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Britain’s Got Talent stars Stavros Flatley are raking in £200,000 per week since appearing on the show in June.
Th father and son act are in big demand and regularly perform at four gigs a day, charging £10,000 a time.
A source told Th Sun: “Stavros have performed all over the UK.
They’re very popular at sporting events but it’s corporate events which are most popular and with the Christmas party season coming up, they’re sure to be in the money well into the next year.”
CORONATION Street star Michelle Keegan looks a real picture in a photographic recreation of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The actress, who plays feisty Tina McIntyre in the soap, was transformed into the subject of the 500-year-old portrait to promote a travelling exhibition about the Italian artist.
Da Vinci - The Genius opens next month at the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in the soap's home town of Manchester.
The exhibition's promoters picked Michelle Keegan, aged 22, for the promotional photograph because her Mediterranean complexion and long, dark hair provided a good base for transformation.
They sourced period dress from Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre, perfected the hair and make-up, and tried to get the lighting just right so the shadows matched those in the original.
Describing the transformation process, Michelle said: "I had to be really pale and they powdered me down so much because I'm quite dark.
"They had to frizz my hair up and backcomb it and put it in little ringlets.
"It was a very long process which took a good two hours. I think most of the time was spent on my eyebrows.
"They had to put wax on them, then make-up, then wax again so that they disappeared. I always paint my eyebrows on so to have them erased was quite strange!"
She said the experience has made her want to see the original Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris, but she wasn't so keen on her 16th Century complexion.
She said: "It was the palest I've ever been in my life. I didn't like it at all!"
Make-up artist Armand Beasley said: "We found that Michelle's face fitted the profile beautifully - the bone structure was practically the same."
To create the finished piece, photographer Paul Jones took a photograph of Keegan against a blue screen and dropped it over an image of the original painting.
He then used Photoshop effects to match her with the background, add a Renaissance quality and blend out what was left of her eyebrows.
Jones said: "Very little digital manipulation was required to make the two elements fit seamlessly together and create a convincing modern day update."
Opening at MOSI on November 14, the exhibition features 1,000 sq m of exhibits devoted to Da Vinci's work, including giant and infra-red versions of the Mona Lisa, and some of his inventions, such as his scuba diving suit and helicopter.
, she leaves again after this weeks episodes but comes back for good a couple of weeks after
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, i've warmed to them they're not the best singers or have the strongest voices they're marmite but I do think they're taking lots of stick, they do deserve some but OTT with all this campaign against them etc thats been orcestrated. Cheryl upset their fans tonight so might have secured their passage for another week or gained them some other fans.
, had some pizza, chips, garlic bread and chicken wings earlier before waiting for X-Factor to come on..
I'm on Team Alesha Dixon and Dannii Minogue
, Dannii is showing up Cheryl Cole this year she's always been the better judge. Can't stand Cheryl at all so overrated and overhyped and aggressive, not to mention big headed can't accept criticism and cries at any opportunity for sympathy and all this so called national treasure thing grrr
.. I had a spell where I thought she was ok but never liked her. Cheryl is a hypocrite because yesterday she said she hoped John and Edward stayed in ages to annoy Simon, but as soon as they got voted through and one of her acts ended up in the sing off and going home she then slates them, has she got memory loss?
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Hicky that catsuit is probably a bit too small for me, but I really can't see me walking the dog in that anyway, so I will pass on it for now.DarloboyToday 16:00
'Coronation Street' star Samia Smith gave birth to a girl today (19.10.09).
The actress delivered the baby, who weighed a healthy 7lbs 2oz, at 10am and has named her Freya.
Both Samia - who plays hairdresser Maria Connor in the ITV1 soap - and Freya are said to be doing well.
It is her first child with her property developer husband Matt, who she wed in September 2005.
A show spokesperson said: "Samia and Matt are delighted and everyone at 'Coronation Street' is thrilled by the latest arrival to the Corrie family."
The 27-year-old brunette announced she was pregnant just days after her dad Joseph Ghadie died from cancer in April this year.
In the soap, Maria is involved in a gripping storyline, unaware her fiance Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) is responsible for the death of her husband Liam.
