California Set to Approve $330 Million Extra for Hollywood, Including New Soundstage Incentive

For the love of football players! Kerry Washington, Gisele Bündchen and Ciara are just a few of the women who’ve been romanced by A-list NFL athletes over the years.

Never going to give up! Rick Astley gained popularity with his 1987 smash hit single: “Never Gonna Give You Up,” and he’s kept busy ever since.

Working hard! Monica Aldama exclusively invited Us Weekly to experience a day in her life as the coach of the cheerleading team at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.

Manchester United and, in particular, Tottenham were both keen on the 25-year-old.But Colombia international Diaz opted to make the move to Anfield in the January transfer window.The winger picked up an assist on his Reds debut in the FA Cup victory over Cardiff and impressed in the Premier League against Leicester.Spurs were gutted to miss out on Diaz, and United may end up feeling he is one that got away from them in the market too.Ultimately, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played a big role in luring the talented attacker to Merseyside.Discussing the Liverpool deal, Diaz’s father – Luis Manuel Diaz - told Portuguese newspaper A Bola: “The impact was big, many people have been talking about him and his qualities.“Several clubs tried to sign him, but he wanted Liverpool for what they play and for the manager.“He sees in Klopp the same commitment and demand he had at FC Porto with [Sergio] Conceição. How good a signing is Luis Diaz for Liverpool? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

Spice Girls but she admits it was hard to disguise it during her time on ITV's The Masked Singer.The Feels So Good songstress, 46, competed back in season two back in January 2021 alongside celebrities including Martine McCutcheon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and winner Joss Stone.She admits that she had initially thought about turning down the offer from producers but later fell in love with the idea of the programme.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Melanie joked that she put minders through their paces as she tried to crack several clues.Backstage, Melanie tried to crack the secrets as to who else was taking part, admitting she never stopped asking questions.The songstress laughed: "Even in the dressing rooms you are kept apart, covered up and walk around virtually blind with a helper…"I was trying to pick up any clues and asking a million questions but I didn't get any answers, they take the secrecy super seriously!"Reflecting on disguising her voice, she told me: "It was so hard, much much harder than I thought."They kept asking me to sing sweet and high and honestly that was so hard, I think I put the singing coach through a lot."While Melanie is no stranger to oversharing with Spice Girls news, she didn't tell her bandmates or any relatives about taking part in the show."I couldn't even tell my mum," she exclaimed.

date with a man and quickly spotted a huge red flag the moment after he picked her up by car.Tonni posted a video of what's inside the man's car and said: "It smells as worse as it looks."Sitting inside a black Vauxhall Corsa, she quickly finds herself surrounded by a pile of rubbish from the storage compartment by the door, under, at the front of and around the seat.The entire area is filled with used face masks, receipts, empty cigarette box, food scraps, spare change, straws and a pair of flip flops."Just met this guy for the first time, safe to say I won't be seeing him again," her over-lay text wrote.Many viewers expressed their shock and said they couldn't believe how the man's house would look like.One said: "Can't put in any effort to clean up for a good impression on first date? What's his house like?"Another penned: "I'd be ashamed if that was my car, mine is always spotless inside."A third spotted an extra phone in the video and was convinced that having more than one phone is a "red flag".Want to bring a little glamour to your life every day with all the most exciting real-life stories, fashion and even sex tips HOT off the press?Well, we've got you covered with our great new Hot Topics newsletter - it'll drop straight into your inbox around 7pm and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.And signing up now means you'll get a front row seat for our great new series inside the lives of the next generation of Daily Star Page 3 girls.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...But some saw the positive side of it, with a viewer saying: "He's keeping them all inside, better than throwing it out of the window.""At least he's being real and he's not putting up a front to impress a girl, respect to the guy," a second

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Manchester United were accused of being "tin-pot" after BT Sport host Jake Humphrey shared a photo of the less-than-appealing lunch he was served at Old Trafford.Humphrey was covering United's lunchtime kick-off against Southampton for BT Sport when he shared the image.The picture showed a cardboard tray with a bread roll, a portion of scrambled eggs and a similarly-sized helping of mashed potato.Humphrey tweeted the image with the caption: "Scrambled egg and mashed potato. Wow.

flight secrets. He told how his colleagues would use the word "Bob" to refer to good-looking travellers.

