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Bigg Boss 19: Salman Khan Questions Gaurav Khanna For Playing Safe After Tanya Mittal, Baseer Ali Call Out Game Plan; Labels Mridul Tiwari ‘+ 1’ Contestant During Weekend Ka Vaar

by jummy84 September 21, 2025
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The latest Weekend Ka Vaar saw Salman Khan put Gaurav Khanna in the spotlight once again, questioning his lack of participation and visible presence in the house. Citing the recent pirate task, Salman asked Gaurav to explain his contribution, pointing out how his absence from action is raising questions about his strategy and intent in the competition.

Salman Khan Calls Out Gaurav Khanna For Giving A Star Cameo

When asked about his role in the pirate task, Gaurav said, “It was our strategy to study other teams’ players and send people accordingly. We sent the girls first, then later played accordingly. I wanted to play, but…” Salman interrupted to probe deeper, asking, “Aapka ghar mein jo dikh raha hai, ye aapka asal kirdaar hai? Are you getting intimidated by other contestants’ talents? You need to speak up on muddas. How are you getting performance pressure on that? This is a competition of the mind to tackle issues rightly. You’re an intelligent man why are you not using it?”

Defending his stance, Gaurav clarified, “I like to stay aloof from all the abuses and aggression that happens during tasks.” However, Salman delivered a sharp reality check, saying, “Your role in the house is like a star cameo, jo poster mein nazar aata hai, but picture mein nahi dikhte.” As Gaurav continues to walk the fine line between restraint and invisibility, it remains to be seen whether he will finally rise to the occasion or fade further into the background.

Salman Khan Calls Out Mridul for Lacking Individuality

On the latest Weekend Ka Vaar, Salman Khan turned his attention to Mridul, questioning his individuality and visible presence inside the house. Drawing comparisons, Salman remarked, “Jitne bade Gaurav hai TV pe, utne bade aap social media pe ho. But if you haven’t bought your followers, why have they followed you? And now that you’re not visible in the show, will they continue to like you?”

Salman further pointed out that Mridul often comes across as a supporting act rather than a standalone player: “Sometimes you’re with Natalia, sometimes with Gaurav — you’re always showing up in the +1 category. Your personality inside the house is very different from the one people see on your channel. You’re not giving any solo opinions; you’re always seen under someone’s shadow.” Agreeing with this critique, Mridul admitted that he, too, has been feeling the same about his current stance in the game.

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Also Read: Bigg Boss 19: Baseer Ali Reveals His Father Was Proud When He Entered The BB House; Says, “Dad Was Never Really Happy With My Work But…”

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September 21, 2025 0 comments
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10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson
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10 Questions with Domnhall Gleeson

by jummy84 September 18, 2025
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Domhnall Gleeson stars in The Paper. Peacock

Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper.

Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers?

I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword.

What is the value of proper journalism — and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller — proper local journalism?

It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level.

The people I like most in the world are the people who make me laugh

What did you think of journalists before taking on this role?

I’m probably always a little bit defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate.

In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet?

I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it! But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – no one’s like: “Oooooh!”

Did you speak to Steve Carell about what it was like being the boss in the US Office?

I did. Steve is one of those extraordinary people who leads by example. He told me, “If you get a chance to work with Greg Daniels [series co-creator], you have to do it. He’s the best.” He was right about that. John Krasinski [who co-starred] said the same thing. They’re both amazing actors and have done very well out of The Office. So, all you can do is try and be good in your own show.

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Gleeson played General Hux in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. DISNEYLUCASFILM

That show was a multi-award-winning behemoth of broadcasting. What’s the pressure like when you’re following that and you’re the man who’s leading from the front?

If there’s pressure on the show, it’s pressure that it’s brought on itself because it’s described itself as in “the same universe as…” We’ll probably have a tricky time explaining to people that it’s not a remake of The Office. But this character is so different to all the bosses from the different versions of The Office. He’s more of a straight man.

Before The Paper even aired, it was renewed for a second series. The US Office had nine seasons, with 201 episodes — given that you currently live in Dublin, are you ready for a multi-series, American-based commitment?

No. What I’m prepared for is, if the show just keeps on going, it will be because people are responding to it in a positive way. And if we don’t, it’ll be because of the opposite. But I really look forward to doing more of it, because I think we can make it better.

