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It certainly is a “new era” for the Crawley family.

Ah, the perils of modern dating, particularly apps like Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and so on. The pitfalls are already well-known to those who use them: people don’t look at all like their picture in real-life; they lie about their height; they have the personality of a limp dishrag.

Sony’s feature film “Uncharted” may have its origins in a PlayStation game, but the real inspiration comes from a more analog source: jet-setting adventure flicks of decades past. The film’s script, the product of six credited writers, feels like a “frankensteined” effort of unrealized sequels to series such as “Indiana Jones” or “National Treasure.” Like the figures portrayed on screen, there’s a grail just evading their grasp.

Julia Fox is moving forward after her split from Kanye «Ye» West… literally. The 32-year-old star hit the runway at the LaQuan Smith show during New York Fashion Week, serving looks in a black cutout dress that showed lots of skin.The look is reminiscent of Kim Kardashian's headline-making vintage Thierry Mugler dress, which she wore in 2019. Fox was on the catwalk just hours after confirming via her rep that she and 44-year-old West had officially split.

Riot Games has released an update for Valorant that includes changes to Deathmatch and CPU-bound performance.Patch 4.03 is available now and includes changes to one of Valorant’s Agents: Brimstone. Primarily, Brimstone’s ultimate has been improved and his Orbital Strike calls down three large lasers from the sky that will now better deny information. According to the patch notes:Valorant’s Deathmatch mode has also received some changes.

Peaky Blinders saying that it will “honour” late actor Helen McCrory.McCrory, who played Polly Gray in the BBC series, died aged 52 from cancer in April last year – when filming on the sixth season had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.Opening up about the new season, Murphy said he thinks it will be a “tribute” to her.He told Variety: “I think the whole series is really in tribute to her and to honour her. Her presence and her character’s presence are very much still felt in the series, and it is very much part of Tommy’s journey in the season.“It’ll be different without her, you know.

Offset decided to shower his lady love, Cardi B, with gifts this Valentine's Day. In fact, the 30-year-old Migos rapper gave the 29-year-old mother of two of his children so many luxury items that even she declared them «too much.» Offset capped off Valentine's Day by adorning his lady love's wrist with a sparkly Audemars Piguet watch, which Offset showed her retails for $375,000. «Saved the last for the best,» Offset tells his wife in one clip.«That's too much!» she replies. «No, it ain't.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPhil Rosenthal, creator of CBS’s “Everybody Loves Raymond” and host of Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil,” is about to get naked — metaphorically — for his first podcast.Rosenthal is teaming with SiriusXM’s Stitcher podcast division to launch “Naked Lunch,” a weekly talk-show podcast co-hosted with his friend and longtime Rolling Stone journalist David Wild. The show is slated to premiere this spring, available on all major podcast platforms.On the show, Rosenthal and Wild will be joined by a special guest to talk about what is going on in their lives — not just their most recent movie roles, books or special projects.

EXCLUSIVE: As it approaches the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming service, Chicken Soup for the Soul has set content deals with Kin and Reel One Entertainment and lined up a slate of originals.

After teasing fans with quick glimpses over the past several months, Focus Features today revealed the full official trailer for Downton Abbey: A New Era. The follow-up to 2019’s feature adaptation of the beloved TV series appears to have two major plot strands, one involving a mystery and the other a movie; there’s also a wedding afoot. Check out the trailer above.

He knows the way to a Kardashian’s heart! Khloé Kardashian received Valentine’s Day flowers from several family members, including Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend, Pete Davidson.

Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen admitted she was "pained" as she took to social media to post a sweet snap alongside her daughters.It was a welcome relief after the tragic news that affected the farm recently.The Channel 5 shepherdess had headed out into the stable for a regular day’s work out on her rural farm, helped out by two of her kids as they braced themselves against the raging Storm Dudley.Amanda looked stunning as ever in a camouflage fleece snood and black waterproof jacket, opting for a dark smokey eye look and pale pink lipgloss despite the hard day’s work.With her daughters bundled up in wool hats and winter coats, Amanda headed out to see to her flock of sheep, before snuggling up in the stable with the horses to make sure they were well fed for the day.Captioning her rural photoset, Amanda wrote: “Never fully dressed without a smile!"*Albeit a pained one as we are all sopping wet."She tagged the post with #Rain and #Winter.And it looked like her fellow farming pal and Countryfile star Matt Baker was on hand to offer reassurance, as he commented: "Soaking here too! Enjoy the fire."Later, Amanda wrote to her fans alongside a snap of her kids feeding the horses: "Play in a manger."Overheard conversation ‘Will the hay manger tip over?’. ‘No, it’s very stable!’"It comes shortly after Amanda shared a sweet update on the cows at her farm, after telling followers the tragic news that one of the new calves was stillborn.Another calf has now been fostered with the mother cow - and, according to Amanda’s pictures, seems to be doing extremely well with its new family.She explained: "Lily & Stormy! It’s nearly a week since the calf was fostered onto the cow that had the stillborn calf.

