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A Very Quiet Symphony | Joanna Biggs

A Very Quiet Symphony | Joanna Biggs

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Not long ago, a friend was visiting from out of town. On her last evening in New York, we still had catching up to do, so we met early for dinner to cram in every update we could. We kept talking as we headed to the subway, and didn’t stop until we were forced to by the noise of the rattling train, whose screeching brakes defeated us. I smiled and shrugged at her, knowing that our next sentences would have to wait until we got off—that there would be a gap in our conversation and that whatever we were about to say would probably be forgotten forever. And while we were silent, I noticed a group of three young women who had stepped into our car and were talking and laughing together. The noise hadn’t stopped them: they were speaking visually, in American Sign Language. I had rarely considered when it might be useful to have a way to communicate without sound. ASL was standardized at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, …

Meet Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page’s famous husband

Meet Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page’s famous husband

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Fans have been on cloud nine ever since it was announced that Gavin and Stacey would be back for one last episode over Christmas 2024. The plans will see the return of Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and James Corden as Gavin, Stacey and their best pal Smithy respectively. While, like in Gavin and Stacey, Joanna has three children in real life, unlike her character from Barry, she is actually married to a fellow actor. Find out more about her famous hubby James Thornton… WATCH: Gavin and Stacey star comments on new series amid James Corden’s UK return – details James is a 49-year-old actor who is perhaps best known for portraying John Barton in Emmerdale from 2009 to 2012. He is also known for starring in Holby City, as well as Stella opposite Joanne’s sitcom co-star, Ruth Jones. James is also a voice artist, and you’ve probably heard him in adverts including the National Lottery and Visa.  © Ian GavanActor James Thornton attends The 2012 British Soap Awards at ITV Studios The pair actually met on a film …

‘Give Me Joy’ | Joanna Biggs

‘Give Me Joy’ | Joanna Biggs

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I was eight, and I wore a black tulle petticoat from Marks and Spencer. Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour came to London’s Wembley Stadium for three nights in July 1990, after Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and Rome. My mother took me after having spent hours on the phone to get tickets, which had a silvery seal when they came. I still have the stub, as well as the Like a Virgin cassette that was pretty much the only thing I played in my brown Fisher-Price tape recorder. The BBC broadcast the second show live to the nation, and asked Madonna not to swear—so she did, fourteen times in one minute. What I remember from the concert I went to the next evening was the bubbly joy of dancing to “Holiday” and the liberating joy of watching her gyrate to “Like a Virgin.” That night I—a shy, bookish suburban girl—got to sing and dance and pretend I was free. One of Madonna’s greatest talents as a performer has been to understand, and play with, the contradictions of …

Magnolia Network’s Joanna Gaines shares radiant selfie with rarely-seen children from sweet family outing

Magnolia Network’s Joanna Gaines shares radiant selfie with rarely-seen children from sweet family outing

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Spring and its long-awaited warm temperatures are finally making their way to Joanna Gaines’ home, and so she’s making sure she and her family get plenty of fresh air and quality time together. The Magnolia Network founder took a nod from The Masters over the weekend – during which Scottie Scheffler took home the big prize – and took her husband Chip Gaines and their kids out to the golf course. The former HGTV stars, who are based in Waco, Texas, and have been married since 2003, share five children together, Drake, 19, Ella Rose, 17, Duke, 15, Emmie Kay, 14, and Crew, five. You may also likeWATCH: Joanna Gaines shares adorable video of son Crew As the weekend came to an end, Joanna took to Instagram to share a sweet glimpse of her family’s latest outing, starting off with a sun kissed selfie from the golf course taken right at dusk, in which her kids are seen enjoying a picnic by the water behind her. She then shared an impressive video of her son …

Magnolia Network’s Joanna Gaines shares adorable photo featuring four rarely-seen kids celebrating Easter

Magnolia Network’s Joanna Gaines shares adorable photo featuring four rarely-seen kids celebrating Easter

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Joanna Gaines is reminiscing about celebrating previous Easter Sundays with all of her kids living under the same roof. Though the former HGTV star doesn’t typically share photos of her five kids with husband Chip Gaines – Drake, 19, Ella Rose, 17, Duke, 15, Emmie Kay, 14, and Crew, five – she commemorated the holiday by posting an adorable throwback photo featuring her eldest four at Easter over a decade ago. This marks the first time the Gaines family is celebrating without Drake living at home; he graduated from high school almost a year ago and started his freshman year of college last fall. You may also likeWATCH: Joanna Gaines’ son Crew gets his big brother’s support in a sweet family video In honor of the somewhat bittersweet Easter, Joanna took to Instagram and shared a photo taken back around 2010, featuring Drake, Ella Rose, Duke and Emmie Kay at the mall. In the pic, the doting mom is smiling ear-to-ear, hoisting both Ella and Duke up on her hips, while someone in an Easter …

