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Victoria’s Secret has called on a cast of former “Angels” to rescue the bedeviled lingerie brand.

The struggling retailer tapped supermodels Gisele Bndchen, Naomi Campbell, Candice Swanepoel and Adriana Lima to helm its new “The Icon Collection” campaign, the company said Wednesday.

Victoria’s Secret disbanded the impossibly slim Angels in 2018 as the company embarked on a mission to make the brand more inclusive.

However, overall sales have sagged the past couple of years and the company has lost market dominance to rivals Aerie, Rihanna’s ultra-inclusive Savage X Fenty and Kim Kardashian’s Skims, which was recently valued at a staggering $4 billion.

The retailer generated $348 million in profits in 2022 — a sharp decline from the $646 million it made in 2021.

The company suffered a net loss of $72 million in 2020 as COVID lockdowns shuttered malls.

Skims also beat Victoria’s Secret to an “Icons” campaign, when it released photos of supermodels Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio and Swanepoel — all former Victoria’s Secret angels — donning Kardashian’s shapewear apparel last April.

Representatives for Victoria’s Secret did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Despite being criticized over its very specific brand image, Victoria’s Secret kept its No. 1 spot as the top lingerie brand in 2022, according to consumer insights firm Brandessence Market Research.

The Ohio-based company’s new “Icon” collection, which also features Emily Ratajkowski and Hailey Bieber, centers around the lingerie brand’s new push-up demi bra, which was worn by supermodels Campbell and Swanepoel in a series of black-and-white photos shared to Victoria’s Secret’s social media pages on Wednesday.

The collection also includes panties, starting at $18.50, and slips and robes from $34.95 in sizes ranging from XS to XXL.

The centerpiece, the demi bra, will retail for $54.95 and ranges from 32A to 44DDD.

Despite the svelte waistlines seen in the campaign images, the collection’s size range is indicative of the brand’s move to get back in touch with its consumer base, who have bashed the company for being “tone-deaf” and slow to adopt more inclusive models and sizes.

“The collection was made to enhance one’s natural shape while staying true to the supportive and seamless look that we love,” Victoria’s Secret Chief Design Officer Janie Schaffer said in a press release.

“It’s an exciting, elevated collection to add to your wardrobe, while reinforcing that we are all icons.”

The size 0 waistlines and washboard abs that plagued Victoria’s Secret’s televised runway show were part of the reason the fashion show — at least as fans knew it — was cancelled ahead of its 2019 edition.

However, Victoria’s Secret announced it was bringing back the famed spectacle after a four-year hiatus in a pre-taped film that’s set to hit streaming services this fall.

This time around, there will be no “Angels” donning sparkly wings and instead has been teased as a showcase of women from around the world in a feature-length movie dubbed “Victoria’s Secret World Tour.”

Pieces in “The Icon” line will be featured in the upcoming show.

Victoria’s Secret, — which will release its second quarter earnings at the end of the month — posted net income of $1 million in the first quarter.

The figure was dismal compared to the $81 million in net income the brand brought in during the same period in 2022. Victoria’s Secret attributed the decline to its acquisition of fellow lingerie brand Adore Me for $400 million that was finalized in January.

Victoria’s Secret noted in its Q1 earnings report that the company’s second-quarter earnings will likely follow a similar trend.

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Jeff Stewart: Actor who played Reg Hollis in The Bill helps police arrest shoplifter

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The actor who played PC Reg Hollis in hit TV series The Bill has been praised by officers after helping them arrest a shoplifter.

Jeff Stewart stepped in when a thief attempted to escape on a bicycle in Southampton on Wednesday.

In a statement, a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: “The thief, 29-year-old Mohamed Diallo, fell off the bike during his attempts to flee, before officers pounced to make their arrest.

“To their surprise, local TV legend Jeff Stewart, who played PC Hollis for 24 years in The Bill, came to their aid by sitting on the suspect’s legs while officers put him in cuffs.

The Bill actors, from left to right; Jeff Stewart, Roberta Taylor, Mark Wingett, Trudie Goodwin and Cyril Nri
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(L-R) Jeff Stewart, Roberta Taylor, Mark Wingett, Trudie Goodwin and Cyril Nri celebrating The Bill’s 21st anniversary in 2004. Pic: PA

“In policing you should always expect the unexpected, but this really wasn’t on The Bill for this week.”

The Bill was broadcast on ITV between 1984 and 2010 and featured the fictional lives of police officers from the Sun Hill police station in east London.

Mr Stewart, who was among the original cast, appeared in more than 1,000 episodes as PC Hollis.

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Police released footage showing their pursuit of a shoplifter in Southampton. Pic: Hampshire Constabulary

Still of police footage of actor Jeff Stewart who played PC Reg Hollis in The Bill helping arrest a shoplifter in Southampton
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As the suspect falls to the floor, PC Hollis (aka Jeff Stewart) sits on his legs. Pic: Hampshire Constabulary

In praising Mr Stewart’s actions, the force said: “Long since retired from Sun Hill station – but he’s still got it.”

Police from the Bargate Neighbourhoods Policing Team were alerted by staff at a Co-op store in Ocean Way to a suspected shoplifter on Wednesday.

