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The Irish Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Rivals series two starts filming as cast share behind the scenes snap of Danny Dyer's return after BAFTA win
FILMING for Rivals series two has begun - as the cast shared a behind-the-scenes snap of Danny Dyer's return. The likes of , and a lso appear in the romp-filled series. Advertisement 3 Hit show Rivals has begun filming for series two Credit: Instagram 3 Based on Jilly Cooper's novel, Rivals debuted on Disney+ last year Credit: Instagram 3 Danny Dyer returns after his recent BAFTA win Credit: Instagram The smash-hit period drama, based on Jilly Cooper's 1988 novel, launched on Disney+ last year. New snaps show cast members back on set to film the second series, It comes as cast member Danny Dyer recently The actor, 47, received the gong for his work in Sky Max comedy Mr Bigstuff - marking his first BAFTA win. Advertisement Read more on Rivals Meanwhile, the star recently revealed he The second outing will comprise 12 episodes altogether - marking an increase of four. David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Katherine Parkinson, Alex Hassell and Nafessa Williams are all confirmed to be returning. Also coming back are Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Oliver Chris, Victoria Smurfit and Advertisement Most read in News TV Following the original book, the first series of It saw long-held grudges bubble to the surface as characters vied for business and each others' affections in the Rivals fans convinced series two announcement video contains HUGE spoiler for next season after cliffhanger ending - did you spot it? Viewers tuned into the show in droves as they raved about the After the jaw-dropping cliffhanger ending, Advertisement The Sun Rivals: The Cast An ensemble of stars make up the huge cast of the hit Disney+ show Rivals. Victoria Smurfit - Maud O'Hara (Declan's wretched wife and a former actress) Danny Dyer - Freddie Jones (Self-made successful electronics businessman and resident in Rutshire) Rufus Jones - Paul Stratton (British MP going through a mid-life crisis) Author Dame Jilly Cooper said at the time: "Nearly 40 years after my novel Rivals was published, I've adored seeing the world fall in love with my beloved characters - Rutshire's Finest. Prince and Disney+ on the first season." She added: "I'm orgasmic with excitement and cannot wait for the return of my superhero Rupert Campbell-Black and the rest of the characters in season two!" Advertisement Rivals is available to stream on Disney+.
The Sun
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
It was hard seeing Dad struggle – I won't make the same mistakes he did, says Danny Dyer's youngest daughter Sunnie, 18
DANNY DYER'S younger daughter Sunnie says seeing her dad's struggle with booze, drugs and rehab when she was a child keeps her grounded. Now the talented 18-year-old budding actress views him as her 'best friend' and says one day she would love to follow in his footsteps and win a Bafta TV award, just like he did on Sunday. 5 In her first newspaper interview, Sunnie opened up about how her working-class father has taught her how to deal with rejection in the industry. She adds that she loves his Disney+ hit Rivals, but refuses to watch his sex scenes. Sunnie said: 'Dad's life lesson has been my life lesson. Seeing my dad struggle at times was very, very hard. 'Dad's past has made me more aware about when to stop drinking and that there is a limit. 'Now if he was struggling we could have a chat, but when I was younger I couldn't have understood. 'I was very protected. I didn't understand at home but then I would go to primary school and people would talk about it and I wouldn't really have a clue. 'It's very sad. My dad is my best friend.' Fun experience Sunnie trained at the famous Sylvia Young Theatre School, attended by Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes, and now has an agent as she sets out on her own career path in the industry. Last weekend she accompanied Danny on the red carpet at the Bafta bash, where he won best comedy performance for his role in Sky Max series Mr Bigstuff. She said afterwards: 'Like my dad I want to win a Bafta — and then an Oscar. 'Marisa Abela won an award and said she used to watch her mum in the National Youth Theatre, and Dad said to me, 'That's going to be you up there one day'. 'And I was like, 'I'll be thanking you, Dad — and Mum, of course'. 'I'm at college studying performing arts and this is the world I want to enter, so it's cool that I get to go to these events at a young age and know what the route is. 'I've wanted to be an actress ever since I could talk. Dad came into my college and did a workshop with us. 'He helped us run the lines, which was such a fun experience. I loved that — Dad teaching all my peers, him giving us feedback on what we should improve on. That was a nice moment.' And she added: 'I like serious roles. I also write poems and short stories.' Mentored by Harold Pinter Danny was mentored by Harold Pinter and appeared in many of his plays before the playwright's death in 2008. Sunnie was delighted to be in a recent production of Pinter's 1959 play The Dumb Waiter, originally written for two male actors. She said: 'It was really fun to do. It's something I would probably never be able to do in the real world because it's two hitmen. He was proud of me. 'Any time I've got a rejection he says, 'Sun, this is the game you are in. You take the rejection and then you use it in your next role. ''You concentrate more. You put ten per cent more in every time'. 'He tells me to ride the storm every time. 'I'm very dark. Role-wise I'll do anything, especially horror or true crime — that would be good. But then I also love romantic comedies.' Sunnie is close to her lookalike elder sister Dani, 28, who won Love Island in 2018, and younger brother Arty, ten. They live in a sprawling Essex home with mum Jo, which is a world away from Danny's own East End upbringing, as well as his years playing Mick Carter in EastEnders. Sunnie said: 'I am very privileged to live the life I live. 