JACK Fincham was due at on/off girlfriend Chloe Brockett’s birthday when he spent the night snogging MAFS star Leisha Lightbody.
Ex-Towie star Chloe and Jack recently rekindled for the eighth time and she invited him to her glitzy bash.
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Jack Fincham snogged MAFS UK star Leisha Lightbody at Tulleys FarmCredit: The SunJack and Chloe Brockett reunited for the eighth time before the kissCredit: Instagram/@chloebrockett
But after rowing, she’d told him not to bother.
The Love Island champ turned boxer then went to a Sussex tourist attraction, Tulleys Christmas night, where he hooked up with Leisha – who is Chloe’s lookalike.
A source said: “Chloe and Jack have been back on recently but they fell out on so she said he could f**k off and not bother going to her party.
“They’re not officially back together but it’s still outrageous he then went out and snogged someone else, on her birthday!”
Boxer Jack recently revealed he’s lost a £1m since his heady Love Island days, which saw him win with the nation’s sweetheart Dani Dyer.
The 34-year-old has had a tough year which saw him narrowly avoid prison after being arrested while serving a suspended sentence at the time.
In a candid Instagram post, Jack wrote: “I’ve been quiet for a long time — maybe too long. Truth is, I haven’t known what to say.
“I lost over £1 million chasing the wrong things — and in the process, I lost over a million followers too. That hurt. But I get it.
“I wasn’t myself. I was lost, struggling, and making the kind of mistakes that feel impossible to come back from.
“But I’ve learned this — you don’t need millions of followers to find your voice again. You just need to tell the truth.”
Explaining more, Jack said: “I took a lot of bad advice over the years and had a lot of the wrong people around me.
“I’ve made some massive mistakes. I’ve learnt some really, really proper painful, really painful lessons over the years. Every mistake that I’ve made, I own them all.”
Leisha split from Reiss Boyce shortly after MAFS wrappedCredit: leishalightbody/InstagramChloe poses in sexy snaps on Only FansCredit: InstagramJack had initially intended to go to Chloe’s birthday party before they had an argumentCredit: Getty
Freddy Brazier flashed a big smile on first outing after his split from his pregnant girlfriendCredit: BackGridThe 21-year-old father-to-be dumped his girlfriend Holly Swinburn over a row involving his dogCredit: Alamy
Freddy appeared to put his fresh heartbreak behind him as he enjoyed a night out at Claridges Christmas party on Tuesday.
The model was seen wearing a grey shirt and trousers co-ord, and with what appeared to be a mink scarf around his neck.
He looked in good spirits as he was snapped heading into the venue.
Freddy is reported to have dumped Holly before she “tried to take his dog from him” in a row, the Daily Mail has revealed.
Sources close to Holly told the Daily Mail that Freddy is struggling with the idea of co-parenting with Holly.
A source told the outlet: “The pair have been arguing a lot recently.
“Having a baby so young is a lot to deal with. Both are quite flighty characters.”
They added how Freddy had feared he was not the father, but has since done a paternity test which confirmed that he is.
The couple revealed they were expecting a child together just last month.
The pair looked loved-up as they posed together at The Pride of Britain Awards at London’s Grosvenor Hotel when she debuted her bump on the red carpet.
JESS Glynne has hinted she’s already bought an engagement ring to propose for girlfriend Alex Scott.
Her I’m A Celebrity star partner said on the ITV show she was “waiting” for the pop star to pop the question.
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Jess Glynne hints she plans to proposeAlex Scott and Jess Glynne have been together since 2023Credit: Getty
Since then, Jess has suggested she’s already got a plan in place to make Alex’s dream come true.
Speaking to Hits Radio presenter Tom Green, Jess admitted that the “pressures on” after hearing Alex mention “the ring” in I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
However once she heard it, Jess admits: “I went to the shop straight after….”
But after seeing him turn into creepy serial killer Ed Gein in the latest instalment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster series on Netflix, I have cooled a little.
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Actor Charlie Hunnam has finally proposed to his girlfriend of 20 yearsCredit: GettyMorgana McNelis was spotted with a huge diamond on her ring fingerCredit: BackGrid
Luckily for Charlie, his girlfriend Morgana McNelis was spotted with a huge diamond on her ring finger, so it looks like she said yes top being his wife.
She was seen wearing the enormous rock during a day out this week.
A photographer friend of mine in the US said: “Charlie and Morgana have been together for almost 20 years so it’s about time he popped the question.
