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Daily Mirror
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Claudia Winkleman fans floored after seeing what star looks like without fringe
A clip from 1996 has resurfaced showing a fresh-faced Claudia Winkleman, who has been presenting Strictly Come Dancing since 2010, and fans can't believe how different she looks Claudia Winkleman's fans have been left gobsmacked after a throwback clip from 1996 resurfaced, showing the star long before she became a familiar face on Strictly Come Dancing. The now 53-year-old joined the Strictly results show as a co-host with Tess Daly in 2010, and ascended to the main show in 2014 after Bruce Forsyth stepped down. Known for her iconic fringe and heavy eyeliner, Claudia's signature style has become synonymous with her TV persona. But viewers were astonished to see how different she appeared as a youthful 24-year-old in vintage BBC archive footage. The Instagram post, featuring the clip, was captioned: "Claudia Winkleman on how to improve your pulling power. OnThisDay 1996: Claudia Winkleman had some top tips and choice chat-up lines to help men and women alike, to improve their pulling power. Clip taken from Good Morning with Anne and Nick, originally broadcast 3 May 1996." In the snippet, a young Winkleman, dubbed a "chat up connoisseur", dishes out flirting advice aimed at both sexes. Fans didn't hold back on their reactions to her pre-fame look, with one commenting: "She's a beautiful lady - she doesn't need to hide behind a fringe and eyeline." Another remarked: "Wow. Looks so different but her voice and mannerisms give it away." While a third admirer noted: "Lovely woman inside and out, then and now." Another user remarked: "Her accent has changed quite a bit, she's definitely not as posh as she is in this clip. I think she's fab." One also commented: "I would never have recognised her." A different user noted: "Her hairstyle suits her so much more than having a fringe 1⁄2 way down her face. The natural colour looks better too." Winkleman's television journey began in 1992 with an appearance on the BBC series Holiday. In the mid '90s, she even featured on This Morning as a reporter, getting the scoop on lots of celebrity news. Her breakthrough TV role came in 2001 with Central Weekend, a regional debate show. Subsequently, she went on to present Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two and later joined the main show. In recent times, Winkleman has been at the helm of several shows including The Great British Sewing Bee, The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Britain's Best Home Cook and The Traitors UK. Tech Advisor reports that recording for season 4 of The Traitors UK is set for this spring or summer, teasing a potential return to our screens in early January 2026. Meanwhile, the BBC excitedly announced on Instagram: "The time for talk is over... The Traitors has been commissioned for a fourth series as well as a nine-part celebrity version for iPlayer and BBC One - and series three has already been filmed in the Scottish Highlands. "But that's not all - The Traitors: Uncloaked is set to make a comeback on @bbcsounds and iPlayer too!"
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
📽 The most beautiful free kicks in Champions League history ✨
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. Tuesday night, we had a feast for the first quarter-final evening of the Champions League. Arsenal made a strong impression by taking down Real (3-0) at the Emirates. And this clash of the titans was marked by a double from Declan Rice on a free kick. We jump at the chance to offer you our selection of the most beautiful goals scored in this exercise in C1 before those of Rice. Obviously, we await your opinion in the comments to designate the most beautiful! Cristiano Ronaldo 🆚 Arsenal, 2009 #UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2024 Juninho Pernambucano 🎯🎯🎯#UCL | #ThrowbackThursday | @OL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 2, 2020 1⃣3⃣ Masterful Messi vs Liverpool 😱#UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 31, 2021 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: Alessandro Del Piero free-kicks! 🎯'Pinturicchio' hat-trick against Monaco in 1998 featured THIS effort 🔥@delpieroale | #UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 9, 2021 #OnThisDay in 2⃣0⃣0⃣6⃣🎩🐰✨ @10Ronaldinho 🆚 Werder Bremen ⚽️🎯😎#UCL | @FCBarcelona | @FCBarcelona_es — DE (@UEFAcom_de) December 5, 2020 🤯 Sensational free-kick by Alex! #UCL | @ChelseaFC — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 4, 2021 So, which one is number 1? 📸 Shaun Botterill - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🎥 OTD 2016: Dimitri Payet scored one of the best-ever PL free kicks 😲
