Month: March 2025

Excitement quickly ramped up for a Gallagher-themed announcement while some even joked it was the doomsday for the brothers to split up again.

But it’s actually the reunion of another iconic pair as LADbible can exclusively announce James Buckley and Joe Thomas as Liam and Noel in Oasis: The Reunion: The Movie.

Complete with some serious brows, slightly dodge Manchester accents and a staple parka, the pair have got together for a very special Comic Relief sketch.

Probably a little less serious and a whole lot funnier than what Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is whipping up for the actual brothers’ tour, James and Joe will also be joined by a host of stars as they replicate those famous faces.

Announcing the Red Nose Day sketch today (17 March), this exclusive first look photo is undeniably a comically uncanny mirror of the one shared by Oasis when they announced their reunion last year.

And it’s been an ‘amazing’ thing for the pair to get to do – especially James.

“I don’t think I’ve made any secret of the fact that I’m an Oasis super fan,” he says. “So, getting to be Liam Gallagher for the day is my ultimate fantasy really.”

Although, there’s been one big hurdle for the stars – those pesky, unshakeable, Gallagher brother essential, Manc accents.

“I’m not good at any northern accents, not good at accents whatsoever – I can barely do my own,” James jokes.

The cast had a group meeting to help create the sketch so people could ‘throw out some ideas’ and while he usually ‘never has any ideas’, he figured he needed to chip in.

“The only thing I did say was that we need to maybe include a joke that acknowledges how bad the accents are.”

Although, Joe says that’s not been helpful for him, as his accent is even worse than James’.

Questionable accents aside, though, it’s been a bit of a treat for the stars to do an Oasis and have their own little reunion for Comic Relief – and is of course a treat for us fans too.

They do admit it’s ‘weird’ being back together again but they’re both ‘used to it’ and used to each other’s weirdness.

“I love how weird you are, and any excuse to do something with you, I’m always up for,” James tells his co-star, who adds: “We don’t really get an opportunity to.”

Well, even if we’ll have to keep waiting for that reunion, at least we’ve got the two of them back together for this upcoming Comic Relief sketch.

And ramping up the funny, they’ll be joined by an impressive list of cameos from Vernon Kay, Mickey Flanagan, Melvin Odoom, Tasha Ghouri, Martin Lewis, Roisin Conaty, Hugh Dennis and even Piers Morgan will be popping up as a Ticketmaster villain.

Although the names of original Moon-landers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are synonymously attached to the vast dark surrounding our planet, Komarov also entered the explorative history books by becoming the first human to lose his life on a spaceflight all those years ago.

A month after his 40th birthday, Komarov manned a 24-hour solo orbit of Earth in the Soyuz 1 test flight, which completed 16 orbits before a parachute failure caused his capsule to smash into the ground and explode.

This unfortunate ‘man who fell from space’ recorded one final transmission that will chill you to the core.

The two solar panels of the Soyuz 1 failed to fully deploy upon orbital insertion, which consequently obscured parts of Komarov’s navigation equipment.

He needed to orient his ship to the Sun, but failed to do so after a number of attempts.

To make matters worse, the craft was transmitting unreliable status details and lost radio communication with the Soviets on the ground.

Later, Komarov was ordered to reorient himself using ion flow sensors, but they failed and he didn’t have enough time to manually reenter until his 19th orbit.

He successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere only to find that a main braking parachute wasn’t working as it should. At ridiculous speed, his ship landed without any air resistance and killed him on impact.

Interestingly, US listening posts situated in Turkey caught Komarov’s final and furious conversation with a high-ranking official of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin, which was controversially published in the 2011 book Starman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.

“This devil ship! Nothing I lay my hands on works properly!” he’s said to have cried.

Conversely, an official transcript of their devastating exchange from the Russian State Archive claims that one of the last things Komarov told Kosygin was: “I feel excellent, everything’s in order. Thank you for transmitting all of that. [Separation] occurred.”

