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Former Emmerdale star Ben Freeman has reportedly begun dating ex-Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Biddall.
The actor, who played mechanic Scott Windsor in the ITV1 soap, is thought to have fallen for Biddall (Jessica Harris) while co-starring with her in the stage show Dreamboats And Petticoats.
Speaking to the Daily Star, an unnamed source said: "He’s head over heels for her and she’s pretty smitten with him. It’s early days yet but the signs are definitely good."
Freeman was dropped by Emmerdale after being charged with rape in Barbados but recently admitted that he was keen to return to the programme after being cleared of the charge last year.
Emmerdale star Maxwell Caulfield has admitted that he often feels genuine sadness over his soap plots.
The actor confirmed that he regularly considers his real-life emotional experiences when filming scenes as Mark Wylde on the ITV1 show.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, Caulfield explained: "This show makes me [cry] bi-weekly. Mark is being put through the mangle. I get genuinely sad sometimes.
"There's more sadness in your life as you get older as more people have passed away and as more pets are cremated and buried at the end of the garden, so there's more to draw on."
Caulfield joined Emmerdale in September last year and his first scenes were screened in January.
Asked about his experiences with fellow cast members, he joked: "I hate them all. Ha ha. No, we're a harmonious and hardworking group, bound by the challenge of cranking out five shows a week. But what I like about this show is that if you get a good storyline, you really get a good storyline."
Caulfield recently revealed that he has fallen in love with the Yorkshire countryside since signing up for the programme.
Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter has revealed that she is planning to have a second boob job this year.
The 31-year-old actress, who plays Chas Dingle on the ITV1 soap, first went under the knife for breast enhancement surgery eleven years ago.
Speaking to The People, Pargeter admitted: "I don't think I will ever be satisfied with my body. I'll always be able to find something else I don't like. I'm just not completely happy with the way I look.
"My boobs are being done again in August. I'm going a little bit bigger. They were done a long time ago now so I think, just as you change your tyres on a car, you kind of need to change your implants.
"My surgeon told me I don't really need my boobs to go bigger. After the first op I thought, 'Jeepers they're big', but then they go down. I'm a double D now so I'm going up a third again. I'll be the same but a bit fuller."
Pargeter joined the Yorkshire-based programme in 2002 and added that she has no plans to quit her role.
"I love my character because I get to go to work and do everything I sometimes want to do in my own life - I really get to mouth off," she explained. "I get a good reaction from the public because Chas has good intentions.
"I'm quite happy to stay on the show until the day they are unhappy with me or I get bored. But I am happy being based in Leeds, I feel settled."
Pargeter was nominated for sexiest female at the British Soap Awards this year, but lost out to Coronation Street's Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) at the ceremony.
Ex-Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett has unexpectedly pulled out of her British Shakespeare Company performances just days before the opening night.
Earlier this year, the 26-year-old, who played the role of Jo Sugden in ITV's rural soap for three years before bowing out in December, had signed to appear as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Cobweb in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Earlier this year, Pallett appeared in ITV skating show Dancing on Ice alongside professional skater Daniel Whiston and was the eighth contestant to be voted off. She subsequently agreed to join her fellow contestants for the annual Ice tour. Rehearsals for her Shakespeare commitment were due to begin almost immediately afterwards.
However, despite the Ice tour finishing at the beginning of last month, her agent yesterday released a statement indicating that the actress's commitment to the roadshow had eaten into her Shakespeare rehearsal time and she had therefore taken the decision to pull out.
She was expected to make her debut on stage in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on Friday.
Pallett's representative told a local Gloucestershire newspaper: "Due to the Dancing on Ice tour running into the rehearsal period for the British Shakespeare Company, Roxanne Pallett has had to bow out of the project but wishes the company a fantastic run as she now looks towards forthcoming roles."
A spokesperson for the British Shakespeare Company this afternoon told DS: "We were informed earlier this week that Roxanne had decided to pull out of the show. She couldn't catch up with the rehearsals that she had lost due to the Dancing on Ice tour."