Mathew Horne wades in after Joanna Page’s savage takedown of new BBC comedy

Mathew Horne wades in after Joanna Page’s savage takedown of new BBC comedy

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Mathew Horne has praised Lucia Keskin’s new BBC comedy, Things I Should Have Done, after his Gavin & Stacey co-star Joanna Page called it “unbearable”. Page faced backlash this week after sharing her unfiltered take on the new series on her podcast Off the Telly, which she hosts with EastEnders staple Natalie Cassidy. After reading aloud a listener’s comment in praise of the show, Page said: “Do you know what things I should have done? Not bothered to f***ing watch it.” “It’s not often I can’t watch something. I was so bored. I was so bored. My mother could have written it. My mother could have done it. I just thought: ‘My God, this is just unbearable. I’m so bored. I just genuinely am bored. I’m bored.’” Horne, who played Page’s titular partner in Gavin & Stacey across three seasons, appeared to be among those pushing back against …

Line of Duty actor Craig Parkinson hits out at Joanna Page for criticism of BBC comedy

Line of Duty actor Craig Parkinson hits out at Joanna Page for criticism of BBC comedy

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Joanna Page has come under fire for her unfiltered take on the new BBC comedy Things I Should Have Done, after admitting that she found the show “unbearable”. The Gavin and Stacey star recently launched a podcast with EastEnders staple Natalie Cassidy. Named Off the Telly, the BBC Sounds programme features the TV actors sharing their opinions on other programmes – good, bad and otherwise. In the most recent episode of the podcast, Page, 47, shared her unimpressed reaction to the six-part show, which was written by and stars comedian Lucia Keskin as a lazy “stay-at-home daughter” who is suddenly forced to grow up and fend for herself. After reading aloud a listener’s comment in praise of the show, Page said: “Do you know what things I should have done? Not bothered to f***ing watch it.” Adding on some appreciation for Keskin, Page continued: “I feel awful, because …

Fixer Upper’s Joanna Gaines and husband Chip celebrate emotional new chapter with exciting news coming soon

Fixer Upper’s Joanna Gaines and husband Chip celebrate emotional new chapter with exciting news coming soon

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It’s been almost a full decade since the premiere of Fixer Upper on HGTV back in April 2014, and hosts Joanna and Chip Gaines are celebrating with a brand new season. The longtime TV personalities and couple announced that they would be reviving the show once again with a new season titled Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse. This new edition of the beloved HGTV series will see the couple taking on flipping a unique mid-century modern lakehouse located near Lake Waco, a neighborhood they’re all too familiar with as residents of Waco, Texas. You may also likeJoanna Gaines beams with delight at exciting new project The new season promises that Chip and Joanna will go “above and beyond” in their renovation of the property, including demo and design, as they tackle interior design, outdoor installations, and much more. Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse will premiere on the Magnolia Network, the Gaines’ own channel, and HGTV this summer, June 2, and is the fourth such revival of the series after 2021’s Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (in tune with the …

Joanna Lumley says sex scenes are ‘rude and horrible’ and should be ‘cut altogether’

Joanna Lumley says sex scenes are ‘rude and horrible’ and should be ‘cut altogether’

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Joanna Lumley has shared her disdain for sex scenes in TV and film, as she said she finds them “rude and horrible”. In a new interview, the Absolutely Fabulous star, 77, expressed her hatred for performing or watching sex scenes – and said that they “bore” her. “The second you take your clothes off, the audience looks at you, the actor, and your attributes – what your breasts and genitals are like,” she explained. “You’ve immediately lost the character you’ve built,” she toldRadio Times magazine’s podcast. “There’s a playground element to it… pull your pants down and let’s see what you’ve got.” The Fool Me Once actor added that she thinks sex scenes slow down the narrative of TV shows and films, and that if she was the director, she’d remove them altogether. “I’d cut them. They slow things down. They’re rude and horrible. I don’t watch people …

Who is the ‘British Airways killer’, Robert Brown, who killed Joanna Simpson? | UK News

Who is the ‘British Airways killer’, Robert Brown, who killed Joanna Simpson? | UK News

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When Robert Brown killed his ex-wife Joanna Simpson, his profession provided his nickname: the British Airways killer.  Last year his automatic release from prison was blocked by the Lord Chancellor after campaigning by Ms Simpson’s friends and family. The case is now the subject of a new ITV documentary. So who is Brown, who was Joanna Simpson – and what did he do to her? Who is Robert Brown and what did he do? An airline pilot, Brown became known as the “British Airways killer” or “BA killer”. He killed his estranged wife Joanna Simpson in October 2010, attacking her when he was dropping their young children at her home. He beat Ms Simpson to death with a claw hammer as their two children cowered in a playroom next door, hitting her 14 times. Brown then loaded her body into the boot of his car, dropped the children at his house, and buried Ms Simpson in a makeshift coffin in a hole he had pre-dug in Windsor Great Park. He called the police the next …