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Idiotic Wicked fans WALKING OUT of hit West End show at half time leaving stars and staff furious

I’VE heard of some idiotic things over the years but this may take the crown.

West End tourists are apparently walking out of hit musical Wicked at the interval so they do not spoil the second instalment of the movie adaptation starring Ariana Grande as Glinda.

Sources tell Bizarre that staff at the Apollo Victoria Theatre are growing increasingly tired of guests not appreciating the production and actors.

And takings are down at the interval bar.

A source said: “It’s ridiculous and causing a lot of eye rolls among staff.

“Loads of fans are leaving at half-time so as not to spoil the next film.

“It’s totally unfair and, to be honest, rude to the actors who are working so hard to put on such an epic production.”

Wicked: Part One was released in November and has received ten Oscar nominations.

Part Two, titled Wicked: For Good, will be released this November and is an adaptation of the second half of the stage show.

Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked, holding a wand.
Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked: Part One
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OJ’S £3K FIX FOR PET DOG

IT’S not just top footballers who suffer from cruciate ligament injuries.

Radio 2’s OJ Borg has revealed his beloved rescue dog Lebowski suffered the same knee injury, leaving the DJ with no choice but to fork out thousands to get it repaired.

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OJ Borg revealed his beloved rescue dog Lebowski suffered a knee injury[/caption]

OJ said: “He had an ACL, so the vets had to make sure he could walk again. They did a great job and now he is fine. I paid £3,000. I only paid £60 to get him to start with.”

Since adopting Lebowski, OJ has taken him everywhere – and even had him as an usher at his wedding.

He said: “Lebowski and I have been through some stuff together and he’s always been there to fall asleep, and only wake up to bark at me for cheese.

“He sussed early on he’s the most important part of the family and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I know it’s not always possible but if you can, adopting a dog is like usual dog ownership but makes you feel a million times more love for them as you know you’ve given a home to a best friend that didn’t have one.”

I’m right with you, OJ.

THE KOOKS KNOW LOLA

THE KOOKS were in good company at the launch of their new album Never/Know – with Queen drummer Roger Taylor’s daughter Lola joining them.

She teamed up with Luke Pritchard and his bandmate Hugh Harris for their song Jeanie last year, with Lola appearing in the video.

Luke Pritchard and Lola Leng Taylor at an album launch.
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Luke Pritchard and Lola Taylor[/caption]

This exclusive snap shows Luke and Lola backstage at the party in Notting Hill.

Luke said: “We were so lucky to be joined by our friends, who we’ve known for years, at our launch party and also by new friends.

“Lola came down and supported us. She’s an incredible musician, so to have her seal of approval was an honour. We hung out backstage talking about all sorts. She’s got a great eye for cool s**t and a good collection of vintage boots.”

CHRISTMAS: I’M SNOWED

BRITAIN’S Got Talent winner Sydnie Christmas has only just finished her debut panto run – and now she’s preparing to head out on tour.

She will kick off the shows on Sunday in Glasgow before performances across the UK until wrapping up in Birmingham on February 24.

BGT winner Sydnie Christmas in a black velvet jumpsuit and white boots.
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Sydnie Christmas will kick off live shows on Sunday in Glasgow before performances across the UK[/caption]

Sydnie told HATC magazine: “It’s still hard to believe people want to see me, that they’re actually interested in me. It feels surreal. After all this time of nothing really happening, for it to suddenly take off now feels like, ‘You’re lying to me.’ But I’m excited – nervous, too.”

Since winning BGT last summer, Sydnie has been going non-stop, even inviting Bizarre out to LA in November after being booked to play the legendary Hollywood Bowl.

Sydnie admits she is still learning to take time out, adding: “I’m trying to be kinder to myself, though I’ll admit I’m not great at it yet. Self-care doesn’t come naturally to me, but I know I need it to keep going. It’s a work in progress.”

ROSIE IS SPOT ON

ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY is spotted enjoying a night out on the town.

The model appeared to be channelling Nineties Kate Moss in a faux fur leopard skin coat and shiny knee-high boots.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wearing a leopard print coat and black dress.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is spotted enjoying a night out on the town[/caption]

Looking catwalk ready, glam Rosie also wore a sheer black top paired with a pencil skirt.

During the evening, she headed to North London celebrity haunt Chiltern Firehouse for dinner.

JADE GIG CLOSE TO HER ART

JADE THIRLWALL is having a bumper 2025 so far.

Fresh from getting two Brit nominations and being announced as a performer, I can reveal she has another gig around the corner.

