Inside What’s Left of BBC Television Centre as Doors Close for the Last Time and Staff Move Across London
BBC stars have condemned the closure of Television Centre as they recorded a special show to bid farewell to the famous building .
These eerie images capture the last days of the soon-to-be-abandoned Television Centre
Goodbye Television Centre, filmed at Studio One of the Grade II listed building in west London, saw celebrities from its 53-year history gather to reminisce about their experiences days before it closes.
The centre is being made into a £200 million shops and offices complex.
Former BBC chairman Lord Grade interviewed legends of the small screen, including Sir David Attenborough, Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir Terry Wogan, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett and Sir David Jason, for the two-hour long broadcast recorded on Monday night.
But many voiced their disapproval for the closure, with The Good Life actress Penelope Keith saying it was tantamount to making them “orphans”.
Sir Terry drew rapturous applause from the audience when he said: “I know it’s only a building. I know it’s an inanimate object and it doesn’t have a heart. But it has a spirit. There are spirits here, of immensely talented, brilliant people who made some of the best television programmes ever seen and I think it’s a shame. It’s a shame to close it down.” ..Read more >>
Chinese Chicken Lays Monster Egg With Another Egg Inside (Video)
A chicken in Guizhou in China has laid an egg weighing almost half a pound that contained another egg inside it. Report by Jeremy Barnes
Bruno Mars On The Cover Of GQ Magazine
For their April issue, GQ magazine get R&B superstar Bruno Mars to grace the cover. For the interview, Bruno sat down with Chris Heath out in Los Angeles. You can read the cover story here, where he talks about songwriting, responding to backlash, his style, impersonating Elvis, retirement and much more.
Dancing On Ice Star, Surprise Pregnancy Despite Ovarian Cysts
Jennifer Ellison reveals her 'miracle baby' after ovarian cysts threatened her chance of having another baby, she's celebrating her surprise second pregnancy, dubbing her unborn child a 'miracle baby'.
Her pregnancy discovery came after doctors said she wouldn't be able to conceive again due to ovarian cysts.
Pregnant Jennifer hid her bump at the Tesco Mum of the Year Awards ©Rex
Jennifer, 29, revealed her pregnancy in an interview with Now magazine, saying she and husband Robbie Tickle are 'in complete and utter shock' after the happy discovery.
Jennifer said: "I didn't even know I was pregnant until four weeks ago, and I'm almost five months now. I can't believe I'm having another baby in July - it's been a massive shock."
Jennifer, 29, revealed her pregnancy in an interview with Now magazine, saying she and husband Robbie Tickle are 'in complete and utter shock' after the happy discovery.
Jennifer said: "I didn't even know I was pregnant until four weeks ago, and I'm almost five months now. I can't believe I'm having another baby in July - it's been a massive shock."
The couple already have a son, Bobby, 3.
"'We'd both just come to terms with the fact that we probably weren't going to be having another baby any time soon - and now we're getting ready to do it all over again," Jennifer explained.
Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form on a woman's ovaries. They are not usually cancerous, although they can be, and are unpreventable in sufferers. Yahoo reports
"'We'd both just come to terms with the fact that we probably weren't going to be having another baby any time soon - and now we're getting ready to do it all over again," Jennifer explained.
Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form on a woman's ovaries. They are not usually cancerous, although they can be, and are unpreventable in sufferers. Yahoo reports
David Hasselhoff Determined to Save the Berlin Wall He Helped to Fall.
David Hasselhoff at the Berlin Wall (Getty Images).
In case you didn't know, we have David Hasselhoff to thank for the falling of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Still, the "Baywatch" star doesn't want to see the final fragment of the border between the former East and West Germany go down.
You see, back in the late 1980s, The Hoff had a huge hit in Germany – "Looking for Freedom" – and, on New Year's Eve leading into 1989, he stood atop the wall and performed for the divided country. After eight weeks burning up the pop charts, the song became the soundtrack to the revolution that eventually reunited East and West.
Despite having talked about his role in that moment in history for years, the star showed rare humility in discussing it on Sunday. "I didn't realize the significance of 'Looking for Freedom' in East Germany until a few months ago," Hasselhoff said from the East Side Gallery, a 3/4-mile stretch of wall, on Sunday. "On my last tour, there were thousands of Germans holding up signs saying, 'We love you, thank you for Mauerfall [the fall of the wall].'"
Nearly 25 years after the historic event, the Knight Rider himself is campaigning to preserve the remnants of that mural-covered wall, which is being threatened by developers wishing to knock it down for luxury apartment buildings. "This last piece of the wall is really sacred, it's the last memorial to the people who died and to the perseverance of freedom," he said while comparing plans to remove part of the wall to destroying the September 11 memorial at Ground Zero in New York City.
The 60-year-old star also promised that if talks continue, "we'll come back with a huge concert and really rock Berlin."
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