Amazon bans books that call LGBTQ identity a “mental illness”

A number of important Covid rule changes come into force in Scotland today.

A Ukrainian tractor was caught on camera 'stealing' a Russian armoured vehicle.

A petition calling on the UK Government to give all legacy benefit claimants backdated payments is awaiting an official response after gaining more than 13,700 digital signatures since it launched two weeks ago.

NHS Lanarkshire has been criticised after it published advice for children as young as 13 telling them that 'it is okay' to have sex.

Princess Charlotte is often described as the most outgoing of the Royal Family children.

Naman Ramachandran Veteran Hollywood actor Henry Winkler will star alongside Aleeza Chanowitz in “Chanshi,” a U.S.-Israel crossover comedy series for Israeli network HOT.Chanowitz is also the series creator and writer of “Chanshi,” which is currently in production on location in and around Jerusalem.Chanowitz plays Chanshi, a young religious girl from the Jewish community in Brooklyn who decides, just before her wedding and despite her family’s objections, to break off her engagement and immigrate to Israel. In the Holy Land Chanshi embarks on a wild and reckless journey, but the transition from a life with a clear set of rules to a life without any rules at all is not what she was expecting.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentGiancarlo Giannini, who was the late great Lina Wertmüller’s muse, helmer Gabriele Muccino (“The Pursuit of Happyness”), and Teresa Saponangelo, star of Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” are among top honorees of the seventh edition of Filming Italy — Los Angeles, the bridge between Italy and Hollywood set to run as a hybrid event Feb. 28-March 3.The celebration of Italy’s top film and TV titles is headed by longtime Italian industry promoter Tiziana Rocca, a former chief of the Taormina Film Festival.

9 to 5 The Musical, which is as campy and as dazzling as the showcase 9 to 5 set piece – featuring a pretty tricky alarm clock – is a fun night out at the theatre. The musical relies heavily on crude and outdated humour but it works, maybe because the ’80s seems like such a quaint time, compared to the hells-cape we’re trapped in currently. But it does it in a way that proves that if dated dick jokes that we’ve all heard and seen before are delivered with a twinkle in the eye, the right amount of wood and a big dash of chutzpah, you can still get a laugh from an audience in 2022.Erin Clare, Marina Prior and Casey Donovan in 9 to 5 The Musical.

Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as Riddler and Colin Farrell as Penguin.All eyes have been on that cast ever since director Matt Reeves’ superhero blockbuster was first announced, with fans desperate to get a glimpse of R-Pattz and co on the big screen.Ahead of the release, Metro.co.uk caught up with casting director Lucy Bevan who – along with Cindy Tolan – was responsible for putting the talented cast together.‘So my role as casting director is to help the director of the film realise their vision for who should be in the film, and cast all of the actors,’ Lucy told us, emphasising how much secrecy was involved in the project from the very beginning. ‘From reading the blank scripts, I help the director decide who would be best in each role, and get the actors to be in it.‘I will tell you that I wasn’t allowed the script until I had a safe in the office.

AGONY hits the Carter family on EastEnders this week after the gruesome discovery of Tina Carter's body. This is all thanks to Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) who went into the mosque to save Tommy Moon from his bullies. Unsurprisingly, this comes as a shock to the Carters as they come to the realisation that Tina is really gone.

EX-TOWIE star Ricky Rayment looks worlds away from his time on the reality TV show. The 31-year-old has ditched his bushy beard and revealed his chiselled new look in videos on Instagram.

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.The star was nowhere to be found when he was announced as the recipient of the best acting accolade.The SAG Awards were back in person last night as Hollywood glammed up for the awards show.However, with live TV came some blunders as the gongs were handed out.In one memorable moment, Salma took to the stage to present the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.The prestigious accolade was awarded to Michael for his performance in Dopesick.Although after Salma announced he’d won, the star didn’t come on to the stage.Looking for him, she said: “Are you kidding me? I have stage fright.“Come on, Michael. Come on, Michael!”The former Batman actor then ran through the crowd and jumped onto the stage.Addressing his absence, he quipped: “Thank you very much! Sorry.“Quick trip to the men’s room.

