Richard Hammond says Jeremy Clarkson stopped talking to him after he told him of new hobby

Meet any high-profile Indian director or producer these days, and the talk is all about bibles, writers rooms and showrunners, rather than making films. Driving down Mumbai’s main artery, the Western Express Highway, most of the billboards are promoting new premium drama series from Prime Video, Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar, rather than the latest Bollywood release.

When you’re deep in among the cocktail parties and dinners or meeting up with much missed contacts at Mipcom, it might be easy to forget you’re there: the shows. To help you remember, we bring you Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best TV being sold in Cannes in 2022. You might have heard whispers along the Croisette about the next big global hit, and The Hot Ones is our pick of a wealth of programing, featuring some of the biggest names in television, from the top players in distribution.

George Clooney and his wife Amal looked every inch the loved-up couple with their arms wrapped around each other as they arrived to the premiere of his highly-anticipated film Ticket to Paradise in Los Angeles on Monday.While rocking the hot pink carpet, the Lebanese-British lawyer, 44, turned heads in a red tropical print dress with a low-cut neckline, a pair of open-toed nude heels and a bold red lipstick that matched her figure-hugging look.For the special occasion, the Up in the Air actor cut a dapper figure in a grey suit, partially open white dress shirt and black loafers. Date night: George Clooney and his wife Amal looked every inch the loved-up couple with their arms wrapped around each other as they arrived to the premiere of his highly-anticipated film Ticket to Paradise in Los Angeles on MondayAt the event, the couple were seen chatting with his costar Julia Roberts, who he recently joked about having to do '80' takes of their one kissing scene to perfect.

Julia Roberts and George Clooney brought their fashion A-game to the premiere of their new film Ticket To Paradise on Monday.The actress, 54, wowed in a plunging hot pink gown that billowed towards the floor while her handsome co-star, 61, wowed in a sleek grey suit while striking poses at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. The film, helmed by the director of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, is a rom-com about two badly behaved people rediscovering love. Showstoppers! Julia Roberts and George Clooney brought their fashion A-game as they attended the premiere of their new film Ticket To Paradise on Monday This marks the fourth time the Hollywood stars, who play exes on a mission to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they did 25 years ago by marrying young, will reunite for a film.In the film their characters' daughter Lily (played by Kaitlyn Dever) meets the love of her life on a post-graduation jaunt to Bali, which is where her parents must travel to in order to change her mind.

Billie Lourd and her husband Austen Rydell shared a passionate kiss at the premiere of Universal Pictures' Ticket To Paradise at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday evening.Ahead of her imminent due date, the 30-year-old actress who stars alongside George Clooney and Julia Roberts in the romantic comedy, showed off her burgeoning baby bump as she turned to the side while rocking a flowing black gown with sequined silver straps and coordinating flowers at the hem of her frock.As she shared a sweet smooch with her handsome spouse, 30, who she wed on March 12 following the birth of their nearly two-year-old son son Kingston Fisher, the Scream Queens star cradled her stomach. Growing family: Billie Lourd and her husband Austen Rydell shared a passionate kiss at the premiere of Universal Pictures' Ticket To Paradise at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday eveningLourd's man looked handsome as he supported his love in a black dress shirt, matching tie and burgundy suit.  In the film, Billie takes on the role of Wren in the film, who's best friends with Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), the daughter of George and Julia's bickering divorced couple. Billie, whose parents are Carrie Fisher and American talent agent Bryan Lourd, was previously in the film Booksmart; and has just been announced as the lead in a forthcoming comedy called & Mrs, alongside Aisling Bea.

Kimberley Walsh has revealed that Girls Aloud may never perform again as she thinks it would be ‘too painful’ for them to reunite as a band following member Sarah Harding’s death last September. Harding died of breast cancer aged just 39 in 2021, and Kimberley spoke about how she and fellow Girls Aloud stars Cheryl, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle have been able to come together since to do ‘some really positive fundraising for charity’Speaking to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary about Harding, Kimberley revealed that the band had no plans to mark 20 years since their debut single Sound of the Underground was released in December.

episode, which saw the cast reunite, the 29-year-olds arrived separately and shocked fellow co-stars with news of their split. The pair, who renewed their wedding vows during the series that aired last week, decided to go their separate ways after Jordan 'stopped making an effort with Chanita,’ reports the Mail Online . A source said: “Jordan and Chanita's marriage hasn't lasted.

invented scenes between the Duke and Lady Mountbatten at her estate in Hampshire. The programme uses the death of her daughter from cancer at the age of five as a jumping off point to show the Duke comforting her while grieving. It juxtaposes those scenes with the late Queen and her husband engaged in frosty conversations and sleeping in separate bedrooms.