Pallett has been replaced by actress Claire McGarahan.
She needs to make her mind up what she commits herself to, else she gets herself a reputation and nobody will entertain her after a while.
Emmerdale star Amanda Donohoe has claimed that viewers support her character Natasha Wylde.
Fans of the ITV1 soap are aware that Natasha's husband Mark (Maxwell Caulfield) is a bigamist who recently began seeing his first wife Faye Lamb (Kim Thomson) again. In next week's episodes, the businessman's secrets will be exposed at last.
Donohoe has now confirmed that she has experienced a positive response from the public since the storyline began earlier this year.
Speaking to the Daily Record, the 46-year-old actress explained: "I've made a point of never playing Natasha as an out-and-out bitch, an over-the-top baddie, so people will be concerned for her and won't just laugh at her misfortune.
"I've already had people saying: 'Watch out, your husband is up to no good', so I think the public are on my side. I may even get the odd hug, kiss and glance of sympathy when next week's bombshells hit the screen."
Asked if she can relate to her character's troubles, she revealed: "I've suffered this myself. You are told something, go about your life contentedly, and then discover that the reality of a situation is somewhat different to how it was presented. It's disappointing and undermining."
Donohoe announced that she had signed up for Emmerdale in September 2008. She appeared on screen for the first time in January.
I wish the character was played by a different actress, Amanda is sooo wooden and unbeleavable.
Why does she act like that?
Almost with no emotion or thought?
Former Emmerdale star Kerry Stacey has been declared bankrupt following an attempt to nurture acting talent in her home city of Nottingham, a report claims.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/...-bankrupt.html
Shame that this happened I wonder if we will ever see her on TV again?
I quite liked her character in Emmerdale, shame she left :(
She was fun :)
I thought her and Paddy worked well
Two former Emmerdale actresses have filmed parts for an episode of Doctors, DS can exclusively reveal.
Lorraine Chase (right) and Caroline Strong (below) - who played the Dales' Steph Forsythe and Melanie Doland - appear in an episode at the beginning of September and take on the roles of a prostitute and an aggrieved daughter.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a1...r-doctors.html
Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley has opened up about his struggle with Crohn's disease in a candid interview.
The actor, who plays Cain Dingle on the ITV1 soap, first started to suffer symptoms of the intestinal disease at the age of 20, but he was not diagnosed by a doctor until one month before his 26th birthday.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/...s-battles.html
Soap star Amy Nuttall turned men's heads around the country when she played feisty Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale.
Not only did the redhead take part in a number of racy storylines, she also stripped off for a series of lad mags spreads.
But now the actress says she regrets taking part in sexy photoshoots and has hit out
Soap star Amy Nuttall turned men's heads around the country when she played feisty Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale.
Not only did the redhead take part in a number of racy storylines, she also stripped off for a series of lad mags spreads.
But now the actress says she regrets taking part in sexy photoshoots and has hit out at Emmerdale producers for encouraging her her to strip down to win better storylines.
Now she is starring in BBC1's Hotel Babylon as receptionist Melanie Hughes she is quick to put her saucy past behind her.
The 27-year-old told the People newspaper: 'I was kind of told that if you do this you will get bigger and better storylines.
'They said that the more attention you got, the bigger the character would grow, therefore there would be more to do.
http://www.mailonsunday.ie/tvshowbiz...otoshoots.html
Oh yes she did it because she was forced to.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Who is she trying to kid
Is Amy Nuttall attempting to draw up more publicity or is this article supposed to drum up more publicity for her? As there is every guarantee the article will have her in a skimpy bikini from years ago! If she was that bothered by her image back then why was she happy to pocket the cash from all the work she generated from being semi naked?
