Michelle Collins tells TV Magazine 'I'm definitely not quitting'

Michelle Collins tells TV Magazine 'I'm definitely not quitting'

The 50-year-old London actress came under fire from critics for her Manchester accent when she joined the ITV show in 2011.

But speaking to The Sun’s all-new TV Magazine, the star confirmed: “I’m definitely not quitting.”

Michelle — who plays landlady Stella Price in Corrie — said: “Having been a jobbing actor for so long, I’d forgotten the attention you get when you’re in a soap.

“It was a real shock when the press criticised my accent, because I’d ‘done northern’ before and never been criticised for it.

“I did get to the point where I said to people high up: ‘Should I just resign? I’ve had enough. I can’t do this.’

“But they said no, absolutely not. They told me to fight it and get through it. So I did.”

But the star — who first made a name for herself as Ian Beale’s first wife Cindy on EastEnders — admitted that the attack has left her unable to watch herself on the show.

She said: “The enormity of the criticism made me too scared to watch Corrie on the telly. I still can’t.”

The single mum-of-one confessed to finding it hard to find a man with her busy work schedule.

She said: “I’ve been on a few dates. But honestly, I don’t have time. And I’m not in to being set up by mates.

“Men need a lot of attention. And the minute you turn your back, they’re up to something.

“I’ve never been one of those women to go out with a gaggle of girls to ‘find a man’.

“I’d rather go out with gay friends and be the only woman and be the centre of attention.”

“I get a lot of MILF mail. I keep getting MILF-ed on Twitter.

“All these young guys are going: ‘For an older woman, you’re pretty hot.’ It’s quite nice having attention from younger men.”

Michelle reveals her top five soap icons:

• EastEnders’ Dot Branning

“I love Dot and I love June Brown, who plays her. When I left EastEnders, I did a play called The Verdict in Leeds with June. We spent three weeks together and had a brilliant time. She’s very naughty but in a lovely way. I’ll always remember her two-hander with Ethel Skinner [Gretchen Franklin]. Dot’s wonderful.”

• EastEnders’ Ian Beale

“I think Adam Woodyatt’s great in EastEnders, but because he’s been there so long, people take him for granted. He should get more credit. But that’s what it’s like in soaps, people get used to you. They don’t think you’re acting â€" they just think you’re being yourself.”

• EastEnders’ Den Angie watts

“Den [Leslie Grantham] and Angie’s [Anita Dobson] chemistry was amazing. People loved that ‘will-they-won’t-they-stay-together?’ thing. They were very Liz Taylor and Richard Burton â€" but in Walford. No one likes a TV couple who are actually getting on well. You want that conflict.”

• Coronation Street’s Elsie Tanner

“I love the old-school Corrie, and Pat Phoenix as Elsie was such an icon. My memories of watching her and Hilda Ogden [Jean Alexander] as a child are so vivid. There was hardly any telly then, so we were avid viewers. Corrie was the highlight of the week â€" the actors were like today’s pop stars.”

• Coronation Street’s Hayley Roy Cropper

“I love Hayley [Julie Hesmondhalgh], and Stephanie Cole as Roy’s mother Sylvia has some great lines. David Neilson [Roy] is just the loveliest man. They’re the ultimate professionals and are both so entertaining.”

Read the full interview in the newTV Magazine, free with The Sun today.

Bosses at new ITV show You Cannot Be Serious! receive shock complaint about its title from man who coined it – John McEnroe

Bosses at new ITV show You Cannot Be Serious! receive shock complaint about its title from man who coined it â€" John McEnroe

Former tennis ace John McEnroe’s lawyers have written to showmakers Avalon asking them to stop using the phrase.

They reckon it may give the impression the fiery US star â€" currently a commentator for the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage â€" has endorsed the well-received show, which airs on ITV1 tonight.

The correspondence stunned producers because they already pay McEnroe a royalty for using a four-second clip of him shouting: “You cannot be serious!” at Wimbledon in 1981.

A source said: “Does John really think that, because it’s called You Cannot Be Serious!, people will think it is endorsed by him?

"Everybody knows you can’t license a catchphrase.

