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“I think they’re f*cking losers,” spy veteran Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) says with characteristic brutal honesty to Mi5 superior Diana Taverner (Kristen Scott Thomas) when asked if he really cares for his team of rejects, while they sit on a park bench at 2 am in the middle of a national crisis. “But they’re my losers,” he says with loyal punctuation.

When Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters performed at Lollapalooza Argentina on March 22, there was no way of knowing it would be drummer Taylor Hawkins’ final show with the band, with Hawkins found dead days later in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday, March 25.

In another 48 hours, we’ll know if it worked—the Oscar show’s Audience Replacement Therapy.

Rihanna, 34, continued to wow in fashionable clothing while pregnant on March 25. The singer was photographed walking around Couture Kids, a baby clothing store in Los Angeles, while putting her bare baby bump on display underneath a striped light pink button-down top that was open at the bottom. She paired it with white shorts and white socks with gray leg warmers and light pink slipper-style shoes.

Celebrities are mourning the loss of the Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins. The 50-year-old musician was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia on Friday (March 25) during a South American tour with the rock band, whose frontman — and Taylor’s best friend — is Dave Grohl. Miley Cyrus took to her Instagram to announce she was dedicating her next concert to the late rock star, while Travis Barker shared a heartbreaking throwback photo of his band Blink-182 hanging out with Taylor and other Foo Fighter members.

David and Victoria Beckham are always couple goals but on Friday the former footballer made a jaw-dropping comment about his wife – and we are in shock.WOW: Tour Victoria and David Beckham's unbelievable £6m converted farmhouseThe former Spice Girl took to social media to share one of her gorgeous new gowns from her spring-summer collection and posted a photo to Instagram of her wearing a stylish black, cut-out dress.WATCH: Victoria Beckham sporting a slinky backless dress from her own collectionCaptioning the image, the 47-year-old penned: "I love this dress from my Spring Summer collection, it’s super comfortable yet the cut-out detailing makes it feel special. It also has a gorgeous racerback detail! x VB."MORE: David Beckham shares gorgeous new 'family' photo ahead of son Brooklyn's weddingREAD: David and Victoria Beckham's garden rivals a holiday retreat in new photoFans agreed she looked phenomenal but hubby David could only notice one thing.

Oscars!READ: Everything you need to know about the 2022 OscarsWhile the red carpet is a haven for fabulous designer dresses - it's also where some of the sparkliest and most expensive jewels can be seen, from multi-million dollar necklaces to multi-carat rings. But it's not just the Academy Awards that A-listers pull out their most spectacular pieces of jewelry for, there's also the Golden Globes, Grammys and so many more. WATCH: Meghan Markle's most iconic jewelry momentsWe’ve rounded up the world’s most expensive bling from the likes of Harry Winston, Lorraine Schwartz, and Tiffany & Co that the stars have dared to wear on the red carpet - but whose jewels are the most expensive of them all?  She’s married to one of the richest men in the world so we weren’t surprised to see actress Salma Hayek on this list.

George Russell no doubt has an exciting 2022 ahead of him after signing for constructors champions Mercedes from former team Williams. Russell kicked off his Mercedes career with an impressive fourth place finish behind new teammate seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.One person who will no doubt be alongside the Englishman as he looks to secure success throughout the campaign is his girlfriend Carmen Montero Mundt.

Brexit and that Vladimir Putin would become "lord of the world".The psychic passed away in 1996 at the age of 85 and was often referred to as the "Nostradamus of the Balkans". Almost 30 years after her death, her predictions are still seen as mostly accurate, with some reports saying she was right 85% of the time. Now people are fearing that one of her visions is becoming real after she said in 1979 that Russia would become "lord of the world" after Europe became a "wasteland", the Mirror reports.

NBA game leaving the players speechless.The American is known for his pranks which he shares to his 4million plus subscribers and his latest stunt came during the basketball game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks on Friday (March 25).He caught the attention of the cameras as he had someone shave his already bald head with the Timberwolves leading 110-87 in the fourth quarter. That meant he appeared on the big screen in the arena while there was a break in play, causing laughter to erupt amongst the crowd.Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards couldn't believe what he was seeing and his jaw almost hit the floor in shock.

military focus to "liberating" the Donbas in what could be a pivotal moment of maximum peril for Ukraine's survival, a military expert claims. Russian forces continue to face fierce resistance from their Ukrainian opponents, as Moscow's invasion of the country enters its second month.

disappeared outside a Bulgarian airport back in July 2014. Worrying CCTV footage captured the 28-year-old's last seen moments as he suddenly sprints from the airport building and darts into a nearby forest.

