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Brit comedian with massive YouTube following lands huge deal with Apple to make first standalone TV show
CHICKEN Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg has landed a huge deal with Apple to make her first standalone TV show.
The comedian, who launched her YouTube series a decade ago, has interviewed a string of megastars including Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Jennifer Lawrence and Louis Theroux.
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Amelia has 3.17million subscribers to her YouTube channel, 4million followers on TikTok and 2.7million on Instagram.
So Apple knows it will have a ready-made audience for her show, which is expected to drop on the streamer later this year or early 2026.
A TV insider said: 'The programme is all about megafans of famous people and what makes them tick.
'One of the main groups the show makers have been approaching are devotees of Taylor Swift who must be among the most fanatical fanbase of any superstar.
'It's believed the finished show will include footage from fans who attended her recent Eras tour in the UK.'
Amelia also has a long list of famous fans who've been clamouring to get interviewed by her.
She's also bagged herself some seriously sought-after dates too, which all take place inside a Morley's chicken shop.
These include with actors Jonathan Bailey, Paul Mescal, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.
It was also how Amelia was seen meeting Louis three years ago.
And they have bumped into each other since as she's taken on more red carpet interviewing duties at a string of events.
'You couldn't' - Ice cold Cole Palmer shuts down Amelia Dimoldenberg in viral interview at GQ's Men of the Year awards
If anyone's qualified to examine the culture of superfans, it's definitely this friend-to-the-stars.
FORTUNE TELLER ON MOVE
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STEPHEN MANGAN has hinted his show Fortune Hotel is set for a location switch.
The Traitors-style ITV series is currently set on the Caribbean island of Grenada, but, if a third series gets the go ahead, he reckons they will be on the move.
The Password star revealed all when he was asked if he only took the hosting gig for a free exotic holiday.
On the Table Manners podcast, he said: 'Of course. How is that even a question?
'It's a lot of fun. And we filmed the first series in Grenada, and then we film the second series in exactly the same place.
'But I think if it goes again, we'll go to other parts of the world.'
Handy for the air miles.
ITV's coverage of England Lionesses Euro 2025 semi-final victory over Italy on Tuesday was watched by a peak of 10.2 million across all devices – giving ITV its biggest peak audience of 2025 across ITV1 and ITVX. It was also ITVX's biggest day this year with 17.2m streams.
OXO HAS JAMES IN A STEW
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INBETWEENERS star James Buckley was detained on suspicion of drug smuggling when he tried to bring OXO cubes into America.
The actor, foul-mouthed teen Jay Cartwright in the Channel 4 sitcom, found himself on the wrong side of US airport security, who were confused by the small foil cubes he had in his bag.
James explained he was bringing British gravy granules to his wife Clair's Scottish auntie Dora.
But after confiscating his meaty contraband he is now on a watchlist and his boarding pass for US flights is marked SSSS (Secondary Security Screening Selection).
On his and Clair's The Buckleys podcast, he said: 'Anytime I go to America I have to open my suitcase, not because I was smuggling drugs. . . it's because I tried to get some OXO cubes into the country.'
He added: 'I'm not a criminal mastermind by any means.'
THE latest Race Across The World was an even bigger ratings hit for the BBC than its predecessors.
After the 28-day consolidated figures were compiled it showed that each episode was viewed an average of 7.5m times – that's up from the 6.7m who viewed the fourth series.
KAT WHO GOT THE DREAM
SHERIDAN SMITH got all glammed up for her Good Housekeeping front cover, which is a little different to her appearance in her latest ITV drama.
In I Fought The Law, she will play Ann Ming, who battled to bring the murderer of her daughter Julie Hogg to justice.
Talking in the September edition of the magazine, Sheridan discussed meeting Ann while filming, saying: 'It's probably the hardest job I've ever done, partly because I wanted to do Ann Ming's story justice.
'She's a little firecracker of a woman who took on the establishment and won.
'She's my hero.
'I was thrilled to be asked to play her and couldn't wait to meet her.
'Her story hit especially hard as I'm a mum myself now.'
'I instantly loved her.
'She's salt of the earth.
'Tough, yet vulnerable.
'She's been through unthinkable things.
'But I was nervous because she's such a strong lady.
'She came on set one day and I was smoking.
'She said, 'Put that out! That's not very me.'
'I was like, 'Yes, Ann. Yes of course.'
'I put it out immediately.
'I felt like a very naughty girl.'
