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The Manchester Evening News has 10, yes 10, copies to give away of the Coronation Street: Out Of Africa DVD. To enter the competition, click here. Deadline for entries is January 5, 2009.Click here to enter to win the DVD of Ghost Hunting with Coronation Street

Sally Lindsay, who played Shelley Unwin and Tina Gambe, who played Coronation Street factory machinist Sonia Marshall will be starring in The Vagina Monologues at Carlisle’s Sands Centre on Friday 27 February. To book tickets and find out more, have a look here.And don't forget to watch Sally Lindsay on telly on Christmas Day.

There's a long interview with Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster) and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) with some festive pics over at OK Magazine. The two actors talk about Rosie and Tina's upcoming catfight on the cobbles.See also: Rosie Webster's sexy pics

Without any piffle, here's the storyline for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up in 50 words or less.Week of Monday 15 December to Friday 19 December Tony offers Maria £1m to stay silent, Eileen gets a man, Peter turns nasty at nativity, Gail’s aghast at Windass Christmas lights, new barmaid Poppy starts work at Rovers Return, Norris gets narked over Mary and Jed, Rosie decides

There's wome wonderful gossip over at Sky TV who say that Carla Connor's sister might turn up in Coronation Street when Alison King, who plays Carla, returns from maternity leave next year.It's rumoured that actress Natalie Anderson (pictured) will play Carla’s sister.See also: Who will play Carla Connor's brother?

Coronation Street actors Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Brown) and Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw) got on their snomobikes to help power up the Christmas decorations in Manchester this week. You can read more about it right here.

Ex-Cold Feet actor John Thomson describes his Coronation Street character Jesse as loveable. Ah, bless. We'll see John on our tellies on December 15th. He revealed: "I play an electrician / children's entertainer called Jesse. He's funny and loveable."This reminds me that I saw John interviewed on the Paul O'Grady show some weeks ago. He was talking about his new Corrie part and said that storylin

There's a review by The Guardian's top telly woman Lucy Mangan of the new Coronation Street - Out of Africa DVD. It doesn't make good reading so click here only if you want to know the sordid details...Have you seen the DVD and if so, do you agree with The Guardian's review? All comments welcome.There's a competition here to win the DVD.

The next barmaid to start work at the Rovers Return in Coronation Street will be Bollywood actress Sophiya Haque. She's already started filming her scenes as Poppy.Rovers manager Liz McDonald is going to find herself at odds with barmaid Michelle Connor when she appoints newcomer Poppy over her to be assistant manager of the pub. Sounds fun to me.It says here that Sophiya was headhunted by the Cor

You can now watch Coronation Street whenever you want to as ITV programmes are moving to BT Vision. What this has to do with the price of fish is anyone's guess but if anyone's really interested, I suggest you sneak a peek at the BT Vision website right here.

This week The Mirror said that Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs would be joining Coronation Street. And they might be right, there's even been a news item on the official Corrie site.However, it's not the first time this story has done the rounds in the press as Andrew Sachs first popped up in The Express saying he'd love to join Corrie as Norris' brother way back in May 2007. I even blogged the s

If you're a huge Coronation Street fan and you'd like to appear on Richard and Judy on telly on Wednesday night this week (19th Nov), please email me immediately.

Fancy winning a copy of the new Coronation Street - Out of Africa DVD? There's a competition over on the Reveal Blog so click here and good luck. Deadline for entries is Monday 1st December.If you've already seen the DVD and would like to review it for this blog, click here.

Without any piffle, here's the storyline for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up in 50 words or less!Week of Monday 17 to Friday 21 November, 2008(Note: No Corrie on Wednesday 19 due to footy)Hayley returns but is it good news for Roy?, Joe’s roughed up so David does damage at Windasses, Dev buys kebab shop, Emily’s reunited with Sunny Jim, Graeme asks Ashley for a job in the b

I read a story in my Sunday paper that I thought was a late April Fool.However, on checking it really does appear that there's an Icelandic investment company called Arev which has a private equity arm called Kcaj.Yup, it's Jack and Vera spelled backwards.Odder still is that Arev have just bought leather goods brand Aspinal of London and have called the new company Yerrt. You couldn't make it up.

