Jury in trial of murder accused nurse Lucy Letby begin deliberations

Naman Ramachandran Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 political satire film “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” is being adapted as a stage production for London’s West End by “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci. In the film, where Peter Sellers plays several roles, an insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. It was released in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Iannucci is one of the U.K.’s foremost political satirists who scored an Oscar nomination for “In the Loop,” a BAFTA nomination for “The Death of Stalin” and a BAFTA win for “The Thick of It,” all considered amongst the best British political satires of all time. He will adapt “Dr. Strangelove” alongside Sean Foley, known for several West End productions including the Olivier nominated “The Ladykillers,” a stage adaptation of the 1955 comedy film, and “I Can’t Sing! The X Factor Musical.”

SM Entertainment has shared more details about the contracts for the members of its popular K-pop boyband NCT.Today (July 17), the K-pop agency clarified that none of the contracts for members of NCT are due to expire this year. This is despite the fact that 14 of them – namely Taeil, Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Mark, Yuta, Winwin, Haechan, Renjun, Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung – are nearing their seventh year in the industry.Most K-pop artists sign seven-year contracts upon their debut, usually leading to speculation surrounding disbandments, renewals and agency moves in a group’s seventh year.

Mrs Hinch shared an emotionally telling image after receiving some 'amazing' news. But as life often tends to prove, it's all swings and roundabouts as she later said on social media she experience the journey from 'hell' as she ditched the UK after her positive update.

Izabella St. James was 26 and still in law school when she was invited to be one of Hugh Hefner’s seven girlfriends – and she happily hopped into the role. The pipe-smoking, robe-wearing founder of Playboy magazine died in 2017 at age 91.

BTS’ Jungkook has released two new versions of his recent single, ‘Seven’.On July 17, the K-pop singer unveiled the Summer and Band remixes of his new single, ‘Seven’ featuring American rapper Latto. Both new versions of the track are now available on YouTube and streaming services.The ‘Summer Mix’ opens with a jazzy horn solo, and features a more busy, dance-heavy instrumental.

B.I has announced a list of countries he is set to visit on his upcoming 2023 ‘Love Or Die’ Europe tour.On July 17, the singer unveiled a poster for his upcoming 2023 ‘Love or Die’ Europe tour, marking his first official tour in the region. Set to take place later this year, B.I will be performing in 14 countries.B.I’s tour will feature shows in the UK, France, Germany and more.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the stepping up for the Featured Artists Coalition’s 100% Venues campaign, which encourages music venues to allow artists to sell merchandise at their shows without being charged any commission on sales, and the new legal challenge to the UK government’s festival drug testing policy. Apologies for the sound issues in this episode.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has ordered an expanded third season of Germany reality series 7 Vs Wild, as distributor Quintus Studios bags international format rights to the YouTube show.

The 35th Galway Film Fleadh ended Sunday evening with the Competition jury handing the festival’s top prizes of Best Irish Film to Apocalypse Clown, directed by George Kane, and the Generation Jury Award to Scrapper by Charlotte Regan.

Banijay has taken full control of Endemol Shine India.

A teenager who raped a 12-year-old girl in a stairwell whilst wearing a balaclava walked free after the victim's dad handed over evidence showing she asked for sex, a court heard.

pic.twitter.com/AazUm1jalaA representative for Aldean confirmed the news to Fox News Digital.Prior to his performance, Aldean’s wife, Brittany shared on Instagram that she would be joining her husband on his Highway Desperado tour next weekend, along with their children. He is scheduled to play two shows in Ohio next Thursday and Friday.The comment section was flooded with regard for Aldean, with fans extending their well-wishes.

Walk the Moon are taking a hike. The group shared an 11-minute goodbye video to Instagram on Friday, and revealed they are going on an indefinite hiatus.«The time has come for us to take a good, long break from touring and making records together,» the band's frontman and original founder Nicholas Petricca shared in the heartfelt message to fans.

Naman Ramachandran Writer-director Richard Curtis, known for iconic British romantic comedies “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” has revealed his next venture. “Christmas Actually” is a stage show encompassing live music, performance, poetry and comedy that will serve as a fundraiser for charity Comic Relief, BBC News reports. It is not a sequel to 2003 hit “Love Actually.” Comic Relief is a charity founded by Curtis and Lenny Henry in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia. Since then the charity has raised millions to help those in need via fundraisers where British comedians perform. Its annual event Red Nose Day is its biggest fund earner.

North West got a chance to meet Rozanda «Chilli» Thomas of the iconic group TLC, and couldn't contain her excitement.The 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West was absolutely beaming in a series of snapshots her famous mom posted to Instagram on Sunday, in which she and Chilli appeared to be hanging out in their kitchen.In the pics, North is smiling broadly as she shares a hug with the singer, and in one photo the pair pose together with North's puppies.Kim, meanwhile captioned the post, «Dreams do come true @therealchilli.»A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian)Specifically, North's dream of getting to meet Chilli after the young fan and her friends dressed up as the R&B trio last Halloween.In her slideshow post, Kim also shared an iconic promo photo of TLC, followed by a photo of North and two friends dressed like the bandmates — with North clearly portraying Chilli.While the post was super cute, Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian took to the comments to express her disappointment that she wasn't invited over to say hi.«What!!! And you didn’t call me to come over!!!!!» Khloe wrote, later commenting, «Oh you’re in trouble.»Meanwhile, North's grandma, Kris Jenner, simply wrote, «This is so cute!!! ❤️

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3. The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories. The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains some minor spoilers for Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, so beware of reading further if you don’t want to know anything before seeing the movie!

Since getting back from Florida, friends keep on asking me what the most memorable moment of the trip was – but it’s so hard! Every day we had a highlight and every day that highlight was different.

Taking to her Instagram shortly after the finale aired and her incredible on-screen effort in the final challenge was made public, Rhiannon shared an emotional update with her almost 10,000 followers. 

Amazon Prime Video‘s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series has been revealed, offering us our first look at Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) and Maya Erskine in the titular roles.The clip – which accompanies previews of other upcoming Prime Video shows – was released over the weekend on Prime Day.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are ringing in one year of marriage!