EastEnders star Patsy Palmer has showed off a stunning transformation as she embraces family life in America.The star moved to Los Angeles with her husband and children in 2014, and was recently spotted looking glamorous as she stepped out to lunch at Malibu Farm.Patsy looked completely different to her EastEnders on-screen counterpart Bianca Jackson, as she arrived for lunch wearing a boho inspired outfit.She looked every inch the Hollywood superstar as she wowed in a colourful kimono, denim shorts and t-shirt, completing the relaxed and glamorous look with sunglasses, beaded bracelets and a large straw bag.Patsy rose to fame as Bianca Jackson in EastEnders and appeared in the soap for over six years between 1993-1999.She later returned for another six years between 2018-2014, before moving to Los Angeles with her family.The actress has been married to her husband Richard Merkell since and they have three children together called Fenton, Emilia and Bertie.Patsy also has a son Charlie with her ex partner Alfie Rothwell.Although she returned to EastEnders for a cameo appearance in 2019, the star has since launched a wellness page on social media and has become a lifestyle guru.She regularly shares photographs of her glamorous life in Los Angeles, while posting inspiring messages on her Instagram page.One photograph showed Patsy in a stunning long white dress with a thigh-high split, with her hair flowing down her shoulders.The star looked radiant in the photograph as she held her arms open wide and captioned the post: "Looking at yourself when you are in a happy mindset is so much nicer than when we are feeling low and defeated or depleted.""If you can do a guided meditation based on positive self image or repeat positive

Paul Scholes says Manchester United star Jadon Sancho is starting to become the winger they signed from Borussia Dortmund.

Netflix is releasing a brand-new drama for February about the life of a German heiress who stole the hearts of many of New York’s socialites.

One day after Los Angeles and other California counties announced they would again require masks for everyone in in door public spaces, the count of new cases statewide jumped from 3,611 on Thursday to 4,651 on Friday. The last time the state saw that kind of one-day spike was on March 2, according to state tracking. The last time the number of new daily cases topped 4,600 was on February 22. And testing is much less widespread now, which creates a greater chance of undercount.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA California film producer was arrested on Thursday on charges that he used his production company, PaperChase Films, as a front for an international prostitution ring.Dillon Jordan, who produced “Skin” and “The Kindergarten Teacher,” was indicted last month on prostitution and money laundering charges. The indictment was unsealed on Thursday.The charges allege that Jordan ran the operation from 2010 at least through May 2017, arranging travel for women to meet clients for sex around the country.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA bill that for the first time establishes a goal to make Hollywood’s workforce more reflective of California’s diversity passed the state Assembly on Thursday and is expected to be signed by the governor.The bill also includes a dramatic expansion of the state’s film and TV tax credit, including a new program to encourage the construction of new soundstages.

The Golden State is about to hand out lots more gold to Hollywood, if a newly proposed legislative effort secures Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

Ed Buck (center), a one-time celebrated and sought-after donor to the Democratic candidates and elected officials in California, is schedule to go on trial this week. He faces nine felonies, including two counts of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death. One count for the 2017 death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore (left) and one for the death of 55-year-old Timothy Dean (right) in 2019. Photos: Facebook

The studios are continuing to line up against the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom, with the latest contribitions coming from the Motion Picture Association’s political action committee along with that of MPA’s chairman, Charles Rivkin.

“I can assure you they’re going to be higher.” That was California Governor Gavin Newsom’s response yesterday when asked about the updated numbers on the Delta variant due to be released today. He was right.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office told a judge on Wednesday that it is ready to bring Harvey Weinstein to trial within four months on charges of rape and sexual assault.Weinstein is still in prison in upstate New York, where he has been fighting his extradition since April. A judge in Buffalo, N.Y., gave approval on June 15 to move Weinstein to Los Angeles, with the transfer expected sometime in July.But Weinstein’s lawyers have continued to pursue their objections, this time in Los Angeles.

On July 2 of 2020, when the initial spring surge of Covid-19 was fading, health officers and local elected officials across Southern California ordered virtually every beach shut down from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. Cities around California cancelled fireworks displays. Governor Gavin Newsom closed bars and mandated masks in public spaces. What officials couldn’t stop, however, were household gatherings and travel over the Fourth of July weekend.