In Doran and Bizony’s historical account, it’s also suggested that the late astronaut’s ship harboured over 200 structural problems that were known before it took off on the mission.

Komarov’s backup pilot, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, allegedly argued for their mission to be postponed.

Sadly, Komarov tragically plummeted to the ground and was killed in an explosion on 24 April, 1967.

According to reports, his charred remains resembled a ‘lump’ and only his heel bone was recognisable.

Prior to her breakout performances in the Scream franchise and Netflix’s Wednesday (which soon returns for season two), Ortega brushed shoulders with some of the biggest stars of the superhero franchise.

The actor’s minor Marvel character appears approximately 90 minutes into the 2013 blockbuster, which was directed by Shane Black.

While chatting to Entertainment Tonight recently, the 22-year-old discussed why she’s unlikely to rejoin the MCU as the same unnamed character.

“I’m hoping that we can create this world where we can get Jenna Ortega into the Marvel universe,” said the interviewer.

The star replied: “I did it once, it was one of the first jobs I ever did.

“They took all my lines out. I’m in Iron Man 3 for a quick second. I take up the frame. I have one leg, and I’m the vice president’s daughter.”

Yes, Ortega starred alongside Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Don Cheadle, and Rebecca Hall in Iron Man 3.

Also sitting down with the publication was her Death of a Unicorn colleague Paul Rudd, who took it upon himself to big up Ortega for a grand return to the world of superheroism.

“Marvel is very good at kind of laying those breadcrumbs, so it might very well be that you come back,” he said. “They’re gonna create something for you! ‘Cause they should be so lucky to have Jenna Ortega in their franchise.”

She seemed pretty unconvinced, though, pointing out: “They even took my name away. I count that [as my MCU appearance] and then I move on.”

Over on social media, Ortega’s Marvel moment turned into some kind of revelation for many of her fans.

“Damnnn, that’s rough imagine getting a role in a huge franchise just to have your lines and even your name cut out. idk the whole story, but Jenna Ortega has already proven she can carry major roles. anddd she’s doin just fine carving her own path too,” read one reaction on X.

A second person highlighted the fact that Michelle Yeoh ‘had a small cameo role in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and the came back as a different character in Shang Chi [and the Legend of the Ten Rings]’.

More to the point, Downey Jr is portraying supervillain Doctor Doom in the next Avengers movies after spending years in the Iron Man suit, so it seems anything’s possible.

For James Bond I see Daniel Craig, for Superman I see Christopher Reeves, and for Batman, like many, I see Christian Bale.

The actor starred in three films, all directed by Christopher Nolan, and despite the fantastic film starring Robert Pattinson, Bale is still Bruce Wayne for many.

The most iconic of the films, The Dark Knight, was announced today to be rereleased in IMAX later this year.

As always however, interest is always high in seeing whether Bale will return to the role – and he has opened up about it.

What has Christian Bale said about returning as Batman?

Where many stay tight lipped about what it would take to bring them back to certain roles, Christian Bale has been very open about what would get him back.

The actor starred in just the three films and has not been back yet, despite Warner Brothers’ almost certainly having asked and offered a boatload of money.

Instead, the actor said of a possible return in an interview with Screenrant in 2022: “I had a pact with Chris Nolan. We said, ‘Hey, look. Let’s make three films, if we’re lucky enough to get to do that’. And then let’s walk away. Let’s not linger too long.”

He went on to say: “In my mind, it would be something if Chris Nolan ever said to himself, ‘You know what, I’ve got another story to tell’. And if he wished to tell that story with me, I’d be in.”

That then asks a very obvious next question.

What has Christopher Nolan said about returning for a fourth Batman film?

Nolan directed the films, co-writing the screenplays with his brother Jonathan Nolan.

Despite going on to create the highly successful Fallout show, Jonathan seems open to the idea of another Dark Knight, calling it a ‘dream’, which might indicate that there might be a world in which we get another.