“John is a legend and probably a really great guy and it’s likely his people are just being a little heavy-handed.

“Producers were surprised because they were paying a significant amount of money to the same people for use of the clip of John’s legendary strop.

“It goes without saying that everyone’s reaction was ‘You cannot be serious!’” Alistair is by no means the first to use someone’s catchphrase in the title of a TV show.

The BBC used commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme’s legendary 1966 World Cup comment: “They think it’s all over... ” line for their sports quiz.

Channel 4’s comedy panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats is based on a Whiskas cat food slogan.

Likewise pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks is a more family-friendly version of the Sex Pistols’ album Never Mind The B******s.

Elle Macpherson’s back leading the hunt with a new panel for Britain And Ireland’s Next Top Model new series

Elle Macpherson’s back leading the hunt with a new panel for Britain And Ireland’s Next Top Model new series

Elle and fashion legend Julien Macdonald will be joined by Tyson Beckford, the world’s first male supermodel, and Whitney Port, the US stylist to the stars.

Speaking on set to TV Biz, Elle said: “I am impressed with my new panel.

“Sitting besides Julien and me are Whitney and Tyson who are experienced, successful and knowledgeable in their individual fields”.

But Elle does admit she sometimes has to put them in their place.

She said: “I do tell them off for being too chatty. That’s true, I do. But it’s because everyone on the panel is doing really interesting things with their lives and often catch up on set.

“We enjoy each other’s company but we also have to be mindful that we have 13 young girls waiting and listening to what we say.” Tyson looks sheepish, as he admitted they would get carried away without Elle to reign them in.

He said: “We need Elle to tell us off. We’re the wild bunch â€" we need that.”

As a mum-of-two sons, Elle insists it’s not her maternal side that keeps the panel in check.

She said: “It’s not the mum in me, it’s the executive producer coming out.

“The girls have fantastic mentors between Whitney, Tyson and Julien and they’re really helping the girls the best they can be.

“I’m protective about the girls and recognise they are young and sensitive.”

TV judges often face criticism for being too hard on contestants or wannabes. But Elle says she’s keen not to criticise or make her models feel self-conscious â€" and she encourages the whole panel to follow her lead.

The show is an emotional journey for the contestants.

Elle said: “I get moved because I know it’s a life-changing experience for the girls and often they’re nervous about their next steps.”

At 48, Elle remains one of the fittest people in showbiz and is a living testament to the benefits of a good diet and effective exercise.

She said: “I do things the old school way. For me, it’s about great lighting, great hair and great wardrobe, “I don’t drink or smoke and I laugh a lot.”

Britain Ireland’s Next Top Model launches on Sky Living HD on Monday at 9pm.

RIHANNA’S stylist Lysa Cooper will be the third mentor on Sky Living’s Styled To Rock.

The Bajan pop star, who is the executive producer of the show, picked the fashionista to join designer Henry Holland and Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts on the judging panel.

Over ten weeks, 12 new designers, selected by Rihanna, will be tasked by the mentors to create outfits for A-list pop artists to wear.

Styled To Rock will air on Sky Living later in the summer.

Top clergyman and Sun columnist Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, discusses the diverse line-up of TV talent show Superstar

Top clergyman and Sun columnist Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, discusses the diverse line-up of TV talent show Superstar

And the line-up of hopefuls could hardly be more diverse, with a Pakistani and a black contestant among those aiming to be the new stage Messiah.

Here, the Archbishop of York and Sun columnist John Sentamu explains why it doesn’t matter what Jesus looks like â€" it is his message which really counts.

OVER the centuries, since Jesus Christ was on earth walking among men and women, amazing them with his wisdom and his miracles, people have tried to capture what he was like in words, music, paintings and poetry.

But how do you capture the reality of someone who was both human and divine?

And now on our television screens we are about to see a whole line-up of very different individuals vying to put their own interpretation on the character of Jesus.

Of course, when Jesus was alive, growing up as a Jewish boy, physical representations of God were forbidden.

But the Psalms and the rest of scripture told the story of God’s love for his people. Jesus was that love in human form â€" God with us.

But how can we grasp the reality of such a person?

