OVER the years, Sonny Jay has become a familiar voice on the airwaves thanks to his top presenting job on Capital FM.

However, when he’s not busy hosting his popular radio show he is enjoying being a parent to baby Mia, with girlfriend Danielle Peazer.

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Born on June 30, 1993, in Redbridge, London, Sonny Jay Muharrem, known as Sonny Jay, is a singer and radio presenter. 

He first entered the limelight when he auditioned on Britain’s Got Talent back in 2012 with his band, Loveable Rogues.

The London-based band reached the finals of the talent show and was signed to record label Syco Music.

The band went their separate ways in 2015 and Sonny headed for a new career.

Becoming a radio star

In 2016, Sonny started his broadcasting career at a local radio station in Brentford, called Phoenix FM.

However, he was quickly snapped up by Capital FM to present Thursday and Friday overnights. 

Sonny then got his big break when it was announced he was joining the Capital Breakfast Show team alongside Roman Kemp and Vick Hope.

Since 2023, he has presented The Capital Late Show.

Winning Dancing On Ice

In 2021, Sonny  joined the line-up for Dancing On Ice, and made it to the final with skating pro partner Angela Egan.

After wowing fans and the judges, he was crowned the series winner, beating Faye Brooke, after they both performed the Bolero.

Speaking about his big win Sonny said: “That is mental, thank you so much,” gushed Sonny.

“I wanted to come out of this competition being able to skate with a beer in my hand –- now I can do that and I’ve won the whole thing! 

“I feel like I’ve completed life.”

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Meeting Danielle Peazer

In 2023, Sonny started dating dancer and fitness influencer Danielle Peazer.

His girlfriend famously used to date the late Liam Payne.

After the One Direction star sadly died, Danielle revealed that he had given his “blessing” to her new relationship.

In a heartfelt tribute to Liam, she wrote: “Receiving a message from you a couple of weeks ago expressing your happiness for the love I found with Sonny and Mia is something I’ll cherish forever.”

Before meeting Danielle, Sonny was engaged to Lauren Faith.

However, the pair split in 2022, after she moved to LA to focus on her career.

An insider told us at the time: “Sonny and Lauren have called off the wedding.

“It’s been a busy time for both of them since Sonny won Dancing on Ice and Lauren’s music producing started taking off.

“They’re both determined to focus on their careers and were struggling to make the long-distance work as Lauren spent months in Los Angeles, while Sonny worked in London.

“They both want a fresh start and have wiped each other off of their social media pages.”

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Baby joy

In May 2024, Sonny and Danielle welcomed a daughter together, Mia.

Announcing their baby news, they both posted: “And then there were 3…She’s here and she’s perfect.”

Speaking about becoming a dad, Sonny told Thortful: “It’s surprised me how Danielle and I have just kicked into being parents. I find it so odd how one day you’re not a parent and then suddenly you’ve just got this massive responsibility. 

“The only thing genuinely that I found so difficult is being up in the night feeding.

“Doing a night feed and not falling asleep – I’m literally shaking my head trying to do everything. 

“Scrolling on TikTok just to keep my eyes open, I’ve found that hard.

“I would say that’s the hardest part of it so far.”

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Saturday Night Live has dug up a pop rock anthem from 2009 to show that the seemingly innocent song is still as bad as many seem to remember.

The 19 October episode of the long-running sketch show was hosted by actor Michael Keaton, with music coming from Billie Eilish.

It also saw the return of Alec Baldwin to the show for the first time since being cleared of manslaughter charges following the 2021 shooting on the set of the western film Rust.

The sketch took place in 1950s Detroit, where a mixed-race couple, played by Ego Nwodim and Andrew Dismukes, shared their relationship with their families, played by Keaton, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson and Devon Walker, who disagreed about the pairing.

After hearing both sides of the argument, Dismukes told everyone in the room: “Maybe this will help. I’ve written a song.”

He adds that the song is: “About us. About what it’s like to be married to a beautiful Black woman. Maybe when people hear it, things will start to change.”

