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UK tourists travelling to popular European Union destinations could be significantly impacted by recent changes in driving laws.

Social media fraudsters are exploiting the fame of the late Dr Michael Mosley to peddle health products, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).The Telegraph reports that disturbing AI-generated 'deepfake' videos featuring Dr Mosley, Hilary Jones and Rangan Chatterjee have emerged on social media.The TV doctor, who tragically died on the Greek island of Symi in June, appears alongside his fellow doctors in bogus footage endorsing a variety of dubious items, including blood pressure and diabetes medications and hemp gummies. Retired doctor John Cormack said: "The bottom line is, it's much cheaper to spend your cash on making videos than it is on doing research and coming up with new products and getting them to market in the conventional way." Deepfake expert Henry Ajder has noted a "significant increase" in this type of activity due to advancements in artificial intelligence tools in recent years.

Social media scammers are exploiting the late Dr Michael Mosley's fame to peddle dubious health products.

Selena Kuznikov A documentary following the life of Hawaiian musician Don Ho is in production from Aaron Kaufman, who co-directed the Ukraine documentary “Superpower” alongside Sean Penn. Verdi Productions and Public School are producing the film, which follows Ho’s life as a pop artist who was one of the first Pacific Islanders to garner fame after Hawaii gained statehood. Ho, known for his 1966 song “Tiny Bubbles” from his album of the same name, melded Hawaiian music with pop, and worked in the business for almost five decades.

It was recently discovered that Johnny Depp has been spending time with a new romantic partner, a Russian model and beautician named Yulia Vlasova.

Mikey Madison is getting Oscar buzz for her performance in the new movie Anora and the first trailer has been released online!

The Acolyte is drawing to a close this week – but will there be a second season of the hit new Star Wars spin off?The show is set 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and episodes were released to streaming on Disney+ on June 4.The Acolyte has been created by Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland and it stars Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give, Bodies Bodies Bodies) in the twin lead roles of Osha and Mae. The two characters are raised by a coven of witches, led by Jodie Turner-Smith,and are separated by tragedy, with Osha training as a Jedi before lapsing, while Mae turns to the dark side.The show has received much critical acclaim, including NME in a a four-star review of the show. We said of the show: “As with everything in Star Wars, balance is everything – but it feels like Headland has managed to walk a finer line than most with The Acolyte.

Is Johnny Depp following in his onscreen brother’s footsteps?

Johnny Depp has been spending time with a new romantic partner.

Fat Dog have released a brand-new single called ‘Wither’ – you can listen to it below.The song will appear on the London outfit’s debut studio album ‘Woof’, which is due for release on September 6 via Domino (pre-order/pre-save here).Per a press release, the dark, brutal track “captures the intoxicating energy of the band’s live show”. Frontman Joe Love barks in the crescendo: “You better wither baby before you die/ The whole team withers/ The whole team dies.”‘Wither’ is accompanied by a ’90s video game-inspired music video, directed by Ryan Vautier.

Ellise Shafer The trailer for “Anora,” Sean Baker‘ Palme d’Or-winning tale of the love story between a sex worker and the son of a Russian oligarch, is finally here. The dramedy follows Anora (Mikey Madison), an Uzbek-American stripper whose boss often sets her up with Russian-speaking clients. One night, she meets Vanya (Mark Eidelstein), the wealthy young son of a Russian oligarch who pays to make her his girlfriend for the week.

It was a bit of a shock when the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes went to Sean Baker for his new film “Anora.” It’s not shocking that the film was a hit with critics, as Baker has always made movies that do well at festivals. However, it still surprised many.

NCIS: Tony & Ziva has officially begun production, and 8 new stars have also been announced!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Now that production is underway on the 10-episode “NCIS” spinoff “NCIS: Tony & Ziva,” Paramount+ has announced the supporting cast of series regulars who will join stars Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly as they revive their “NCIS” characters. Cameras have started rolling in Budapest, Hungary, where de Pablo and Weatherly are reprising their roles of Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo.

Alan Cumming has voiced his opinion that Joe Biden should step down as US President, joining the ranks of high-profile Democratic supporters advocating for his withdrawal from the presidential race.

Brendan Rodgers is hoping to have new recruits on board for the USA with Kasper Schmeichel closing in as the new No1 while Paulo Bernardo could be heading back after a £3.5million bid was reportedly submitted to Benfica.

Spotify has begun to remove Russian artists who are in support of the war in Ukraine from the streaming platform.Back in 2022, Spotify shuttered its Moscow office in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Confirming its Moscow office would be closed “indefinitely”, the streaming platform said they were “providing individual support to our personnel” in Moscow, as well as their “global community of Ukrainian employees”.They then suspended their services in the country after Russia introduced a new legislation that makes it illegal to report any event that could discredit the Russian military.“Spotify has continued to believe that it’s critically important to try to keep our service operational in Russia to provide trusted, independent news and information from the region,” the company said in a statement.Now, the streaming platform has begun to take down the profiles of pro-war Russian artists – removing their music entirely.As reported by The Moscow Times, artists such as the band Lyube, Grigory Leps, Oleg Gazmanov, Polina Gagarina, and Shaman, among others have been affected by Spotify’s choice to pull pro-war Russian artists from their services.In a statement sent to the publication, Spotify said: “Platform Rules clearly state that we take action when we identify content which explicitly violates our content policies or local laws.

K.J. Yossman France TV have inked a production deal with Fremantle to board BBC docuseries “Zelensky” (working title). The documentary series, from Fremantle’s 72 Films, is being made in collaboration with The Open University and includes interviews with both the Ukrainian leader and his wife as well as on-the-ground footage as Ukraine battles to maintain independence in its assault from Russia.

EXCLUSIVE: At the height of Peak TV, Greg Berlanti‘s career took off like a rocket. His Berlanti Productions had a record-breaking 15 shows on the air simultaneously, from DC properties like The Flash, Supergirl and Arrow to Riverdale and Blindspot. Berlanti will have six shows on air this fall, which gave him time to launch Fly Me to the Moon, starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano. The rom-com pairs Johansson as a gifted but shady sales person trying to outrun her past, and Tatum as a fighter pilot-turned-NASA leader trying to help beat the Russians to the moon. She comes to Cape Canaveral at the behest of a Nixon fixer (Harrelson), hired to stage the moon landing for a telecast to run on global TV if things go awry. It’s the first film Berlanti has directed since 2018’s Love, Simon, a crowd pleasing theatrical release.

Nick Holdsworth Noaz Deshe, whose “Xoftex” had its world premiere this week in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, is in post-production with his next project. Deshe tells Variety the new film is a documentary set in Ukraine, which is a collaboration with Russian dissident Pyotr Verzilov – an artist and member of the anti-Kremlin performance art group Pussy Riot – and “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The last time Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa made a documentary about contemporary events in his homeland was back in 2014: “Maidan,” a rigorously observational chronicle of the Euromaidan uprising in Kyiv, was both immediate and calmly detached. Eschewing overt narrative shaping or rhetoric for clear-eyed witnessing, it was thoroughly of-the-moment filmmaking that nonetheless felt built to last as a historical document.