The Office changed TV, with the mockumentary becoming a whole new style of show. But it’s changed again since then. Now dramedies like The Bear and Hacks win comedy Emmys. Is there still room for a straight-up comedy like The Paper?

I really hope so. I still seek out comedies. A lot of the time, what I need is something unabashedly interested in making you laugh. The people I like most in the world are people who make me laugh. The truth is no different when it comes to TV shows. With something like [Channel 4’s] Stath Lets Flats, I’m like: “For the following half an hour, I will be happy.” That’s a cool gift to give people.

Do you find comedy harder than serious roles?

Not really. All the time, you’re trying to access the truth of the project. So, you need a good script. You need good people to play with. You need a good overseer. That’s true of whatever you’re doing, whether it’s drama or comedy.

You made a very convincing drug-dealing villain opposite Julianne Moore in recent Apple TV+ film Echo Valley. Was it a lot of fun being able to lean into a chewy, out-and-out bad guy?

I absolutely loved it. Characters like that have such an immediate effect on the scene. When they walk into the room, things change. Actually, when I worked with Steve Carell on The Patient [the 2022 thriller series], it was a similar thing. I was playing a serial killer and he was a therapist I had kidnapped to try and keep me on the straight and narrow. So, yeah, I love that and will certainly be looking to do more of that in the future.

September 18, 2025 0 comments
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Miguel Fans Have Questions After He Pops Out w/ Surprise Baby Reveal: People Are Fathering Who Have Never Fathered Before'
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Miguel Fans Have Questions After He Pops Out w/ Surprise Baby Reveal: People Are Fathering Who Have Never Fathered Before’

by jummy84 September 10, 2025
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Miguel Fans Have Questions After He Pops Out w/ Surprise Baby Reveal: People Are Fathering Who Have Never Fathered Before’

Fans were left stunned this week after Miguel revealed he quietly became a father, sharing the news with a touching Instagram post on his child’s first birthday.

“Our baby turned 1 today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELITO!” the singer wrote alongside a heartwarming video showing him gently holding his baby and guiding them to lift one finger. “We love you so much. So proud and honored that you chose us to be your parents. Papá wrote you a song—hope it always reminds you of how loved you are.”

The baby’s face was blurred, but the joy on Miguel’s face was unmistakable. Zhang, a 32-year-old filmmaker and Miguel’s partner is reportedly the child’s mother.

Fans flooded the comments in disbelief, with many expressing how shocked they were that the singer kept the news private for a full year. Some even questioned the timing of the announcement.

Nevertheless, Miguel seems overjoyed with his new role as a dad. What are your thoughts on this big reveal?


September 10, 2025 0 comments
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Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend' Debut: Five Burning Questions
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Debut: Five Burning Questions

by jummy84 September 9, 2025
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Just 11 months after she last occupied it, Sabrina Carpenter returns to the top spot of the Billboard 200 this week with her new album, the Aug. 29-released Man’s Best Friend.

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The new set, her follow-up to 2024’s four-week Billboard 200 No. 1 Short n’ Sweet, claims pole position with an impressive 366,000 units moved, according to Luminate — a slightly higher number than its predecessor bowed with (362,000). In addition, it notches all 12 of its tracks in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with two — the No. 3-entering “Tears,” and the No. 4-rebounding “Manchild” (which previously debuted at No. 1) — making the top five.

How should Carpenter feel about her first-week performance? And what would he advise her to do for the rest of the year? Billboard staffers answer these questions and more below.

1. Sabrina Carpenter debuts atop the Billboard 200 this week with Man’s Best Friend, posting 366,000 first-week units — up a tiny bit from the first-week performance of last year’s Billboard 200-besting Short n’ Sweet (362,000 units). On a scale from 1-10, how excited should Carpenter and her team be with that performance?

Eric Renner Brown: 7. Man’s Best Friend‘s first-week figures didn’t blow Short n’ Sweet‘s out of the water – probably a small disappointment for Carpenter and her team, given how inescapable she has been for the past year – but they did maintain her 2024 effort’s success, and without being buoyed by two massive pre-release hits like Short n’ Sweet was. The stat I’d be most excited about were I in Carpenter’s camp: Man’s Best Friend clocked the ninth-best vinyl sales week in the modern era (dating back to 1991); only one of the albums ahead of her on that tally is by an artist not named Taylor Swift. That accomplishment demonstrates her fan base’s passion – and her team’s release strategy savvy.

