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Daily Mail
8 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
LIZ JONES: My confidence has been severely knocked because I had to take a selfie. I never take selfies or look in a mirror
'You no longer look like that.' It's always the bad review you hold on to, chew over. Never the raves, the compliments. My confidence has been severely knocked of late, not helped by the fact I had to take a selfie (no make-up, 'no filters!') for an upcoming feature about how Harvard boffins could gauge my biological age by examining my face. I never take selfies or look in a mirror. I always sit to one side during Zoom meetings, even with my therapist, to avoid watching myself. But I was forced to glance at this new selfie in order to send it, and I was shocked. I look like a tortoise. I comfort myself with the thought my phone still just about recognises me, but still: I have teeny hammocks each side of my mouth that only disappear if I smile, which isn't likely at this point. I have reached the stage when women tend to go one of two ways: they give up, wearing long, floral dresses and ballet flats with mad, greying hair, purchasing cushions to kneel on for weeding. Or they double down, thinking, 'Well, Joan Collins still looks amazing!'
Telegraph
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Joan Collins: Lime bike louts leave me shocked
Dame Joan Collins has said she is shocked by the 'loutish' behaviour of Lime bike users. The actress, 92, shared a photo on Instagram showing her standing next to seemingly abandoned Lime bikes clustered together on a London pavement. She captioned the snap: '#shocked about the #loutish behavior of @lime #bicycle users #pavementsareforpedestrians #limebike'. Clad in a white summer hat and sleeveless dress, Dame Joan pictured herself gesturing at the bikes – two of which had been vandalised with graffiti. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joan Collins (@joancollinsdbe) Lime owns the majority of the capital's estimated 40,000 rental bikes. The company's signature green-and-white machines weigh upwards of 30kg each. The bikes are automatically locked until registered users unlock them through the Lime app, paying about £4 for 30 minutes of use. Illicitly unlocking the bikes to obtain free use has become popular among Londoners, with videos containing instructions on how to bypass the lock easily found on social media. A Lime spokesman said: 'We never want our e-bikes to obstruct anyone's journey. Our bikes are popular with Londoners, and in high-demand areas this can occasionally lead to overcrowding. We're addressing this by working with TfL [Transport for London] and local councils to fund and deliver more than 2,500 dedicated parking bays across the city – making it easier to ride and park responsibly. 'We also have an on-street team of 400+ in the capital who tidy and redistribute bikes throughout the day to help keep busy areas clear.' Last year, the company was accused of failing to take dangerous and broken electric bikes off London's streets after a local news site asked a bicycle mechanic to inspect a 50-strong sample of Lime's machines. Lime insisted at the time that 99.99 per cent of rides ended 'without a reported incident', adding that 'safety is our highest priority'. Elsewhere, Dame Joan will shortly be gracing the nation's screens once again in her latest role as Wallis Simpson. A new TV biopic about the late Duchess of Windsor was announced in May. In The Bitter End, Dame Joan plays the wife of Edward VIII in her final years. Faced with a choice between his divorced American fiancée and the crown, Edward VIII abdicated less than a year after succeeding to the royal throne. While he passed away in exile in 1972, his wife lived on until 1986. The Bitter End explores the relationship between the American one-time socialite and her French lawyer Suzanne Blum. Blum became famously controlling over Wallis in the years after the Duke of Windsor's death, with their relationship being described as 'one of the most sinister… ever formed between lawyer and client' by Hugo Vickers, the royal biographer.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Joan Collins rants about ‘loutish' Lime bikers
Dame Joan Collins has lashed out at the "loutish" users of cycle hire company Lime Bike while strolling through London. The iconic actor took to Instagram with a scathing post after coming face to face with dozens of bicycles that had been dumped and left blocking the pavement. The Dynasty star, looking ever chic at 92, vented her frustration and tagged the bike company in her post. "Shocked about the loutish behaviour of @lime bycicle users. #pavementsareforpedestrians #limebike," she captioned her pic.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joan Collins, 92, stuns fans with new picture of rarely-seen daughter Katy
Actress Joan Collins sparked a wholesome fan reaction on Sunday when she shared an ultra-rare photograph of her youngest daughter, Katy. In a celebratory birthday post shared to Instagram, the Dynasty star uploaded a beaming snapshot that showed the pair posing together at a round table. Dressed to impress, Joan, 91, looked radiant wearing a ruched coffee-hued top which she teamed with a cream blazer emblazoned with a pink and navy check pattern. The legendary TV star elevated her look with a wide-brim hat, pearlescent disc earrings and a statement pearl crucifix. Katy, meanwhile, looked stylish dressed in a chic quilted jacket and a black beanie. Paying tribute to Katy on her birthday, Joan wrote in her caption: "My beautiful #daughter Katy enjoying the happiest of birthdays last Friday #daughtersareforever #daughterslove." Fans and friends quickly inundated the comments section with touching messages. One wrote: "Beautiful photo of you both", while a second added: "What a beautiful photo of you both", and a third commented: "Happy birthday Katy. I love her jacket!" Joan shares Katyana Kass, known affectionately as Katy, with her third husband, Ron Kass. Whilst Katy tends to avoid the spotlight, Joan did open up about her daughter in her 2023 BBC Documentary titled This Is Joan. Sharing a glimpse into their family life, Joan revealed that Katy suffered a traumatic car accident when she was eight years old. "She was knocked down by a car and sustained very serious brain injuries and I was told that she was going to die. She was in a coma for a very long time," Joan said. Aside from Katy, Joan is also a doting mother to her two eldest children, Alexander and Tara, whom she shares with her second husband, Anthony Newely. Tara is a journalist and screenwriter, while Alexander is a published author and artist. Musing on motherhood, Joan previously told In 2018: "What makes me happiest is seeing my children happy. Honestly, life makes me happy and I'm very aware of how lucky I am." Joan has been married five times in total; to Maxwell Reed, Antony Newley, Ron Kass, Peter Holm and Percy Gibson, to whom she has been happily married since 2002. Lovebirds Percy and Joan crossed paths in 2000 before going on to tie the knot in 2002. While Joan initially had no intention of remarrying, she felt an instant connection with her "soulmate" Percy and subsequently changed her mind. "It is my fifth marriage, and my happiest, and last" Joan previously told us. "Percy is wonderful, he's my soulmate. That doesn't mean we don't bicker but we are very understanding of each other."
