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Disney has confirmed the release of a third Camp Rock movie, but Demi Lovato, who played Mitchie Torres in the lead role, will not be in the cast.

Demi Lovato will not return for Camp Rock 3. The pop star, 33, shot to fame when she took on the leading role of Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original movie in 2008, and appeared alongside the Jonas Brothers, as well as other network stars like Alyson Stoner and Meaghan Martin.

Mitchie was an aspiring singer/songwriter desperate to attend the titular summer camp, but could only afford to do so if her mother was employed there as a chef. The film came about after the success of High School Musical, which made a star out of Zac Efron and became the network’s second-most successful franchise behind Hannah Montana. Camp Rock followed Demi’s character as she battled with camp rivalries and eventually plucked up the courage to belt out This Is Me in a grand competition.

The film spawned a sequel, titled Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, which was released in 2010, in which Demi reprised her role. Around the same time, the singer had been starring in her own sitcom titled Sonny With A Chance, but made a swift exit from the show after just one season and the format had to be hastily retooled as she dealt with a series of personal struggles.

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Now, a third instalment of Camp Rock has been confirmed and Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas, will return in their roles as members of the fictional boyband Connect 3. Also making a comeback is Maria Canals-Barrera, who played Demi’s mother Connie. Fans will also recognise her for starring as Theresa, the on-screen mother of Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place.

Ayo Davis, president, Disney Branded Television, said: “Camp Rock is an important part of the Disney Channel Original Movie legacy, with unforgettable music, energetic storytelling, and characters that live in the hearts of fans to this day. Bringing it back with Kevin, Joe, Nick and Demi is such a full-circle moment, and we can’t wait to reintroduce this world to a new generation.”

According to TMZ, Demi is not part of the cast but will instead serve as an executive producer alongside the Jonas Brothers.

Liamani Segura, Malachi Barto, Lumi Pollack, Hudson Stone, Brooklynn Pitts, Casey Trotter, and Ava Jean will all play newcomers in the camp, along with Joy Ride actress Sherry Cola in the role of Lark. In order to replace their support act for a pending reunion tour, Connect 3 will have to go back to Camp Rock in search of an up-and-coming star to play their part.

In the late 2000s, Demi, who also dated Joe Jonas for a period of time, was a mainstay on Disney Channel and was part of a cohort of young stars like Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, as well as twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse.. Earlier this year, Demi treated fans to a surprise Camp Rock reunion when she and the Jonas Brothers got together to sing their most famous song from the Disney movie.

Gotta Find You from the recognizable film was featured in The Jonas Brothers’ 20th anniversary show in New Jersey.

Fans were enthralled when Demi shared a video of her singing with Joe after the performance, which read, “Thanks for having me @jonasbrothers.”

One person said, “Most significant moment in my life,” and another, “THIS WILL BE DISCOVERED IN HISTSTORY BOOKS.”

One fan said, “First we get Freakier Friday, Princess Diaries 3 is being filmed, and now this, life is good,” while another said, “I can’t fully explain but this was healing.”

Comedian and reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion Chris McCausland will appear on a BBC Two quiz show alongside Great Briths Bake Off’s Sandi Toksvig

Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland will be a guest on comic quiz show QI when it returns to BBC Two in October. The show, in which obscure questions are asked in a funny way to get guests to answer incorrectly, will soon start a new season, Series W.

Sandi Toksvig will return to host the show, which she has done since 2016, following the departure of Sir Stephen Fry. Like always, she will be joined by comedian Alan Davies, the only permanent guest on the show, and an array of other comedians making appearances in single episodes. These guests will also include comedians such as Jimmy Carr, Aisling Bea, Rosie Jones, Nish Kumar, Jo Brand and Julian Clary.

This is not Chris’s first time on QI, as he also appeared in a Series S episode called Smörgåsbord, with Jen Brister and Jimmy Carr. The comedian has been on a number of comedy panel shows, including Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You, and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

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Of Series W, QI series producer Piers Fletcher said: “We had a whale of a time making the W Series of QI. After 23 years learning how to weave together wisdom, wit and whimsy, we’re really getting the hang of it, I think. Watch it, and thank me later.”

There will be 14 of the longer QI XL episodes, which will last 45 minutes. The series will also feature two 30-minute specials. The episodes will also be available on iPlayer in October, though the exact launch date has yet to be announced.

Launching in 2003, QI is over 20 years old. It sees celebrity contestants like Chris answer sometimes misleading questions in an attempt to trick them into an “obvious but wrong” answer, for which they incur a forfeit.

