Scots cancer survivor accused of faking relapse to claim sick pay from charity

Since her Sundance hit An Education in 2009, Denmark’s Lone Scherfig has become something of an honorary Brit, specializing in prestige adaptations of best-selling English novels (or, in the case of 2014’s The Riot Club, critically acclaimed stage plays). Surprisingly, none of these ever quite tipped in the way An Education did, and after a mixed reaction to One Day (2011), which mostly rounded on Anne Hathaway’s Yorkshire accent rather than her performance, Scherfig’s first real attempt to tap into the American market — 2019’s The Kindness Of Strangers — was an uncharacteristic misfire and pretty much vanished into the ether after opening the Berlinale that year.

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President Joe Biden told Lester Holt that NFL should want to strive to hire more Black coaches, calling it a matter of “generic decency.”

Martha Stewart is no stranger to the Hollywood scene as she appears to land on the hottest guest lists again and again! The 80-year-old lifestyle guru and cookbook author was spotted at the NFL Owners Dinner in Los Angeles on Saturday (February 12) ahead of Super Bowl LVI. Taking to her Instagram, Martha shared a fabulous photo album of the star-studded event that took place on the rooftop of famed sushi eatery Matsuhisa.

It’s a game. That’s how Chris Kirkpatrick felt about playing Celebrity Big Brother, though things seemed to get personal his last few days in the house until he was evicted on Friday, February 11.

A tabloid story about Jennifer Lopez and her ex Alex Rodriguez was published over the weekend and the quotes from the story made the rounds on social media.

Zendaya is starring in the Super Bowl Commercial for Squarespace and she looks absolutely stunning in all of her different outfits.

Pressure to succeed could be a major hindrance on Manchester United in the top-four race this season.

Marc Anthony had something to say about a recent report about Jennifer Lopez and her ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez!

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNordic production powerhouse Miso Film, which looks to make a splash at the Berlinale Series with its daring HBO Max show “Lust,” is developing high-end international dramas with Scandinavian creatives such as Pilou Asbæk (“Borgen”), Ole Bornedal (“Nightwatch”) and Fenar Ahmad (“Darkland”). The company is part of Fremantle.Ahead of the Berlinale, Miso founders Peter Allen and Jonas Bose discussed with Variety their ambition to find new voices and original ways to tell stories.The banner, which just started shooting the third season of “Those Who Kill” and is about to begin filming Season 3 of “Face to Face” with Lars Mikkelsen, recently shot Norwegian sci-fi comedy “Blasted,” for Netflix.

West Ham boss David Moyes has revealed that Kurt Zouma was "up being sick in the night" prior to their match against Leicester on Sunday night.The Frenchman is under fire after a video emerged showing him kicking his cat and hitting the pet out of his child's arms.It has caused widespread outrage while the RSPCA have since taken his two cats from his house and Essex police have launched an investigation.And Moyes was also in the firing line after naming Zouma in his starting team to face Watford last week, a match in which West Ham won 1-0.The centre-back was in the side to face Leicester as well but pulled out minutes before kick-off after an injury in the warm-up.His replacement, Issa Diop, proved crucial after his ball over the top found Jarrod Bowen for the opener in a match that ended 2-2.And after the match, Moyes went into detail over Zouma's condition where he admitted that the defender was far from 100 per-cent.The Scotsman said: "I thought Issa Diop played really well. "He was made aware he had a chance of playing because Kurt was not well last night and was sick during the night, and did not eat with us today and stayed out of the meeting.

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Shannen Doherty is sharing her thoughts on “cancel culture” in a lengthy new Instagram post.

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Dancing On Ice 's Liberty Poole became the fourth star to leave Dancing On Ice on Sunday night after finding herself in the dreaded skate-off. The Love Island star, 22, performed with pro Joe Johnson as she went against Kye Whyte and Tippy Packard, who also received the lowest votes on the show. It came after Liberty accidentally fell during a complicated lift with her pro partner Joe earlier on Sunday's episode.

Call the Midwife fans bid an emotional farewell to midwife Trixie Franklin in a recent episode of the BBC show, as the nurse flew to Portofino to look after her sick aunt.That’s because in real life the actress that plays her, Helen George, took some time out of filming the much-loved series to give birth to her own baby - second daughter Lark. Helen and her former co-star Jack Ashton welcomed little Lark in November, a baby sister for their older daughter Wren, four.

ITV West Country after 17 years hosting the weather.This has left the presenter more time to voice his views online as he took to Twitter to criticise Dancing on Ice star Bez, 57.Alex has taken to Twitter to criticise Bez, calling for the Happy Mondays star to be voted off the show this evening.Bez took to the stage as a beekeeper on tonight's show, with his performance including a few falls.In view of his 247,500 followers, he penned: "I think it's sadly time for Bez to Buzz Off on @dancingonice."Alex's quip left mixed opinions in the comments section with many believing Bez is trying his "best".Gembob86 said: "I think he's doing so well. He's trying so hard."Definitely improving each week and dancing alone far more than some others."Morm333 added: "Nooo! He's great entertainment!"A force to bee reckoned with #DancingOnIce." (sic)Others took to the comments to agree with Alex, expressing their distaste that he is still on the show.JBR718 said: "Should have gone weeks ago.