Coronavirus is 'excuse by Italians to have a siesta' says TV star Dr Christian Jessen

Manchester United icon is set to return to the fray in his native Uruguay in sensational fashion.The striker has enjoyed a fantastic career, including a stint at Old Trafford where he became a cult hero during his two years at the club.While he only scored 10 Premier League goals from 2002 to 2004, Forlan would enjoy La Liga much more where he became a huge star.Four years each at Villarreal and Atletico Madrid saw him become one of the top finishers in the game.He retired in 2019 - a year after leaving his last club Hong Kong side Kitchee - where he scored five times in eight games.But the United icon’s love for the game has clearly not died down and he looks set to return imminently.The veteran will join the Old Boys & Old Girls Club for over 40s in the La Liga Universitaria de Deportes de Uruguay (Uruguayan Universities League).The announcement was made on social media with Forlan saying: "The idea is to have fun and share with friends.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMia Wasikowska will take on the lead role in “Little Joe” director Jessica Hausner’s cult thriller “Club Zero,” Variety can reveal.The Australian actor will portray an unusual schoolteacher in Hausner’s second English-language film, which begins shooting in the U.K. and Austria in July.Wasikowska was most recently seen in Mia Hansen-Løve’s Cannes-premiering film “Bergman Island.”In “Club Zero,” Wasikowska’s teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students — a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.Discussing the film at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event last year, Hausner described the film as “a lot about eating,” relating to eating disorders and “eating behaviors.” This will be Hausner’s sixth feature.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Roberta Torre, known for campy Mafia musical “Tano to Die For” and other anarchic pics, is making “Le Favolose,” about a group of transgender women who reunite after 20 years to commemorate a dead friend and do right by her after her identity has been violated.“Le Favolose,” which translates as “The Fabulous Ones,” is being produced by Donatella Palermo, who is at the Berlinale with auteur Paolo Taviani’s competition entry “Leonora Addio.”Palermo, who has a longstanding rapport with Torre, is the Italian producer behind two Berlin Golden Bear winners: the Taviani brothers’ “Caesar Must Die” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea.” “When a person decides to face the [gender] transition from man to woman it can be a very painful process in several different ways: social, physical, etc.,” said Palermo, who notes that “when a trans dies, most of the time their body is returned to their families.” Torre’s new pic is based on a real-life story of Antonia, one of the “Fabulous Ones,” who is buried by her family dressed as a man under her original name, Giampaolo, amid the indifference of most.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorArna Media, the Russian distribution company run by Nadezda Motina, has secured the rights to “Brother and Sister,” “The Tank,” “Little Allan – The Human Antenna” and “The Colors of Fire” for its theatrical pipeline. Arnaud Desplechin’s family-drama “Brother and Sister” stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. Cotillard and Poupaud play the titular siblings who, following the death of their parents, reunite after decades of silence.

Jamie Lang After a banner 2021 for high-end genre films, industry vets are hopeful that the fantastic can resurrect the corpse of pre-COVID theatrical distribution.As bolts of lightning reanimated the body of Frankenstein’s monster, Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” which turned heads when it took the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner “Nanny,” a supernatural tale from director Nikyatu Jusu, have revitalized the festival scene.While “Nanny” may have been the jewel in the genre crown at Sundance, the influence that genre cinema held over 2022’s first major festival was wide-ranging and undeniable. Chloe Okuno’s psychological thriller “Watcher” impressed — segueing into several sales deals — as did Hanna Bergholm’s psycho-horror feature “Hatching,” sold by Wild Bunch and Charades-sold Spanish standout “Piggy,” the follow-up to Carlota Pereda’s 2019 Spanish Academy Award-winner “Cerdita.” Among genre titles at Berlin this year are Dario Argento’s serial killer thriller “Dark Glasses” in the Berlinale Special section, while Bertrand Bonello’s subconscious voyage “Coma” and Peter Strickland’s gory “Flux Gourmet” (pictured above) feature in Encounters.

