Gina Torres Joins ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Season 2 as Series Regular

David Beckham is among the many stars to speak out on the Ukraine and Russia conflict, expressing their shock and sadness over the news.MORE: Elton John and David Furnish release emotional statement - 'We are heartbroken'Taking to his Instagram page on Sunday, the 46-year-old - who became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2005 - shared a series of heartbreaking images of Ukrainian civilians.WATCH: David Beckham shares emotional video from Cotswolds home"The situation in Ukraine is devastating and terrifying for its people," he wrote. "Like any parent it is heartbreaking to see the effect on the innocent children that are now living in a war zone.MORE: Holly Willoughby lost for words as her kids ask about Ukraine crisisREAD: David Beckham makes shock food revelation about unusual dinner date with wife Victoria"As conflict escalates so do the needs of children.

New figures released by the UK Government show that up to 850,000 families who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit in the financial year 2019 to 2020.

Mohamed Salah told Jorginho before the Italian's penalty during the Carabao Cup final.Both Salah and Jorginho were the fifth takers for Chelsea and Liverpool after both teams failed to break the deadlock for 120 minutes.However, as Jorginho stepped up for his spot-kick, he crossed paths with the Egyptian on his way to the area.The pair appeared to exchange some words as Jorginho walked to the spot.And football fans have a theory about what Salah said, with fans convinced they can see Salah telling the Italian not to jump in his run-up.One Liverpool fan joked: "No way Salah told Jorginho not to jump.""Who caught Salah telling Jorginho not to jump when he takes his penalty? I need that vid," a second added.While a third tweeted: "I want Salah to remember he told Jorginho 'don’t jump' and he still jumped.""And Jorginho literally jumped.

This Morning fans were not about to let Holly Willoughby off the hook with a past promise she'd made about "licking" Phillip Schofield's face when Covid-19 restrictions had ended. On Monday's show (February 28), the pair rubbed shoulders for the first time in ages as coronavirus restrictions across the UK were lifted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week.

hotly-anticipated film and TV releases in time for spring. Netflix UK has confirmed a sparkling roster of impressive shows to keep fans tuned in this coming month, with a whole host of genres on offer. Thriller fans are really in for a treat, with a healthy selection of spooky series and films on the lineup.

Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, there have been countless examples of citizens going above and beyond to defend their country.Whether they're towing tanks away with tractors, moving land mines off roads with their bare hands or tragically blowing themselves up on bridges to slow the Russian advance - the actions of everyday Ukrainians have been heroic.But for every day the Russian invasion is frustrated, the chance that Vladimir Putin will unleash a nightmarish arsenal of weapons on the region increases.Former KGB agent Putin has a vast supply of unconventional weaponry at his disposal including robotic tanks and fearsome crack dog units, reports the Mirror. These are just some of the terrifying units the Russian military could make use of.Russian scientists have previously claimed to have created driverless robot tanks - armed with sensors, rockets, machine guns and flamethrowers - which could wipe out enemy trench positions.Kremlin defence officials claim after successful testing in Syria the Uran-9 strike robots are now already operational.They are understood to be able to act independently, as well as in groups using AI and remote control.Russia is also said to be developing the BMPT-72 "Terminator" - which can allegedly survive nuclear explosions and down planes - and the "invisible" T-14 robot super tank.

Russian soldiers have fond themselves in a spot of bother after running out of fuel.The unnamed duo were left on empty when their vehicle had no more petrol.It is unclear if they were driving a tank, but they were forced to pop into a nearby local police station to ask for help in the Ukranian oblast of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv.Pictures – posted by Illia Ponomarkeno, defense reporter with The Kyiv Independent news outlet - show the pair in handcuffs.It went viral on Twitter when it emerged that they had now been arrested and are now officially classed as prisoners of war.However, they no longer have to trek around outside in the cold, wet Ukrainian weather.The area where the pair ran out of fuel was around an hour away from the centre of Kharkiv, and is home to a train station, a few local shops and a urban houses.Reacting to the predicament on Twitter, author Tess Gerritsen wrote: “Are there checkpoints where they can just surrender?“It would be less destructive if Russians were offered the chance to drop their weapons and come in for some hot soup. “Then their (undamaged) vehicles could be put to use.”@Nitsirk63 wrote: “I think it’s their way of surrendering - they don’t want this war.

often referred to as a real-life Rapunzel, recently uploaded a video of her hair being brushed.In the clip, the 35-year-old’s hair looks extremely shiny and healthy. It is so long it is even cut out of frame.The London-based beauty previously said her lusciously long locks make her irresistible to men - and she wasn’t lying.The clip sent her followers in a tizzy, with hoards of thirsty men leaving comments.“Beautiful hair I would play in it all the time,” one person commented.“Cool video of brushing such fantastic, superb very long golden hair.

I thought, ‘I’m onto something here’. From then, we just focused on weddings and the business grew and grew and grew.The business is now financially secure due to the wedding income - I have over 50 staff and we hold over 100 weddings a year. We’ve got bookings right up to 2024. Obviously we were affected by Covid.

Strictly Come Dancing's former professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff has explained her comments on President Vladimir Putin during the ongoing Ukraine invasion after receiving a huge backlash. The ballroom star, 44, had shared a series of tweets that some of her fans and followers had labelled "insensitive" following the crisis.