Lyndsey Havens: 10. Sabrina’s trajectory right now is what I imagine every pop star dreams of — whenever it happens. To quote the Hot 100’s current champion, Sabrina keeps going up “up, up, up” and it’s a joy to watch as a longtime fan. Especially because it seems that she’s having the most fun of us all. And I think it’s in part because she has mastered striking while the iron is hot; she figured out what works and feels best for her and her audience and has consistently delivered exactly that ever since. And makes it look easy.

Jason Lipshutz: An 8. Sure, it would have been nice to rival the biggest debuts of the year so far by The Weeknd and Morgan Wallen, but Man’s Best Friend squeaking by the bow of Short n’ Sweet, when its predecessor had a more plentiful collection of hits upon its release, is beyond impressive. Sabrina Carpenter has reached a level in which every new album is a pop event, but returning so quickly after a blockbuster album and scoring an even bigger debut demonstrates just how firmly she’s planted herself on the A-list.

Joe Lynch: Nine. Both the overall total and trad album sales numbers for MBF are up from SNS, which is, on face value, A Good Thing. I especially think it’s a win considering SNS benefitted from the juggernaut that was “Espresso,” one of the most ubiquitous, undying hits of the 2020s. For MBF to do even marginally better without a comparable era-defining song boosting the streams is a big win.

Andrew Unterberger: An 8.5. Given the short layover and relative lack of advance hits compared to its predecessor, I think anything within range of Short n’ Sweet would’ve been just fine for Sabrina Carpenter, but to actually squeak by the original’s first-week tally is a big win. And to do it mostly in album sales (but with a still-robust number of streams) — I mean, it’s all what you want if you’re looking to do this thing for a long time.

2. “Tears” is the top-performing song from the new set, debuting at No. 3 on the Hot 100 — and it just received a spotlight performance at Sunday night’s VMAs. Does the song feel like a long-term hit, akin to “Taste” on the last album, or do you think it will have a shorter shelf-life? 

Eric Renner Brown: Sure! It’s at least as catchy, if not moreso, than “Manchild,” “Taste” and “Please Please Please” (“Espresso” is, of course, the GOAT). Another factor that could add to the disco-pop song’s longevity: It sounds tailored to pop off on dancefloors.

Lyndsey Havens: I actually think “Tears” could have longer-term success than “Taste,” especially following her VMAs performance — which has already become a cultural reference point. While I love “Taste,” I’m personally more all-in on “Tears” because I feel like it shows a glimmer of why Man’s Best Friend is in fact an evolution for the pop star. Despite the title and raunchy opening line — which we’ve come to expect from Sab Carp following Short n’ Sweet — the song is about a man being respectful and responsible, whereas “Taste” played up the opposite. “Tears” is just getting started, and with such a strong showing so far, I could see it hanging around the top of the chart for a long while. 

Jason Lipshutz: Yep, this is the “Taste” of this album cycle: new single released concurrently with the album, with a music video featuring a major film star, and the type of uptempo, innuendo-laden pop track that would have been nice to have this summer, but we will embrace for the fall. “Tears” sounds like another big hit for Sabrina, and is functioning like one on streaming services; maybe it dips a bit from its No. 3 debut, but I’d expect it to stick around the top 10 through Pumpkin Spice season.

Joe Lynch: Both. Like “Taste,” the song is a grower, and that VMAs turn should help boost it back up on streaming and radio. I see it sticking around, though not to the extent of “Taste” (38 weeks on the Hot 100!). “Taste” is slyly flirty, “Tears” is unabashedly sexual, and lyrics like “I get wet at the thought of you” are bound to limit its exposure, particularly given the overall conservative swing of American culture lately.

Andrew Unterberger: It’s maybe a little more challenging — key shifts, unusual sonic touchstones, particularly Kidz Bop-unfriendly lyrics — than “Taste,” so I wouldn’t be surprised if it had a little bit quicker a chart run. But it’s also a really great and fun single, and Carpenter seems motivated to continue pushing it, so if it outpaces my expectations I wouldn’t be shocked either.

3. “Manchild” returns to the top five this week, moving 7-4. Do you feel any differently about the song now that the whole album is out than you did when it was first released three months ago? 