She’s brought bucketloads of A-list glamour to Emmerdale, but Amanda Donohoe reveals why she’s much more at home in Yorkshire than LA
Yourlife 09.01.10 Amanda
Even by her own jet-setting standards, Amanda Donohoe has had quite a year of it.
In the past 12 months the Hollywood star has morphed effortlessly from established film actress to Emmerdale soap sensation — and she couldn’t be happier.
A year after she first sashayed into the village — bringing buckets of movie-star style with her — the Golden Globe-winner is enjoying it so much she’s signed up for another stint.
And Amanda, 47, who plays wronged wife Natasha Wylde says the role is up there with her Hollywood parts.
With TV credits including LA Law and films such as Castaway – which started her tinseltown career in 1986 – and The Madness Of King George, that’s no mean feat. She laughs: “I’ve done Hollywood and now I’m doing Yorkshire and I can honestly say I’m loving every minute.
“The show is huge and until you’re in it you don’t realise what that entails. There are eight million people watching your face every night. People are always coming up to chat about the storyline.”
Amanda finds herself in the thick of it again next week as her character takes centre-stage in a gripping development.
Her bigamist husband, Mark, will be murdered in an explosive episode on Thursday and Natasha is one of five characters with a motive to kill.
“It’s lovely, isn’t it?” she says, “the perfect family Christmas in Soapland!”
Years being feted in LA hasn’t dented Amanda’s down-to-earth attitude and she admits to feeling nervous about joining the soap: “It’s a monster — in the sense that it’s churning out the equivalent of 40 feature films a year – so the pace we work at is very demanding.
“Now that I’m used to it I find it challenging and enjoyable. All I ever wanted was to do it justice — and the response from the people who watch it has been overwhelming so I must be doing something right.”
The role has been part of a life-changing few years for Amanda. She left America to come home to Britain — disillusioned with the industry and its obsession with looks.
Today, dressed down in a grey cashmere jumper and slim-fitting black trousers, she is still elegant and beautiful.
But in modern Hollywood, many of her colleagues were going under the knife — something she isn’t prepared to do.
“I’d just had enough of Hollywood,” she shrugs. “The obsession with looks and plastic surgery was one of the reasons why I left.”
So has she ruled it out completely?
“Yes. Perhaps I’m a coward but it definitely doesn’t appeal to me,” she says.
“Many, many years ago I remember trying Botox – it felt like my forehead had crashed down and I had the heaviest eyebrows in the world.
“As you get older you lose your vanity — you have to, otherwise you end up in a mess. If you can’t get over the fact that you’re going to age you’re in trouble.
“I’m not a great fan of plastic surgery — I’ve seen quite a few mistakes and it can be addictive.”
She adds: “Younger women who don’t need anything doing are having procedures because they’re feeling insecure.
“It’s so, so sad and it’s about people taking your money and running. Once you start it, where do you finish?
“You see someone like Katie Price and think, ‘what are you going to look like when you’re 50?’
“She looks like some kind of generic doll. I thought she looked beautiful as she was. Young women look at that as an ideal. But it isn’t. It isn’t even normal.”
She adds: “The fact is that some people just age better than others — my mother has the most beautiful skin and she’s 89.
“So I want to look age-appropriate and be comfortable.”
A self-confessed “lazy old boot”, Amanda hates exercise and credits her slim figure to genes and a youth spent as a dancer. She doesn’t do diets and says her only concession to middle age is living a slightly quieter life.
A former “wild child” — she dropped out of her exclusive girls’ school to date Adam Ant — these days she’s in bed at 9.30pm, ready for an early start on set.
Tucking into a smoked salmon and prawn mayonnaise sandwich, she says: “I don’t deny myself — as you can see.
“But I have to be very disciplined working in soap because so much is demanded of you.
“I don’t want to go in tired or hungover so I take things easy. I don’t have much of a life at the moment.
“But it isn’t like I haven’t spent the last 25 years working, partying and travelling!”