Dismukes then pulls out a ukelele and launches into a rendition of Train’s widely divisive 2009 smash hit “Hey, Soul Sister,” often cited as having some of the most embarassing and problematic lyrics of all time with Business Insider naming it as the worst song of 2010.

Dismukes over the top rendition of the song is lapped up by his white parents who immediately change their minds about the relationship.

However, the same can’t be said for the Black family, with Thompson citing one of the lyrics in the song, asks: “Hmm. Uh, young man, did you say that my daughter was so gangster?” Dismukes replies by saying: “Yes sir, And I am so thug.”

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The twist in the sketch is that Nwodim is also so appalled by the song that she decides to leave Dismukes, who is consoled by his parents, who reassure him that it wasn’t the song’s fault.

By reviving the song, SNL has prompted viewers to react to the lyrics, with some being stunned at what they uncovered.

One person wrote: “Because of SNL I looked up the lyrics to ‘Hey, Soul Sister.’ I’d heard the song before — there are some things in this life that you simply can’t control — but had never really *listened* to it before. Those lyrics are unconscionable. They are proof the devil lives among us.”

A second person said: “I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: ‘Hey, Soul Sister’ by Train is one song that immediately turns my stomach into only bile. Heinous and vile.”

Meanwhile, a third viewer said: “SNL is always so late to the party but I am always here for ‘Hey, Soul Sister’ jokes. That song is deranged.”

The song was a major hit for Train, reaching number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart, with frontman Pat Monahan, claiming that the song is actually about “a group of beautiful women at Burning Man dancing around the fire”.

One of the band’s founding members, Charlie Colin, died in May 2024.

CORONATION Street fans have spotted a huge blunder in Tyrone and Fiz’s house.

The small terraced property has been at the centre of a huge storyline as Hope has been dealing with a vape addiction.

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Recent scenes on the long-running ITV soap showed the living room on fire as her hidden stash of nicotine set the desk alight.

Both Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) and Tyrone (Alan Halsall) were understandably fuming as Evelyn (Dame Maureen Lipman) calmly put out the desk blaze.

The property is not just home to the couple and their two kids, but also Tyrone’s mother Cassie (Claire Sweeney).

This means that five people live in the tiny terraced house on Coronation Street.

Meanwhile in the Platt house, Gail (Helen Worth) lives with David (Jack P.Shepherd), Shona (Julia Goulding), and their kids Max (Paddy Bever) and Lily.

Nick (Ben Price) recently moved back in after Leanne (Jane Danson) kicked him out after his affair with Toyah (Georgia Taylor).

However, many fans took to social media after they were left completely confused by the number of people living in the small house.

Writing on forum site Reddit, one dedicated viewer noted: “Mainly with the Platt and Dobbs houses and the Barlow house for a while but how on earth do their tiny terraced houses fit 6 people?

“The Barlow house had 8 people once and the Platt house even had 9 at one point I think, do the writers just forget how small their houses are or are there some secret rooms we don’t know about?”

Other soap enthusiasts couldn’t help but echo the sentiment as another replied: “It’s a pretty big joke in soap land, and EE is the same. Terrace houses don’t have 5 bedrooms, even with a dormer, we’re just expected not to notice.”

As a third stated: “Terraced houses at max have 3 bedrooms with 1 being a box room, I would really love to see how 6-8 people fit in.”

“Eileen’s house is magic,” wrote a fourth user.

And a fifth added: “I always get claustrophobia whenever I see Fizz and Tyrone’s place lol.”

Who lives where on Coronation Street?

