Ten Things About... Jason Gardiner

Dancing On Ice has created some controversy this week thanks to its very own Mr Nasty - judge Jason Gardiner. His scathing remarks about this year's celebrity skaters have had some viewers up in arms over his verbal bashings. The Australian choreographer is never one to bite his tongue and he has developed his own unique way with a colourful metaphor. But how much do you really know about the gobby Aussie? Keep reading for ten fast facts about the infamous reality TV judge.

1. Gardiner was born on June 11, 1965 in Melbourne, Australia. He was adopted at the age of 6 months by mum Pam and fireman dad Keith.

2. Gardiner's choreography credits include working with some of the world's greatest popstars. He's collaborated with Kylie Minogue, Björk, Shirley Bassey and Cher.

3. The caustic Aussie reality TV star has admitted to suffering from OCD during his youth. "For years I was obsessed with contracting respiratory illnesses. I had to have absolutely everything pristine clean because I was so paranoid about rhino viruses and germs on everything and everyone I came into contact with," he says. "I used to vacuum my bed every single morning. I still hate shaking hands."

4. Jason says that he would draw the line at getting Queen of the Jungle Kerry Katona on Dancing On Ice. "We've had some rude and very annoying people on the show but Kerry would sink us to an all new low," he explains. "We should be aiming for someone like Victoria Beckham, not Kerry at the other end of the scale."

5. Gardiner's theatre career, which started in the original cast of 42nd Street, has seen him perform in over 20 award-winning musicals in three continents.

6. When he was at dance school, Gardiner suffered from anorexia. "I was the only boy in a class full of girls and we were made to perform in front of mirrors all day long," he recalls. "The pressure to look your best was huge. You copy what you see around you. Girls would be in tears stuffing tissues down their throats. I'd skip meals and tell mum I had eaten... I wore layers of clothes to hide the fact I was losing so much weight."

7. OK, so here's the question you really wanted answering. Is Jason in Twilight's Team Jacob (Taylor Lautner) or Team Edward (Robert Pattinson)? "I don't get the whole Robert Pattinson thing, he's pale, pasty and pathetic," says the Australian. "Taylor Lautner would be my ideal dance partner because he looks amazing. He's big and strong, enough to turn me on!"

8. If you've ever been sat watching Jason on Dancing On Ice and wondered why he's allowed to make such nasty comments about the celebs, then you should probably look into his dance training. Gardiner learnt his trade at the Australian Ballet School, Broadway Dance Center, Steps NYC, the Actors Centre Sydney, London and New York, and earned a scholarship at the New York Performing Arts Centre. Not bad!

9. What is Jason's opinion on the furore surrounding Holly Willoughby's low-cut tops on Dancing On Ice? "I just don't get what all the fuss is about. She's a woman and women have t*ts. Big deal!" he says. "I think it is just jealousy. Miserable housewives with saggy t*ts were looking at her and going, 'Oh my God, my husband's mouth is on the floor and he's watching Dancing On Ice intently for the first time'."

10. Never one to bite his tongue, Gardiner has let slip in magazine interviews that he has been known to enjoy sexual relations with more than one person at the same time. "I can't believe I'm saying this but [the threesome] was in Ibiza. I have this couple who I have a bit of fun with out there," he admits.

Ten Things About... Adam Woodyatt

Ethel and her Willy have passed on, Grant Mitchell's departed to solve wars and fight gangs and Dirty Den has been killed twice. But one man has remained steadfast and loyal to Albert Square for its 25 year history - Ian Beale! But how much do you really know about the man behind Bealey, Adam Woodyatt? Keep reading for ten fun facts about the EastEnders icon and soap legend.

1. Adam Brinley Woodyatt was born on Jun 28, 1968 in Walthamstow.

2. Woodyatt was raised only a short distance away from where EastEnders is set in East London and attended Forest School in Snaresbrook. He went on to study at the famous Sylvia Young Theatre School, which also includes Denise Van Outen, Amy Winehouse and Billie Piper among its alumni.