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Jade Thirlwall is having a bumper 2025 so far[/caption]

The former Little Mix singer will perform at London’s V&A Museum next week. She has been lined up as a guest at the unveiling of two Andy Warhol paintings there.

Her solo shows are known for their artistic vision so I can’t wait to see what she’s got planned.

Voting is now open in the five public Brit Awards categories, including Best Pop, where Jade is nominated, along with Alternative/Rock Act, Dance Act, Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act and R&B Act.

You can vote using the official Brits WhatsApp channel, linked in their social media pages.


CLEAN BANDIT will be supported by Jess Glynne and Wes Nelson for their one-off Brits Week gig on February 28.

Brits Week 25, delivered by DHL for War Child, will also see Ben Brown supporting Frank Turner and Essence Martins opening for Cat Burns in the shows.

Most have sold out but you can still enter the prize draw to win a pair of tickets at brits weekwarchild.co.uk.


CRAIG SO IN TENTS FOR SCOTT

SCOTT MILLS is back supporting Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day – and he told me the toughest challenge he has taken on for the charity in the past was trekking 100km across Kenya in 2011.

But it wasn’t the scorching heat, painful blisters or endless thirst that made it so tough . . . 

Scott Mills wearing a Red Nose for Red Nose Day.
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Scott Mills is back supporting Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day[/caption]

The Radio 2 breakfast show host, above, who was with Lorraine Kelly, Olly Murs, Dermot O’Leary and Craig David, said: “I’ll always remember waking up every morning to the sound of Craig in the tent next to me singing his own songs, every day.”

At least the challenge only lasted for Seven Days, eh, Scott?

Red Nose Day returns on March 21. We’ll have our noses on.

The week in bizness

MONDAY: Neighbours fans are in for a treat as a 40th anniversary celebration tour kicks off in Birmingham. Stars including Kym Valentine, who played Libby Kennedy, will take to the stage.

TUESDAY: The nationwide tour of West End musical Kinky Boots begins at Manchester’s Palace Theatre, featuring my favourite Strictly dancer, Johannes Radebe. The show runs until Saturday before moving to Glasgow.

THURSDAY: Prepare for drama as the sixth series of The Kardashians begins streaming on Disney+, which I’m sure will include plenty more rows between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.

SUNDAY: The Super Bowl takes place in New Orleans between Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Taylor Swift is due to cheer on her boyfriend, Chiefs player Travis Kelce, ahead of a half-time show from Kendrick Lamar.

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Coronation Street fans go wild as soap legend reunites with Sam Aston in Dancing On Ice cameo

CORONATION Street fans have gone wild as a soap legend reunited with Sam Aston for Dancing On Ice.

Viewers tuned into the skating programme for its fourth week as Sam took to the ice once again.

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Sam Aston reunited with a Corrie legend during Dancing On Ice[/caption]
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Malcolm Hebden returned to the show’s set for a cameo as his unlikely friendship with Sam was revealed[/caption]
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Malcolm played Norris for a whopping 1,600 episodes[/caption]

But before his routine, the soap star revealed how one Corrie co-star took him under his wing when he was just 10 years old.

Malcolm Hebden appeared on screen while Sam paid tribute to him, as they both sat on the ITV soap’s set.

Speaking in Roy’s Rolls, Malcolm – who played Norris Cole for 1,600 episodes – was praised by Sam.

The scenes and revelation of their unlikely friendship left fans at home stunned as they flocked to social media to comment.

One said: “The best thing about tonight’s Dancing On Ice is that it brought back Malcolm Hebden. Please can Norris Cole return as a ghost in Corrie next?”

A second wrote: “Norris! A Corrie legend.”

“Seeing Norris again was nice,” said a third.

While a fourth commented: “Corrie is missing Norris and his gossiping storylines…”

Since joining Coronation Street in 1994, Norris became a firm fan favourite, known for his acerbic wit and put downs.

The Sun revealed how Malcolm, 81, was leaving the ITV soap in January 2021 following a near fatal heart attack in 2017.

In the soap his character left the Kabin for Stillwaters retirement home in June 2019.

Dancing On Ice 2025 full line-up revealed

EastEnders legend Charlie Brooks

Traitors finalist Mollie Pearce

Coronation Street favourite Sam Aston

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave

Towie’s Ferne McCann

Comedian Josh Jones

Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan

Towie’s Dan Edgar

Love Island’s Chris Taylor

Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey

Ex-Footballer Anton Ferdinand

Paralympian Dame Sarah Story

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Holly Willoughby wows Dancing On Ice fans in glam black dress as they say she’s ‘dressed to thrill’

HOLLY Willoughby wowed Dancing On Ice fans in a glam black dress as they said she’s ‘dressed to thrill’.

