Claire Sweeney described as 'beautiful' as she poses for sun-soaked snaps on boat

Manori Ravindran International Editor Landing James Bond may be the biggest acting gig in Hollywood, but 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson say they still have to pitch prospective actors on the part. When Variety catches up with Britain’s most famous producers in late August, they’re busy preparing for the 60th anniversary of Bond in October. But the search for a new actor to play the world’s most famous spy is quietly rumbling on in the background. It’s still “early days,” they claim, but whomever lands the role has to be in it for the long haul. For a while, that person seemed to be Idris Elba. But the “Luther” star recently said he didn’t see Bond when he “looks in the mirror” — remarks that some have interpreted as Elba’s valediction to 007.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Music Box Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Full Time,” Eric Gravel’s visceral social thriller which is one of the five finalists for France’s official submission to the 95th Academy Awards. Represented in international markets by Be For Films, “Full Time” world premiered at last year’s Venice festival in the Horizons sections and won a pair of awards for Laure Calamy (“Call My Agent!”) and Gravel. The critically acclaimed film went on to made its U.S. debut at New Directors/New Films. Music Box Films will release “Full Time” in cinemas and on home entertainment platforms in 2023.

Naman Ramachandran Joachim Back’s “Corner Office,” featuring “Mad Men” star John Hamm, will open the 30th edition of London’s Raindance Film Festival (Oct. 26-Nov. 5). Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg’s “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” will close the festival. To mark its 30th anniversary, Raindance will screen iconic independent films that had their U.K. premieres at the festival, including “Pulp Fiction,” “Memento,” “The Blair Witch Project” and “Oldboy.” Special screenings of new films include the world premiere of Stephen Moyer’s “A Bit of Light” (U.K.), starring Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone; director Moshe Rosenthal will take part in a Raindance masterclass and present the U.K. premiere of “Karaoke” (Israel); and the world premiere of Dilshad Husain’s British Asian feature “Banglatown.”

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen will return to the French capital for his 50th movie which he’s described as a “poisonous romantic thriller” with a pair of French stars, Valerie Lemercier (“Aline”) and Niels Schneider (“Love Affair(s))”. The untitled film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps, will start filming next month and will be entirely in French with a budget in the $10-million range. Allen has described the film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.”  Allen sparked headlines earlier this week after Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia ran a story reporting that the New York-based filmmaker had told them he was planning on retiring. Allen’s representative then issued a statement saying that the director had “no intention of retiring.”

Lise Pedersen Leading Dutch animation studio Submarine (“They Shot the Piano Player,” “Fox and Hare,” “Where is Anne Frank”) has presented its latest TV series project based on the bestselling Max children’s books at Europe’s industry event for TV series-in-the-making in the south-eastern French city of Toulouse. A pre-school series of 52 seven-minute episodes, “Max” is a character-driven show about a small kitten with a large appetite for adventure, who sees himself as a fearless predator but is just a little ball of fluff. The series will embrace the simple, clear and colourful 2D aesthetic of award-winning British author and illustrator Ed Vere to allow the viewer to focus on the characters. 

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Amanda Owen, 48, ignited speculation of a new romance on Ravenseat Farm earlier this week after she shared a new series of pictures on social media.The Yorkshire Shepherdess had taken to Instagram on Monday to update her fans on her “quality time” with family.In view of her 526,000 followers, Amanda posted pictures of some of her nine children posing next to a gigantic “mutant" marrow.Amanda captioned the post: “Quality time with our marra ! Waaahay !“The excitement of @HarrogateFlower show & thus the annual visit of Herbie & Sidney from Northern Ireland & the gifting of a mutant marrow.” (Sic)Amanda also added the hashtags: “#yorkshire #harrogate #flowershow #vegetable #competition #giantvegetable”However, one of the snaps appeared to draw the attention of eagle-eyed fans who noticed Amanda’s 18-year-old, Reuben, had carved a heart out of the marrow.The photo prompted questions from curious fans who wondered whether he was dating a mystery girl, who was seen posing alongside him in one of the other pictures.Dianerooke asked: “Fabulous pictures and is Reuben courting? Lovely couple.”Pollys_crochet commented: “Aww how lovely Reuben, lucky girl.”Thinkpinkmrst70 enquired: “Has Reuben got a lady friend? X”Katrinakarolchyk pointed out: “Lovely photos, Reuben looks smitten xx.”The update comes after Amanda’s children were praised for their continued work helping their mum at the farm.Fans were left stunned earlier this month as Amanda revealed how her children were quick to step in after one of their sheep got stuck in a fence.She took to Twitter to show her more than 200,000 followers how the kids had helped one of the sheep who had suffered the incident.Amanda, who shares her kids with estranged husband Clive Owen, wrote:

