Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ first reactions: “Even weirder than ‘Annihilation'”

Ellen DeGeneres, 64, has admitted that she has no recollection of her first meeting with Meghan Markle, 40. The talk show host, whose long-running US show ended this week, is good friends with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with Archie and Lilibet reportedly calling her “auntie”.

Mel Gibson has been videoed speaking about Scotland in his first return to the country in almost 30 years.

Parents are asked to keep an eye out for possible measles symptoms as cases are on the rise around the world.

Noel Clarke has said he contemplated suicide in his first interview since allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him last year.

he spoke with Writers Digest and said, “I have no idea whether the book is true or not.

food and making them carry piggybanks if they find discarded loose change. Jordan Page, 27, has revealed her bizarre hacks to slash her family's monthly household expenses from £2,400 to £1,100 on an episode of Extreme Cheapskates.

More than 100 actors and public figures in the UK have put their name to an open letter calling for better onscreen representation of older women, to help fight “entrenched ageism” of the entertainment industry.

prisoner has been busted for having an alcohol-fuelled romp with a female prisoner.The lag is currently serving a murder sentence at HMP Bronzefield – a female prison – despite having male genitalia.The unnamed 43-year-old was drunk on “illegal home brew”, The Mirror reports, and ended up with a younger inmate in their cell.Officials then found the pair having “consensual” sex – which prompted an investigation.The transgender inmate has now been moved to HMP Downview, which has a separate transgender wing.A source from the prison told The Mirror: “The bosses are trying to keep it hush, hush. But everyone is talking about it.

King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite' cause a few heads to turn.Even he would be stunned by some of the transformations people have put themselves through over the years.Pixiee Fox previously went to great lengths to have an impossibly tiny waist, inflated cleavage and doll-like facial features.But one procedure almost killed her.Her goal was to look exactly like a cartoon, in which she was successful, having spent more than $119,200 (£79,160) on surgical procedures to achieve her look.Pixiee once said that the cartoon characters Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and Holli Would from Cool World were her inspiration.The former electrician even went as far as to have six of her lower ribs removed in a bid to shrink her waist to a record-breaking 14 inches."Those cartoon characters represent the idealisation of the female body," she previously explained."Having my ribs removed was just another step in achieving that ideal.'Adam Curlykale, 32, started tattooing himself to cover up skin blemishes after being treated for cancer.He had been depressed by his appearance but became obsessed with body art when he started having his skin tattooed.After covering 80% of his body, the Russian native was mainly happy, but still felt something was up.The inked man felt his genitals and nipples looked out of place, so he had them surgically removed.He revealed: “I belong to a type of people called 'nullo' which means that I'm an agamic person, but asexual doesn't mean that I don't have a sex drive."People from the 'nullo' community don't want to have body parts like nipples, a belly button or genitals which determine if you're a man or a woman."A woman who claims to have the "world's

Jobs are difficult to remember, especially when people don't really discuss their work life as much. But when you're in a marriage, surely you have to know what your other half does for a living.Now one woman was left utterly shocked when she found out her husband told his work pals her job was something else.Writing on parenting forum Mumsnet, she asked other users whether their partners were just as stupid as hers. It all happened when her husband told his colleagues that she was a "sex worker", when in fact, she's a sexual health advisor.

With the Queen's Platinum Jubilee approaching, most people are wanting to celebrate it in some way.

As Danny Dyer prepares to leave EastEnders later this year, he has revealed his character could be killed off the BBC soap. Resident pub landlord Mick Carter will exit Albert Square this winter after nine years on the show. Danny, 44, has teased that the long-running character could be killed off in an "epic" exit storyline, according to The Sun.

Ed Sheeran recently took to Instagram to announce the surprising news he and wife Cherry Seaborn had welcomed their second child, a girl, into the world.The surprise news shocked fans who were unaware that Ed and Cherry were even expecting. However, this is a common theme with plenty of big names who like to keep their private lives well… private.