She adds: “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a saint. Like any woman I’m not in love with my lines. I do have some vanity but there are more important things in life. If you’ve got someone who loves you and who thinks you’re beautiful you’ll be happy and I am.”
Just back from a Christmas holiday in Jamaica with her sound artist boyfriend Russell Haswell, 38, the pair share a home in the Suffolk countryside. But renting a cottage near Harrogate allows them make the most of her time outside work.
Despite being madly in love she has no plans to get married. As she puts it: “Why make promises you can’t keep? Look at Tiger Woods — you can sleep with anyone you want to but don’t get married. It’s disrespectful.
“I’ve always felt that if I’d had children perhaps I would have done it for them. But now I think, ‘why bother?’.
“I’ve seen so much misery in that department that I want something more honest. I’m a serial monogamist and I will not put up with infidelity but I also want the freedom not to have to lie.
“When the love stops my partner will be the first to know, not the last, and that’s all you can really promise.”
Family clearly does mean a lot to her though. She looks close to tears as she talks about her parents’ carers.
“My dad has had a massive stroke so he’s in a wheelchair and my mother is going through Alzheimer’s.
“They have full-time care in their own home — you can’t live a life and be a carer so I have enormous respect for the people who do it. It’s a difficult, demanding job so to do it well is laudable.”
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FORMER British soap star Adele Silva is cleaning up in Hollywood - working in a clothes shop.
The 29-year-old Emmerdale actress moved to Los Angeles last year in a bid to launch a career there.
But instead of raking in millions from movie blockbusters, she is working shifts at a Ted Baker store - and was snapped shining the shelves and sorting stock.
A source at the West Hollywood shop said: "She's hard-working and gets stuck in.
"She is not famous in LA so she gets treated the same as everyone else. She takes it in her stride but it's hardly living the Hollywood dream.
"I'm sure it's not what she had in mind."
Adele played Kelly Windsor in the hit ITV soap between 1993 and 2000.
She resumed the role in 2005-07, when she was led down the aisle by her stepmum's boyfriend Bob Hope, played by Tony Audenshaw.
Last year she headed to California and joined a host of soap stars who have tried - and usually failed - to make a go of it in Hollywood.
As well as her shifts at Ted Baker Adele has set up a dog-minding business called Walkies of Fame with budding actress Ceri Bethan.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0iiJn1oCZ
I had always hoped she might come back for Jimmy but I hope that he stays with Nicola now. Good to see her working though, even if it is not in films or tv, good luck to her, hope her dreams come true one day.
EMMERDALE hate figure Sian Reeves has taken to wearing a blonde wig to avoid being recognised by angry fans.
She plays deranged marriage-wrecker Sally Spode, who has done her best to split up vicar Ashley Thomas and his wife Laurel.
When Sian goes out in real life she's been facing mounting anger from the ITV1 soap's viewers over her on-screen campaign to make Ashley fall in love with her.
She said: "It's been quite frightening. I've been travelling in a blonde Britney Spears-style wig recently and I look awful, but it doesn't matter, because nobody recognises me and I feel much safer."
Trouble maker ... Sally and Ashley in Emmerdale scene
Former Cutting It star Sian, 45, said she was recently told, "You're a *********g bitch" by a pizza delivery man bringing an order to her hotel room.
She said: "I was straight out of the shower and in my towel. It was the last thing I expected. It was shocking."
On trains people get up and move to get away from her, while late-night revellers shout at her.
She said: "Even when I sat in first class a woman came up and said, 'My husband can't stand you. I just thought I'd let you know,' and then walked off."
Sian - nominated for Villain of the Year in this year's British Soap Awards - said "nobody makes eye contact" with her in shops.
"It's been quite frightening at times. I had one man run right up to me.
Noise
"I was so shocked I just made this terrible noise and ran off to the toilets to put on my wig."
She added: "It's been brilliant on one level, because the Sally character has obviously worked well.
"She's clearly got a screw loose and people hate her, but it's come at a cost."
