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Ferne McCann hates confrontation.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star - who is regularly seen challenging her friends on the ITV show - has admitted she hates to call out her pals and feels ill before doing it.
She said: "I'm 25 this year and I hate this confrontation.
"Before any of that confrontation I feel sick, I feel ill. I don't want to do it. I just want a drama-free life."
Meanwhile, Ferne - who is dating Charlie Sims - recently admitted she hates fighting with her boyfriend's sister Chloe and Gemma Collins, who she also dubbed the "Queen Bee" of Essex, the most because they were so important to her.
When asked who she found it difficult to argue with, she said: "Probably Chloe and Gemma as both of them have meant a lot to me. I genuinely enjoyed their friendship and obviously Chloe is family.
"Whereas with Fran [Parman] and Jasmin [Walia], I didn't care much for them in the beginning...
"I think a lot of the girls think they are the Queen Bee but I'm going to go with Gemma Collins - she is the epitome of Essex. She's loud and proud and has Essex written all over her."
And Ferne thinks the key to winning an argument on the show is to "swoop in" after the other person has finished talking.
She explained: "I haven't won many so I'm the wrong person to ask! But I try to remain calm and listen to what they other person has to say.
"Then when they're finally done talking, you swoop in last minute and take the crown!"
Ferne McCann: I hate confrontation
Ferne McCann hates confrontation.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star - who is regularly seen challenging her friends on the ITV show - has admitted she hates to call out her pals and feels ill before doing it.
She said: "I'm 25 this year and I hate this confrontation.
"Before any of that confrontation I feel sick, I feel ill. I don't want to do it. I just want a drama-free life."
Meanwhile, Ferne - who is dating Charlie Sims - recently admitted she hates fighting with her boyfriend's sister Chloe and Gemma Collins, who she also dubbed the "Queen Bee" of Essex, the most because they were so important to her.
When asked who she found it difficult to argue with, she said: "Probably Chloe and Gemma as both of them have meant a lot to me. I genuinely enjoyed their friendship and obviously Chloe is family.
"Whereas with Fran [Parman] and Jasmin [Walia], I didn't care much for them in the beginning...
"I think a lot of the girls think they are the Queen Bee but I'm going to go with Gemma Collins - she is the epitome of Essex. She's loud and proud and has Essex written all over her."
And Ferne thinks the key to winning an argument on the show is to "swoop in" after the other person has finished talking.
She explained: "I haven't won many so I'm the wrong person to ask! But I try to remain calm and listen to what they other person has to say.
"Then when they're finally done talking, you swoop in last minute and take the crown!"
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Chloe Goodman cannot handle "intense pressure".
The former 'Ex on the Beach' star has admitted she learnt a lot about her limits whilst on 'Celebrity Big Brother' but feels one hundred per cent better for it.
She said: "I've learnt that I can't cope with intense pressure without breaking.
"No, I don't regret going in... I'm stronger for it 100%."
Despite admitting she was "gutted" to be the first contestant to be evicted from the show by the public, Chloe was glad to turn her focus back to work and spend time with those she is closest to.
She added: "Of course I was gutted to leave but it was bittersweet as I could get back to work sooner and see my loved ones.
"The days I was in 'Celebrity Big Brother' were the most intense so I never experienced the house being anything other than that unlike the others."
The brunette beauty - who was involved in an incident near the beginning of the series where fellow contestant Jeremy Jackson allegedly pulled her robe and exposed her breast - is also glad her rival Perez Hilton failed to make it to the show's final, which was eventually won by Katie Price earlier this month.
She added to the Liverpool Echo newspaper: "I know his goal was the final and the fact he made it so hard for others in the house to the point where they walked, he didn't deserve being in the house at all let alone be in the final."
Chloe Goodman: I can’t take intense pressure
Chloe Goodman cannot handle "intense pressure".
The former 'Ex on the Beach' star has admitted she learnt a lot about her limits whilst on 'Celebrity Big Brother' but feels one hundred per cent better for it.
She said: "I've learnt that I can't cope with intense pressure without breaking.
"No, I don't regret going in... I'm stronger for it 100%."
Despite admitting she was "gutted" to be the first contestant to be evicted from the show by the public, Chloe was glad to turn her focus back to work and spend time with those she is closest to.
She added: "Of course I was gutted to leave but it was bittersweet as I could get back to work sooner and see my loved ones.
