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Jake Wood thinks Jo Joyner will return to 'EastEnders' in "a few years".
The actor, who plays Max Branning in the BBC One soap, has predicted his former on-screen wife - who quit her role as Tanya Jessop last year - will come back eventually.
Jo decided to leave the Walford-based soap after seven years to spend more time with her family and take on different acting roles.
Jake told Inside Soap magazine: "I don't think it will be for a few years at least. Personally, I'd love for Jo Joyner to come back as I always enjoyed Max and Tanya's relationship. But she's doing so well with other stuff.
"I joked that if she returned before three years were up, I'd leave! She needed a proper break, time to be a mum and pursue other things. But I look forward to the day that she and Tanya come back."
Jo, who now stars in Sky Living comedy 'Trying Again', recently claimed Tanya's numerous dramatic storylines left her feeling "drained".
She said: "It's tiring. The people in soap work so hard and the fans are so faithful. It's relentless.
"It's a great gig and I'm really grateful for my time there but it is a big machine. You're churning out 20-odd scenes a day, whereas on a normal drama you'd do five or seven."
Jake Wood: Jo Joyner will be back in ‘a few years’
Jake Wood thinks Jo Joyner will return to 'EastEnders' in "a few years".
The actor, who plays Max Branning in the BBC One soap, has predicted his former on-screen wife - who quit her role as Tanya Jessop last year - will come back eventually.
Jo decided to leave the Walford-based soap after seven years to spend more time with her family and take on different acting roles.
Jake told Inside Soap magazine: "I don't think it will be for a few years at least. Personally, I'd love for Jo Joyner to come back as I always enjoyed Max and Tanya's relationship. But she's doing so well with other stuff.
"I joked that if she returned before three years were up, I'd leave! She needed a proper break, time to be a mum and pursue other things. But I look forward to the day that she and Tanya come back."
Jo, who now stars in Sky Living comedy 'Trying Again', recently claimed Tanya's numerous dramatic storylines left her feeling "drained".
She said: "It's tiring. The people in soap work so hard and the fans are so faithful. It's relentless.
"It's a great gig and I'm really grateful for my time there but it is a big machine. You're churning out 20-odd scenes a day, whereas on a normal drama you'd do five or seven."
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Coronation Street's Amy Kelly found her first lesbian kiss "daunting".
The young actress joined the ITV soap last year as Sophie Webster's new girlfriend Maddie Heath and she admits she was nervous about locking lips with stunning Brooke Vincent.
However, Amy has praised Brooke for easing her into the steamy scenes and says the pair have become close.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I'm not a lesbian and it was a bit daunting at first. But just before we filmed it, Brooke said, 'Do you want me to kiss you first?' And I said, 'OK', because she's been doing it on screen for years.
"And we had to film that one scene so many times that by the end of the day I'd got used to it.
"Now it doesn't bother me - I get on so well with Brooke it's not weird any more."
Amy is still a college student and has to juggle her role in 'Corrie' with her A-levels in art, photography and theatre studies.
She said: "It is hard, but I've only got a couple of months left until my exams."
The youngster is also coming to terms with her newfound fame and is often stopped in the street by fans asking if she's a lesbian in real life.
Amy explained: "The most frequent questions I'm asked are, 'Are you really a lesbian?' 'Is Brooke really a lesbian?' 'Have you met Michelle Keegan?' and 'Can I have Michelle's phone number?' The answers are 'No, no, yes and no!' "
Amy Kelly: Corrie lesbian kiss was daunting
Coronation Street's Amy Kelly found her first lesbian kiss "daunting".
The young actress joined the ITV soap last year as Sophie Webster's new girlfriend Maddie Heath and she admits she was nervous about locking lips with stunning Brooke Vincent.
However, Amy has praised Brooke for easing her into the steamy scenes and says the pair have become close.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I'm not a lesbian and it was a bit daunting at first. But just before we filmed it, Brooke said, 'Do you want me to kiss you first?' And I said, 'OK', because she's been doing it on screen for years.
"And we had to film that one scene so many times that by the end of the day I'd got used to it.
"Now it doesn't bother me - I get on so well with Brooke it's not weird any more."
Amy is still a college student and has to juggle her role in 'Corrie' with her A-levels in art, photography and theatre studies.
She said: "It is hard, but I've only got a couple of months left until my exams."
The youngster is also coming to terms with her newfound fame and is often stopped in the street by fans asking if she's a lesbian in real life.
