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    Neighbours legend set for huge UK comeback as he reprises iconic role for the first time in 25 years

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    A NEIGHBOURS legend is reprising his Rocky Horror Show role 25 years after last playing the character as he returns to UK stages.Later this year, soap heartthrob Jason Donovan, 55, will don Dr Frank ‘n’ Furter’s famous stockings and do the Time Warp in front of audiences.Jason Donovan will star in The Rocky Horror Show later this summerCredit: The Rocky Horror ShowThe Neighbours legend was one of the biggest heartthrobs of the 80sCredit: RexJason said: “I am thrilled to dive into the exhilarating role of Frank ‘n’ Furter with a fantastic new cast and Time Warp with audiences throughout the UK. “We promise to deliver the freshest Rocky ever, that audiences will not forget. So, buckle up, as the show promises to be a wild and wicked ride!”The show will be well dialled by its August launch, with Jason already wowing theatregoers in his native Australia.No stranger to the West End, where the musical will stop off at the Dominion Theatre, Jason famously played Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1991.READ MORE ON JASON DONOVANHis other credits include Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Grease The Musical, while he holds the distinction of having the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989. Today he appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss his UK return and lifted the lid on his age-defying looks.He said: “I have to work at it. I spend a lot of time with my fitness which I think is very important but yeah, I don’t know what it is. No Botox, no fillers – just eating well, lots of water and enjoying my life I suppose.” He has fond memories of his first run on a Rocky Horror tour, which helped him move on from cocaine addiction.Most read in CelebrityIn the mid-90s, Jason infamously overdosed at Kate Moss’s star-studded 21st birthday in LA’s notorious Viper Room.It was a low point in his life, but overcoming it made his big stage return that much sweeter.Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan reveal why they returned to Neighbours for the finaleHe said: “I met my wife on Rocky Horror in 1998 and we’ve been together happily now for 25 years. “I would say that the character of Frank is a sort of extrovert and misfit character and he goes to dark places which I was probably going to at that point in my life. “But, it wasn’t long after that show that a lightbulb happened in my life and things sort of started to change for the best so it seems like a natural progression for me to re-visit this wonderful show 25 years on. The 50th anniversary!” Next year marks the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Show’s 1974 film release.Jason Donovan’s career timeline
    Aussie legend Jason shot to fame in 1986 as hunky Scott Robinson in Neighbours, during which time he struck up an on and off screen romance with co-star Kylie Minogue.
    He left Ramsay Street in 1988 to start a music career and he proved a big hit.
    Kylie and Jason recorded Especially For You, which was Christmas No. 1 in 1988.
    His debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album in the UK in 1989.
    He’s since gone on to sell an impressive 13 million records and is responsible for hits including Sealed With a Kiss, Too Many Broken Hearts and his version of Any Dream Will Do.
    Jason has also appeared in several stage musicals. He is best known for being the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1991.
    Other credits include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Grease: The Musical.
    The multi-talented star has conquered the world of reality TV too.
    He enjoyed a successful stint on I’m a Celebrity in 2006, finishing in third place.
    In 2011, he was partnered with Kristina Rihanoff on Strictly Come Dancing, and again he placed third.
    Jason then took on the challenge of Dancing On Ice in 2021, however, he had to pull out of the competition in week six due to a back injury.

    Jason made his West End debut in 1991Credit: The Rocky Horror ShowJason is playing the role of Dr Frank ‘n’ FurterCredit: The Rocky Horror ShowThe cult flick tells tells the story of clean cut college students Brad and his fiancée Janet, who meet alien transvestite Dr Frank ’n’ Furter when their car breaks down outside his house. The action then takes a very unexpected turn full of playful sauciness.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe film adaptation took over $135 million at the Box Office and is still shown in cinemas around the world. More

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      Neighbours star leaves fans horrified as she reveals cheeky OnlyFans videos with ‘step-brother’ – who she’s MARRIED TO

