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Doctor Who’s Julian Holloway has left a huge fortune to his stepson, snubbing his daughter, Sophie Dahl. The star, who died in February this year, aged 80, following a brief illnessleft £493,917 behind, which was later reduced to £480,891 following deductions.

Sophie and his stepdaughter Kate Gregory were left £25,000 each, while his stepson left the bulk of his £500,000 fortune to his stepson, Joel Gregory. Joel was also appointed as the administrator of Julian’s will. Joel and Kate are the children of his second wife, Debbie Wheeler.

In his will, Julian stated that he wanted his ashes to be scattered at Sudbrooke Park Golf Club in Surrey or Lord’s Cricket Ground in Westminster, London. Sophie, Julian’s only child, was born following a brief relationship he had with Roald Dahl’s daughter, Tessa, in 1976.

The late actor found fame in 1961 after appearing in the movie, Dentist on the Job, before going on to appear in the Carry On franchise in various roles, including Simmons in Carry On Doctor, Major Shorthouse in Carry On Up the Khyber and Adrian in the 1970 movie, Carry On Loving.

His career spanned almost six decades, with him also landing a role in the Doctor Who series, Survival, which was the sci-fi programme’s first original run. Holloway later went on to appear in an episode of the police drama, The Sweeney, as well as programmes including Play for Today, Elizabeth R, Bowler and The Bill.

But he also had an outstanding career as a voice actor, mainly in the United States, where he took on the role of Captain Zed in Captain Zed and the Zee Zone. The star, born in Oxfordshire, also appeared as Bradford Milbanks in the James Bond Jr franchise.

Julian also voiced Prime Minister Almex and Admiral Kilian in Star Wars: The Clone Wars in eight episodes of the programme. His last acting credit in 2019 saw him play Mr Richardson for two episodes in the British Cold War series Summer of Rockets, which first appeared on screens in May of the same year alongside Adrian Edmondson, Keeley Hawes, and Rose Ayling-Ellis.

Following his death earlier this year, tributes poured in from the entertainment industry, with Miriam Margolyes writing on social media: “Oh I am very sad. Wonderful man. Wishing you and all his family long life. Too many going.”

Sarah Douglas, who is best known for Ursa in Superman and Superman II said: “I lost a dear friend yesterday and I’m so, so sad. I have known Julian Holloway since the early 70’s and he has been the best of friends to me all these years. Julian was the wittiest of men and we would laugh and laugh.

“He was a friend through thick and thin, first in London then LA then back home again. He was also the associate producer of the Brute (1977) but I had first met him professionally in 1973 on a BBC drama called Secrets. There will be lots written about him and all his wonderful work but right now he is just a dear and sorely missed friend.”

Stephanie Beacham commented: “Dear dear person, kind and funny. One day he entertained my grandson in his swimming pool while I had to make some calls and helped dress and feed same two year old. A friend. Rest in peace Julian. You will be missed.”

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Fifty Shades of Grey director James Foley has died. The American film director, who worked on the E.L. James franchise, as well as Glengarry Glen Ross and the Netflix hit House of Cards, died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week” at the age of 71 at his home in Los Angeles.

While no cause of death has yet been confirmed, his publicist stated he had been battling brain cancer for several years. As well as his cinematic work, James also worked with Madonna on her Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach and True Blue music videos under the name Peter Percher and was best man at her wedding to now-former husband Sean Penn in 1985.

After graduating from New York University and then USC in Los Angeles, he was able to jumpstart his career thanks to a chance meeting. He told Film Freak Central: “I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood, I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy.

“There was a woman who was pursuing my friend, so we had this film school party, which consisted of people projecting their student films onto a white wall and getting stoned.

“And this girl came. Hal Ashby was pursuing her — she was pursuing my friend, and Hal was pursuing her — and Hal called her up and asked to come to this party full of film students.

“Just as he walked through the door, my film was showing on the wall. I’ll never know whether he was being polite or anything, but he told me he liked it and stuff and he was going to form a company that was going to produce other people’s movies and what did I want to do? I could write something and direct it.”

James, born December 28, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, made his debut in 1984 with Reckless, starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah, before he transitioned to television shows, movies, and music videos. But his work on At Close Range received more praise than his debut.

He later went on to work with Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Ewisz on the 2003 movie, Confidence, with the film following Jake Vig (Burns) whose plan to avenge the murder of his friend goes wrong, leaving him in debt to a mob boss.

James also directed Halle Berry and Bruce Willis in the 2007 neo-noir psychological thriller, Perfect Stranger. However, the film was panned by critics, despite its $60million budget, it raked in just $73.5million at the box office.

His last two credits are Fifty Shades Darker, starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Rita Ora, which saw the trailer rake in over 114 million views in its first 24 hours after being released on various social media channels. The movie went on to amass a total of $381.1million at the box office across the globe, a stark profit from its budget of $55million.

Meanwhile, his last credit, Fifty Shades Freed in 2019, grossed a total of $ 100.4 million in the United States and Canada alone, with a global total at the box office of $371 million.2million – a hefty profit from its budget of $55million.

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Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt has shared a heartbreaking tribute following the death of his close friend of 46 years. He described his friend as ‘the rock that would stand by me as the waves crashed’

Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt has been left heartbroken after his best man and friend of 46 years died.

Adam Rickitt found fame on the cobbles as Nick Tilsley between 1997 and 1999 and then from 2002 to 2004. Adam’s character was involved in the soap’s first-ever gay kiss with Todd Grimshaw (played by Bruno Langley). Following his stint in the ITV soap, he moved on to other popular soaps, including Hollyoaks and Doctors.

