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X Factor »     by Andy Dehnart / December 6, 2011, 11:05 AM The X Factor host Steve Jones says that his barking hosting and weird demeanor is to blame on producers who feed him directions via an earpiece. When the Fox competition started, I really liked him as a host, primarily because he was the anti-Ryan Seacrest, never making it about himself. I also appreciated how he policed the judging panel, and wouldn’t just let, say, Paula Abdul blabber on forever. But as the season unfolded, that turned into an oddly robotic, dictatorial host who just barks orders and seems unaware that he’s often disrupting reality as it unfolds. Also, he’s not good at asking the contestants questions, usually because he acts like interviews are something to check off once a contestant says a few words. But a large part of that is the fault of the show’s producers, Steve said, because he’s a robo-host Appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ show , on which he took off his shirt to try on a deep V shirt Ellen gave h...

December 11th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. 2 Comments Coronation Street’s Nick Tilsley may have escaped from last week’s explosion and tram crash with only a few scrapes and bruises but the bar owner will come under close scrutiny in upcoming episodes when investigators try to determine how the tragedy occurred. Nick was seen closing the kitchen of his new bar The Joinery on Monday last week, due to gas problems. However he did not report the issue and it is thought that the ensuing explosion was caused by a leak of some sort. Actor Ben Price, 38, who plays him, told The Sun: “He does feel very responsible. “There are all types of blame as to why there was an explosion and why people died. But it’s his bar.” Nick witnessed the death of Ashley Peacock in the wreckage. Molly Dobbs also died and Peter Barlow is teetering between life and death after a heart operation. Ben said: “That’s worse for Nick than being trapped. “The aftermath really takes its toll on him.” He said seeing young dad Ash...