‘Sidney’ Review: Top Black Talents Pay Homage to Poitier’s Legacy in Oprah Winfrey-Produced Doc

Harry and Meghan 's private secretary "kept trying to warn Charles and the Queen" about the pair's deteriorating relationship with Palace staff, a new book has claimed. Valentine Low's upcoming book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind The Crown details how the warnings were there as the Sussexes' relationship with Palace staff deteriorated.

was cancelled on Saturday night (October 1).With the Beatles legend pulling out of the much-anticipated gig just hours before he was due to take to the stage.READ NEXT: Oprah Winfrey 'could be quizzed by lawyers' over tell-all interview with Harry and MeghanThe unexpected cancellation comes after the Liverpudlian music icon realised an illness which impacted his voice would prevent him from performing.Reports say that a spokesperson for the band have said that Ringo's illness is not coronavirus related - but did not confirm what is wrong with him.Mystic Lake Casino Hotel have confirmed that his Sunday gig in Minnesota will not take place."The Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band concert scheduled for 8 pm Sun. 10/2/22 in the Mystic Showroom has been postponed," they announced on Twitter."Ringo is sick and was hoping to be able to perform, hence the late notice, but it has affected his voice.

Oprah Winfrey famously interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2021 - and now the iconic TV presenter "could be questioned by lawyers" because the bombshell chat.It has been reported that Oprah might have to submit to a deposition in America after the Duchess' sister Samantha Markle sues for £60,000 in damages.The Sun reports that Samantha wants to "call on" Oprah - among other people - because she believes that her reputation was damaged after her sister spoke about her during the tell-all interview last year.READ MORE: Harry and Meghan 'hunting for new US mansion' after deciding £14m home 'isn't enough'Meghan's lawyer has said that Samantha's legal team has "identified 19 non-party witnesses, including Prince Harry, Meghan’s mother and Oprah Winfrey" whom she wants to depose.As well as believing that her reputation was damaged during the tell-all interview with Oprah, where Meghan said she was "only child", Samantha also says that she was defamed in the book Finding Freedom.Finding Freedom is a biography about Meghan and Harry's lives together from courting to marriage. It also depicts their eventual departure from the British royal family as working royals.Finding Freedom came out in 2020 and is a book written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand.Samantha is Meghan's half-sister, whom the Duchess has lost touch with in recent years.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Growing up in Texas toward the tail end of the 20th century, I was not taught about Emmett Till. I’ve learned about him since, of course. Till’s name adorns this year’s overdue federal antilynching act, and his tragic fate has inspired plays and films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated short, “My Nephew Emmett,” and now a powerful new feature from Chinonye Chukwu, who gave Alfre Woodard one of her greatest roles in 2019 Sundance winner “Clemency.” Till’s story — that of a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago who was kidnapped in the middle of the night and lynched while visiting his family in Mississippi — may have been omitted from my Southern schooling for racist reasons, though I suspect it had as much to do with Western culture’s “great man” bias. History, as a field of study, celebrates the achievements of heroic individuals. Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks. Those names were all taught. But Emmett Till was a kid whose murder galvanized the American civil rights movement, and it has taken a different kind of thinking — à la “Say Their Names” campaign or Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station” — to position victims in the public’s mind.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A middling movie with a must-see performance at its core, “The Good House” does something interesting with the notion of the unreliable narrator. As the unfortunately named Hildy Good (blame novelist Ann Leary, not married filmmakers Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky for that decision), Sigourney Weaver brings deceptive self-confidence to the role of a small-town Realtor. We meet Hildy introducing a couple to the fictional New England fishing village of where the Good family has lived for so long, there’s talk of witches in their past. But Hildy can’t be trusted — not because her character is bad (she’s Good, get it?), but because she’s in denial. “I can walk through a house once and know more about its occupants than a psychiatrist … could in a year of sessions,” Hildy boasts, addressing the audience directly. In truth, she’s not talking to us so much as she is rationalizing things to herself. The slyly insightful way Forbes (“Infinitely Polar Bear”) and Wolodarsky (who spent years writing for animation) have constructed “The Good House,” watching Hildy throw down boss energy to clients and the camera is like being inside her head, where the first person she has to convince that she’s in control is herself. We buy it — for a time — but the characters don’t, and that mismatch is the crux of all that follows.

