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Club 7 are in negotiations about performing together for the first time in 12 years at next month's 'Children in Need' telethon. The 'Reach' hitmakers - made up of Rachel Stevens, Jon Lee, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Tina Barrett, Bradley McIntosh and Paul Cattermole - have entered negotiations about performing together for the first time in 12 years at the televised charity event on November 14. A source said: ''The reunion is definitely on but everyone involved wants a massive launchpad, which is why Children In Need would be perfect. ''It could still all fall through because there are the diaries of seven people to work around, but it's looking positive.'' Should the pop group
Pharoah had girlish hips, a club foot and buck teeth according to 'virtual autopsy' that also revealed his parents were brother and sister With strong features cast in burnished gold, Tutankhamun’s burial mask projects an image of majestic beauty and royal power. But in the flesh, King Tut had buck teeth, a club foot and girlish hips, according to the most detailed examination ever of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s remains. And rather than being a boy king with a love of chariot racing, Tut relied on walking sticks to get around during his rule in the 14th century BC, researchers said. A ‘virtual autopsy’, composed of more than 2,000 computer scans, was carried out in tandem with a genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family, which supports evidence that his parents were brother and sister. The scientists believe that this left him with physical impairments triggered by hormonal imbalances. And his family history could also have led to his premature death in his late teens. Various myths suggest he was murdered or was involved in a chariot crash after fractures were found in his skull and other parts of his skeleton. Now scientists believe he may have died of an inherited illness because only one of the breaks occurred before he died, while his club foot would have made chariot
racing impossible. The revelations are made in BBC One documentary Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered, which airs next Sunday. Albert Zink, from the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Italy, deciphered the truth about the ruler’s parents by studying the royal family’s DNA. He found that Tut was born after his father Akhenaten – dubbed the heretic king – had a relationship with his sister. Incest was not frowned upon by the ancient Egyptians and they did not know about the health implications for any offspring. Hutan Ashrafian, a lecturer in surgery at Imperial College London, said that several members of the family appeared to have suffered from ailments which can be explained by hormonal imbalances. He said: ‘A lot of his family predecessors lived to a ripe old age. Only his immediate line were dying early, and they were dying earlier each generation.’ Egyptian radiologist Ashraf Selim: ‘The virtual autopsy shows the toes are divergent – in layman’s terms it’s club foot. He would have been heavily limping. ‘There is only one site where we can say a fracture happened before he died and that is the knee.’ Evidence of King
The boy king has fascinated the world since his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Now a virtual autopsy comprised of thousands of scans has revealed that much of what we thought about Tutankhamun was wrong and far from being murdered or dying in a chariot race, his early death may have been due to physical and genetic problems caused by his parents being brother and sister.
Tut’s physical limitations were also backed up by 130 used walking canes found in his tomb.
agree a deal to play at the event, they are expected to sing a variety of their greatest hits, but there are fears next month might come too early for the band because some may have prior commitments they are unable to alter. The source added to The Sun newspaper: ''Jon is busy with theatre, Hannah is working on TV projects
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Creeky turned to rubber noses and orange wigs in the 1980s, after retiring from his previous life ranching and building homes. He joined the Shriners, which holds circus performances to raise money for its hospitals, and he put in thousands of hours of entertaining sick and well children, his son said.
In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised the then-95-year-old Creeky as the world's oldest performing clown. A previous stroke had knocked the juggling out of his act, but he still regularly donned the multicoloured jacket and yellow hat to delight the young and old with a magic trick or a
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than 100 live performances each year. He inherited the "Tonight Show" from Johnny Carson in 1992, beating out David Letterman, and was the top-rated latenight host for years. Handler and Sykes, two leading female comedians, thanked Leno for giving them wider exposure on late night TV. But some ribbing also was in store. Handler said Leno visited the Smithsonian over the weekend and tried to donate a zip drive of all his jokes, but the museum wouldn't take them. "When I first heard that Jay was getting this Mark Twain Prize tonight, which is a huge honor, I found out it was for humor, and I was a little bit confused," she said. "I wasn't sure what the connection was." Sykes said she nearly didn't make it to Washington. "On the plane, I sneezed twice, and everybody gave me the stink eye," she said. "This Ebola stuff is getting a little out of hand. It's a little scary. I'm going back to just black. I'm not African anything." Seinfeld said he's been friends with Leno for 38 years and that the longtime NBC funnyman was his idol. "There's no one more deserving to get this wonderful award obviously than Jay," Seinfeld said. "No one — except and I really don't want to sound bitter here — except maybe me? I mean come on." Garth Brooks said standup seemed pretty easy after tossing a few zingers at Leno. "I love Jay," he said. "I love Jay because success didn't give him a swell head. Nature did that." Leno didn't leave TV for long. Last week, NBC announced that he's developing a new show from his Los Angeles garage about his other great passion: cars. "Jay Leno's Garage" will premiere on CNBC in 2015.
