Meet the ex-Premier League hardman who hung up his boots to become professional artist

Naman Ramachandran The European Film Academy (EFA) has issued an unequivocal condemnation of President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and excluded Russia from the European Film Awards.In a statement released on Tuesday, the EFA said: “The Academy strongly condemns the war started by Russia – Ukraine’s sovereignty and territory must be respected. Putin’s actions are atrocious and totally unacceptable, and we strongly condemn them.”“What concerns us most is the fate of the Ukrainians, and our hearts are with the Ukrainian filmmaking community. We are fully aware that several of our members are fighting with arms against the aggressor.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAvril Lavigne, Maren Morris, Alicia Keys and other artists will appear in “iHeartRadio SeeHer Hear Her: Celebrating Women Who Make Music and Culture,” a celebration on the radio network taking place on International Women’s Day on March 8.The event will highlight successful and influential artists in music during a live one-hour special that will stream on iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages on March 8 at 8 p.m. ET (available on demand through March 14).iHeartMedia is the largest radio network in the U.S.

One day after the 2022 Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, Selena Gomez took to Instagram to reminisce about the night. She shared a number of glamorous selfies from the before the show, and joked about the unfortunate incident with her shoes at the event. “Last night was such a magical one,” Selena gushed. “I couldn’t keep my heels on but I did manage to take a couple selfies.”

After experiencing a “reality check” about how dangerous the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gotten, Maksim “Maks” Chmerkovskiy has safely found his way out of danger. Maskim, 42, revealed that he fled his home country on February 28, joining the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have left the country. The Dancing With The Stars pro said he getting out via train.

Holly Willoughby, 41, has made a candid confession about her previous relationships.She admitted during a chat with Alison Hammond on her Wylde Moon podcast that she’d even once dated a cowboy.During the tell-all chat with her ITV colleague, the presenter also admitted she rarely speaks to her exes.The star, known for fronting This Morning, shared this in the podcast released last week.Explaining how she found romance with a cowboy, she admitted he was “gorgeous”.Holly said: "I’d met him on a plane when he was wearing normal clothes and looked gorgeous."When we met later at a restaurant he was wearing all the gear.“I thought about turning round and doing a runner, but I have good manners.“I couldn’t go out with a cowboy because I don’t own any cowgirl outfits.”Holly then quipped: “At least he didn’t have the horse tied up outside."As well as this, the star opened up about her other romances as well.She admitted to Alison that they haven’t been in contact since she split up with them.Holly added: “I don’t think I’ve spoken to a single one of my exes, ever."I needed to leave more of a lasting impression, clearly I didn’t!"However, it’s not clear which of her ex-boyfriends Holly was talking about.This is because the star has kept her romantic life out of the spotlight.The Dancing on Ice host has been married to Dan Baldwin since 2007.The pair met on the set of Ministry of Mayhem back in 2004, which Dan was producing.Speaking about meeting him on Loose Women back in January, Holly said: "We met on Saturday mornings and we became really, ridiculously close friends.“It was like this intensity of friendship for about ten, 15 weeks or something and then I remember cheersing him with a glass and looking at him and I was like, 'Oh

They were married in 2000 and had their daughter, Winnie, in 2001.Previously, Fern was married to her first husband, Clive Jones, until 1998. During this time, she gave birth to twins Harry and Jack and a daughter, Grace.Fern and Phil announced they were separating in January 2020.Fern said in a statement on Twitter: “After more than 20 happy years together, Phil and I have decided to go our separate ways.

