Fans of enduring children’s Christmas classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang have been paying tribute to Sally Ann Howes, who played Truly Scrumptious in the film, after her death on Sunday at the age of 91.
The actress, who made her first appearance on screen aged just 12, passed away just months after the death of her husband of 48 years, British literary agent Douglas Rae, in September.
During a glittering career on stage and screen, Ms Howes, who was born
Comments made by Chris Noth when playing a rapist in a 2016 indie film, saying ‘there’s always dirty little secrets in a lot of men’ and ‘the instinct to be a predator is firmly in the male psyche’, have resurfaced in the wake of allegations of sexual assault made against the actor.
The star, 67, famous for playing love interest Mr. Big in Sex And The City, was cast as a predatory New York lawyer in gritty drug drama White
That year it started early — on Christmas morning itself — with the sound of glass smashing. Then a heavy thump as my father stumbled drunkenly against the kitchen table. Raised voices, Mum screaming, ‘You always manage to ruin it! I hate you!’
Later, Mum sitting in her red paper crown, tears rolling silently down her nose and onto her untouched lunch, Granny gamely organising a round of crackers to maintain the lie that we were all having a wonderful
Chris Noth’s wife of nine years Tara Wilson was pictured for the first time yesterday after her husband was accused by rape in an explosive report that has already led to financial consequences for the star.
Last week, Noth, 67, was accused of rape by two women, who both shared details of their alleged assaults with The Hollywood Reporter — with one of the women saying she was just 22 when Noth, then 49, attacked her and left her needing
For one man, having anything other than washboard abs is not acceptable, and he claims that it’s thanks his own urine that he’s been able to maintain an enviable physique well into his fifties.
Troy Casey, 55 from Arizona, has been drinking his own urine and applying it to his skin for the last seventeen years – even doing week-long urine fasts and putting aged urine enemas in his rectum.
He credits his daily pee-drinking practice for his ripped physique.
A woman who regularly stops her car to pick up roadkill to feast on claims that rat meat is nicer than chicken.
Sarah Day, 34, from Colchester, Essex is not squeamish about eating most animals, from rat or deer to pheasant and rabbit.
For the self-proclaimed ‘professional cavewoman’, it isn’t just the meat she strips the roadkill for – but the skin and bones too.
Sarah, who teaches children history and survival skills for a living, has shared a selection
A slap up Christmas dinner is one of the highlights of the day on December 25th, but for those tasked with cooking the festive feast, it can be an enormous amount of stress.
So, could some pre-delivered food from top restaurants help the hassle melt away?
After lockdown sparked the rise of restaurant meal kits, a huge number of eateries and food companies are continuing the trend with Christmas dinner in a box, designed to involve minimal food prep or
Chris Noth’s supermodel ex-girlfriend Beverly Johnson accused him of ‘beating her’, ‘making death threats’ against her, and ‘threatening to disfigure her’ in 1995 court documents, a resurfaced newspaper article has revealed.
The article – which was originally published in The National Enquirer – was posted on Instagram account Diet Prada after the Sex and the City star, now 67, was accused of rape and sexual assault by two women in a bombshell report in The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the
A doctor has hit out at the system after his request to defer jury service so he can help the overworked NHS service amid the Omicron surge was denied.
Dr Mike Smith, a GP in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, went viral after sharing his outrage at not being able to help the buckling health service amid the Covid crisis.
Taking to Twitter yesterday, he wrote: ‘Just had my request to defer Jury service in January denied.
‘Apparently being a GP in global