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Here is where all of the residents of Weatherfield’s main street live

• 1 Coronation Street – The Barlow family (Ken, Tracy, Steve, Amy)
• 3 Coronation Street – The Bailey family (Aggie, Ed, Michael)
• 5 Coronation Street – The Winter-Brown family (Gemma, Chesney, Joseph and the Quads)
• 7 Coronation Street – The Alahan family (Dev, Asha, Aadi)
• 9 Coronation Street – The Dobbs family (Tyrone, Fiz, Evelyn, Cassie, Hope, Ruby)
• 11 Coronation Street – The Grimshaw family (Eileen, Todd, George, Mary, Sean, Dylan)
• 13 Coronation Street – The Webster family (Kevin, Abi, Jack, Alfie)
• 15a Coronation Street – Dee-Dee Bailey and Adam Barlow
• 2a Coronation Street – Craig Tinker
• 4 Coronation Street – The Metcalfe family (Sally, Tim)
• 6 Coronation Street – The Nazir family (Yasmeen, Alya, Stu, Eliza)
• 8 Coronation Street – The Platt family (Gail, David, Shona, Max, Lily)
• 10a Coronation Street – Rita Tanner
• 12 Coronation Street – Brian Packham

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Ken Bruce has revealed he was intoxicated when the idea for PopMaster came to him.

The quiz, in which competitors answer musical trivia questions, was first broadcast in 1998 as part of Bruce’s Radio 2 show and later became a six-part TV series for More4 when he left the channel.

The radio host, 73, admitted he had been drinking wine with two of his BBC colleagues, Colin Martin and Phil Swern, as they brainstormed ideas for the radio quiz show.

Bruce said the group came up with a “great format” and “drank up” before heading home. However, when they woke up the next day, they realised they’d forgotten the idea they spent the evening working on.

“None of us could remember what we decided,” he said.

The radio presenter said when he, Martin and Swern met for another lunch they didn’t drink any alcohol until they had written their idea down.

Speaking on the Fingers On Buzzers podcast, he said: “We wrote it down, and then we had our two bottles of wine. And it’s been the same ever since.”

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When the presenter left Radio 2 in 2023 after 45 years at the BBC, it was announced that PopMaster would go with him.

The More4 TV treatment of the programme followed the same format as the radio series, where contestants were quizzed on music ranging from the 1950s to the present day, before being asked three top chart hits for a specific artist or group.

Bruce said: “After all these years we are finally bringing PopMaster to the telly where we’ll be challenging music lovers from around the country to not only recall a range of facts and stats about chart toppers and beyond over the decades but to do so under the glare of studio lights and with the added pressure of television cameras.”

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Radio 2 lost a million listeners after Bruce left the station. Meanwhile, Greatest Hits Radio has doubled its listenership since he joined to an audience of 4.1 million.

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In a new interview with The Times, Bruce hit out at BBC management over their choice to change the slot for his radio show. He was taken off the mid-morning slot and forced into an unfamiliar late-night timing which he says annoyed him.

“I thought, I haven’t done anything wrong here and it’s all working. It was a political decision,” he said.

LOVE Island’s Malin Andersson has fuelled rumours that she’s SPLIT from life coach boyfriend two months after going public with their romance.

Back in July The Sun revealed that the reality star had found love again with a Swedish hunk called Jim Sundgren.

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However the pair have raised a few eyebrows and have sparked split rumours after unfollowing each other on Instagram.

There are also no traces of their relationship on their social media profiles.

The Sun have contacted Malin’s rep for comment.

Malin – who shot to fame on Love Island in 2016 – and Jim are in a long distance relationship as he lives in Sweden.

Back in July the couple took part in a retreat called The Utopia Frequency in the Nordic country.

A source previously told us:

A source said: “Malin has spent the past few years really working on herself.

“She is in such a great space and Jim came along at the right time.

“They have really connected over their healing journeys and love doing sound baths together.

“Jim lives in Sweden so they are trying a long distance romance.

“Malin is really happy and everyone is so pleased for her.”

Mum Malin – who is now a wellness coach – has had a number of relationships in the public eye since her time in the Love Island villa.

She dated ex Jared between 2021 and 2023 – and share their daughter Xaya.

Malin was also in a relationship with Tom Kemp in 2018 and they split four weeks after the death of their daughter Consy, reconciled and then split in 2019.

The star took part in the second season of Love Island in 2016.

She was dumped on day 25, but made a shock return to ask her ex Terry Walsh had moved on so quickly.