Sian, who is leaving the ITV soap soon, set about trying to ruin the marriage of old flame of Ashley and Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) when she joined the cast as Sally last year.
Off-screen, she and Charlotte are good pals - but when they go out together they "get stared at a lot".
Sian said: "People come up to Charlotte and say, 'Are you out your mind? She's after your husband!'"
On-screen, scheming Sally's even tried to bump off Laurel by locking her in the church and torching it - but her terror reign ends soon.
On April 2, she and Laurel fight when Sally claims to be carrying Ashley's baby.
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Sally ends up being dangled over a balcony by her legs. Viewers must wait to see if Laurel drops her. Sian - who lives in London with her boyfriend and daughter, 14 - is about to record a series of BBC3 drama Lunch Monkeys.
She has been sounded out about going on next year's Dancing on Ice, but was wary because she still suffers after breaking 21 ribs falling through a stage trapdoor in 2008. However, Sian says: "If they asked me, I'd do it."
She's also been on EastEnders and City Lights, but is best known as Sydney Henshall in Cutting It.
Sian is pals with cast members from the hair salon series, including Amanda Holden and Sarah Parish.
She said: "We've always thought there should be a spin-off. After a year as Sally it would be good to play somebody nice again!
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0itdyXg6C
Emmerdale stars Suzanne Shaw and James Thornton have spoken of how they were almost struck by lightning this week as they filmed a scene for the soap.
The pair, who play Eve Jenson and John Barton respectively, were forced to run for cover after a bolt blew out all the lights and destroyed a tree just a few feet away from where they were shooting.
James Sutton (Ryan Lamb) and Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) were also present for the scary moment, which occurred on Tuesday evening during a freak storm which hit Yorkshire.
Writing on Twitter shortly afterwards, Shaw told fans: "Emmerdale has just been struck by lightning! Seriously - Cain, Ryan, Eve and John nearly killed off!"
Meanwhile, Thornton - who is still recovering after being hit by a car in February - told his own Twitter followers: "Just almost got hit by lightning! All the lights exploded! We all screamed! I threw my crutches on the floor! The whole crew took cover."
An Emmerdale source told the Daily Star: "They can see the funny side now but they were in a blind panic when the lightning struck. They were in fear of their lives."
Emmerdale actress Charley Webb gave birth to her first child over the Easter weekend.
The 22-year-old, along with her boyfriend and co-star Matthew Wolfenden, welcomed their son Buster Lawrence Wolfenden into the world on Saturday.
Speaking of his son's arrival, Wolfenden - who plays David Metcalfe in the serial - said: "Buster is amazing and we are both completely besotted with him."
In September, it was announced that the pair were expecting.
Webb departed for maternity leave earlier this year and her character Debbie Dingle was written out on screen last month when she and daughter Sarah moved to Jersey.
Aww congratulations to them.
Roxanne Pallett has revealed that she struggled to cope with the death of her best friend.
The actress, who played Jo Sugden for three years up to 2008, admitted that she suffered depression which nearly led to a breakdown.
She told the News of the World: "I've not been out and about until now. Nothing else really mattered. It threw a spanner in the works."
Pallett said that, immediately after the tragedy, she pulled out of a starring role in a pantomime. However, the star's recent guest role in BBC One hospital drama Casualty has rejuvenated her spirits.
She continued: "It was a guest lead in one episode. It was nice having something to feel tenacious about.
"Getting up, reading roles, going for the audition - it gives you that momentum and drive that everyone needs at a time like that."
Lucy Pargeter has admitted that she is grateful for the opportunity to play a bad mother in Emmerdale.
Fans of the ITV1 soap have seen Pargeter's character Chastity Dingle face turbulent times with troubled son Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) since he returned to screens in 2008.
Speaking to Inside Soap, Pargeter commented: "Chas hasn't really got the mothering gene, has she? She wasn't really around much when Aaron was younger - and when she was there, she wasn't much cop.
