Laura: Isle love my new role...
WHITMORE’S FOR SITCOM
IT’S not Halloween, ★
and Nicole Scherzinger has not dressed up as Kim Kardashian.
It’s just the Pussycat Doll wowing followers with her new blonde look. event, more than 40,000 disco fans are now set to dance at five stages.
An epic line up of disco icons
★ from the 1990s and 2000s is set to perform, including Will Atkinson, Shugz and Al Gibs on June 23. Peter Andre, Darude, Blue, Basshunter, DJ Sammy and more take the stage on June 24. Organisers said: “We are so excited to bring Scooter to Punchestown — and plans are in place to break one, if not two world records.”
RAVE ICONS: Scooter
LAURA Whitmore has announced a new TV role after leaving ITV’s Love Island as host — and a first glimpse of the sitcom got a sneak preview on The One Show on BBC One yesterday.
Laura will star with her Scottish comic husband Iain Stirling in the new show Buffering.
Iain told hosts Jermaine Jenas and Alex Jones: “The great thing about doing a comedy, I guess, is it’s a collaborative effort so everyone was chucking in ideas.
“Laura’s such a naturally funny person so she definitely helped with the character, fleshed it out. We sort of gave her the skeleton and she built it into this monster really. Quite a scary individual, the character.”
Iain said of his character: “He’s a kids’ TV presenter and he can’t stand children. He sort of thinks he’s destined for better things, he’s gone to move on and it’s backfired horribly.
“He’s stuck back in the kids’ TV
SHE’S the bad ass of revenge pop – and Ava Max is no shy retiring wallflower in real life.
The US star has made a habit of pulling no punches in her videos, memorably attacking a lover with an axe in huge No. 1 Sweet But Psycho.
She subtly got rid of another with poison lip balm in Maybe You’re The Problem.
And it turns out the real Ava can hold her own: “There was one instance when I was at a bar with my friends and some random guy pushed my friend in a really world and wondering — he’s approaching 30, which I have approached in real life — and wondering where his life is at and he’s not got the dream job and why he’s not grown up and settled down.”
Laura confirmed she was exiting Love Island last year, after the 2022 series. The Bray woman fronted three seasons in three years with Maya Jama now host.
Series
“Some news!” she wrote. “I won’t be hosting the next series of Love island. There are certain elements of the show I’ve found very difficult that cannot be changed, some due to the format, including the flying back and forth to South Africa along with my new conflicting projects. I wish it was still possible but know you’ll be in safe hands.
“I was only planning to fill in for Caroline for a series and it turned into 3 series. I hope I did you proud Caroline.” forceful manner. I grabbed his tie, poured my drink into his suit and said, ‘Don’t you ever push a woman ever again’. He looked at me like I was crazy, but he was the crazy one.”
Ava returns with second LP ★
Diamonds & Dancefloors today, a collection of sad songs turned into empowering bangers.
“I’m definitely more vulnerable with my personal life now, especially after going through a crazy break-up,” she explained. “I didn’t know heartbreak could feel like that way.”