Amy explained: "The most frequent questions I'm asked are, 'Are you really a lesbian?' 'Is Brooke really a lesbian?' 'Have you met Michelle Keegan?' and 'Can I have Michelle's phone number?' The answers are 'No, no, yes and no!' "
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'The Simpsons' won't kill off an "iconic" character.
The long-running animated comedy will say goodbye to a regular character in its Season 26 premiere later this year, but the show's producers have insisted the unlucky Springfield resident won't be one of the show's beloved core faces.
Executive producer Al Jean told TVLine.com: "The character that dies is portrayed by an actor who won an Emmy for playing that character. People who reported on it then reported we were killing an 'iconic' character. I'd like to say it's a great character, but I never used the word 'iconic'. It's a terrific character."
Al - who has branded the death the 'Yellow Wedding', referring to the numerous deaths on hit HBO show 'Game of Thrones' - went on to reveal the fateful character might pop up again in future, however.
He added: "We always have kind of a flexible reality."
Co-producer Matt Selman added: "What we told the performer is, 'This does not mean the end of your participation in 'The Simpsons'.' "
Over 25 actors have earned Emmys for their voice roles on 'The Simpsons', but one star that can be ruled out is Hank Azaria, who voices the likes of barkeeper Moe, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy.
Hank recently said: "I honestly didn't know who it was going to be. And now I do know ... I can say that it's not one of mine."
Simpsons death not an ‘iconic’ character
'The Simpsons' won't kill off an "iconic" character.
The long-running animated comedy will say goodbye to a regular character in its Season 26 premiere later this year, but the show's producers have insisted the unlucky Springfield resident won't be one of the show's beloved core faces.
Executive producer Al Jean told TVLine.com: "The character that dies is portrayed by an actor who won an Emmy for playing that character. People who reported on it then reported we were killing an 'iconic' character. I'd like to say it's a great character, but I never used the word 'iconic'. It's a terrific character."
Al - who has branded the death the 'Yellow Wedding', referring to the numerous deaths on hit HBO show 'Game of Thrones' - went on to reveal the fateful character might pop up again in future, however.
He added: "We always have kind of a flexible reality."
Co-producer Matt Selman added: "What we told the performer is, 'This does not mean the end of your participation in 'The Simpsons'.' "
Over 25 actors have earned Emmys for their voice roles on 'The Simpsons', but one star that can be ruled out is Hank Azaria, who voices the likes of barkeeper Moe, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy.
Hank recently said: "I honestly didn't know who it was going to be. And now I do know ... I can say that it's not one of mine."
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Bruno Tonioli thinks it will be "tough" to beat 'The X Factor' in the ratings this year.
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge thinks the rival show will see a ratings boost this year with Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole returning to the judging panel, but still thinks the BBC One dance contest will triumph when they go head-to-head for viewers.
Speaking at BritWeek in Los Angeles, he said: "Cheryl and Simon have a unique chemistry on screen that the viewers really like, so they will be a strong show this year.
"It will be tough. But we still want to be best.
"Our team is working around the clock 24/7 to make our show the best.
"They work like crazy to make sure we are ready and that our contestants are ready.
"I think that is one of the reasons we are number one.
"We will continue doing what we do and I hope we win again."
Bruno - who is joined on the 'Strictly' panel by Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman and Darcey Bussell - and Simon are good friends but he admits they are very "competitive" over their rival shows.
He said: "Simon is a good friend, but when it comes to the shows we are competitive.
"We are friendly rivals."
And the 58-year-old Italian claimed his pal has even confided in him with who is joining himself, Cheryl and Louis Walsh on the judging panel.
Bruno claimed: "I know who it is, but I cannot say."
But asked if he would ever leave 'Strictly' for the rival show, he added: "No, I love 'Strictly'."
Bruno Tonioli: Beating X Factor will be tough
Bruno Tonioli thinks it will be "tough" to beat 'The X Factor' in the ratings this year.
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge thinks the rival show will see a ratings boost this year with Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole returning to the judging panel, but still thinks the BBC One dance contest will triumph when they go head-to-head for viewers.
Speaking at BritWeek in Los Angeles, he said: "Cheryl and Simon have a unique chemistry on screen that the viewers really like, so they will be a strong show this year.
"It will be tough. But we still want to be best.
"Our team is working around the clock 24/7 to make our show the best.
"They work like crazy to make sure we are ready and that our contestants are ready.
"I think that is one of the reasons we are number one.
"We will continue doing what we do and I hope we win again."
Bruno - who is joined on the 'Strictly' panel by Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman and Darcey Bussell - and Simon are good friends but he admits they are very "competitive" over their rival shows.
