Pope calls Russian Church leader 'Putin's altar boy' over support of Ukraine invasion

ballet classes akin to meditation. First, because the music, whether pre-recorded or played live by a pianist, is so spirit-lifting – it might be Tchaikovsky, it might be a classical take on The Flintstones, but it’s a fast ticket out of reality.

Labor and Greens MPs in the Queensland Parliament voted on Thursday to defeat a motion from Robbie Katter’s Australian Party against transgender women participating in female sport. The motion was defeated 49 votes to 33, with Liberal MPs and the sole One Nation Party MP voting in favour of the motion. Trigger Warning: This story discusses transphobic comments, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Katter’s motion asked the house to support women’s rights by agreeing that “allowing biological men to play in female sport will erode the integrity of female sport”.The motion further said that “biological males participating in female sport pose an unfair competitive advantage against, and/or safety risk against female athletes” and anyone supporting it was “complicit in eroding the integrity of female sport and therefore women’s rights”In his address to the Parliament, Katter claimed that it was “important for parents – I’m a parent of some young girls who will be hopefully participating in some sport one day – to imagine them 15 or 17 years old, post-puberty, competing against the odd person who might want to transfer to being female, that doesn’t sit well with me.

Travis Barker told Kris Jenner a sweet story that clearly proved his love for Kourtney Kardashian. On the latest episode of , Kris paid a visit to her eldest child and recalled a conversation she'd had with the 46-year-old rocker before the start of his romantic relationship with Kourtney.«He goes, 'Do you want to know the real reason why I moved to Calabasas? Because I knew she lived in Calabasas and I knew she was the love of my life.

A tense situation. Amid her divorce from Kanye West, Kim Kardashian opened up about the criticism that she faced from the rapper when she attempted to break away from his styling advice.

“We’ve got a lot of virus circulating now. And it’s on its way up,” said Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody at a press briefing earlier this week.

Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch is becoming a key player within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there was a time when the role left her feeling “frustrated” that she wasn’t being considered for other roles because she’d been typecast as an super-powered action star.

Countdown legend Carol Vorderman is a “proud momma” as she celebrates her son Cameron’s, 24, graduation.The former Channel 4 star was bursting with pride following her son's Covid-delayed ceremony in Bristol.In a post uploaded to Instagram, Carol, 61, shared a series of snaps from the epic ceremony, including one where she’s posing beside her son Cameron who graduated with a first-class degree in animation.In another she's pictured beside her son and daughter Katie, 31, as the trio took a beautiful family photo together.For the special occasion, the Countdown beauty donned a stunning floor-length navy blue gown which she paired with a classy white knee length coat. Her caption read: “Well @uwebristol University of West of England...IT WAS THE BEST...“It was organised so well and so friendly and beautiful and the music blaring out was new and brilliant.

Ariel Winter has pulled up stakes and gotten herself out of Los Angeles. The actress is now opening up about what motivated the big move.The actress sat down for a chat on the podcast, hosted by Chad Sanders and Winter's co-star and on-screen mom, Julie Bowen — and she reflected on how her desire for a normal life lead to her exodus from the City of Angels.«Part of the reason I always hated L.A.

Anglican Bishops in Australia have voted down a statement against gay marriages that sought to affirm the “traditional view” of marriage as only between a man and a woman. The statement, introduced by the conservative Sydney Diocese and its Archbishop Kanishka Raffel, said that solemnising same-sex marriages was “contrary to the teaching of Christ and the faith, ritual, ceremonial and/or discipline of this Church.”At the 18th General Synod of the Anglican Church held earlier this week, the statement found overwhelming support among the laity and the priests. The statement passed in the House of Laity (63-47) and in the House of Clergy (70-39), but was blocked by the Anglican Bishops.

Wendy Williams wants to meet with Sherri Shepherd following the comedian's recent comments about  host. The request comes after a bit of back and forth between the pair. It all started Friday when Williams spoke with Fat Joe on Instagram Live, who asked Williams whether she'll tune into Shepherd's daytime talk show, , which will premiere this fall after officially comes to an end. Shepherd joined a list of celebrities — including Fat Joe — who guest hosted for Williams on  last fall after she stepped away from the show due to ongoing health issues.The decision to end was made in February, with producers announcing Shepherd's own daytime series -- aptly named  -- taking its place.«I like her, but I won't be watching her because I know what she’s going to be doing and that’s really not my thing,» Williams said.

