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Actress Jennifer Lawrence hinted that her second child’s name may start with an ‘L’ by wearing gold necklaces with ‘C’ and ‘L’ pendants during a recent outing

Jennifer Lawrence has dropped a huge hint about the name of her second child over four months after welcoming the tot. The 34-year-old gave birth to her second child earlier this year with husband Cooke Maroney, but the pair have not yet confirmed their baby’s gender, name, or exact birth date.

The Hollywood actress appeared to reveal a clue about her second child’s name during a recent outing in New York where she enjoyed a lunch date with Dakota Johnson. The mum-of-two wore multiple gold necklaces, notably one featuring pendants with the letters ‘C’ after her son Cy, and ‘L,’ hinting that her second baby’s name might begin with an L.

Completing her look, the actress carried a sleek black Christian Dior bag and wore simple beige flats. Jennifer hasn’t shared much about her second child since giving birth, but she has shared honest confessions about motherhood and how her mental health took a toll.

Back in May, Jennifer opened up about the role she played of a mother battling psychosis in her new film Die, My Love, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The mum-of-two was speaking at a press conference to promote the film when she said she related with the character’s feeling of loneliness.

Jennifer gave birth to her first son Cy in 2022 and said she hadn’t long given birth when she was asked to be in the film. She said: “I mean, obviously, as a mother, it was really hard to separate what I would do as opposed to what she would do. It was just heartbreaking. When I first read the book, it was just such a devastating, powerful… Lynne (Ramsay) said it was dreamlike.

“I had just had my first (baby). And there’s not really anything like postpartum. It’s extremely isolating, which is so interesting when Lynn (Ramsay) moves this couple into Montana. She doesn’t have a community.

“She doesn’t have her people. But the truth is, extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolated, no matter where you are. You feel like an alien. And so it deeply moved me. I wanted to work with Lynn Ramsey since I saw Rat Catcher.”

Jennifer said that since having children of her own she has changed her outlook on her career. She has since described her own experience of motherhood as “brutal and incredible” and said that having children “changes everything”.

She said: “It changes your whole life. But it’s brutal and incredible. And so not only do they go into every decision of if I’m working, where I’m working, when I’m working. It taught me… I didn’t know that I could feel so much. My job has a lot to do with emotion. They’ve opened up the world to me. It’s almost like feeling like a blister or something, so sensitive.

“So they’ve changed my life, obviously, for the best, and they’ve changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor.”

Jennifer first rose to fame in the 2010s when she starred in the X-Men and Hunger Games series. She has then gone on to be involved in iconic projects such as American Hustle, Joy and Don’t Look Up.

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Peter Kay is still on the road with his Better Late Than Never Again and fans have been given an update on a show at the O2 Arena in London that is scheduled for later this month

More tickets have been released for Peter Kay’s stand-up tour, it’s been announced this week. The comedian is continuing his Better Late Than Never tour, with a number of shows still to come ahead of its conclusion next year.

Peter, 52, launched the tour in 2022 and it has since been named one of the most globally successful tours of last year. He’s still on the tour, rebranded as Better Late Than Never Again, which is scheduled to end in June next year.

Through the tour, he’s become the first artist to hold a monthly residency at the O2 in London. Peter previously described the opportunity to perform at the arena as an “absolute honour” and has another show there this month.

It’s now been announced that extra tickets for his upcoming show at the O2 on July 26 have been released “due to phenomenal demand”. The news was shared with fans this afternoon, including through his social media pages.

Announcing that tickets are on sale now, a post on an Instagram page for Peter read: “The record-breaking three-year residency continues. Astonishing 32nd show! Saturday 26th July – extra tickets due to phenomenal demand.”

Standard tickets for the gig are available through AXS from £41.50 at the time of writing. Premium Seating and resale tickets are available through the provider for the show too. Tickets are also available through other providers.

Peter launched his tour in Manchester three years ago. He’s set to return to the AO Arena in the city on July 25, the night before his upcoming gig in London. He’s then scheduled to take a break before resuming the tour in September.

The release of more tickets for his show at the O2 comes ahead of the comedian’s memoir Peter Kay’s Diary being published later this year. The book, which was announced just weeks ago, is currently scheduled to be released in October.

