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Scottish Sun
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
EastEnders fans stunned as they find out iconic character's ‘real age'
The actor also has a super famous little brother FOREVER YOUNG EastEnders fans stunned as they find out iconic character's 'real age' EASTENDERS fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'. The actor joined the BBC soap EastEnders in 2000 and has been off an on our screens ever since. Advertisement 5 Eastenders fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'. Credit: Brian Roberts - The Sun 5 Over the years she has become one of Walford's biggest icons Credit: BBC Over the years she's become one of Walford's biggest icons and has been involved in lots of storylines during her time on the Square. 5 Mo Harris is best known as a conwoman and the matriarch of the Slater family Credit: BBC But much of her happenings revolved around being a con woman. Yes, we are speaking about Mo Harris, who is played by Laila Morse and is the matriarch of the Slater family. She is the grandmother of Kat Slater, Belinda Peacock, and Little Mo Slater. Advertisement Over the past two decades Mo's returned for numerous stints before she departed the show in 2021 for a cruise with her fiancé Fat Elvis. And last year, Mo returned to Walford with Freddie Slater, who was arrested for the assault on Stacey's stalker. The crazed teacher had been harassing the mum for months after growing infatuated with her before things turned sinister and he tried to rape her. Now, fans have found out the Mo's real age in the soap and they are completely amazed. Advertisement Posting on Redditt one said: "There's absolutely no way she's 89?? EIGHTY NINE????" Another added: "They should have made her Charlie's sister rather than his mother in law. EastEnders' Big Mo reveals she once had a fling with a woman at Eve and Suki's hen do "It's never been fully believable even in the early days of the Slaters." "Laila Morse is 79 which I still find hard to believe- she's still got plenty of go in her!" exclaimed another. Advertisement A fourth explained: "They aged her up to match pat's age for the backstory, maybe it was believable back in the early 2000s but it sure as hell isn't now." "Gary Oldman is only in his 60s so I doubt she's that old. Unless there's like one hell of an age gap between them" said another. EastEnders stars who QUIT MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year? The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year. Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998. Yet what about the 2024 exits? Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had "quit" the long-running series. It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen. Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford. Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would "quit out of boredom" over recent storylines. Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame. One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky. He played Stacey Slater's brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel. Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse. Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay's Netflix movie 6 Underground. Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005. She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008. While another soap fan said: "Mo doesn't look 90 whatsover, or acts it either." Laila actually has a super famous little brother and it is none other than Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman. Advertisement They even collaborated on a film together once, as Laila starred in 1997 film Nil By Mouth, Gary's debut as a film writer and director. When some soap fans got hold of the news that the EastEnders star was the Darkest Hour star's big sis, Twitter lit up. Fans began to tweet their funny reactions to the news that Walford's Big Mo and Oscar winner Gary were in fact brother and sister. One EastEnders fan said: "If there is a better fact out there than Big Mo being Gary Oldman's sister I want to hear it" Advertisement Another tweeted: "Wtf since when were Big Mo from Eastenders & Gary Oldman brother & sister?????" While this one commented: "I'll never come to terms with the fact Gary Oldman's sister is Big Mo from Eastenders #Oscars" 5 Laila is the sister of the Oscar winning star Gary Oldman Credit: Rex Features 5 Twitter lit up when fans discovered Gary Oldman was Laila's little brother Credit: AP
The Irish Sun
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
EastEnders fans stunned as they find out iconic character's ‘real age'
