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It promised to be the BB to end all BB’s - well it is in fact when you consider that the house full of BB has-beens are the last lot to ever grace the BB House. The inclusion of the self-loving Makosi and that nasally-irritating freak Nadia was a low point for me, and complete predictability in the lets-hate-Ulrika campaign. Nasty Nick has mellowed since his appearance in the first Big Brother back in 2000 when he was unceremoniously booted out of the house - the Nick of 2010 is actually quite a nice person who so far has not stooped to getting involved in the histrionics, actually he seems to stand around rather detached from it all looking at times quite embarrassed. Cannot blame him…

But throwing the simpering Chantelle Houghton and her insipid ex-husband Preston together in the mix was obviously nothing short of a PR stunt designed by their respective agents. From day one we have been treated to constant episodes of Chantelle’s sobbing and mooning about over her divorce from Preston. For gods sake Preston, either tell the woman she’s last years left-overs and be done with it or do what you are both clearly in there to do…get back together again!

Just think about the money you could both rake in from a gullible public a second time.

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The death of Cammie King Conlon has taken the surviving cast of Gone with the Wind down to one remaining person. Cammie played Rhett and Scarlett’s little girl, Bonnie Blue, who tragically fell from her pony in the film and died. The event was the turning point in the story for Scarlett and Rhett.

The most recent cast member to pass away was one of the Tarleton Twins - Fred Crane - who are seen at the very start of the film in the opening sequence with Scarlett. The other Twin was George Reeves, who later went on to television fame as Superman before committing suicide in the late 1950’s. Fred Crane died in 2008.

Ann Rutherford, who played Scarlett’s younger sister, is still alive at 90 years of age and still active in Hollywood circles.

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The sad news that actor Micheal Douglas has been diagnosed with Stage Four throat cancer comes at a time in his life when he has more than enough stress to cope with. By his own admission it has been ‘a very long year’ and revealed what we all know - that cancer feeds on stress and anxiety.

The actor has spent the past year dealing with his son Cameron’s drug problems and court appearances and the latest news has it that his ex-wife, Diandra, is suing him for half his earnings from his latest film where he reprises his iconic 80’s role as Gordon Gekko. Correct me if I am wrong, but when you have been divorced from a man for more than a decade you should have moved on, especially when you already received a sizeable chunk of his fortune. One would think the woman would be well set up financially for the rest of her life but we all know these Hollywood wives - they hang onto their married names (Priscilla Presley is a good example…) because they open doors long after their marriage has bitten the dust and they have bled their ex-spouse for every penny they could get. If this woman pursues the poor man throughout his illness - and she probably will - I hope every door she ever encounters again slams right back in her face.

Micheal Douglas, looking more like his dad Kirk with every passing year, has been happily married for ten years to Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones and is the dad of two young children - let’s hope he can defy the odds, which honestly are not that great, and live to see his kids grow up.

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