"The days I was in 'Celebrity Big Brother' were the most intense so I never experienced the house being anything other than that unlike the others."
The brunette beauty - who was involved in an incident near the beginning of the series where fellow contestant Jeremy Jackson allegedly pulled her robe and exposed her breast - is also glad her rival Perez Hilton failed to make it to the show's final, which was eventually won by Katie Price earlier this month.
She added to the Liverpool Echo newspaper: "I know his goal was the final and the fact he made it so hard for others in the house to the point where they walked, he didn't deserve being in the house at all let alone be in the final."
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Sally Wainwright thinks 'Coronation Street' has too many episodes.
The 'Happy Valley' writer believes the long-running ITV soap is at risk of "ravaging" some of its longest-standing characters such as Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Roy Cropper (David Neilson) because of the growing number of weekly episodes.
She said: "When you are going out that many times you do end up having to have people buried under the patio and people driving cars into canals rather than finding the drama in the trials of day-to-day life."
The award-winning writer also admitted she hasn't been tuning into the soap since she left her role on the production team because she is unable to access "inside information" now.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I haven't watched 'Corrie' since I left because I couldn't stand not knowing what happened, I wanted inside information that I no longer had."
Meanwhile, Sally recently revealed she was "feeling the pressure" about writing the second series of 'Happy Valley', despite having already penned half of the series.
She shared: "It's the first time I've felt pressure actually writing the second series of 'Happy Valley', because the first series was massively successful in a way I haven't experienced before.
"I've written three of the six episodes so far. I think it's really good. The test will be writing the last three episodes, and it's about maintaining that quality throughout the whole series. You need a clear focus so the audience feel that they're in good hands. It's scary but great."
Sally Wainwright: Coronation Street has too many episodes
Sally Wainwright thinks 'Coronation Street' has too many episodes.
The 'Happy Valley' writer believes the long-running ITV soap is at risk of "ravaging" some of its longest-standing characters such as Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Roy Cropper (David Neilson) because of the growing number of weekly episodes.
She said: "When you are going out that many times you do end up having to have people buried under the patio and people driving cars into canals rather than finding the drama in the trials of day-to-day life."
The award-winning writer also admitted she hasn't been tuning into the soap since she left her role on the production team because she is unable to access "inside information" now.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I haven't watched 'Corrie' since I left because I couldn't stand not knowing what happened, I wanted inside information that I no longer had."
Meanwhile, Sally recently revealed she was "feeling the pressure" about writing the second series of 'Happy Valley', despite having already penned half of the series.
She shared: "It's the first time I've felt pressure actually writing the second series of 'Happy Valley', because the first series was massively successful in a way I haven't experienced before.
"I've written three of the six episodes so far. I think it's really good. The test will be writing the last three episodes, and it's about maintaining that quality throughout the whole series. You need a clear focus so the audience feel that they're in good hands. It's scary but great."
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Adam Thomas has angered road safety campaigners after he posted a video of him singing whilst driving.
The 'Emmerdale' star uploaded a clip on Instagram earlier this week, where he can be seen filming himself singing along to a Marvin Gaye track whilst behind the wheel.
Alongside the post, he wrote: "Stuck in traffic? whack a bit of Marvin on... Let's go. (sic)"
The 27-year-old actor - who plays Adam Barton in the ITV soap - has since removed the video, with a spokesperson for the show insisting he has realised "the error of his ways".
But his apology has had no effect on safety campaigners who criticised the star for "selfie selfishness".
Gary Rae for safety charity Brake told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "This appears to be selfie selfishness.
"We'd welcome those in the public eye setting a good example and save the singing for the stage."
Meanwhile, Adam - who is the brother of 'Coronation Street' star Ryan Thomas - welcomed a baby with long-term girlfriend Caroline Daly in September last year.
Revealing the news at the time, he wrote on Twitter: "2day I fell more in lovewith @Carolinejanexx than I ever will do! Teddy James Thomas born 8/9/2014 new lucky roulette numbers right there 😉 (sic)"
Adam Thomas angers road safety campaigners
Adam Thomas has angered road safety campaigners after he posted a video of him singing whilst driving.
The 'Emmerdale' star uploaded a clip on Instagram earlier this week, where he can be seen filming himself singing along to a Marvin Gaye track whilst behind the wheel.