Eric Renner Brown: “Manchild” has grown on me since it was released, but my opinion on it hasn’t changed dramatically – it’s a Sabrina Carpenter single, for better or for worse. Carpenter is such a singles-driven artist that, honestly, hearing her songs within the context of their respective albums doesn’t add much more depth to my understanding of them. That “Manchild” kicks off Man’s Best Friend only bolsters the ability to think of it independently from the full album.

Lyndsey Havens: When “Manchild” first dropped it came and went for me — for no particular reason. But within the context of the album, I’ve definitely played it more and appreciate the role it played in setting the tone for Man’s Best Friend. That said, I’m still a “Tears” girl — and even songs like “House Tour” have me coming back more.

Jason Lipshutz: It’s grown in stature for me, thanks to all of the tiny sonic tics and lyrical details that are revealed upon multiple listens. The nifty guitar work in the pre-chorus, the gang vocals in the second half of the bridge, the triple-entendre of “Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started” in the opening verse — they all contribute to a singular pop showcase, built around an echoing hook that had immediate appeal. I promise you that, in five years, we will look back on “Manchild” as one of Carpenter’s strongest hits.

Joe Lynch: Not especially. I loved “Manchild” when it dropped and I still think it’s fantastic. Does it surpass or even match the best singles of SNS? No, but it’s a bit unfair to measure anything up to “Espresso” and “Taste,” two of the decade’s best so far in pop. And it is an excellent, durable pop song.

Andrew Unterberger: I was at least a little underwhelmed by “Manchild” when it first bowed, but now I’m struggling to even really remember why. Some of the verse lyrics do land a little too broadly for my tastes, but it’s a small complaint when stacked up against all the things this song does really, really well. It’s on the level of the three big Short n’ Sweet hits for me at this point, certainly.

4. Does the album feel to you like it moves her beyond Short n’ Sweet, or do you think it mostly doubles down on what that album did successfully?

Eric Renner Brown: It’s a Sabrina Carpenter album! She ran it back for an album that, to my ears, pretty much picks up right where Short n’ Sweet left off. And that wasn’t a bad idea: Carpenter does a very distinctive thing and does it very well – this is what audiences expect from her. But now I’m wondering… are there people out there hailing this as a major stylistic departure for her?

Lyndsey Havens: At first, I thought it doubled down. And I still think it largely does — which is great! It works for all parties involved. But the more I listen, the more I can see how this is a stepping stone towards whatever comes next, whether it’s a move away from her sex-driven wordplay or a move into the softer production and soaring vocals of a song like “We Almost Broke Up Again,” I can’t wait to see what comes next for Sabrina. And while I’d eagerly press play on a third album in a potential trio of releases, I do hope that there’s a break built in before then — and perhaps ending the album with “Goodbye” is a hint at exactly that. 

Jason Lipshutz: I think even Sabrina would admit that Man’s Best Friend doubles down on a formula that was established on Short n’ Sweet, augmenting the details of a winning blueprint drawn up with close collaborators who understand her voice, sound and humor. Because Short n’ Sweet was such a success, Carpenter has designed Man’s Best Friend as a more personal, and lovably weird, glimpse into her life and relationships, drawing upon similar themes with more confidence and clarity. I doubt Carpenter will linger in this particular mode for too much longer, but for now, she’s having a blast within it.

Joe Lynch: It pushes the envelope a bit further in terms of sexual entendre and transgression (I mean, that album cover) — but musically, she’s doubling down on what worked on SNS. Which is fine – coming almost a year to the date after that breakthrough album, MBF delivers, to my ear, more of the same sonically. But there’s not a lot of people doing what she’s doing right now (or at least doing it well), so I welcome it. Now, in 2026 or 2027, would I hope there’s a bit of growth? Sure. But as a quick follow-up to a blockbuster, this lands.

Andrew Unterberger: It certainly feels of a piece with her last album both sonically and thematically, but the more you listen to this album the more you realize how far this actually is from Shorter n’ Sweeter. It’s a less-explosive album than its predecessor but arguably a richer one, less concerned with offering a cornucopia of singles and more with a providing full-album experience, a relationship song cycle that feels almost like it’s all telling parts of the same story of post-relationship heartbreak, lust, frustration and (some degree of) acceptance. And the musical influences, pushing her further into unusual pockets of pre-MTV crossover country, synthy soft rock and other little-revived genres, really give this album its own sonic identity as well.

5. It’s been an incredible near-two-year run for Sabrina Carpenter in pop music — how would you recommend she spend the next three months to finish out the year as strongly as possible?