Medieval painters depicted him in iconic form, faces without expression, but images of great and distant beauty to help people with prayer. Later, painters and sculptors began to interpret what they knew of Jesus by displaying emotion and character in his appearance.

The traditional image of Jesus with a beard and long flowing hair comes from the work of Renaissance painters.

The image on the Turin Shroud, which some believe was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, has also influenced the conventional bearded image of Jesus.

But as the Hebrew people knew, it is often dangerous to try to capture what God â€" even God in the person of a human â€" looks like.

In trying to depict the holiness of Jesus, he is often shown as impossibly distant, or tame and sanitised. In trying to depict the humanity of Jesus, we portray him in our own terms, make him so much like us, and lose the mystery of God in human flesh.

A few years ago, the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) produced 35 wonderful pictures of Jesus, called The Christ We Share.

These showed Jesus in the image of all the cultures of the world, and in every mood â€" angry, laughing, in pain, in gentleness. For Christ is everyman, everywoman, but he is also more than that. Jesus Christ is welcome in all cultures but at home in none, because of cultures’ tendency to try to domesticate him.

Now, in TV show Superstar, a new line-up of men from different cultures and backgrounds and of different appearances will make us wonder again about what Jesus the man might have been like.

Painting cannot tell us the complete story, nor can even words.

As the Apostle John said: “Jesus did many other things as well.

“If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”

The musical Jesus Christ Superstar gives us another interpretation of Jesus. But the questions remain.

“Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Who are you? What have you sacrificed? Only want to know, Only want to know, Only want to know, now, Only want to know.”

So cries Judas in his anguished song in Jesus Christ Superstar.

He is trying to understand the friend he betrayed, trying to explain his own actions. Throughout the stories of Jesus in the Gospels, there are people asking: “Who is Jesus?” Today, many people are still asking who Jesus is. What sort of a person is he? “He’s a man, he’s just a man,” Mary Magdalene sings.

But is he?

Listen to what he says about himself in John’s Gospel. He says: “I am the door of the sheepfold... anyone who comes into the fold through me will be safe through and through.” What?

He says: “I am the good shepherd and I lay down my life for the sheep.” He says: “God the Father knows me and I know him. The Father loves me because I am willing to die for others and will receive my life back again.”

What â€" is he nuts?

He says he’s the door to safety, he says he’s a shepherd who will guard his flock with his life, he says he’s willing to die for others and thinks he’ll come back to life. Even Superman doesn’t try this.

And, oh yes, he says he’s the Son of God!

How do we find out what he really means? First, we have to listen to the voice of the shepherd.

We have to enter in through the door, then we receive more and better life than we ever dreamed of from the son of God.

Fans of today’s stars buy their pictures and their music and copy their fashion and their behaviour. Some even change their faces to look like them. That’s what followers of Jesus try to do too â€" they try to be as like him as possible.

But the change is from within. It’s a radical transformation as Jesus forgives us our past sins and gives us new life in the present and hope for the future.

He does for us that which we could not do for ourselves.

Jesus Christ Superstar is a marvellous show with wonderful music. But there is even more to the real Jesus.

If we came face to face with God and asked him: “Who is Jesus Christ?” the answer would go something like this: “Jesus Christ is exactly like me, the God you can’t see.

“He is superior to all creation. I was pleased to live fully in him. He died on the cross. He is the first to be raised from death.

“He made it possible for human beings to become friends of God.

“The life he lived is freely given to all who trust in him.”

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SUPERSTAR may be a new reality show â€" but some of its stars may look strangely familiar.

On tonight’s show viewers will recognise the cherubic face of singer Jonathan Ansell, who shot to fame on The X Factor with opera quartet G4 in 2004.

The baby-faced blond causes a stir when show judge Jason Donovan recognises him â€" and points out he is already starring in a different musical.

Big-voiced Jonathan, 30 â€" who came second with G4 in the first ever X Factor, losing out to Steve Brookstein â€" begs the Aussie singer to let him through and tells the judges: “I’m delighted to have got through and to be here today” before launching into Queen’s Somebody To Love.

Jonathan, left, toured the world with G4 and sold thousands of albums before they split in 2007. And his is not the only face reality show fans may recognise.

