Before Fixer Upper stars Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines landed their hit show, Chip actually spent some time in jail. And for the Gaineses, it was a major wake-up call.
The couple discussed this period in their 2016 book, The Magnolia Story. At the time, Chip had amassed $2,500 worth of unpaid tickets — the result of complaints from neighbors that the Gaineses let their dogs illegally roam the streets. Joanna had to empty the cash register at her small retail store to pay the $800 bail. Read More...
Something I joke about when introducing a new muffin recipe (not this one!) in my new cookbook out this fall is the gap between the muffins we gaze at in a coffee shop case and those we make at home. Why is one towering, glossy and plush and the ones I make for breakfast so… beige? I mean, I do know. When I’m the one baking the muffins, I balk at all of the refined sugar, flour, and oil needed to make them that pretty. Read More...
Footballer-turned-porn actor Oliver Spedding has died aged 34.
Spedding, who was known in the adult industry as Damian Oliver, was a prospect in Crystal Palace's academy as a teenager. He didn't make it in the professional game and after a stint in prison, he begun his X-rated career.
The defender did continue to play non-league football - and his former club Croydon FC announced last Friday (November 17) he'd passed away, two months on from claims he lied about porn star partner Sophie Anderson dying. Read More...