Sources: corrie.net, imdb.com,Martin Allen's first Coronation Street episode was shown in December 1996. He's also written for other telly shows including Bad Girls, Touch & Go and Resurrected. Bad Girls starred Debra Stephenson who went on to play Frankie Baldwin in Corrie. The show also starred Amanda Barrie who played Corrie's Alma Baldwin. If you can help update any of the Corrie writers

Sources: Corrie.net, IMDB.com, The AgencyJoe Turner's first Coronation Street script was aired in March 1999. He has also written episodes of Holby City, Robin Hood (his episode featured Charles Dale, aka Corrie's Dennis Stringer, pictured) Casualty, Children's Ward and London's Burning. In 1997, Joe's work won Best Children's Drama award at the British Comedy Awards for the children's comedy show

In November, ITV release a new Coronation Street DVD of Cilla Battersby-Brown's adventures in South Africa.You can watch a promo and view pictures at the official itv.com site and perhaps find out why Fiz Brown is dressed up as a nun.

Sources: corrie.net, IMDB.com,David Lane started writing for Coronation Street in 1998. He also scripted an episode of the spin-off Coronation Street - After Hours. He's also written episodes of Emmerdale, Heartbeat, The Bill and Casualty. If you can help update any of the Corrie writers’ profiles or provide their up to date pics, do please let me know. You can find out more about your favourit

Voting is now open in the National Television Awards 2008.Have you voted for Coronation Street yet as your favourite drama serial? If not, get over to the website right now and cast your vote before the deadline of Wednesday, October 29.

Sources: WebUK, Amazon, The Agency, Corrie.netPeter Whalley was born in Colne, Lancashire. He started writing when teaching at a school in Pontefract, but gave this up after joining Coronation Street as a scriptwriter in 1979. He is now the senior writer on the Coronation Street team. Peter also wrote two episodes of the Corrie spin-off Coronation Street - After Hours.In addition to writing for ou

Want to buy Rita Sullivan's jacket as worn on Coronation Street?Well, it's up for sale on eBay right now with proceeds going to charity too.

Sources: Fantastic Fiction, Manchester Evening News, CommapressDavid Bowker is Corrie's newest writer. His first episode of Coronation Street was shown on Wednesday 8 October, 2008 (that's last night for those of you who are reading this today!). So, what do we know about the latest addition to the Corrie writing team?Extensive, er, Googling research on th'internet reveals he's a published author

Sources: IMDB, Corrie.net, BFIJayne Hollinson has been writing for Coronation Street since 2001 when her first two episodes were screened consecutively in April of that year.Before writing for our favourite soap, Jayne also wrote episodes of top telly shows Bad Girls, Family Affairs and Heartbeat. This means that Jayne was no stranger to some Corrie actors such as Jack Ellis (Harry Mason) as he pl

Sources: IMDB.comIn addition to writing episodes of Coronation Street, Julie Jones has also written episodes of Brookside and Britannia High and, ahem, Shaun the Sheep. Oh yes. Unfortunately, there's not much more information about this Corrie writer that I'm able to find. Can you help?If you can help update any of the Corrie writers’ profiles or provide their up to date pics, do please let me

Sources: Casarotto, Rural MediaChris Fewtrell has been writing for Coronation Street since 2004. He writes fantastically well for Liz and Vernon and has been quoted as saying: “There’s no such thing as a bad idea. Writing is all about persuasion and persistence, sticking to your own vision and believing strongly in it.” His CV is impressive and covers a whole load of telly drama, some writte

Sources: corrie.net, The Independent, Liverpool Echo, Ian Wylie's MEN blog, IMDB.comScouser Jan McVerry wrote her first Coronation Street script in November 1997. She was the writer responsible for breaking Ashley Peacock's heart when Maxine died and more recently, for locking Tracy Barlow up for 15 long years.Other TV writing credits include Emmerdale, Brookside, Children's Ward, Playing the Fiel

