Casting begins for lead role in Cosey Fanni Tutti biopic

Komplizen Film, the German indie run by Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade and Jonas Dornbach, has joined The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies that has a three-year partnership for developing and funding series with Fremantle.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Horowitz believes his upcoming Magpie Murders adaptation is “the first time I’ve really got it right,” and has stated he will no longer write on classic TV murder mysteries.

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has claimed that she was "fat-shamed" when she appeared on popular dance show, Strictly Come Dancing in 2009. In a new interview, the actress, 38, who plays Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap, recalled that she was told to pick up her partner Vincent Simone, before branding it "out of order".The star made the comments while speaking to Rylan Clark-Neal on his podcast, Ry-Union.Natalie joined the seventh series of Strictly in 2009 and was partnered with Italian pro Vincent.Reflecting on her time on the show, Natalie claims that during one rehearsal, she was asked to lift her partner, a move which is traditionally performed by the man in a ballroom dance pairing, branding it "out of order".At the time, Natalie said: "I was about four stone bigger than I am now."Vincenzo was quite little."And I remember one week, it was like, 'Oh we're going to do this dance, but you're going to pick up Vincent'," she added.Natalie went on to claim that it would be classed as "unacceptable today".She said: "And I think about it now and I think, 'Oh, that was out of order.

Phillip Schofield has returned to This Morning after testing positive for coronavirus. The 59-year-old presenter had been forced to skip hosting This Morning and Dancing on Ice and admitted he was "bored out of his brain" while locked away in his home after testing positive for Covid seven days in a row.

expat had been baffled by British supermarkets with clock towers and was confused at the existence of grit boxes - which left Brits to mock the American.But, this time, the American might as well be mocking the Brits by advising how to make the iconic hot beverage in a very odd way.Most of us know that to make a tea you should add the tea bag, then the boiling water and then add milk and a bit of sugar for an extra kick.However, the American has thrown the well known method out of the window to concoct their own unusual tea recipe.The hot beverage demonstration has now racked up a whopping 1.3 million views on TikTok with their ‘traumatising’ tea making routine.In the video, the American first pours some full fat cows milk into a see-through kettle.Controversially, they then add a heap of sugar into the kettle with a tablespoon.Next, they add not one but two tea bags into the mix.Instead of getting the water from the tap, the American added a dash of bottled water and then proceeded to boil the mixture until it was “creamy.”The American then poured the ‘tea’ into a latte glass and added another tablespoon of sugar.And of course, Brits had many things to say about the unique way to make tea - most of them were not good.One person commented: “My therapist gonna need a therapist after this one.”Another user added: “You realise this is a war crime right?”Whilst a third person slammed: “This is a declaration of WAR!”Someone else remarked: “The worst thing I've seen in my whole life.”Meanwhile, a fifth person declared: “This is really insulting to British TEA!!” Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Colgate Total reporting a soaring number of Brits suffering the painful affliction and other dental issues. And it’s no wonder – research has found we’ve let dental standards slip during the pandemic with one in five only brushing once a day and a quarter never flossing.These days we can just ring up the dentist when hit by an ache.

WWII hero when they were on a reservation project of an abandoned house.Kevin and Laine Berry are experts in restoring historic houses in the US and they have come across a vacant house in Arkansas and stumbled upon a trinket box and a scrapbook.Sharing on TikTok (@ourrestorationnation), Laine opens the leather-covered scrapbook and finds newspaper clippings and pictures detailing the relationship of a woman called Majorie Mae Ingram and a pilot, Clifford Fluitt, during the 1940s."Here we have their wedding announcement, you will notice the date on the invitation is left blank as no one was quite sure when he will come home to marry his best girl," she explains."It was later determined that they will get married on September 1."Another news clipping reveals that Clifford had been assigned as an Avenger torpedo-bomber pilot and deployed to Japan for a dangerous bombing raid mission.Laine learns the couple's love story through the telegrams and pictures of Clifford but the pilot tragically died in the battle just two weeks before their wedding."And then we found this box, there's a set of his dog tags, the wing brooch that we've seen in Majorie Mae's photo, a second lieutenant bar and most surprising of all, Majorie Mae's engagement ring that she kept for 70+ years," she continues."She waited seven years before marrying Elza Bond and they were married for 62 years."For more stories from the Daily Star, sign up to one of our newsletters here.Viewers were touched by the love story and found it sad that such a treasured memory was left in a pile of rubbish.One wrote: "This was probably her most important possessions!""Clifford almost made it, the war ended one month later.