Amidst family drama piled miles high, Travis Scott looks as chilled out as ever; but then again, maybe it’s just new dad exhaustion! In the first photos of the rapper since the birth of his second child with wife Kylie Jenner, the rapper wore a comfortable outfit and statement hoodie as he arrived at the Fanatic Super Bowl party on Feb. 12. Travis and Kylie welcomed a son, Wolf Webster, on Feb. 2nd.

"I’ve played with Katie Zelem since I was 12 years old. I’m not going to sit here and say I don’t want her to do well. She’s one of my best friends and always will be," Keira Walsh explains.

Luke Shaw has told Jadon Sancho to keep his head high after emerging as a shining light during Manchester United's difficult run of form.

The Met Office is warning of snow and torrential rain set to hit Britain in the coming days. According to the UK's national weather service, an active jet stream is to bring a change to the weather with a series of low-pressure systems across the country.The first of these low-pressure systems will cross to northern regions including Scotland bringing extraordinarily wet and windy weather hitting winds of up 77km/h.

The husband of “Tiger King” star Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, spoke candidly about how they cope with their marriage while the embattled former zookeeper is behind bars. Joe is currently serving time for orchestrating a failed murder-for-hire plot on his rival, Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin.

Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara revealed she was sad when she found out Kevin Clifton and AJ Pritchard were both leaving the show.

Tiger King star Dillon Passage has revealed he gets sent regular nudes following the show's release on Netflix and feels sorry for Carole Baskin.The hunk, who is married to big cat owner Joe Exotic, has opened up about his new-found fame following the show, which has gone viral with its many memes.Speaking on FUBAR Radio’s Access All Areas to hosts Love Island's Joanna Chimonides and Stephen Leng he went into detail about what fans have been sending him.He told the radio station: "I’ve definitely received quite a few nudes from people and it’s just like, 'keep that to yourself'."I already know what a wiener looks like, I don’t need to see yours too!"

TV doctor Christian Jessen branded fellow doctor Joseph Mercola a "f***ing crook" in a nasty spat about coronavirus.

Dr. Christian Jessen has publicly labelled a colleague a "f**king crook" in an expletive-laden rant on Twitter.

TV doctor Christian Jessen has publicly lashed out at a colleague calling him a "f***ing crook". Christian exploded with rage at self-confessed "health activist" Dr Joseph Mercola after he recommended a DIY ventilator to treat coronavirus.

TV personality Dr Christian Jessen raised eyebrows on Monday night when he shared a rather bizarre message to Boris Johnson, after the Prime Minister was taken to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

Embarrassing Bodies star Dr Christian Jessen has said that Italy’s coronavirus lockdown is “an excuse” to “stop work” and “have a long siesta” in a series of controversial remarks.

Christian Jessen, 43, has made a brown-raising comment about Italy’s on-going crisis as the country implements safety measures to further prevent the spread of coronavirus.The TV doctor appeared on FUBAR Radio’s Access All Areas on Thursday morning where he discussed the current pandemic with host Stephen Leng.But amid the facts and figures, he made a slightly ill-advised joke.“This might be a little bit racist to say this, but you’ll have to make apologies, but do you not think it’s a bit of an excuse?” he asked Stephen.“The Italians, any old excuse to, you know, shut down everything and stop work for a bit and have a long siesta!"Express.co.uk approached Dr Christian's reps for comment.Italy is currently on lockdown following the

Embarrassing Bodies star Dr Christian Jessen has branded Italy’s coronavirus lockdown and ‘excuse to have a long siesta’.

Dr Christian Jessen , star of Embarrassing Bodies, has made a controversial comment about Italians and the coronavirus.

Star of Embarrassing Bodies Dr. Christian Jessen has made some controversial remarks about the coronavirus pandemic, saying the virus is "an excuse by Italians to have a siesta".