Loose Women star Coleen Nolan was left in a flap after a tense face-off against Janet Street-Porter saw her complain about the "pressure" of the ITV show.

tennis pro has signed up to the Ukrainian reservist army following Russia's senseless invasion of Ukraine.Sergiy Stakhovsky has played at majors including the US and French Open, and even gained notoriety for defeating defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of Wimbledon in 2013.The Ukrainian only recently announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 36 after going out in a first round qualifying defeat to American Jeffrey John Wolf at the Australian Open in January. But, after Valdimir Putin ordered a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the former tennis pro signed up to fight with his country’s reservists.

golf babe Paige Spiranac has sizzled in a low cut top as fans joke she is "going to melt the snow".Spiranac stunned her fans as she uploaded a series of pictures and a clip to her Instagram account last Thursday, showing her ready to play a round of golf.Despite the snowy conditions, Spiranac was not fazed and braved the cold as she exposed her cleavage in a low cut black top.Fans of the professional golfer turned influencer lapped up the content as they joked that she was freezing cold as she posed in the snowy conditions.Spiranac captioned the post: “Rain, snow, or sunshine I’ve been making an effort to walk more on the golf course.“I feel like it makes my rounds better but it’s hard when you’re carrying massive jugs around… those water bottles add so much weight.”Her fans quickly flooded the comments section, whilst the post has since racked up almost 165,000 likes.One fan joked: “Girl you are going to melt the snow! No wonder you are not cold.”Is Paige Spiranac the best sports influencer in the world? Let us know in the comments section below.However, others were less convinced that Spiranac was not affected by the weather, as one wrote: "How are you not cold?"A third fan added: “Paige it’s like four degrees here, I know you cold as f***.”The 28-year-old has forged a successful career as a golf influencer since she retired from professional golf in 2016.Her Instagram account has over 3.2million followers and she has also become a podcast host with her Playing A Round Podcast.She regularly wows fans with her social media uploads, including a recent busty display ahead of the Super Bowl in February.Prior to walking away from professional golf, Spiranac competed in both the Ladies European Tour and Cactus Tour after

Russia's invasion.Faye Savage, 30, has rallied volunteers and fundraising to deliver critical medical equipment and household donations "for as long as we have to" for those in the Ukraine suffering from Russia's attack. Faye, who has given out her home address so it can be used as a "drop-in centre" for volunteers to bring aid, is located nearby to the iconic Oskar Schindler's factory.She has now taken volunteers to assist her in the journey to the Ukrainian border, which is usually a couple hours' drive but is now expected to take a lot longer.The group of volunteers are set to carry out deliveries to Ukrainians in need and will put posters up around the area to show their support.Faye has said the response to her fundraising efforts has been "absolutely incredible."She said: "My motivation, besides the completely unacceptable nature of what is going on, is that Ukraine has a close place in my heart."Poland has always welcomed me and treated me as part of the community - a community which also has a large Ukrainian gathering."My two best friends are Ukrainian and I work alongside Ukrainians every day, I am extremely fond of the country and have travelled there too, so wanted to return a favour."She continued: "I was just going to ask my parents and sister to donate at first but I have been inundated since I started the whole thing.

Holly Willoughby was delighted to show off her youngest son Chester's artwork to her millions of followers on Instagram.The proud mum-of-three, 42, gushed over seven-year-old Chester's drawing for her, which was addressed: "To mummy,".The brilliant drawing showed mum Holly and Chester enjoying a day out in the sun with their adorable pup Bailey, a golden retriever.This Morning presenter Holly was dressed in a pink jumper that said "Love", and young Chester was sporting a stylish blue t-shirt.Taking to Instagram to showcase Chester's artistic talent with her 7.6million fans, excited Holly wrote: "thank you Chester" with an affectionate heart-emoji.Holly's famous friends and fans loved Chester's drawing, and many praised his work in the comments.All Saints singer Nicole Appleton wrote: "Soo sweet"One fan wrote: "That's a keep sake. I've got bags upon bags of art of my kids when they were little"A second, who noticed Bailey in the picture, said: "Beautiful and Bailey there too"A third admitted: "It’s so amazing when they think of you enough to create something for you! Although I do find myself repressing the urge to stick is straight in the bin...