Props week on ITV's Dancing On Ice saw the first four tens of the series going to Brendan Cole for a beautiful routine in the rain with partner Vanessa.The couple wowed judges, as did the other contestants as they integrated "dangerous" props into their skating routines. Unfortunately for Corrie icon Sally Dynevor it was her time to go home as she and partner Matt Evers were voted off after a tense skate against BMX racer Kye Whyte and his partner Tippy Packard. Here, OK!'s columnist and Associate Creative Director Dan Whiston gives the inside scoop on a "crackers" week that saw "more work than ever," going into the complex routines.

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.

EMMERDALE'S Samantha Giles has claimed she met husband Sean Pritchard "in another life" when she was a man. The 50-year-old - who plays Bernice Blackstock in the ITV soap - identifies as a white witch. She has previously said she uses magic and the supernatural for the greater good.

Will Smith truly got the best of both worlds following his Screen Actors Guild Award win, with the actor getting a kiss from wife Jada Pinkett Smith as well as a hug with Denzel Washington. The Hollywood icon won his first Sag Award for best actor following his performance in King Richard during the star-studded awards ceremony on Sunday. However, the real special moments happened after the show when Will, 53, celebrated his incredible win with his nearest and dearest. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star proudly clung onto his new SAG Award while sharing a kiss with wife Jada, 50, backstage. It’s one of the few high-profile red carpet appearances they’ve made together since opening up about their marriage problems during the pandemic. In the now-infamous Red Table Talk interview, Jada confessed to having an ‘entanglement’ with singer August Alsina when she and Will were on a break.

MATT Baker has welcomed two new additions to Our Farm in the Dales in an emotional show first. The former presenter of The One Show moved back to Durham to help run his parents' farm after his mum was in accident.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and his life before politics, today many are learning for the first time he voiced his country’s version of Paddington Bear.Including original Paddington Bear star Hugh Bonneville.The 44-year-old leader – who has remained alongside his people in the capital to fight against the Russian invasion, posting defiant videos from the streets of Kyiv – was a comedian and actor and even appeared on the country’s version of Strictly Come Dancing before he moved into politics.We can only imagine Ukrainian film fans are all across Zelensky’s role as the sparky bear, but the rest of us are just making that solid, and totally game-changing realisation today.For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our live blog: Russia-Ukraine liveThat was helped along yesterday by Bonneville – who played Henry Brown in the classic film (which also saw Ben Whishaw voice the protagonist for English audiences) – who wrote on Twitter: ‘Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine.‘Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelenskiy. #PaddingtonBear.

The 28th annual SAG awards was as high-class, emotional and chaotic as we all hoped.From Helen Mirrren being handed the lifetime achievement award for her contribution to the industry to Will Smith getting emotional as he picked up his first-ever SAG award, there was plenty of entertainment on the night.As some of the world’s biggest stars flooded the red carpet serving some absolutely stunning looks, here are some of the most iconic moments from the awards.Fans went wild for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper reuniting four years after they captured the hearts of millions in A Star Is Born, their on-and-off-screen chemistry even sparking romance rumours at the time.On Sunday night, the pair were seen embracing at the glitzy ceremony, Bradley in a smart tuxedo and Gaga wearing a bedazzled white-and-silver dress, complete with a silver necklace and rock on her finger.The pair were both nominated for this year’s awards: Gaga for House of Gucci and Bradley for his role in Licorice Pizza.However they lost out to CODA’s Troy Kotsure and The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain respectively.Despite the disappointment, Gaga and Bradley were beaming as they posed for photographs together and proved their friendship is as strong as ever.As well as her ridiculously cute reunion with Bradley, Gaga made the rounds at the awards and was pictured hugging and chatting to pretty much everyone, including industry legend Dame Helen.Despite being one of the biggest stars in the world, Gaga looked like she was genuinely fangirling over meeting Dame Helen (honestly, who could blame her?) and the pair shared several close embraces.Gaga herself seemed to be close to tears at one stage as she cuddled up to the The Queen star – and Oscar-winner Dame

Gina Torres is headed to the Lone Star state. The former “Suits” actress, for which she starred alongside Meghan Markle for seven seasons as Jessica Pearson, will join the cast of the hit FOX show “9-1-1: Lone Star” as a series regular and will reunite with showrunner Tim Minear whom Torres worked with on the sci-fi classic “Firefly” in 2002.

coronavirus pandemic. Torres will play Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, who was at the top of her game when she hung up her uniform to raise her twin daughters. Life was pleasant for eight years until COVID-19 changed her life.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSuits and Pearson alumna Gina Torres is set as a series regular opposite Liv Tyler and Rob Lowe on the second season of Fox spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star. Season 2 is scheduled to begin production in Los Angeles later this fall for a premiere in early 2021 as part of the network’s midseason schedule.9-1-1: Lone Star hails from 9-1-1 creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear.

9-1-1: Lone Star Season 2 is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles this fall, and on Thursday, Fox revealed the first new addition to the cast: Firefly and Suits favorite Gina Torres.Torres will portray paramedic captain Tommy Vega, who, despite being at the top of her game, decided to quit the EMT business to raise her two daughters and had a thriving life until the coronavirus pandemic ruined her husband's restaurant business. Tommy will return to work as a first responder in the series and find that "she's still a boss" at the job, per Fox's description.In a statement, executive producer Tim Minear said of the news, "We are so excited to be expanding our 9-1-1-verse with the addition of Gina Torres.