at a facility in another state, as reported by Rolling Stone.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Shellie Samuels said: “Defendant is allowed to remain out of state as long as he remains in treatment,” with the judge also stating that “we’ll talk” if the rapper’s “treatment changes, and he becomes outpatient”.

Lil Nas X’s lawyer, Drew Findling, said to reporters after the hearing: “We’re doing what is best for [Lil Nas X] from a personal standpoint and a professional standpoint, but most importantly, for his well-being.”

Findling continued: “He is surrounded by an amazing family, an amazing team of people that care about him and love him. And we’re just addressing those issues. It’s really as simple as that.

“He’s had a great life, and he’ll continue to have a great life. This is a bump that he’s going to get over.” In court documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, it states he is facing three counts of battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest.

At the time of the musician’s arrest, a spokesperson from the Los Angeles Police Department told The Mirror US: “Yesterday, around 5:50 am, officers responded to the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard for a nude man walking in the street.

“Upon arrival, the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody. He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose and placed under arrest for Battery on a Police Officer. He was ultimately booked for 69 PC – Obstructing/Resisting an Officer.”

They later added: “With that charge 69 (a) PC, the arrestee (Hill) cannot be cited out. It is mandatory that he appears before a judge before he is released.” He pleaded not guilty to the charges. The next hearing is set for Tuesday, November 18.

The Mirror have reached out to Lil Nas X’s reps for comment.

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Model Lottie Moss has given fans a look at her online dating profile and has revealed she’s ready to settle down and find her forever love, despite “chaos” following her

Lottie Moss has given fans a dating update. She revealed a sneak peek at her dating profile online and said it was “time to find my husband.” The model also admitted that, dating-wise, “chaos follows” wherever she goes.

The 27-year-old sister of Kate Moss took to Instagram and TikTok this week to post a video as part of her collaboration with dating app Hinge. She revealed she was returning to dating apps with the intention of finding a husband, but wanted to give her profile a makeover before searching in earnest. She decided to go through her profile on camera.

Lottie called her current prompt responses “cringey” and accused them of giving off the same energy as ” Charli XCX 365 party girl”. While the former OnlyFans creator said she was “still crazy”, what she wanted was for her profile to reflect her “wholesome, classy” personality.

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She said: “Hey guys, so I’m having a massive dating disaster. I need to go back on Hinge and change my old prompts because they are so cringey and outdated – and also my taste in men has changed so much, thank God. So I’m going to really expose myself and show you guys my Hinge profile, ahh!”

Going through each of her prompts, a feature on Hinge where users can provide written or audio-recorded answers to pre-made questions, Lottie said several were “not giving off the best vibe” for her, even though they were true to who she was when she made the profile.

One particular prompt she wanted to change asked what dating her was like. Her answer read: “Dating me is like a rollercoaster – fun but also hectic lol.”

“Again not giving off the best vibes but I do believe at the time I was telling the truth, like I was definitely hectic at the time.

“Now I’m just a cutesy, lovely girly. Do you know what I mean? That’s me now. So I think we need to change this up and give more of a wholesome vibe.”

When she revealed her new option, she said: “So for this one obviously I am still quite a hectic person, chaos follows me wherever I go unfortunately, but I want to ease people in. I don’t want it to be too ahhhh in your face.

“So I’ve said ‘Dating is me like having the time of your life and you never know quite what you’re going to get’. Because that’s not giving away that I’m still crazy.”

She changed a few more prompts and a picture, explaining that she no longer deals with the “bare minimum” and felt her profile was enabling that. She pointed out one prompt where she said the best way to ask her out was to not “be a d**k”.

“I was dating d**ks so I really think I was just manifesting the worst with this profile.”

She added later: “I’m a classy girl now and I no longer deal with the bare minimum.”

Patricia Crowley has died aged 91, with her son Jon Hookstratten, an executive vp administration and operations at Sony Pictures Entertainment, announcing the news.

The Dynasty icon died Sunday of natural causes in Los Angeles. She is survived by her husband, Andy Friendly, whom she married in 1986.

Before her marriage to Andy, she was married to Ed Hookstratten, who was a sports and entertainment attorney who represented Elvis Presley, Johnny Carson and Vin Scully.

Patricia was best known for her role as Joan Nash on the 1960s NBC comedy Please Don’t Eat The Daisies, which aired for two series. Her character was a newspaper writer and a mother of four rowdy boys.

The family lived in a home that looked like a castle, and they even had a giant sheepdog, Ladadog. Patricia was also known for her roles in Dynasty, Forever Female and Money From Home.

Patricia played Sally Carver in Forever Female, which starred Ginger Rogers and William Holden. In Money From Home, she played Dr Autumn Claypool alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Her roles in Forever Female and Money from Home got her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.

She also starred in the likes of Red Garters, There’s Always Tomorrow, The Square Jungle, Walk the Proud Land and The Wheeler Dealers.

