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Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova told a gathering of Washington politicos and media types that the Russian invasion has been a “game changer” in which “the freedom of press and freedom of expression and the freedom of speech suddenly became an existential need.”

The crisis had begun after Ben took part in an explosive interview on The Howard Stern Show, in which he insisted that if he had remained in his previous marriage, he would "still be drinking".The actor told of how he was tempted to hit the bottle due to a troubled relationship with Jennifer Garner."I was like ‘I can’t leave ’cause of my kids, but I’m not happy, what do I do?’" Ben lamented."What I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution."During the very candid chat, he added: "It's a part of why I started drinking...

Bruce Willis hasn’t weighed in on any rumours of infidelity during his marriage towards Demi Moore. However, the actor did previously admit monogamy was something he struggled with in an interview while the pair were still married. Bruce, 67, spoke about his views on sexuality and “being a man” during an interview in 1996, which was four years before his separation from Demi, 59. "No woman is going to satisfy a man’s natural impulse to procreate, procreate, procreate,” he insisted.“The impulse doesn’t go away because you have three or ten or a hundred kids."He then went on to describe men as being like "donkeys wanting to f*** everything.” Bruce added: "If you’re heterosexual and you are honest, you must admit that the first thing that comes to mind when you look at a woman is, ‘Hey, I’d like to f*** her.’"It’s programmed in our genetic map.

TORONTO — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are headed to the Toronto International Film Festival to present their streaming documentary series, “Gutsy”.

Having her day in court. Shakira is facing eight years and two months in prison should she be convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax evasion.

Teen Mom OG fans have watched Amber Portwood deal with numerous custody battles throughout the years. The MTV star — who shares daughter Leah, born in 2008, with ex Gary Shirley, and son James, born in 2018, with ex Andrew Glennon — has long struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, which led her into legal trouble and cost her plenty of parenting time with her children.

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Candace Cameron Bure is one of the most beloved ’90s stars in Hollywood, but she’s found herself in the middle of several controversies over the years.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. An impressive slate of A24 films are coming to HBO Max next month, including Oscar-winners like 2015’s “Room” and Alex Garland’s directorial debut “Ex Machina.”A total of 28 A24 films will arrive on the streamer on Aug. 1, timed to the studio’s tenth anniversary and marking the largest collection of A24 films made available to stream on the platform. Much of the lineup consists of films released prior to 2016, when A24 was still a distribution house and not yet the full-fledged studio it is today.Some buzzy titles such as “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Eighth Grade,” “Mid90s” and dozens more are not on this list because of prior deals the studio set up with other streamers. Most A24 films can be found on Apple TV+ and Showtime, who set up deals to serve as the home for a number of their digital releases in 2018 and 2019, respectively. But as those deals near a close, we can expect more titles to move to other platforms such as HBO Max and Netflix, whose collections are steadily growing. In order to stream these titles, you’ll have to subscribe to HBO Max with plans starting at $9.99/month.

Addie Morfoot ContributorFour documentary filmmakers were invited to participate in the Sundance Institute’s newly created Indigenous non-fiction intensive program that concludes July 29.The three-day program was created to identify Indigenous artists creating formally bold and personal work and to uplift them with a small grant and mentorship on a current edit of their short-form documentary films.The four filmmakers selected to partake in the new initiative are: Sarah Liese (“Coming In”), Sean Connelly (“A Justice Advancing Architecture Tour”), Olivia Camfield and Woodrow Hunt (“If You Look Under There You’ll Find It”). The advisors for the inaugural program include Emmy award-winning filmmaker Colleen Thurston (“Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People”), filmmaker-editor Maya Daisy Hawke (“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”), and filmmaker Darol Olu Kae (“I Ran From It and Was Still in It”).

Carson Burton The shoot for “Thirteen Lives,” the feature film adaptation of the miraculous 2018 cave-diving rescue mission known as the Tham Luang cave rescue, found all principal cast members taking to the water to navigate long, recreated cave corridors. Tom Bateman, who plays one of the rescue divers in the film, recalls the hours upon hours of underwater training the film required.“We were fucking pruned!” Bateman told Variety at the red carpet premiere of the film at Westwood Village Theater on Thursday night. “It was pretty tough, man.

