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In a move that has stunned and upset fans, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (left) has quit her role as Steffy Forrester on The Bold and The Beautiful! The Canadian actress who has become one of the show’s leading stars and recently earned her second Daytime Emmy nomination, has decided to leave the global daytime hit to pursue other projects. No word yet on when her last scenes will be shown on TV.

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and left) was spotted showing off her more womanly curves in a teeny bikini on Miami’s South Beach. The former Disney star and ex-galpal of Justin Beiber was laughing and splashing around with a group of friends with no sign of the Beibs... She’s currently promoting her new single “Come and Get It”.

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As Steffy and Liam finally remarry, a miserable Hope can’t help dwelling on all she’s lost

Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Liam (Scott Clifton) tie the knot for a second time.

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teffy and Liam are hopelessly in love and can’t wait to tie the knot all over again. For once, all of their plans, hopes and dreams seem to be coming together without any dramas.

As they finalise their wedding plans and agree to get married at the Forrester Estate, Carter (Lawrence Saint Victor) adds to their happiness by offering to be their marriage celebrant.

As the lovebirds revel in their happiness and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) promises Liam (Scott Clifton) a surprise on their wedding day, Oliver (Zack Conroy) shows concern for a distracted 8 SW

and miserable Hope’s (Kimberly Matula) welfare, comforting her as she bemoans not being able to stop the wedding without impacting the future of Liam’s child.

As Hope tries to accept that she’s lost Liam for good, he happens by and Hope praises his efforts to form a family with Steffy so that he can break the cycle of Spencer men growing up without their fathers.

Grateful for Hope’s support, Liam adds that he’ll never stop wondering about the future they could have had together, leaving her wishing for the one thing she can never have.

As Steffy and Liam’s

Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang, right) stops a heartbroken Hope (Kimberly Matula) from making a fool of herself.

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Overcoming

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House Husbands sundays at 8.30pm on Nine

Kane (Gyton Grantley, l-r), Mark (Rhys Muldoon) and Lewis (Gary Sweet) attempt to get their friend out of an assault charge.

The sudden death of a loved one leaves one house husband shattered and his friends’ lives on the brink of disaster

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ustin Baynie is a broken and shattered man following the sudden and unexpected death of his beloved Nicola in a tragic and senseless accident. He’s desperate to blame someone for the horrific event that claimed the life of his wife and children’s mother, and although he knows that he can’t place blame and needs to find a cathartic way to come to terms with his loss, doing so is proving harder than he thought.

When Nicola’s (Leah de

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Niese) grieving family hijack the funeral out from under him, Justin’s (Firass Dirani) anger boils over, and upon seeing the stress and confusion affecting his kids, he goes overboard in tracking down the driver of the car that mowed down Gemma (Julia Morris) winds up in a compromising position with childhood friend, Damo (Craig McLachlan).

Nicola and viciously attacks them. When the resulting scuffle almost leads to Justin being arrested for assault, his fellow house husbands rush to bail him out of the situation.

Unfortunately, Mark (Rhys Muldoon) unintentionally adds to Justin’s anguish by

revealing incidents that took place on the night of Nicola’s death. Overreacting to the news, Justin furiously accuses Mark of contributing to the tragedy and throws him out of his house.

As Justin’s downward spiral reaches alarming heights, he finally gets a wake-up call when

US primetime Revenge Mondays at 8.30pm on Seven

Escape from justice

Arrow Tuesdays at 8.30pm on Nine

Oliver gets himself thrown in prison so as to prove he isn’t the hooded vigilante taking down criminals

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liver Queen’s reign as Starling City’s vigilante crimefighter Green Arrow has been threatened by his exposure by assassin Deadshot’s bodyguard John Diggle. When Diggle refuses Oliver’s offer to join him on his missions, Oliver takes drastic measures to protect his crusade.

When Oliver (Stephen Amell) infiltrates a prison to save the lives of a death row inmate and an abducted Laurel (Katie Cassidy), it brings him to the attention of Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne), who arrests him for his vigilante crimes.

Charged with murder, Oliver rejects an insanity plea and takes a polygraph test before setting up Diggle as the vigilante. His plans work and he’s soon set free.

However, trouble soon follows when his mother Moira (Susanna Thompson) is almost shot dead by an assassin who turns out to be one of Oliver’s romantic conquests. When he and the girl are held hostage, it leads to a deadly standoff that may prevent Oliver from completing his missions as the Green Arrow. SW

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he senseless and brutal murder of Amanda Clarke is now haunting a raging Emily Thorne as she’s unable to erase the memories of watching Amanda die in her arms from her tortured mind.

Fully believing that the Grayson family is behind the killing, Emily’s thirst for revenge against the family only intensifies.

