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Chelsea have seemingly ended their mammoth search for a new owner.Due to sanctions placed on current holder Roman Abramovich, as part of a nationwide crackdown on Russian oligarchs, the Blues have been unable to operate as normal. Fans buying match tickets, the renewal of player contracts and bizarrely even purchases in the club shop have all been prohibited - but Boehly's takeover brings renewed hope around Stamford Bridge.The consortium led by the LA Dodgers' co-owner, 48, has passed the Premier League's owners' and directors' test and Boehly is reportedly ready to equip Thomas Tuchel with a £200m transfer war chest.

Katie Price has pleaded guilty to a restraining order breach at Lewes Crown Court.Katie Price ducked her head to avoid the cameras as she arrived in court charged with one count of breaching a restraining order.The former glamour model, 44, arrived at Lewes Crown Court in Sussex this morning (May 25) to enter a plea, after she previously appeared at Crawley Magistrates Court in relation to the charge.SussexLive reports that Judge Stephen Mooney has addressed Katie and her counsel following the plea, telling her she is "at risk of going to prison".Katie could be seen outside ducking her head to avoid the cameras, as she donned a huge pair of reflective Aviator sunglasses and wore her blonde tresses loose around her shoulders, concealing as much of her appearance as possible.She opted for a large black coat worn over her clothes and was accompanied by fiancé Carl Woods as she arrived at court.Carl donned a bright purple and blue checked jacket and blue jeans as he clung to Katie's hand.Katie was surrounded by people as she was ushered towards the courthouse.Katie’s case was scheduled to last for most of the morning after beginning at 10.30am.The mum-of-five stood accused of breaching a restraining order against Michelle Penticost, the fiancée of her ex Kieran Hayler.She was initially arrested on January 21 over claims she sent an abusive text message to Michelle, calling her a “c***ing w***e piece of s**t” and a “gutter slag”.The star spent the night in a cell at Worthing Police Station after cops picked her up from her home in Horsham.Breaching the terms of the order carries with it a maximum prison sentence of five years - and Katie also risks jail time for being arrested while on licence for her drink-drive crash.A

the singer had to abruptly cancel the shows and gave ticket holders only 24 hours' notice.Despite Adele vowing to reschedule the dates for some time this year, she and her team are yet to provide an update to those who had tickets four months on which has left out-of-pocket fans furious. According to the Daily Mail, fans have been calling out the star in frustration for leaving them in the dark with some calling the long delay "diva-like" and "bogus".Weekends with Adele was meant to begin on January 21, however the singer took to Instagram in an emotional video to inform her followers it was no longer happening as planned.She said the 12-week residency had to be postponed with the coronavirus pandemic being a mitigating factor.Due to the last-minute cancellation, many people who had planned to attend were left out of pocket after spending thousands on tickets and plane fares.With no update four months on, people have gone in search of answers themselves with some wanting a refund.People have been directing their complaints to both Ticketmaster and Adele's official Twitter page.On Tuesday, one fan on Twitter wrote: "I've decided I'm requesting my refund from the Adele Vegas show.

TikTok to slam the idea that women with curvier bodies are unsuitably dressed because of the way their figures are shaped.Nina even claimed that she has been “reprimanded” twice because of how her body looks in office clothing.In a TikTok that has racked up a whopping 3.6 million views, the office worker replied back to a clip of a woman asking: “Tell me something a job has taught you that you will never forget.”Nina then shared her experience of being unfairly judged in the workplace.As she donned a black work dress that sat just above the knees and covered her modesty, she explained: “I learned that no matter how appropriately I’m dressed, my body is so distracting that I will never be dressed appropriately enough for the workplace so, sorry about that!”The curvy office worker alleged: “I was reprimanded twice at two different offices for dressing 'inappropriately'. It's just my shape.”Nina is not alone in her struggle either.

Impact Wrestling star Deonna Purrazzo has hit back at creepy “fat shaming” fans with a sizzling bikini pic.The 27-year-old former two-time Impact Knockouts champion, who recently held the Ring of Honor women's championship, was subjected to abuse when she posted a selfie on Twitter.The sultry image featured her posing while walking upstairs, wearing a revealing black outfit.This prompted one strange Twitter used to tweet: “Deonna is getting really fat.”But the former WWE NXT star hit back at the comment.She tweeted a picture of herself in a grey and bikini, on a beach and wrote:” Yeah...

