James Jordan likens Laila Morse to an 'Oompa-Loompa' in backstage Fully Monty video

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.

Strictly so far. And while he may not be the most likely contestant to win the series, Dan has proven that plenty of viewers are rooting for him to keep going.Choreographer James Jordan — who appeared as a professional dancer on Strictly from 2006 to 2013 — replied to Dan's tweet by sending him some encouraging words in light of all the backlash he has received in recent weeks. The 43-year-old shared: "Just seen this mate - you have improved more than anyone else in the competition - fact."And the only person left to have zero previous dance training - fact.

Television has undoubtedly been one of the most significant forms of escapism for viewers, especially during the pandemic where we've had to isolate at home with a remote control in hand. As well as the glitz and glamour of some of our beloved television shows, we naturally all live for a bit of gossip and drama.

EastEnders star Laila Morse is not frightened of stripping off on TV.The actress – who is best known for playing Big Mo on the BBC soap – likes to go to nudist camps and even cooks and does a spot of gardening in her birthday suit.Eyebrows were raised when it was revealed that 76-year-old Laila had signed up for ITV Christmas show Strictly The Real Full Monty.She and fellow celebrities including Duncan James, Christine McGuinness and James and Ola Jordan will get their kit off in a special show to raise awareness about checking your body for signs of cancer.However Laila has no problem with shedding her clothes and said: "I do like to take my clothes off when I’m on holiday."I was on a nudist beach in Lanzarote and had a smashing time.

COLEEN Nolan will not be returning as host of The Real Full Monty when the show’s 2021 series airs later this year.  The 56-year-old has been part of every series since its launch in 2017 - when she took part as a contestant. But, after co-hosting the last three series with Ashley Banjo, it's been announced that he will be the only presenter for the new series.

has been teasing fans on Instagram with a secret new project that has seen him give up pizza and alcohol, work to get fit and numerous trips to London. Now the secret is out with news on the contestants for the new series, which also includes Wales' 110m hurdles world champion, Olympian and presenter, Colin Jackson.

Christine McGuinness, 'EastEnders' actress Laila Morse and Loose Women's Brenda Edwards are part of the line-up for 'Strictly the Real Full Monty'. The ITV show will return to screens this Christmas and the trio will be joined by professional dancers and husband and wife James and Ola Jordan, Blue singer Duncan James and Olympian Colin Jackson, who will all be stripping on stage to raise cancer awareness.

Kierantrains replied: “Such a great cause Martin!!”Val_hammond typed: “Absolutely amazing, well done Martin, definitely behind you on this.”As well as property expert Martin and sports star Colin, the rest of the class of 2021 hitting the dance floor will be EastEnders actress Laila Morse, professional dancers and husband and wife James and Ola Jordan, Blue singer Duncan James, model Christine McGuinness, musical theatre and Loose Women star Brenda Edwards, and Love Island favourites Teddy Soares and Demi Jones.They all have stories to tell about how cancer has touched their lives.Presenter, choreographer and mentor Ashley will support the anxious celebrities as they take on a completely new twist in front of a guaranteed-to-be-screaming

James and Ola Jordan have found a unique way of honouring his late father Allan, who sadly passed away earlier this year.MORE: Ola and James Jordan give their verdict on Strictly week sevenIt has been revealed that the former Strictly stars have both signed up to take part in Strictly The Real Full Monty, which will see the couple strip off this Christmas alongside a number of fellow celebs.WATCH: Strictly's Ola Jordan prepares to have BotoxSpeaking about their decision to bare all, James told the Sun: "The Real Full Monty is such an important show for raising awareness of cancer which, sadly, took my Dad this year.READ: Strictly's Katya Jones and Adam Peaty break silence after emotional exitMORE: Who is Adam Peaty's girlfriend Eirianedd

EastEnders' Lalia Morse and Christine McGuiness, wife of comedian Paddy, are among the stars who have signed up for The Real Full Monty.Former Strictly Come Dancing stars James and Ola Jordan, Blue singer Duncan James will also join the celebrities taking the plunge and stripping off for Strictly The Real Full Monty.Also baring all to raise awareness for cancer checks will be Olympian Colin Jackson, Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards, TV presenter Martin Roberts and Love Island stars Teddy Soares and Demi Jones.The striptease show will again be presented by choreographer and mentor Ashley Banjo, who will support and lead the celebrities, who have all been touched by cancer.Jones, who rose to fame on the 2020 series of ITV2 dating show

Dan Walker, 44, has taken to Twitter to address James Jordan’s remarks on AJ Odudu’s Charleston. James, 43, often shares his opinions on Strictly contestants’ dance skills on his Twitter platform, where he boasts 292,800 followers.Following yesterday’s live show, James tweeted: “AJ.

FORMER Strictly Come Dancing pro's Ola Jordan and husband James Jordan are stripping off on the upcoming Strictly The Full Monty special. It comes after James, 43, lost his dad to cancer earlier this year.  In an exclusive interview with The Sun, James revealed the heartbreaking reason behind his decision to bare all on the show.

Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan has hit out yet again at the show's judges for handing out "high marks" when claiming that none of the dancers had been worth a 10 and had been "average".The dance star, 43, warned that Gordon Ramsay's daughter Tilly and her partner Nikita Kuzmin "could be in trouble" following their performance of the Tango this evening which saw them land seventh place on the leaderboard.In view of his 292,400 followers, the former Strictly pro shared his views on the night's performances after watching Rhys Stephenson and his partner Nancy Xu take to the dancefloor.James wrote: "The judges seem to be giving out a lot of high marks tonight"NO ONE has been worth a 10 so far.