But a slight roadblock soon appears in the form of Eli James (Collins Pennie), her enigmatic foster brother who blames Amanda for burning down his childhood home.

Emily (Emily VanCamp) is worried about his motives for returning, and despite him accepting her bribery cheque to leave town, he hangs around instead, aligning himself with the vindictive Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) as her newly-appointed cochairperson of the Amanda Clarke Charity Foundation.

Emily is outraged at the sight of Eli handing his bribery cash to Victoria for the

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foundation, and plots with Aiden (Barry Sloane) to bankrupt the Graysons as retribution.

But another problem soon arises when Nolan (Gabriel Mann) runs into strife hacking into the Graysons’ financial records. Unable to get through certain barriers, Nolan diagnoses the cyber-

roadblocks as the work of legendary computer hacker, The Victoria Falcon – the (Madeleine same person Stowe) and who ultimately Conrad (Henry lured Emily’s Czerny) prepare father David to face the music. to his death.

Deciding to track down The Falcon, Emily realises that Eli is the key to this plan and gets him to trust her by conspiring with him to bring down Meredith

The hospital’s financial woes could ulti

Grey’s Anatomy Mondays at 9.30pm on Seven

Bailey (Chandra Wilson, left) is facing the sack.

The revelation that Victoria has a secret love child will change multiple lives forever

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eattle Grace Mercy West’s financial problems are worsening with each passing day, and the staff members are rushing to find new jobs elsewhere before the doors close for good.

As the mass walkout continues, the waiting list for patient surgeries is growing rapidly,

Costly operation

forcing the interns to work more closely with the remaining doctors and nurses to get the job done.

As Bailey (Chandra Wilson) appears to be heading for the exit, Jackson’s (Jesse Williams) mother Catherine (Debbie Allen) co-opts the doctors into helping her and the Harper Avery Foundation to invest in the hospital’s future.

Although the hospital is saved, it comes with the condition that Jackson take charge of the facility.

His penchant to effect changes upsets Owen (Kevin McKidd) who

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Naomi Watts rates her portrayal of the late Princess Diana as her hardest

he has played a number of real-life characters in the past, but nothing that has come before has been so challenging for Englishborn Australian actress Naomi Watts than tackling the role of the late Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.

Having recently finished filming Diana, Soap World caught up with Naomi to chat about how she felt about playing the muchloved Lady Di, her own growing fame, as well as her friendship with fellow Aussie – and princess portrayer – Nicole Kidman.

Very difficult, definitely the hardest thing I’ve taken on because there is so much available information, and it’s very hard to discern what is truthful and what is not.

Everything you read is almost conflicting with each other but I managed to talk to some people that were very close with her.

Above and top: Naomi Watts is already winning praise for her portrayal of Princess Di. Right: The Aussie-raised actress slips out of her princess garb.

Do you enjoy playing real life people – like Maria Belon (The Impossible), Valerie Plame (Fair Game) or now the Princess of Wales?

I had lots of contact with Maria, and the same with Valerie. I found it incredibly helpful. I wish I had had the opportunity to meet Princess Diana. She seemed like a fantastic woman. She had a great sense of humour. And she was kind of a rebel in a really good kind of way. Obviously, there’s so much information available but playing her was a bit more difficult because everyone feels they know her.

Everyone is going to have comments about the way I look. But it’s not about mimicking, it’s about trying to tell the story in the truest possible way.”

You grew up in Britain as a young kid. Did you love her?

I was really all excited about the wedding. I watched it on the day.

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How was your experience of playing Lady Di?

Daytime B&B

Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) is determined to get herself out of this pickle.

Brooke pulls out all the stops to try and seduce Eric into claiming responsibility for her latest pregnancy

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Brooke Logan may be pregnant with Bill Spencer’s love child but she’s adamant that the daddy-to-be must never know about the baby’s paternity to safeguard his still-fragile marriage to her sister Katie.

Although she’s confided her scandalous secret in Donna (Jennifer Gareis), Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) insists that her middle sister keep her mouth shut because she can’t risk the consequences of anyone finding out about it.

But Donna won’t let her sister sidestep her massive new responsibilities and pushes Brooke to face up to the truth and live with the fallout.

However, a rattled Brooke insists that she plans on having the baby without Katie (Heather Tom) ever discovering the truth.

As Donna ponders how Brooke plans on accomplishing that plan, the expectant minx soon unleashes her strategy, cornering an unwitting Eric (John McCook) to tenderly remind him of their deep friendship and their previous happy marriage.

When Brooke suddenly reveals that she’s pregnant with Bill’s (Don Diamont) baby, Eric sighs

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Daytime days

With Days now off air, read on to keep updated on what’s happening to all of your Salem favourites

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The Brady and Horton families are shocked when Roman (Josh Taylor) arrests Will (Chandler Massey) for Stefano’s shooting murder, based on his fingerprints being on the murder weapon and gunshot residue found on his hands. As Will protests his innocence, Sami (Alison Sweeney) and Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) are shocked when EJ (James Scott) pays Will’s bail. EJ soon warns Will that he owns him and will reveal that he shot him years ago if Will steps out of line.