Big Brother's Glyn Wise was completely unrecognisable in a new picture of him with a shaved head preaching in church. The 34-year-old found fame at 18 when he was a housemate on the 2006 series of the reality show.But the star - who recently moved to London for training to become a priest for the Christian church - looks totally different nowadays.Fans could not believe the transformation after Glyn tweeted a snap of himself at the pulpit.The shot showed him in his robes as he spoke to the congregation.Glyn's curly brown hair was nowhere to be seen as his head had been shaved, and he sported a light sprinkling of facial hair.However, he was still flashing the same broad smile he was known for when he was on the show."Preached today at St.

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Amazon Prime Video is set to keep you rather occupied throughout March, 2022.The new offerings will feature a selection of brand new Amazon original series and films, as well as Oscar-nominated films and adaptations from classic novels.Thrill-seekers and racing enthusiasts will be treated to all the action from MotoGP as MotoGP: Unlimited series one will be available for Prime Video subscribers to watch from Monday, March 14.Meanwhile, sci-fi fans can get stuck into Star Trek: Picard Series 2 from Friday, March 4.Here's everything you can look forward to throughout the month, and exactly when the shows, films and documentaries will be available to watch.Fans of zombie drama The Walking Dead will be able to stream the penultimate series on Prime Video this month, which sees the group preparing for the war against the Whisperers.Patrick Stewart will be reprising his role as a now-94-year-old Admiral Jean-Luc Picard as and his crew race into the past to save the galaxy's future.This brand new Amazon Original series features eight stories from The Boys' universe, with the story from each animated episode created by a different writer.Series two of Amazon Original Upload is on its way this month as the futuristic show continues to follow the lives of Nathan, Nora and Ingrid. Created by Greg Daniels of The Office, this one's well worth getting stuck into.Adrenaline junkies can look forward to seeing all the action from the 2021 MotoGP World Championship in this new docuseries.

A group of global soccer stars from Ukraine have teamed to create a video calling for support for the war-torn nation. You can watch it in full below.

The European Film Academy (EFA) has joined growing calls in the international cinema community for a boycott of Russian films.

Steven Gerrard - deciding to prank the superstar instead.The action had Claude Makelele and Michael Essien in stitches ahead of the 2006 clash with Liverpool, while John Terry offered him a congratulatory pat on the head.While Gerrard, who laughed off the audacious prank later admitted: "If it was an adult I would have wanted to wring their neck!"But, 16-years-later, Nickless is now looking to break into the professional game himself.And the youngster has been bouncing around some famous Non-League sides such as Dulwich Hamlet and Billericay Town in recent season."I remember my dad putting me up to it," Nickless recently told SPORTbible."I kept saying I wasn't going to do it and I think he eventually believed it, so he stopped."But in the moment I was just excited and thought why not.

Ellise Shafer Variety parent company Penske Media and sister brand Rolling Stone have acquired a majority interest in the Life Is Beautiful music festival.Founded in 2013 by the late Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos, Life Is Beautiful is an annual music and arts festival in Las Vegas, Nev. Its most recent installment in 2021 boasted Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala as headliners and drew over 170,000 attendees.

EXCLUSIVE: The Art Directors Guild has sketched out a career honor for Donna Cline. The concept artist whose credits include Bones, Chicago Med and The Big Bang Theory will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illustrators and Matte Artists at the 26th annual ADG Awards.

Dua Lipa has today launched her “global style, arts and culture newsletter” called Service95.The free platform was announced last November and will be released weekly to subscribers – you can sign up here. Talking about the venture, Lipa said: “I find huge joy in telling people what I’ve learned about in any given city and love finding connection in our shared experiences.

Bill Cosby, 84, and his wife Camille Cosby, 77, have had five children during their 58-year marriage. Once affectionately dubbed America’s dad, the comedian’s reputation was tarnished after 60 women have spoken out and claimed that he sexually assaulted them, with the claims ranging from groping to rape. While many of these instances had happened too long ago for him to be convicted, he was able to be tried for sexually assaulting his former friend Andrea Constand in 2004 and was found guilty on three counts of 2018. The decision was reversed due to a legal technicality and he was freed in 2021.