GBBO ex of "extramarital affairs''. The GBBO judge confessed to cheating on his former wife with TV chef Marcela Valladoid in 2013.Alex left Paul with the pair briefly reconciling before separating again in 2017, with their divorce being finalised in July 2019.The GBBO star's former wife has taken to Instagram to accuse her former husband of more infidelity in a Valentine's Day dedicated post.While including a picture of herself posing in her kitchen with a hot drink, she left a message talking about her own Valentines Day.A post shared by Alex Hollywood (@alex_hollywood1)In view of her 19,900 followers she penned: "It’s that time of year again."Social media has gone mad with recipes for heart shaped patisserie, red roses (which I loathe - I prefer dusky pink)."Valentines Menu ideas for 2 or love affirming insta snaps of togetherness and anyone unfortunate enough to be single is advised to bravely embrace their solitary status, soaking in bubble baths with candles, music and mood lighting and not sink under the scented bubbles into apathy and despair." (sic)Alex then spoke about how "anxious" many women are about their single status, due to society's standards of the "only acceptable place for a woman is by the side of a significant other".She continued: "But what if, like me, you’re a single woman by choice, who’s fallen in love - with herself?"It’s taken me a while to get here and it hasn’t been easy, but I love the woman I am now."Women often lose themselves in relationships, we don’t naturally put ourselves first and I know only too well that not every marriage/partnership is a recipe for happiness & success."My own marriage was too over seasoned with extra marital affairs for my taste and so I opted out and chose

The post featured a snap of the couple together with McCain writing, “Happy Valentines Day @bdomenech – I love you and am grateful every day for the life we have together.”A user then replied to the conservative talk show host and tweeted, “Does every thought and sentiment need to be on Twitter?”To which Behar, 79, responded in a now-deleted tweet, saying: “Apparently.”A short while later, McCain posted screenshots of the thread and wrote, “Imagine spending your Valentine’s Day trolling your ex-colleague’s tweet about her husband.”Fox News weather reporter Janice Dean joked to McCain that Behar “can’t quit you.” However, the Daily Mail columnist failed to see the humor and replied back to Dean, “It’s pathetic and it creeps me out.”Imagine spending your Valentines Day trolling your ex colleagues tweet about her husband. pic.twitter.com/XjK0wcW5nyMcCain wrote in another since-deleted tweet that leaving “The View” is “like having ex’s who won’t stop drunk texting you.”The mother of one left the ABC talk show last July and revealed at the time that she wanted to leave so she could set up a house in Washington D.C.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStephane Celerier, a veteran French film executive whose former banner Mars Films co-produced “La Famille Belier,” is joining forces with PGS Entertainment to create a new production company.Celerier is launching Gemma Pictures with Philippe and Guillaume Souter, the founders of PGS Entertainment, a thriving family-owned business specialized in financing and licensing worldwide youth entertainment.The new Paris-based company will look to produce French and English-language films, TV series and TV movies and is already developing a slate of 10 projects with well-known French and international talent. A resourceful and deep-pocketed company, PGS Entertainment will fully finance the development of Gemma Pictures’ roster over the next three years and will handle the back office, while giving Celerier the full reins of the company.

It’s time to check in with the Crawleys again as “Downton Abbey: A New Era” comes to theaters. This sequel to 2019’s hit film is set to give the family — along with the characters who populate their staff — a surprising change of scenery.

Chelsea star Ricardo Quaresma showed exactly what he thinks of time-wasters after carrying an opponent he suspected of faking an injury off the pitch as Vitoria de Guimaraes took on Belenenses. Quaresma, who also played for Barcelona earlier on in his career, now plays for Portuguese side Guimaraes and couldn't contain his frustration as his side trailed Belenenses on Sunday.

Julia Fox has broken her silence after she and Kanye West recently called it quits following a short term whirlwind romance. The former flames had chins wagging after putting on a loved-up display at Paris Fashion Week, but just weeks later their relationship has ended. Fans speculated that Julia, 32, and Kanye, 44, had ended things after the Uncut Gems actress deleted all signs of the rapper from her Instagram.

Premier League and pockets a larger annual salary than Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A study by Sportekz into the salaries of the Premier League officials during the 2020/21 season found that Dean was the highest earner.He and fellow officials Michael Oliver and Martin Atkinson had the highest total salary as well as being eligible for the largest possible match fee.Referees receive an additional £1,500 match per game, while assistant referees and video assistant referees are paid a £850 match fee on top of their basic annual salary of £30,000.The study found that Dean, who has been officiating in the top flight for over 20 years, has a reported annual salary of £200,000-per-year.This is the highest amount referees are able to earn as their basic salary, available to those selected to officiate Champions League, Europa League and international matches.Dean's salary is almost £50,000 more than that of the Prime Minister.According to the BBC, Johnson is entitled to a salary of £79,936 and is claiming £75,440 of it.

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Kerry Katona opened up about her troubled childhood during an emotional segment for Steph's Packed Lunch.The former Atomic Kitten star was seen breaking down in tears as she discussed how her foster parents changed her life while chatting to student Destiny who was in care from when she was a baby.Kerry, 41, also paid her foster dad Fred a visit in the thought-provoking segment as she raised awareness of what it's like to be a foster child in the exclusive video.She explained: “As a child, I moved around a lot. At the age of 13, I was put into foster care… I stayed in several foster homes and refuges but eventually, I was taken in by an amazing couple, Mag and Fred.