Sandi, 67, has hosted the show for nine years, and also recently announced a new show called Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders, which will see her hunt for undiscovered archaeological treasures.

The former Great British Bake Off presenter also hosted Sandi’s Great British Woodland, which saw her buy a patch of neglected woodland and set about restoring, managing and conserving it for future generations, earlier this year.

The comedian, who is blind, also won Strictly Come Dancing last year with Dianne Buswell. The pair won the memorable moment award at the BAFTA TV Awards for their moving waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Dianne will be appearing on the show in the upcoming season, which launches on 20 September. The Australian dancer has also revealed she is pregnant. She and her partner, Joe Sugg, first met at a dance competition in 2018.

Faye Winter, who appeared on the seventh series of Love Island back in 2021, has opened up about her ‘lonely’ lifestyle and feeling ‘lost’ after the show ended

Former Love Island finalist Faye Winter has reflected on the lasting impact of her time on the ITV2 reality show, admitting the experience left her struggling with her mental health but ultimately helped her recognise her own flaws.

Faye, 30. reached the 2021 final alongside ex-boyfriend Teddy Soares, finishing in third place. Their journey was marked by one of the programme’s most controversial moments in the form of an explosive a row following Casa Amor that generated 36,324 complaints.

Still to this day, the row has the highest rate of Ofcom complaints in the show’s history.

Speaking about how her life has changed since then and the perspective it has given her, Faye admitted: “I would love to do more TV now. But also I needed, for my own sanity, to take that little bit of a step back.

“I think that it was really damaging too, because although that was the person I put out – I could never say that it’s anyone’s fault with the person that I was on Love Island – it wasn’t really a true reflection of actually who I was. To be honest, Love Island was a massive wake-up call for me.”

Faye admitted that watching the episodes back forced her to acknowledge her behaviour once and for all, and by doing that, her life completely changed for the better. “I don’t think I would have seen my faults. I wouldn’t have been able to hold myself accountable for the way that I’d acted. The way that I could go from nought to 60 real quick, and the fact that I would look at that now, and to be able to see myself in that position.”

Away from the cameras, Faye confessed that the adjustment after the show was a difficult path for her to take. “I was doing work that didn’t align with me. I really lost myself. I didn’t like myself. I didn’t really know who I was. I was in a lot of therapy after the show,” she told The Sun.

Faye went on to admit that the influencer lifestyle many former Love Island contestants embrace never suited her. As a homebody who doesn’t enjoy partying, she struggled with attending high-profile events and questioned why she was participating in a scene that ultimately didn’t bring any sort of happiness to her life.

It comes after Faye told The Mirror that she no longer requires validation from other people as she embraces single life. The charity ambassador and TV star has never hesitated from sharing insights into her life and while she’s no longer looking for a relationship, she couldn’t be happier.

The former Love Island star has been single since splitting from her ex-boyfriend two years ago and while many may have turned to dating apps, this couldn’t be further from her reality. Instead, Faye now knows her self-worth and while she’s had “sexy” men slide into her direct messages, she’s happy to embrace life on her own.

However, she’s not entirely on her own as Exeter-born Faye has her beloved dog Bonnie by her side, as well as her two “feral” ponies, Keith and Kevin, who she rescued from Dartmoor. “I’m always very vocal about my love of animals and it’s given me a sense of purpose.”

Faye went on to explain that her animals have helped her “realise and appreciate” things that are “bigger than herself.” She said: “It’s made me love myself, but also love something that doesn’t need to use words and doesn’t need to tell me or do anything.

“It does enough just by getting me out every day and giving me a cuddle when I need one and things that we take for granted. Sometimes things that we look for in other people for validation.

“I’ve always found in my dogs and to have guide dogs in my life and see them go on and change people’s lives and in city centres, we really do take dogs for granted. “f you have a dog, you not only have a friend for life, you have a companion, and they give you so much more than we can appreciate.”

Faye explained that while she’s now thriving as a single woman she wouldn’t be in the same position if it wasn’t for her dog, Bonnie. “She saved me and I say that every single time I speak about my dog,” she stated. Her two rescue ponies are also another source of happiness for the star.

“I’m really proud of myself because I had no idea what I was doing,” she said of rescuing the two foals from an auction after they were “snatched” from the moors.

Faye shot to fame on the seventh series of Love Island back in 2021 and ultimately finished in third place with ex-boyfriend, Teddy Soares.