"It's good for me to portray a bad mother on screen, though. I'm not saying that I'm an amazing mum myself, but I'm absolutely devoted to my little girl, Lola. It's really nice to go against the grain and play someone who has no idea how to be a parent at all."
Chastity's relationship with her son looks likely to turn a corner in next week's episodes following Aaron's suicide attempt, which airs tonight.
However, asked whether she hopes the pair have a harmonious future, Pargeter replied: "Oh no, not at all. I don't ever wish Chas happiness. It's not that I want her to be sad and miserable all the time, but a happy storyline is often a boring one. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there's plenty more turmoil and drama ahead for the woman!"
Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter has revealed that she never watches any soap operas.
The 33-year-old actress, who plays Chastity Dingle on the serial, insists that she doesn't have the time after being at work.
She told the Daily Record: "I don't watch soaps. I don't watch any of them. I just don't have time and when I get home from work it's not so that I can sit down and watch other soaps.
"It's 'off time'. I have to learn lines, get my daughter Lola off to bed, make dinner, stuff like that."
She added of her husband, Leeds United football coach Rudi Coleano: "He has his own goalkeeping academy and works for Leeds, but I can't stand football.
"It doesn't entertain me. He doesn't watch it either. He's not bothered by it and we don't support anybody. We have more interesting things to do than watch the football."
Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw celebrated a double triumph after taking part in the London Marathon yesterday.
The actor, who plays businessman Bob Hope on the Yorkshire-based drama, broke a world record for the fastest ever runner to complete the race while dressed as a baby.
His time of 3 hours and 13 minutes also made him the first celebrity to cross the finish line this year.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, Audenshaw joked: "You can forget about the 100m record, this is the record people are interested in - the world's fastest baby in a marathon."
He added: "It means everything to me. It's great to be the fastest celebrity and also to break a Guinness World Record."
Other soap stars who took part in yesterday's marathon included former Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle.
Lyndon Ogbourne has revealed that he is thrilled by the strong reactions his Emmerdale character provokes from viewers.
The actor's twisted alter ego Nathan Wylde returns to screens next week following a break from the village and is expected to cause more trouble for his family in the months ahead.
Fans have already seen Nathan try to blackmail mum Natasha (Amanda Donohoe) after she confessed to killing his dad Mark. He has also attacked his father's first wife Faye Lamb (Kim Thomson) in dramatic scenes.
Speaking to Inside Soap, Ogbourne admitted: "I already have people giving me jokey abuse while I'm out and about regarding how nasty Nathan is. But I'm actually really chuffed about that, because if viewers want to go out of their way to tell me what a git my character is, then I must be doing something right!"
He continued: "When Nathan was away from the village, I was travelling in India. Even over there, I bumped into someone who gave me a hard time. There's no escape from Nathan!
"I do find myself trying to defend him, though. Because I know him so well, he's someone I want to stand up for - though I'm not sure there's any justification for the way he behaves."
Emmerdale's screen siblings Rik Makarem and Chris Bisson have promised that viewers will begin to see more of their characters in the coming months.
Speaking to Digital Spy on the red carpet at this year's British Soap Awards, the pair - who play Sharma brothers Nikhil and Jai - suggested that their family history will be explored as well as new love interests.
Bisson teased: "We're simmering, but we're coming. It's got to turn dark at some point, hasn't it?"
Makarem continued: "We're going to see more of a relationship established between Jai and Nikhil - some of their history's going to come out... We can promise that there's going to be some really good stuff between the middle and the end of the year."
On love interests for their screen counterparts, Makarem laughed: "It's been a bit of a rocky road so far but I can definitely say that Team Sharma's going to hit strong..."
Emmerdale star Suzanne Shaw has revealed that she is keen to have two more children.
The actress, who tied the knot with partner Jason King last year, is already mum to 5-year-old Corey from her previous relationship with Darren Day.