While Sami goes on the attack to prove her son’s innocence, even accusing Marlena

(Deidre Hall) of killing Stefano, Will’s friend Neil comes forward with an alibi for Will, sonny claiming they were at a gay bar together when Stefano was killed.

Roman is shocked when Will confirms the story and comes out publicly as gay. His innocence proven, the charges against Will are dropped.

Sonny (Freddie Smith) offers Will support to live publicly as a gay man and later admits to Lucas that he has feelings for Will.

What you are will

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After Will’s exoneration, the police focus on EJ as Stefano’s likely killer, prompting the DiMera spawn to steal incriminating evidence before the cops find it. When the police learn that Stefano recently took the money that EJ originally took from John (Drake Hogestyn) and also disinherited him, it’s enough motive to further their investigation.

Knowing that he could be arrested if they also learn that he isn’t Stefano’s biological son, EJ hides Alice’s letter to Stefano proving the claim and has his father’s original will leaving him ej everything processed to cover his tracks.

When EJ drops Alice’s letter and Will finds it, EJ flips out and refuses the police’s offer to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence, threatening to have Rafe (Galen Gering) sacked for framing him. When EJ discovers that Will has read the letter and knows that he’s not a DiMera, he’s further unsettled when Will blackmails him, stefano realising that Will could send him to prison at any time.

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Deadly addiction ✽

Unaware that Ian (Ian Buchanan) is secretly drugging Brady’s (Eric Martsolf) drinks to get him hooked on drugs again, Madison (Sarah Brown) accuses Brady of falling off the wagon but he denies it and offers to take blood tests to prove he’s clean.

When the tests come back positive for drugs, Madison flips out and accuses Brady of lying and betraying her. Ranting that he’s been framed, Brady flies into a rage and attacks Ian, accusing the older man of wanting revenge on him for winning Madison’s heart. Hitting a new low, Brady buys cocaine and contemplates snorting brady it, leaving his relationship with Madison in tatters.

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All fired up

she needs his help at the ranch.

As Adam races to her aid, Sharon completely flips out and sets the drapes in the living room on fire. Before Sharon can absorb the gravity of her actions, the entire living haron Newman is now room is engulfed in roaring the most-hated woman flames, which quickly spread in Genoa City due to throughout the her systematic destruction house. of Newman Enterprises. With By the time a the entire Newman family horrified Adam treating her like a pariah, arrives on the Sharon becomes paranoid with scene, Sharon is thoughts of revenge, desperate unconscious, prompting Adam to rid the poisonous Newman to fight the flames and pull clan from her life forever. her to safety. Once in the Embarking on another safety of her cottage, Sharon drunken bender to drown her revives and babbles wildly sorrows, Sharon (Sharon Case) about starting the fire to stop goes to the empty Newman Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), Ranch, shouting through the Victor (Eric Braeden) and the rooms that “Mrs Newman” is others from sending her insane. home. As Sharon talks erratically Feeling for Sharon, Adam to herself, she’s haunted by the warns her not to talk to anyone many voices of the Newman and then leaves her to do family members taunting her damage control, realising that in her mind. Overwhelmed by Sharon is now an arsonist. the voices in her head, Sharon As a shocked Nikki and frantically phones Adam Victor stand solemnly in their (Michael Muhney), crying that burnt-out home, Victor asks

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An increasingly unhinged Sharon commits a shocking crime to inflict revenge on the Newman family Adam (Michael Muhney) pulls firebug Sharon (Sharon Case) to safety.

Sharon completely flips out and sets the drapes in the living room on fire Nikki to remarry him one last time and then promises her that they will rebuild the ranch so they can remarry there.

Meanwhile, Adam hides Sharon in the cabin on his property, warning her that they are going to have to figure out an alibi for her whereabouts the previous night as it has been determined that the fire was deliberately set.

However, once alone in Adam’s cottage, Sharon grows more paranoid over her actions and guiltily tells Adam that she must confess the truth to Victor.

Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victor (Eric Braeden) vow revenge on Sharon.

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✽ After Katie sexually rejects Bill and they argue about their ailing marriage, Bill contents himself with pushing Brooke to restart her Brooke’s Bedroom line of provocative lingerie with her as the spokesmodel. The sexual chemistry bubbles between them as Brooke models her undies for Bill and they discuss their feelings for each other.

✽ After another argument with Steffy over Liam’s affections, Hope agrees to give him time to choose between the two women, unaware that Brooke is secretly planning to ambush Liam into choosing Hope by springing a surprise wedding on them. ✽ Pam and Donna are suspicious as Eric and Taylor’s budding romance strengthens following a frank talk about their sex lives.