Sources: IMDB, Brit Films, BlockbusterMark Burt has been a Coronation Street scriptwriter since 2000. He’s written episodes of other favourite TV shows such as London’s Burning, The Invisibles, and Murder Investigation Team.Mark worked as screenwriter on the 1999 movie Forgive and Forget. The film’s described as ‘A riveting character study of one man's conflict between his repressed sexual

Ryan Thomas, who plays Coronation Street builder Jason Grimshaw, has won the Rear of the Year Award 2008. He said his prize gave new meaning to the phrase “builder’s bum”.“I would like to thank my mum and dad,” he said. “Without them, winning this fantastic award would not be possible, it brings a new meaning to the phrase builder’s bum.”This year’s awards supports Jeans for Gene

Fans of Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor) Alison King (Carla Connor), Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster) and Sama Smith (Maria Connor) will be pleased to know the Coronation Street actresses all have their own 2009 (unofficial, I think?) dedicated calendars.For more information and to place your order, click here.

As well as Coronation Street weekly updates, I also write a monthly update for the Brit ex-pat newspaper The Union Jack in the USA.They've got an archive of the monthly updates online and the one for August '08 has just gone live here.

Sources: IMDB, Shots.net, itv.comSimon Crowther (or Simon Crowther Jones as he’s sometimes credited) is the husband of current Coronation Street producer, Kim Crowther, pictured here. I bet tea-times in their house are fun. The couple have two young children, Danielle and Jake.Simon has an MA in Screenwriting, a BA in Film Studies and has worked as a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University.Simon

There's a new, updated version of the Coronation Street novel: The Complete Saga, available in the shops this week.This new version has been updated with the top Corrie storylines over the last five years. And while the original novel was written by Katherine Hardy, the latest update to the book has been written by Glenda Young. Flaming Nora! That's me!

Souces: The Independent, IMDBLucy Gannon joined the Coronation Street writing team in 2007."I write about things I know for audiences I know," she said in an interview. "I'm not sitting in an ivory tower. I've never had awards because I don't write for critics or accolades. I write for people sitting at home. I've been the target of snooty critics because I don't pretend to know more than I know.

If you're a fan of this blog for its Coronation Street Weekly Updates, then you might like to know that you can receive the weekly updates direct to your inbox by email each week. Join thousands of other Corrie fans and get your updates hot off the press and fresh out of th'oven.Like to know more? Have a look here.Like to read last week's Corrie update? Click here.

Ever since Corrie producer Kim Crowther came on board earlier this year, she's been making regular reference to Coronation Street's past. I'm not the only Corrie fan to notice and Corrie fan Matthew has emailed me with his observations.For instance, so far we've seen the return of Sunny Jim and Jackie Dobbs but there have been more subtle hints too such as old photos on display in addition to the

Sources: Corrie.net, The AgencyDebbie Oates has been writing for Coronation Street since 2002 when her first script was transmitted in November of that year.As well as Coronation Street, Debbie has written episodes of other excellent TV shows including Robin Hood, Fat Friends and Drop Dead Gorgeous. She also wrote nine episodes of Liverpool soap Brookside.Radio work includes two plays which were b

News that Bradley Walsh has been signed up to present a new ITV game show comes as a surprise to Coronation Street fans who were expecting the return of Danny Baldwin this summer.Bradley Walsh is currently starring on the BBC reality show Maestro and his new ITV game show will air in the autumn. However, the actor's official website still says that he's returning to Corrie as Danny Baldwin this su

Sources: The Guardian, IMDB, Film Four, Corrie.netMark Wadlow started his writing career in partnership with Peter Morgan. As students the pair of them came up with a play called Gross, based on Mark's summer job at a call centre, took it to the Edinburgh Festival and were talent-spotted by a member of the audience who worked for a firm that made training videos.The Morgan and Wadlow partnership's

There's some great news for Corrie fans who voted in the blog poll to bring back their favourite character. Curly Watts topped the poll as the Coronation Street character most fans would like to see back on the cobbles - and guess what - it might just happen so keep your fingers crossed.What's On TV quote actor Kevin Kennedy, who played the lovable Curly, as saying: "I never say never. I still cha