Adam also tried his hand at being a pop star and gained recognition for his 1999 music video for the song I Breathe Again. Away from the world of showbiz, Adam has been very busy with an entirely different career and one which he’s entirely committed to. Along with his journalist and TV reporter wife Katy Rickitt, he launched a craft beer, gin and wine shop and bar.

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The business, called Dexter and Jones, is based in Knutsford, Cheshire. It sells over 800 different craft beers, 10 draft beers, which are regularly switched up, more than 300 small batch gins and over 200 different wines. Customers can order the drinks to take home or enjoy them on the premises.

As well as a different career direction, Adam can be seen sporting a completely new personal image these days. A far cry from the clean shaven cobbles lad Nick, he is now rocking a much buffer physique, numerous tattoos and shoulder-length blonde hair.

But in his personal life Adam has had a tough week this week following the passing of his closest companion of 46 years. On Thursday May 8 Adam took to Instagram to share a heart-wrenching tribute to his friend. He captioned the black and white image: “So hard to say….but goodbye. I can’t even describe who you are to me. Part father, part brother…all friend. For 46 years I knew no matter what the sea of life threw at me..you were the rock that would stand by me as the waves crashed.

“You would take on an army for me…you would always be my truth…you were the best of men…you were my best man. I feel like I’ve lost gravity…but I can’t be sad. The day Janet died ..the joy left you. I’m so happy the 2 of you are together…selfishly we’ll miss you…but you best have everything on ice for when we see you again!”

Fans flooded the comments section with messages of condolence and support. One wrote: “What a fabulous moment captured of two lifelong buddies. You will find each other again i am quite sure of that. And remember: death leaves a heartache that no one can heal, love leaves a memory that no one can steal.” Another wrote: “That’s one beautifully worded tribute. I am so sorry for your loss.”

A smiling family portrait once captured the Beckham clan united in festive cheer — but just months later, it all unravelled.

The last photo of the whole Beckham family together, including eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz, paints a very different picture to the tensions that reportedly now exist behind closed doors.

Taken at Christmas and shared on Boxing Day last year, the snap shows David and Victoria Beckham with all four of their children — Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and Harper — posing in front of a glowing Christmas tree, the MailOnline reported.

Nicola, beaming alongside her husband, was very much part of the family fold.

The caption, written by Victoria, read: “Being together for the holidays makes me so happy xxxx I love you all so much @davidbeckham @brooklynpeltzbeckham @romeobeckham @cruzbeckham @nicolaannepeltzbeckham #harperseven x.” Nicola warmly replied: “I love you all so much!”

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But fast-forward just five months, and cracks appeared to show. Despite the glitzy celebrations for David’s milestone 50th birthday, Brooklyn and Nicola were noticeably absent — and their no-show did not go unnoticed.

According to The Mail, the couple’s failure to attend marked a turning point, with insiders claiming the feud is now “beyond repair”. A source told the outlet that Nicola is thought to be at the centre of the family fallout.

Before the tensions bubbled to the surface, the Beckhams had publicly rallied behind Brooklyn as he launched his hot sauce brand, Cloud 23.

The family jetted to Los Angeles to support the release, and just weeks later, they showed up again in London for a UK launch at Whole Foods.

As recently as September, the whole clan appeared together again in Paris during Fashion Week to support Victoria’s SS25 collection — a sign, at the time, that all was well.

Now, those smiles seem a distant memory.

While reports have surfaced that David and Victoria were unwelcoming towards Nicola, insiders close to the Beckhams have firmly denied this — insisting they’ve done nothing but support her.

One friend told The Mirror: “They have gone above and beyond to help Nicola with her endeavours.”

Another added: “There’s no anger but just a deep sense of sorrow about how things have turned out.”

Former Coronation Street actor Charlie Lawson has told his social media followers he is back in hospital as he updated them on his mysterious health worries

Coronation Street legend Charlie Lawson has revealed he has had to return to hospital days after his last health scare.

The actor, 65, was rushed to hospital earlier in the week after discovering a worrying symptom. Charlie took to social media to share a video from his hospital bed, where he was undergoing examinations after falling twice. The actor explained he had had an MRI and was waiting on more examinations.

Now, after being initially sent home, Charlie is back in the hospital and shared an update with his followers. On Twitter/X, he said: “Well hello folks, from a rather, erm, well I’m not sure what it’s doing outside.

“It was rather nice when I came in, but here I am again in special day care in Macclesfield hospital waiting to see an osteopath and hopefully getting a transfer to Salford Royal to the spinal unit.

“That’s the plan, but I was talking to you last time from the same cubicle and I ended up back at home at half ten at night so we shall wait and see.”

He then told followers he is “fine” before saying he “simply can’t walk properly”. “[I’m in] great pain,” he added. “I can’t stand on my tip toes now so, yeah, this is very comfortable but if I stand up I just fall over so there’s something seriously gone wrong, so i’ll keep you posted. Cheerio now!”

He captioned the upload: “Encore une fois!!!,” which translates to one more time.

Users were quick to send well wishes in the comments section. One follower wrote: “Best wishes for a speedy recovery @charlie_lawson1. Hope they get to the bottom of what’s going on this time,” with a fingers crossed emoji.

Charlie wrote back: “Me too! I just need a bloody date for The Salford Royal.”

Another user wrote:”Sending you lots of good irish luck and blessings from home!! Hopefully you will be back on your feet (literally) in no time!!” And a third added: “Look after yourself Charlie. You’ll be back walking your dog in the Countryside soon.”

Earlier in the week, Charlie told followers: “Hi folks, went to physio this morning and she sent me straight to A&E, which I did. They examined me. I have an MRI scan and I’m sitting waiting for the results.

“They’ve whisked me back in for more examinations so it’s not going awfully well at the moment. Anyway, I’ll keep you updated.

“They put a wristband on me and all sorts of craic. I’ve fallen over twice, so something going wrong down there.”

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