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BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng chart the lifestyle mogul's career, from her influence over millions of American homes, to her time in prison, and her ultimate comeback – as a star of social media and the subject of a Netflix documentary, all with Snoop Dogg at her side. Then they decide if they think she's Good, Bad, or Just Another Billionaire.
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Metro
43 minutes ago
- Metro
The tragic story of the little girl who 'haunts' the castle in Wednesday s2
The new season of Wednesday hasn't even aired yet, but Ireland's Charleville Castle has already welcomed avid fans of the Netflix show on a gothic pilgrimage to see the sets. The second season – the first part of which arrives this Wednesday (!) –delivers the fandom a whole new batch of locations, after the production moved from Romania to Ireland. Albeit, with Romanian actor Victor Dorobanțu as the scene-stealing Thing still scuttling in tow. Among the Irish locations scouted out for the new bundle of episodes is the gothic Grade I listed fortress Charleville, in County Offaly, whose crow and bat topped corridors have been walked by Jenna Ortega, Tim Burton – and us, as Metro was treated to a visit. In many ways Charleville Castle is the ideal place to unspool Wednesday's tale of mystery, mayhem and murder, because it's a lore-laden place itself, where things are said to go bump in the night. By things, we mean creepy ghost children. One of the spots the production used to film scenes was Harriet's staircase, named after an 8-year-old girl who tragically fell to her death there. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. The story goes that the youngest daughter of the third Earl of Charleville, who once upon a time owned the castle, was asked by her governess to go upstairs and wash her hands before a meal. On the way back down the gloomy three-story staircase, Harriet is said to have clambered up onto the bannister to slide down. She slipped and fell to her death on the flagstone tiles below. A brass guard was subsequently installed on the bannister to stop those who might have a similar idea. Since then, the staircase has become one of the castle's hotspots for so-called activity, of the paranormal kind. The goings-ons are straight out of a horror film. Bonnie Vance, 75, who helped form a charitable trust to restore the castle after it fell into disrepair and lives there with her son, said she has only seen the ghosts 'occasionally', but often hears them. What is it that she's heard? Children giggling, voices talking, the scrapping sounds of furniture being moved in rooms that stand empty. She later learned the jangle of children playing was coming from a room that had once been a nursery. Guests at the castle have heard who-knows-what move in the night and asked to switch rooms – which makes you wonder why they might have wanted to stay in the first place. Most of the spectral racket takes place in the small hours from 2am to 3am. One unassuming bedroom – an imposing bed decked out in scarlet red covers, next to arched windows that don't come with curtains attached – is supposed to be a hub of ghoulish hinjinks, with a door that has been reported to lock people in and out at will. Bonnie shut the door when we were inside, leaving everyone with a brief but queasy feeling before we were released. 'My official statement on the ghosts is I don't believe in them,' says Bonnie's son Jonathan, the only one of her three children who stuck around to help manage the castle, 'but I won't say it loud enough for them to hear me.' Bonnie insists she isn't scared of the ghosts ('They're friendly') and speaks very tenderly of late Harriet. What the Wednesday cast made of all these eerie tales, we don't know. They were spared an overnight stay, instead setting up in the nearby town Tullamore. But Ortega and co did get on very well with the castle's black cat, Mirka, who was known to take up residence on their hot water bottles. (The castle has no central heating and hit-and-miss power supplies). The castle was one of the locations Wednesday director Tim Burton signed off on, as the production had the double duty this season of not only finding a whole new roster of Irish locations, but ones that would pass for their predecessors in Romania. The reason for the swap? Locations manager Maria O'Connor, who's been in the screen locations biz for over 30 years and worked with Wednesday's showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar on Into The Badlands, said they chose Ireland because the creators have loved working there in the past. The country isn't spoiled for choice of gothic castles, so Charleville was an easy decision. As were many of the picks, Maria said, since the Edward Scissorhands director isn't one to hum and haw. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it sounds like Tim's company is not of the dull variety. When scouting out the building that would become Nevermore Academy's exterior (with an ornate new canopy digitally plonked on top in post-production) Tim tasked Maria with scrambling up ladders to get onto the roof for a proper looksee. This building sits within Powerscourt Estate, the other chief location used, beside Ashford Studios for the interior scenes, and owned by the Slazenger family (of the sporting gear). A mossy foliage-covered graveyard was one of the spots, with smoke machines pumping away during moody night shoots, just inches from the Slazenger family's own private graveyard in the corner. The 19 hectare County Wicklow estate has swanky gardens, a dramatic nearby waterfall and a 36-hole golf course – which avid golfer Catherine Zeta Jones made full use of while filming. There was less of a requirement for this part to fit into the mould of what had gone before, since it serves as the home of new cast addition Joanna Lumley's character Hester. Whether the location changes will be picked up by ardent Wednesday fandom (of which suggested names online have included Woes, Outcasts and Thursdays – because it follows Wednesday…) remains to be seen. The episodes we have seen certainly look more lush than previously, but County Wicklow is referred to as the Garden of Ireland after all. More Trending The attention to detail has certainly been paid, down to replicating the exact same tree layout as that shot in Romania. Not that Maria overly hypes how hard it all was, simply describing it as 'tricky'. But Wednesday is now in Ireland to stay. Filming for the third season kicks off this November and the Addams family car has stayed in situ in the meantime. As has the Nevermore Academy chandelier, with head-sized orbs of light that hang over the main staircase in Charleville Castle. It was a gift from the production. Although, you almost feel they've done enough. The castle might have claims of otherworldly visitations, but if anything, that will only make the curious Wednesday loyalists – who were devout enough to visit Romania in droves – even more eager to take a look in. View More » Wednesday season 2 launches on August 6, with the second part arriving on September 3. 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: Netflix hit watched 250,000,000 times returns — and 6 more shows to binge in August MORE: Netflix show watched 11,000,000 times in one weekend suddenly axed MORE: WWE injury exposed as fake in 'ruse of the century' at SummerSlam
Daily Mirror
44 minutes ago
- Daily Mirror
Loose Women star 'suffering constant pain' as she cares for mum with Alzheimer's
Jane Moore has been caring for her mother and dealing with her divorce, something she says has given her a 'push on attitude' as she navigates her sixties Loose Women star Jane Moore is 'suffering constant pain' as she cares for her mother. It comes as Jane's 94-year-old mum is living with Alzheimer's disease. Jane, 63, says her being the power of attorney for her mother and her divorce from ex-husband Gary Farrow has given her a 'push on through' attitude as she approaches the 'third age'. But she has also felt the physical struggles from the stresses. Writing in Platinum, she said: 'To put it mildly, it was a lot and I found myself suffering from constant abdominal pain (probably stress related) and struggling to sleep after decades of being able to nod off at the drop of a hat.' Jane says her struggles meant she was low on energy and had a general feeling of fatigue. It meant when she was given the chance to join I'm a Me Out of Here!, she saw the chance for an 'all-expenses paid reset'. While she admits the decision could have been seen as a touch 'selfish,' Jane admits the idea of a month away felt 'appealing'. The Loose Women star was the first eliminated in last year's series. And while some of the campmates around Jane struggled to adapt to life in the jungle, she admits she enjoyed the experience. She added: 'It felt more like a spa break to me.' Jane says she enjoyed tending to the fire, completing her chores, and spending time 'sitting on a log and prompting people to tell their life stories'. Jane says the jungle had 'zero stress,' which meant she 'loved' her time on the show. Fifteen days after she entered the I'm A Celeb camp, she says she left feeling 'refreshed'. It also taught Jane that it was okay for her to leave her mother with her adult children. Her spell away from home led Jane to realise that it is important to 'take time for yourself'. She says that could be a long walk, chilling with friends, or even merely sitting in your garden. Jane's professional career saw her starting life as a journalist, rising through the ranks to become the news editor for the Sunday Sport. She began appearing on Loose Women in 1999, leaving three years later. However she returned in 2013 and has remained on the show ever since. Since 2018 she has regularly anchored the programme. During her time away from the show she regularly appeared on a host of BBC programmes such as Question Time, The Andrew Marr Show and This Week. She announced her split from ex Gary on Loose Women in 2022. At the time she revealed he had a fall and she was acting as his carer. 'I didn't push him,' she joked, as she opened up about her ended marriage.
The Guardian
44 minutes ago
- The Guardian
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