EASTENDERS fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'. The actor joined the BBC soap in 2000 and has been off an on our screens ever since. 5 Eastenders fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character's 'real age'. Credit: Brian Roberts - The Sun 5 Over the years she has become one of Walford's biggest icons Credit: BBC Over the years she's become one of Walford's biggest icons and has been involved in lots of storylines during her time on the Square. 5 Mo Harris is best known as a conwoman and the matriarch of the Slater family Credit: BBC But much of her happenings revolved around being a con woman. Yes, we are speaking about She is the grandmother of , Belinda Peacock , and Soap News Over the past two decades Mo's returned for numerous stints before she departed the show in 2021 for a cruise with her fiancé Fat Elvis. The crazed teacher had been Now, fans have found out the Mo's real age in the soap and they are completely amazed. Most read in Soaps Posting on Redditt one said: "There's absolutely no way she's 89?? EIGHTY NINE????" Another added: "They should have made her Charlie's sister rather than his mother in law . EastEnders' Big Mo reveals she once had a fling with a woman at Eve and Suki's hen do "It's never been fully believable even in the early days of the Slaters." "Laila Morse is 79 which I still find hard to believe- she's still got plenty of go in her!" exclaimed another. A fourth explained: "They aged her up to match pat's age for the backstory, maybe it was believable back in the early 2000s but it sure as hell isn't now." " EastEnders stars who QUIT MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year? The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998. Yet what about the 2024 exits? Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen. Fans also Additionally, a host of stars have One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky. He played Stacey Slater's brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse. Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005. She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008. While another soap fan said: "Mo doesn't look 90 whatsover, or acts it either." They even collaborated on a film together once, as Laila starred in 1997 film Nil By Mouth, Gary's debut as a film writer and director. When some soap fans got hold of the news that the EastEnders star was the Fans began to tweet their funny reactions to the news that Walford's Big Mo and Oscar winner Gary were in fact brother and sister. One EastEnders fan said: "If there is a better fact out there than Big Mo being Gary Oldman's sister I want to hear it" Another tweeted: "Wtf since when were Big Mo from Eastenders & Gary Oldman brother & sister?????" While this one commented: "I'll never come to terms with the fact Gary Oldman's sister is Big Mo from Eastenders #Oscars" 5 Laila is the sister of the Oscar winning star Gary Oldman Credit: Rex Features 5 Twitter lit up when fans discovered Gary Oldman was Laila's little brother Credit: AP
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
MomoCon breaks attendance record, donates $12,500 to Johnson STEM Activity Center
After breaking their attendance record for the 2025 convention, MomoCon says it'll expand in 2026. Now that the con 'is a wrap,' officials said final guest totals reached 59,222 attendees for the Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta. Each year the convention picks a charity to help and announced that it was donating $12,500 to the Johnson STEM Activity Center in Atlanta. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] RELATED STORIES: Anime, gaming, comics, music, and more: Momocon 2025 happening in downtown Atlanta PHOTOS: Top costumes at Momocon Atlanta comic, gaming convention bringing in 10,000 'Mo' attendees than 2024 Going forward, MomoCon said it will continue to grow, now expected to use both Hall A and Hall B at the Georgia World Congress Center. The organization said its staff are already planning out next year's convention, including guests and activities. In addition to their charitable donation, MomoCon provided free tickets to 11 nonprofits, allowing them to "bring more than 900 kids in need to the cosplay, animation, gaming, and music convention" over the weekend. While the exact dollar amount hasn't been confirmed yet, the economic impact forecast for MomoCon was estimated to be $42.4 million, according to the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Chicago Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Review: In world premiere ‘Neighborhood Watch' at Jackalope Theatre, an uneasy time in suburbia
What happens when a Muslim man moves into a predominantly white, politically divided suburb a month after the 2024 election? In Rehana Lew Mirza's new play, 'Neighborhood Watch,' it means that the white-haired NPR listener who still wears Bernie 2016 and Clinton-Gore '92 T-shirts starts acting pretty weird. This world premiere, directed by Kaiser Ahmed for Jackalope Theatre, is the latest play to skewer the hypocrisies of white liberals — a genre most recently seen on Chicago stages in Larissa FastHorse's satire of progressive theater-makers, 'The Thanksgiving Play,' and Omer Abbas Salem's tense academic drama, 'One Party Consent.' Mirza's new work can best be categorized as a dramedy, though the comedic elements come off more successfully than the domestic drama at its core. In the first scene, we meet Paul (Frank Nall), a widower and single father to Becca (Jamie Herb), a recent college graduate who's moved back into her dad's Virginia home while she searches for a job. When Mo (Harsh