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Close connection. Zac Efron has been open about his bond with his family over the years.

Dumfries cricketer Chris McBride has been making his mark on the pitch for Scotland in the heat of Namibia whilst his former Dumfries Cricket Club team mates have been putting the gloves on for the icy conditions at home.

OMG! A well-known Chinese food blogger was stabbed to death by a rival influencer during a live stream from Nepal.

Tributes are pouring in for an award-winning search and rescue dog that has sadly passed away. Thirteen-year-old springer spaniel Diesel, who works for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, has spent time rescuing people after earthquakes in New Zealand and Nepal.

The Everest Base Camp trekkers from Perth Andrew Donaldson and Michael Atherton are on a new high - they’ve summited their fundraising target.

World Cup hero Harry Souttar once insisted his ultimate ambition in football would be to play for Scotland...five years before he became an Australian icon. The former Dundee United defender has won huge amounts of praise for his colossal performances at the centre of defence for the Socceroos who clinched a shock qualification into the Last 16 of the World Cup, just after he battled back from a serious knee injury.

Call it a holiday tradition as common as sweet potatoes on the Thanksgiving table, but Disney is going to rule the five-day holiday stretch again after wins in 2016 (Moana), 2017 (Coco), 2018 (Ralph Breaks the Internet), 2019 (Frozen 2) and last year (Encanto), as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s third weekend looks to do $40M over Wednesday-Sunday and Disney Animation’s Strange World hopes to squeeze out $30M+. All of this occurs as Bob Iger is re-installed as the CEO of Disney and the studio’s distribution czar Kareem Daniel exits.

EXCLUSIVE: In step with domestic, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World will make its offshore theatrical debut this week, and is eyeing an overseas start in the $21M-$29M range. That’s lower than where a new animated movie from Disney might normally kick off, but the studio has taken a voluntary pass on more than 20 markets, choosing not to submit the film in countries where its LGBTQ+ content would have very likely forced demands for edits.

David Beckham, who is married to Mel C's former Spice Girls bandmate Victoria, has gushed that the state of Qatar is "incredible" following his decision to sign up as its ambassador for a reported seven figure sum. However, a disapproving Mel C has been left divided over her friend's latest move, insisting that any association with the country is pure "greed".The LGBT ally spoke out on David's decision to support the country, saying she feels "very uncomfortable" that it is illegal to be homosexual there.The country also has the death penalty written into its laws for certain circumstances - and last year, a Nepali national was killed by the state as punishment for a murder conviction."It's difficult.

Two intrepid young men from Perth were challenged to their limits when they set off to Nepal to climb to Mount Everest Base Camp.

Rangers legend Willie Henderson has given his backing to the “incredibly kind-hearted” group of intrepid trekkers who are soaring to an altitude of 4500m in the Himalayas in aid of the charity set up in memory of his late daughter.

A one-year-old boy has died after he tragically drowned during a family fishing trip when he was left unsupervised for ''a minute or so'' near a lake, an inquest heard. Little Melvin Gurung had been playing as his parents and other family members on the holiday were fishing for trout at Manningford Trout Fishery in Pewsey, Wiltshire, on November, 14 last year.

Over half of Brits would describe themselves as “foodies”, according to a study – with seven in ten having tried new international cuisines in the past 12 months that they had never tasted before.A poll of 2,000 adults revealed that popular cuisines such as Italian and Chinese remain top of the list when it comes to favourite international delicacies.But one in six food-lovers have tried up to six or more new cuisines over the past year – including South African (14%), Lebanese (15%), and Turkish (32%).One in five (19%) have given Korean food a go, while more than a quarter (28%) have sampled Japanese food for the first time – and nearly half (47%) have opted for a taste of the USA.One in ten have even tucked into a Nepalese dish, while 7% have enjoyed cuisine native to the Philippines.It also emerged that nearly half (45%) have been inclined to try new dishes after seeing interesting sauces, oils, marinades, and condiments in supermarkets.The ever-increasing variety of cuisine on take-away apps has also had a knock-on effect, with 45% revealing they’ve become more experimental when cooking at home as a result.The study, by speciality cooking brand U:ME, manufacturer of oils and “Spice Shots” for use when making international dishes at home, found Italian and Chinese are still the most popular cuisines.Ria Joyce, head of brand at U:ME, said: “Our taste in food has never been more eclectic.“A popular phrase right now is that the world is getting smaller, and that’s equally true when it comes to our taste in food.“You can find cuisine from all over the world in your local supermarkets – and even more specialist stuff in smaller shops, especially in bigger cities.”However, 33% wish supermarkets stocked even more foodstuffs,

Rangers legend Willie Henderson has given his backing to the "incredibly kind-hearted" group of intrepid trekkers who are soaring to an altitude of 4500m in the Himalayas in aid of the charity set up in memory of his late daughter.