Dimitri Payet's short stint with West Ham was jampacked with great memories for Irons fans, but perhaps no greater than this stunning free-kick against Crystal Palace exactly nine years ago. You know the one we're talking about, don't you? The brilliant Frenchman stepped up and curled a logic-defying effort into Wayne Hennessey's top corner from 20 yards. At one point it looks like as if it will loop over the bar, and the next it's in the net. Nine years ago today 🎯🇫🇷#OnThisDay | @Heineken_UK 🗓️ — West Ham United (@WestHam) April 2, 2025 It was one of the last great moments at the Boleyn Ground before the move to the London Stadium, and one West Ham fans are unlikely to ever tire of. 📸 OLLY GREENWOOD
Telegraph
02-04-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Dirk Kuyt interview: Thank God there was no VAR for my flying tackle on Phil Neville
Jimmy Case on Geoff Nulty. Steven Gerrard on Gary Naysmith. Jordan Pickford on Virgil van Dijk. The Merseyside derby is no stranger to memorable challenges, but Dirk Kuyt's flying tackle on Phil Neville in 2007 might just take top spot. Tempers were running high after a controversial penalty to Liverpool, which Kuyt slotted past Everton's Tim Howard in the 54th minute, and things were soon taken up a notch by the Dutchman 10 minutes later. As Neville went to clear a loose ball, Kuyt careered towards him, leaping into the air with both legs outstretched in a fashion more reminiscent of a scissor kick than a tackle. — Proper footy vids (@properfootyvids) July 22, 2019 Somehow, Neville avoided the majority of contact and, somehow, Kuyt was only awarded a yellow card by Mark Clattenburg. Kuyt would go on to score his second penalty of the game in the last minute to secure a famous 2-1 win and secure his place in Merseyside folklore. Kuyt tells Telegraph Sport: 'I was very lucky to come away from that because if I had a red card, I would not have managed to score the winning goal. It's crazy when you play these kinds of games because there's a lot of adrenalin, a lot of emotion. You want to fight so hard for your shirt, you want to give everything and manage whatever needs to be done. 'I flew through the air and thank God there was no VAR there at the time. When I was in the air, I knew I was way too late and I was on the point of doing something crazy. I tried to hold my legs inside me just to be lucky not to touch him. I think I was very lucky not to get the red card.' That was also the consensus at the time, but only added to his reputation amongst the red side of Liverpool when the winner followed. Kuyt joined Liverpool in 2006 and went on to make nearly 300 appearances for the club, forging a reputation for hard work and being the ultimate team player by covering a variety of positions. #OTD in 2007: Liverpool fall behind in the derby but come from behind to win 2-1 thanks to two Dirk Kuyt penalties - including one in injury time. Everton are reduced to nine men with Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville controversially sent off — Liverpool On This Day (@OnThisDayReds) October 20, 2024 Now 44, Kuyt returned to Anfield just over a week ago to play in a legends match to raise money for the Liverpool Foundation. A Peter Crouch double helped a Liverpool side containing Steven Gerrard to a 2-0 win over Chelsea. And Kuyt got quite the reception. Crouchy's back with a brilliant brace 🫶 Enjoy highlights from #Legends2025 as the Reds secured a 2-0 victory over Chelsea 🔴 @AXA | #Ad — Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 22, 2025 'I think everyone who has been a Liverpool player, or been involved in any situation, like a coach, is part of a big family. One thing I really like about Liverpool is that you always get so respected and the people will remember you for ever,' Kuyt explains. ' For me, the best moment was reaching the Champions League final in 2007. We had many special nights at Anfield playing the Champions League, but that semi-final we played against Chelsea, when [Jose] Mourinho was the coach and [Rafael] Benítez was ours, was something really special. 'We lost our first game at Stamford Bridge 1-0 and we had to win the game at least 1-0 with the away [goals] situation, so we couldn't concede or else we had to score two goals or more. 'We managed to win that game on a very special night with the crowd fully behind us. We won the game 1-0 in 90 minutes then I scored an onside goal, which was given offside, in extra time. Finally I had the privilege to score the winning penalty which got us to the final. To be part of that night and a very special campaign was unforgettable.' Another Merseyside derby will take place on Wednesday and, flying tackle aside, Kuyt looks back on those games especially fondly. 'For the city and for the supporters, it means so much, so these were the best games to play for me. The Liverpool-Everton derby, or the game with Manchester United. They were the biggest games in the league,' says Kuyt. 'They were tough games and there was a lot of tension in the stadium. But I have good memories at Goodison Park, because I scored many goals there. There's a lot of tension on and off the pitch, but once the game is over there is respect for each other. And that's how football should be. It's a war for 90 minutes, and after you shake hands and life goes on.' Kuyt is now in the early days of a managerial career. He is currently in charge of Belgian side Beerschot, who he led back into the top division last season. However, their relegation was confirmed last weekend. 