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HOW two figures in the news are joined by a series of unexpected connections…

ALISON HAMMOND

…has been fronting This Morning after Phillip Schofield’s departure. In her time on the show, she has interviewed a tree, fed chocolates to Hugh Jackman and played Connect 4 with Beyoncé. She has also been an ambassador for WW – the company almost everyone calls Weight Watchers. As too has…

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

When the former Take That star’s album Rudebox flopped, a million unsold CDs were shipped to China to be crushed and used as road surfacing. The star believes in UFOs, claiming to have experienced many ‘intriguing, powerful’ encounters. As has…

SHAUN RYDER

…who at 15 saw ‘a ball of light whizzing about in the night sky’. And that was even before his Happy Mondays drug days (when the police officers who arrested him in 1989 for cocaine possession asked if he wanted an advocate, he replied: ‘I don’t want any poncy southern drinks’).

Ryder has a lifetime ban from appearing live on Channel 4 because of his swearing. Also with a TV restriction is…

HUGH GRANT

…who is not welcome on America’s The Daily Show after being ‘a big pain in the ass’ to backstage staff. Host Jon Stewart said the actor was his worst guest – ‘and we’ve had dictators on’. On air, Grant complained about the ‘terrible clip’ of his film they broadcast, prompting Stewart to reply: ‘Well, then make a better f ****** movie.’ At one point in his career, Grant created an alter ego as his fake agent to save paying for a real one, a ruse also employed by…

ANNEKA RICE

The TV presenter is famously dynamic in all she does, including once campaigning against the location of London’s super-sewer, in which she was joined by former England rugby captain…

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO

…who was a choirboy at King’s House School in Richmond, South-West London. Aged 12, he and the rest of the choir provided backing vocals for We Don’t Need Another Hero, the Mad Max theme tune sung by…

TINA TURNER

…who has died aged 83.

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