Coronation Street fans best know Kimberly Hart-Simpson as Daniel's former flame Nicky Wheatley, who has been causing a stir on the cobbles as she went head-to-head with Daisy to compete for his affections.But away from the ITV soap, Kimberly has a very different career altogether, as she actually makes dresses for brands including Asos and Urban Outfitters.Kimberly is an advocate for sustainable fashion on her social media, and volunteers at her local British Heart Foundation charity shop as well as showing off the clothing bargains she picks up from thrift shops across the country.And that passion grew into upcycling her own wardrobe, making sustainable pieces for various fashion brands as well as hosting her own online store, HartWork.It all began when she invested in her first sewing machine - purchased on store credit because she couldn't afford it outright.Speaking to Daily Star and other press, Kimberly explained: "I got a sewing machine a couple of years ago, and that saved my mental health massively, because I had this thing where I could turn something that’s destined for landfill into something beautiful again."That just resonates with me in life! You’re saving the planet and working on yourself and then you see something beautiful - what’s not to love about that whole thing?"She continued: "It started off making a couple of pencil cases on the cheapest sewing machine I could find. I put it on an Argos card because I couldn’t afford to buy it outright, so for starters I decided to make a couple of things..."Then my friend Jessica Ellis from Hollyoaks was going to the Soap Awards, and she said, 'Can you make me a dress?' and I was like, 'Yeah...

Liverpool fans who were pepper-sprayed by French police before and after the Champions League final as UEFA blamed supporters for turning up late and without genuine tickets.On Saturday, carnage ensured in Paris as the Reds and Real Madrid were set to face off at Paris’ Stade de France. Mass queues formed outside the stadium while footage showed fans hopping fences and pepper spray being used in widely-populated areas.UEFA said that fake tickets were the cause of the commotion: “In the lead-up to the game, the turnstiles at the Liverpool end became blocked by thousands fans who had purchased fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles.

Iran has been accused of piracy after armed Revolutionary Guards used a helicopter and speedboats to seize two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.Iranian forces boarded Delta Poseidon and Prudent Warrior in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday afternoon in an apparent Hollywood-style revenge plot for the capture of a Russian-flagged tanker loaded with Iranian oil last month.Armed guards seized the Delta Posedion loaded with goods for Agioi Theodoroi's Motor Oil refinery in front of Asalouyeh port, claiming it was violating maritime rules.The Greek Foreign Ministry said an Iranian helicopter landed on the tanker with "armed men capturing the ship's crew" which reportedly included two Greek citizens. The vessel had been sailing in international waters at the time before being directed towards the Iranian coast.Prudent Warrior had been carrying oil bound for the US and 24 Greeks and Filipinos were on board.George Vakirtzis, chief executive of Polembros Shipping, which operates the Prudent Warrior, told the Financial Times: "We lost all communication about 2 o'clock local time and tried to talk to the vessel repeatedly with no answer.

Men writer/director Alex Garland is fascinated with creation and rebirth. His first film Ex Machina focuses on creationism and oppression, his second film Annihilation deals with creation, recreation and the impending apocalypse, while his newest film deals with guilt, trauma and rebirth. This is Garland’s most emotional and abstract work (yes, it’s even abstract by Alex Garland standard), and also his weakest. Not because of the themes or any technical aspects, but because it’s a frustratingly vague piece of work. This extreme level of ambiguity weakens an otherwise haunting thriller about dealing with Post traumatic stress. 

The trailer for “Men” is simple; a little too simple. Like scores of horror characters before her, we see that Jessie Buckley has relocated to the countryside in order to get away from the horrors of her real life.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticSPOILER ALERT: The following review contains spoilers.In “Ex Machina” director Alex Garland’s latest, “Men,” the leaves are so green, the tone is so ominous, and the men are so … Rory Kinnear-y that audiences are all but guaranteed to leave this folk-horror bizart-house offering feeling disturbed, even if no two viewers can agree on what bothered them about it. There’s that shocker of an ending, of course, but we’ll postpone discussion of that till the penultimate paragraph of this review, so as not to spoil the fun — even if, by the time you see it, “Men” is already likely to be defined by its over-the-top finale.Kinnear, who comes across as a chummy enough fellow — albeit one who might chase you into a back alley and murder you if given the chance — impressively embodies eight different characters: basically, all the men, plus one particularly creepy boy, in a rural English village.

Jessie Buckley is kicking off the promo tour for her upcoming A24 movie Men!

Writer/director Alex Garland has been one of the more unique voices in the world of genre entertainment with an excellent track record including things like “28 Days Later,” “Sunshine,” “Never Let Me Go,” “Dredd,” “Ex Machina,” “Annihilation,” and the tech-thriller FX series “DEVS.” He’s back with his new film “Men” that will be out next month, and while he continues to be a bit evasive about details of the film, he’s certainly leaving enough crumbs to get us excited.