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Starring in the Harry Potter films must have been a dream come true for many child actors, but Devon Murray felt otherwise. He portrayed Seamus Finnigan in the movies and appeared in all eight installments while battling depression.

Devon Murray in Harry Potter / Warner Bros. Pictures

The actor spoke about his struggles and even admitted he contemplated s—cide at one point in his life. He said that opening up to his parents helped him overcome the dark monsters that loomed over.

Harry Potter Star Devon Murray Suffered From Depression For 10 Years

Devon Murray admitted having a fantastic life while starring in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter movies, but he also wasn’t happy. He told Rte 2fm’s Eoghan McDermott via Independent:

I remember feeling very low on my 16th birthday. I was staying in a fantastic suite in a hotel in London. I’d celebrated my birthday the day before on set.

ITV’s youth channel ITV2 is going to fill the huge Love Island-shaped gap in its schedule by showing the Australian version of the reality show.

Love Island: Australia will premiere later this month after the ITV Studios format aired on Nine Network in Oz last year. It follows ITV having to cancel the summer season of Love Island due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Australian version is filmed at Love Island‘s villa in Mallorca and is hosted by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott. It features singletons trying to secure a love match to win a $50,000 Aus cash prize.

The 2019 summer season of Love Island premiered on ITV2 on June 3, meaning that the 2020 version would likely have launched this week had it gone ahead. In the end, filming during the Covid-19 outbreak proved too complicated.

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Niall Horan is reaching a big milestone—he's about to be 21! The young One Direction singer decided to celebrate his special day (which is actually on Sept. 13) a little early this year since he's currently on tour and will be performing in Los Angeles the day of. So Niall and a bunch of his friends and some family gathered together over the weekend for a blowout birthday bash in London. Horan and his pals went to the Shoreditch House on Saturday night to kickoff the festivities, which looked like a blast judging from some of the social media posts that followed. older brother Greg and famous friends MTV's Laura Whitmore, Rte presenter Eoghan McDermott and Voice of Ireland coach Bressie. -...

Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan, The Only Way Is Essex star James 'Arg' Argent and '80s TV chef Rustie Lee are among the stars signed up for Channel 5's new reality show Celebrity Super Spa.

The series will feature the stars being trained by 'Salon Supremo' and Liverpool icon Herbert Howe.

Howe, who has 50 years of experience in the beauty industry, will set the celebs challenges and judge their performances.

Shameless actor Jody Latham, chef John Burton Race and Most Haunted's Yvette Fielding will also be among the celebs learning the art of vajazzles, back, sack and crack waxes, fish pedicures, tattooing and vampire facials.

The Voice of Ireland host Eoghan McDermott and Laura Jackson (Freshly Squeezed) will host the new series.

Greg Barnett, Channel 5's commissioning editor for entertainment, daytime and soaps, said: "I'm taking great delight in imagining how our celebrities are going to cope with tattooing,...