'We do live in the middle of nowhere, where there are no buses for me to even get on. 'I have been on a bus a few times in my life. I have never been approached by EastEnders and I don't want to do reality shows – I wasn't made for Love Island. Dani bigs it up to me but it's not something I would ever do 'Mum is more strict than Dad with the rules. You always need bad cop and good cop. 'I get pocket money every month from Mum and Dad. I do alright. I'm very lucky. 'But Mum halves my money and puts it in my savings. 'I've got a job at home — I do the dishwasher and clean the sides in the kitchen. I get treated for doing that. 'I do get curfews, too — it just depends on where I am. 'Every Friday I stay in and have my Chinese takeaway. People ask me if I want to go out on a Friday and I say, 'Nope'. 'I have never been approached by EastEnders and I don't want to do reality shows — I wasn't made for Love Island, I haven't got the confidence for it. 'Dani bigs it up to me, but it's not something I would ever do.' 'It's how we bonded' Cockney Danny swore several times during his Bafta acceptance speech on Sunday, but Sunnie is far cleaner with her language. She said: 'I don't have a potty mouth, I take pride in my words. I only swear if it's necessary. 'I don't swear at Dad. There is a level of respect and if I swear at him of course I get told off.' She added: 'I'm allowed a drink. It's always been normal to have a drink with dinner in our house. 'I'm not a big drinker anyway. People offer me one and I'm like, 'Nah'. 'I notice with my friends that the ones with the strictest parents are the most lethal on a night out. 'I can have a drink whenever but I know my limit. I don't take the mick with it. I just don't like the way it makes me feel.' Sunnie was so enchanted with her dad in the Eighties-set drama Rivals that she organised a specially themed birthday party. She said: 'I absolutely loved it, although I didn't watch the sex scenes with Dad in. I wish I had a boyfriend. That is what I want in life, just to be in love. I find it very difficult to find one, because I have to manage if they really actually want me and the life that I have, or they just want to be with me for the sake of it 'I had an Eighties birthday party and I was shocked that my friends didn't know about the Eighties. 'I was so excited. It's something I've dreamed of my whole life — a night in the Eighties. I grew up on Eighties films from when I was three or four. 'Dad has always shown me films. It's been how we bonded — Lost Boys, Weird Science, Stand By Me.' One thing missing in Sunnie's life is a boyfriend — but she knows Danny would be strict. She said: 'I wish I had a boyfriend. That is what I want in life, just to be in love. I find it very difficult to find one, because I have to manage if they really actually want me and the life that I have, or they just want to be with me for the sake of it. 'So I've pushed boys away because of that. 'I'd love to meet a Spanish boy. I've never really brought a boy home. 'Dad would have authority and shake the guy's hand firmly!' SEQUEL TO 'DYER' FILM DANNY has revealed he is making a sequel to his hit movie Marching Powder. And he promised that the flick, called Stoned Island – a play on the clothing brand Stone Island, favoured by football fans – will be less violent than the original dark comedy. He said: 'The movie had awful reviews, but people voted with their feet. We are making a sequel now called Stoned Island. 'I am proud of it but it was hard work. I thought we had too much violence. I don't think you need it. That's where it dipped for me.' Speaking at a Paul Strank Charitable Trust event for disadvantaged families, where he donated thousands of pounds, Danny added: 'I have got stories to tell as there are so many characters I have been brought up with. It goes, 'F*** the elite'.' SWEARY? IT'S JUST DANNY'S NERVES DANNY'S wife Jo says the East End actor is a 'softie' at heart, despite his sweary, lairy image. The mother to his three kids reveals he cleans up after the dog and they regularly enjoy date nights. 5 5 The couple are childhood sweethearts who met aged 14 and finally wed nine years ago. Jo says: 'I think Danny's swearing is part of a character that he uses to hide from his real self. 'I say that to him all the time. He is a softie. I've noticed he swears a lot in interviews when he is nervous or he doesn't know what to say.' Jo shuns red carpets and awards ceremonies and says: 'I was at the rugby when the Baftas was on. I forgot all about it. I didn't fancy going. I don't want to be that public person. I know when I go out, people go, 'Oh, that's Danny Dyer's wife'.' Jo stood by Danny during his wild past and rehab stints and has seen him come out on the other side. Now life is calmer and she says: 'Danny's past has done wonders for my kids. My girls won't be ruining their lives on drugs. 'We have date nights and if we have a family dinner the wine is out. 'We will have a nice bottle of champagne or sangria.' Jo keeps Danny in check by encouraging him to chip in with household chores and pick up after their dog Deborah, a French bulldog. She says: 'He does the dishes and looks after the dog – I don't have time for the dog at home. 'For five years I told Danny, 'You're not having a dog, you're not here'. 'He begged and begged and then we went into Covid. 'He brought this dog home and I said, 'You've got to take her to work with you'. 'So he took it to EastEnders and then she went to doggy day care for about a year, and soon he was getting the hump. 'Every argument me and Danny have is over the dog. Bulldogs stink. They are like pigs. 'So I will wake him up. If he's done a night shoot and has come in at 5am I don't care. 'I'll go, 'The dog's p**sed on the carpet – up you get'. And I will see the hatred in his eyes!'