Prince Harry made a "hand flick" gesture during a tense moment with Prince William at the Queen's funeral, a body language expert has claimed. Despite a rumoured long-running feud between the royal brothers, William, 40, and Harry, 38, have reunited over the last two weeks as the nation joined them in mourning their late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has submitted a “partial” report on its investigation into the sexual abuse claims made against Marilyn Manson to the LA District Attorney’s Office. However, prosecutors say they need more before they can consider possible criminal charges.“On 19 Sep 2022, investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provided partial case material to LADA pertaining to the sexual assault allegations against Brian Warner, also known as Marilyn Manson”, says the DA’s Office in a statement.

skipped the lying-in-state queue at Westminster.But This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby clearly has her hands full this week as she had to break up a heated clash between her ITV co-stars on Wednesday morning (September 21).Holly issued a warning to her fellow presenters Matthew Wright and Vanessa Feltz during a segment about the royal family's coronation.READ MORE:Holly Willoughby 'shaken and upset' after 'queue skip' backlash, says expertIt follows reports that King Charles has been planning a coronation ceremony that will be less costly than his mother's due to the cost of living crisis, and that he is set to unveil a "slimmed down" monarchy which could mean fewer working royals. Matthew launched into a passionate rant where he raised concerns about how much the royal family cost the general public in a time where working families are struggling to make ends meet.He said: "The Queen's coronation in 1953 cost tax payers £1.7 million pounds which sounds like a reasonable sum of money, but when you look at what that costs in today's money, it's sort of above £45 million.

Piers Morgan's TalkTV show has been slapped with over 100 Ofcom complaints after the host ate a Big Mac on air during a heated vegan row.Ofcom, the UK's broadcast media regulator, received 123 complaints in total from fuming viewers following the televised animal row on (September 7).The former GMB presenter, 57, had been embroiled in a furious row with an animal rights activist on his News UK talk show, Uncensored.READ MORE: Piers Morgan faces backlash after 'unbelievable' swipe at Meghan MarklePiers devoured the classic McDonald's burger at the end of his argument with Orla Coghlan, from Animal Rebellion, where the pair clashed over what Piers deemed was vegan "hypocrisy".A delivery man brought on a hamburger and fries, and the campaigner was forced to look on as Piers tucked into the popular fast-food meal in the studio.Piers grilled Orla on what he saw as "rank hypocrisy" from vegans when it came to the environmental impact of eating meat as opposed to consuming exotic vegetables.The host shared a photo of a bee on the screen and asked Orla: "Is one of these things an animal?" before digging: "If a bee is an animal, why are you slaughtering them?"He proceeded to argue: "I meet so many vegans who devour avocados and almonds and don't seem to realize that it involves the slaughter of billions of bees."Morgan was referring to the likes of avocado farming, which uses pesticides that are deadly to bees, and tropical fruits which often have to be flown or shipped to the UK and results in greater CO2 production.Orla argued that "both avocados and almonds are less damaging to the planet" than meat before Piers hit back: "What about how they get flown here from California?"Then Piers delivered a burger-shaped curve ball when

This Morning host Holly Willoughby has been left devastated having received a furious backlash from the public due to the "queue jumping chaos." It appeared that Phillip and Holly "jumped the queue" to see The Queen lying in state on Friday however ITV have said the duo were there in a "professional capacity"As reported by The Daily Mail, Holly was left in "floods of tears" and she and her co-host Phil begged producers to defend them. READ MORE: Piers Morgan slams 'ridiculous' petition to axe Holly and Phil as 25k sign over queue row The pair were said to be left fuming that ITV didn't take action for several days before releasing a statement to defend them both.On Tuesday's episode of This Morning Holly addressed the chaos and said that they would "never skip a queue."It comes after ITV told The Sun that Holly will not be quitting the morning show.They said that the star had been left "devastated" by the negative reaction but will not be resigning.The statement said: "Holly will not quit."She has been devastated by all the negative reaction after she turned up to work at Westminster Hall with Phil on Friday, but she's not going to resign."This Morning has been her life for more than a decade and the only way she'd consider quitting at this stage is if viewers really didn't want her there."They also explained that Holly is still very popular with viewers and she will stay on the show "for a good while yet."Holly addresses the "queue jumping" rumours on yesterday's episode of This Morning.During a montage of the past 11 days Holly said: "Like hundreds of accredited broadcasters and journalists we were given official permission to access the hall."It was strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event for millions of

motorist who reached out of his car window for a beer from a passing vehicle has been banned from driving.Engineer Paul Holmes found himself driving alongside a stag do minibus at 70mph and was seen grabbing a can of beer from a passenger on the M6 outside Birmingham, West Mids.The 24-year-old decided to have "a bit of a laugh with them" but unbeknown to him, his actions were caught on the dashcam of another vehicle, StokeonTrentLive reports.READ MORE: Liverpool mum-of-four filmed 'on her knees' in viral clip admits public sex actHolmes' defence told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court that he got caught up with the banter as he and a pal were gearing up for a night out. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that he was travelling very closely behind another vehicle and the motorway was busy at the time, and that the stunt could have had "catastrophic" consequences.The engineer's lawyer said he had been caught up in a "very exciting day".