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dame Joan Collins, 92, furiously lashes out at London's 'loutish' Lime bike users in scathing Instagram post
Dame Joan Collins furiously lashed out at the 'loutish' users of cycle hire company Lime Bike while strolling through London on Saturday. The iconic actress, 92, took to Instagram with a scathing post after coming face to face with dozens of bicycles that had been dumped and left blocking the pavement. Despite her outrage, Dame Joan still looked chic as ever in a summer hat and shades while letting out her frustrations and tagging the £400M company in her post. She captioned the snap: '#shocked about the #loutish behavior of @lime #bycicle users #pavementsareforpedestrians #limebike'. A gallery of recent images assembled by MailOnline shows how frequently the branded e-bikes have been dumped in locations that make them a menace for pedestrians or a danger to motorists. Lime own and operate most of the estimated 30,000 bikes in London, and tens of thousands of city dwellers are thought to have worked out how to take the bicycles without registering or paying - which is known as 'hacking'. And while the company fines users who park in an unacceptable way, it has no control over hacker riders who face no such disincentive. Introduced as a green and cost-efficient way to get about town they have become a popular mode of transport especially for young Londoners, but have have become a plague for many as they find their way to the shops or pub blocked by a Lime bike. Lime is guarded about disclosing detailed operational information but a spokesperson did insist earlier this year the issue has improved significantly in the last 18-24 months since the number hacked is thought to have peaked at around 1,500 at any time. It comes after Dame Joan shared a rare picture of her daughter Katy as she celebrated her 53rd birthday as she paid tribute to he youngest child on Instagram. She cut a chic figure in the snap of her and her daughter as she wore a white linen hat with tweed blazer and pearl cross necklace. Meanwhile Katy, whose father is Joan's former husband Ron Kass, sported a black beanie hat and a quilted jacket as she beamed alongside her famous mother. 'My beautiful #daughter Katy enjoying the happiest of birthdays last Friday #daughtersareforever #daughterslove,' Dame Joan captioned the snap. Dame Joan also has two older children Tara and Alexander Newly from her first marriage to Anthony Newly. 'My beautiful #daughter Katy enjoying the happiest of birthdays last Friday #daughtersareforever #daughterslove ❤️❤️❤️,' she captioned the snap Aged just eight, Katy was almost killed in a horrific road accident and spent 47 days in a coma with serious head injuries and a broken collarbone. Doctors feared she would not survive and she was left with brain injuries. Aged 41 in 2012 she also suffered a fall in the foyer of her mother's Hollywood apartment block. She broke her eye socket and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Beverly Hills but went on to make a full recovery. Percy, the longest-lasting of Joan's husbands, is more than 30 years younger than her, a gap she dismisses in interviews with the line: 'If he dies, he dies.' The long-standing couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary with a star-studded party at Claridge's last year. Originally from Peru, Percy is a noted Hollywood producer, known primarily for producing Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He is the last man standing in a long-lineup of lovers for Collins, all of whom have been well-documented over the years. Joan's first husband, Maxwell Reed was an Irish actor who she walked down the aisle for in 1956. The pair divorced that same year and Joan moved onto Warren Beatty. The two became engaged in 1960, but his alleged affairs broke them apart. A 1963 marriage to the actor-singer Anthony Newley produced two children and one divorce. She then wed former Beatles manager Ron Kass in 1972 who fathered her daughter Katie. Her fourth marriage was to singer Peter Holm, which lasted three years and resulted in a fall out with her sister Jackie who did not like him. Now however Joan has found the right man and even joked to Jonathan Ross in 2020 that her marriage to Percy had run as long as the previous four marriages combined.
