Fans left "emotional" as Everton stars enter pitch draped in Ukraine flags

David Benedict “We’ve discussed this. We’ve discussed this many times.” That wearied line, which appears in the final scene of David Hare’s new play “Straight Line Crazy,” is spoken by Ariel Porter (Samuel Barnett), the long-suffering right-hand man to New York’s legendary urban planner Robert Moses (Ralph Fiennes).

Bridgerton season two, at least not in terms of its styling. As Erika Ökvist, Bridgerton's lead hair and makeup designer, tells me on a Zoom from London, “These characters would not have spared a penny.” Ökvist is right. It's wonderful to see the return of so many of the characters we fell in love with during Bridgerton's first season, and it's obvious a lot has changed in a year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen Sting first released the song “Russians” in 1985, the Cold War had been raging for nearly 40 years, and the song aimed to strike a humanizing tone on the people actually behind that Iron Curtain. Just weeks earlier, the Soviet Union had gotten a young new leader named Mikhail Gorbachev who ultimately would end that war and change the world in the process, for the better, it seemed at the time.Sadly, four decades later, Russia has launched the most devastating ground war in Europe since World War II with its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and it’s necessary to strike a humanizing tone again, and Sting has released a re-recorded version of the song to benefit www.helpukraine.center — a volunteer storage center established by Ukrainian business owners where humanitarian and medical aid can be sent from all over the world – with funds being processed through the German charity foundation, Ernst Prost, People for Peace – Peace for People.

Mae’s big day! Hilary Duff’s youngest daughter rang in her 1st birthday with a rainbow-themed party.

Wherever Tristan Thompson is, he is one proud papa today. His and Khloe Kardashian’s baby girl, True Thompson, was a chip off the old man’s block when she hit up a trampoline park on Thursday (Mar. 24). In videos posted to Khloe’s Instagram, True, 3, showed off her developing athletic skills by jumping, running, and diving. Khloe, 37, did her best to keep up with True, but the young girl proved she was too fast for her mom.

Police chased a suspected-drug driver after it sped away from officers at 120mph.

Crime-fighting aeroplanes are preparing to patrol the skies above Greater Manchester, helping to track and catch villains below. The National Police Air Service has confirmed its four fixed-wing aircraft will now be deployed across the region, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

There is one thing we know for sure about the winners of the 94th Academy Awards. Many of them will have contributed to Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (when do we start referring to it as “Dune: Part One”?).

TMI? Matthew Stafford’s wife, Kelly Stafford, Kristen Bell and more celebrity moms have described their pregnancy sex lives over the years.

We know that voice! Pete Davidson makes a surprise appearance on pal Machine Gun Kelly‘s latest album, Mainstream Sellout, and brings his trademark humor to the track.

Ben Affleck is accompanying his girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez.

deleted scene from the superhero flick.The scene showed actor Barry Keoghan’s character, the Joker, coming face to face with Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader.The five-minute clip showed a hazy Keoghan through a jail glass partition as he speaks with Batman.The “Eternals” star sports musty white clown makeup, razored ash blonde hair, handcuffs and an orange Arkham Asylum jumpsuit.“Almost our anniversary, isn’t it?” the crazy clown tells Batman in the clip.The superhero went to the Joker to get information on his current nemesis, the Riddler (played by Paul Dano), and why the prankster is leaving notes for Batman.“Maybe he’s a fan of yours?” Joker notes. “Or maybe he’s got a grudge against you, too.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticChances are, you landed on this review because you’re trying to game your Oscar pool, looking for a clue as to what will win the always-underseen shorts categories — in a year when they were unceremoniously booted from the telecast, no less. Well, if it’s predictions you’re looking for, there’s little contest among this year’s cartoon contenders: Academy favorite Aardman Animations has delivered a delightful frontrunner in “Robin Robin.” But don’t stop reading there! In an unusually adult-leaning year, the traditionally kid-friendly category is well worth watching in its entirety, whether in theaters or on demand, thanks to stalwart distributor ShortsTV.The program opens with “Robin Robin,” which seems poised to earn Aardman its fifth Oscar (the other four were all won by Nick Park, creator of the Wallace and Gromit characters).

Chris Willman Music WriterA legendary club gig that the Rolling Stones did as a one-off in 1977 will finally get its official release May 13, as “Live at the El Mocambo” arrives as a two-CD set and quadruple-LP as well as digitally.The Stones have occasionally done “underplays” over the years, but probably none more notorious than their showing at a 300-capacity club in March ’77. Four of the songs were released on the “Love You Live” album that followed in September of that year, which mostly consisted of material captured earlier and in far bigger settings, even as fans wished they’d just gotten the full club set instead.Two songs have been released — “Rip This Joint” and “It’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll” — in advance of the full album, which arrives May 13.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTV streaming provider FuboTV announced Henry Ahn, a longtime television executive most recently at TelevisaUnivision, has been hired to the newly created position of chief business officer.Ahn will start in early April at the company’s New York City headquarters and report directly to David Gandler, co-founder and CEO. In conjunction with this appointment, Ahn will give up his current role on FuboTV’s board of directors after joining the board in July 2020.Also Friday, FuboTV announced that Julie Haddon, an owner of the NWSL’s Chicago Red Stars and a former NFL exec, has been named to its board of directors.