Shania Twain has not often been one to hold back, be it with her looks, performances, or words, but it appears that a dinner with Oprah Winfrey taught her otherwise.MORE: Shania Twain loves this facial oil so much she gifted it to all her friendsOprah has made a name for herself for being a stellar interviewer and for conducting thought-provoking conversations, but Shania has revealed when it came to their own time together, the conversation quickly turned "sour."Speaking on a podcast titled Table Manners, hosted by Jessie Ware where guests discuss "food, family and the beautiful art of having a chat" on her dining table, the singer admitted how she learned to keep some topics off the dining table.WATCH: Shania Twain looked incredible in rare tribute from husbandMORE: Shania Twain recreates iconic leopard print look in high-cut bodysuit and heels"I think one of my most memorable dinners was with Oprah Winfrey," she first said, praising her by maintaining: "She's such a smart lady."However, with great intelligence comes strong opinions, and the songstress revealed that when it came to religion, the two couldn't find common ground."She is quite religious," she explained of the media mogul, meanwhile she said of herself that she doesn't belong to a particular religious denomination.A post shared by Table Manners Podcast (@tablemannerspodcast)A glimpse of the conversationShe said: "I'm not religious in the sense that I'm dedicated to a religion.

Oprah Winfrey.The star said all was going swimmingly, at least, until the subject of religion was brought up. Shania had sat down for a podcast interiew on Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware to promote her latest single, Waking Up Dreaming. The Canadian-born singer told how things "soured" fast when speaking to Oprah, 68. She said she began to sense some disagreement between the two of them when religion was brought up. Shania referred to the conversation as "one of her most memorable". "It was great to just have real talks, but as soon as we started talking about religion, it all went sour," Shania confessed. The country singer referred to the talk show host as a "smart lady."Speaking about her own position on the matter, she clarified she was "spiritual" rather than religious.She added: "There was no room for debate, and I like to debate. Canadians like to debate everything.So, I'm like, "Oh, OK.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic What strange sorcery is this that “Hocus Pocus” — a so-so comedy turned campy cult favorite starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as absolutely fabulous Salem witch sisters — should be getting a sequel nearly three decades after its 1993 release? At the time, Variety speculated that, were it not for the film’s three stars, “‘Hocus Pocus’ wouldn’t seem out of place on the Disney Channel, and perhaps belongs there.” (Its director, Kenny Ortega, would go on to helm the “High School Musical” franchise for the cabler.) In a sense, that’s what’s happened with this follow-up, aimed to breathe some life into the graveyard that is Disney+. The sequel’s existence owes less to popular demand (the original earned a respectable $39.3 million stateside and went on to become a Halloween season staple) than the realization that the film had tapped into preteens’ fascination with witchcraft before Harry Potter came along. It can be no coincidence that the new feature lifts so much of its look and feel from that franchise — with eye of newt, a dead man’s head and some aspects of “The Craft” tossed in for good measure. In “Hocus Pocus 2,” the three teens called upon to save Salem from the Sanderson sisters’ return are themselves budding witches, which means the movie is less about scaring kids away from magic than indulging their post-Potter junior wizarding fantasies.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer If it’s possible to pull off solemn conversations about the stakes for women around the world and also have a fantastic party that toasts their remarkable achievements, Variety did just that on Wednesday in Beverly Hills. In a sprawling takeover of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, heavy-hitting executives, producers, writers, talent and glitterati convened to celebrate the annual event and magazine feature. Cover stars Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, activist icon Malala Yousafzai, and actor Elizabeth Olsen were all in attendance to speak on behalf of causes important to each – as well as a path forward to equity in a time of unrest for women and other marginalized communities in the U.S.. 

Quinta Brunson has some special surprises lined up for 's second season. ET's Deidre Behar spoke to the Emmy-winner at the  event Wednesday, where she talked season 2 and the guest stars set to make an appearance.«I think you can be excited about — some guest stars were announced, Leslie (Odom Jr.) Kayla (Monterroso Mejia), Lauren Weedman, who made her debut tonight, but there are also some other ones who people do not know about, and I am so excited for them,» Brunson shared.While Brunson couldn't say who those guest stars are, she did share that they are just as exciting as season 2's premiere episode cameo from Philadelphia Flyers mascot, Gritty.«I think they are people who are exciting to me, and obscure and odd and weird, and I can't wait for people to be surprised by them,» she teased.

Shania Twain revealed that a dinner with Oprah Winfrey took an awkward turn over the topic of religion. During an appearance on the Table Manners podcast hosted by Jennie and Lennie Ware, the 57-year-old Canada-born country singer recalled that one of her "most memorable dinners" was with the 68-year-old talk show icon. "She is just such a smart lady and it's just great to sit and have real talks," Twain said, after noting that the two dined at a restaurant.  Shania Twain revealed that a dinner with Oprah Winfrey took an awkward turn over the topic of religion.

