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Emily Longeretta Don’t put Sydney Sweeney in a box — and don’t judge her by her cover. The former is a lesson she’s taught casting directors in Hollywood, the latter is what she learned from her latest role as ex-intelligence specialist Reality Winner. In 2017, Winner was arrested by FBI officers who showed up at her home to investigate her part in the mishandling of classified information. Sweeney portrays the whistleblower in HBO’s new film; the movie’s dialogue is taken directly from the transcript of Winner’s tense conversation with the FBI on the day of her arrest. “Once I met with Reality and I got to know her, she really truly speaks her mind,” Sweeney says of playing Winner. “So everything she was saying in the transcript, she was feeling and thinking. I was able to just find all the different layers underneath it. I truly enjoyed it.”

posted on the show’s official Instagram Friday, the “Charlie’s Angel” star was seen sitting on the set of her show when she noticed the emotional fan. “Are you ok,” asked Barrymore in genuine concern. “Did anything happen?” The 48-year-old — dressed in an emerald green pantsuit — rushed over to the woman, who was later identified as LA resident Olivia, and kindly asked: “Whose a– do I have to kick?”Overcome with tears, Olivia was unable to answer the actress but her friend explained the whole situation.“She loves you so much,” said Olivia’s friend.

ITV News at 10 anchor Geraint Vincent choked back tears on Saturday's broadcast as he paid tribute to ITV News health and science editor Emily Morgan, who passed away on Friday night after a short battle with lung cancer. Becoming emotional as he finished the broadcast, he shared the tragic news with viewers, telling them: "Now, We regularly report upsetting events that affects people’s lives.Tonight we have something to report that has affected all of us at ITV news very deeply. “It is the death after a short illness of our on-screen colleague and much-loved friend Emily Morgan our much-loved health and science editor.

Ulrika Jonsson has claimed the late disgraced Australian entertainer Rolf Harris groped her early on in her career when he appeared as a guest on a show she was working on. Harris, who died on the 10th May aged 93, was a family favourite for decades before being convicted of a string of indecent assaults in June 2014. In her column for The Sun newspaper on Saturday, Jonsson, 55, said the incident allegedly occurred on a day when Harris was the showbiz guest on the former ITV breakfast programme TV-am where she worked as a weather presenter at the time.

Earlier this week, the world received the devastating news that rock and roll icon, Tina Turner, had passed away at her home in Stäfa, Switzerland. Just four days after her death, recent reports have emerged that her £58 million Swiss retreat will be transformed into a museum dedicated to the star’s life and career by her husband, Erwin Back - according to The Mirror.The sprawling property is just half an hour away from the mansion she shared with her husband, which is located on the banks of the stunning Lake Zurich.

Angel is regarded as one of the best spinoff series in TV history.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor In “The Old Oak,” which played in Competition in Cannes, Ken Loach portrays a village in the North-East of England where the indigenous white community comes into conflict with Syrian refugees – a conflict fuelled by the despair, deprivation and decline of the rust-belt region. Such conditions can be a seed-bed for far right groups, the director tells Variety. Such issues have not been explored sufficiently in film and television, Loach says, and he draws a parallel with the portrayal of the rise of Nazism in Germany in the mass media. “We have endless programs about the Second World War, about the horrors of Nazism and fascism, about the racism, about the Holocaust. Quite properly, we have endless programs about that, but what they refuse to point out is that that arose from alienation, anger, feeling cheated, and finding scapegoats. And that’s how we ended up with Hitler, and that’s the ground in which the far right flourishes. One of the points of the film is to say: This is the cause of fascism. This is where it comes from. This is its seed-bed, and it comes as an inevitable consequence of our economic system. Because if the neoliberal agenda was an essential development for capitalism, to use the old-fashioned word, then that’s where fascism comes from. Implicit in that is that the far right will rise because that’s how people will be heading. And they know that and yet the mass media, the press, just turn their backs on that. They’ll tell us all about the horrors of Hitler. Sure. But they won’t tell us how he came to power. And that’s the huge lesson. And we see it in essence now all the time.”

An urgent search has been launched to trace a missing teen who vanished two days ago.

100 gecs have announced details of a new UK and European headline tour for later this year – see the dates below and buy tickets here.The duo – Dylan Brady and Laura Les – will tour on the back of their second studio album, ‘10,000 gecs’, which landed last month.Beginning on October 8 in Berlin, the tour will then visit Italy, France, Belgium and more before hitting the UK and Ireland for seven shows including a huge London date at the Hammersmith Apollo.A week later, the gigs will then wrap up with a headline show at the Manchester Academy.Tickets for the gigs are on sale now – buy your tickets here and see the full list of gigs below.OCTOBER 20238 – Berlin, Astra11 – Milan, Alcatraz13 – Paris, Le Bataclan14 – Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria16 – Amsterdam, Melkweg17 – Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg18 – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique20 – Bristol, Marble Factory21 – London, Eventim Apollo22 – Leeds, O2 Academy24 – Dublin, Olympia25 – Glasgow, O2 Academy27 – Birmingham, O2 Institute28 – Manchester, AcademyReviewing new album ‘10,000 gecs’, NME wrote: “Though it’s sorely missing some choice cuts from 100 gecs’ current live set (namely ‘Fallen 4 Ü’ and ‘What’s That Smell?’), ‘10,000 gecs’ is insanely fun and impressively ambitious.“It’s also short but sweet, throwing its turbulent flurry of punches and then dipping out before listeners have a chance to really think about what’s going on.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is speaking out about Bruce Willis.