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham moment city becomes 'official babs' with US namesakes
This is the moment Birmingham becomes 'official babs' with its American namesakes. Brummie comic legend Joe Lycett travelled all over the US to form a "Treaty of Friendship" with the other Birminghams. The funny Sky Max clip, shared exclusively with BirminghamLive ahead of tonight's United States of Birmingham episode, shows the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Ken Wood, sign each declaration to seal the special relationship. READ MORE: Watch Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham featuring hilarious Black Country slang chat There are 18 other Birminghams - 17 in the US and one in Canada. Dad-of-one Joe visited most of them during a road trip with his driver Randy and a TV crew as part of Sky's new show. An International Day of Birmingham also saw a colourful parade which ended outside the council offices in Victoria Square. In part of the clip above, Joe tells Lord Mayor Ken: "I imagine this is what it was like at the Good Friday Agreement. "Birmingham New Jersey - done. Birmingham Kansas, Birmingham Pennsylvania - done. "Birmingham Ohio - officially friends." Ken said: "You've certainly been getting around." Joe responds: "I have. Birmingham Michigan, Birmingham Indiana." READ MORE: International Day of Birmingham with Joe Lycett Ken says: "We really are indebted to you for doing this Joe." Joe: "Birmingham Alabama - the last one!" Ken says: "There we have it then Joe - We now officially have The United States of Birmingham." Joe responds: "Oh my word. I sort of can't believe it, what a moment. We should celebrate!" A civic reception was organised along with a parade as part of the International Day of Birmingham on September 24, last year. The man. The icon. The Brummie! Thank you @joelycett for being the catalyst behind the #InternationalDayOfBirmingham & the celebrations of it I presented Joe with the Lord Mayor's Award, for his outstanding achievements, exceptional service & charitable work in our city. — Lord Mayor of Birmingham (@BrumLordMayor) September 27, 2024 Posting after the newly formed celebratory day, the Lord Mayor wrote on X: "The man. The icon. The Brummie! "Thank you @joelycett for being the catalyst behind the #InternationalDayOfBirmingham & the celebrations of it." "I presented Joe with the Lord Mayor's Award, for his outstanding achievements, exceptional service & charitable work in our city." The final episode of Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham is Sky Max, from 9pm, tonight, Tuesday, May 13.