3. Before he landed the job on EastEnders, Woodyatt took on a job as a butcher in Wales to keep himself in pocket.

4. Woodyatt is a huge sci-fi fanatic and has appeared on a BBC evening dedicated to Star Trek and made a cameo in a Doctor Who/EastEnders Children In Need special in 1993.

5. Despite being a proper Londoner, Woodyatt is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club. His favourite player of all time is former midfielder Ronnie Whelan.

6. When he's not busy serving up chip butties or fighting the Mitchell brothers in EastEnders, Woodyatt is an accomplished photographer in his spare time. He even won the Society Architectural Photographer gong in 2008 for a snap of St Pancras station.

7. Aside from EastEnders, Woodyatt actually has very few TV credits. The only work listed on his IMDB are two early roles in children's drama The Baker Street Boys and mini-series The Witches and the Grinnygog.

8. Adam's star sign is Cancer, his eyes are blue and his hobbies include cricket, fishing and golf.

9. It was hotly rumoured in 2006 that Woodyatt was going to bow out of soapland, but thankfully he stuck it out. At that time, he hinted in a tabloid interview that he might work on a cookery show! "I'm working on an idea for a cookery programme with the chef Kevin Woodford," he admitted

10. Adam has confessed that he wouldn't know what to do if he stopped playing Ian Beale, admitting that the character is "60% of my life". He also has a few opinions on how the Walford entrepreneur has been so lucky with women down the years - and it's not the size of his wallet. "We have a theory on why he's so popular with good-looking women," he says. "I'm afraid I can't say more than that."

Ten Things About... Liam Gallagher

Peter Kay might think he's a "k**bhead" and he's probably not on his brother Noel's Christmas card list these days, but we've still got a place in our hearts for '90s rock 'n' roll bad boy Liam Gallagher. His hair may be thinning and that snarl may be getting a bit croaky as he enters middle-age, but as we saw at the Brits last night, he's still knows how to swagger with attitude. Keep on reading to find out ten fast facts about the Oasis frontman and awards show hellraiser.

1. William John Paul 'Liam' Gallagher was born on September 21 in Burnage Manchester. He was the third and final child of Thomas and Peggy Gallagher. He has two older brothers, Noel and Paul.

2. Before forming Oasis with his brother Noel, Liam was a co-songwriter with Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs in Rain. The group only rehearsed once a week and the singer has since described the group as "s**t". Speaking about Liam and Bonehead's early songwriting skills, Noel joked: "If you think some of my early stuff is bad, you should have heard the stuff that those two were coming out with."

3. Does Liam think he could have had a successful music career without the help of his sibling Noel? He has a typically philosophical answer to that question. "Would Jesus Christ have been a f**king pervert if he'd had a crisp packet on his head? No one knows. Who knows, if I had carried on writing songs, I could have got better... I could have become a horse jockey in France."

4. What does Liam think is the lasting message and legacy of Oasis' music. "It's to F**kin' 'ave it. Our songs are about hope, man. They're uplifting. I wouldn't say it was all about drinking beer and f**kin' shagging birds and f**kin' football - there's a lot more to us than that. But in the early days it was basically about 'have a good f**kin' time'." Pretty simple really.

5. Liam insists that the only [relatively] new band that he has any interest in is Leicester group Kasabian. "The rest doesn't mean anything to me. And I'm not slagging 'em, it's just not my f**kin' thing, you know what I mean? I'm not gonna go and hang out with some f**kin' new bands just for the sake of it because it's good to be at out at gigs, man. I don't need to be f**kin' seen."

6. Where does Liam Gallagher do his shopping? The rock & roll destination that is Waitrose apparently. "I find meself in Waitrose a lot these days," he admits.

7. Liam is not too hot on all this new-fangled inter-web business. He owns a computer, but confesses that his wife Nicole does most of the work on it. "I don't get email. I wouldn't know how to do anything like that," he said.