Dakota Johnson rocked a pair of wide-leg jeans on her way to the Madame Web film set in New York City on Wednesday. The 33-year-old star, who is playing the film's titular superhero, paired her trendy denim pants with an ivory sweater, oversized shades, a necklace of bright blue beads and a large black leather bag.Dakota's arrival on set coincided with the first glimpse of her costar Tahar Rahim, who is rumored to be playing the villain in the film.  Trendy superhero: Dakota Johnson, 33, rocked a pair of wide-leg jeans on her way to the Madame Web film set in New York City on Wednesday. The star, who is playing the titular superhero, paired her trendy denim pants with an ivory sweater, oversized shades, a necklace of bright blue beads and a large black leather bagThe 41-year-old Rahim is a French actor of Algerian descent.

Manori Ravindran International Editor New York’s South Asian International Film Festival has appointed Chayan Sarkar as its new president. A filmmaker, entrepreneur and festival director, Sarkar is also the founder of the Indian International Film Festival of Queensland in Australia. He takes over from SAIFF founder Shilen Amin, who will step down as president, but will remain a member of the festival’s board of directors. Sarkar joins SAIFF as the festival enters its 19th year as a leading film festival in the U.S. for new cinema from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, and within the Indian diaspora. In recent years, SAIFF has become increasingly influential as a platform for South Asian cinema, both in the U.S. and internationally. Fourteen of India’s submissions for the international feature film Oscar have had their North American premieres at the festival.

Naman Ramachandran For the first time in its 37-year history, the SXSW festival in Austin will host South Asian House, an initiative to celebrate South Asians from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives as well as accomplished members of the diaspora. The initiative, scheduled for the first weekend of SXSW on March 11 and 12, 2023, will feature programming around film and television, dance and music, technology, business, fashion, comedy and climate change from a South Asian world view across plenaries, sessions, panel discussions, workshops, art exhibits, book launches and music concerts. It will take place in the 4th Street neighborhood of downtown Austin, near the Austin Convention Center event headquarters.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (“Waiting for the Barbarians”) has acquired a controlling stake in central London’s Mercato Metropolitano food market and teamed with British music producer David Tickle’s Tickle Entertainment on a doc series set there about global food culture. Iervolino, whose Iervolino and Lady Bacardi Entertainment (ILBE) company produces feature films including Bobby Moresco’s upcoming “Lamborghini,” is also the founder of innovative digital entertainment platform TaTaTu, a social media platform that uses a form of cryptocurrency called TTU Coins. TaTaTu recently acquired a controlling stake in London’s Mercato Metropolitano from its founder Andrea Rasca who in 2016 established this pioneering community market as a space for social exchange and environmental sustainability. The Mercato is now being used as the location for an upcoming docu-series chronicling the journey of four chefs who sought refuge in the United Kingdom respectively from Syria, Namibia, Nepal, and Uzbekistan.

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian AVOD platform MX Player has set a multi-year partnership with Lionsgate to bring premium Hollywood content onto the service. Via this agreement, MX Player consumers in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives will now have access to more than 50 Hollywood blockbuster films dubbed in the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages in a year. Titles available in September include “Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” “Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2,” “War” and “Destruction: Las Vegas.” Mansi Shrivastav, senior VP, content acquisitions and alliances, MX Player, said: “Our partnership with Lionsgate allows us to bring some of the most popular and commercially acclaimed Hollywood films to our viewers in their local languages. This partnership also enables us to attract new users to the platform while consolidating our existing audience base. We are thrilled with this alliance and look forward to working closely with the team at Lionsgate to make more Hollywood content available for users in the region.”

Apple AirPods after taking a very expensive round-trip to retrieve them.Lewis Ellis, 31, decided to go on a globetrotting trek to retrieve his beloved headphones after leaving them on a Qatar Airways flight from Bangkok to Doha.He said staff wouldn't let him back on the plane to retrieve them, and after waiting four hours in the airport for them, he gave up and went home. READ NEXT: Facebook now 'officially' for old people as teens desert it for cooler social networks Lewis later checked the location of the AirPods using the 'Find My' app on iPhone and discovered that the earphones were on 'the holiday of a lifetime'.Lewis watched his earphones travel the world for five months. He said: "I watched as they flew from Qatar to Kathmandu, before heading to a small village in the Himalayan mountains overlooking Nepal."They then took a short jaunt to Thailand before finally coming to rest back in Doha."After his friends dared him to go and retrieve them in person, Lewis and his friend Tom flew to Doha and used the Find My app to try and find the AirPods with the help of a local man, Karim.Once they arrived in Doha, the lads tracked the AirPods to an apartment building and went door-to-door trying to connect to them using Bluetooth.

A Manchester entrepreneur embarked on an extraordinary journey to be reunited with his Apple AirPods after he left them behind on a flight. Lewis Ellis, who starred in the BBC One business contest The Apprentice in 2019, flew 4,000 miles to track down his wireless earbuds which he was parted from five months ago.