Metro
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Viewers in tears after watching 'the best episode of comedy TV ever'
Hacks fans have been left in floods of tears after the latest episode of season four, with many branding it one of the best instalments of TV ever. The hit series has been met with huge acclaim since it premiered in 2021, following Jean Smart as stand-up comedian Deborah Vance, who begrudgingly begins working with young comedy writer Ava Daniels – played expertly by Hannah Einbinder. Megan Stalter, Paul W Downs, Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Rose Abdoo make up the hilarious cast, with Kaitlin Olson, Helen Hunt and Tony Goldwyn in recurring roles. The current season, which is airing on HBO and Sky Max, began with the relationship between Deborah and Ava completely fractured after the latter blackmailed the comic into making her the head writer for her late night show. Following a string of pranks, devastating put downs and intense battles, the latest episode saw them reuniting in magnificent form – with Ava storming off and quitting her job after a meltdown, leading to Deborah tracking her down at the beach for a waterlogged heart-to-heart. After weeks of the pair being at each other's throats, viewers were left emotional at their reunion, and flocked to social media to unpack the bittersweet scenes. Over on Reddit, Its-very-that sobbed: 'Ava and Deborah's make up was so needed and brought a few tears to my eye.' 'Deborah apologizing scene made me tear up real hard,' Neuxps wrote. SnooConstellations19 said: 'I sobbed. Soft, apologetic Deborah.' Jenniferjolie posted: ''You are my voice' … I literally burst into tears, my god.' Twitter user Iretomide cheered: 'Just watched the best episode of comedy tv ever (hacks s4e6).' Jamal MD agreed: 'The latest of #Hacks truly transcended everything that this show stands for and raised the bar to a very raw place that is exactly what we needed as an audience! 'Thank you for such over the top episode which was so needed!!' 'Okay so that was one of the best Hacks episode ever,' Bluemoon commented. Morgie added: 'Tonight's Hacks episode is maybe the best thus far. Jesus Christ they're killing me like the writing is actually so crazy good.' Hannah shed light on filming their emotional reunion in a new chat with Variety, and explained that their bond has really come on since the pilot episode – with many of their scenes treated 'like a romance'. 'This relationship between the two of them is tracked like a romance. The story itself is written like a romance,' she insisted. 'There are a lot of layers of enmeshment between Ava and Deborah. 'One is on that level – not necessarily romantic, but just in the space that that takes up for people. 'Also, Ava doesn't have a great relationship with her mom, and Deborah doesn't have a great relationship with her daughter. It's almost a second chance that they both get at that type of dynamic. So I think it's just layered. More Trending 'It's this central relationship in her life. She's in a place of avoidance, because she's really scared of being hurt and giving her heart over to another person, or people.' 'It's so fun to play the love between the two of them,' she added of returning to the more loving side of their relationship. 'That's always a joy. And we were really, really happy to get back to that.' View More » Hacks is available to stream on HBO and Sky Max now. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: TV pundit collapses live on air and presenter's 'unacceptable' reaction stuns viewers MORE: Harry Potter's TV show's three main stars finally cast and about to become 'overnight millionaires' MORE: WWE Backlash 2025 preview and UK start time for 'last time ever' match
Metro
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Cancel weekend plans to binge 'incredible' thriller worth paying £6.99 for
If you're looking for your next binge watch, you couldn't do much better than Poker Face. The new thriller, which recently returned for its second season, has racked up a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and delighted fans with Rian Johnson's take on the classic 'case-of-the-week' murder mysteries. Natasha Lyonne plays casino worker Charlie Cale in the show, with her character – who has the extraordinary ability to figure out when someone is lying to her – finding herself caught up in the deaths of strangers while on the run. With 10 episodes in the first season and the first three of season two available on Now after airing on Sky Max last night, there's plenty to dig into this weekend. Episodes will be dropped weekly after this first batch, so now's a good time to get caught up with the next Bank Holiday still a couple of weeks away. A subscription to Now's Entertainment package is available for £6.99 (which is 30% off) if you sign up for six months. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In a Google review, fan Heather Makemson wrote: 'This show was far more interesting & the acting far better than I was expecting! But, truthfully, it should not be a surprise because Natasha Lyonne is always incredible. 'This show manages to keep things light & funny without becoming to corny.' Viewer Tyron Brown hailed the series as 'one of the best TV shows I've seen in years', adding: ' Every episode was solid and kept me hooked.' Given creator Rian's success with Daniel Craig and the Knives Out saga, it's no surprise he's nailed the format here. Google user Metta Bhavana pointed out that while the filmmaker clearly knows all the cliches, he puts his own spin on everything. They wrote: '[He] confronts them all head on, twists them and makes them something so fresh, original and unexpected, it's as if they were just invented.' Other fans have described it as 'absolutely worth the watch' and 'refreshing', as well as 'funny, heartfelt and full of twists and turns'. There have also been plenty of comparisons to classic detective story Columbo with a similar format. More Trending 'This has been one of the best things we have seen in a really long time. With its Columbo inspiration, each episode is wildly different and themed,' wrote Preston Taylor on Google. 'Natasha Lyonne is as always absolutely phenomenal! It's got crazy good stars, such as my fave Chloe Sevigny and a different cast each episode.' View More » Poker Face is available to stream via Now. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Wrestling daredevil, 32, feels like 'death is constantly on my doorstep' MORE: 'Amazing' Netflix series soars to number 1 as fans binge all 8 episodes MORE: World-famous comedian doesn't mince his words blasting 'cult' Saturday Night Live