Presenter Holly, 43, looked incredible while modelling the sparkly garment ahead of tonight’s installment of the ITV show.

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Holly Willoughby wowed Dancing On Ice fans in a glam black dress[/caption]

She styled her signature blonde locks in glossy waves and completed the look with elegant silver drop earrings.

Posting the snap to Instagram this evening, Holly wrote in her caption: “Tonight on @dancingonice our celebs skate to songs that mean something to them… special night!

“See you at 6:25 @itv Dress by @wang.feng_hautecouture jewellery by @boodles heels @stuartweitzman.”

Her followers went wild in the comments section, with one writing: “A dress that embraces elegance and looks timeless. You look beautiful, Holly. I’m looking forward to tonight’s show.”

Another gushed: “That is Hollywood Willoughby-style glamour. Stunning.”

Someone else said: “A beautiful dress worn by a beautiful gorgeous lady.”

One more added: “Dressed to thrill.”

During last week’s episode, Holly was left speechless after Chris Taylor made a very crude comment.

The 34-year-old transformed himself into Ken for Movie Week alongside his pro skater Vanessa Bauer – and even sported blonde hair for the occasion.

Speaking about his performance, Holly – who presents alongside Stephen Mulhern – said: “And Chris tonight as Ken, this feels like the role you were born to play.”

Chris replied:  “Yeah I came out of the womb smooth down there and with a fur jacket on, so…”

Looking slightly uncomfortable, Holly quickly cut him off and said: “Right, I think we will leave that there, thank you very much Chris.”

Chris famously had a very small role in the Barbie movie after meeting Margot Robbie at a party.

Dancing On Ice 2025 pairings

Here's the 12 celebs taking part in 2025 - along with their professional partner.

Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford

Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer

Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton

Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty

Dan Edgar and Vanessa James

Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden

Anton Ferdinand and Annette Dytrt

Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan

Josh Jones and Tippy Packard

Here’s who has left the show so far:

Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan

Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield

Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024. The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.

Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby hosting Dancing on Ice.
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Holly presents the show alongside Stephen Mulhern[/caption]

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Coronation Street star Sam Aston suffered secret horror injury just hours before preforming live on Dancing On Ice

CORONATION Street star Sam Aston suffered a nasty injury in rehearsals just hours before tonight’s live show.

The soap favourite came out all guns blazing for a lively routine to The Who classic Baba O’Riley.

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Sam Aston dislocated his shoulder in rehearsals[/caption]

There were a number of lifts and some serious attack, which went down well with the audience despite a stumble midway through.

However, after the routine, which scored 29 points, host Stephen Mulhern revealed Sam was far from 100 percent.

He explained that the actor had an accident in rehearsals that saw his shoulder dislocate and it needed help to pop back in.

One viewer wrote: “Sam is brilliant! Despite the stumble and the accident before tonight’s performance he still carried and didn’t give up. Well done Sam.”

Another said: “Sam did stumble but he did well to skate with a bad shoulder, hopefully he can recover and gain his confidence back.”

Prior to the routine, Sam caught up with former co-star Malcolm Hebden, who played Norris Coles.

The two friends talked inside Roy’s Rolls and Sam admitted Malcolm was like a father figure when he first started working on the soap as a young boy.

Sam wasn’t the only one in the wars.

Pro skater Vanessa Bauer was forced to withdraw altogether today after suffering an injury in training.

In a video, Vanessa said: “I’m here today with rather upsetting news. I am unfortunately not going to be able to continue on Dancing on Ice with Chris.

“That’s really upsetting for me. I have trained Chris since October last year and it is always such an amazing achievement for myself to see someone else progress so much in a skill they’ve never done before.

“So it’s been really rewarding for me to watch this whole journey for Chris [and] the way he’s got better week since October and also since the live shows started.

She then went on to explain what had happened and how she was having to put her health first.

Vanessa said: “I unfortunately had a little accident backstage last week on Dancing on Ice just before the live show on Sunday.

“And I didn’t realise how bad it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned out that I have a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.

“I shouldn’t be skating on an injury like that and so I’m taking all of the advice from the medical professionals here, I am in very good hands.”

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Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer ice skating on Dancing on Ice.
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Vanessa Bauer has pulled out of the competition due to injury[/caption]

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Mystery as Kyle Walker’s wife Annie is no-show at his AC Milan debut despite pair enjoying meal with kids hours before

LOVE cheat footie ace Kyle Walker made his AC Milan debut – but there was no sign of his estranged wife Annie Kilner in the stands.