EastEnders and Emmerdale dominate the winners (winning five and four awards respectively), with EastEnders' Lacey Turner scooping the All-Time Icon award, while her onscreen mother Gillian Wright was awarded Best Actress. Elsewhere, Neighbours bowed out after 37 years with a final two accolades following its axe, bagging the Best Daytime Star for Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson) and Best Daytime Soap. Lacey who portrays Stacey Slater in the BBC soap looked delighted as she posed with her prize, her seventh Inside Soap Award she's collected over the years.

Ryan Murphy drew inspiration for the limited series from a chilling true story, which is based on events linked to the ‘Watcher’ house in New Jersey. In a 2018 piece published by The Cut, Derek and Maria Broaddus moved into 657 Boulevard in 2014 before they received a string of chilling letters from an anonymous stalker claiming to be a protective ‘Watcher. ’The Broadduses were so reportedly so distressed by the letters, six months after they sealed the deal on the property, they put it back on the market.

Kylian Mbappe was loudly booed by onlookers as he arrived at Monday's Ballon d'Or event celebrating the world's best footballing talent in his home city of Paris. The Paris Saint-Germain striker was heckled as he entered the Theatre du Chatelet amid reports that he wants to leave the club in January, just months after signing a new deal with the Parisians. Mbappe's future in Paris has been the subject of intense speculation with recent reports suggesting that the 23-year-old wants to quit the Ligue 1 champions as soon as possible and was even considering terminating his contract to do so.

Jeremy Clarkson has boldly claimed that the government should abolish the NHS.The Grand Tour presenter, 62, reflected on the current cost of living crisis which has left many households struggling, with the average spend for bills now standing at £3,549 a year.Jeremy couldn’t help but brand our current economic system ‘un-understandable and completely un-unreliable,’ in his latest column.‘Even if the government taxed the country’s top 20 billionaires 100 per cent of every single thing they own, it’d still only get £266 billion,’ he wrote.‘And it’d waste it on something stupid.

Jeremy Clarkson after hacking a luxury grocery firm. Motormouth Jezza, snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan, Wildlife presenter David Attenborough, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and former tennis star Tim Henman all had information nicked by the Russian gang. READ MORE: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire fans slam 'millionaire' player who 'doesn't need money' Their addresses and other details were published on the dark web after the raid on Daylesford Organic.Security expert Philip Ingram - a former colonel in British military - warned: “This cyber attack should be a wake-up call for the security services and businesses.“Daylesford is exactly the kind of company that would be viewed by Russia-based hackers as both a lucrative ransomware opportunity and of potential use to power brokers in the Kremlin.” The luxury grocer’s, based in the privately-owned village of Daylesford in Gloucestershire, is reported to have delivered food to Boris Johnson during lockdown.

Jeremy examines the state of the economy, whilst establishing that he is first and foremost “not an economist”. Yet individuals do not have to be an expert in economics to understand that heating bills are increasing as well as high inflation rates.Jeremy bluntly puts the state of the current economy down to individuals thinking that the government has access to a “magic money tree” which can be harvested in times of need.In his characteristic no nonsense way of thinking, Jeremy went on to question the qualifications of new chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.Having numerous degrees to his name, one of which is in economic history, was not enough to convince Jeremy that he was good enough for the job, rather that he just “liked university life”.“I have a certificate that says I can do Teeline shorthand at 110 words a minute, but that doesn’t mean I should be entrusted with writing Hansard every day,” Jeremy wrote in The Times.Instead Jeremy is of the opinion that economics is “un-understandable” and “un-runnable” and without the use of some miracle magic crystal ball is based completely on guess work.Having established his opinion on the state of the economy and the people who are in charge of managing it, Jeremy then provided his personal solutions to the problems the government is currently facing.He wrote: “So to solve the economy what we need to do is make sensible cuts in all government departments, cutting their staffing levels by, say, half.“And then, rather than reducing them still further to the point where they don’t work at all, we get rid of one entire department altogether.“Many people are now saying that we should rid the country of the monarchy because this ancient institution is no longer relevant.