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      EX-NEIGHBOURS star Scarlet Vas has revealed she’s coining it in on OnlyFans after marrying her ‘step-brother’.The 28-year-old actress, who played Mishti Sharma in the Australian soap, quit Ramsay Street in 2018 and is now earning more than a million pounds a year selling raunchy content.Soap star Scarlet Vas is making a fortune on OnlyFansCredit: instagram/@scarletvasShe married her ‘step-brother’ in Mykonos in SeptemberCredit: instagram/@scarletvasShe gets a helping hand from husband Tayo Ricci, but the couple insist the content, which sets subscribers back £19.80 a month, isn’t explicit.Scarlet explained how it’s been a long journey to making the huge figures she’s now bringing in.She said: “Well to start, I wasn’t making a lot.”I’m in the 0.01%, like the lowest you can go on OF. But every month’s been getting better. Like last month was my best month. I hit almost $200k and then this month I’m going to do well over $200k.”READ MORE ON SOAPSTayo said of the content: “Like close family friends would assume we’re doing porn because we’re making that much money but we’re not.”The controversial couple, whose romance blossomed in viral TikTok videos, married in Mykonos, Greece in September.Scarlet said of Tayo: “He’s my step-brother and Australian and we’ve known each other for a very long time.” Tayo was Scarlet’s ex-boyfriend’s best pal, and their first intimate moment was a dare.Most read in CelebrityBack in 2021, the soap star shared their origin story.She was seen in a video standing next to her then boyfriend – who she’d been in a relationship with for seven years – when she was dared to kiss his best friend.Neighbours legend returns to soap after 15 years off screens as fans rave ‘best news ever!’ Although she initially refused, her ex urged her to do it as long as they “made it quick”.In response, Tayo happily ripped open his hoodie and said “you’re not the only one who has abs” before taking Scarlet into his arms.She then captioned the clip: “I fell in love with my bf’s best friend… who happens to be my step bro.”In another clip on their shared page, Scarlet asked her now husband how he would choose to spend his last day on earth.”You,” he said. “I would impregnate you.””Erm you’re my step-brother,” Scarlet replied. “That’s kinda f***ed up.”READ MORE SUN STORIESHe continued: “Why are you laughing? I know what I want and I get what I want.”I think everyone grilling us online for being in love… it doesn’t matter if we have the same [parents].”Scarlet played Mishti Sharma in NeighboursCredit: Channel 5Scarlet and husband Tayo work together on OnlyFansCredit: instagram/@scarletvas More

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      90s pop legend and soap star with huge no1 hit to return for massive tour after Masked Singer fame

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      SHE’S responsible for a 90s pop anthem that is still belted out in karaoke bars to this day.And 27-years after her chat-topping smash, the Aussie singer is still going strong having landed a sought-after supporting slot on a major new tour.
      The Corrs have recruited a pop icon to support them on tourCredit: Daniel Jones – The Sun
      Natalie Imbruglia can’t wait to hit the roadCredit: Getty
      Australian beauty Natalie Imbruglia, 49, made her name in Neighbours as Beth Brennan before launching a pop career.
      An even though it’s more than 25-years since she smashed the charts with single Torn, she is raring to go on the arena run with The Corrs in the UK and Ireland this November.
      She told fans today: “Thrilled to be the special guest for The Corrs on their UK/Ireland tour! This is going to be amazing [love heart].”
      It follows her last headline tour in 2022 on which she was celebrating 25-years in the industry and promoting her sixth album release Firebird.
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      Her fans can’t wait to see her on the road again with one writing on X: “The Corrs!!!!! Natalie Imbruglia!!! I’m unironically excited.”
      Another posted: “The Corrs are going on tour AND they have Natalie Imbruglia supporting, I need to lie down.”
      A third said: “The Corrs and Natalie Imbruglia concert together this year, that’s good news.”
      Natalie’s voice won her a legion of new fans in 2022 when she won ITV’s The Masked Singer as the character Panda.
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      It was a proud moment and Natalie couldn’t stop smiling as she was unmasked.
      Speaking after her win, she said: “I just loved being Panda. When I put the costume on I would just become Panda.
      Masked Singer champion reveals her son, 2, almost exposed her as Panda and she used American accent backstage
      “I stayed in an American accent the whole time so if I sound weird that’s because I have been flipping.”
      Natalie added: “I just had so much fun. I made friends with a traffic cone and a mushroom.
      “This is an amazing show and I am thrilled to have been a part of it.”
      The multi-talented star, who was once married to Aussie rock God Daniel Johns of the band Silverchair, became a British citizen in 2013.
      She is the mother of a boy called Max, who was born in 2019 through a sperm donor and IVF.
      Masked Singer fans loved seeing Natalie emerge from the Panda costume
      Natalie won The Masked Singer in 2022Credit: ITV More

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      Who is Jason Donovan and is the Neighbours star married?