Travis Barker is paying tribute to Taylor Hawkins.

before his tragic death.Nine-year-old Emma Sofia Peralta played her drum set outside the rock star's hotel to get his attention earlier this week.According to a viral post by Emma's dad, the young musician started a "campaign" to meet her idol while he stayed at a hotel in Paraguay while on tour with his band.Emma's father, named on Twitter as Julius, took to social media to share a snap of his daughter and her hero smiling together outside of the hotel on Tuesday.He penned alongside the snap: "Since my daughter found out that Foo Fighters were coming, she started a campaign to meet them."Today [Tuesday] we took her drums to play in front of the Sheraton and look who came out at her call. Dreams come true."He also posted a video of the event, where Taylor, 50, can be seen greeting the adoring crowd and taking pictures with the talented young musician.The picture ended up being one of the last pictures ever taken of the rocker, who was found dead in a hotel room in Bogota on Friday (March 25).Emma's father took to social media to grieve the legendary drummer, alongside many rock icons and Foo Fighters fans.He suggested that the little girl hadn't yet been told of the tragedy in his post on Friday night."We are devastated.

Chulpan Khamatova, a leading Russian actress who has also made several international film appearances, has given an interview saying that she has gone into exile in Latvia, following her country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Nicki Minaj has teamed up with Fivio Foreign on a new song – listen to ‘We Go Up’ below.After announcing that she was set to retire from music back in 2019, Minaj has returned with a slew of new singles in 2022, including Lil Baby collaborations ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ and ‘Bussin’.Another new track called ‘Blick Blick’ also arrived earlier this year.Listen to the surprise new single ‘We Go Up’, which features a verse from Fivio Foreign, below.Nicki Minaj’s new series of 2022 singles are the rapper’s first new material since her 2021 mixtape, ‘Beam Me Up Scotty’.Last month (February 4) Minaj explained that she would continue to make music for as long as she wants, with her plan to only quit the industry on her own terms and when she feels it is right for her to do so.During an Instagram Live session with Jayda Cheaves to celebrate the release of her first single of the year, the rapper promised to always “keep on putting out music”. “I will never leave the game until I wanna leave it,” she said.

Nigella Lawson wowed audiences in Australia at the launch of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival on Wednesday night (March 23).The TV chef and author, 62, showed off her ageless beauty and glowing complexion as she posed for photographs, wearing hardly any make-up and flashing her signature dazzling smile.She also wore a long a-line lilac dress that flowed over her gorgeous curves, and showed off her beautiful figure with a cinched waistline and plunging neckline.The dress completed Nigella's stunning spring look at the festival, where she joined the hosts of Masterchef Australia at Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne.Nigella looked radiant throughout the day and was said to be in high spirits as she attended the highly anticipated event - looking none of her 62 years of age.She recently revealed to British Vogue the secrets behind her iconic hourglass figure, including eating well and not denying yourself culinary pleasures, saying: "I love food too much not to eat a great deal of it."Nigella also revealed that she indulges by mixing controlled portions of vegetables with flavour-heavy meals, as well as including ingredients such as white wine in dishes such as her mushroom risotto and crab linguine.The TV chef also revealed a secret behind shifting any weight gain over the festive period too - Instead of takeaways, Nigella stands by luxurious meals to blast the festive pounds.Nigella added during the interview: "It helps not to feel deprived if you make each meal last longer."Staggering the various components rather than eating them all on the same plate at the same time gives you a sense of eating more than you are."The trick is not to become bored and therefore to use as varied a collection of vegetables as possible.

Korn‘s current US tour with Code Orange and Chevelle has reportedly been hit by a single bullet.The three bands are currently on the road in the States and played in Saginaw, Michigan on Wednesday night (March 23) before having a day off in Davenport, Iowa on Thursday.As TMZ reports, the Davenport Police Department were alerted to the fact that yesterday morning (March 25) one of the buses on the tour was hit by a single bullet outside a hotel in Davenport.The report added that a source says the bullet went through the bus exterior and landed inside the cabin itself, but no one was on board the bus when the shooting occurred.No further details have been revealed, including who was in the particular bus that was hit.Korn released new album ‘Requiem’ last month, which NME called the “nu-metal veterans’ ‘happy’ album,” but one that “is still dark as fuck,” in a four-star review.The review added: “It would be a push to call this Korn’s first ‘happy’ album. More accurately, ‘Requiem’ has brought something new to a discography that, until now, has been an exploration of human suffering.

Cops have launched a desperate search for a pensioner who last seen leaving Scots hospital.

premiering Friday on Hulu. The animated series follows a supervillain (voiced by co-creator Patton Oswalt) who’s facing a midlife crisis after his world domination schemes have floundered. “The world understands superheroes now.

The Marvel “formula,” based on the analysis of more than a decade of content, seemingly reads something like this—take one part, attractive lead actor, one part heartfelt, but predictable story, three parts quippy humor, and a pinch of elaborate, sometimes convoluted continuity and mix well until you get an all-ages, inoffensive meal. While most of the output has been solid, the sameness that hangs over most of Marvel’s films and TV projects has led many to grow weary of superhero storytelling in recent years, wondering if there’s still room for discovery or any way to bring something new to the table.