Speaking to Reveal magazine, Shaw explained: "I'd like to have at least two more children, but I don't think I'd go over that - just because I hated being pregnant. I really didn't enjoy it, because I was sick for the whole nine months. I had morning, afternoon and night sickness."
Of her relationship with King, she continued: "I knew Jay was the one, I just had a feeling. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect - we argue a lot - but I don't think there's such a thing as perfect. We've dealt with tough times and have managed to get through them. Relationships are just bloody hard work.
"I'm 100% the happiest I've been in my relationship and life in general. Married life is really good."
Shaw joined the Emmerdale cast earlier this year in the role of flirtatious Eve Jenson.
Suzanne Shaw has revealed that she is happy with her hectic schedule on Emmerdale.
The 28-year-old actress, who joined the serial earlier this year, also claimed that it is the "busiest" job she has ever had.
She told The Mirror: "Everything really is great at the moment. Emmerdale is the busiest I've ever been - but I love it.
"I still can't quite believe that this is me - married and doing a job I completely love. If you'd told me all this was going to happen a few years ago I honestly wouldn’t have believed it."
Shaw married Jason King, who is part of the double-act JK and Joel, in 2009.
Sammy Winward has revealed her big sister stepped in to stop school bullies tormenting her.
The Emmerdale star told Cosmopolitan that Amy, 26, has always been protective.
"I remember on my first few days of school, someone wanted to beat me up and Amy had it fixed before I'd even heard about it," said Winward, who plays Katie Sugden on the ITV soap.
Amy added: "She was picked on a bit at school, so I'd go and meet her at the school gate to make sure she was okay."
Despite their close relationship now, Winward said the pair had their fair share of sibling disputes.
Emmerdale star Deena Payne has admitted that she was shocked when she learned that her character Viv Hope would split from husband Bob.
The couple's relationship hits the rocks in tonight's double bill of the rural soap after Viv discovers that Bob (Tony Audenshaw) slept with Genesis Walker (Sian Reese-Williams) last year.
Speaking to the Daily Record about the plot, Payne revealed: "I was shocked when they said they were going to split us up and I think the fans are going to be, too. They will be thinking they will get back together, but I don't think they will.
"I think fans will mourn the end of Viv and Bob. I certainly have. I went though a mournful patch but then I thought, 'Oh well, they might get me a hunky new man like George Clooney'."
The actress confessed that she "cried real tears" while filming some of the break-up scenes and felt that the couple had "a lot more" to offer as a duo. However, she is now feeling more optimistic over the story.
She explained: "Maybe a split energises both characters. And as long as they are living in the village, there is always going to be a thing between them, even if they have new partners. I think they are soulmates. Sometimes you can't get on with a soulmate. You have arguments."
A RAFT of racy storylines and new characters has pushed Emmerdale ratings ONE MILLION above EastEnders'.
The ITV soap peaked at 7.2million for its hour-long special on Tuesday compared to 6.1million for the Beeb's Albert Square drama.
Emmerdale storylines have included Aaron Livesy's gay anguish, Bob and Viv Hope's marriage breakdown after he bedded Genesis Dingle, and a teenage Holly Barton becoming hooked on cocaine.
But the London soap managed to claw back the audience figures from its Yorkshire rival for its last half, trumping Emmerdale in the final 15 minutes.
Producer Gavin Blyth has culled old characters since being hired last year. And he has brought in new faces like Suzanne Shaw, who plays Eve Birch.
An ITV spokesman said it was "delighted" with the ratings.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0pBJGSByz
Joseph Gilgun has admitted that he is without his pet parrot after it flew away from him on the set of his new movie.
The actor, who recently departed his role as Eli Dingle in Emmerdale, is currently starring as Woody in Channel 4's This Is England spinoff.
"He was on my shoulder. He's been able to do that without running off but an alarm went off and startled him and that was it," he told PA.
"He bolted straight over all the houses. The whole crew to the locals to everybody, and especially me, was heartbroken. He's like my son.