The former Manchester City skipper, 34, was named in the starting line-up for the fierce derby match against arch rivals Inter.

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Kyle Walker made his AC Milan debut but his estranged wife Annie Kilner wasn’t at the match[/caption]
Kyle Walker with his wife and children at a hotel in Milan.
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Annie was seen arriving in Milan ahead of the match[/caption]
Kyle Walker with his family at a restaurant.
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The family were spotted eating together earlier this week[/caption]
Federico Dimarco of Inter Milan in action against an AC Milan player.
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The former Manchester City skipper, 34, was named in the starting line-up for the fierce derby match against arch rivals Inter[/caption]

But he arrived at the iconic San Siro stadium alone with his model wife, Annie, 31, nowhere to be seen.

Onlookers said she had not left the five star Melia Milano hotel ahead of the 5pm kick-off a short drive away.

It was unclear if the couple’s children – Roman, 12, Riaan, nine, seven-year-old Reign and baby Rezon – were with her.

Kyle took to the pitch ahead of the match wearing a new pair of boots with their dates of birth on.

Sources said he was extremely excited to make his debut in front of the Rossoneri in the Milan derby.

He played all 90 minutes with AC narrowly missing out on a derby victory due to a last gasp Stefan de Vrij equaliser in added time.

But Annie’s apparent absence cast a shadow over Kyle’s debut.

There had been doubts over whether Annie would travel to Italy in the first place after a series of rows.

But she changed her mind at the last minute and flew in for his much anticipated debut – along with his mum and dad.

The family were reunited at the hotel where Kyle has been staying since he signed for his new club.

England full-back Kyle signed for AC Milan on loan until the end of the season after telling City he wanted to quit and play abroad.

His shock move was completed just days later and he went straight into the side.

Kyle, who received a pre-match good luck message from David Beckham, looked focused as he entered the San Siro.

He is now the fourth Englishman at AC Milan, joining on-loan Roma striker Tammy and more former Chelsea players – Fikayo Tomori and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

He was said to be desperate to escape the UK after he confessed to fathering a second child with his ex-mistress, Lauryn Goodman, 34.

The scandal has dogged him for over a year and shows no signs of ending.

He was kicked out of the family home in December 2023 and Annie, heavily pregnant with Rezon at the time, vowed it would be the last straw and filed for divorce last August.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, the footie ace apologised publicly and begged for forgiveness.

He admitted: “What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility.

Kyle Walker, AC Milan #32, reacting during a match.
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Walker’s first game ended in a 1-1 draw[/caption]
Kyle Walker of AC Milan arriving at a Serie A match.
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The full back arrived at the San Siro in all black ahead of his debut[/caption]
Kyle Walker of Manchester City holding the Premier League trophy.
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It was Walker’s firts game since departing Manchester City in January[/caption]

“I made idiot choices and idiot decisions. I can’t begin to think or imagine what Annie is going through.

“The man that’s meant to love, care and be there for her, did this.

“The only person to blame is me.

“My actions have caused a lot of pain to a lot of people. I’m sorry because, as a family, this isn’t meant to happen.”

He has told pals he knows the loan move to Italy will not be an end to his problems.

But he was determined to find some breathing space amid the ongoing off-field dramas.

His move is expected to be made permanent in the Summer – bringing an end to his eight year career at the Etihad.

During that time he won 17 major honours with City – including six Prem titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups and the Champions League.

The £150,000-a-week full-back was tipped for a move to the Saudi league to join Cristiano Ronaldo and Co.

But Kyle was desperate to reach 100 caps for England. He currently has 93.

To reach the milestone, he would need to be on the plane for the World Cup next year.

A source said he refused to give up on that dream and chose AC Milan in the hope that it will boost his chances.

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Російський Су-57 ніколи не стане винищувачем рівня F-35: професор назвав ключові причини

  Російський винищувач пʼятого покоління Су-57 ніколи не зможе стати літаком рівня американського F-35. Попри його технологічну досконалість, виробництво Су-57 значно ускладнене санкціями, що обмежує його розгортання і оперативний вплив. Про це пише в матеріалі для ресурсу 1945 позаштатний науковий співробітник організації “Оборонні пріоритети” та професор міжнародних відносин і політичної теорії в коледжі Макалістера в […]

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Для суворих зим: представлено потужні позашляхові електрокари від Volvo

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