8. Despite writing more songs on the last Oasis album than ever before, the singer insists that he will never go solo. "What's the point? The day you do that you might as well knock it on the head, innit? What's the f**kin' point? Just look at Richard Ashcroft. He's done loads, and where does he end up? Back in the same f**kin' place he started. Ten years of not making Verve music; what was the f**kin' point?"

9. During the '90s, Liam's spats with Noel, his bandmates and anyone else he came into contact with became notorious. His best bust-ups include a fight with his brother Noel - who used a cricket bat - when he invited a entire local pub back to the recording studio, and a scrap over a scone on a flight to Australia.

10. Liam's love for John Lennon is well documented, but did you know that the singer believes he has an actual spiritual connection with the Beatles legend. "I had an out of body experience when I was about 17 or 16, and as far as I'm concerned, that's when I started getting into music. That's when it all started going down, and I reckon it has something to do with him. He don't come and visit me - at least, I don't think he does. I wish he did."

Ten Things About... Amy Adams

Amy Adams is only 35, but she already has a movie CV of a Hollywood star twice her age. The likes of Enchanted, Sunshine Cleaning, Catch Me if You Can and, most famously, her turns alongside Meryl Streep in Doubt and Julie & Julia have made her a big screen banker. But how much do you really know about the Leap Year star? Keep reading for 10 fast facts about Miss Adams.

1. Amy Adams was born to parents Kathryn and Richard in Vicenza, Italy in 1974. She was raised with six siblings in Castle Rock, Colorado.

2. During her youth, Adams didn't dream of the silver screen - she wanted to be a ballerina! She preferred to focus on her school choir activities and dance company apprenticeship rather than on her education. "I trained as a ballet dancer, and so that's what I always thought I was going to do," she says. "But as I got into dance, I realised dance didn't really fit me. My personality goes better with musical theatre. Ballet dancing was too disciplined, really straining. And I was always talking and smiling."

3. Adams famously worked as a hostess in a branch of notorious US chain Hooters as her first full-time job. She earned $7-an-hour, but admits that she wasn't fully aware of the sexualised nature of her work. "There was definitely an innocence to my interpretation of what Hooters was about," she said. "Though I did learn, quickly, that short shorts and beer don't mix! The nicest guy walking in is not necessarily the nicest guy after two pitchers of beer."

4. Adams worked at a Gap in Atlanta before her acting career took off. She claims to have served Whitney Houston during her time at the store, and alleges that she performed the "Gap Act" for the pop legend. "Someone dared me to do 'the Gap Act' on her," she said. "So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, 'Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colours'. She looked at me like I was crazy."

5. Amy can't complain about the pesty media and probing paparazzi. According to IMDB, the actress's brother Eddie works on the tabloid TV show TMZ.

6. When Amy received her Oscar nomination for 'Best Supporting Actress' in 2006 - for Junebug - her mother was still working at a Starbucks. She recalls: "I was like, 'Mum, you cannot tell everybody who comes in to get a latte that your daughter is an Oscar nominee!'"

7. What does Amy Adams always have in her cupboards? Apparently she always has a lot of hot sauce. An exclusive fact that I'm sure will excite you! She also loves raw onions, garlic and garlic press.

8. Adams starred alongside the legendary Meryl Streep in the Oscar nominated Julie and Julia and Doubt. But what happened when they first met? "I just made a jerk out of myself. I don't remember what I said. I call it running downhill, when you start talking and you get so nervous that you don't really know what you're saying, but you can't stop," she says. "At this point, they're just looking at you with this slightly confused amusement."

9. Here's one for height fact fans - Amy Adams is a rather petite 5' 4".

10. Amy may be all happy with her fiancé Darren Le Gallo these days, but she hasn't always been so lucky with men. "When I look at my 20s, or when I look at any period in my life, I think about how much time I've wasted trying to find the right man," she says. "If I could go back and do it again, I would have taken guitar lessons or something. I would have put my energy into something that paid off in the end, instead of trying to improve myself for men. Oh, the time and the energy, trying to impress somebody who was actually a big jerk, you know?"