Eric Renner Brown: At this point, she feels too big too fail, which I mean in the most complimentary way. These hits, sales, concerts are simply so massive that it’s hard for me to think of any way she could derail this run at this point. But I will be curious to see how she incorporates this fresh material into her Short n’ Sweet tour when it resumes later this month – and if she can leverage any of these new songs to create viral moments.

Lyndsey Havens: Enjoy it, whatever that looks like for her. It sure could mean continuing to write and record. It could mean continuing to ideate and build worlds with her performances (she has a handful of festival gigs in early 2026). And it could mean taking a long vacation. But, somewhere in all of that, I also hope it means preparing for a busy award season at the start of the new year; at this point, an show-opening career-spanning medley from the superstar to open a particular awards ceremony doesn’t even seem that far-fetched. 

Jason Lipshutz: Considering she just released her new album, has a new smash with “Tears,” just delivered one of the best performance at the MTV VMAs and is playing some fall arena dates… what else is there to ask for? The answer, of course, is a music video for “House Tour,” starring some HGTV personalities. Fingers crossed on that one.

Joe Lynch: Another collab with Van Leeuwen, please – I tragically missed the first one and my tastebuds have been furious with me since. Other than ice cream, I hope Carpenter keeps giving us more of what she brought to the VMAs – it’s hard to pull off a political pop performance without being heavy-handed, but she spoke up for trans right while platforming trans people without losing that ineffable, defiant joy of queer culture.

Andrew Unterberger: Could her upcoming appearance on the closer to Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl album possibly kickstart a run of feature appearances from Sabrina Carpenter? I’d love to see it at some point in her career — nearly all the century’s great pop stars have had at least one such memorable run, and she would be incredible just popping up on a big hook for any number of rappers, rockers or dance DJs out there.

September 9, 2025 0 comments
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5 huge EastEnders questions after shock Max Branning return and Zoe Slater twists
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5 huge EastEnders questions after shock Max Branning return and Zoe Slater twists

by jummy84 September 4, 2025
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After Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) fought over a gun and it accidentally fired, Zoe realised she had been shot, and her panicked mum Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) brought her to Walford East and called an ambulance.

As Zoe continue to exhibit troubling behaviour, Kat begged Zoe to tell her what she was struggling with, and Zoe mentioned she had an enemy out there who is still alive.

Alfie (Shane Richie) found them and the trio ended up back at The Queen Vic, where Jack was playing the dutiful police detective and covering his own tracks.

Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey) stepped up to administer first aid, and the former flames had a brief catch up, with Zoe glad to hear that Anthony now had children.

As Zoe writhed in pain, a flashback took us back to 2006, where Zoe was screaming through labour pains as she gave birth to twins.

One of the babies tragically didn’t survive, and having only given her first name to medics, Zoe fled the hospital and left her child behind.

In the present, Kat spotted a tattoo of Zoe’s, sporting baby feet with an angel halo, and she was heartbroken for her daughter.

In the ambulance, Zoe showed warmer feelings towards Kat, and said of herself that she “couldn’t even do giving birth right”.

Meanwhile, Jack ordered a guilty Ravi to change his clothes and shower to get rid of the gun residue, as it became ever clearer that Jack was going rogue.

At the hospital, Zoe needed emergency surgery to stop the bleeding, and as Kat waited for news, she answered a call on Zoe’s damaged phone.

Assuming it was the enemy that was after Zoe and that he had shot her, Kat threatened the caller that she would make him pay, but the man stayed silent.

As the call ended, the character Kat had just been threatening was unveiled to viewers as none other than Max Branning (Jake Wood)!

Like us, we’re sure you have a lot of questions, so join RadioTimes.com as we delve into the biggest ones below.

How are Zoe and Max connected?

Jake Wood as Max Branning in EastEnders. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron

With Zoe having left Walford in 2005 and Max not arriving until 2006, we’re most curious as to how the pair know each other.

Max has always been a serial womaniser, so it’s of course possible that he and Zoe crossed paths either before he was first on-screen, or in the intervening years while both characters were away.

Still, we also have to entertain the idea that their relationship is not romantic at all!

Was Max calling Zoe as a friend or foe?

With Zoe in fear of an “enemy”, that brings us onto our next big question…

Has Max returned as a villain?

Jake Wood as Max Branning stood in front of Walford East tube station, staring menacingly ahead. He is wearing a light blue shirt paired with a dark coloured suit.

