‘Supernova,’ ‘African Apocalypse,’ ‘Mogul Mowgli’ Among BFI London Film Festival Selections

Strictly Come Dancing sisters Motsi Mabuse and Oti Mabuse have become firm favourites on the show, adored by the British public.

This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield gave fans a teaser for what was to come on the show today.Taking to Instagram, the talk show host addressed a dilemma with his followers, as he took a photo of the ITV show's latest guest in quite an extraordinary position. Phillip, 59, posted the bizarre update in view of his three million Instagram followers.Towards the start of the show, Phillip couldn't help but wonder if he should step in to help out his guest.Pictured was a woman dangling upside down, seemingly supported by a piece of fabric. The flexible guest had her legs wrapped around pieces of silk attached to what appeared to be some sort of metal frame. Next to the photo, Phillip wrote: “Not sure if I should rush in and help this guest!!!”There are forms of gymnastics, acrobatics, and dance that make use of aerial silks, which seemed to be what the woman in the picture was attempting.The practice of Aerial Silks involves two lengths of fabric rigged from the ceiling, where adventurous aerialists might attempt to climb and contort around the pieces of fabric, which help to build strength. On the show today, Phillip and his co-star Holly Willoughby, 41, also hosted a debate on gender neutral bathrooms, chatted to resident chef Gino D'Acampo and spoke to Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood about his upcoming solo tour.

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway told how she "thought long and hard" about making the ITV documentary, Caring for Derek, as he continues to recover from long Covid.Taking to social media, the newsreader, 54, admitted she did not take the decision lightly but ultimately wanted to help others who had been affected in the same way by the virus.The broadcaster told her 1.1 million followers how she hoped to address the wider impact of Covid in the documentary as it airs this evening.Kate wrote: "I thought long and hard about letting cameras into our lives again because as with the 1st one #FindingDerek I wanted it to offer more than just sharing what my family has been through."I wanted it to also shine a light on issues that I know affect all of you."I pray it gives hope to everyone who is battling on with whatever life has thrown at you," she added.A post shared by Kate Garraway (@kategarraway)The ITV star continued: "The heroes of this documentary are the carers, doctors & nurses who are giving Derek the chance to even try to recover."I salute the carers everywhere who fight on for their loved ones."Do let me know what you think."@ITV TONIGHT 9pm #hope #love #miracle #carers," she concluded.Kate's post comes as the presenter revealed that she took her husband-of-17-years to Mexico so that he could undergo cutting-edge medical treatment at a specialist clinic.After viewing Finding Derek last year, an eminent doctor in the States had reached out to the journalist, inviting Derek to receive treatment at the clinic in Mexico.However, Derek had to undergo oxygen and pressure tests to check he was able to cope with the 16-hour transatlantic flight but successfully managed to make the journey.The former lobbyist has

Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse today announced she would be leaving the show, much to the disappointment of her many followers. However, it was Graziano who fired off the emotional tribute that would have Oti welling up all over again over her difficult decision."You have been always there for me, always!!" praised Graziano, passionately, in view of 158,000 Instagram fans."Since the first moment I joined @bbcstrictly."I’m gonna miss you so so much on the show, Im gonna miss dancing with you!! you can’t even imagine!" he added, including love heart emojis on the post to punctuate his point."I wish you all the best in your life because you deserve it!"You are the strongest woman I ever met and I’ll be always here for you!"I love you friend!! @otimabuse".Within minutes of his post, Oti had fired off a direct reply to her co-dancer, urging: "Please don’t make me cry again!"However, he made it clear he had no intention of letting up on his kind words for her any time soon, simply replying: "With you always."The Italian dancer's post included a photo of him embracing Oti on the Strictly stage, while she rested her head on his shoulder, grinning with emotion as her velvet-gloved hand clasped onto his chest.@carol.watson.7792 relived the nostalgia brought back by the snap, marvelling: "That was one of the greatest dance sequences of all time!!"@christine.nye.140 echoed: "Shes amazing ...