He then cheekily joked: “I wish it had been longer."It comes not long after The Grand Tour showrunner, Andy Wilman, opened up on the tension between the stars while filming the Amazon Prime Video show. He explained the dynamic between the trio as like that of a band, rather than a group of friends. He told Express.co.uk about the arguments that went on during the adventurous series, which involved James May suffering a 70mph crash.The longtime collaborator with the trio explained the dynamic they share by saying: "Their relationship is intense and it's more like a band."Richard, Jeremy, and James are currently entertaining fans with the latest instalment of the show, The Grand Tour: A Skandi Flick. Andy said: “They bicker and do think things differently and so on, because they are so much part of it.“So they have fallouts and then they come back together, and so on and so on."Andy has been working with the trio since Top Gear's meteoric rise in 2002.Due to the length of time the team have known each other, Andy joked their advancing years may also contribute to the tensions.He added: "There's a bit of age creeping in now, James was taking longer to get out of the hotel and they were like 'Jesus, what is he doing now?'"But despite the odd fallout and bickering, he believes they will continue to work together on TV projects well into their last years.Andy quipped: "I can see when they're in an old people's home in about 15 years what it will be like, you get the signs of it."They will be bickering or just concentrating on separate, small things, but their relationship is still fully there."The showrunner also insisted that despite the challenges of filming together for long days, they were still close.

EAMONN Holmes has taken another swipe at his This Morning rivals Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby after their 'queue-jump' backlash. It comes following uproar as Phil and Holly Willoughby appeared inside Westminster Hall to see the Queen lying-in-state without having taken part in the queue.

Jeremy said: “When I worked there, I was told to take down a poster of Mrs Thatcher because it was 'offensive' and once, I was not allowed into the 5 Live studios because I was carrying a copy of The Spectator which, said the producer, was an 'extremist publication'.He went on: “Comedy? You mean like Harry and Paul and Fawlty Towers? Nah. “They can’t broadcast anything funny any more because there are too many rules.“And for Saturday evening entertainment shows, they have to guess what the ordinary people of Britain want because when you are living in the TV executive heartland of Camden, you have no idea what an ordinary person even looks like.” He concluded by saying: “But the BBC’s pitch-perfect coverage of the Queen’s death reminds us that this is an institution worth saving, which is why I’ve prepared this handy cut out ‘n’ keep guide for the senior management.” Earlier this year, the star went after BBC’s Doctor Who, saying the show had “lost its spark” with viewers. It came after an episode in January accumulated underwhelming figures in ratings. The latest instalment of the sci-fi show, which was once one of the flagship programmes on the broadcaster, saw just 3.4 million tune in.And according to the Clarkson's Farm star, it was all due to the writers' decision to focus storylines around lecturing its audience instead of entertaining them."Doctor Who is no longer written to entertain or frighten kids," the 61-year-old wrote in his column for The Sun."It's used to lecture them about climate change and corporate greed and all the other go-to storylines in the BBC playbook."Actress Jodie Whittaker took over Peter Capaldi's role as the next incarnation of the Doctor, a character she has played since her first regular

Jeremy Clarkson opened up about his mother, Shirley Clarkson's, connection to Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear following the monarch's death.The former Top Gear presenter admitted he "wished his mother lived to see" a poignant moment taking place since Her Majesty's death on September 8.The 62-year-old revealed his late mum created the first Paddington Bear toy and the broadcaster was the first person in the country to receive the stuffed bear as a Christmas present.Following the Queen's death, mourners flocked to Buckingham Palace to lay flowers, marmalade sandwiches and Paddington Bears in a heartfelt tribute.Writing in his latest column for The Sun, Jeremy shared some heartfelt words as he honoured his mother's creation.He wrote: "In the late Sixties, my mother made soft toys in the spare bedroom and decided one year she’d make a couple of bears which were dressed in hats, duffle coats and wellies."She then gave them to my sister and I as Christmas presents. We got the first-ever Paddingtons."The Grand Tour host explained his mother soon had to move out of the spare bedroom and into a factory before the treasured toy was mass produced.Jeremy went on: "And now everyone is leaving them outside the gates of Buckingham Palace as a mark of respect for the Queen."I just wish my mum had lived to see it.

James May, 59, who appeared on BBC series Top Gear alongside Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson from 2003 until 2015, was speaking ahead of the latest special of the trio's series called The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick, which is released on Amazon Prime on Friday, September 16 and takes place in the Scandinavian Arctic Circle. In a game of “would you rather”, James’ humorous answers revealed more about the trio’s love-hate relationship that comes across so well on screen, in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk and other publications.When asked who he would rather be stranded on a desert island with, "Jeremy or Richard", James wanted to cheekily ditch them both, as he immediately responded: “So I don’t have the option of just being on my own?”But after some thought, James jokingly went on to say: “It’s tempting to say Clarkson because he’d probably die sooner.