Alongside the post, he wrote: "Stuck in traffic? whack a bit of Marvin on... Let's go. (sic)"
The 27-year-old actor - who plays Adam Barton in the ITV soap - has since removed the video, with a spokesperson for the show insisting he has realised "the error of his ways".
But his apology has had no effect on safety campaigners who criticised the star for "selfie selfishness".
Gary Rae for safety charity Brake told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "This appears to be selfie selfishness.
"We'd welcome those in the public eye setting a good example and save the singing for the stage."
Meanwhile, Adam - who is the brother of 'Coronation Street' star Ryan Thomas - welcomed a baby with long-term girlfriend Caroline Daly in September last year.
Revealing the news at the time, he wrote on Twitter: "2day I fell more in lovewith @Carolinejanexx than I ever will do! Teddy James Thomas born 8/9/2014 new lucky roulette numbers right there 😉 (sic)"
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Jessica Wright has been accused of cheating on Ricky Rayment whilst they were dating.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star recently split from the television personality and insisted to Mario Falcone there is no chance of the pair reuniting.
He said: "If I wanted to pursue that and I wanted her back, I could have got her back. She won't admit that, she'll sit there and say, 'No, it's over,' but we're talking five months later so she's going to say that. I've moved on, I'm happy, I'm loving my life."
After learning about the revelation, Ricky seems far from impressed but brushes it off.
In an clip from an episode, as obtained by the Daily Mirror, that teases the new series, he said: "I don't care. That's the thing, I'm not surprised. Playing innocent victim why she's sitting in Vegas kissing someone?
"Even so it doesn't matter. She just likes to make herself look innocent and sweet and turn the tears on."
Meanwhile, Jessica recently revealed that her former boyfriend was considering proposing to her before they split.
In a previous episode of the ITVBe show, she said: "Everyone needs to stop blaming his age - that's not the reason we broke up.
"I heard that he'd picked out a ring for me and that he was going to propose. If he really is such a little kid then why would have done all of that?"
Ricky has since started dating 'Geordie Shore' star Marnie Simpson, after the pair first met last month at a National Television Awards after party.
Jessica Wright accused of cheating on ex Ricky Rayment
Jessica Wright has been accused of cheating on Ricky Rayment whilst they were dating.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star recently split from the television personality and insisted to Mario Falcone there is no chance of the pair reuniting.
He said: "If I wanted to pursue that and I wanted her back, I could have got her back. She won't admit that, she'll sit there and say, 'No, it's over,' but we're talking five months later so she's going to say that. I've moved on, I'm happy, I'm loving my life."
After learning about the revelation, Ricky seems far from impressed but brushes it off.
In an clip from an episode, as obtained by the Daily Mirror, that teases the new series, he said: "I don't care. That's the thing, I'm not surprised. Playing innocent victim why she's sitting in Vegas kissing someone?
"Even so it doesn't matter. She just likes to make herself look innocent and sweet and turn the tears on."
Meanwhile, Jessica recently revealed that her former boyfriend was considering proposing to her before they split.
In a previous episode of the ITVBe show, she said: "Everyone needs to stop blaming his age - that's not the reason we broke up.
"I heard that he'd picked out a ring for me and that he was going to propose. If he really is such a little kid then why would have done all of that?"
Ricky has since started dating 'Geordie Shore' star Marnie Simpson, after the pair first met last month at a National Television Awards after party.
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Valentine Warner, Ken Hom, Raymond Blanc, Rachel de Thample and Ching He Huang have created special menus in support of Earth Hour.
The celebrity chefs are backing the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)'s annual global initiative - which asks people to show they care about the planet by switching off their lights for one hour - and have created meal plans of sustainable foods that are good for the planet
Valentine said: "We increasingly fail at understanding that we cannot be here without nature. Mother Nature needs some helpers."
He has crafted a menu of Mussels and Leeks on Toast, Green Risotto and Poached Pears in Chocolate Sauce, while Ken's comprises stir fried fish with peas and stir fried cucumber and hot spices.
Rachel's tasty fare includes Cauliflower couscous with coriander and orange, warming Tunisian stew with smoked fish and saffron with strawberries or rhubarb, and Raymond's offering is pistou soup, confit duck & flageolet beans and baked apples & semolina souffle.
Ching's menu boasts smoked tofu with kale, spicy sichuan cucumber salad, stir fried carrots and french beans.