He said: “That period was about 10 years of my life when I got the call to go work on Batman Begins to putting out The Dark Knight Rises – it was epic.

“If I had the chance to go and work on that again, then absolutely.”

Nolan, however, doesn’t share his brother’s optimism.

The director when asked if he’d work on another, and gave a blunt answer by simply saying ‘no’.

Whilst it seems that is that, weirder things can happen and opinions can always change with time.

For now though, fans will simply be looking forward to the director’s upcoming film The Odyssey, which has one of the most stacked Hollywood cast lists in years.

Whether you like it or not, the businessman has a hand in some of the most influential organisations in the world, even being made a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has previously spoken of his ambition to get one million people to live on Mars in the future and has posted on social media several times about taking the Red Planet over.

But now, it looks like he’s taking a big step in that direction.

Humans have never set foot on Mars, but Musk and SpaceX have set a goal to get over this obstacle by the dawn of the next decade.

He took to X yesterday (15 March), to confirm that SpaceX’s Starship will be heading to Mars at the end of 2026.

The ship will be carrying Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus.

Musk said that, if everything goes to plan, we could set foot on the planet as soon as 2029.

Writing to his followers, the tech billionaire said: “Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus.

“If those landings go well, then human landings may start as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more likely.”

On SpaceX’s official website, it reads: “Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable.”

The official account of Optimus responded to the announcement, saying: “Hold on.”

Musk was even spotted wearing an ‘Occupy Mars’ t-shirt in the White House recently and has never been shy to hide his goal of inhabiting the planet one day.

A quote from the entrepreneur on the official SpaceX webpage sums it up: “I can’t think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars.”

His goal to make the human race ‘multi-planetary’ is in motion, with SpaceX also making strides to become one of the biggest space technology companies in the world.

The company worked with NASA to carry out the rescue mission to get stranded astronauts Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore back home.

The pair have been on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024.

After heading up for what was meant to be an eight-day mission, technical issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft meant it was not safe for them to return.

Their return mission has been delayed several times, but early this morning (16 March), a Space X capsule docked at the ISS, with Wilmore and Williams set to head back to our planet on Wednesday (19 March).

Situated 35,000 ft (11,000 metres) below sea level is the Challenger Deep, which sits at the southern end of Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench and is believed to be the deepest point of the Earth’s oceans.

To put that figure into context, a building would have to be the equivalent of between 28 Empire State Buildings in order to reach the ocean’s surface.

Or 13 Burj Khalifas, 36 Eiffel Towers, and so on and so forth.

In-fact, you could even plonk Mount Everest at the bottom of Challenger Deep and it still wouldn’t reach the surface.

After all, it didn’t earn the name of Challenger Deep for no reason.

As of 2022, only 27 people have made the descent into Challenger Deep, a list which includes Titanic film director James Cameron.

Another person to make the descent is oceanographer Dr Dawn Wright, who successfully navigated to the ocean floor back in 2022 — only to discover that humans have been able to leave their mark on even the most remote places on the planet.

Taking to social media after expedition, Dr Wright shared a photo from the bottom of Challenger Deep and shared her shock after discovering that an empty beer bottle had managed to make it down there.

“What did we see upon 1st touching bottom, at 10,900+m depth w/in #ChallengerDeep? A BEER BOTTLE,” she wrote on X.

“Further evidence that we MUST as humanity do BETTER by the ocean and for the health of habitats that we ourselves share & ultimately depend on!!! #ThereIsNoPlanetB #DeeperSeaDawn.”

Recalling her reaction upon seeing the beer bottle in an interview with Los Angeles Times, Wright explained how disheartening it was to see how human actions were having an impact on some of the most hard to reach places on the planet.

“It had travelled more than 6.7 miles to the darkest depths of the Pacific, label still intact,” she explained.

