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Steve Wright has been hailed an “inspiration” in the wake of his shock death aged 69. The veteran BBC radio and TV broadcaster’s passing was announced by his family on Tuesday (13.02.24) – with his colleague Sara Cox heard choking back tears as she reacted to the news while she was on air as it was included in a 5pm bulletin on her BBC Radio 2 show. Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball, 53, has now also led tributes to Steve, telling her fans on her Instagram in a caption alongside a picture of the presenter holding a coffee cup: “Wrighty. Our Radio friend, our inspiration, master of broadcasting, the Godfathe...
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Wayne Rooney "couldn't be bothered" to meet Jay-Z. The 38-year-old former footballer - who has been married to TV star Coleen since 2008 - was attending music festival Glastonbury in 2011 when rapper Jay-Z requested to meet him but when his wife called him to get him to come over, he refused because he was hungover. Speaking to Vernon Kay in an upcoming clip from 'Tracks of My Years' on Radio 2, Coleen explained: "We got to the Sunday, we’d been there since the Thursday, and we were fortunate to have a connection to get side of stage. "So we went over - well I say we, me and the girls - becaus...
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Calvin Harris and Vick Hope have got married. The 'Feel So Close' hitmaker exchanged vows with the Radio 1 DJ in an outdoor ceremony at Hulne Priory in Alnwick, Northumberland, on Saturday (09.09.23) before treating guests including 'Big Brother's AJ Odudu and DJs Vernon Kay, Scott Mills and Jordan North to a Glastonbury-style reception that included a live performance from Nile Rodgers and Chic, who flew in from the US especially for the celebrations. According to The Sun newspaper, Calvin told Vick during their vows: “I promise to be your teammate, best friend and companion for life”. In ret...
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Noel Gallagher has been nicknamed “Wonderwall” by fans. The ex-Oasis songwriter, 56, told how people on the street can’t be bothered to shout his name anymore and simply yell out the name of his best known track. He told Johnny Vaughn’s Radio X podcast: “People don’t even shout my name any more, they just shout ‘Wonderwall’ at me. “‘Hello “Wonderwall”’, ‘You all right “Wonderwall”?’” But Noel – who has been at the centre of rumours he and his younger brother Liam, 50, are set to reform Oasis – told how teens still “freak out” over the band’s music even though they split in 2009. He added: “The...
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Noel Gallagher “can’t believe” new generations are listening to Oasis. The High Flying Birds frontman, 56, who joined as the group’s fifth member in the 1990s before its break-up after a blazing row with his younger brother Liam, 50, in 2009, said he was astounded when interviewer Vernon Kay, 49, told him his daughter had been listening to the band’s first album ‘Definitely Maybe’, released 30 years ago this August. Noel, who has sons Donovan, 15, and Sonny, 12, with his estranged wife Sara MacDonald, 51, as well as model daughter Anaïs, 23, with his ex-wife Meg Matthews, 57, said: “It’s a rea...
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Vernon Kay is "over the moon" to be replacing Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. The 48-year-old TV and radio presenter has declared it's a "a dream come true" to be taking over the station's mid-morning show in May following the departure of beloved broadcaster Ken who is leaving in March after 31 years on air - and Vernon acknowledges he's got some big shoes to fill. He said of his new job: "I’m absolutely over the moon to be handed the microphone to present the mid-morning show on Radio 2, and what an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Ken Bruce. "I look forward to playing some of the b...
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Former 'Family Fortunes' host Vernon Kay is set to replace Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. The 48-year-old TV presenter and radio DJ is said to have put pen to paper on a two-year deal to take over from the veteran broadcaster - who is departing the radio station next month after 31 years - in April. A source told The Sun newspaper: "This is the biggest, most coveted gig in radio. "Ken's show is the most listened to in Europe so Vernon has massive shoes to fill. But he's such a warm, easy presenter and listeners have really taken to him. "Vernon has a raft of fresh, new ideas and content, but will n...
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Jessica Alves is "95 percent happy" after transitioning from Human Ken to Human Barbie. The 38-year-old TV star - who was born male as Rodrigo Alves but underwent sex reassignment surgery in 2021 after coming out as a trans woman the year before - became known as the Human Ken Doll but spent a reported £1 million on cosmetic work to look like the Mattel doll's famous girlfriend and has had her eyes tailored in the style of supermodel Bella Hadid. She said: "After so many plastic surgeries I changed my appearance. There is an association that I look like Barbie but I was nicknamed Ken for ten y...
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Gordon Ramsay sent one of his chefs to help out a short-staffed school dinner lady after she made a plea on live radio. The celebrity chef was a guest on the 'Radio 2 Breakfast Show' on Wednesday morning (23.03.22) when dinner lady Tina rang in to ask for help as two other kitchen-based staff members were off sick at Edward Peake Middle School in Bedfordshire, south east England. Gordon was quick to answer Tina's plea and rang one of his cooks, Rob Roy Cameron, who headed over to the educational establishment to lend a hand, and he also put on a cooking demonstration for the kids. During a cal...
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Tess Daly's eldest daughter didn't know she was famous until she was seven. The 51-year-old television presenter - who has Phoebe, 16, and Amber, 11, with her husband Vernon Kay - feels it is important for her kids to be "grounded", despite their parents' success. She said: "They are so grounded they know the value of everything. It is everything for us. They have good morals and respect others. It's everything. They build their self-esteem via you. It is so important to us to keep them grounded. It has never been about us at home – it is about them and their lives and us at a family. Phoebe d...
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