Several other wannabes â€" including Ben Forster, John Moses and Afnan Iftikhar â€" also tried out for the Simon Cowell telly talent contest. And burly rocker Nathan James from BBC1 singing show The Voice also puts in an appearance. Some of the contestants from a variety of countries and backgrounds are pictured on the right.

A source said: “Most of this year’s wannabes have a background in music already and you can hardly blame them.”

RELIGIOUS leaders from all faiths have thrown their weight behind Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new reality show, he insisted last night.

Lord Lloyd-Webber said: “The majority are very, very pro this show. One senior person said, ‘I’d walk across my swimming pool to see it’ â€" which I thought was great.”

The musicals guru told The Sun he was prepared for any backlash from devout Christians â€" but suspected there would be little.

He added: “There’s nothing in the Bible that says what Jesus looked like.

“The only certainty â€" and we still can’t be 100 per cent sure â€" is that he wasn’t a woman.

“We actually had some women trying out for the show but, rather disappointingly, there wasn’t anyone who passionately believed Jesus was a woman.

“They just wanted to meet me and casting director David Grindrod and audition for other shows.”

Lord Lloyd-Webber said: “On the show we have the most varied bunch I’ve ever worked with â€" they cover every single gamut of ideas.

“We have an Arab boy, a black boy and one who looks a little bit like Jesus from a stained-glass window.”

The traditional view of Jesus as a bearded, long-haired Mediterranean is a thing of the past, Lord Lloyd-Webber believes.

He said: “Thirty years ago people would have a more conventional view of what Jesus looked like. Now we’re not in the same place and, when a lot of the young look at Superstar, they’ll go for the best singer and best charisma.

“The look won’t be that important. I have not got the slightest clue where the public will go on this.”

Arron Lowe is fifth person to be kicked out of Big Brother

Arron Lowe is fifth person to be kicked out of Big Brother

The chiselled mixed martial arts fighter is the fifth contestant to be evicted from the show, and he didn’t react well to the news.

After presenter Brian Dowling told Arron he’d been voted out, he spat: “Yeah, f*** off!”

He then hugged his visibly upset pal Conor McIntrye, who was up for nomination.

Deanna Uppal and Becky Hannon also survived the wrath of the public on this occasion.

But Arron felt the full force of their fury as he exited the house to frenzied jeering.

Despite shrugging off the crowd’s reaction, he was in a bitter mood during his interview with Brian later.

He branded his housemates “backstabbers” and said he thought Deanna would get the chop.

Looking at the positives, Arron revealed: “I know I upset a few people but I was me in there. Life is for living, I don’t have any regrets.”

The buff poser plans to return to fighting after leaving Big Brother.

Angela Griffin: Emergency made me appreciate my family 'massively'

Angela Griffin: Emergency made me appreciate my family 'massively'

Former Corrie star Angela, 35, said recording hard-hitting scenes when travelling the country with paramedics for the Sky1 show showed her how lucky she is to have such a wonderful home life.

And Angela took a well-earned break from the carnage of Emergency, staying at holiday camp Butlins with her kids, Tallulah, 8, and Melissa, 5.

The family were among the first to stay at the new Butlin’s Wave Hotel in Bognor Regis.

Talking about the gadget-filled hotel, Angela said: “My girls couldn’t believe it. They were gobsmacked by it.”

She added: “We’re a busy family, so it’s great to come to a place that gives us the chance to have fun and spend quality time together.”

To book a break at Butlin's Wave Hotel Apartments, visit www.butlins.com/wave.

Chelsee looks peachy in backless dress

Chelsee looks peachy in backless dress

Raising her fashion game, Chelsee joined the rank of A-listers like Rihanna and Eva Longoria who've all stepped out recently in daring backless dresses.

For her night out in the Living Room bar in Manchester, Chelsee wore a knee-length peach lace dress that was cut low to reveal her toned back and shoulders.

After a series of wardrobe malfunctions â€" including one which revealed she wasn’t wearing any knickers on a night out â€" it's nice to see the actress looking more sophisticated.

And the look clearly suited the Strictly Come Dancing favourite, clinging to her slender curves in all the right places.