Ten Things About... Tim Burton

Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks!... the list of classic Tim Burton movies is a lengthy and extensive one. And this week another potential hit joins his impressive movie canon - an updated 3D Alice In Wonderland. But how much do you really know about the London-based film director? Here are ten quick facts about Mr B.

1. Timothy William Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California. His mother Jean ran a gift shop, while his father Will was a baseball player.

2. Burton might not look like a great sportsman, but he was an accomplished water polo player in his youth and he also swam for Burbank High School back in California.

3. According to IMDB, Burton was the original director tipped to helm The Fly in 1986, with Michael Keaton in the lead. Michael Cronenberg took over, offering Jeff Goldblum the famous starring role.

4. Back in 1997, another film that Burton was linked to was an updated version of Superman. The Californian was attached to work on the project with Nicolas Cage rumoured to be his favoured red pants-wearing superhero.

5. Burton is apparently a big fan of Al Pacino's performance as 'Big Boy' Caprice in Dick Tracy and planned to use the actor in a Batman movie. However, the director moved away from the franchise after 1992's Batman Returns.

6. We can't find any actual proof, but there are lots of rumours online that Burton very much likes infamous softcore movie helmer Russ Meyer - the man behind Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Supervixens.

7. Burton's adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a box office success, but it didn't go ahead without a hitch. He had plenty of disagreements with Warner Bros, who wanted Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka to be "a father figure". "Willy Wonka is not a father figure! If that's your idea of a father figure, yikes. Willy Wonka's a weirdo," he reflected.

8. He may be portrayed as an odd and reclusive figure by the media, but Burton insists that he is a misunderstood character. "I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality," he said.

9. Burton's professional and personal relationship with Johnny Depp is one of the most famous and profitable Hollywood partnerships of all time. Writing about his passion for the director, Depp wrote in the book Burton on Burton: "What more can I say about him? He is a brother, a friend, my son's godfather. He is a unique and brave soul, someone that I would go to the ends of the earth for, and I know, full and well, he would do the same for me."

10. Burton may be famous for overseeing dark, gothic films, but he actually started out his career as an animator at the cuddly Hollywood institution that is Disney. His first film with the company was the rather sweet Fox and the Hound in 1981.

Ten Things About... Craig David

Thanks to that bloody kestrel Kes and a certain Channel 4 sketch show, Craig David is often viewed these days as a pop flop. However, in the early '00s, the R&B star was briefly considered a groundbreaker when he moved from the UK garage scene into the mainstream. His star may have faded in recent years, but he is back this month with a new single ('One More Lie (Standing On The Shadows)') and album (Signed Sealed Delivered) to remind us of his musical worth. Keep reading for ten facts about Southampton's greatest musical export.

1. Craig Ashley David was born on May 5, 1981 in Southampton, Hampshire.

2. Music was always likely to be Craig's career choice. It was in his gene pool as his carpenter father George was the bassist in reggae group Ebony Rockers. The group are credited with bringing the reggae sounds of inner-city Southampton to the rest of the UK at the ends of the '70s.

3. Craig is a self-confessed trainer addict. There's nothing he loves more than a massive sniff of some fresh sneakers. "That box fresh smell is incredible," he claims. "I put them in a special cupboard in my dressing room. I'm excessive but never too excessive. There's four or five [pairs] of the same trainer - maybe that is excessive."

4. He may have become a figure of fun in recent years, but Craig has an impressive record of scoring hits. He became the youngest ever male artist to score a number one when he released his debut 'Fill Me In' in 2000. Since then, he has scored ten more Top 10 hits and released two multi-platinum albums. A record not to be sniffed at.

5. "Six nominations, no Brits for C.D," was David's infamous line at the 2001 Brit Awards, where he was cruelly snubbed six - yes six! - times. Despite being one of the biggest-selling acts of the early '00s, David has still never won a Brit gong. With 12 nominations in total, he can count himself pretty unlucky to have never done so. A1, Basement Jaxx, Ms Dynamite and Lemar are among the acts to have ruined Craig's parade.

