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An American woman has sparked outrage from Gordon Ramsay after she shared a video on how to make 'traditional' British fish and chips - using a microwave.

A Larkhall pizza shop is celebrating its second anniversary with a special offer of pizzas for just £2 to mark the big day.

Steph Oshiri is famed for her stunning curves.

A new development has emerged in relation to the disappearance of TV personality Dr Michael Mosley.

Taylor Swift superfans from Scotland and all over were up early on Friday with queues forming outside Murrayfield 'from 5am'.

Jeremy Vine is among the several concerned about an update regarding Michael Mosley, as the health guru and familiar face of The One Show and This Morning mysteriously disappeared during a holiday on the Greek island of Symi.

Dr Michael Mosley has been missing for two days on the Greek island of Symi, sparking a large-scale search operation involving both tourists and locals. The police have initiated an urgent investigation, exploring several theories.

A cleanup of eyesore boats rotting in the River Leven is set to begin.

With just one day to go, Taylor Swift is gearing up to launch the UK leg of her sold-out Eras Tour. She will be starting with a bang in Scotland this weekend for a trio of shows in Edinburgh.

Marta Balaga In 1980s Poland, Tadeusz Baranowski’s comic books stood out by a mile, full of color, absurd humor, and odd characters. Now, director Wojtek Wawszczyk is referencing them in his hybrid CG/live-action animated feature Diplodocus, which screens in this year’s Annecy Presents sidebar at the iconic French festival. “That’s how I started to draw – I was copying these comics! I discovered them as a 6-year-old.

Jamie Lang Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group has closed a first round of distribution deals for the animated kids and family feature “Buffalo Kids,” screening in this year’s Annecy Presents section at the prestigious French festival. Adapted from the short film “Cuerdas” (“Strings”), “Buffalo Kids” is a frontier tale about two recently orphaned Irish siblings. The duo emigrate to America, landing in the urban wilderness of New York City, where their uncle Niall was meant to pick them up.

Alex Ritman In June 2022, Jason Herbison was on set shooting what was to be the 8,903rd — and final — episode of “Neighbours,” an experience he admits was “very, very emotional.” The cult Australian soap opera — a show he first starting writing for after leaving high school in 1990 and came to oversee as its top exec producer — was coming to a tearful end. Two years on, almost to the day, and Herbison is now on a short trip to L.A.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent In the run up to Annecy Animation Film Festival, French studio Gaumont has appointed Sébastien Rossi as creative director for its Kids & Family division, and unveiled a flurry of new shows. Rossi, who was previously head of CG at the company, will take part in the development and production of internationally-driven series and movies from France and Europe under his new role.

Naman Ramachandran Sequels such as “Sunflower 2,” “Duranga 2,” “The Broken News 2,” “Gadar 2,” “Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout,” “Abar Proloy,” “Khichdi 2,” “Taj 2,” and “Kashmir Files Unreported” have dominated South Asian-focused streamer ZEE5 Global. And with good reason. Among other insights, the platform says that shows and films with sequels have proven to be a strategic asset, contributing to 23% of total subscriptions for the financial year 2023-24.

Holly Jones China’s unwitting creative phenom Yang Zhigang, known as Busifan, presents an imaginative, heartwarming and gleefully chaotic animated journey in his latest feature, “The Storm,” selected to screen in main competition at this year’s Annecy Festival. The auteur previously worked in telecommunications and never formally studied filmmaking, yet emerged as a self-taught cult figure on China’s animation circuit via its Flash scene in 2004 with “The Black Bird,” a seven-act episodic that craftily followed a wary warrior and his avian aide.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Madrid-based Begin Again Films has nabbed Santiago Maza’s Mexican documentary “State of Silence,” produced by Diego Luna and La Corriente del Golfo, the shingle he runs with Gael García Bernal. The sales agency and distributor, which acquired international rights with the exception of North America and Latin America, has also unveiled the film’s first trailer.

Ellise Shafer Lana Del Rey has weighed in on what makes her friend and collaborator Taylor Swift so successful. When asked by the BBC why the “Fortnight” singer is so popular, Del Rey said the answer is simple: “She wants it.” “She’s told me so many times that she wants it more than anyone,” Del Rey said. “And how amazing — she’s getting exactly what she wants.” Added Del Rey of Swift, “She’s driven, and I think it’s really paid off.” The two duetted on the track “Snow on the Beach” from Swift’s 2022 album “Midnights.” In May 2023, Swift released a “Til Dawn” deluxe edition of the album, with a version of “Snow on the Beach” featuring “More Lana Del Rey.” Both singers share a longtime producer in Jack Antonoff, who Del Rey has worked with on her last three albums and has been a mainstay of Swift’s music since 2014’s “1989.” Swift continues her mega successful Eras Tour this weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland, marking the first U.K.

Naman Ramachandran Producer and actor Sadie Frost has joined Contro Vento Film’s psychological drama “To Love a Narcissist” as an executive producer. The film is directed by and stars Raffaello Degruttola (“Ted Lasso”). Producer Sadie Kaye and executive producers Bill Bossert and Lyndsey Marshal round out the production team as the film gears up for the international festival circuit.

Plain White T’s have reacted to Snowd4y’s Drake-featuring parody of ‘Hey There Delilah’ – see what the band had to say below.Earlier this week, Toronto rapper Snowd4y (pronounced Snowday) shared a remix/cover of Plain White Ts’ ‘Hey There Delilah’ featuring a verse from Drake. The track – out now exclusively via Soundcloud – sees the two rappers alter the original Plain White T’s song to bizarre effect featuring parody-esque lyrics and a wealth of autotune.Now, the Plain White T’s have shared on social media their reaction to listening to the song for first time. With a puzzled expression frontman Tom Higgenson said upon hearing Drake’s verse: “That’s not Drake.

Lorde has praised Charli XCX‘s new album ‘Brat’ amid rumours that one of the featured songs is about her.Charli released her sixth studio effort today (June 7), following on from 2022’s ‘Crash’. In a four-star review, NME said that the singer “fully commits to the dancefloor” with the project.“These heady songs also see XCX at her most raw, smuggling the reflections that spill out in the early hours of the morning through the guise of club bangers,” it added.Taking to Instagram Stories, Lorde expressed her admiration for the record and Charli as an artist.“The only album I’ve ever presaved is out today.