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Michelle Keegan, who of course plays the role of Tina McIntyre in Corrie, has revealed that she would consider going topless for a Playboy photo shoot, but only if it was “tasteful.”

She also revealed in an interview with the Sun’s TV Biz, that she doesn’t understand why she’s won the Britain’s Sexiest Female Soap Star award three years on the run, as she reckons she’s a bit of a “tomboy.”

Of that, she said, “It’s so flattering but I’m the least sexy person. When I first won it my friends were all laughing…

“Even I was like, ‘Why have I won this?’”

Michelle added, “I wouldn’t say no to something like Playboy if it’s tastefully done.

“But I will never get my boobs out, unless it was for a professional acting job.

“They’re my boobs. I don’t want the world to see them. I see them as my private bits and I don’t want the whole world judging them.

“But I’d love to do a period drama one day. I’ve seen nudity in a period drama and thought it looked tasteful… Read more & comment »

After months of viewers being able to vote for their choice in the 6 main categories for this years British Soap Awards, the shortlist of nominations from the panel of judges for the remaining categories has now been released.

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE (Last year’s winner was Craig Gazey, Coronation Street)
Coronation Street: Patti Clare (Mary Taylor)
EastEnders: Tameka Empson (Kim Fox)
Emmerdale: Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard)
Hollyoaks: Alex Carter (Lee Hunter)

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It is the moment we have all been waiting for, the short list for the nominees for the British Soap Awards is out today and was announced for the first time on This Morning earlier.

Voting has been under way for the last few months to determine a short list of each category, decided entirely by the public.

Each person had the chance to vote up to 5 times for their favourites, a total of three from each soap to chose from in each. The voting closed on Friday, and the results are in:

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Today sees the virtual and postal voting booth’s open for one of Soaps most prestigious award distributions, The British Soap Awards.

This first stage gives you the opportunity to short list your favourite stars and show, offering three nominations from each of the 5 mainstream soaps, Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Doctors and Hollyoaks.

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EastEnders cast and crew scooped 10 awards at the British Soap Awards, while rival soap, Coronation Street, took away just three.

Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Branning, won two awards for Best Dramatic Performance and Best Actress. Charlie Clements, who played Stacey’s husband Bradley, won the award for Best Exit, for his portrayal of Bradley’s death during the live episode. And that particular episode won the award for Best Single Episode. Read more & comment »

Two of the stars of Doctors, Chris Walker and Jan Pearson, have told the PA how shortly after meeting on-set, they had to film a bedroom scene together.

Chris plays Sgt Rob Hollins while Jan plays his wife Karen, and it was revealed yesterday that the pair are up for an award in the Best Onscreen Partnership category of the British Soap Awards.

While discussing his first day on-set with the PA, Chris said, “First day on set, in fact first scene it was, ‘Hi I’m Chris’, ‘Hi I’m Jan’, right get into bed.

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Emmerdale is forging ahead in the run up to the British Soap Awards, and one of its newest young actors, Danny Miller, is up for two awards; one in the category of Best Dramatic Performance and another for Best Single Episode.

The awards both relate to Danny’s portrayal of his character – Aaron Livesy – struggling to cope with his homosexuality. The Best Single Episode nomination is for the episode in which Aaron “comes out.”

Altogether, Emmerdale has nominations in all of the nine categories that are up for awards, while rival soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street each have eight. Read more & comment »

It’s been yet another great year for our soaps, and later this month, the stars of the soapy screen will be honoured yet again at the British Soap Awards.

So make sure you get your vote in for who you want to see walking away with one of the prestigious gongs.

You can get involved at www.britishsoapawards.tv where all you need to do is register and you can get voting right away.

Voting for Sexiest Male, Sexiest Female, Villain of the Year, Best Actor and Best Actress has now closed but you still have a chance to vote for Best British Soap! Read more & comment »

The BSA took place this Saturday and we have news about who won what in the soaps that we cover here on Primetime, but as coverage of the show isn’t actually being aired until Wednesday, if you don’t want to know who got what award, don’t read on after the ‘Read more and comment’ link…

And it turned out that Phil Schofield hosted she show alone after Fern Britton pulled out citing a “family commitment” as the reason, but as she announced this just two days after her resignation from This Morning was publicised, it added fuel to the fire that there’s a rift between the pair, even though they’ve both denied it repeatedly.

However, on the 27th March, The Sun ran an article regarding Fern dropping both This Morning and the BSA… here’s part of their article.

“Fern is thought to have been on about £20,000 for hosting the show — with Phillip, 46, on TWICE as much.

Insiders said ‘no one was surprised’ at her pull-out.

One said: ‘Would you want to stand next to someone when they’re getting paid twice as much?’

But Fern insisted she had made the decision because of a prior family engagement.”

So, with the thick plottening on that one, the awards went ahead anyway, and here’s who won what from the soaps… remember, don’t read on if you don’t want to know! Read more & comment »

The British Soap Awards 2008 is back TONIGHT and, celebrating its 10th anniversary, the ceremony is set to be bigger than ever as it looks back over another year of tears, trials, tribulations and tantrums from the nation’s biggest TV shows.

Entries from the five biggest soaps are eligible – Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – and stars from all five will don their finest on the night for what promises to be one of the award calendar’s most glamorous occasions.

Hosted by This Morning presenters Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield with awards being presented by some of the entertainment world’s most famous faces, there’s everything to play for in the soap world’s ‘oscars’. Read more & comment »

Hollyoaks walked away the winner at last nights British Soap Awards, as it scooped six awards, compared to Corrie’s 5, Eastenders 4 and Emmerdale 2.

Chris Fountain and Emma Rigby won best actor and actress for the Channel 4 programme, with other wins including best on-screen partnership.

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Phillip Schofield has confirmed that he will still present the British Soap Awards despite his father passing away on Thursday.

Phillip took compassionate leave from This Morning earlier this week when his father, who was suffering from heart disease, took a turn for the worse. His father passed away.

“It has been the longest, toughest, saddest week of our lives, made more heartbreaking because we are such a close family,” Schofield told The Sun. Read more & comment »

TV presenter, Fern Britton, has revealed that she would love to join the cast of Coronation Street as Ken Barlow’s mistress!

The Press Association quotes her as saying: “It’s no secret I’m very fond of Coronation Street and so I think I’d like to move in with Ken and Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride).

“Perhaps I’m a visiting salesman and my hotel was overbooked and they kindly let me stay for the night – and I try to seduce Ken of course!”

Fern will be presenting next weeks soap awards with Philip Scholfield, but warns that she won’t be wearing daring low cut dresses like Philips Dancing On Ice co-host, Holly Willoughby Read more & comment »

This Morning presenter, Phillip Schofield has revealed tat he will be wearing a £28,000 tie pin whilst hosting the British Soap Awards in a bid to upstage fellow host, Fern Britton.

He said on his ITV1 show yesterday: “Fern has the most magnificent dress so I’ve got a seriously expensive tie pin, it’s two-and-a-half carat.

“I’ll have to take it off when I start drinking.” The awards will be on ITV1 on Wednesday.