Johnny Depp's defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.The 48-year-old, who dated Johnny in the 90s, is expected to appear in court via video link on Wednesday, May 25 to give evidence against Amber, 36.Kate is being called by Johnny's legal team after Amber name-dropped her during her testimony earlier this month.Kate famously prefers to keep her private life out of the spotlight, however, she is expected to shut down Amber's claim that Johnny, 58, once pushed the model down the stairs.Experts believe that Kate's testimony could have a "big effect" on the jury.Nicole Haff, an entertainment lawyer who works at Romano Law, believes Kate could bring Amber's testimony into question.She claimed it was a mistake on Amber's part to mention Kate, as this gave Johnny's team the opportunity to call her to the stand.Speaking to DailyMail.com, Nicole said: "When someone brings up something in their examination and [you feel] it's wrong, you can basically call another witness to impeach that testimony."Johnny and Amber tied the knot in 2015.They were married for just one year before Amber filed for divorce in 2016.The $100million (£80m) defamation trial, which is underway in Virginia, is trying to determine if a 2018 Washington post article written by Amber defamed Johnny.His lawyers say the article falsely implies he physically and sexually abused her while they were together.

Manchester United's brand has plummeted this season and is now incredibly worth less than Manchester City and Liverpool's. It is just the latest blow for the club, who have had a nightmare campaign both on and off the pitch as they just about held on to sixth place in the Premier League. Despite their lowest points total ever in the competition, the Red Devils will be playing in the Europa League but it has been a stark decline from their runners-up spot last year.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProlific Italian film and stage director Mario Martone, who is a Venice aficionado, is back in competition in Cannes 27 years after his Elena Ferrante adaptation “L’amore molesto” (“Troubling Love”) launched in competition from the Croisette in 1995. And there is a close connection between these two films that delve deep into the entrails of Martone’s native Naples.In his well-received “Nostalgia”, praised by Variety as Martone’s “most rewarding film in years,” ace actor Pierfrancesco Favino plays the middle-aged Felice Lasco, who returns to the bustling port city after having lived in Egypt for 40 years. Once back, he is caught up in memories of a distant life spent in his hometown, as his criminal youth slowly catches up with him.

Lise Pedersen The top IEFTA (Intl. Film Talent Assn.) award for docs-in-progress at the Cannes Film Market’s documentary-focused industry sidebar Cannes Docs has gone to “Twice Colonized” by Lin Alluna.The film was developed by the Circle Women Doc Accelerator, a training program for female-identifying documentary filmmakers.The win marks a hat-trick for Circle since they started their partnership with Cannes Docs in 2020: previous IEFTA Docs-in-Progress Award laureates at the industry event include “Beauty of the Beast” by Anna Nemes, produced by Circle 2018 alumna Ágnes Horváth-Szabó, and “Cent’anni” by Circle 2020 alumna Maja Prelog, produced by Rok Biček.“Twice Colonized” tells the story of renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter who has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people.

Wilson Chapman editorAmy Schumer, James Acaster, Jimmy O. Yang and many other comedians have joined the lineup of Just for Laughs Montreal’s 40th anniversary festival.

Christopher Vourlias Ukraine’s Film.UA has closed a raft of deals during the Cannes Market, as the production and distribution heavyweight has defiantly continued to do business on the Croisette despite the ongoing war back home.Headlining the company’s Cannes slate is “Mavka. The Forest Song,” an animated feature about a magical spirit who’s responsible for protecting the forest from the outside world but faces her greatest challenge when she falls in love with a human.Manymore Films will be releasing the film in theaters across Scandinavia and has also acquired the rights to other projects in the Film.UA catalog.

There are now 71 confirmed cases of monkeypox reported in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency said on Tuesday. Experts have advised parents not to worry about their children catching the disease as cases in youngsters are still rare.

Naman Ramachandran Deaf Crocodile Films and Gratitude Films have acquired Indian films “Lalanna’s Song” and “Dhuin” for North American distribution. The deals were completed during the Cannes Market.“Dhuin” is one of six Indian titles selected by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for a market screening.

Naman Ramachandran The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the jury of its feature film competition jury.Director and screenwriter Sebastian Meise will serve as jury president and fellow jurors include director, screenwriter and producer Lucile Hadžihalilović, writer-director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, actor Milan Marić and producer and senior consultant for international co-productions Katriel Schory.Meise debuted with “Still Life,” which premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and won several awards. His documentary film “Outing” was presented at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.