If I had to name just one reason I enjoy Coronation Street so much, it'd be the dialogue. And of course it's the talented team of writers who put the words into the mouths of the actors on screen. I've been thinking for some time of writing short and sweet profiles of each Corrie writer and I'm starting with one of my faves. I'll blog the rest of the writers in turn when the mood hits me. If anyon

      

      

There's a karaoke Corrie night coming up next week and here's a picture puzzle for you. What song do you think karaoke kings Sean Tully and Marcus Dent will be singing next week on Coronation Street? I'm guessing it might be this one.For more Corrie fun stuff and quizzes, have a look here.

Who would you rather have for your Guardian Angel (I know such things don't exist but humour me, please) on Coronation Street? There's a choice of two - so think on and think hard. Would it be that suave, sophisticated pensioner with a penchant for silk shirts - Ted Page? Or hard-working, fast-living, money-finding, ham-giving Aunty Pam? Vote now and earn your wings.With apologies - but I've had t

That fun foursome of Bill, Audrey, Janice and Roger have set off for France in a people-carrier on a booze cruise. And guess what? It's all going to go Pete Tong when Audrey takes the wheel and crashes the car.Women drivers on Coronation Street never get a good press. With a few exceptions - Carla Connor for one (but is that because she's really a man in drag?) whatever brain cells they have disap

An email just in from Coronation Street fan John describes himself as "a Corrie fan by both nature and nurture". What a lovely phrase - and it applies to many of us, I'm sure.Anyway, John emailed to let the blog know that he was prompted by Blanche's incomparable line about Ken's reading matter this week this week: "...that fella in Chapter 13's certainly supple". John took down from the shelf Arm

For those who like Coronation Street techy trivia, you're going to love this.An email just in points out that the telephone system box in the Streetcars office is a Panasonic 206. Ah, but what's so special about that? I hear you cry. Well, apparantly, Pete the engineer says (and he knows about such things) that the box should have a mains lead coming out of the left hand side of it going into a ma

Coronation Street's Angie Freeman was one of my favourite Corrie women. She was feisty, ambitious and was the first woman to drink pints in the Rovers. She also broke Curly's heart when she left the Street to find her fame and fortune but I think we can forgive her after all these years.Anyway, actress Deborah McAndrew, who played Angie Freeman, is now carving out a successful career for herself a

CORONATION Street actress Julia Haworth, who plays Claire Peacock, has given birth to a baby girl, a spokesman for the show said today. Baby Sophia Elizabeth was born at 7.45am today weighing 8lb 11oz. The spokesman said Haworth and...

Liz McDonald had better watch out, she's got competition for the attention of bookie Larry Grayson - whoops, sorry - Harry Mason.Harry's soon to be ex-wife Clarissa Mason, played by Alexandra Boyd, spoke to ITV's Loose Women about fighting Liz McDonald on screen in Coronation Street and you can watch her interview right here.And although she's a red haired temptress on screen, actress Alexandra is

Actress Alexandra Boyd is doing a grand job on Coronation Street as flame haired Clarissa Mason, soon to be ex-wife of Harry the bookie.And Alexandra has her own blog right here, it's excellent and well worth a read. She's turning up on ITV1's Loose Women on Monday 21st July and you can find out more about her on her blog here.To have a look at more Corrie actors' official websites, click here for

Hilda Ogden was given a mention on Coronation Street this week and now news in today is that Sunny Jim (aka Jed Stone) is returning to Corrie after 42 years. How good is that?Anyone want to listen to the Sunny Jim sing-a-long? Oh go on, you know you want to. Click here and set your toes to tap mode.

Becky Grainger behind the bar of the Rovers becomes Coronation Street's 50th barmaid, says Corrie.net today.But if Tina McIntyre isn't running the place in five years time and doesn't have her name above the door too, I'll wear a barmcake on my head.