Max was previously confirmed to be returning to Walford. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron

Max is no stranger to a villain era, having sought revenge over his wrongful conviction for the murder of Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) by trying to take over the Square and trying to kill Ian (Adam Woodyatt).

So might his return see him playing the bad guy in vulnerable Zoe’s story?

While we’ve yet to learn all the details, this would pit Max against Kat and the Moon/Slater clan, and we can’t see his daughter Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) and estranged teenage son Oscar (Pierre Moullier) wanting anything to do with him.

So, is Max up to no good again, or is there another twist in this tale?

Who fathered Zoe’s children?

Michelle Ryan as Zoe Slater standing in Albert Square gardens at night in EastEnders.

Michelle Ryan as Zoe Slater. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron

A quick working out of the dates confirmed that whoever Zoe’s baby daddy is, it can’t be the late Dirty Den Watts (Leslie Grantham).

Now that we’ve established who isn’t the father, we need to know who is, and whether it’s a character we know.

There’s no resemblance to Max, but how about Anthony? Was there more to Zoe’s comment that she was pleased he had kids of his own?

Zoe’s ill-fated romance with Den’s son Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) ended long before her exit, but Dennis remained alive until the very end of 2005, and we don’t know how far into 2006 Zoe gave birth.

Imagine widow Sharon’s (Letitia Dean) shock if she found out that Dennis had a fling with Zoe that led to an unknown pregnancy.

Then there’s the old character group Zoe hung around with decades ago – like Ronny Ferreira (Ray Panthaki) or Tariq Larousi (Nabil Elouahabi).

Whoever this mystery man is, we can’t shake the feeling that it’s a familiar face.

During the flashback, a nurse and doctor were concerned by Zoe’s “bad blood” remark about her baby, but was she referring to her own dark conception story, or that of her child?

Have we already met Zoe’s son?

What if Zoe’s child, who would now be 19 years old, is a character we already know about?

While there were no on-screen births for male EastEnders characters in 2006, that doesn’t necessarily rule this theory out.

Many characters have passed through Albert Square over the years, and there must be a reason the soap has focused first on Zoe’s secret son.

One thing we can rule out is the possibility of Zoe being Joel Marshall’s (Max Murray) mother, as Joel is (as far as we know) considerably younger than her child.

What else is Zoe hiding after troubling dialogue?

Was it a clue when Zoe made a point of saying that the man after her is “still alive”?

There’s also Zoe’s continued insistence that she’s done something so awful, that she believes even Kat would wash her hands of her.

This is something we’ve been pondering over since the summer, and with the promise of more secrets to be spilled on Thursday (4th September 2025), it looks like we’ll be in the know very soon.

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September 4, 2025 0 comments
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How Did Jeffrey Epstein Die? Autopsy, Jail Footage & Suicide Questions – Hollywood Life
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How Did Jeffrey Epstein Die? Autopsy, Jail Footage & Suicide Questions – Hollywood Life

by jummy84 August 23, 2025
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Jeffrey Epstein is still making headlines six years after his death. The late disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender’s death has been challenged by conspiracy theorists, who claimed that the jail surveillance footage outside of Epstein’s cell wasn’t reliable. Furthermore, his autopsy report raised eyebrows. So, what really happened to Epstein when he died?

Epstein’s former confidante Ghislaine Maxwell fueled the conspiracy theories when she shared how she thinks he died.

“In prison, where I am, they will kill you, or they will pay — somebody can pay a prisoner to kill you for $25 worth of commissary,” Maxwell said, according to the transcripts and recordings from her conversation with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. “But I don’t know of any reason why, and I don’t believe in the blackmail or in any of this, I don’t think Epstein had a hit on like that. If it is indeed murder, I believe it was an internal situation.”

Learn what we know about Epstein’s death below.

What Was Jeffrey Epstein’s Official Cause of Death?

Epstein’s official cause of death was ruled to be suicide by hanging using a bedsheet, most likely using the top bunk of his bed and pitching himself forward to hang, according to law enforcement. However, conspiracy theorists have challenged this.

On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City. The Bureau of Prisons said that Epstein was given life-saving measures immediately after he was found, and first responders took him to a hospital. He was pronounced dead that day.

The Department of Justice’s Inspector General’s investigation criticized prison guards and officials, alleging negligence, misconduct, and outright job performance failures” in Epstein’s death, according to multiple outlets.