In 1951, she starred as Judy Foster in A Date with Judy. She also made guest appearances in The Untouchables, The Lieutenant, Crossroads, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Riverboat, Rawhide, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Twilight Zone and more. In 1961, she starred as Josie Thompson in 87th Precinct.

Not only did she act, but she also sang and danced on The Dean Martin Show and appeared on Charlie’s Angels, Hawaii 5-0, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier and Friends.

Later on in her career, she appeared as Emily Fallmont on 10 episodes of Dynasty in 1986.

In the 2000s, Patricia appeared in The Bold and the Beautiful, The Closer and Cold Case in 2009. Her final appearance came in the film Mont Reve (2012).

The icon was born in 1933 in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a coal miner. She joined her older sister to New York City, who landed a role in the chorus of Oklahoma! on Broadway. She attended the High School of Performing Arts.

When she was a senior in high school, Patricia made her Broadway debut in 1950 as the lead in the comedy Southern Exposure.

She is survived by her husband and her son, along with her daughter, Ann; son-in-law Robert; daughter-in-law Marion; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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Lewis Cope has accidentally revealed who he is partnered with on Strictly Come Dancing. The Emmerdale star joined the cast late after Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn pulled out of the show. But Lewis joined the cast with enough time to film the launch show on Wednesday (10 September) and has since been rehearsing with his partner.

In a video uploaded to his Instagram stories and TikTok, the actor talked about how tough his first day was whilst still in the rehearsal studio. As he’s talking, his partner shouts from off-screen: “What do you think of your partner?”

Lewis tried to edit his own voice over the top but failed to cover the first word. While he was praised by fans for his smooth editing and even posted a story in which he wrote, “Oops that was close nearly left her voice in lol”, some have started to speculate who his partner is and used that first word to narrow it down.

Current speculation has suggested Dianne Buswell, Katya Jones and Jowita Przystał as his partner. Dianne won last year’s season with Chris McCausland, whilst Katya was partnered with Wynne Evans and Jowita with Pete Wicks. Both Katya and Jowita are former winners, with the former taking home the glitterball in 2017 with Joe McFadden and the latter doing the same in 2022 with Hamza Yassin.

One fan said: “Impeccable editing there.” While another went on to write: “5 more sleeps until Strictly can’t wait.” While a third typed: “I’m so proud of you.” Strictly Come Dancing declined to comment when approached by the Mirror.

This is not the first blunder from Lewis, as the actor also leaked elements of the cast photo by mistakenly uploading behind-the-scenes footage ahead of this year’s launch show, which is aired on Saturday 20 September. He quickly deleted the video, but not before it was seen by many.

This is also the third potential spoiler for the whole season. Earlier this month, an X account left fans in uproar after posting the pairings for the show, though these are unconfirmed despite the insistence of the account user.

Another X user commented their unhappiness with the spoiler: “So many people work incredibly hard to make strictly what it is each year, and leaking things early just for views is unfair and disrespectful. but of course it’s no surprise which couple of people can’t resist the spotlight…”

But Lewis’ participation in the show has also come under fire after his dance past was revealed. Speaking about joining the show, Lewis – who has starred on Emmerdale as Nicky Miligan – said: “I’m so excited to be swapping the Dales for the dance floor and joining this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve always been a fan of the show and cannot wait to get started!”

Lewis only found out just days before the announcement that he was joining the show. However, he has a secret dance past that may become his key to success on the show.

The actor grew up with his brothers Adam, Danny and Peter, who all won the Northern area title as professional fighters. Yet, Lewis chose a different career – dancing.

When he was just 11-years-old, Lewis landed one of the leading roles in Billy Elliot: The Musical in London’s West End. “I never got any stick at school – it probably helped that I had brothers in every year and that they were boxers,” he said.

“But I was also able to charm and joke with classmates, so it was never a big thing. I was very lucky, for somebody else it could have been different.”

Lewis even caught the attention of David Beckham, who asked him to be part of his 2020 fragrance advert for Bold Instinct. “I’m from a family of 14,” he explained.

“Most of my brothers are boxers, but I chose to dance. David used my story to encourage people to be themselves. We spent a day filming and he interviewed me; he was such a nice guy.” Lewis turned to dance when he was 10-years-old after trying out a number of sports. “My mum was really supportive,” he recalled. Just a year later, he bagged the role of Michael, Billy Elliot’s gay best friend, alongside Hollywood star Tom Holland.

“I moved to London on my own and lived in ‘The Billy House’, which housed all the kids from the show,” he previously said. “We were young kids in our first jobs but had so much fun.”

After a year Lewis moved back home and joined street dance group Ruff Diamond, who became runners up in Sky’s Got To Dance in 2013. At 18, Lewis went to drama school and has appeared in Vera, Doctors and Hetty Feather.

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