Earth Hour - which saw 162 countries take part last year - takes place between 8.30 and 9.30pm local time on 28 March.
Samoa will be the first country to switch off, and Tahiti the last.
Valentine Warner creates Earth Hour menu
Valentine Warner, Ken Hom, Raymond Blanc, Rachel de Thample and Ching He Huang have created special menus in support of Earth Hour.
The celebrity chefs are backing the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)'s annual global initiative - which asks people to show they care about the planet by switching off their lights for one hour - and have created meal plans of sustainable foods that are good for the planet
Valentine said: "We increasingly fail at understanding that we cannot be here without nature. Mother Nature needs some helpers."
He has crafted a menu of Mussels and Leeks on Toast, Green Risotto and Poached Pears in Chocolate Sauce, while Ken's comprises stir fried fish with peas and stir fried cucumber and hot spices.
Rachel's tasty fare includes Cauliflower couscous with coriander and orange, warming Tunisian stew with smoked fish and saffron with strawberries or rhubarb, and Raymond's offering is pistou soup, confit duck & flageolet beans and baked apples & semolina souffle.
Ching's menu boasts smoked tofu with kale, spicy sichuan cucumber salad, stir fried carrots and french beans.
Earth Hour - which saw 162 countries take part last year - takes place between 8.30 and 9.30pm local time on 28 March.
Samoa will be the first country to switch off, and Tahiti the last.
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Benedict Cumberbatch has paid tribute to a young 'Sherlock' fan that has passed away.
The 38-year-old star - who plays the infamous detective Sherlock Holmes in the BBC One series - sent an open letter to the family of 14-year-old Eve Shepherd, who died after suffering breathing problems earlier this month.
In a letter read to the packed church, he wrote: "I send my deepest sympathies to Eve's family.
"To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance. I wish I could be there but sadly am filming the show she loved.
"God rest her soul. With all my love and sympathies, Benedict xxx."
Eve - who hailed from Padgate, Cheshire, north England - was born 12 weeks prematurely, weighing just 1lb 9oz.
She defied all odds and has undergone over 200 operations including a tracheotomy.
Some mourners wore Sherlock-style deerstalker hats to the ceremony and the procession exited the church to the theme music from the hit series.
Her parents, Mark, 47, and Jane, 46, later paid tribute to their daughter.
Mark said: "Eve would find this funny, she was a big TV and film fan.
"She would be giggling her head off at the thought she was in the paper. But she would be so happy about the letter from Benedict, she was a huge fan."
Benedict Cumberbatch pays tribute to young Sherlock fan
Benedict Cumberbatch has paid tribute to a young 'Sherlock' fan that has passed away.
The 38-year-old star - who plays the infamous detective Sherlock Holmes in the BBC One series - sent an open letter to the family of 14-year-old Eve Shepherd, who died after suffering breathing problems earlier this month.
In a letter read to the packed church, he wrote: "I send my deepest sympathies to Eve's family.
"To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance. I wish I could be there but sadly am filming the show she loved.
"God rest her soul. With all my love and sympathies, Benedict xxx."
Eve - who hailed from Padgate, Cheshire, north England - was born 12 weeks prematurely, weighing just 1lb 9oz.
She defied all odds and has undergone over 200 operations including a tracheotomy.
Some mourners wore Sherlock-style deerstalker hats to the ceremony and the procession exited the church to the theme music from the hit series.
Her parents, Mark, 47, and Jane, 46, later paid tribute to their daughter.
Mark said: "Eve would find this funny, she was a big TV and film fan.
"She would be giggling her head off at the thought she was in the paper. But she would be so happy about the letter from Benedict, she was a huge fan."
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Gemma Collins has been left "very shaken" after her Essex home was burgled.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star has revealed she's going to start looking for a new home after intruders broke into her apartment in Brentwood and stole two diamond rings.
She said: I'm very shaken. I am going to have to move now. I will definitely have to find a new home.
"It's not about my possessions, it's just knowing that someone was watching me and looking out for me and then have quickly got out. It's freaky and a bit spooky."
The 34-year-old beauty - who has starred in the ITVBe show since it first started in 2009 - explained how she came face to face with the burglars as she arrived home earlier this week.
She told the Brentwood Gazette newspaper: "As I pulled onto the drive where I live I saw in my flat window that the light was on and the blind was down, which wasn't how I left it.