On the night of Epstein’s death, prison officials did not check on him every 30 minutes. The two guards assigned to Epstein’s cell fell asleep and failed to check on him for around three hours. Moreover, they falsified records to hide their mistake, according to The New York Times.

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What Did Epstein’s Autopsy Report Reveal?

Epstein’s autopsy report sparked doubt about his manner of death. Dr. Michael Baden was in the room for Epstein’s autopsy, and he raised questions about the fractures in his larynx and hyoid bone, calling those “extremely unusual in suicidal hangings” and aligning with “homicidal strangulation.”

“There’s evidence here of homicide that should be investigated, to see if it is or isn’t homicide,” Baden said, per PBS. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson, who conducted the autopsy, said she stood “firmly” behind her findings of Epstein’s death.

Were There Signs of Foul Play in Epstein’s Injuries?

As Baden indicated, the injuries to his larynx (located between the throat and the windpipe) and hyoid bone (between between the base of a person’s mandible and their third cervical vertebra) appeared to be signs of foul play.

However, this wasn’t the first time that Epstein tried to kill himself. On July 23, 2019, weeks before his death, Epstein was found semiconscious in his jail cell on the floor with marks on his neck. He was placed on suicide watch. Less than a week later, prison officials took him off of suicide watch and put him in a special housing unit.

Did Jail Surveillance Footage Malfunction?

After conspiracy theorists claimed there was a one-minute gap in Epstein’s surveillance footage, the Department of Justice released the footage in 2025. It only showed the outside of Epstein’s cell the night he died, but no one was seen entering or exiting it.

Who Was Epstein’s Cellmate & What Did He Say?

Epstein’s cellmate in July 2019 was former New York City police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, who was awaiting trial on four counts of murder. Tartaglione was not in the cell where Epstein died, and he was cleared of any involvement in Epstein’s first apparent attempt at suicide.

Epstein was supposed to have a cellmate with him after being moved into a special housing unit. However, that didn’t happen.

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or considering suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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Adam Scott as Mark S in the Apple TV+ sci-fi psychological thriller.
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Dan Erickson Answers (Most of) Our ‘Severance’ Questions

by jummy84 August 20, 2025
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It’s hard to refute the greatness of Severance, which leads the Emmys race with 27 nominations, but few shows raise as many questions — or spark as many fan theories — as the retro-futuristic Apple TV+ series. THR posed many of ours to creator and showrunner Dan Erickson, who was game to answer (most of) them, including where the show’s deepest, darkest secrets are virtually buried.

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Congrats on an insane number of Emmy noms. I wrote a story in which I said season one deserved the more accolades of the two — but that’s more about how much I think season one was under-appreciated. What’s your reaction to all of that?

I think that however people perceive it is certainly fair. I also think that there is something about the first season of any show and coming in and discovering that world and having all of those intriguing questions raised. You know, there’s certainly nothing easy about making TV at any stage, but I do think it’s easier to raise those intriguing questions than to continue the story and answer those questions — or some of them in a way that is satisfying to people. And so for me as a fan, I often find myself feeling affection or nostalgia for that first season. But I think that the response we’ve got on the second (season) is really the best that I could have asked for. And I do think that people are becoming more familiar with the show and starting to really appreciate the work of a lot of the actors who weren’t nominated in the first season. I love so much that a lot of those people are now being recognized. There was a lot of stuff that sort of flew under the radar, I think, in that first run.

I don’t know how this got in my head at some point, but did you or Ben (Stiller) ever say Severance would be three seasons and done?

No. We still haven’t to this day said what exactly it’s going to be in terms of length. So, no.

Do you know how many seasons you’re gonna do?

We are pretty sure. We’re pretty sure, but we’re keeping that internal at the moment.

I asked this to Britt (Lower) as well, but do you 100 percent promise that was Helly R. in the season two finale and not Helena Egan? Like, you’re not screwing with us.

Yeah, we’ll screw with you on some things, but on this we’re being as open as possible. Yeah, that was Helly.

I recall you telling me you had a physical bible that contained all of the show’s mythology. Do you still have that?

Well, I think that that physical binder may have gone in the shredder at some point in the transition between seasons. But we’ve still got the document that contains sort of all of the lore and the history of the company and of the characters. So, yeah, it may not be physical, it may be digital at this point, but it still exists.

