James Jordan: Ex-Strictly star sparks backlash after branding Sam Smith a 'd*ck'

Ben Croll “I asked myself, why was it so difficult to name a Quebecois film from the past 25 years that treated sexuality as its central theme?” Côté told Variety. “Why could France foster directors who filmed the human body in direct and unselfconscious ways, and Quebec could not? Were Quebecois more prudish than others?”And so the Montreal-based filmmaker started on his 14th feature, which follows three so-called “hypersexual” women, plagued with troubled histories and fragile mental states, as they participate in a month-long therapy retreat. But as he developed the script with a local sexologist, the filmmaker saw potential traps in two very different directions.“The film could never be meant to judge,” Côté explained.

Brett Bull Each January, the Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan holds a press conference to reveal the previous year’s box office data and its list of top-grossing films.One year ago — at what was then thought to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic — the event was a somber gathering: Receipts for 2020 were down a whopping 38% over the year before.On Jan.

Prince Frederic von Anhalt, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth and final husband, was desperate for an heir – so he adopted an adult son and chronicled it on TV. The widower is one of many subjects featured on A&E’s "Adults Adopting Adults," which chronicles his quest to find someone in Beverly Hills who could inherit his estate and care for him. "I tried very hard to find somebody," the 78-year-old told Fox News Digital.

Naman Ramachandran Producer Shrihari Sathe of New York-based production company Dialectic is enjoying the best time of his life, with no less than three of his projects, each completely different in style, genre and tone, being selected at A-list festivals.The latest career high for Sathe began with Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s continent-hopping, multilingual identity tale “No Land’s Man” being selected at Busan in October 2021, followed by Francisca Alegria’s Spanish-language magical realist drama “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” premiering at this year’s Sundance. Now, “Stay Awake,” an expansion of Jamie Sisley’s 2015 short film of the same name that premiered at the Berlinale and won the Jury Prize at Slamdance, makes its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus strand on Feb. 12.

Hannibal Mejbri admitted he found it 'difficult' to understand his Manchester United team-mates' Mancunian accents in 2019.

It's a quick turnaround for Manchester City as they prepare to continue their Premier League title defence against Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea and Newcastle United star Gavin Peacock still felt there was something missing.Perhaps it was the thrill of playing in front of a 100,000 strong Wembley crowd in the 1994 FA Cup final. Maybe it was the irreplaceable day-to-day dressing room culture all footballers fall in love with?Whatever it was, it was missing, and Peacock found himself “in need of a saviour”.A flight to Calgary, and many years off studying later, Peacock overhauled his life, left the BBC sofas for good, and embarked on a spiritually fulfilling quest as a pastor.

Playboy star Melissa Howe has revealed that the infamous mansion Grotto saw that much sex, the water became infected.The Berkshire born model, 31, lived at Hugh Hefner's famous Los Angeles mansion between 2013 and 2017, alongside her twin, Carla.During her time at the famous residence, Howe saw a string of A-list celebs walk through the doors and attended Hefner's mega parties at the California home, which had been surrounded by zoo animals.But there is one stand out memory for Melissa that she explains repulsed her after discovering the gruesome news following a string of raunchy, yet 'normal' events.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, she told me: "I knew things were going on because we had a grotto in the garden, there would be craziness going on in the grotto with random people hooking up."The water was infected because they shut the grotto off."She went on to add in further detail: "When we heard that we were like 'what the f**k?' because we would be going in there all the time."We'd be chilling in groups because it was like a sauna, boiling up but when we heard that we were like 'okay, we're not going in there', people were having sex in the grotto." Following the news that a poodle became addicted to cocaine at the mansion, Melissa added: "His animals would always be going around the mansion, so I'm not surprised.