He said: "Simon is a good friend, but when it comes to the shows we are competitive.
"We are friendly rivals."
And the 58-year-old Italian claimed his pal has even confided in him with who is joining himself, Cheryl and Louis Walsh on the judging panel.
Bruno claimed: "I know who it is, but I cannot say."
But asked if he would ever leave 'Strictly' for the rival show, he added: "No, I love 'Strictly'."
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Billie Faiers collapsed and woke up to find her baby wasn't moving.
'The Only Way Is Essex' star is pregnant with her first child with fiancé Greg Shepherd and after collapsing at her pal's Harry Derbridge's birthday bash, she woke up the next morning to find the baby wasn't kicking like she routinely does around 6am.
Billie explained to Now magazine: "I felt a shudder coming over my whole body. It was like my body was shutting down - I had no control over any part of me.
"My ears were ringing. My head hit the table and I couldn't move. Then everything went down.
"[It lasted for] about five minutes. Then I could see, but I couldn't move. I was lifeless, my bones ached, but in my belly I could feel loads of rapid movement. I thought, 'Oh my god, my baby is in distress.' "
Although she didn't go to hospital, Billie went to bed and the next morning panicked when she realised she couldn't feel anything.
She said: "When you're pregnant you know your baby's routine of movement and every morning she'd wake me up. But I woke up at 6am and couldn't feel anything. I lay there for five minutes ... nothing. That's when I panicked, 'What if there's something wrong with the baby.'
"I was hysterical. I rang Sam and screamed, 'I cant feel the baby move!' "
Billie's mother, sister Sam and her boyfriend Joey Essex came over to see her and after about 40 minutes, much to Billie's relief, the baby kicked.
She added: "After about 40 minutes [she kicked]. They made me have tea and biscuits to stimulate something. My aunt had her hand on my belly and suddenly we felt a kick. It was the biggest relief ever. Only then did I ring Greg and tell him what had happened."
Billie Faiers’ baby scare
Billie Faiers collapsed and woke up to find her baby wasn't moving.
'The Only Way Is Essex' star is pregnant with her first child with fiancé Greg Shepherd and after collapsing at her pal's Harry Derbridge's birthday bash, she woke up the next morning to find the baby wasn't kicking like she routinely does around 6am.
Billie explained to Now magazine: "I felt a shudder coming over my whole body. It was like my body was shutting down - I had no control over any part of me.
"My ears were ringing. My head hit the table and I couldn't move. Then everything went down.
"[It lasted for] about five minutes. Then I could see, but I couldn't move. I was lifeless, my bones ached, but in my belly I could feel loads of rapid movement. I thought, 'Oh my god, my baby is in distress.' "
Although she didn't go to hospital, Billie went to bed and the next morning panicked when she realised she couldn't feel anything.
She said: "When you're pregnant you know your baby's routine of movement and every morning she'd wake me up. But I woke up at 6am and couldn't feel anything. I lay there for five minutes ... nothing. That's when I panicked, 'What if there's something wrong with the baby.'
"I was hysterical. I rang Sam and screamed, 'I cant feel the baby move!' "
Billie's mother, sister Sam and her boyfriend Joey Essex came over to see her and after about 40 minutes, much to Billie's relief, the baby kicked.
She added: "After about 40 minutes [she kicked]. They made me have tea and biscuits to stimulate something. My aunt had her hand on my belly and suddenly we felt a kick. It was the biggest relief ever. Only then did I ring Greg and tell him what had happened."
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Zoe Lucker insists it will be "sad" to see 'Waterloo Road' end.
The 40-year-old actress played crime family head Carol Barry in the BBC One school set drama up until last November.
Although she had already left the series when it was announced it was being cancelled this month, Zoe's first thought was for her castmates who had been on the programme for a long time.
She told BANG Showbiz: "For me, I'd left in November anyway so I knew I wasn't going back, but for my friends who were staying and had been in the series for a long time, my first thoughts were, 'Oh, I hope they're OK about it,' because they've done that amount of time in the show.
"They're still filming another series of it, so they'll be 20 more episodes and then it will come to an end. It will be sad to see a lot of the characters go."
However, Zoe wasn't surprised by the news 'Waterloo Road' - which stars Laurie Brett, Angus Deayton and Melanie Hill - was being axed because it first appeared on screens in 2006 and will have reached 10 series when it's taken off air in 2015.
She added: "I wasn't really shocked by the news, because it's been going for 10 series now ... Everything has to end at some point. With most of the shows that I've done I've tended to go in for a couple of years and then come out. Usually, shows often run for about five or six seasons and then people decide that maybe it's time to go in a different direction."