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      JASON Donovan became a household name amongst us Brits when he shot to fame in the 80s in Aussie soap Neighbours.The talented star has since remained in the spotlight and has enjoyed an incredible career as a TV star and singer.
      Jason Donovan shot to fame alongside Kylie Minogue in the 80s (right, as he is now)Credit: REX
      Who is Jason Donovan?
      Born on June 1, 1968 in Victoria, Australia, Jason Donovan is an actor, TV personality and singer.
      He shot to fame in 1986 when he played hunky Scott Robinson in Neighbours, before leaving in 1988 to start a music career.
      He has sold over three million records, and his debut album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989.
      Jason has also appeared in several stage musicals – and is best known for being the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the early 1990s – a show he starred in again in 2019.
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      What TV shows has Jason Donovan appeared in?
      Jason enjoyed a successful stint on I’m a Celebrity in 2006 where he finished in third place, and Matt Willis won the show.
      In 2011, he was partnered with Kristina Rihanoff on Strictly Come Dancing, and again he placed third.
      Jason then took on the challenge of Dancing On Ice in 2021.
      However, he had to pull out of the competition in week six due to a back injury.
      Jason’s other TV work includes Children In Need Rocks The 80s, Who Do You Think You Are?, and Ready, Steady, Cook.
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      What are Jason’s biggest songs?
      During Jason’s pop career in the 80s and 90s, he scored several No. 1 singles.
      The singer’s biggest songs include:

      Especially For You
      Sealed With a Kiss
      Too Many Broken Hearts
      Any Dream Will Do
      All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine
      I’m Doing Fine
      Rhythm of the Rain
      Too Late to Say Goodbye

      When did Jason date Kylie Minogue?
      Jason famously dated his co-star and singing partner Kylie Minogue in the 80s.
      The love affair began in 1986 when they started playing onscreen sweethearts Scott and Charlene in Neighbours.
      Kylie and Jason went on to record Especially For You, which was Christmas No. 1 in 1988.
      The couple broke up in 1989, after three years, but he has admitted the split was a “pretty big punch to take” when Kylie left him for the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence.
      “It was an extremely painful parting of the ways and, without doubt, I took a long time to recover from it,” Jason told the Mirror. “Years, definitely.
      “It was bad enough that she’d run off with anybody, but she happened to run into the arms of the greatest rock god of the period, the very guy who I secretly wanted to be. That was a pretty big punch to take.”I’ve since bumped into Kylie quite a few times,” he added. “The break-up never comes up in conversation. We’re not close enough to get into that.”
      The pair then reunited on screen in Neighbours in 2022.
      Is Jason Donovan married?
      Jason is now happily married to Angela Malloch, and the couple have three children together – Jemma, Zac and Molly.
      The pair met met on the Rocky Horror Show UK tour in 1998, which Jason was starring in at the time as transsexual Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
      In 2008 they got married while celebrating Jason’s 40th birthday in Bali.
      Jason has credited his wife for “saving him” as he struggled with cocaine addiction in the 1990s.
      The couple’s daughter Jemma has followed in his footsteps, and star’s in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. More

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      Terrifying moment former Neighbours star Jason Donovan is almost hit by a London bus in Jeremy Vine video

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      THIS is the terrifying moment former Neighbours star Jason Donovan is almost hit by a London bus in a Jeremy Vine video.TV host Vine, 58, was cycling across London this evening when he randomly came across Donovan, 55, at some traffic lights.
      Jason Donovan had a random encounter with Jeremy Vine while cyclingCredit: Twitter/@thejeremyvine
      The Neighbours star was nearly hit by a busCredit: Twitter/@thejeremyvine
      Donovan said: “Is that you Jeremy?”
      Vine replied: “Jason, it’s you.”
      The pair carried on chatting – before a London bus almost hit the Neighbours star.
      The near-miss was captured on Vine’s helmet camera, with the TV host slamming the “terrible” bus driver.
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      He said: “That was a close one. He nearly hit you. Terrible driving.”
      But an unfazed Donovan smiled and said: “That was a close one.”
      One Twitter user said: “This is surreal on so many levels.”
      Another said: “Never seen a man care less about almost being hit by a London bus. Fair play Jason.”
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      A third said: “Jeremy, you seem so much more concerned than him.”
      A fourth said: “You keep saying how close the bus was and he absolutely couldn’t give a toss.
      “You could learn a thing or two from him Jeremy.”
      TfL has been contacted for comment.
      This is the moment a vigilante cyclist who films motorists breaking rules was met with a volley of foul-mouthed abuse from a furious driver.
      Another cyclist narrowly avoided being hit by a passing van – but viewers are divided over who’s in the wrong.
      Donovan with Kylie Minogue on Neighbours in 1985Credit: Alamy More