"As I walked towards the entrance I crossed the thieves. They pelted down the stairs and walked straight past me.
"I could tell by the way they were dressed that they were up to no good.
"They didn't look like the sort of people that live at The Galleries.
"They were wearing jogging bottoms and they looked out of place.
"When I got up to my flat the door was open so I ran to the concierge and we called the police.
"They had emptied out all my jewellery and stole two diamond rings."
The crime took place on Monday (23.02.15) and Gemma has since revealed that the intruders have been caught on CCTV.
She wrote on Twitter: "So happy the two guys that robbed my home yesterday you have been caught on camera face on everything trashing my home and stealing #sick (sic)."
Gemma Collins left ‘very shaken’ after home burgled
Gemma Collins has been left "very shaken" after her Essex home was burgled.
The 'Only Way Is Essex' star has revealed she's going to start looking for a new home after intruders broke into her apartment in Brentwood and stole two diamond rings.
She said: I'm very shaken. I am going to have to move now. I will definitely have to find a new home.
"It's not about my possessions, it's just knowing that someone was watching me and looking out for me and then have quickly got out. It's freaky and a bit spooky."
The 34-year-old beauty - who has starred in the ITVBe show since it first started in 2009 - explained how she came face to face with the burglars as she arrived home earlier this week.
She told the Brentwood Gazette newspaper: "As I pulled onto the drive where I live I saw in my flat window that the light was on and the blind was down, which wasn't how I left it.
"As I walked towards the entrance I crossed the thieves. They pelted down the stairs and walked straight past me.
"I could tell by the way they were dressed that they were up to no good.
"They didn't look like the sort of people that live at The Galleries.
"They were wearing jogging bottoms and they looked out of place.
"When I got up to my flat the door was open so I ran to the concierge and we called the police.
"They had emptied out all my jewellery and stole two diamond rings."
The crime took place on Monday (23.02.15) and Gemma has since revealed that the intruders have been caught on CCTV.
She wrote on Twitter: "So happy the two guys that robbed my home yesterday you have been caught on camera face on everything trashing my home and stealing #sick (sic)."
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Elizabeth Hurley describes her new show as "sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and Windsor Castle".
The 49-year-old actress - who plays Queen Helena in new E! series 'The Royals' - has revealed the show is jam-packed with racy plots but insists her portrayal of the monarch bears no resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II.
Emphasising that her role isn't based on the 88-year-old royal, she told The Sun newspaper: "There's little resemblance. This is an extreme, sexy venture into royalty.
"For me it is sex, drugs, rock n' roll and Windsor Castle."
The controversial drama series - which also stars Joan Collins, as the Grand Duchess of Oxford, William Moseley and Vincent Regan - follows the lives of the fictional royal family and is the first scripted show to air on the US channel.
The brunette beauty believes the show will be hugely successful because of Americans fascination with the British Royal family and hopes the new series will help her to turn her career around.
Show bosses are so sure 'The Royals' will be popular amongst viewers, they have already commissioned a second series before the pilot episode has aired.
However, 'The Royals' is yet to be picked up by any British channels due to fears the UK public will find the series - which includes scenes depicting class A drug use, swearing and sex - disrespectful.
Elizabeth Hurley’s ‘sexy’ new show
Elizabeth Hurley describes her new show as "sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and Windsor Castle".
The 49-year-old actress - who plays Queen Helena in new E! series 'The Royals' - has revealed the show is jam-packed with racy plots but insists her portrayal of the monarch bears no resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II.
Emphasising that her role isn't based on the 88-year-old royal, she told The Sun newspaper: "There's little resemblance. This is an extreme, sexy venture into royalty.
"For me it is sex, drugs, rock n' roll and Windsor Castle."
The controversial drama series - which also stars Joan Collins, as the Grand Duchess of Oxford, William Moseley and Vincent Regan - follows the lives of the fictional royal family and is the first scripted show to air on the US channel.
The brunette beauty believes the show will be hugely successful because of Americans fascination with the British Royal family and hopes the new series will help her to turn her career around.
Show bosses are so sure 'The Royals' will be popular amongst viewers, they have already commissioned a second series before the pilot episode has aired.
However, 'The Royals' is yet to be picked up by any British channels due to fears the UK public will find the series - which includes scenes depicting class A drug use, swearing and sex - disrespectful.