James Martin is back on our screens this morning with the latest episode of his cooking show Saturday Morning. However, many fans are likely to want to know a little more about the television chef and his life off-screen as well.James has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Louise Davies for over 10 years.The pair tend to keep their personal life to themselves and are rarely seen in public together.However, James has opened up in the past about their relationship, as well as why they won’t have children.Speaking in an unearthed interview from 2018, Jame explained he doesn't want kids.He said: “I go round to my mate’s house, who has four kids, and realise that I don’t want them after about two minutes."Kids are great, but it’s just no, not for me.“You sacrifice so much in this work and the job and everything else.

supports HTML5 videoSam Smith has admitted that the backlash to them coming out as non-binary was ‘really hard’.Last year, the 28-year-old announced that they were non-binary and were changing their pronouns to they/them after ‘a lifetime of being at war’ with their gender.While Sam received a lot of support after their announcement, they were also hit with a lot of backlash about their identity and pronouns.Speaking to James Corden on The Late Late Show about coming out, the Stay With Me singer said that while their experience for the most part has been great, it has also been a ‘struggle’.Sam said: ‘I mean do you know what, all in all it’s been wonderful. ‘I have always felt the way I’ve felt and being able to tell everyone that and feel

Diamonds by Sam Smith moves up to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart as the singer eyes up a potential entry into this week's Top 10.

The MTV Europe Music Awards took place on Sunday and included a number of incredible performances.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Movie Week on saw the likes of Maisie Williams dress as Frozen's Elsa, Max George transform into Homer Simpson and become Hercules. But despite the impressive costumes and makeup, what did former professionals and think?James noted Strictly did not used to allow people with Latin and ballroom dance training, such as Bill Bailey, on the show while Ola thought Jason Bell may now be at risk of leaving following his Star Wars-themed Paso Doble.

Sam Smith has shared how the last lockdown affected their mental state after touring for eight years.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has signed 14-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter Angelina Jordan, who won “Norway’s Got Talent” as an eight-year-old and will release her first single, “Million Miles,” self-written and produced by hitmaking duo Stargate (Beyonce, Rihanna, Sam Smith), on Friday.A musical prodigy, Jordan began studying classic singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong at the age of five. While she was pursued by labels at the time of her “Norway’s Got Talent” victory — which she won with a rendition of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday” — the young singer decided to wait.“I knew I wanted something bigger,” she says in her artist biography.

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Strictly Come Dancing’s first elimination took place on Sunday night and it was curtains for one of our celebrity couples.The second week of the show saw feathers flying, high-octane tricks and… and elephant take to the floor.Also, the results show saw Sam Smith take to the stage to perform as the first guest musician of the series.The points from last week’s show were added to this week’s leaderboard which saw HRVY and Maisie tie for the top honour.Unfortunately, it was former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and her partner Anton Du Beke who found themselves in the bottom two and were eliminated first.Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing and his partner Karen Hauer were saved by the judges and live to dance another day.Both Jacqui and Jamie had

Sam Smith opened up about their ideal timeline for having children.“I want kids,” the singer, 28, told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Monday, October 26. “I want all of it.

Sam Smith first rose to fame in 2012 after the release of his hit single Latch.Tonight sees Sam hit our screens on The Graham Norton Show as the musical guest where the Money On My Mind singer will perform their latest single Diamonds.Earlier this month the singer was said to be dating furniture designer Francois Rocci after the pair were spotted kissing while on a date.However, Sam has since denied their relationship and instead opened up on dating.While talking on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen last week Sam said: "I'm still single, I'm on the front line with all the single people still and it's been difficult.

Sam Smith would love to start a family within the next seven years.The singer dished on their hopes for the future in a new interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, confessing to wanting children by the age of 35.The 28-year-old Stay With Me hitmaker said: 'I want kids. I want all of it.

SAM Smith revealed their plans to have kids by the age of 35 and said: "I want to be mummy." The singer, 28 - who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns - wants to start a family soon so they can watch their children grow older. However, Sam said the hunt for a boyfriend is "exhausting" and they want to remain a singer for the time being.