“She had this huge diamond on her ring finger, so it seems like Charlie has asked her to be his wife.
“This is the first time she’s ever been seen wearing it too, so maybe that Netflix pay cheque came in handy.”
Charlie previously admitted Morgana had been pushing him towards the aisle, despite the actor feeling “indifferent” about getting married.
He said: “She does not feel the same. She’s very eager.
“I’ll do it because it’s important to her but I don’t have any great romantic feelings towards it.”
After feeling the heat from social media, Charlie later clarified his comments and said: “That really hurt my girlfriend’s feelings and I really regretted saying that.
“I actually didn’t mean it at all, it was, frankly, just stupid s**t I said in the heat of the moment.
“I’m, like, so romantic, and the reality is I sort of consider myself married. I’ve been with my girlfriend for 14 years.
“I suppose what I was trying to articulate is the official government sanction of it doesn’t mean anything to me, but the romance of it means an enormous amount.”
After that hoohaa, I wouldn’t be surprised if Charlie went all out with his proposal.
Ellie’s beau strips for vid
Singer Ellie Goulding has roped in a favour close to home for her new videoCredit: SuppliedThe star will drop the visuals to Destiny and my exclusive first look shows her with muscly actor Beau MinniearCredit: Supplied
ELLIE GOULDING has roped in a favour close to home for her new video – by enlisting her real-life boyfriend to play the love interest.
It features a series of steamy scenes, including Ellie hugging the topless hunk, straddling him with a camera in hand, and, in one of the quirkiest parts, snogging with veils over their faces.
Now I’m excited for the next album.
It features a series of steamy scenes, including Ellie hugging the topless hunk, straddling him with a camera in handCredit: Supplied
The Right Direction
ZAYN MALIK has officially rejoined One Direction.
He quit the group in 2015 and was terminated as a director of the band’s company PPM Music Limited in 2016.
In a peculiar twist, paperwork filed at Companies House reveals he has been re-listed as an “active director” alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
There’s been a thawing of relations since bandmate Liam Payne died.
Gaga lithium breakdown
Lady Gaga reveals why she cancelled much of the European leg of her 2018 Joanne tourCredit: Getty
LADY GAGA had a psychotic episode after shooting A Star Is Born, which is why she cancelled much of the European leg of her 2018 Joanne tour.
She told Rolling Stone magazine: “I did A Star Is Born on lithium.”
On breaking down afterwards, she said: “There was one day that my sister said to me, ‘I don’t see my sister any more’.
“And I cancelled the tour. There was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care.
“I needed to take a break. I couldn’t do anything. I completely crashed, it was really scary.
“There was a time where I didn’t think I could get better . . . I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.”
Thankfully Gaga, who said she is on “some, but not as many” antipsychotics now, is in a much better place.
And she’s got a surprise career away from music, having co-founded a skin-health research firm in the US alongside her fiancé Michael Polansky.
It’s called Outer Biosciences and 20 employees.
Meanwhile, the couple are more eager than ever to tie the knot.
Michael said: “We’re talking about it all the time. We have these breaks, and they’re tempting.
“It’s like, ‘OK, can we get married that weekend?’ We don’t want a really big wedding, but we want to enjoy it.”
Sara sis surprise
Sara Cox is smashing her epic Radio 2 Great Northern Marathon for Children In NeedCredit: BBCSara greets her sister en routeCredit: BBC
Through tears and triumph, the teatime presenter proved that with great support, physical resilience and pure grit you can achieve so much.
She will today complete the 135 miles, heading past my old University digs in Headingley, Leeds, for the final mission of getting Pudsey Bear to the Yorkshire town of Pudsey.
Sara was yesterday given an extra boost as her sister Dot turned up to give her a cuddle, with Sara telling me: “That was a lovely surprise.”
And she got another when her mum Jackie rang her, saying: “We’re tracking you from India.”
Sara said: “It’s been amazing and painful. My shins are so sore.”
Speaking to me ahead of the final day, Sara paid tribute to the thousands of people who have turned out for her along the route.
Sara told me: “The people coming out in the villages made me skip along a little bit faster. It’s been tough finishing in the dark because miles in the dark just seem to go so slowly.
“It has been brutal and tough but I’ve been given such a boost from people. It’s been amazing.”
Sara was this morning starting to push her fundraising to over £3million. I expect donations to go through the roof as she appears live on BBC One’s Children In Need tonight.
