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Motsi Mabuse has shared a cryptic post about friendship online just days after Strictly Come Dancing stars have spoken out about the Russia Ukraine conflict. On Sunday (27 February) evening, the Strictly judge took to Instagram to share a pointed message with her loyal legion of fans online.Over the past week, the 40-year-old ballroom dancer has shared a series of concerning posts about her family who have been caught up in the war-torn country.With the limited contact they have, she confirmed that her parents-in-law were unable to cross the border to Germany but now continue to attempt to leave Ukraine via other neighbouring countries.In the sensitive post Motsi confessed that the public reaction to the conflict going on overseas has given her perspective about who she classifies as a friend on the social media platform.She wrote: “This situation also makes me how I could never, ever be friends with some people , friendly , politeness yes but never friends because we care about different things which is fine but also a reminder for me [heart emoji].”It comes after former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff came under fire from fans for a string of since-deleted tweets which appeared to support Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The Stockholm Film Festival, due to run November 9-20, says it will not program any films that benefit from Russian state funding due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a UK crime thriller adaptation of Si Spencer’s mind-bending graphic novel Bodies, Deadline can reveal, about four detectives in four different London eras who find themselves investigating the same murder.

One of the UK's most reliable hitmakers of the past five years, Jax Jones, has entered 2022 with a bang thanks to Where Did You Go? featuring MNEK.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn the wake of Russia’s invasion, the Stockholm International Film Festival will turn the spotlight on Ukraine during its next edition which kicks off on Nov. 9.

Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ album has rocketed to the top of the charts since its release late last week. The piracy charts, that is.The sequel to last year’s ‘Donda’ is, of course, only officially available to those willing to fork out $200 for one of the rapper’s Stem Player devices – an MP3 player that adds the ability to split tracks into four parts, so that users can remix the music themselves.West said that fans spent more than $2 million buying Stem Players in the 24 hours after it was announced that getting one would be the only way to hear ‘Donda 2’.

Kate Garraway, 54, candidly discussed how she is coping with caring for her husband Derek Draper, 54. Derek was put into an induced coma in March 2020 after he caught Covid.

Nick Cave exhibition Stranger Than Kindness is set to receive its North American premiere in Montreal in April.The exhibition, which is offering “an unprecedented look into the creative world” of the Bad Seeds musician, was designed in collaboration with Cave and previously opened in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2020.Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition will now take up residence at the Galerie de la Maison du Festival in Montreal, Canada on April 8, and will be on display there until August 7.“With more than 300 objects collected or created by Nick Cave through six decades of his creative and private life brought together in large-scale installations, the exhibition is an artwork in itself,” a description for Stranger Than Kindness reads. You can see a trailer for the exhibition below.Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition will invite visitors to “follow Cave’s development as an artist – and to gain insight into the overarching themes of his work, his working methods and the many sources of inspiration underpinning it all”.“Behind each work is an equally fascinating artistic process not originally intended for public view; the exhibition opens up the innermost parts of Cave’s creative universe and offers a story of its own.”Tickets for the Montreal exhibition will go on sale on Friday (March 4) at 10am local time from here.

Deadpool actor, who is well known for his comic and charismatic persona, has spoken about his mental health struggles in the past, and explained in a new interview that he has had anxiety throughout his life.“I’ve had anxiety my whole life really,” he told CBS’ Sunday Morning. “And you know, I feel like I have two parts of my personality, that one takes over when that happens.”Giving one past example, Reynolds explained: “When I would go out on, like, Letterman, back in the day, I was nervous.“But I remember I’d be standing backstage before the curtain would open, and I would think to myself, ‘I’m gonna die. I’m literally gonna die here.

Daughters of Reykjavík have shared the song they hope to represent Iceland with at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest – hear ‘Turn This Around’ below.The eight-piece rap collective are currently favourites to proceed from Iceland’s live TV contest Söngvakeppnin, which will choose the country’s representative for this year’s contest in Turin.“‘Turn This Around’ is a song that represents the energy Daughters of Reykjavík possess and give,” the band said of the new track.“It is a song made to inspire people to move, to change, to take action and to love themselves and others. It represents the space we can take up if we so choose as well as the things we can give.”Listen to ‘Turn This Around’ below.Daughters of Reykjavík announced that they were planning to run to become Iceland’s 2022 Eurovision entry earlier this month.The Söngvakeppnin 2022 entries are being split across two semi-finals, with the second set to take place on Saturday (March 5).