Zoe has recently started working with FindAnyFilm.com to support their campaign to inform parents about how they and their family can enjoy film and TV safely and legally online and avoid damaging malware and bogus features which will corrupt their home computers.
The screen star wanted to get involved to protect her five-year-old daughter Lilly - her child with her husband James Herbert - from being exposed to potentially damaging internet content.
She said: "I got approached as a mum really, I'm a massive technophobe and I do get very concerned about the internet and the sites that our children are visiting. I've got a five-year-old daughter who is really into film and she loves watching it on my husband Jim's laptop ... Obviously, at this age I can monitor her and supervise her all the time but as she's getting older I know she's going to want to visit these sites and we don't always know whether they're rogue or not. For me I really wanted to push the Findanyfilm.com site so that parents know that there's somewhere where their children can go to download legal films."
Zoe Lucker: It’s sad Waterloo Road is ending
Zoe Lucker insists it will be "sad" to see 'Waterloo Road' end.
The 40-year-old actress played crime family head Carol Barry in the BBC One school set drama up until last November.
Although she had already left the series when it was announced it was being cancelled this month, Zoe's first thought was for her castmates who had been on the programme for a long time.
She told BANG Showbiz: "For me, I'd left in November anyway so I knew I wasn't going back, but for my friends who were staying and had been in the series for a long time, my first thoughts were, 'Oh, I hope they're OK about it,' because they've done that amount of time in the show.
"They're still filming another series of it, so they'll be 20 more episodes and then it will come to an end. It will be sad to see a lot of the characters go."
However, Zoe wasn't surprised by the news 'Waterloo Road' - which stars Laurie Brett, Angus Deayton and Melanie Hill - was being axed because it first appeared on screens in 2006 and will have reached 10 series when it's taken off air in 2015.
She added: "I wasn't really shocked by the news, because it's been going for 10 series now ... Everything has to end at some point. With most of the shows that I've done I've tended to go in for a couple of years and then come out. Usually, shows often run for about five or six seasons and then people decide that maybe it's time to go in a different direction."
Zoe has recently started working with FindAnyFilm.com to support their campaign to inform parents about how they and their family can enjoy film and TV safely and legally online and avoid damaging malware and bogus features which will corrupt their home computers.
The screen star wanted to get involved to protect her five-year-old daughter Lilly - her child with her husband James Herbert - from being exposed to potentially damaging internet content.
She said: "I got approached as a mum really, I'm a massive technophobe and I do get very concerned about the internet and the sites that our children are visiting. I've got a five-year-old daughter who is really into film and she loves watching it on my husband Jim's laptop ... Obviously, at this age I can monitor her and supervise her all the time but as she's getting older I know she's going to want to visit these sites and we don't always know whether they're rogue or not. For me I really wanted to push the Findanyfilm.com site so that parents know that there's somewhere where their children can go to download legal films."
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Sue Johnston's dog has been shot dead.
The veteran actress was left "devastated" when her beloved cocker spaniel Bo vanished last week and it has now transpired the pet pooch was killed by a local farmer in Marton, Cheshire.
A source told the Daily Express newspaper: "Sue is understandably very distressed about the loss. She'd like to thank everyone who helped her scour the area to try to find the dogs and also the North West Missing Dogs Network who were most helpful."
The 'Royle Family' star's dog was being walked by a friend, alongside another spaniel named Hattie, who lost sight of the animals when they chased off after some chickens.
Farmers can legally kill a dog in order to protect their livestock, as long as the shootings are reported within 48 hours.
Dog lovers on the North West Missing Dogs Network, which Sue reached out to in order to find information about her missed pet, have expressed their sympathy to her and paid tribute to Bo.
One user wrote: "RIP sweetheart. So very sad for you and your owner that it ended this way."
Sue Johnston’s dog shot dead by farmer
Sue Johnston's dog has been shot dead.
The veteran actress was left "devastated" when her beloved cocker spaniel Bo vanished last week and it has now transpired the pet pooch was killed by a local farmer in Marton, Cheshire.
A source told the Daily Express newspaper: "Sue is understandably very distressed about the loss. She'd like to thank everyone who helped her scour the area to try to find the dogs and also the North West Missing Dogs Network who were most helpful."
The 'Royle Family' star's dog was being walked by a friend, alongside another spaniel named Hattie, who lost sight of the animals when they chased off after some chickens.
Farmers can legally kill a dog in order to protect their livestock, as long as the shootings are reported within 48 hours.