Martin Lewis gave his opinion on new ITV series The Games on Wednesday night.Taking to Twitter, the money saving expert, 50, claimed that the show needed "more focus on events" and "less chat" in the studio. Martin also joked that if he was "ten years younger" then he would have wanted to have been a contestant on The Games.The TV star tweeted: "I am enjoying #TheGames- I love this type of thing (if I were 10 years younger and had more time I'd have wanted to be in it).

 franchise that racism will never be tolerated. On Tuesday, the writer published a blog post condemning the racist backlash against Leah Sava Jeffries, the 12-year-old actress cast to play Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ series, . «If you have a problem with this casting, however, take it up with me. You have no one else to blame,» the author wrote. «We should be able to agree that bullying and harassing a child online is inexcusably wrong.

Zac Efron really understood the impact of High School Musical‘s mass appeal when he was camping in Papua New Guinea.

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander says earning Europa Conference League football with the Steelmen ranks as one of his career-best achievements.

The Official Charts Company is excited to announce its latest fan replica of its iconic Official Number 1 Award; this time in collaboration with Jack Savoretti.

Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey have rarely spoken out about their 1987 car crash that claimed the lives of two women — but that all changed when the Dirty Dancing actress candidly opened up about the fatal accident in May 2022.

Mama June Shannon won’t stand to see her 16-year-old daughter Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson get hate for her relationship with a 20-year-old man.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to “come clean” over a Scottish Government bullying probe into a senior SNP MSP.

Rust have disputed an official report stating they failed to adhere to gun safety prior to the on-set shooting involving Alec Baldwin.Last October, the actor was rehearsing a scene for the film when he discharged a live round from a prop gun on set, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured the director, Joel Souza.Baldwin has claimed that he was told the gun was “cold” by the assistant director, and the Sante Fe Sheriff’s department and district attorney are continuing to investigate the shooting.The film’s production company previously said it “enforced all applicable safety protocols,” despite the New Mexico Environment Department imposing its maximum fine on Rust Movie Productions for “serious and wilful” failures.Now the company behind the film has continued to defend its actions, arguing that it was not responsible for supervising the film set, “much less for supervising specific protocols such as the maintenance and loading of weapons” (per BBC News).“The law properly permits producers to delegate such critical functions as firearm safety to experts in that field and does not place such responsibility on producers whose expertise is in arranging financing and contracting for the logistics of filming,” the statement continued, adding that previous discharges of blank rounds on set had been “properly addressed”, including with safety briefings for cast and crew, and did not violate firearm safety protocols.The company also refuted claims that the movie’s armourer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, had been “overburdened” by her additional role as a props assistant, saying her responsibilities as armourer “always took precedence” and that she had sufficient time to inspect the ammunition, but “didn’t do her job

Sasha Urban editorMost Angelenos know the Billboard Queen, Angelyne. The enigmatic human Barbie, self-described as a “Rorschach test in pink,” has been a mainstay of Los Angeles culture ever since billboards bearing her face and name began popping up throughout the city in 1984.

Kirstie Allsopp urged the government to support the building of new homes via an impassioned Twitter plea today.The Location, Location, Location presenter expressed her discontent with the housing situation, which comes amid a cost of living crisis, and lamented that the country was "up s*** creek".BBC property expert Henry Pryor helped to ignite the debate by posting a headline stating that neighbours could now get the right to vote on housing plans, such as adding extensions to a property.He added: "Rip up those Govt. new home targets.There’s no way we’re going to build 300k new homes a year now."Kirstie retweeted it, before exclaiming: "Can someone explain to the Government how supply and demand works please?"Because if they don’t support the building of better housing, far faster, prices will continue to rise and we will all be f***ed."She also added in a subsequent tweet: "The rise in the average age of purchase of a first home, followed by the rise in the average age of having a first child will have a profound affect on British society for centuries.