Who has access to it?

So yeah, I’m working with two EPs, and so they’ve got access to it. And Ben has access to it — basically all the executive producers. And then we share that stuff with Apple and others, sort of on a case-by-case basis.

It’s not like a leather-bound thing where we blow dust off of it. It’s on a hard drive somewhere.

Is it fair to assume that Mark S. leaves the Lumon building and becomes Mark Scout again at some point (in season three)?

I think at this point you kind of can’t assume anything. I think what we wanted to do was dramatically change the format of the show in a way so that we’re not seeing the same thing we’ve seen before. So I think at this point, anything could happen.

Zach Cherry, Adam Scott, Britt Lower and John Turturro in ‘Severance’ season two, episode four.

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Did you write a version where Mark S. leaves (the severed floor) with Gemma (in the season two finale)?

I like to think there’s an alternate universe, but our plan was always— we basically had that ending for the season pretty well-established when we started conceiving it. That was one of the first things that we came up with. And the reason for that was just, I really love the idea that he starts— you know, the first thing you see (in the season three premiere) is [Mark S.] running to go find not Helly and Irving and Dylan, but Miss Casey, because at that starting point of the season, he feels very much like indebted to his Outtie, or like he’s sort of an appendage of his Outtie. And so at the end, it was like, “What if we get him all the way there and he gets her out, but then he doesn’t follow?”

Explain the mechanics of why a door to the stairwell on the MDR floor turns a severed employee into their Outtie, but the same person has to go down several flights in the elevator shaft for the same change?

So, yeah, this is actually also— this is a whole section (in the show bible) of how exactly that the severance threshold works. And basically the company can build it however they want. And the idea is that there sort of is just a section— if you were to dig through the wall of the severed floor, you would eventually reach a point where you’re beyond the threshold and you’re no longer within that space where your Innie is being activated. And so, they would have basically just designed it where that doorway is, where the cutoff point is.

I will go to my grave believing that major plot points in Lost were changed in response to fan theories on message boards. Do you read the Severance Reddit thread, and would you change something if it was “spoiled” by a fan theory?

Yeah, I really enjoy looking at the Reddit, but I’ve had to pull back from it a little bit because I get in my head at a certain point. There’s so many good ideas on there, and part of you wants to do all of them. I will say that…I think, inevitably, there are little pivots that you do. That’s the nature of TV — I think it’s always been, even before message boards. As you go multiple seasons, you listen to people’s responses, and you find out what people are loving and what they’re not. And so, yeah, I think there have been pivots, but I will say like the big plan has not changed — and I don’t think it would change, even if someone were to guess it exactly, which I haven’t seen thus far.

Even if that were to happen, I don’t think that that would be grounds to change it — unless it was like a consensus, like everybody called it — because I actually think that it’s OK when…Helena was pretending to be Helly, you know, for a number of episodes. People called that from the jump. And that actually didn’t bother me. I didn’t think that it detracted from the experience, because people like being right and they like sort of being part of the show and thinking through it. If nobody ever guessed anything, I think it would mean that we weren’t setting things up properly. So, yeah, all that is to say that I love people speculating, and I don’t find it to be a problem if people are guessing certain things, because I think that’s part of the fun.

Do you feel pressure for your next show to have as much lore and mythology as this one?

I mean, the truth is — and I’m not just saying this — but I don’t think about it that much just because of bandwidth, because Severance is very much the only thing in my field of vision right now. But when I do think about sort of a post-Severance landscape for myself, I would be really interested in doing something very different — doing a totally different genre. I got my start in comedy. I always thought I would be more of a comedy writer, and I would be interested to explore that space.

I think that everything you do is really a result of of the specific collaboration and the specific people that you’re working with.I think that Severance is something that sort of had to pass through both me and Ben before it could become what it is, and all of our department heads and designers and actors. And so I think whatever I do next — you know, assuming I’m lucky enough to work again — is probably going to feel really different. And so I think we lean into that.

What you’re saying is you’re doing Survivor with (The White Lotus) creator Mike White.

That’s what I’m going to do. I’ll be— yeah, I’ll be on Love Island.

I know you won’t tell us who, but can you tell us if any other major character that we’ve already met has or had been severed (and we don’t about it yet)?

I don’t know that I can confirm nor deny that.

That feels like the right way to end an interview about Severance.

Yeah.

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

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