“This discarded trash had managed to reach an unsullied part of our world before we actually did – a symbol of how deeply and irrevocably humans are affecting the natural world.”

A beer bottle making its way down to the deepest point in the known ocean means that humans have now been able to leave litter at the highest and lowest points of Earth — with Mount Everest previously being called the ‘world’s highest garbage dump’ due to the amount of trash hikers leave up there.

But if you were, you’d noticed the crew are stood near the door and ready to welcome every passenger onboard with a warm hello as you pass by and head towards your seat.

So why does this happen? Surely the cabin crew aren’t feeling particularly chatty before having to rattle through the in-flight safety demonstration and argue with passengers why it’s important to sit in their assigned seat.

You’ll therefore be not-so-surprised to learn that cabin crew aren’t feeling chatty when you board the flight, with the greeting being a crafty way of taking stock of the type of passengers travelling.

We’re not joking either, as flight attendant Rania (@itsmekikooooo) explained the action in a viral post on TikTok.

“Your flight attendant greets you, not only out of politeness, but also to check whether you are too drunk or sick to fly,” she explained.

Not only this, checking people out is also to analyse which passengers could help cabin crew in the unfortunate event of an emergency, she added in the video’s description.

This makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

A second flight attendant would also chime in on the debate, sharing a description of the type of person crew would be looking to for help in the event of an emergency.

“We look for anyone who hasn’t got any mobility issues, can speak English, looks like they will be able to open a door and ideally travelling alone,” they wrote.

“That makes you an ABP (able-bodied passenger).”

So if you fit this particular description, don’t be surprised if you’re called on should your journey take an unfortunate turn. Although you’d hope to never be in this situation.

The revelation led several viewers to do an internal review of their behaviour when boarding a plane, with one person commenting: “Me with headphones walking on the plane completely ignoring the flight attendants…”

A second person joked: “Ah okay this makes a lot of sense, I always get the same look going on flights.”

A third user even chimed in that not only where they aware of the rule, but had made sure not to look ‘too sick’ when boarding a flight once. “I had pancreatitis when I was in Corfu, I acted normal going on to the plane; otherwise, I knew they wouldn’t let me on.”

You might not have heard of Boy Meets World, although if you’re well into your 30s you probably have, but it was a much loved sitcom that aired on Disney channel from 1993 until 2000.

Ward rose to fame thanks her role as Rachel McGuire in the hit show.

She opted to retire from acting and shortly after decided to work in the porn. Since then, Ward’s been a strong advocate of the adult film industry – having shared in 2022 that she makes a lot more than when she was an actor.

“Don’t get me wrong. I was paid well in Hollywood, but nothing near what I am making now,” she revealed at the time.

Now, speaking with Fox News Digital, the 48-year-old claimed that people treated her with a lot more respect than she received during her days in Hollywood.

“I really think people treat me with more respect now, honestly, especially even in Hollywood right now, I’m pitching my memoir into a TV format and talking with people,” Ward said.

“They’re so respectful, and they’re so positive about my story, especially younger people and different people that I speak to in Hollywood and stuff. They’re just much more receptive to the story. And I really feel like I have a lot of positivity around it. I’m able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it.”

“I didn’t get anybody coming out hating me for it or anything,” she explained about her decision to move into the adult film industry.

Revealing the reaction of the public, she added: “I really got a lot of positivity overall, which shocked everyone I knew.

“Everybody thought people were just going to rip me apart, and I was going to be judged and raked across the coals, but I got so much positivity and I think it’s because I was so positive about it, and I was so happy about it.”

While speaking with indy100 back in 2022, she detailed exactly what a 16-hour day in porn looks like.

“I think that they have this misconception that porn is just silly and nobody puts any work into it,” she explained.

And let’s just say this is not your regular 9 to 5, with Ward adding: “We work about 16-hour days. I’d say about an hour and a half of that is sex.

“The rest is filming, the rest is shot, the rest is dialogue.”