It's time for another Corrie picture puzzle. Can you guess whose kitchen these items belong in on the Coronation Street set? For more fun Corrie picture puzzles, click here.

Following on the previous (and yes, odd) Coronation Street picture puzzles we've had on this blog, can you guess where this chair can be found on the Street set?And when you've done that have a look back at some of the other puzzles:Whose Shoes?Whose hat is that?Whose toes are those?Whose knees are these?Who's giving who the elbow?

Voting is open for the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards 2008 and you can vote for Coronation Street to win Best Soap. Well, only if you'd like to, of course.That hunk-a-hunk-a, sorry, Serious Actor Rob James-Collier is on the shortlist for Best Soap Actor, along with David Neilson and Jack P Shepherd. And up for Best Soap Actress are Katherine Kelly, Jennie McAlpine and Samia Smith. Nominated for Bes

There's an interesting comment here on the Soap Opera Network site in the US. It says ex-Coronation Street writer Daran Little has been hired as a creative consultant on the daytime US soap All My Children.If it's true, Daran would be taking the Mancs to the Yanks. It might just work.

The similarities are there. The glasses worn around the neck, the oft-mentioned but never seen (yet) Clarissa (surely the Coronation Street bookie's version of Everard?).Enquiring minds what to know. Is Harry Mason really Larry Grayson?

Following on from those, er, classic Coronation Street picture puzzles: Whose toes are those?Whose knees are these?Whose hat is that? Can you guess who's giving who the Coronation Street elbow in this pic? Eeurgh! Enough!

I'm sure I wasn't the only one with a lump in my throat watching Maria deliver her dead baby on Coronation Street this week. It was heartbreaking to watch, and contrasted horribly well with Liam and Carla, carefree and drinking in the Rovers. It can't have been easy for Samia Smith to act out those scenes either, as she was using personal experience gained from her own mum.To be honest, Maria's never been a favourite Corrie character of mine, I've always seen her as a bit of decorative fluff on the Street, and rather needy. But she's going to need all the strength she can muster to carry her through the next few months, what with losing the baby, arranging the funeral and then losing her feckless husband to Cruella Carla's talons too.We'd better buckle our seatbelts, it's going to be a rat

From Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May, voting will reopen in the British Soap Awards for one category only - that of Best Soap.Get your clicking fingers at the ready and your mouse poised for action, and vote for Coronation Street at the website right here. The awards show will be on TV in May.You can see some of the pictures from Coronation Street's recent win at the Irish TV Now Awards here.

If you like looking at behind-the-scenes pictures from the Coronation Street set (I know I do) then you might like to look at these from a visit by radio station Heart 106.2.There are also some pictures here from Chris Moyles' and the BBC Breakfast Crew's visit to the Street set and plenty more behind-the-scenes shots right here too.

Kevin Horkin's website is a gem. He first started providing advice on specs to the Coronation Street cast and ended up providing the pets!Kevin's site shows some of the animals he's provided for Corrie, including Theresa the Turkey (pictured here), which the lovely Spider tried to save before it was killed on screen when Les Battersby ran it down.Kevin also wrote the book Pets and Personalities on Coronation Street. Go on, have a browse of Kevin's website, it's really nice.

Following on from previous Coronation Street picture puzzles:Whose Toes are Those?andWhose Knees are These?...can you guess Whose Hat is That?

There's a good little YouTube of the Daily Mirror's Hope Not Hate bus on its travels this week. Not only did it take in the Emmerdale set this week, it also visited the Coronation Street set too. You can watch the clip on YouTube right here. The whole video's worth watching for its worthy message and the Corrie bit clicks in towards the end, around 3:35.

Which ex-Coronation Street hunky chunk do these toes belong to?You'll have to click here to find out and see the full picture. And if you enjoyed doing that, why not try your hand at guessing Whose Knees Are These?

There's a rumour that Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty might be joining Coronation Street. Shush, you didn't read it here.If it's true - it could be good news and a storyline for Dev.