'That promotion is something I'm really proud of in my early stages as a manager, but we have now been relegated and that feels very tough,' says Kuyt. 'Losing is never nice. But seeing the circumstances, what the players did and the supporters who stood behind us from the first minute until the last, I think we did everything we could. In football, sometimes you need more than to be successful. It was a challenging year and, although it feels very hard at the moment, it is a very good experience which will only help me become better as a coach.' The former Dutch international admits he has found coaching harder than he expected. 'It's very challenging and I think to be a coach is something totally different than being a football player,' he says. 'I love to be working with young people who want to be their best possible self. I love to still be involved in football. I always said that being a football player is living the dream and, after you retire, you want to come as close to that feeling. 'You're just one step away from being on the pitch. The only other thing I could do is be a referee, but I like to stay away from that!' Kuyt is not entirely surprised his former club have succeeded so quickly under compatriot Arne Slot, having shadowed him when he was at Feyenoord while he was their under-19 coach. Would he like to follow in Slot's footsteps at Liverpool one day? 'Of course, it's a dream to come back to Anfield. But at this moment, I like to dream in shorter steps.' Merseyside derby's most famous tackles September 1999: Liverpool 0 Everton 1 Steven Gerrard's knee-high tackle on Kevin Campbell brought an instant red card. Campbell had the last laugh as he scored the winning goal. December 2002: Liverpool 0 Everton 0 Gerrard caught Gary Naysmith with an ugly two-footed lunge. The Liverpool midfielder was not even shown a yellow card by Graham Poll but apologised to Naysmith after the game. March 2005: Liverpool 2 Everton 1 Milan Baros' was shown a red card after his tackle connected with the knee of Everton defender Alan Stubbs, who later claimed it could have ended his career. March 2006: Liverpool 3 Everton 1 Gerrard was shown a second yellow card for a reckless two-footed chop on Kevin Kilbane from the side. September 2008: Everton 0 Liverpool 2 The red mist descended for Everton midfielder Tim Cahill with 10 minutes of the match to go, scything down Xabi Alonso with a wild lunge. April 2016: Liverpool 4 Everton 0 An ill-tempered Merseyside derby boiled over when Ramiro Funes Mori stamped on Divock Origi just above the ankle, leading to the Argentine's dismissal. October 2020: Everton 2 Liverpool 2 Jordan Pickford became a hate figure for Liverpool fans when his ill-judged lunge took out Virgil van Dijk, leaving the Liverpool defender sidelined for the rest of the season with damaged anterior cruciate ligaments. "He could have easily been sent off." "I'm very surprised it's just been forgotten about?" Jordan Pickford's challenge on Virgil van Dijk did not look good 😬 Should VAR have stepped in after this? — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 17, 2020
New York Times
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Time is a Flat Portobello Cap
Image Derek Boccagno's maitake au poivre, adapted by Florence Fabricant. Credit... Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff. Living any portion of your life online increases the likelihood of the digital jump scare: spotting an ex on a dating app, say, or receiving a LinkedIn invitation from a childhood nemesis. But neither compares to the minefield that is Facebook and Instagram's 'On This Day' feature, which highlights old posts. Remember the heartbreak? The vacation that ended in food poisoning? The time you bleached your own bangs? This week, 'On This Day' transported me to 2020 — the day after the pandemic was declared, specifically. That feels like a different lifetime. That feels like yesterday. It can be jarring to clock time's hurried march when we are less than prepared for it. So when a nice memory pops up, I savor it. Like the one of an old apartment I adored, or the one served to me Monday, of some mushroom tacos I posted two years ago. Then came a different kind of jump scare: I haven't written a Mushroom Week Veggie in two years. On this day, we remedy that, with many different mushrooms. Frilly maitake (or hen-of-the-woods) may be my favorite mushrooms to cook with, their edges becoming crisp and lacy when pressed against a hot skillet. Now imagine those browned bits beneath a blanket of piquant au poivre sauce, à la the maitake au poivre from Cafe Chelsea in Manhattan. Actually, you don't have to just imagine, since Florence Fabricant's procured the recipe. 'Made this for an intimate dinner party of four,' a reader wrote. 'Rave reviews and clean plates all the way around.' Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
