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Warpaint

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Can't remember if she's been mentioned but watched The Hole again and wondered what happened to Thora Birch
 
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bubbadabut said:
This makes me feel so old, but I used to read Fast Forward magazine as a kid, and they were so desperate to make Jimmy Ray a thing. He was like a 50s-style rockabilly wannabe. He had one hit (if you can call it that), called "Are You Jimmy Ray?" Please tell me someone else remembers him? :ROFLMAO:
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I remember him, yes! “Are you sting Ray!” It was a catchy tune, I thought he’d at least be a one-hit-wonder.
 
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Ohh this is a great thread.

J from Five is someone me and my friends talk about. Someone somewhere must know where he is. I just want to know if he's still as fit as he was lol

Ben from A1 moved to Norway with his wife. He's still touring with A1 doing retro type gigs.

Did someone mention Tamara Beckwith, she was everywhere wasn't she back in the day. Just had a Google look, she's 50 now and her eldest daughter is 33 !! Says she's a gallerist and journalist!

Where is Tulisa? I can't even find a Instagram for her. Someone must know someone who knows her

Paul Danan also has a podcast about recovery

Some great names coming up :)
 
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Very traditional said:
I can't believe Freddie Prince junior was a writer fo wrestling, that's so so random! He was such a heartthrob back in the day!
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Still married to Sarah Michelle gellar & a couple of children.

Prince fan 1999 said:
Holly Johnson?
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At one point he was quite unwell following a hiv diagnosis, but was on the mend

supernintendochalmers said:
The cast of Malcolm in the Middle (apart from Bryan Cranston, who I thought was hilarious as Hal). The actors who play Dewey and Reese don't seem to act anymore and I think Francis is a DJ.
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Well Frankie muniz was in a terrible accident & had a brain injury but was recently in a us series, the rookie & a couple of sharknados
The mum appears in the odd episode of various American series. Not sure about the brothers though
 
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rivermonster said:
Sue Johnson and Ricky Tomlinson who played the Grants have done ok for themselves, then there is Anna Friel, Claire Sweeney, Ray Quinn who are still working. Jennifer Ellison runs a successful dance academy in Liverpool. Amanda Burton and Simon O'Brien are still on TV. Can't remember his name but played a policeman in Last of the Summer Wine and was recently in Corrie. (think his name was Lois Emmery)
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Do you mean the man who played Mick Johnson? If so he was in Vera last week. The guy who played his son, Leo, grew up to be an absolute babe and was in Game of Thrones and someone in the secret celeb goss thread had a fling with him - pic attached
 

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Flowerpotgirl

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StormSolitaire said:
Ooh china white, also a ‘what happened to’! What happened to all these bars, clubs, restaurants that were deemed hip and have just disappeared seemingly overnight? I’m not from London but knew all about it from Company mag (another blast from the past)
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The Met Bar. That was the place to be seen! Is Chiltern Firehouse still a thing? That was big not long ago
 
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Eirawen said:
Horrible singer, who on earth decided to give her a break, some of the rubbishy ones on the X factor where better than her FFS!
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Pretty sure her mum has some really amazing connections in the biz. Remember when she cancelled a headline gig because she was sh*gging Mel B (allegedly of course).
 
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Pesky Tarian

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Sunshinegal said:
Hopefully he's sorted himself out.
I think at the time I found his twitter or some kind of social media and it was just so different to how he actually was. All this happy go lucky mad crazy funny guy and on come dine with me I think it was too.
He was just a mess whenever he I saw him, totally drugged up, arguing and thinking he was it. Everyone thought he was a dick, but some parts of me felt sorry for him at how low he had seemed to go and what his real life seemed to be compared to what he made out it was.
As I say, this was a few years back so hopefully he's sorted himself out. I'll have to try catch up on coach trip.
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Yes reading that I hope he finds his inner peace. He absolutely made the original Love Island for me.

Bet you're all singing 'Wish I' now 😋
 
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Cupid_Stunt

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Remember when Esther McVey was a guest on GMB and as they were linking to Lorraine, Lorraine was asked if she remembered Esther from their GMTV days and Lorraine just nodded her head and mumbled “uh huh” and then changed the subject to what was coming up on that day’s show.

Obviously no love lost there from Lorraine
 
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Sam Sparro and Little Boots are good shouts, such a shame they seemed to vanish into thin air, both Black & Gold and New in Town still sound great over a decade later.
 
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Saw some people talking about J from 5ive, I remember he turned up in one of the later episodes of The Big Reunion that was on ITV around 2014/15, where he talked about why he wasn't in the reunion, mostly protesting that he never bullied anyone else in the group. I can't see to find it on Youtube, but he looked exactly the same as he did then!
 
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Alexis Colby

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A few spring spring to mind. Emma Wray, who played the annoying sister in the 80s TV show 'Watching', the cast of Brookside and the singer Yazz. All seem to have disappeared.
 
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