It comes after the release of Ricky’s new stand-up show on Netflix, named SuperNature.The star was quizzed during the interview about how he deals with telling jokes in which he often talks about how wealthy he is.Alex Jones said: “You talk about your wealth a lot.“That can be really uncomfortable sometimes but the audience absolutely laughs it up.“How do you manage to pitch that so well?”Ricky replied by saying that it was because the audience “knows what I am doing”.He said: “Because they know what I’m doing.“They know I’m taking the mickey out of it.“It’s the elephant in the room.

ruthlessly killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school on Tuesday.After learning of the horror on his home soil, McConaughey issued a call to action to combat gun violence.“As you all are aware there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas,” the actor wrote on social media. “Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us.”The Oscar winner called for Americans to take a “longer and deeper look in the mirror,” adding, “What is it that we truly value? How do we repair the problem? What small sacrifices can we individually take today, to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state, and neighborhood tomorrow?” McConaughey called for an end to making “excuses and accepting these tragic realities as the status quo.”Uvalde, Texas, USA.

Kang Daniel recently offered his insight on the creative process behind his recent release, ‘The Album’.In a recent interview with Rolling Stone India, the soloist talked about taking more creative liberties on his first-ever studio album ‘The Story’, which dropped earlier this week, instead of leaning toward mainstream trends with his work, following the release of his ‘Color’ trilogy in 2021 and 2020.“I think that every artist who is appealing to mass culture comes across that dilemma every once in a while,” the singer explained. “I think it’s that intricate balance between creativity or the mainstream or the message of whatever the fans want, and what to give more weight to in terms of priority.”The singer elaborated that, this time around, he followed his “gut feeling and just went with the flow” while working on the record.

Spotify for the first time in over two years, the streaming service has confirmed.In early 2020, Spotify announced that it was pausing all political ad sales in the US ahead of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, saying in a statement that the advertisements were too hard to “validate and review.”Now, as reported by Protocol, Spotify has said that ads of this nature are slowly set to return to the service.“Following our pause of political ads in early 2020, we have spent the past two years strengthening and enhancing our processes, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content,” Spotify said in a statement.“We are now beginning to sell select political advertisements in opted-in third-party podcasts via the Spotify Audience Network in the U.S.”According to Pitchfork, political ads will not play between songs for users on Spotify’s free tier, and that the service will only work with known candidates.“At this point in time, we do not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our process, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content,” Spotify said in a statement to Ad Age at the time of removing political ads at the start of 2020.

Katie Price has showed off the stack of large boxes she's received from a clothing company in preparation of her son Harvey's 20th birthday on Friday 27 May.The glamour model, 44, who recently managed to avoid jail time after being dealt with a fresh driving charge, took to her Instagram stories to post a snap of the packages from Uptheir clothing.The filtered photo showed a collection of five boxes, over which she wrote: "officialharveyprice is a lucky man @uptheirclothing @benpearson_uptheir has sent the new summer collection for Harveys birthday on Friday," with three red heart emojis. Sharing her disbelief that her son Harvey, who she shares with his estranged father Dwight Yorke, is turning 20, she added: "can you believe he will be 20 .

Ellie Warner's boyfriend Nat Eddleston has been photographed for the first time since his near-fatal accident in March. On 18 March, Nat was walking home in Leeds when he was struck by a vehicle, suffering a broken neck, back and two collapsed lungs – fighting for his life. Now, two months after the horrific accident, 32 year old Ellie's other half has been seen carrying shopping bags while wearing a headbrace.

Made in Chelsea star Victoria Baker-Harber has said that she will “continue to stand by” her fiancé and gallery owner Inigo Philbrick after he was sentenced to jail for fraud for seven years.The 33 year old appeared weeping in the US Southern District Court this week, according to reports, as she attended in support of her man and father of her baby daughter Gaia Grace as he was given the sentence for his crimes. Inigo, 34, conducted a multi-million pound scam through his Mayfair art gallery by conning investors out of $86 million after repeatedly selling valuable paintings to different buyers, which have been said to have included the Saudi Royal family.The British art gallery owner has been in MDC prison in Brooklyn, New York, for two years after he was arrested in 2020 on the Pacific island of Vanuatu, where he fled to avoid court hearings.