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Mohamed Diallo, 29, of Anglesea Road, Southampton, was subsequently charged with five offences of theft relating to coffee, alcohol and food from the Co-op and two other Sainsbury’s stores on three dates in April and July.

He pleaded guilty at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and was bailed to be sentenced on August 29.

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Jeff Stewart: Actor who played Reg Hollis in The Bill helps police arrest shoplifter

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Jeff Stewart: Actor who played Reg Hollis in The Bill helps police arrest shoplifter

The actor who played PC Reg Hollis in hit TV series The Bill has been praised by officers after helping them arrest a shoplifter.

Jeff Stewart stepped in when a thief attempted to escape on a bicycle in Southampton on Wednesday.

In a statement, a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: “The thief, 29-year-old Mohamed Diallo, fell off the bike during his attempts to flee, before officers pounced to make their arrest.

“To their surprise, local TV legend Jeff Stewart, who played PC Hollis for 24 years in The Bill, came to their aid by sitting on the suspect’s legs while officers put him in cuffs.

The Bill actors, from left to right; Jeff Stewart, Roberta Taylor, Mark Wingett, Trudie Goodwin and Cyril Nri
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(L-R) Jeff Stewart, Roberta Taylor, Mark Wingett, Trudie Goodwin and Cyril Nri celebrating The Bill’s 21st anniversary in 2004. Pic: PA

“In policing you should always expect the unexpected, but this really wasn’t on The Bill for this week.”

The Bill was broadcast on ITV between 1984 and 2010 and featured the fictional lives of police officers from the Sun Hill police station in east London.

Mr Stewart, who was among the original cast, appeared in more than 1,000 episodes as PC Hollis.

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Still of police footage of actor Jeff Stewart who played PC Reg Hollis in The Bill helping arrest a shoplifter in Southampton
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Police released footage showing their pursuit of a shoplifter in Southampton. Pic: Hampshire Constabulary

Still of police footage of actor Jeff Stewart who played PC Reg Hollis in The Bill helping arrest a shoplifter in Southampton
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As the suspect falls to the floor, PC Hollis (aka Jeff Stewart) sits on his legs. Pic: Hampshire Constabulary

In praising Mr Stewart’s actions, the force said: “Long since retired from Sun Hill station – but he’s still got it.”

Police from the Bargate Neighbourhoods Policing Team were alerted by staff at a Co-op store in Ocean Way to a suspected shoplifter on Wednesday.

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Mohamed Diallo, 29, of Anglesea Road, Southampton, was subsequently charged with five offences of theft relating to coffee, alcohol and food from the Co-op and two other Sainsbury’s stores on three dates in April and July.

He pleaded guilty at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and was bailed to be sentenced on August 29.

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‘I’ll never shut up’: Fantastic Four’s Pedro Pascal on using fame to highlight issues he cares about

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'I'll never shut up': Fantastic Four's Pedro Pascal on using fame to highlight issues he cares about

Pedro Pascal is everywhere right now.

You walk into the cinema and he’s on most of the film posters there: Fantastic Four: First Steps, Eddington, The Materialists and The Uninvited.

With that level of public attention, you wouldn’t be shocked to see the actor become closed off.

Shielded by a sea of publicists maintaining a studio’s desired image and an influx of influencers replacing film reporters, public figures speaking their mind in Hollywood have become somewhat of a rarity.

Perhaps this is why the delayed yet meteoric rise to fame for Pedro Pascal feels refreshing for his fans.

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Pic: Disney

In between self-promotion for his latest projects, the Chilean-American uses his fame to highlight causes he cares about by wearing “Protect The Dolls” T-shirts in public settings, posting about food blockades into Gaza and linking non-profit organisations, Doctors Without Borders and The Trevor Project, on his Instagram account where he has over 11 million followers.

In a time where a single sentence can be taken out of context in a TikTok post or altered to suit a narrative driven by a headline (and yes, the irony of writing this does not go unnoticed), speaking candidly can feel like you’re walking into a trap.

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“I think it’s very easy to get scared no matter what you sort of talk about,” the actor tells Sky News.

“There’s so many different ways that things can get kind of fractured and have a life of itself really.”

He adds: “It’s sort of a business part of the way media can work really. There’s one thing that you can say and no matter what your intention behind it, it is absolutely lost in all of these different headlines, I suppose, but I’ll never shut up.”

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Pedro Pascal arrives at the premiere of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" in Los Angeles earlier this week. Pic: AP
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Pedro Pascal arrives at the premiere of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” in Los Angeles earlier this week. Pic: AP

It’s the last line, “I’ll never shut up”, that echoes after our four minute and two second conversation in the midst of a days-long “press run” in London for the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

The 50-year-old knows one misstep in an increasingly reactive media industry can shatter the careers of many. Pascal is aware of the dangers but uses his voice anyway.

It’s that decision that makes him “fantastic”, maybe more so than his role as Dr Richard Reeds in The Fantastic Four: First Steps – a character quite literally weighed down with the worries of the world on his shoulders whilst simultaneously welcoming new life with his wife Sue Storm.

The film, directed by WandaVision’s Matt Shakman, stands alone in its own universe within the MCU and also features Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is in cinemas now.

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