Deadline): “It looks like he backed in there [the ditch] accidentally. Then the other vehicle pulled up, and folks got out of the car.“They were talking for a little bit, and then all of a sudden, gunfire went off.

Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun and U-KISS’ Lee Jun-young have opened up about being on set of their recent romantic-comedy film Love And Leashes.In a recent video for Netflix’s The Swoon, the co-stars sat down to react to scenes from the raunchy new comedy film. Both actors had singled out a scene where Seohyun’s character vents her pent-up frustration towards their co-workers on Lee’s character after hours in the office as one that was particularly fun to film.“I wonder if I’d ever have to curse that much again,” commented the idol-turned-actress. “I don’t think I would.

BoA has spoken about joining GOT The Beat, the sub-unit of SM Entertainment’s new supergroup Girls On Top.In a recent interview with Billboard, the members of GOT The Beat — which include BoA, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and Hyoyeon, Red Velvet’s Seulgi and Wendy, and aespa’s Karina and Winter — opened up about teaming up for the project group’s first single ‘Step Back’.“I don’t know why I am there,” said the 35-year-old idol, after explaining that the unit was very “fossed on performance” and that the group are made up of “great” dancers. “But I was very happy to be part of this project,” she added.BoA, who has been active in the K-pop industry for over two decades, then revealed that she had found performing as part of a group difficult.

LOONA member Olivia Hye is set to release her cover of Airman’s ‘I’ll Be Your Spring’, along with a chirpy new music video.In the new visual, Olivia Hye sits in a bright, pastel-coloured classroom as she sings along to the upcoming track. “I’ll be your spring,” she croons sweetly, nodding to the beat of the cheerful instrumental.Originally released by South Korean musician Airman in 2017, ’I’ll Be Your Spring’ was part of the singer and producer’s collaborative EP with singer-songwriter Godak.

murdered outside the Cube nightclub in Toronto on June 30, 2018. A bystander was also shot in the incident, but survived their injuries.Abdulkadir Handule, who raps under the moniker 21Neat, pled not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, but was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder by an Ontario Superior Court jury.The trial began in November and Handule, who was 22 years old at the time of the shooting, will be sentenced on May 27.Judge Brian O’Marra told the court (via Complex): “It’s been trying times in society the last two years and in my view, at times when society is under different types of stress, it’s more important than ever that the justice system still be able to operate as best it can.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay’s Benelux division has been commissioned for a Lego Masters-style balloon-making competition format and an Into the Wild spin-off of global hit Hunted.

This past Saturday, March 13, celeb singer Halsey boldly updated their Twitter and Instagram profiles to include she/them pronouns.The quiet profile change comes a few weeks after Halsey, now pregnant, shared some photos along with how pregnancy has affected their relationship with their body. “I thought pregnancy would give me very strong, binary feelings about ‘womanhood’ but truly it has leveled my perception of gender entirely,” Halsey says in their caption.

bill, HB 1233, sponsored by Rep. Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville), would require public schools to provide a “reasonable accommodation” — defined as a single-occupancy restroom or changing facility, or access to an employee restroom or changing facility — to students who do not wish to use multi-occupancy restrooms or changing facilities designated for a particular sex where transgender individuals might be present. Under the bill, a cisgender student who provides a written request to administrators expressing their discomfort at sharing spaces with transgender individuals must be accommodated.

allows federally-funded social service providers to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.The members of Congress have signed onto a letter asking Acting HHS Secretary Norris Cochran to reverse the rule, which would allow various forms of discrimination, such as a taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agency refusing to place children with same-sex couples, an immigrant services center refusing to support an LGBTQ refugee or asylum seeker, or a federally-funded shelter using religious beliefs opposing homosexuality to justify turning away transgender individuals.The letter, led by U.S. Reps.