Gagoomal), a handsome man around Becca's age, moves into the house next door, sparks fly between the two young people while Paul's liberal values are put to the test. Mirza's script serves up plenty of situational humor in the first act, which is full of cross-cultural misunderstandings and awkward gaffes. When Paul brings a house-warming gift to the new neighbor, the older man seemingly can't open his mouth without making a cringeworthy remark, despite his intention to be welcoming. At one point, he says he's glad that Mo has moved in, since the neighborhood was getting a little too white. Meanwhile, Mo amuses himself by winding up his new neighbor, intentionally playing into white stereotypes about Muslim men. It's pretty light-hearted fun until Mo and Becca start dating, at which point Paul's protective instincts kick in as he listens to the Iago-like whisperings of his middle-aged MAGA neighbor, who has a creepy crush on Becca and a shady business as a private investigator. Shawn, a campy character played by Victor Holstein, soon convinces Paul to hire him to spy on the young couple. Halfway through the play, Mo's past catches up with him with the appearance of a fifth character, Javed (Omar Bader), a cousin who grew up with Mo before serving a prison sentence for electronic terrorism — a juvenile offense of posting extremist videos and making threats online. As Becca gets to know both of the cousins better, Paul's paranoia grows, and his surveillance tactics quickly escalate. While the comedy works well in Act 1, the relationships between most of the characters aren't developed enough for the drama that unfolds in the second act to make much of an impact. Herb and Gagoomal have strong chemistry as Becca and Mo, but the play's father-daughter relationship is less convincing. Paul's motivations come across as overly simplistic, and it seems far-fetched that he would so easily put his trust in Shawn at the expense of his daughter's privacy. The belated introduction of Javed makes his storyline feel rushed, while the overall pacing lags in the second act, which is a letdown after the explosive setup just before intermission. Mirza seems interested in complicating stereotypes about suburban polarization but only offers a surface-level exploration of these themes. First, there's the unlikely alliance between Paul and Shawn, which pokes at the so-called horseshoe theory — the idea that far-left and far-right ideologues are more alike than different, circling around to meet at a similar point. On the other hand, Paul also discovers that he has more in common with Mo than it first seemed, a realization that doesn't reflect well on either of them by the end of the play. Although these ideas and characters would benefit from further development, 'Neighborhood Watch' is already a lot of fun in its current form. This is likely the first fully staged production that you'll see featuring Harris-Walz yard signs (set design by Tianxuan Chen), and Mirza also works in a reference to Luigi Mangione. All that to say: the play is topical, and perhaps rushed to the stage too quickly, but it's a good time — even for well-meaning white liberals who may find themselves the punchline of a few 'Neighborhood Watch' (2.5 stars) When: Through June 28 Where: Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway St. Running time: 2 hours, 5 minutes Tickets: $15-$40 at
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
I ate at Braum's, a beloved Southern fast-food chain. Its chicken strips were as good as Chick-fil-A's.
I visited Braum's, a southern fast-food chain that only has locations in five states. I bought almost every item on the menu, including burgers, fries, chicken strips, and ice cream. The burgers and chicken strips were great, but I still think ice cream is the best thing to order. The West Coast has In-N-Out. The Midwest has Dairy Queen. I'd argue the South has Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Store. In 1933, Henry Braum started a small butter plant in Emporia, Kansas, which expanded to include milk and ice cream production. In 1968, Henry's son Bill opened the first official Braum's store in Oklahoma City. Today, the family-run business has more than 300 locations across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. According to the company, every store is located within a 300-mile radius of its processing plant in Tuttle, Oklahoma. Braum's is best known for its wide range of ice cream and frozen yogurt, from classic flavors like vanilla to stranger concoctions like pineapple upside-down cake. But it's more than an ice cream shop — it also has staples of the American diet like cheeseburgers, chicken strips, shakes, and malts. One of Braum's locations sits about two miles from my childhood home in Fort Worth, Texas. When I was a kid, on Fridays after a long day of work, my dad would bring home a tub of ice cream. If I were really lucky, we'd go to the store. Together, we'd sit, ice-cream cone in hand, in silence, savoring the flavors. I wanted to see if Braum's still had its charm, so my husband and I took a trip to the closest one near us in Dallas. Here are some items I tried