Oprah Winfrey has dropped a hint she's planning to return to acting. The TV titan has performed in a number of movies while also juggling her career as a talk show host, notably winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in 1985 drama 'The Color Purple' and starring in films such as 'The Butler' and 'Selma' with her last major acting role coming four years ago in Ava DuVernay's 2018 offering 'A Wrinkle in Time'. Now Oprah has appeared in Variety's The Power of Women Issue alongside moviemaker Ava and suggested a big screen return is on the cards.

Shania Twain has recalled how a dinner with Oprah Winfrey turned "sour" amid a conversation about religion. In the latest episode of the Table Manners with Jessie & Lennie Ware podcast, the Canadian singer-songwriter was asked to discuss one of the most memorable meals she has ever had. "I think one of my most memorable dinners was with Oprah Winfrey.

Oprah Winfrey has dropped a hint she's planning to return to acting.The television titan, 68, has performed in a number of movies while also juggling her career as a talk show host.She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1985 drama The Color Purple and starred in other films like The Butler (2013) and Selma (2014) Back to the screen: Oprah Winfrey has dropped a hint she's planning to return to actingHer last major acting role came four years ago in Ava DuVernay's 2018 offering A Wrinkle in Time.Now Oprah has appeared in Variety's The Power of Women Issue alongside moviemaker Ava and suggested a big screen return is on the cards. When asked about taking on another acting role, Oprah said: 'Listen, I am living on a mount in Maui...'Ava then chimed in, saying: 'But if something perfect came along...' prompting Oprah to add, 'I actually do think something perfect is coming, and I kind of know what it is.' Tons of acting experience: The television titan, 68, has performed in a number of movies while also juggling her career as a talk show host (pictured 2019)  Revealing: 'I actually do think something perfect is coming, and I kind of know what it is,' Oprah said (pictured Sept.

Shania Twain has revealed that she once had a very awkward moment with talk show icon Oprah Winfrey over dinner, when the conversation turned to religion.The 57-year-old country singer sat down for a podcast interview on Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware to promote latest single Waking Up Dreaming, and revealed how things quickly turned 'sour' with Oprah, 68.While she explained that it was 'one of my most memorable dinners' with Oprah, that took place at a restaurant, Shania recalled how she could sense a disagreement between them over their religious beliefs.'It was great to just and have real talks, but as soon as we started talking about religion, it all went sour,' Shania confessed.  Shania Twain's latest single Waking Up Dreaming was released earlier this month. And during her promotional tour for the song, the country singer sat down for a podcast interview on Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware.'So, I said, "Let's stop talking about religion,"' adding that Oprah 'is quite religious.'The country singer called Oprah 'a smart lady.'She clarified her position on the topic, noting that she's 'not religious in the sense that I'm dedicated to a religion.

Shania Twain revealed one thing that you shouldn’t talk to Oprah Winfrey about on the latest episode of the “Table Manners” podcast.

X Factor judge was injected with the drug during her eight-month therapy stint, in order to overcome the trauma caused by her exit on the US show, which was prompted by controversial comments surrounding Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey. Ketamine is a medication that doctors use as an anaesthetic for loss of consciousness, but is also used in some cases to treat depression, as effects include sedation and a reduced sense of pain.Having been a regular cast member on the US talk show since 2010, Sharon Osbourne controversially exited from the show in 2021.The dramatic exit immediately hit headlines, as the star left the show over comments she had made about race when she defended her friend Piers Morgan.Her defence of Piers came after he relentlessly slammed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry following their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.Airing her views during a debate with co-host Sheryl Underwood, Sharon found herself in the middle of a social media frenzy, with many criticising her for her views.Repeatedly quizzed about her decision to back Piers, Sharon was ultimately accused of racism during a heated exchange with Sheryl.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic “A lot of this really happened,” teases the opening card of David O. Russell’s unruly ensemble comedy “Amsterdam,” a loony early-’30s social satire that goes cartwheeling through a little-remembered episode in American history when fascists tried to overthrow the U.S. government. Russell clearly sees parallels between this alarming chapter of the nation’s past and our present, as national divisions threaten to overwhelm American democracy, but the writer-director has complicated the plot — the movie’s plot, that is, not the greater conspiracy on which it turns — to such a degree that audiences are bound to be bewildered. Instead of wondering which parts are true and which ones invented, they’re likely to find themselves asking, “What the hell is happening?” for the better part of 134 minutes.

Variety spoke to all 42 directors (including DuVernay), who emphasized how her daring mandate changed the trajectory not only of their careers — with 39 of them getting their first episodic credit — but also of their lives. “Talk about an empowered idea!” exclaims executive producer Oprah Winfrey about DuVernay’s revolutionary vision.