union is ''god damn close''. He wrote: ''Big thanks too everyone for your support with the S club Re-union ... Sorry guy's I'm not confirming the S's Re-union . I'm just saying thanks coz there have been thousands of messages over the last year ... But it's God Damn close, I can almost ... Reach ... The sword... (sic)''
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n Irish pub on the Las Vegas Strip is expected to break a Guinness World Record after hosting more than two weeks of nearly nonstop live music. The concert began Oct. 1 in the Ri Ra pub in The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay, and it is expected to surpass the previous record at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Numerous bands planned to fly in to keep the music going, including Irish musician Dave Browne and Liam Reilly of the Irish rock band Bagatelle. The artists are playing nonstop with no more than a 25-second break between songs and a five-minute break between sets. The current world record for longest concert by multiple artists is 15 days. Bands began playing at a Michigan cafe on March 19, 2011 and ended April 3, 2011.
gag. He stopped performing later that year when his wife of 74 years, Betty Creekmore, died. Creeky continued to attend Shriners' clown meetings, but he never put on the makeup again, Dave Creekmore said. Creeky was hospitalised last month by an infection in his intestines. He was
released from the hospital about a week later, but he never really recovered, his son said. But to the end, he kept his passion for clowning. A lot of people go clear through life and are never really passionate about something, Dave Creekmore said. Boy, he had the passion. He jumped into that with both feet.
Jay Leno honored with top US humor prize
he joke was on Jay Leno as comedians saluted the former "Tonight Show" host Sunday when he received the top U.S. humor prize. Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld and Wanda Sykes celebrated Leno's famous work ethic and poked fun as he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Garth Brooks, Kevin Eubanks and Chelsea Handler also paid tribute. The show will be broadcast nationally Nov. 23 on PBS. Fallon, who replaced Leno this year on "The Tonight Show" after Leno stepped down for the second time, said it was a good time to honor Leno, "a man who has done so much for NBC, so much that we had to celebrate his career on PBS." On the red carpet before the show, Leno, 64, said "The Tonight Show" years were the best of his life. He said Fallon is bringing "a new dynamic" to the show, and "it's fun to see it change." "The truth is, my time was done," Leno said later in accepting the prize. "When I left 'The Tonight Show,' I didn't leave dead broke like Bill and Hillary. I was able to save." The award honors people who have had an impact on American society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator better known as Mark Twain. Past honorees include Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell and Bill Cosby. Leno said he had no idea this award was coming and that other honors are phony because people campaign for them. Leno built his career in standup comedy and still makes more
Club 7 have appeared on 'Children in Need' after they performed their charity single 'Have You Ever' on the telethon in 2001, one year after they sang their hit 'Never Had a Dream Come True' at the event after it was chosen as the official 'Children in Need' single. This comes after Paul took to Twitter in August to confirm an S Club 7 re-
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World's Oldest Clown Dies at 98 in Montana
loyd Creeky Creekmore, a former Montana rancher who held the record as the world's oldest performing clown, has died at age 98, his son said on Tuesday. Creekmore died on Saturday night in his Billings home of complications from heart disease, Dave Creekmore said.
and Rachel is a judge on 'The Voice' in Ireland. ''But for the rest of them this is a real second chance to ditch the pub gigs and become stars again. ''The idea is for them to perform a greatest hits medley, including 'S Club Party' and 'Reach'. ''If the reaction is good a tour will be announced.'' It wouldn't be the first time S
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Joins Petition To Save Historic Slavery Site 12 Years A Slave star Lupita Nyong'o has joined a campaign to stop plans to build a baseball stadium over a historic slavery site in Virginia. The actress, who won an Oscar for her role as slave Patsey in the acclaimed film, wrote a letter to Richmond politicians and lawmakers urging them to block the proposal to erect a sporting venue over Shockoe Bottom, which served as the second largest slave trading center in the U.S. during the 19th century. Nyong'o took to Instagram.com on Sunday (19Oct14), posting a photo of a handwritten letter asking Mayor Dwight Jones
and members of Richmond's city council to keep the historical site intact as a reminder of the country's history. She added in the caption, "So they want to build a baseball stadium over the archaeological remains of slavery at #ShockoeBottom. Now, I like stadiums but not when they sit atop a people's heritage! Let's #SaveShockoe by letting Mayor Dwight Jones and Richmond's city council know that we'd very much like to keep the evidence of this history." An extract from Nyong'o's letter to Mayor Jones reads, "Evidence of America's slave history
simply must be preserved, as the legacy of slavery affects all American people... Though this history is ugly and unjust, Shockoe Bottom is a site of conscience, a place where we can bear witness to the human rights abuses of slavery, learn from the lessons of history, and spark a conscience in people so that they can choose the actions that promote justice and lasting peace today... "I urge you to set aside the baseball stadium plans and, instead, fully involve the public in determining how best to commemorate the past of slavery at Shockoe Bottom."
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