from the menu — some I'd order again, and others I'd probably skip. Even though it's a chain, Braum's gives off the vibe of a mom-and-pop shop. Unlike fast food giants like McDonald's and Burger King, which have embraced modernity in both their branding and menu presentation, Braum's has done the opposite. It has retained its cozy, classic vibe, making it feel both familiar and comforting. Maybe that's what makes it special. When I visited the store, I spent a lot of time reminiscing about the times my dad and I shared there. It all felt so nostalgic. It's a convenient place to grab a snack. Braum's has dozens of ice cream flavors to choose from. But it is also a grocery store with a small market. Customers can buy everyday items like bananas, tomatoes, onions, and even hamburger buns if they'd rather grill their own at home. Braum's ice cream is pretty affordable. Braum's sells its ice cream in various sizes, but most tubs contain three pints. Each tub is typically priced under $5 — a steal compared to other brands. A single pint of Blue Bell ice cream is sold for $3.97 (excluding tax) at Walmart, and a single pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream at Target is $4.99, according to both companies' websites. Braum's has more than 100 ice cream flavors. The company sells traditional flavors like vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate, but it also has quirky options like bubble gum and Mother's Circus animal cookies. I wouldn't recommend the latter — it was too sweet for my taste buds, and didn't have enough animal crackers. Braum's also sells frozen yogurt. Ice cream is typically made with dairy from cream, whereas frozen yogurt is made from cultured milk. On most days, I'd choose frozen yogurt — which might be a controversial opinion. While I haven't tried all of Braum's frozen yogurt flavors, their vanilla cone always hits the spot. I doubt I'll ever get around to trying the pineapple upside-down cake flavor, though. Braum's makes several flavors of sugar-free ice cream. Sugar-free ice cream isn't really my cup of tea, but I understand why some people prefer it or choose it for dietary or medical reasons. If that's you, then you're in luck — Braum's offers many sugar-free flavors. I have to admit the vanilla chunk chocolate tub looked pretty tempting. My husband and I ordered a lot of food. To get the full Braum's experience beyond ice cream, we ordered about 10 different items from the menu: A double quarter pound sweet 'n spicy Gouda burger combo meal with medium fries and a large sweet tea — $8.89 A cheeseburger combo meal with medium fries and a large strawberry shake — $8.29 Four-piece chicken strips — $5.19 A grilled chicken sandwich — $4.79 Medium chili cheese fries — $4.64 A medium strawberry malt shake — $1.99 The chicken strips were better than I expected. In the chicken strips war, restaurants like Chick-fil-A and Zaxby's usually reign supreme. But I'm throwing Braum's into the fight. Braum's strips were crispy on the outside, yet still soft inside. I also appreciated that they weren't overly salty — just the right amount. For me, they rivaled Chick-fil-A's. I really wanted to like the chili fries. I was probably most excited to try the chili fries. Crispy potatoes dressed in perfectly melted cheese and sauce— what more could anyone ask for? Well, in my case, a bit more seasoning. Ultimately, they tasted bland, and it felt more like I was eating canned beans on fries than actual chili. Braum's burgers are simple and delicious. My husband and I split the double quarter pound sweet 'n spicy Gouda burger and the cheeseburger. While I thought the Gouda burger was good — and a bit spicy — it didn't quite compare to Braum's traditional cheeseburger. It wasn't fancy — just meat, buns, lettuce, tomato, and cheese — but it felt classic, exactly what I imagine when I think of a good burger. The grilled chicken sandwich was just OK. The grilled chicken sandwich was all right. It didn't quite compare to a sandwich I'd get at Chick-fil-A, but I had no trouble finishing it. For $4.79, I'd say it's worth the price. Dessert was my favorite part of the meal. After dinner, my husband and I went back to the counter to order ice cream. He bought a double scoop sopapilla cheesecake sundae for $3.79, and I got a small chocolate and vanilla frozen yogurt cone for $1.45. His sundae tasted like the real deal. The cinnamon-flavored ice cream sat on top of a spongy cake, draped in golden caramel. I think it's perfect for someone with a sweet tooth. However, the frozen yogurt cone was right up my alley. It was simple and sweet, and the flavors weren't too overpowering. We bought so much food that we had to take it home. I left the restaurant full, but not without taking a to-go bag. The next day, my husband and I devoured our leftovers for lunch. I'll be visiting again soon. While the burgers and sandwiches at Braum's were good, the ice cream and frozen yogurt were what made the visit stand out among other chains. Overall, going back to Braum's was a sweet experience. It was nice to try new-to-me foods, reminisce about my childhood, and create new memories with my husband.
