'I would have laughed in your face' High-flying dad on claiming Universal Credit for first time in pandemic

Dylan O’Brien says he is just as surprised as fans to hear that he was up for the role of Nightwing.

The ultimate woman crush! Dolly Parton’s career has spanned music, movies, multiple business ventures and more — and she’s shown no sign of slowing down.

EXCLUSIVE: George Robinson, the star of Netflix’s Sex Education, is attached to headline the movie Still Life based on the award-winning Texas Monthly 2009 article of the same name written by Skip Hollandsworth.

Vladimir Putin’s strangely stiff walk may not be Parkinson's but could be linked to his years of being trained as a KGB operative, according to researchers.Many videos online have revealed Putin’s unusual walk that shows his right arm remain rigid by his side with his left free to swing normally.Some health specialists felt this could have been the signs of a stroke or Parkinson’s, but a group of researchers feel this is an effect of his strict training.Neurology professor Bastiaan Bloem of the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands has been analysing Putin’s walk on YouTube videos and only came to a conclusion over the strange walk after finding a KGB training manual.The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union and was where Putin served for a reported 16 years.The manual shows how the KGB operatives were both trained and instructed to keep their right hand close to their chests.Researchers believe the instruction allowed the operative to be able to draw his gun quicker than a potential enemy in a move compared with gunslinger’s of the Wild West.Writing his theory in The BMJ, the British Medical Journal’s online publication, Mr Bloem and his fellow researchers said: “According to this manual, KGB operatives were instructed to keep their weapon in their right hand close to their chest and to move forward with one side, usually the left, presumably allowing subjects to draw the gun as quickly as possible when confronted with a foe.”They continued: “We propose that this new gait pattern, which we term ‘gunslinger’s gait,’ may result from a behavioural adaptation, possibly triggered by KGB or other forms of weapons training where trainees are taught to keep their right hand close to the chest

EXCLUSIVE: The Apple and Skydance film Ghosted is putting together quite the ensemble, as Deadline is hearing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood breakout Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson and Tate Donovan have joined the cast. Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody are set to star, with Dexter Fletcher directing.

Kat Foster and Felix Solis will star opposite Niecy Nash in the proposed spinoff from The Rookie. The duo will guest star in a two-episode arc in the current fourth season of The Rookie, which will serve as a backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff of the ABC series starring Nathan Fillion.

Arsenal fans after labelling his new club - Aarhus - as the 'best fans he's ever seen'.The former Gunner returned to football last month when he moved to 3F Superliga side AGF Aarhus after eight months out of the sport.And Wilshere made his debut for the Danish side during a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Vejle BK.But despite losing, Wilshere has gleamed over the atmosphere at Aarhus.When appearing on TalkSPORT, Wilshere revealed the Danish crowd was the 'best he's ever seen' but it was the 'worst pitch' he'd seen.Wilshere said: “Our fans, I will say they are the best I’ve ever seen. In the warm-up, they were there singing right from the warm-up.“They had 2,500 fans there.“We’ve got four more games left and then the league gets split in half and you play in the mini-league.“The top half for Europe and the bottom for relegation.

Nanrisa Lee (Bosch), Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) and newcomer Caitlin Bassett are set as series regulars opposite Raymond Lee in NBC’s hourlong pilot Quantum Leap, a reboot of the beloved 1990s sci-fi drama.

EXCLUSIVE: Campfire Studios, the company behind HBO Max docuseries The Way Down and Hulu’s WeWork doc, is expanding its scripted division and has hired former Marc Platt Productions exec Ryan Christians to oversee a new push.

In what comes as no surprise given the running $301M global grossing success of The Batman, HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to the pic’s spinoff series The Penguin which will see Colin Farrell reprising his villainous role from the pic as one of Gotham’s legendary kingpins.

Dwayne Johnson just announced that Black Adam is going from July 29 to Oct. 21 and his animated DC League of Super Pets is going from May 20 to July 29, but Warner Bros. has more release date shifts upcoming.

Hollyoaks villain Ethan Williams was back up to his old tricks during his latest visit to the village.He recently put pressure on Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) to hide some stolen cash and a necklace until he made things right with his boss.Meanwhile, Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) was facing increasing financial strain due to loans he'd taken out.He turned to his pal Sienna for cash but she refused to help him.Ste spotted the bag full of cash but Sienna caught up with him and managed to convince him to not cross Ethan and his dodgy bosses.While Ste returned the money, he slipped away with the stolen necklace to pawn for extra cash.However, Ste's decision to flog the necklace had serious consequences.He bumped into Ethan during Wednesday's first-look episode on E4, who told him that he'd killed Sienna as a result of her loosing the necklace.Ethan later took Ste to The Loft where Sienna's pink jacket was on the floor covered in blood.As a heartbroken Ste sobbed as he scrubbed the floor, Ethan was seen raising a glass of champagne to Sienna back at the flat.Fans of the Channel 4 soap rushed to their keyboards to discuss the latest storyline.Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: "Sienna's always been messed up."Another added: "Ethan and sienna playing Ste, bless him."A third person posted: "Has Ethan met his match in Sienna."While a fourth social media said: "Ethan is so savage."Towards the end of the episode, Ethan could be heard saying: "You have to be able to trust the people around you but finding those people seems to get harder and harder."And then you think is there anyone you can totally trust other than yourself.Sienna later came into view of the camera and told Ethan: "One thing you can trust, I always have the best