Amanda Holden, 51, presents on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Ashley Roberts on weekday mornings.The TV personality regularly takes to Instagram to show off her outfits, with today being no different as she posed in a sultry silky blouse.The Britain's Got Talent judge put on an amazing display as she posed for a catwalk video on her Instagram.In view of her 1.8 million followers, Amanda strutted for the camera in a breezy silky blouse.Amanda posed in the green silk blouse, with the button undone as well as it appearing that the TV personality had gone braless for the day.The blouse featured a frilly lining down the centre and puffy sleeves.Amanda paired the outfit with skin tight leather trousers, showing off the model's petite figure.She also wore skin coloured stiletto heels to finish off the look and heighten the glamour.Amanda went for a smokey eyed makeup look, styling her blonde tresses in a waved look.Taking to her Instagram story, Amanda tagged the minds behind Monday's look - which included "@lkbennettlondon", "@sosandsar", "@stevenmaddenUK" and her stylists "@karl_willett" and "@adelepentland".It comes after Amanda reunited with her celebrity pals which included Britain's Got Talent boss Simon Cowell.They headed out for a Sunday Roast for a chilled time with family, after Amanda's crazy 51st birthday celebrations.She wore skin tight trousers, brown boots, a camel coat and a brown tartan scarf to match.Simon can be seen in navy, along with his arm in plaster following his recent incident.Amanda's dinner guests included Dragons' Den Star Kelly Hoppen as well as Simon Cowell and his fiancée Lauren Silverman.She went out to celebrate her birthday with a wild party including pals Ashley Roberts, presenter

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Police officers are appealing for information from the public after a 13-year-old girl was reported missing from her home in Perth.

A crack cocaine dealer brandished a knife at police officers and threatened to kill them.

A crooked bank manager who plundered £18,000 from the account of a vulnerable pensioner is facing jail.

back to Las Vegas, in even bigger, bolder style. After a 20-show stint at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace that had fans flying out to Sin City in droves last year, the R&B superstar is returning to the stage for a new show with big surprises and a revamped performance. Few artists typically return to residency so quickly, but when fan demand and talent desire intersect, the time is always right.

A former Larkhall YMCA Harriers runner has set a new British and Scottish under-17 200m record – and hopes it sends him to the European Under-18 Championships in Israel in July.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced Paddington Bear in the country’s version of the 2014 film and its 2017 sequel.

body positive influencer has claimed that social media is not “entirely real” after exposing how her fellow influencers fake a “peachy” bum.Boasting 2.4 million Instagram followers, Danae Mercer often preaches messages of self-love to her large fan base.She aims to help women accept their own bodies, which is refreshing to see amongst the seemingly ‘perfect’ snaps of other influencers.In a recent clip, Danae showed the online world is not fully true by demonstrating how some influencers can manipulate their bodies.And, by what she has shown, it all comes down to the power of posing - and a serious wedgie.At first, the stunner donned a red gym wear set as she sat “normally” on a white stool.To show how other influencers contort their bodies to achieve a peachy behind, Danae switched to a blue gym set that had a ruched seam at the rear.She then gave herself a wedgie and posed up a storm. The influencer followed several other steps too, which she explained in a lengthy caption.Danae said: “The secret to INFLUENCER PEACHY SITTING POSES.

Manchester United have been priced out of a summer move for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.United have been keeping close tabs on the Nigerian international, with a view to signing him in the next transfer window. Interim boss Ralf Rangnick has been told to provide CEO Richard Arnold with a shortlist of potential replacements for Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani, who are both expected to leave Old Trafford in the summer.

Europa League and hand RB Leipzig automatic progression into the quarter-finals following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Russian sporting teams have been punished following the decision of Russian president Vladimir Putin to invade their neighbours - which he calls a "special military operation".Following news that Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic would refuse to play the Russian national side irrelevant of the location - UEFA have taken action at club level.German outlet Bild report that the administrative body for football in Europe will today (February 28) scrap both scheduled legs which were due to take place on March 10th and 17th.That comes after RB Leipzig had announced: "RB is currently in intensive talks with Uefa about how to proceed in the round of 16 games in the Europa League against Spartak Moscow."They added that they were assuming that the association would make a decision in the near future, with club official Oliver Mintzlaff saying that he believed the games would be scrapped.Mintzlaff said: "We continue to be in close contact with the associations and have complete confidence in Uefa and their decision.