IDRIS Elba suffered an awkward wardrobe blunder on stage at the Brit Awards 2022 last night as his jeans ripped open. The actor - who was presenting the Mastercard Album of the Year gong - kept his cool as his flies bust open as he walked onto the 02 Arena stage.

RICHARD Madeley poked fun at wife Judy Finnigan's epic wardrobe malfunction 21 years ago after watching singer Anne-Marie's horror fall at the Brit Awards last night. The evening included performances by Adele, KSI, and Anne Marie, who stumbled during her performance of Kiss My (Uh-Oh) in front of a 20,000-strong crowd.

Lily Allen has opened up about pleasuring herself – telling fans she didn't masturbate until she was in her late 20s. The No Shame songstress admits that it wasn't until she introduced sex toys into the mix that she started to enjoy it.Lily, 35, said: "I didn't masturbate until my late 20s."I found it actually quite difficult to get my place to a place of pleasure until I found toys."She added that her first sex toy was from Womanizer, which is why she has launched her own sex toy range with them.Priced at £89, Lily previously promised her pocket-size "Liberty" toy will change fans' lives when it comes to the art of self-pleasure.Speaking in an advert for the toy, the mum-of-two said: "So I've got a little secret...

A professional cage fighter stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in a row over her sex life after being released from prison on licence, a court heard.

A new superhero series is coming down the pike.Wonder Girl, who is connected to DC Comics icon Wonder Woman, is currently in the pipeline at The CW according to Deadline.The heroine's alter ego will be Yara Flor whom DC Comicsdescribes as 'a Latina Dreamer whose parents were an Amazon Warrior and a Brazilian River God.' Incoming: A Wonder Girl show is coming down the pike at The CW with Yara Flor as the superhero's alter ego; Yara is pictured in concept art by her creator Joelle JonesApparently the show will follow her figuring out that she has superpowers and then using them to save the world.Wonder Girl was introduced to the comics in the 1960s with the alter ego Donna Troy, and in the 1990s she got a new one called Cassie Sandsmark.

Riot Games have stated that Seraphine, the latest League Of Legends champion, is not based on a woman named Stephanie, who recently argued that the character bears an uncanny similarity to her.Writing on Medium two days ago, Stephanie documented the myriad similarities between her and new champion Seraphine.

An army of helpers replying to children’s letters to Santa Claus will not be paid a real living wage.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Series Mania Rendez-vous launches with a case study, formats “Prince Charming” and “Meat the Family” score local adaptations; and Amazon renews India’s “Mirzapur.”Series Mania Rendez-vous, a new monthly online initiative featuring exclusive curated content in the run up to Series Mania 2021, will kick off with a case study on war thriller series “No Man’s Land.”Pitched at Series Mania Forum 2017 under the title “Fertile Crescent,” “No Man’s Land” received the €50,000 ($59,000) prize for best project as part of the co-pro pitching sessions and was selected in international competition at Series Mania 2020.‘From Pitch to Screen: No Man’s Land’ will be available online for the week starting Nov.

the music industry celebrated over 1,000 venues, festivals and theatres being awarded the first share of the £1.57billion Cultural Recovery Fund to survive until April and weather the storm of closures and complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic – before a second round of funding was announced rescued another wave of arts spaces and organisations, a third saw a number of large clubs receive upwards of £1million each and finally the likes of The Academy Group and London’s Social and Ronnie Scott’s were awarded large sums at the weekend.An impressive 89 per cent of England’s grassroots music venues who applied for the Arts Council grants were successful, meaning that hundreds will be receiving a share of over £41million and

Editor’s Note: This story first appeared on ARTNews.com.“I really identified with the art right away,” actor Cheech Marin told ARTnews for our “Top 200 Collectors at Home,” brought to you by GalleryPlatform.LA. Marin gave us a tour of his art-filled home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Bake Off fans were left stunned tonight after host Noel Fielding didn't appear to realise actor Patrick Swayze was dead. The host was talking to Dave during the jelly art task when the contestant revealed his dad's dog was called Swayze after the actor Patrick Swayze who died in 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Noel responded by saying: "Swayze if you're watching this - respect."Fans were baffled by his comments.One said: "erm Patrick Swayze won’t be watching."Another baffled fan wrote: "I’m never sure what celebrities are doing but I’m certain Patrick Swayze is not watching."A third added: "Swayze if your watching , respect.

Sudbury, Ont. is paying tribute to one of its own.

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W Magazine‘s last issue of 2020 promises to be a good one.