It also means that Easter is around the corner, with Brits up and down the country celebrating the resurrection of Jesus the only way a 2000-year-old biblical figure would want to be remembered.

By stuffing our faces with a s**t ton of chocolate.

Supermarket shelves are already lined in preparation for the sugary event, offering shoppers the option to indulge in a pack of Mini Eggs or the fabled Creme Egg a few weeks early.

But have you ever stopped to wonder what goes into making the classic Easter staple while you’re digging in?

If so, you wouldn’t be the only one, with many people taking to social media to question how the filing is made every year.

“I have a huge problem weighing on my mind: What is the substance in the middle of a Creme Egg called? What is it? A goo,” one person wrote on X, while others joked the insides are made from less appetising options such as toothpaste or frosting. Some event went as far as bashing the iconic treat, claiming to favour options such as Reese’s Eggs instead.

Although if you ask this writer, the Cadburys caramel egg sits head-and-shoulders above all.

However, this still doesn’t answer our questions about the inside of Creme Eggs. But don’t worry too much about that, as Cadburys aren’t ones to gate keep their sugary secrets.

The confectionery company previously stated that within the milk chocolate egg is a ‘fondant centre’.

But that doesn’t exactly give us much to work with, meaning further analysis of the egg’s ingredients are needed.

According to the Cadbury website, that classic white-and-yellow gooey centred egg is made up of: sugar, milk, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, invert sugar syrup, whey powder, cocoa mass, vegetable fats, emulsifier, dried egg white, flavourings and colour.

Which doesn’t sound too appetising written down, but I trust that Cadbury know exactly what they’re doing when it comes to chocolate.

Per each 40g egg, there’s 26g of sugar, 6.2g of fat and 177 kcals of energy.

There’s even a recipe for popping a Creme Egg in the microwave and serving it up with buttered toast to make a rather sweet egg and soldiers dish. And if that doesn’t float your boat, you could always give chucking a Creme Egg in a toastie a go. Truly one of the most versatile of Easter treats.

Battling against one another on the winding tarmac for nine solid months every year would test even the most amiable of drivers, yet these monsters of the track are in the thick of an actual feud.

Verstappen, who’s the reigning world champion and represents Red Bull, was accused of bullying by Mercedes man Russell at last year’s Qatar Grand Prix after he received a penalty for impeding the Englishman.

“People have been bullied by Max for years now,” Russell claimed at the time, with Verstappen firing back: “George is a backstabber that he brings all this stuff up. He’s just a loser.”

As the 2025 season kicked off this weekend in Australia, the media was keen to hear if they’d patched things up.

Asked if he’d shaken hands with Russell and called a verbal ceasefire, Verstappen stated: “No, it’s still shockingly bad,” before rather unconvincingly adding ‘it’s all good’.

“What he said,” Russell weighed in, who couldn’t help but smirk.

This comes after Russell spoke to BBC Sport ahead of the Aussie Grand Prix.

“I wasn’t going to just stand and be bullied around,” began the 27-year-old.

“People seem to always back down to him. And that’s just not how I go about my business. I’m not there to be best mates with a world champion. I’m here to win, and that’s his mentality as well. There’s no love lost. I’ve never been scared to race against Max. I’ve always put up a fight.”

At this weekend’s big race, Verstappen pipped Russell to second place as McLaren star Lando Norris sped to victory.

Following the result, the four-time world champ revealed to Sky Sports that he was pleased to best his 2024 outcome at the same event.

“It was a difficult race of course. Lando had a little moment on entry into [turn] six so he lost a lot of momentum there. That’s how I got close and I got the DRS. I got close but it’s very hard to pass around here. I’m just very happy to bring it home and score good points. This was a decent starting point for us,” Verstappen shared.

“[Car performance is] better than I expected it to be. You can see in the first stint we were lacking a little bit of pace compared to the McLaren. But it’s still 18 points more than what I had here last year.”