The fitness fanatic recently admitted her regrets on spending thousands on cosmetic procedures after the show.

Over the years she’s had veneers, liposuction and breast augmentations.

Speaking to The Mirror, Malin has spoken of her regret, and said: “You think those types of treatments are minor – a quick £200 or £300.

“But I took out loans to pay for them and they were like small pockets of debt. I wasn’t worried about the money at the time. 

“I didn’t care. It wasn’t like I was spending £10,000 on big surgery. But that’s the dangerous part of getting Botox and filler.”

She added: “If I didn’t have my mum’s money to fall back on, I don’t know what I would have done.”

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HOUSE of the Dragon fans are eagerly awaiting details about the show’s third season, but according to one of its stars, they may be waiting for a while.

During an appearance at New York Comic Con on Sunday, Matt Smith admitted that he is completely in the dark about upcoming plot points on the Game of Thrones prequel.

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Matt, who plays Daemon Targaryen in the hit HBO series, revealed that he has yet to see any scripts for the upcoming season.

He told panelists: “I’ve not heard hide nor hair. I don’t know about you guys. I’ve not heard a thing — have you?”

The actor was joined on the panel by co-stars Fabian Frankel (Criston Cole) and Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon II Targaryen), who echoed similar sentiments.

Tom quipped: “Not a jot, not a letter. The longer they take, the longer we don’t have to read anything for a while.”

However, Fabian hinted at some insider knowledge, teasing: “I’ve heard some things that I couldn’t possibly share here.”

The uncertainty surrounding the third season comes after the second season wrapped up in August, following an eight-episode run that left fans desperate for more.

Despite the lack of clarity on season three’s script, House of the Dragon has been renewed for two more seasons.

Production for the third series is slated to begin in early 2025, and it will be released in 2026.

Showrunner Ryan Condal revealed in August that the series will conclude after four seasons.

While Ryan confirmed that pre-production work will continue this autumn, there’s still no official word on how many episodes season three will feature.

He admitted: “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it.

“I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from a dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from season two on.”

Though the second season expanded the story beyond the Targaryens to include Winterfell and other key locations, fans have been left to speculate about where the narrative will head next.

Who stars in House of the Dragon?

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A prequel to smash-hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon premiered in August 2022. The show features an ensemble cast playing characters in the fictional setting of Westeros. Let’s take a look at some of the famous faces in House of the Dragon.

Paddy Considine: Actor, director and screenwriter Paddy received the role of King Viserys I Targaryen in House of the Dragon and led the ensemble in sesason one. Paddy’s film credits include Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, while his other TV work ranges from Peaky Blinders, The Outsider and The Third Day. He is also known for his collaborations with director Shane Meadows.

Matt Smith: Matt became the youngest ever actor to play Doctor Who, when he nabbed the role as a 29-year-old in 2009. Now a few years removed from the beloved BBC show, he is now playing the unpredictable Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon. Matt also starred as Prince Philip in The Crown, receiving a Primetime Emmy award nomination for his performance.

Olivia Cooke: From Oldham in Greater Manchester, Olivia Cooke has enjoyed success on both sides of the pond. She had a starring role as Emma Decody in Bates Motel from 2013 to 2017. Prior to starring as Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon, Olivia also appeared in period drama Vanity Fair and the sci-fi film Ready Player One, which was directed by Steven Spielberg.

Rhys Ifans: Before playing Ser Otto Hightower, Rhys Ifans was no stranger to blockbuster franchises. He’s played Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and Marvel Comics villain Dr Curt Connors/Lizard. He portrayed Mycroft Holmes in CBS series Elementary. Rhys also starred in films such as Notting Hill, Kevin & Perry Go Large and Enduring Love.

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Emma D’Arcy: Before landing the role of Princess/Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, Emma had appeared as a main cast member in Wanderlust and Truth Seekers. Their film credits include 2020’s Misbehaviour opposite a cast including Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Greg Kinnear, Keeley Hawes, Jessie Buckley, Phyllis Logan and Lesley Manville.