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Gay Rights Campaigner And Ex-EastEnders Actor Honoured

PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

Gay rights activist and actor-turned-politician Michael Cashman was awarded a CBE in Saturday's New Year's Honours. Cashman, 62, is probably best-k...

No One Should Be Toasting the Writers of Eastenders This Festive Season

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 26.02.2013 | UK Entertainment
Gareth Edmundson

Eastenders is supposed to be a show highlighting the highs and lows of real life. Is this really what real life has become? I don't think it is.

Why Bookies Are Refunding Some Punters After 'EastEnders'

PA | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK Entertainment

Punters who gambled on 'EastEnders' villain Derek Branning being murdered will be given a refund by bookmakers William Hill after it turned out he die...

'There's More Drama Ahead'

PA | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

'EastEnders' star Jake Wood has teased that 2013 won't be a quiet year for his character Max Branning. Max's big secret is set to be revealed on Ch...

SPOILER: What Alfie Did Next

PA | Posted 21.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

EastEnders' Alfie Moon is set to lose his cool with Derek Branning now he's discovered the truth about Kat's affair. Queen Vic landlord Alfie, play...

VOTE: Who Is Kat's Mystery Lover?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

One of EastEnders' best-loved couples are set to have their biggest fight ever this week, as Alfie Moon finally confronts his wife Kat about her affai...

Roll on Summer

Naomi Hefter | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK Comedy
Naomi Hefter

It's December, the fire is burning, the decorations are out and lists are being made - it's that time of year again. Suicide. Yep, tis the season to be jolly doesn't apply to everyone.

'I Snorted Cocaine As I Gave Birth'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.12.2012 | Home

Former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook has revealed she snorted a line of cocaine as she gave birth to her son. Appearing on ITV's Jeremy Ky...

Katie's New Man?

The Huffington Post UK | Ashley Percival | Posted 14.01.2013 | Home

Katie Price was only linked to Rugby star Gavin Henson a few weeks ago but it looks like she's moved on again - she's been snapped kissing a male stri...

What's Christmas All About? Telly!

The Huffington Post UK | HuffPost Staff | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Entertainment

Never mind all that food malarkey, pulling crackers, wandering around throwing fabled snowballs at each other... we all know what the season of genero...

I'M A CELEB: Ofcom Investigate 'Heartbreaking' Stunt

PA | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Entertainment

TV watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!' after the ITV1 show involved the young daughter of 'EastE...

'EastEnders' Star Quits The Square

The Huffington Post UK | HuffPost Staff | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

'EastEnders' star Nina Wadia, who plays long-suffering housewife Zainab Masood, is leaving the soap after five years. The actress and comedienne, w...

Who Will Win The Battle Of The Soaps At Christmas?

PA | Posted 14.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

'EastEnders' is set to win the battle of the soaps this Christmas, according to bookies. The Derek Branning murder mystery is expected to give the ...

FIRST LOOK: Who Will Derek Kill At Christmas?

PA | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

'EastEnders' villain Derek Branning is tipped to kill himself during the soap's Christmas special, according to betting odds. In a strange turn of ...

Who's Behind 'Rotten Cotton'?

Larry Jaffee | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Entertainment
Larry Jaffee

While visiting London in early November, EastEnders enthusiast and New Yorker Cary Portway stumbled upon a poster on a street lamp dubbed 'Rotten Cotton', adorned with a photo of Albert Square icons, son and mum Dot and 'Nasty Nick' Cotton.

Brother Of Beheaded EastEnders Actress Admits Killing Her

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK

The brother of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, found dead in a canal, pleaded guilty on Friday to her manslaughter. Tony McCluskie, 35, ...

'I've Dropped Two Dress Sizes And Feel So Much Sexier'

Posted 05.12.2012 | Home

Natalie Cassidy has unveiled her new body after dropping two dress sizes, and doesn't she look great? The former 'EastEnders' star has had a well p...

PICTURES: 'EastEnders' Rocked By Huge Explosion

The Huffington Post UK | HuffPost Staff | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

It's been a while since there has been an explosion/fire/huge disaster on 'EastEnders', but Monday's episode will quell viewers' thirst for some dange...

Happy Thanksgiving, EastEnders

Larry Jaffee | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Larry Jaffee

Writing this on the morning of Thanksgiving is especially appropriate, coming on the heels of last night watching two excellent episodes of EastEnders on public television in the US, which is about eight years behind the storyline you lot see in the UK. Yes, I'm in a time-warp.

PICTURE PREVIEW: 'Biggest Ever' Children In Need

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

The BBC will hold its "biggest ever" Children in Need appeal on Friday with the wreckage caused at the corporation by the Jimmy Savile paedophilia sca...

I Lost my Heart to Burma With ActionAid

Samantha Womack | Posted 15.01.2013 | Home
Samantha Womack

Are you suspicious of how much 50p a day can really do? I was. As a mum of two, I appreciate that we are constantly asked to give and I do question where their money goes. Now I've seen first-hand just what this amount of money can do and where it goes: not just to the children, but to their families and communities too.

PICTURES: Lord Sugar Joins EastEnders

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

'The Apprentice' star Lord Sugar has paid a visit to Albert Square as part of his search for a new protege. Visiting the BBC One soap 'EastEnders',...

Eastenders 'Could Influence Ireland's Children's Referendum'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK Politics

Irish oliticians are concerned the results of the forthcoming Children's Referendum could be influenced by storyline in a soap opera. Fianna Fail T...

Jimmy Savile, Gary Glitter and Roman Polanski - Comparing Artists and Arses

John Fleming | Posted 31.12.2012 | Home
John Fleming

"Roman Polanski?" someone said to me yesterday afternoon. "Well, he's not as bad as Jimmy Savile, is he?" That is like a red rag to a bull. Was Jack...

INTERVIEW: Lacey Turner On Her New Role As A Witch

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

Former 'EastEnders' star Lacey Turner (first left) plays Stella, a "headstrong" career-minded witch, in ITV2's new upbeat drama about four young twent...