Starz has handed a second season order to Power Book IV: Force. The renewal announcement Wednesday follows strong ratings for the February 6 debut of the third spinoff in the Power franchise, which notched the most-watched series premiere in Starz history, with 3.3 million multiplatform views in the U.S. alone.

tattoo model says she “couldn’t f*****g care less” what people think of her after revealing dramatic transformation photos taken years apart.Amber Luke has 98% of her body covered in ink after splashing out £100,000 on them.And the 26-year-old has now shared extreme before and after snaps showing how much body art has changed her look.She told her 18,000 Instagram followers: “It all started with three home job tattoos. That’s all it took to get me insanely hooked.”Amber, from Brisbane, Australia, added: “This is me - all of me.“Whether you love me or don’t accept me I’m still living my best life, being exactly who I want to be.“I couldn’t f*****g care less if you have formed an opinion of me that is negative - because majority of the time I have never met you before or even had a conversation with you.“There’s so much hatred projected in our society towards diversity and individualism - it’s legit putrid.

Kerry Katona recently left her fans stunned after she uploaded a photo posing alongside Pamela Anderson.Taking to her Instagram account to showcase the snap to her 796k followers, Kerry, 41, shared her support to Pamela, 54, whose life has been portrayed in the drama miniseries Pam & Tommy.Wearing a white top with a pink hue, former Atomic Kitten star Kerry could be seen smiling happily as she stood close to the actress.Meanwhile, Pamela sported a gold dress while her famous strawberry blonde locks cascaded over her shoulders.The Baywatch star also added a dark eyeshadow to her eyelids and light pink lipgloss to her pout.Captioning the snap, Kerry wrote: "Who’s watching Pam and Tommy?? Honestly love this woman!!"Absolutely disgusting what they did to her!!!She added: "@pamelaanderson still look up to her today!!! Such a strong lady xxx." Sharing their thoughts on the documentary and Kerry's photo, fans rushed to the comment section.One person wrote: "My 2 favorite women."Another said: "Have always followed both your stories and sure you have both came out on top!!!"A third wrote: "Two blonde bombshells."While another fan also shared their support to Pamela: "The more episodes I watch, the more I like Pam. I never realised what actually happened and I feel so sad that she was treated like that."Since the release of the Disney+ miniseries, actress Pamela has expressed her concerns regarding the show and will soon release her own documentary on Netflix in order to "set the record straight".Sharing the announcement on her Instagram, the Playboy model penned: "My life.

Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek finally came out swinging against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, telling shareholders at the annual meeting today that the company had always opposed it but opted to work behind the scenes to try to influence lawmakers.

Darts star Michael Smith has sent a message to his "trolls" amid the pain of losing his eighth final.Bully Boy had a great chance to end his unwanted streak and win his first major tournament at the UK Open last weekend but was agonisingly beaten 11-10 by Danny Noppert.It comes after the world number four fell at the final hurdle at the World Championships against Peter Wright earlier this year.Having received taunts online, Smith has hit back with some admirable perspective on life.The 31-year-old wrote on social media: "Don’t feel the need to say this but want to. "For all the trolls with the messages of abuse I’ll let you into a little secret of my life.

Bake Off winner says Asma Begum can’t hide a look of disappointment when she takes a dish to her house.The 37-year-old TV chef said her mother will complain the food “needs modifying”.Speaking on the Off Menu podcast, the cookbook writer said: “[My mum] is not maternal at all.“I very rarely take anything round for her because she is so judgemental about everyone’s cooking.“Even as somebody who cooks for a living when I take something round for her, she opens it, she won’t smell it, she will barely look at it and honestly you can see the disappointment in her face.“She says ‘it’s going to need modifying’ and then she’ll close it and she’ll put it away.“Then I’ll get a call from one of my sisters saying ‘you know that beef thing that you made, that was delicious.’ I say ‘I gave that to mum’ and she goes ‘yeah she gave that to me.’“She will [either give it away] or take the English out of it and make it Bengali. Even if I make some bread, she’s like ‘this is too English for me’”.Nadiya said her mother also “does not care” about her career success.She said: “[My mum] doesn’t watch anything I’m on.

Disney+ today unveiled a first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, which is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming service this September.

Loose Women panellist, who also works as a special constable with the City of London Police, admitted she nearly forgot how to read the man his rights but said her training soon kicked in.Sir Rod Stewart’s wife, 50, said: “My first arrest was a drug drive.

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