Princess Anne enjoys a quiet life out of the spotlight and it has now emerged she often favours train rides rather than being driven around.Celebrity interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has opened up about his encounters with members of The Royal Family who live in close proximity to his home in Gloucester.Anne, 72, has recently been praised by Brits for her strength over the past 11 days since the death of her late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.READ NEXT:Prince Philip scolded Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen in brutal no-nonsense swipeThe Princess Royal accompanied the late Sovereign on her final journey from Balmoral to Buckingham Palace before her coffin was taken to Windsor Castle.Praising Anne, Laurence exclusively aid: "She lives quite near us and I occasionally share a train with her."I find her very switched on and so personable, she always remembers everybody and everything about everybody."This however isn't Laurence's only encounter with members of The Royal Family as he previously revealed that he was scolded by Prince Philip.He had designed part of the flooring at Buckingham Palace but it appears the Duke who died in April 2021, aged 99, was not impressed.Laurence said: "There was a bit in the corner, it was right at the beginning of my career."It was obviously something I was extremely proud of and I remember my family was very proud."I remember many years later, standing in that position with the Duke of Edinburgh because we were part of the Cutty Sark Trust, he was the main man and I was the celebrity patron."He continued: "Just trying to find something to say, we were waiting for people to arrive and I said 'you know sir, I designed the floor that used to be here.'"He had his hands behind his back, he rocks

Illicit Encounters. READ MORE: Cheeky Brits working from home are masturbating on the clock Fitness instructor Zoe explained: “I can picture every man I have ever made love to in my head. There are more than a hundred.“And I always fantasise about sex with one of my exes when I am making love.

Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan has opened up about a body hang-up of hers on Instagram.The MTV star took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (September 21) to update her fans.She spoke to the camera and said: "I wish I could be one of those girls that could just flick their hair back and do the mousse thing, but I'm sorry, I've got odd ears.READ MORE : Charlotte Crosby says she will give birth to first child on camera for new TV show"This one is sticking out. As you can see, my ears are completely odd. I can't do the clean girl thing.

Emmerdale characters have so little to do with each other that years could go by without them bumping into each other at work. The actress has played Rhona Goskirk in the ITV soap since 2001, and Jeff has been starring as Cain Dingle for even longer.Their Dales alter-egos don't usually share many scenes. READ MORE: Emmerdale Jeff Hordley and Zoe Henry's real-life romance - sweet proposal to work rule But they had the chance to shoot together when Rhona tied the knot with Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock).

bodybuilder has left fans jaw-dropped when she got dolled up in a dress.Theresa Ivancik, who won three times at International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB), shares her weight training process and her journey in bodybuilding competitions on social media.Earlier this month, she surprised her fans with two incredible gowns as she glammed up for her birthday celebrations.READ MORE: Fit model explains why athletes are so tanned in bodybuilding competitionsPosted on August 31, the Women's physique star flaunts her muscles and ripped body in a black cut-out crop top and a biker short.As she puts a stiletto on the floor, the clip cuts to show Theresa in a dusty rose ankle-length dress with the pair of heels on."Getting ready for my birthday weekend be like..." she captioned.In another video, she oozes confidence when she takes off a bath towel and changes into an elegant black long dress.Fans couldn't get enough of her stunning look, with one saying: "You'd rock the She Hulk filter - real muscles, just the green skin!""You look amazing, whoever your date is, is a lucky person," a second praised.A third penned: "Damm! All your hard work, looks fantastic and gorgeous!"Theresa has been trainnig to compete in Ms Olympia and she revealed that the current training gets her to a bodyweight of 13.5 stone.She added: "This is the biggest yet most structured I have ever been for any off-season in my entire bodybuilding career!"Sometimes you have to get comfortable being uncomfortable to make a huge difference come show time! "We are athletes so we do this for a specific reason...

CLAIRE Sweeney appeared to strip naked for a sun-soaked boat day in Majorca. The former Brookside actress, 51, posed for a selfie on a lavish yacht. She captured herself after a quick dip in the sea, with slicked back wet hair.