Selome Hailu “The Resort” opens with the beachy beat of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s “Strange Overtones,” — strange indeed, as the song plays under an epigraph with something slightly wrong.Two quotes wipe across the screen. First: “The pursuit to capture your past is a waste of time.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorComedian Jo Koy and film producer Dan Lin wrapped the inaugural Rise for Comedy festival on Thursday with a $75,000 donation to the nonprofit Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA).Koy hosted the event, in support of his upcoming film “Easter Sunday,” spread over two nights at Historic Filipinotown’s Rideback Ranch.The shenanigans kicked off with a panel on representation moderated by Kathy K. Im, director of journalism and media at the MacArthur Foundation.

Jamie T has announced a huge homecoming show at London’s Finsbury Park.Set to take place on June 30, 2023, the outdoor event will serve as the singer-songwriter’s biggest headline gig to date.He’ll perform in front of 45,00 fans, bringing along a line-up of special guest support acts. Names are to be confirmed.Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST next Friday (August 5) – you’ll be able to purchase yours from here.

Johnny Depp has earned over £3million in sales after selling his entire debut art collection.The actor painted four celebrity portraits for the collection titled Friends & Heroes, including Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor and Al Pacino.On Thursday (July 28), Depp announced on Instagram that he was selling the collection via the Castle Fine Art website.As noted on the site, the collection became the gallery’s fastest-selling to date after selling all 780 prints “in just hours”. According to The Evening Standard, the website temporarily crashed due to the volume of people trying to purchase the actor’s work.A post shared by Johnny Depp (@johnnydepp)Individual framed portraits were sold for £3,950 each, while the complete portfolio of four portraits cost £14,950.Speaking about his collection, Depp said: “I’ve always used art to express my feelings and to reflect on those who matter most to me, like my family, friends and people I admire.

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has shared a message of support for the English women’s football team (aka the Lionesses) after they celebrated a 4-0 win over Sweden earlier this week.The Lionesses dominated Sweden, where ABBA hail from, in the semi-final match of the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro Championship. The game took place at Milton Keyes’ Stadium MK on Wednesday (July 27) and is to be followed by the final match this Sunday (August 31).There, the Lionesses – who are currently eighth in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings – will face off against Germany at London’s Wembley Stadium.As reported by the Evening Standard, the Lionesses celebrated their semi-final victory with a singalong to ABBA, who feature prominently in the team’s dressing room playlist.When asked what she and her team listened to after scoring the final goal, forward Alessia Russo told journalists: “It was a little bit of ABBA – there’s always ABBA – but also Proud, West Virginia, a couple of old songs.”Leaning into the irony that the Lionesses marked their win over Sweden by singing along to Swedish music, Björn took to Instagram with a message of congratulations the team, which he delivered wearing the jersey of Sweden’s own football team.In the message, he said: “I understand that you celebrated your well-earned victory the other day with ABBA music, and I have to say, that makes the defeat a little easier to bear.

Phoebe Bridgers invited Nell Mescal to sing on ‘Georgia’ during her Brixton gig last night (July 28) – watch footage of the duet below.Irish singer-songwriter Nell, who is the sister of Normal People star Paul Mescal, joined Bridgers for the encore on the last night of the latter’s four-night residency at the south London venue.‘Georgia’ features on Bridgers’ 2017 debut album, ‘Stranger In The Alps‘.Here is a video of @nellmescal_ and @phoebe_bridgers singing Georgia!

A dad has described the moment his partner gave birth in his car as he was driving on a motorway fast lane.

The percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 decreased in England, Wales, and Scotland, although rates remain high. Infections decreased in all English regions and age groups, except for in the North East, where the trend was uncertain in the latest week of figures available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), ending July 20, 2022.

Frustrated charity workers discovered a key part of the foodbank and community space they run had been smashed up by vandals. Emmeline’s Pantry, who asked for their location not to be disclosed, had their community polytunnel, used for toddler groups and as a safe area for families, vandalised and broken into on Wednesday night (July 27).

Rebekah Vardy sensationally lost her courtroom battle with Coleen Rooney today. The trial, which took place in May, centred around the explosive claim Rebekah was leaking stories about Coleen to the press.