It's nearly time for another bank holiday as we get ready to wave goodbye to May.

The future of This Morning could be at risk as a number of the show's presenters have threatened to quit, following former presenter Phillip Schofield's shocking affair revelation. Following Phillip's public admission, ITV have revealed that three years ago they investigated the claims that Phillip had had an affair with a much young colleague, but that it was denied by both parties.The broadcaster released a statement that they were "deeply disappointed" by the TV star's "admissions of deceit", adding that he will not be appearing on any ITV shows in the future.

If there’s one thing about Julia Fox, it’s that she doesn’t care one bit what people think about her. Especially when it comes to her wardrobe choices.The 33 year old, who first became widely known in 2019 following her role in the film Uncut Gems, has since become a staple in the fashion world, and is regularly the muse of plenty of high profile designers.

A Love Island star has begged for help from his followers after his hotel room was ransacked by burglars. 2020 star Callum Jones, 27, shared a picture of his hotel room window wide open on Instagram, asking his 746,000 followers for any help. Over the photo, he wrote: "Anyone help/advice in Marbella? "Rooms been smashed in, everything has been taken, passports, money, clothes".

Not only are they packed with a big boost of potassium, which keeps your muscles in working order, but courgettes are far more versatile than you first might have thought! Bursting with vitamin C and folic acid, just half a large courgette counts as one of your 5-a-day. And what better than to enjoy them cooked and baked into delicious eats? What we didn't expect is to find a gooey, rather 'moreish' chocolate cake in the mix - but it works for us! Get set to whip up a veggie storm of culinary delights to wow your family and friends alike as OK! shares five of the most delicious and surprising recipes where courgettes are the star of the show... Chocolate, courgette and praline cake Serves 12 Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 55 minutes Ingredients 150g hazelnuts 100g caster sugar 3 eggs 300g golden caster sugar 500g courgettes, grated 100ml rapeseed oil 50ml hazelnut oil 1 tsp vanilla bean paste 1 tsp almond essence 300g self-raising flour, sifted 45g cocoa powder, sifted Butter, for greasing Method Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan/gas mark 4.

Succession and Barry, I hope you've caught up on both Love & Death and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which aired their finales on Thursday and Friday, respectively. There's plenty to talk about, so check out our post-mortem and .

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theatre, has died. He was 95.

Amazon Prime Video has been praised for 'dragging' rival Netflix following its crack down on password sharing. The American streaming giant has moved to stop multiple households using the same account, something which it previously encouraged.

A generous dolloping of sauce spruces up most meals, but usually we keep our condiments strictly for dipping and dunking. However, there's now a new way to revive recipes from the inside-out with a generous splodge of our personal fave - mayo! Mixing it in with your list of ingredients in a variety of dishes really is taste-changing - especially when it comes to your humble all-American favourite breakfast staple – pancakes. Here, OK! shares three delicious recipes that include mayo in a whole new way, all taken from The Mayo Lover's Cookbook - you're welcome! American Pancakes Adding mayonnaise to your batter makes fluffier breakfast pancakes.

CANNES – The past decade has been an Oscar boom for Cannes. The French institution has premiered a Best Picture winner in “Parasite” and landed nine nominees over that span including three alone this past January with “Elvis,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness.” We’re not sure festival director Thierry Fremeux will land another Best Picture winner in 2024, but at least two Best Picture nominations seem very likely.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The Cannes Film Festival managed to avoid pensions reform’s protests and a power cut during its entire duration, but Palme d’Or winning director Justine Triet made up for both with a fiery political speech that took aim at the French government. Her impassioned plea became instantly viral and has been dominating headlines in French media. After being introduced on stage by Jane Fonda and thanking her partners on the film and Cannes’ jury, Triet said the country “was rocked by an unprecedented protest movement that was extremely powerful and unanimous against the pensions reform.” She argued that the “protest was denied and suppressed in a shocking manner, and this pattern of increasingly uninhibited dominating power is now at work in several areas; obviously socially is where it is the most shocking, but we also see it in all spheres of society, and the film industry hasn’t been spared,” said Triet, drawing cheers and a few boos from the captive audience inside the Lumiere Theater.