Polish director Jan Komasa might be best known in the United States for his 2019 Oscar-nominated film “Corpus Christi,” but his biggest box-office success was in Poland for his 2014 film “Warsaw 44,” about the Warsaw Uprising, the bloody effort by the Polish resistance to expel the occupying German army from the city toward the end of World War II.
Komasa knows authoritarianism in its most flagrant, brutal forms, but his new film “Anniversary” imagines a scenario in which fascism doesn’t stomp in, jackbooted, but creeps, pretty and ladylike, on kitten-heeled feet. It’s a thought experiment more than anything else, from a story by Komasa and Lori Rosene-Gambino, the latter who wrote the screenplay.
“Anniversary” maps five years in the life — and obliteration — of an American family, a microcosm of a larger rapid political devolution that turns suburban utopia into a dystopia with a speed that could make your head spin.
Meet the Taylors — we’ll get to know them across reunions and celebrations starting with an anniversary party for Ellen (Diane Lane) and Paul (Kyle Chandler). She’s a professor at Georgetown, a public intellectual caught up in the university culture-wars debate; he’s a chef, and they have four children upon whom they dote: Cynthia (Zoey Deutch, also in this week’s “Nouvelle Vague”), an environmental lawyer, Anna (Madeleine Brewer), a provocative comedian, high-school science nerd Birdie (Mckenna Grace) and brother Josh (Dylan O’Brien), a nebbishy, struggling writer. The camera knits them all together in long shots, swirling around their idyllic backyard.
Josh has brought home a new girlfriend, Liz (Phoebe Dynevor, of 2023’s “Fair Play”), who is carefully coiffed and poised, immaculately presented and mannered, though her perfection gives his sisters pause. After the introductions, she and Ellen have a quiet, awkward moment together. As one of Ellen’s former students, Liz wrote a thesis that scandalized the professor, which Ellen describes to her husband as having “radical anti-democratic sentiments,” advocating for a single-party system. The title? “The Change.”
While Liz says she “came here with the best of intentions” and claims she and Josh were introduced by their shared agent, Ellen is suspicious and rightly so. The enigmatic Liz is mild-mannered and quiet, but her ideas are anything but. As she hugs Ellen, she whispers, “I used to be afraid of you but I don’t think I am anymore.” That is never more clear than when she sends Ellen a copy of her newly published book, “The Change,” dedicated to “the haters, the doubters and the academic stranglers.”
Two years later, the Change is officially afoot. Liz is a celebrity, now working with a mysterious organization called the Cumberland Company. She and Josh are married, pregnant with twins, and he’s achieved a conservative glow-up. New flags are popping up in the Taylor’s well-heeled neighborhood and things are shifting in ways that make Ellen uncomfortable, enraged even. But in the spirit of politeness and family unity, she acquiesces to Paul’s desire for a nice family Thanksgiving, despite their political differences.
Therein lies what might be “Anniversary’s” biggest warning: Don’t let the fox into the henhouse, even if it seems rude not to. Ellen maintains an appropriately wary distance and skepticism of Liz, but Paul’s fatal flaw is his assumption of good faith. He hasn’t even read “The Change” because, frankly, he doesn’t want to know. But as Liz attaches herself to Josh like a parasite, perhaps in an attempt to enact revenge on her former professor, so too do the other Taylor children topple as the nation changes under their feet.
Some might find “Anniversary” too vague: What, precisely, is Liz’s political stance that makes her so powerful and so repugnant to Ellen? She has advocated for a “single-party system” branded under the guise of “solidarity,” but the result is an autocratic surveillance state that suppresses free speech, upheld by a violent paramilitary police force. The film never gets into the specifics, perhaps because the only ideology of fascism is the concentration of power. “Anniversary” suggests the rhetoric doesn’t matter when we can turn on each other so easily, humanity and freedom crushed under such a state.
It is fascinating that recent movies that attempt to grapple with contemporary sociopolitical issues often feminize the threat: the #MeToo cancel culture fable “Tár” or this year’s academia scandal film “After the Hunt.” “Anniversary” situates a nonthreatening woman as the vessel for such evil, even as Liz’s male host, Josh, starts to embody the most extreme outcomes of what she has set in motion.
“Anniversary” is a deeply nihilistic film that can’t be described as a cautionary tale — that horse has already left the barn. Rather, it’s a hypothetical question as character study, an examination of how this happens and an assertion that a system like this shows no mercy, not even to its most loyal subjects, despite what we want to believe.
Walsh is a Tribune News Service film critic.
‘Anniversary’
Rated: R, for language throughout, some violent content, drug use and sexual reference