If your favourite soap OAP isn't listed, have a look at the polls for Coronation Street women and Coronation Street fellas. Vote for your favourite Corrie soap OAP ( polls)

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New bookie Dan Mason is turning into the latest in a very long line of feckless fellas on Coronation Street. From Stanley Ogden and Jack Duckworth through to Vernon Tomlin, Corrie's always had its share of weak and lazy men dominated by their women. But Dan's a different sort of feckless fella - he's dominated by his dad. And so far in the blog poll, the fans are on dad Harry's side.

Anyone want to bid for Ken Barlow's jumper? Blog posts don't come much more thrilling.

Many searches are done on this blog for pics of Corrie babes. And if you want those kind of pics have a peek at Tarty Doris. Anyway, the searches started me thinking about the original Corrie babes. And hard as it may be to think that any of these women once set the hearts a-flutter of men up and down the nation, it's true, they once did. Get any eyeful of these original Corrie babes and see how many you can remember.Mind you, this one might take a bit more explaining!

Questions are flying into the blog (well, I've had one or two enquiries) asking when Danny Baldwin is returning to Coronation Street. I have it on good authority that he'll be back this summer. How do I know? It says so on Bradley Walsh's website right here.For more official websites of Coronation Street actors, have a peek here.And for the answers to some of the other frequently asked Corrie questions, have a look here.

With Ricky and Bianca returning to EastEnders, it's got me thinking which Coronation Street couple fans would want to see back on the Street? Vote now! Oh, go on, you know you want to.

Thanks to the good people at the Chorley Guardian for letting me know about this one. They've got a raffle for charity going on at their website and one of the items you can win is an item of clothing as worn by Sarah Platt in Coronation Street. If that sounds like your cup of tea then get over to the Chorley Guardian website right here.And if you like Coronation Street competitions and quizzes, have a look here.

Solomonia has an excellent review of the ludicrous play about International Solidarity Movement tool Rachel Corrie: Earnest Ignorance:

You know how some faces on Corrie seem to crop up over again? Well, actor Dave Dutton is a versatile chap, he's been on Coronation Street as seven different characters.Over the years, Dave's been hit over the head with a frying pan by Mavis Riley.He's also played Shelley Unwin's uncle Gerald, sold Ken Barlow a replacement for Uncle Albert's sideboard, played a photographer (three times), popped up as an insurance man then a gas man and sold Boomer the dog to Jack Duckworth. Crikey.

Over at the official website for our favourite soap there's news of a Coronation Street newsletter you can sign up to receive.They're calling it the Weatherfield Gazette and more information is available here.The site has also started to include videos of deleted Corrie scenes.

Coronation Street is getting a new producer in the form of Kim Crowther and ex-producer Steve Frost (pictured) is moving on and up within ITV. He's to become ITV's new Head of Continuing Drama, says The Guardian today.

The current Coronation Street sponsor is Harvey's Furniture Store and the sponsor for t'other ITV soap is Airwick. The current Airwick campaign uses an ex-Corrie actress for the voiceover... see if you can guess who it is. Just click on the picture below to watch the ad and listen to the familiar voice. And you can also watch a current Corrie actress advertising cheese, if you like.

If you think you've spotted Corrie's Becky in a Leerdammer Cheese advert on telly, then you're right, it's her. You can watch actress Katherine Kelly get cheesy in the ad whch is available to watch by clicking on the picture below. And can you guess the ex-Corrie actress doing the voiceover for this ad?

I'm loving the fun stuff that's being emailed in to the blog, more please! Can you name the current Coronation Street woman whose knees these are? Clue: It's not Norris.There's another Corrie picture puzzle here.

Four Coronation Street actresses have been busy with blu-tack and their creations are up for sale in a charity auction on eBay from Monday March 31st.You can bid for artworks made by Kym Ryder (Michelle Connor), Samia Smith (Maria Sutherland), Katherine Kelly (Becky Granger) and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) and all money raised goes to the Breast Cancer Campaign.

Voting is open in the TV Now Awards and if you'd like to vote for Coronation Street as Best Soap, get clicking and voting right here.In last year's TV Now Awards, Sue Cleaver (Eileen Grimshaw) won Best Actress, and deservedly so too.And don't forget to vote in the British Soap Awards.