Dog lovers on the North West Missing Dogs Network, which Sue reached out to in order to find information about her missed pet, have expressed their sympathy to her and paid tribute to Bo.
One user wrote: "RIP sweetheart. So very sad for you and your owner that it ended this way."
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'EastEnders' star Ben Hardy is sad to see Hetti Bywater leave the soap.
The blonde actress' alter-ego Lucy Beale was recently killed off in the BBC One soap and Ben - who plays Lucy's twin Peter Beale - admits he was disappointed his "good friend" axed.
He told Attitude magazine: "I get on well with Hetti. I'm really sad that she's leaving, we were really good friends. So that's a shame."
Ben admits the emotional scenes were difficult to film but he was thrilled he was able to get "stuck into" the scenes.
He explained: "The first few months I was on the show I was doing some good stuff - love story, little secret. But to get such a big storyline with me and Adam ... the reactions to the death of Lucy were really challenging but also something I was really looking forward to getting stuck into."
Ben also gets on well with his on-screen dad, Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) because they both have "geeky" personalities.
He added: "I get on with Adam, we're both quite geeky. We both just play with our phones off set."
Ben Hardy sad about Lucy Beale axe
'EastEnders' star Ben Hardy is sad to see Hetti Bywater leave the soap.
The blonde actress' alter-ego Lucy Beale was recently killed off in the BBC One soap and Ben - who plays Lucy's twin Peter Beale - admits he was disappointed his "good friend" axed.
He told Attitude magazine: "I get on well with Hetti. I'm really sad that she's leaving, we were really good friends. So that's a shame."
Ben admits the emotional scenes were difficult to film but he was thrilled he was able to get "stuck into" the scenes.
He explained: "The first few months I was on the show I was doing some good stuff - love story, little secret. But to get such a big storyline with me and Adam ... the reactions to the death of Lucy were really challenging but also something I was really looking forward to getting stuck into."
Ben also gets on well with his on-screen dad, Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) because they both have "geeky" personalities.
He added: "I get on with Adam, we're both quite geeky. We both just play with our phones off set."
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'Good Morning Britain' launched with 800,000 viewers on Monday (28.04.14).
ITV's highly publicised new breakfast programme starring Susanna Reid got off to a decent start by pulling in 200,000 more viewers than its predecessor 'Daybreak' averaged in its final few months on air.
However, the new show - which has been likened to fast-paced American morning shows such as 'Good Morning America' - was still no match for Susanna's former show 'BBC Breakfast', which held strong with 1.5 million viewers from 6am.
Nonetheless, ITV's director of daytime Helen Warner seems pleased with the show's start.
She said: "The launch was a fantastic team effort, and we are focused on building a strong breakfast brand going forward."
'Daybreak', meanwhile, began with 1.015 million viewers in 2010, but numbers soon dwindled.
Susanna is joined on 'Good Morning Britain' by breakfast TV veteran Ben Shephard, former Sky News presenter Charlotte Hawkins and ex-Sky Sports News host Sean Fletcher.
The foursome present the show from behind a large glass desk, but the set has received some criticism from viewers who feel it hides glamorous star Susanna's legs.
One disgruntled fan wrote on Twitter: "they have Susanna Reid behind a desk!! Really the best legs in the country stuck behind a desk! (sic)"
Good Morning Britain launches with 800,000 viewers
'Good Morning Britain' launched with 800,000 viewers on Monday (28.04.14).
ITV's highly publicised new breakfast programme starring Susanna Reid got off to a decent start by pulling in 200,000 more viewers than its predecessor 'Daybreak' averaged in its final few months on air.
However, the new show - which has been likened to fast-paced American morning shows such as 'Good Morning America' - was still no match for Susanna's former show 'BBC Breakfast', which held strong with 1.5 million viewers from 6am.
Nonetheless, ITV's director of daytime Helen Warner seems pleased with the show's start.
She said: "The launch was a fantastic team effort, and we are focused on building a strong breakfast brand going forward."
'Daybreak', meanwhile, began with 1.015 million viewers in 2010, but numbers soon dwindled.
Susanna is joined on 'Good Morning Britain' by breakfast TV veteran Ben Shephard, former Sky News presenter Charlotte Hawkins and ex-Sky Sports News host Sean Fletcher.
The foursome present the show from behind a large glass desk, but the set has received some criticism from viewers who feel it hides glamorous star Susanna's legs.
One disgruntled fan wrote on Twitter: "they have Susanna Reid behind a desk!! Really the best legs in the country stuck behind a desk! (sic)"
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