Samia and Matt are delighted and everyone at 'Coronation Street' is thrilled by the latest arrival to the Corrie family.
Tonight, Tony's wife Carla Gordon (Alison King), one of the only people to know the truth about the murder, makes her explosive return to Weatherfield.
Corrie star Gray O'Brien has said that his forthcoming heart attack scene will look realistic. His character Tony Gordon will be seen collapsing on the Street later this month.
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Corrie star Gray O'Brien has said that his forthcoming heart attack scene will look realistic. His character Tony Gordon will be seen collapsing on the Street later this month.
The actor said that he researched cardiac arrests before he began filming, he spoke to nurses and a pal with knowledge of heart problems.
He told PA: "There's always a danger that we'll do something that will look a bit comedic.
"It's a difficult thing to play when you don't understand. I think we've got away with it very nicely, the way we've shot it."
The 41-year-old added that he takes part in regular exercise because he is conscious of his own health.
He said: "I do try to keep myself fit and look after myself.
"And I've had so many friends in recent years my age just going zap.
"I think we just live in this ridiculously stress-ridden life and we all work so hard and try and squeeze so much in and get to the gym four times a week and it takes its toll - I am very conscious of keeping myself fit."
He added: "Also, this is my living and I've got to look after myself, just like the girls do."
Come in, sit down, put your feet up and take the weight off your face. All settled? Got your tea and your biscuit?
Maria and Tony are celebrating hatches, matches and dispatches this week. Hatches because it’s Baby Liam’s christening; Matches because Tony asks Maria to marry him (and the lady with the dim brain, she say YES!); and Dispatches because Tony’s now figuring out a way to get Carla out of his life and it’s a way that’ll start with MUR and end in DER. Yes, Carla is back, turning up at Liam’s graveside for a cosy chat with Tony. She tells him she knows all about Maria and baby Liam and warns him to leave Maria and Manchester or she’ll reveal 
all. Exciting as it is to have the dark lady back, I did wonder why she just didn’t go to the cops. I mean, you know, you would. Far greater revenge from Carla to exact on Tony would be to hole him up in a deserted house with just Mammy Connor for company, driving him slowly insane. Now that’s a spin-off DVD if ever there was one.
More exciting news this week is that Luke Strong has done a runner with £90k of Rosie Webster’s cash. She thinks she’s giving Luke the money in exchange for his share of Underworld, which would in theory make her the boss. She doodles with the idea of changing the factory name to ‘English Rosie’s Quality Underwear’ although a better name, surely, would have been ‘Dozy-Rosie Pants’. When she finds out that Luke’s left, cleared out his flat and her bank account, she sobs to Sally. “How much did you give him?” a stunned Sally asks. “Ninety,” sobs Rosie. “Ninety pounds?” asks Sally, wondering why Rosie’s so upset until the full shock hits her and she goes home, too shocked to even bicker with Kev.
Speaking of Kev, he’s still having his fling with Molly and it’s just as nasty as it was last week and as bad as it’ll be next.
Speaking of someone who rhymes with Kev, Dev’s having problems with Uncle Umed in the shop. Umed lets Teresa sleep in the back room of the shop when she’s destitute after Darryl leaves the Street for Spain. Why Teresa, a woman of many talents, couldn’t have just broken into her old house was lost on me, but she ended up on Lloyd’s sofa instead. Lloyd locked himself in his bedroom, just in case. She does however get her hands on her man when she massages Lloyd, telling him she’s got healing hands: “I once cured a lame donkey on Blackpool beach in 1973”.
Across the street, Joe and Gail’s relationship hits a rocky patch when Joe buys a boat and moors it on Gail’s drive. The boat comes to the Street via Aunty Pam after she chases up someone who owes money to Bill. She doesn’t get the money but gets the boat instead. Gail’s a bit stunned when she sees what Joe’s gone and done. “Sometimes, just sometimes…” she tells Audrey, in disbelief, “you just have to sit down.” Emptybox
You will have to be extra carefull lifting now. Boldjohn 
By the way.. Like the cat suit Hicky