Despite the knee-length cut, Chelsee wasn't prepared to let go of the glamour just yet.

She paired the dress with nude Louboutin heels, sultry black eye make-up and tumbling glossy dark locks.

Rihanna's stylist Lysa Cooper joins Sky Living's Styled To Rock

Rihanna's stylist Lysa Cooper joins Sky Living's Styled To Rock

The Bajan pop star, who is the executive producer of the show, handpicked the fashionista to join designer Henry Holland and pop star Nicola Roberts on the judging panel.

Lysa has styled international superstars such as Mos Def, Salt-n-Pepa, Beyonce, Aerosmith, Shakira, Mary J Blige, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Rihanna to create some of their career defining looks.

Sky Living's Styled To Rock will celebrate creativity in the British fashion scene, and search for the next generation of designers.

Over ten weeks twelve unknown designers, personally selected by Rihanna, will be challenged by the mentors to create outfits for a string of A-list music artists to wear to a variety of occasions, including stage, shoots, high-profile events and more.

The show will provide a springboard for the aspiring designer’s future fashion career.

Styled To Rock will air on Sky Living later this summer.

X Factor judge Tulisa drives a purple Audi R8 home after a studio session

X Factor judge Tulisa drives a purple Audi R8 home after a studio session

The X Factor judge, 23, was spotted driving a purple R8 when she left a recording studio on Wednesday.

The sports car starts at a staggering £87,000.

Wearing a hoody and sunglasses, Tulisa hopped into the car while a pal clutched a bunch of flowers on top of her car.

Ths telly star has previously been spotted racing around in a white Audi A5.

Nicole Scherzinger joined Tulisa on the panel of the X Factor this year.

Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh are also judges on the show.

X Factor returns later this year.

Coronation Street’s Michelle Keegan pictured in an exclusive swimsuit photoshoot lifts lid on broken engagement to The Wanted’s Max George

Coronation Street’s Michelle Keegan pictured in an exclusive swimsuit photoshoot lifts lid on broken engagement to The Wanted’s Max George

Michelle, 25 â€" barmaid Tina McIntyre in the ITV1 soap â€" sported a plunging swimsuit for an exclusive photoshoot with Fabulous magazine, free with The Sun tomorrow.

She also gets a few things off her chest about her broken-off engagement to The Wanted star Max George â€" insisting they’re still an item.

She says: “It’s not because we fell out. It was just there was no chance of us getting married any time soon.”

Never mind, fellas â€" we think you’ll agree it’s still good to see ’Chelle on the sea shore . .

Jesus role shock on new Lloyd Webber show

Jesus role shock on new Lloyd Webber show

NEW ITV talent search show Superstar may raise a few eyebrows when a singer from a Muslim family is shortlisted for the role of Jesus Christ.

Aznan Iftikhar, from North Shields, Tyne and Wear, has made the cut and will appear on tomorrow’s first episode of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest TV search for a musical star.

While not a practising Muslim, Aznan was brought up by his Muslim parents in Pakistan before moving to Britain when he was nine.

A show source said: “It might seem odd to some people â€" perhaps even controversial â€" to be considering someone like Aznan for the role of Jesus but it is open to anyone.

“Aznan’s main passion is music. He’s one to watch.”

While Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, he does feature in Islam’s holy book, The Koran. However, Muslims do not believe he was the son of God or that he was crucified.

GPs should ask how far you walk, not what you weigh as it is more important to your health

GPs should ask how far you walk, not what you weigh as it is more important to your health

By Sophie Borland

PUBLISHED: 19:18 EST, 5 July 2012 | UPDATED: 23:09 EST, 5 July 2012

GPs should ask all patients how far they walk because it is more important to their health than either weight or blood pressure, say experts.

They warn that a lack of activity causes far more deaths than smoking, obesity or diabetes and urge family doctors to question patients on their exercise habits â€" particularly walking â€" and keep a record of them.

If patients admit to walking for fewer than 30 minutes a day they must be urged to do more.

Experts urge family doctors to question patients on their exercise habits and keep a record of them

The group of scientists from Canada, America and Australia believe that a lack of exercise leads to many cases of fatal cancers and heart disease.