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Taylor Swift, a global megastar, is scheduled to appear on The Graham Norton Show on BBC in just a few weeks to promote her new album.

Taylor Swift will return to an iconic British chat show next month to promote her hotly anticipated album The Life Of A Showgirl. The singer, who got engaged recently, will appear in the next series of The Graham Norton Show.

On 3 October, the same day the album is due for release, Taylor will be a guest on the red sofa at the BBC’s popular chat show. She is set to appear alongside Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, actresses Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith, as well as About Time star Domnhall Gleeson. Another popular musician, Lewis Capaldi will perform his new single Something In The Heavens too.

Taylor hasn’t returned to the stage since 2022, when she made an appearance to promote her album Midnights. She was also promoting the remasterings of her previous albums. Although the star wanted to buy some of her early records, she sold them to someone else because she did not own the rights to them.

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She had been re-recording the songs to her own “Taylor’s version” of them as a result. Although financially successful, Taylor’s re-recording career appears to have come to an end when she was able to recover the masters from her first album earlier this year.

She will now make an appearance on the program to promote her most recent album, The Life Of A Showgirl. Taylor released a number of new songs as part of her worldwide tour, Eras Tour, which featured hits from throughout her career.

She stated on the podcast of her fiancé Travis Kelce that she would “do three shows in a row,” and that she would then take three days off. I’d take a flight to Sweden, and then return to the tour. At this point in the tour, I was physically exhausted, but I was so excited to be creating.

Many of her earlier albums have gained fans’ hearts for their depiction of heartache, including Red, which featured several songs allegedly involving her ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, Fearless, which is said to have broken up tracks aimed at Joe Jonas, and The Tortured Poets Department, which fans claim to have music starring both Matty Healy and Joe Alwyn.

However, Taylor has said The Life Of A Showgirl will be different. “It just comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in my life. So, that effervescence has come through on this record.”

Elsewhere in the podcast, Taylor and Travis also spoke about their relationship. The Cruel Summer singer compared their love story to being in “an 80s John Hughes movie” and added that this was what she’d been wanting for a long time. “This is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”

A few weeks later, the pair announced their engagement with a post on Instagram. It showed the two surrounded by flowers after Travis proposed. Taylor captioned the picture: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

Gogglebox fans all shared the same sentiment when the actress posted a throwback photo of herself on Instagram and said she “hasn’t changed” in the past 50 years.

Gogglebox fans all said the same thing as long-serving star shared a throwback snap onto her Instagram. Julie Malone, who has been a fixture on the Channel 4 telly-watching favourite since 2014, took to social media to share the new post, which was a school photo from nearly 50 years ago.

She captioned the photo, “Haha, 1977, school days, happy times@Manchester Central High School for Girls”!

In the photo, Julie was grinning and sporting a vintage-style haircut. Nearly 2000 people voted in favor of the image in the comments section.

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All full of praise for the TV star, who appears on Gogglebox alongside husband Tom Malone Senior and and their sons Shaun and Tom Jr, fans remarked how she ‘hadn’t changed’ in the time since the photograph was taken. One wrote: “You haven’t changed Julie, still fabulous. Love & best wishes from Irelandxx”

Another person remarked, “My son was born in 1977, and you still look the same.” Two months after the Jubilee, a third person stated, “You haven’t changed much about Julie.” Still looking good! Hope the filming is successful. Xx”

Fourth fan commented, “You haven’t aged a day, Julie,” adding that “you and your family are by far my favorite on Gogglebox.”

Following the recent sacking of one star, several newcomers were introduced to the program, including mother and daughter-in-law Sara and Lara, friends Jake and Calum, and family Andre, Sarah and daughter Chee, and newcomers Sara and Lara, who were all recently cast.

Rosie and Susie, Rosie and Susie, a new duo, made their television debut during the most recent episode, though.

Although it appears that fans of the long-running program haven’t been completely blown away by the new additions, some people mistakenly believe they’re not being real.

One person responded to the question, “Left one is completely over acting and playing to the camera, compared to those Scottish sisters,”. While the point is to be accurate and to watch what you watch, it is fake. Too much .

The new peeps’ acting is a lot more desperate than the original, according to another user. Why “fix” it if it wasn’t broken?

While a third demanded, “Stop all this performative nonsense and be authentic #Gogglebox”

No offence, another user said, “These new Goggleboxers are not natural, they know what #gogglebox fans like and their trying too hard.” Not at all funny [sic] forced.