Ahead of its release in three months, it has been described as his “most personal and hilarious book yet”. The upcoming memoir is said to take readers on a “laugh-out-loud journey through his life, month by month”.

It’s thought that Peter will discuss it with radio host Sara Cox at the Lowry’s Lyric Theatre in Salford on September 14. Tickets for Peter Kay In Conversation with Sara Cox, which will have a matinee and an evening show, went on sale last month.

The venue apologised at the time over “issues” regarding booking tickets, with it telling fans that it was sorry for “any inconvenience caused”. It was later said to have “resolved” them and announced that the two events had sold out.

The Lowry had said: “Peter Kay in conversation with Sara Cox is now sold out! Thank you for your patience while we resolved the issues with our ticketing systems.”

Fans have been given a strict warning, but Liam and Noel Gallagher are making their way back to their hometown this weekend as Oasis make their comeback.

Oasis fans have been sent a warning from Heaton Park bosses ahead of the band’s mega homecoming shows this weekend. Liam and Noel Gallagher are returning to their beloved Manchester for five huge performances over the next fortnight.

They will play to around 80,000 fans every night at the sold-out gigs following their epic reunion in Cardiff last weekend. Manchester is already abuzz with Oasis fever as merchandise stands have popped up in the city. The band, which includes Bonehead, Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Joey Waronker, took to the stage for the first time in 16 years last weekend, launching their tour in Cardiff. The Britpop icons played two sold-out gigs at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to rapturous applause.

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However, for those heading to the Manchester shows they have been issued a strong warning that wasn’t given to the Cardiff fans. The UK is bracing itself for a heatwave, and bosses are urging fans to be safe.

Please stay hydrated as a hot weather forecast is for both Friday and Saturday, Heaton Park officials have urged residents. You may also bring a sealed bottle of water up to 500ml. This must be a piece of collapsible plastic.

On the safety grounds, “Standard plastic, metal, etc. containers are not permitted. Seals on bottles will be removed. To refill your bottle on site, there is free water.

Wear sunscreen, bring a small bottle of 200ml or less of it in, and stay protected from the sun overall/wear a hat, as the legendary bucket hat will be appearing, so you’ll fit right in! Take good care of yourself and those around you.

Fans will be happy to know that the park’s drink prices are less than those at the Cardiff shows starting at 3 p.m. Fans in the Welsh capital were paying £8.20 for a pint, whereas Mancunians can expect to pay £6.50 instead.

Richard Ashcroft will perform at 7 p.m., while Oasis’ support acts Cast and Richard Ashcroft will take the stage at 6 p.m. At 8:15 p.m., the Gallagher brothers will leave together, and there will be a 10 p.m. curfew.

The Gallagher brothers and their band will play a number of shows in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin before traveling to North and South America, Asia, and Australia, in addition to their Manchester dates scheduled for July 11 and 12.

As Manchester prepares to welcome 1.3 million music tourists this summer, it is undoubtedly Oasis ready. The band’s band has already been adorned with hundreds of signs, murals, and the launch of MCR Live 25, a festival bar, and music-themed markets.

A plethora of guitar-themed artworks and exhibitions have also taken over the city’s streets, squares, shop windows and other venues. Manchester’s Central Library is hosting a week-long series of Oasis-themed activities.

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Joe Layton, a Corrie cast member who plays villain Mick Michaelis, has spoken about Colson Smith’s exit from the ITV soap opera earlier this year.

Soap star Joe Layton has spoken about a co-star’s departure from Coronation Street ahead of his own exit from the ITV soap. He’s paid tribute to a former colleague who left the show recently after more than a decade in the cast. It was announced in January that Colson Smith, 26, would be leaving Corrie after having joined the cast in 2011. He made his final appearance in May when his character Craig Tinker was killed off in a storyline involving co-star Joe, 33.

Police officer Craig was attacked by Mick Michaelis (played by Joe) whilst trying to arrest him. He was left for dead after being hit over the head with a baseball bat and was later pronounced death at hospital due to swelling on the brain. Ahead of his own departure, Joe has now paid tribute to Colson, whom he said brought a “positive energy” to the set. He suggested that his former co-star’s absence is felt by the remaining cast and crew behind-the-scenes on the show.