A group of global soccer stars from Ukraine have teamed to create a video calling for support for the war-torn nation. You can watch it in full below.

Manchester City footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko embraced with Everton player Vitaliy Mykolenko as their teams went head to head in a Premier League match on Saturday 26 February after their homeland of Ukraine was invaded by Russia. Oleksandr, 25, who is now reportedly on £20,00 a week at Manchester City, lives in the affluent village of Hale Barns near Altrincham in Greater Manchester, with his TV presenter and journalist wife Vlada Shcheglova along with their six month old daughter.

Liverpool and Chelsea have performed a pre-match tribute for Ukraine ahead of the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.The two sides expressed their support for the war-torn country following the invasion launched by Russian president Vladimir Putin this week.Captains Jordan Henderson and Cesar Azpilicueta lead out their teams holding blue and yellow wreaths, the colours of the Ukraine flag.A minutes applause was then held, during which time Liverpool supporters belted out their anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.After the national anthem was sung both sets of players posed for a picture with the wreaths. It comes after several other protests in the Premier League against the military operation over the weekend.Everton players entered the pitch draped in Ukraine flags in support of team-mate Vitaliy Mykolenko before their clash with Manchester City.Manchester United and Watford players urged peace with a sign ahead of their fixture.And Aston Villa's Matty Cash displayed a message of support for his Poland colleague Tomasz Kedziora who is caught up in the crisis.Chelsea have been impacted by Putin's military operation, with Russian owner Roman Abramovich handing over control of the club in recent days.The Russian billionaire announced he has handed over 'stewardship and care' of the club on Saturday.However, he remains owner of the club.Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel admitted earlier this week that the whole situation had impacted his side's preparation.He said: "We should not pretend that this is not an issue and I agree."The situation for me and for everybody here, for the players, is horrible.

Arsenal and Ukraine defender Oleh Luzhnyi has put his coaching dreams on hold in order to fight alongside his people following the Russian invasion.The 53-year-old spent four years at Arsenal and won both the Premier League and FA Cup under the guidance of Arsene Wenger in 2002 and 2003 respectively.Luzhnyi has held several coaching roles at Dynamo Kyiv since his 2005 retirement, holding one permanent management role at Tavriya Simferopol - but that career has now been paused.Luzhnyi has told Sky Sports News of his reaction to the Russian invasion of his country, which president Vladimir Putin has called "a special military operation"."The situation is horrific," Luzhnyi said."I want to come to coach in the UK but before anything I will stand firmly and fight for my people, for my country and for democracy."We all hope this will be over soon as innocent lives are being lost and families are being torn apart. A country being invaded and destroyed is all for what? "We need to stand together as one and bring to an end this criminal warfare."The emotion of Ukraine captain and Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko was full of emotion before their clash against Everton.He shared a touching moment with Everton's Vitaliy Mykolenko during the warm-up, with Andriy Yarmalenko being given time off by West Ham amid the war in his home country.Pep Guardiola said: "It's a worry, what we feel with our country where we were born.

Russia, and Premier League sides were told that they were allowed to show their support this weekend.City players wore shirts in support of Ukraine, crying out for 'No War' while condemning the actions of the Russian government as they lined up to face Everton.And it was an emotional scene ahead of kick-off, and Zinchenko couldn't help but shed a tear in what must be the most difficult of times.Both City and Everton have a Ukrainian national in their ranks, and both Zinchenko and Vitaliy Mykolenko shared a touching moment during the warm-up as they reunited in the centre of the field.Russia announced that they had invaded Ukraine earlier this week, and the country is amidst a crisis as the rest of the world plea's against the prospect of war.Fellow Ukraine national Andriy Yarmalenko has been given time off by West Ham due to the situation, but ZInchenko and Mykolenko were named on the bench by their sides ahead of the clash on Saturday evening.Ukraine flags were all around Goodison Park as the fans showed their support, and an emotional round of applause was shared prior to kick-off, with both Zinchenko and Mykolenko looking on with tears in their eyes.Pep Guardiola provided an update on Zinchenko's mental state ahead of the weekend following the tragic news, and said: "It's a worry, what we feel with our country where we were born. Killing innocent people, how would you feel.

An angry message about Vladimir Putin appeared on the Instagram account of Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.