However, activity can prevent hip fractures and there is evidence it may ward off dementia.

Professor Karim Khan, from the University of British Columbia said: 'Activity levels are the most important factor influencing our health.

'They are much more important than our blood pressure or how many times we breathe a minute.

'In the US more people die as a result of physical activity than smoking, obesity or diabetes. It's fitness not fatness.'

Professor Khan, whose study is published in the Lancet, said: 'Physical activity affects every system. Not getting enough can lead to a range of illnesses including cancers and diabetes.

Research has found a lack of activity causes far more deaths than smoking, obesity or diabetes

'You don't have to be an Olympian. If people take more than 150 minutes exercise a week, including walking, they probably don't need to worry about it.

'If they take less their doctor needs to be encouraging them to take more.'

Professor Khan said patients could fill in forms about their exercise levels in the waiting room to save GPs time during the appointment.

'Low fitness is a better predictor of mortality than obesity or hypertension, which are health risk factors afforded far greater emphasis than fitness by the media and most health professionals,' he added.

The researchers are recommending that doctors should record exercise along with patients' temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and breathing.

At present the Department of Health recommends that everyone takes at least two and a half hours exercise a week - or 30 minutes spanned over five days

Exercise is known to prevent certain cancers including breast and bowel. It also helps strengthen the bones, helping to prevent hip fractures, which often eventually lead to death.

* Doctors say patients with a growing waistline have a better chance of surviving heart failure than their thinner counterparts.

This could be because fatter patients had more reserves to fight disease. Another explanation might be that obese patients seek medical advice earlier because they are suffering other symptoms.

The US study of 3,000 patients showed that thinner individuals of both sexes were more than twice as likely to have died or needed surgery to shore up their failing heart after two years, says the American Journal of Cardiology.

However, doctors point out that acquiring the extra weight round our middles leaves us more likely to develop heart problems in the first place. Heart failure occurs when a heart, weakened by disease or an attack, struggles to pump blood round the body.

 

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Two thirds 'turn to drink' to relax after a stressful day at work

Two thirds 'turn to drink' to relax after a stressful day at work

• 60 per cent blamed work for their stress levels while half blamed financial worries

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 03:46 EST, 6 July 2012 | UPDATED: 03:46 EST, 6 July 2012

Most adults admit they turn to alcohol to help them cope after a stressful day, according to new research.

A survey for the charity Drinkaware found almost two-thirds of people aged 30-45 drank alcohol to unwind.

A fifth of men and nearly one in six women said they drank every day or most days of the week.

Long day? Charity Drinkaware warns alcohol can be a 'false friend' at times of stress

Four out of 10 women and a third of men said they were drinking more than the Government's daily unit guidelines, which are set at 3-4 units for men and 2-3 units for women.

Almost half of the 2,000 people questioned (44 per cent) said they were more likely to drink after a stressful day and more than a third (37 per cent) said they thought about having a drink on the way home.

The majority of those questioned (60 per cent) blamed work for their stress levels while half blamed financial worries and more than a third (36 per cent) said family life caused stress.

Siobhan McCann, head of campaigns and communications at Drinkaware, said: 'Alcohol can be a 'false friend' when you are trying to deal with stress.

'Even though it might seem like a few drinks can relieve the pressures of the day, in the medium to long term it can actually add to them - whether they're work, financial or family related.

'Stress can also be an excuse for people to drink more than they should, especially if they don't realise the negative impact it can have on their health and wellbeing.

'Think about your evening routine - if you spend most of your time on the sofa with a drink in your hand, look at other hobbies you can enjoy with family and friends to help clear your mind. With a summer of sport ahead, there has never been a better time to get out and get active.'

Professor Paul Wallace, chief medical adviser to Drinkaware, said alcohol can disrupt sleep, cause weight gain and increase the risk of cancer, hea rt and liver disease.

'The more you consume, the more your body gets used to it. So make a point of having days off from drinking so that your body doesn't develop a tolerance to alcohol,' he said.

ICM carried out an online survey of 2,008 UK adult drinkers aged between 30-45 in May 2012.

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