Joe told the Mirror: “He was such a positive energy and for the other cast and crew there’s obviously a massive Colson-sized hole everywhere at Coronation Street. But we had a good chat when we first met and continued to chat.”

The actor added that he had “bonded” with Colson over their mutual support of football team Leeds United. He went on to describe his former colleague as “warm-hearted” whilst talking about Colson following his exit.

We quickly bonded because we both supported Leeds United, Joe said. And what a lovely, welcoming person he is, I was just struck. He never said to me, “I’m doing this bad thing to this popular character,” in any way, shape or form.

Colson had stated that he wanted his character to be killed off for his departure. He stated to the Mirror and other media outlets earlier this year that he wanted the door to be shut so that I could “know in my head” that Craig’s journey has already been completed and Corrie has already done that.

He continued, “It was the right thing for me to be killed,” at the time. According to Colson, “I think Craig dying, and Craig dying in the line of duty as a copper,” was by far the most ideal story for the exit.

Although his final scenes have not yet been broadcast, Joe is now scheduled to leave Corrie for good. This week, it was made fun of that the cast member, who would be happy to return, would be breaking through the cobbles.

After leaving prison, his character Mick is expected to unleash mayhem. Joe made a joke about how no one on the street is safe. He won’t tolerate serving a life sentence, and he’ll do whatever it takes to leave the country and bring his children with him.

Coronation Street airs tomorrow at 9 p.m. on ITV, ITVX, STV, and STV Player.

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Actor and presenter John Barrowman has claimed there was a culture of ‘cover-up’ at the BBC as he feared losing his job if his sexuality was known during the 1990s

John Barrowman has accused the BBC of having a “cover-up” culture as he feared losing his job if he didn’t follow suit. The actor, 58, claims he was “blacklisted” after accusations of flashing on the set of BBC shows were made against him.

He has now made a fresh claim about the corporation, as he says he hid his sexuality. John was one of the original hosts of BBC’s children TV show Live & Kicking in the 1990s.

In a bombshell claim, he said: “In those days, at the BBC there was a culture, there was a lot of men who were married to women, but those men were clearly gay and they were running the stuff, or very powerful, strong single women who were running certain aspects of it, so there was a culture of cover-up, don’t say anything, and I just slotted myself in.”

He added on the podcast Gay Old Time: “Because of the time, and it was children’s television, so you could lose your job. But, for crying out loud, everybody was on the queer spectrum there.”

In a candid piece penned for The Guardian in 2008, John opened up about growing up in midwest America in the 1980s – where he remembered homosexuality being treated “like a curse”. Although John “never doubted [his] sexuality,” he felt he couldn’t “make it a known thing,” and put plenty of effort into fitting in.

John, who knew he was gay from the age of eight-years-old, came out in his 20s after a health scare left him fearing the worst. He met his now-husband Scott Gill back in 1991 and they declared their love for each other in a small civil service ceremony in 2006. John continued to work with the BBC – appearing on shows such as Torchwood – until 2021.

The Scottish-American star apologised in May 2021 when allegations emerged he had flashed cast members on the sets of both of his BBC TV shows, Doctor Who and Torchwood.

Describing his behaviour as ‘tomfoolery’ he would not repeat, he slammed critics who said it was ‘sexual harassment’. No charges were brought against him but a public backlash meant he lost his job as a judge on Dancing On Ice and was forced to cancel an upcoming UK tour.

John said in a statement in 2021: “My high-spirited behaviour which was only ever intended in good humour to entertain colleagues on set and back stage has been well-documented, including in my autobiographies and even in song.

“There were a couple of times during filming where I’d resort to tomfoolery, but none of this was ever intended nor interpreted as being sexual in nature.

“With the benefit of hindsight, I understand that upset may have been caused by my exuberant behaviour and I have apologised for this previously. Since my apology in November 2008, my understanding and behaviour have also changed. At no point was I ever made aware of any sexual harassment, bullying, or sexually predatory behaviour on set.”

Speaking of the incident on the podcast, he said the allegations were “misconstrued” and the incident was just “a bit of a carry on”. He added: “If I was in a nude scene, completely naked, and if somebody walked on set, which they weren’t supposed to, I might just do something like that [jiggles] and it was nothing outrageous. I didn’t see it as outrageous. It was a different time.”

The Mirror has contacted the BBC for comment.