Essential: Big hair and even bigger ear-rings. The bigger and brassier of both, the better.Must like a drop, or two, to drink. Be prepared to blurt out indiscretions while under the influence of one too many and/or cop off with unsuitable blokes.Got to have a best mate to swap secrets - and blokes - with.From Elsie Tanner to Carla Connor, Corrie women have always had bags of of attitude. It's just that in Carla Connor's case, the bags are designer this time around.And of course, no Coronation Street woman would be complete without their very own feckless fella. And tear-proof mascara. Any more suggestions?

Who's this supposed to be then? Go on, have a guess. I've found it for sale on eBay and it looks nothing like the Coronation Street woman it's supposed to be. Clue: It's not Norris.

With Hugo thrown in for good measureCame across this collection of graphic goodness from RidesAPaleHorse and thought this might be the perfect time to post it."One I did in "honor" of Rachel Corrie....(I know I'm going to hell for this one)......lol"--RidesAPaleHorseTwo anti-American cheerleaders at work.Sure to garner a "racist" charge or two.Humor is one of the best ways to handle stress.That's our defense.And the truth.by Mondoreb & RidesAPaleHorseimages: RAPHDBKP.com - Bigger, Better!.Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.

Were Corie's Alex Neeson, and Richard Ashcroft of The Verve swapped at birth or was it Ryan Connor and another lead singer from a band? I'm confused now. There are more Coronation Street look-a-likes here.

Jennifer Moss played Corrie's first wild child teenager Lucille Hewitt back in the 1960 and 70s. As well as being an actress, she recorded a couple of pop hits which have been re-released on a compilation CD called Joe Meeks' Girls. Corrie fan Theo Morgan has kindly uploaded some of Jennifer's songs for fans to listen to, for free. If you liked the Sunny Jim sing-a-long, you might just like these ones too. To listen to Jennifer singing Hobbies, click here and singing Big Boys, click here.Sadly, Jennifer Moss passed away in 2006. You can read all about her life right here.

Michelle Connor might be having trouble on Coronation Street trying to decide between Alex and Ryan. However, I reckon Ryan Connor was separated at birth in Weatherfield General from his twin Ezra Koenig, lead singer with band Vampire Weekend.For more fun Corrie look-a-likes, have a look-a-here

The official Coronation Street site has started to include deleted scenes, which this fan reckons is a great idea. You can watch - but only if you're in the UK - the latest deleted scene where Leanne gets grief from the wonderfully stroppy head waiter Luigi at her pizza place in the precinct.To watch the deleted scenes click here.

Steven Arnold, better known as Corrie's Ashley Peacock, was in Canada recently where he was guest of honour at a meeting of Coronation Street fanclub, the Downeast Streeters.You can read all about Steven's visit from one of the fans who met him, Diane Johston. Diane's write up and fantastic pictures are on her website right here.

I'm chuffed to bits to report that Jayne Bickerton, who played the wonderful Yana Lumb on Coronation Street, is a fan of this blog. How do I know? It says so on her Pop Art website right here. She says the blog is: "My new favourite Corrie gossip and update site, presided over by the wonderful Flamin' Nora".Jayne is also a successful artist and you can view all her paintings on her website, including many Pop Art paintings of Coronation Street scenes and classic characters.Fans can now see Jayne on tour in theatre in The Naked Truth alongside another ex-Corrie actress Samantha Seager, who played Jodie Morton. The Naked Truth is on tour at a theatre near you from March 24 to June 5. For tickets book here.

09.07.07 - By Jeff Bastasini: According to the latest boxing news, IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is considering a possible rematch with South African heavyweight Corrie Sanders (42-3, 31 KOs) for his next bout. Wladimir previously lost to Sanders, 41, by 2nd round TKO in March 2003, a bout which saw Wladimir knocked down four times before the referee finally halted the one-sided destruction in the 2nd. Wladimir, however, was never able to land a rematch with the hard-punching more…