6. He may not be popular with the Brits panel, but David has some indie credibility at least thanks to the Arctic Monkeys. The Sheffield band's drummer Matt Helders confesses to knowing all the words to CD's Born To Do It disc. "I don't know why I love it, but I just can't help but sing along," he said.

7. Oasis, Nirvana, Pixies, REM, Prince, Eminem, The Smiths... pah! Craig knocked back all these acts and many more in a recent MTV 'Greatest Album Ever' poll. David's Born To Do It debut finished second, with only Michael Jackson's Thriller beating it.

8. Q. Who are Craig's man crushes? A. Brad Pitt and David Beckham. "They're hot, you can't deny it," he admits. "Every guy in the world thinks so."

9. Give Craig David a football to kick around with and he can compete with the best of them. The popstar took the 'Man Of The Match' title at the 2008 Soccer Aid game, which featured major international footballers such as Alan Shearer, Paolo Di Canio, Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman.

10. Craig's efforts and impact on the music industry were finally rewarded in 2008 when he was given an honorary degree as Doctor of Music by Southampton Solent University. So show him some respect, people!

Ten Things... Nicollette Sheridan

For five seasons, Nicollette Sheridan was an essential ingredient in the bitching and high-drama of Desperate Housewives, playing the curvy man-eater Edie Britt. Her departure from the show in 2009 left a hole, which many argue still hasn't been filled. She's been back in the headlines this week, due to some controversy about her exit from the ABC series, but how much do you really know about Miss Sheridan? Keep reading for ten fast facts about the actress.

1. Sheridan was born on November 21, 1963 in Worthing, West Sussex. Her mother was British actress Sally Sheridan.

2. Before landing the role of saucy man-eater Edie Britt in Desperate Housewives, Sheridan originally auditioned for the part of the rather more prim and proper Bree Van de Kamp. We doubt the ABC show would have been as successful if Sheridan and Marcia Cross, who plays Bree, had swapped roles.

3. According to a reliable source (the appropriately titled Celebrity Sleuth magazine), Sheridan's much talked about figure has the important statistics 34B-24-35.

4. Did you know that Sheridan was very close to landing the title role in much loved NBC sitcom Will & Grace. Unfortunately, she was pipped to the post by Debra Messing. There was no hard feelings from Sheridan, however, who turned up for a cameo appearance as Dr. Danielle Morty in 2003.

5. In 1997, there was yet another role that Sheridan missed out on. According to IMDB, it could have been Edie Britt we saw romping and sinking with Leo DiCaprio in Titanic. Luckily for Kate Winslet, she didn't get the part of Rose DeWitt.

6. One of Nicollete's many talents is apparently her ability to speak fluent Greek. The actress was apparently encouraged to learn the language by her godfather Telly Savalas - TV's Kojack!

7. While she was on Desperate Housewives, Sheridan said that she enjoyed all the rumours of bitchiness and backstabbing between the show's stars. "People love controversy," she said. "When you have five women interacting, they love to think that there's all sorts of jealousy and competitiveness going on. It isn't... but I think it helps the show."

8. Sheridan has had her fair share of romances down the years. Her most famous partners include singer and actor Leif Garrett, actor Harry Hamlin, Swedish trainer Nicklas Söderblom and long-haired crooner Michael Bolton.

9. During her romance with Bolton, Sheridan made her pop music debut. She duetted with the soft rock singer on 'The Second Time Around', which appeared on his Bolton Swings Sinatra LP. Not surprisingly, the pair's romance fell apart shortly after.

10. Nicollette's willingness to flash the flesh has occasionally got her in trouble. She showed us a bum cheek in an campaign for coat-makers London Fog and has admitted that she enjoys nothing more in the summer than laying out naked with a good book by the pool. However, her appearance in an NFL Monday Night Football skit in 2004 caused the biggest stir, as she appeared to run nude into the arms of sports star Terrell Owens. Not surprisingly, Housewives viewing figures went through the roof the following week.