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BBC Asks Disgraced Former News Anchor Huw Edwards to Return $255K Salary
Disgraced former news anchor Huw Edwards has been asked to pay the BBC back his 200,000 pound ($255,000) salary after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. Edwards, who led landmark coverage for the BBC, including its announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and the London 2012 Olympics, was arrested in November — a development […]
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French DJ Barbara Butch on Harassment Following Olympic Opening Ceremony Backlash: “Not an Excuse to Want to Murder Someone”
Barbara Butch is a self-proclaimed “love activist.” This, she says, is why her feelings weren’t hurt when her appearance in the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony unleashed an avalanche of death threats, abuse and harassment. The French DJ was the centerpiece of a tableau during the four-hour event on July 26. Drag queens and dancers struck poses […]
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‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Takes Aim at Elon Musk After Anti-Racism Rallies Quash U.K. Riots
Veep creator Armando Iannucci is taking aim at tech mogul Elon Musk after the billionaire was accused of fanning the flames of the U.K.’s far-right movement, which has led to nights of riots, looting and vandalism. On Wednesday, police were told to brace for over 100 anti-migration protests with more than 6,000 riot police deployed […]
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British Icon Jennifer Saunders Joins Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Adaptation
British icon Jennifer Saunders has joined the star-studded cast for the film adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s beloved children’s book, The Magic Faraway Tree. Hiran Abeysekera (The Life of Pi, The Father and the Assassin) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (Gangs of London, See How They Run, Chloe) will also feature alongside the previously announced cast of Andrew […]
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Lisa Westcott, British Makeup Artist Who Won Oscar for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 76
Lisa Westcott, the British makeup artist who won an Oscar for her work on 2012’s Les Misérables, has died, her husband told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 76. Westcott died July 30 at her home in Oxford with her husband, Jeremy Ancock, and her twin children, George Ancock and Harriette Rothwell, with her. She was […]
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Sky Employees Issued Memo to Leave Work Early as U.K. Braces for More Far-Right Riots
Sky employees based at the company’s west London campus have been told to either stay at home or leave work early as far-right riots continue to take place across the U.K. with hundreds arrested for setting fire to buildings, looting stores, and harassing local residents. The unrest began after the stabbing of three young girls […]
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Taylor Swift Instagram Post Sparks Kamala Harris Endorsement Speculation
Social media users and fans of the pop megastar Taylor Swift are speculating whether the singer has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 U.S. election in a recent Instagram post. Swift, who is currently on her European leg of the globally successful and record-breaking Eras Tour, posted a collection of photos honoring her […]
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BTS’ Suga Apologizes for “Careless Actions” After Driving Under the Influence on Scooter
BTS band member Suga has said he is “deeply sorry” after being fined for driving an electric scooter under the influence. The star of the K-pop band took to social media Wednesday to say he was “very heavy-hearted” to bring fans “disappointing news”. “I rode an electric scooter home after drinking at a dinner last […]
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‘Queen Charlotte’ Star India Amarteifio, ‘Maxton Hall’ Actor Damian Hardung to Lead Coming-of-Age Film
India Amarteifio, star of Netflix’s Bridgerton prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, will lead a new coming-of-age romance alongside Maxton Hall‘s Damian Hardung. From Shot of Tea, Into the Deep Blue is the winner of the Nicholl Fellowship, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It follows Nick (Hardung) and Fiona […]
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‘Top Boy’ Star Jasmine Jobson to Lead Biopic on Boxing Champion Ramla Ali, ‘In the Shadows’
Filming is underway in London on In the Shadows, starring BAFTA-winning actor Jasmine Jobson in the biopic about female boxing champion Ramla Ali. Jobson recently won big at the television awards for her role in Top Boy. She plays Ali, a woman who secretly pursued her dream to become the first Somali-British professional boxing champion. […]
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Lily Collins, Álvaro Morte to Make West End Stage Debuts in Bess Wohl’s ‘Barcelona’
Lily Collins will bid adieu to Paris and join Money Heist‘s Álvaro Morte in London for the pair’s West End stage debuts in Barcelona. The Emily in Paris star will join Morte in Bess Wohl’s acclaimed two-character play Barcelona at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the U.K. capital from Oct. 21 to Jan. 11, […]
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Meg Ryan to be Honored at Sarajevo Film Festival, Screen Rom-Com ‘What Happens Later’
Meg Ryan is set to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of her contribution to the film industry. The star will also present a special screening of her 1998 romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, co-starring Tom Hanks, at the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema, the same venue […]
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