"I didn't want him in Emmerdale. I think he's a bit too busy for it. I was there every day so I had to leave him at home."
Emmerdale star Sophie Powles has admitted that she rarely gets recognised by fans of the soap.
The actress, who has been with the Yorkshire-based serial for a year, confessed that she does not share her character Holly Barton's fashion sense when going about her everyday life.
Speaking to Inside Soap, Powles revealed: "I don't get that many fans talking to me because I'm usually in a beanie hat and scruffy combats, so no-one recognises me.
"But if I go out after work and look like Holly, I do get a few people saying things. It's lovely - but also a bit weird if you're buying a pair of knickers or something and someone taps you on the shoulder!"
Asked whether viewers ever say strange things to her, she replied: "A lot of people say I look fat on the telly - I'm like, 'Oh, right - I'll stop eating the pies then!'"
Powles's alter ego is currently at the centre of a teen drugs storyline on the ITV1 programme.
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ITV1's Emmerdale has been voted the UK soap with the best gay storylines in a new poll.
The Yorkshire-based drama proved popular in a survey carried out by lesbian, gay and bisexual charity Stonewall, clinching victory with 44% of the votes.
Emmerdale's recognition follows its long-running plot centring around troubled Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) as he struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality.
BBC One's EastEnders, which has recently featured a same sex romance between Syed Masood (Marc Elliott) and Christian Clarke (John Partridge), followed closely behind in the poll with 43%.
Meanwhile, Coronation Street - which has this year seen Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) develop feelings for each other - took 13% of the votes.
Speaking of the results, Emmerdale's series producer Gavin Blyth commented: "From the outset, we always wanted to be very truthful and honest in the story of Aaron's sexuality and how he as an individual attempted to deny himself. While we obviously recognise this doesn't mirror the journey of every man and woman, we were aware that it would resonate with very many.
"The enormous positive feedback we have received has proved it to be the case and to be recognised by Stonewall in this way is a huge honour to all involved."
ADAM Thomas called in sick at Emmerdale - then partied at a Jay-Z gig hours later.
The actor, 22, told co-stars he was in bed next to a sick bucket. But an hour later he revealed on Twitter that he had been offered tickets to see the rapper in Manchester.
He wrote: "Please get better soon me wants to go!" That night he posted a picture of himself at last week's gig and wrote: "Jay-Z baby baby! That guy is too good."
Emmerdale bosses were happy with the explanation given by Adam - younger brother of Corrie star Ryan. An insider at the ITV1 soap, where he plays Adam Barton, said: "He was in bed all day, but then he made a miraculous recovery.
"Bosses understand young people often make rapid recoveries. There are no problems."
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FORMER Emmerdale beauty Roxanne Pallett proves she can shake, rattle and roll as she poses in sexy 1950s gear for a new musical.
The 27-year-old - who played Jo Sugden in the ITV1 soap - is touring the UK this summer with Rock Around the Clock.
She showed off an impressive flat tum from all the dancing rehearsals and looked red-hot in a flirty halterneck - another costume from the show.
It includes big hits of the decade by Bill Haley, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.
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Former Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallett has revealed that she would not rule out appearing in another soap.
The actress bowed out from her role as Jo Sugden on the Yorkshire-based serial in 2008 and will return to screens with a one-off guest part in Casualty later this year.
Speaking to the News of the World about her screen comeback, Pallett commented: "I'm really excited as it will be the first TV role that I'll be seen as someone else other than Jo. As long as I have a great character and an interesting script in front of me, I'm happy."
Asked whether she would accept another soap role in the future, she replied: "You never know what's around the corner so if another soap called on me, who knows?"
Pallett is currently taking part in a touring production of the musical Rock Around The Clock, which is to visit 16 cities over the next few months.
She said: "This is my professional stage debut and there's always a certain amount of nerves that come with walking into any first-time role. But I'm loving it and I've fitted straight in."
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