✽ After making love, Eric arranges for Taylor to move in with him and the move soon creates dissension when an appalled Brooke accuses Taylor of using the move to get revenge on her.

Later, Pam is angry to hear the news and appears in Eric and Taylor’s bedroom at the mansion holding a knife, ready to stab Taylor!

✽ Dayzee dashes Maya’s hopes of ever reuniting with her daughter when she discovers that the child and her adoptive parents were killed in a car crash. Maya finally makes amends with Dayzee when she helps her to cope with her tragic loss.

✽ Rick’s attraction to Maya builds as he makes attempts to help her dreams come true, leaving Caroline fuming over his continued neglect of her.

✽ Brooke and Bill are consumed with fantasies about each other on Valentine’s Day. May 8-May 14 ✽ Oliver bolsters Hope’s spirits and they recall their own romance as Hope waits anxiously for Liam to choose between her and Steffy. ✽ Brooke lures Hope

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begins, only for Steffy and Taylor to crash the ceremony with the shocking news that Steffy is pregnant with Liam’s child. As Brooke and Taylor bicker over the news, Hope begs Liam not to let Steffy use her pregnancy to trap him into a life with her that he doesn’t want.

Liam remains torn between the two women he loves. ✽ Caroline is infuriated when Rick nixes a romantic romp with her to volunteer feeding the homeless at Dayzee’s Café.

While there, Rick is instantly besotted with Maya.

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Oliver

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✽ Hope is devastated when Liam finally decides to dump her and commit to a life with Steffy and their baby. While Hope struggles to move forward with her life, Steffy and Liam excitedly plan for their future as parents and as a couple.

✽ Bill surprisingly comforts Brooke in the wake of Hope’s devastation and tenderly urges Brooke to refocus her life around Forrester Creations and approach Eric about running the fashion house together as co-CEOs.

✽ Hope stuns Liam when she asks him to marry Steffy before the baby is born, and Steffy excitedly accepts when he later proposes to her on bended knee.

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✽ Brooke interrupts Eric and Taylor’s romantic evening just as they are about to make love and is appalled to think that Taylor is trying to take advantage of the vulnerable widower so soon after Stephanie’s death. However, Eric and Taylor castigate Brooke for her paranoia and, after throwing her out, Eric anoints Taylor as the new matriarch of the Forrester family. ✽ As Rick flirts with Maya, he hides his true identity and allows her to think that he’s a poor and homeless waiter struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile, Oliver tells Hope that he still has feelings for her.

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Following these simple steps will help you remain in tip-top shape this winter

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s we rug up and head indoors for winter, many of our healthy habits also tend to get packing. But don’t let the cooler weather fool you. Here are some simple tips from Australia’s leading nutrition organisation, the Dietitians Association of

Australia (DAA), to help you take control of your health and your waistline this winter.

Plate perfection

One simple way to control serving sizes at home is by using the ‘half/quarter/ quarter’ rule on your plate – achieved by following these three easy steps: 1. Fill half your dinner plate with vegetables.

2. Fill one quarter of your plate with lean protein (such as skinfree chicken, lentils, lean red meat, or seafood).

3. Fill one quarter of your plate with good quality carbohydrates (brown rice, wholegrain pasta and grainy bread).

Savvy snacking

If you are hungry between meals make sure healthy snacks are always on hand, both

at work and at home. Fruit, nuts, yoghurt or wholegrain crackers are healthy choices, and are hugely popular with celebs like Jessica Biel.

Get moving

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Lacking motivation to get outside and move? There are plenty of ways you can get moving during winter, such as working out to one of Kim Kardashian’s

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exercise DVDs or moving more at work (such as walking to a colleague instead of calling, and using the stairs instead of the lift).

A pedometer can be a handy tool to help track how much you are moving each day.

Facts about fluids

Drinks can be an unsuspected source of kilojoules. So this winter, stick to lower-kilojoule drinks such as water, a glass of reduced-fat milk, and tea or coffee without added sugar or sugar syrups. In just one week, having two cups of black tea (or coffee) with sugar each day means you are sipping through more added sugar than a can of soft drink!

Friendly fuel

Eat regularly and listen to your hunger cues. Skipping meals is unhelpful in weight loss, as it means you are more likely to overeat later. Food is fuel, so be sure to include a variety of coloured vegetables, fruit, wholegrain breads and cereals, lean meat and alternatives (such as chickpeas and lentils), and reduced-fat dairy.

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Old Havana

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Eva Longoria Her TV gig may have come to an end, but Eva proves she’s far from desperate in this edgy number.

She’s at the Do Us A Flavor contest winner announcement in Hollywood.

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