Naman Ramachandran Lorraine Burgess has been confirmed as chief financial officer at BBC Studios after serving as interim CFO since July 2021. Burgess will report into chief executive Tom Fussell.Producer-distributor BBC Studios is U.K. broadcaster BBC’s largest commercial subsidiary, which contributed sales of £1.25 billion ($1.7 billion) in the 2020/2021 financial year.

Warner Music India has announced a partnership with Indian pop star Armaan Malik which will see the major and the musician sign artists via his Always Music Global label. That venture will also release some of Malik’s own music, specifically his Hindi non-film music.The two companies say the partnership will seek to further their “shared vision to fuel the burgeoning music scene of India” and to “release, market and position Hindi pop music across the world”.Says Malik: “I’m humbled and honoured to embark on a new chapter of my career with this unique collaboration between my label Always Music Global and Warner Music India.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has signed a three-year agreement with French film guilds to invest a minimum of €40 million ($45 million) in the financing of French and European movies which will be released in French theaters.Netflix previously signed a pact with France’s broadcasting authorities to start investing 20% of their annual revenues on French content, both series and movies, as part of a French decree which stemmed from the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Avms). Tuesday’s milestone agreement will see Netflix investing 4% of its annual revenue made in France on the financing of French and European movies, with at least €30 million invested in French-language movies.

Madonna has stunned her fans in a recent Instagram post which left little to the imagination, revealing her bra and impressive washboard stomach.In the picture, Madonna is sitting on a black leather sofa chair, surrounded by wooden panels and a huge red curtain.The songstress flirted with the camera and tipped a black cap over her eye as she leant on the chair, wearing minimal makeup with a nude lipstick.The mother-of-six wore skin-tight black leather trousers, complimented with a sheer black long sleeved top that showed off her bra. She wore her long blonde hair in front of her shoulder and adorned her neck with an array of chains featuring a crucifix pendant.She posed clutching her phone in her hand, accessorised with rings and bracelets.Madonna captioned the post with: “Research…” followed by a guitar, a microphone, a film reel and a camera emoji.

Strictly Come Dancing.On August 18, 2017, the nation was left devastated after Forsyth died of bronchial pneumonia at his Wentworth Estate home in Virginia Water, aged 89.It was previously claimed that none of Forsyth's six kids would be set to inherit anything from his £11.7million fortune in his will, according to reports.All of his fortune will go to his widow Lady Wilnelia Merced, the Mail On Sunday reported in 2018.Leaving his offspring out of his will may not come as a surprise as he once said kids should inherit all their parents fortune, as he hit out at the use of inheritance tax.He told the Radio Times in February 2015: "I think your inheritance should go to your children more than back to the country that you've lived in."I'm not saying you don't owe the country something, of course you owe your country a lot for living there all those years.

This Morning presenter Matthew Wright clashed with TalkRadio's Julia Hartley-Brewer in a heated moment on the ITV show.Tuesday's broadcast (February 22) took a tense turn when hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby brought up the topic of gender neutral toilets.It comes as London's Playhouse Theatre was blasted by theatregoers for introducing gender-less toilets at its venue - with West End punters branding the venue's restrooms "gross".Offering her opinion, Julia blasted gender neutral toilets as "woke nonsense" - adding that it's moving the world "backwards".Julia said: "it's moving the world backwards. I don't know anyone that wants gender-neutral toilets.

Reddit user decided to get others to spill the beans on their saucy antics after kickstarting an eye-opening thread. In a post which racked up 32,100 upvotes and 19,900 comments, user @youhavenoheartt asked: "How did you lose your virginity?"And some of the stories are worth grabbing a bowl of popcorn for. Would you ever share your first time on Reddit? Let us know below... And one female revealed the moment she rushed back to her boyfriend's to seal the deal during their lunch break at high school.She said: "His house was like a 2 minute walk from the gates.

alcohol for being drunk, so headed to the bathroom before returning naked, according to the cops who charged her with disorderly conduct.The incident happened at the Beach Lounge at about 2.15am, reports The Smoking Gun.According to the arrest report, hammered Elkins – who is also a licensed real estate broker – was “intoxicated to the point the manager refused to serve her”.Instead of then agreeing to leave, Elkins “walked into the restroom and then came back out into the bar unclothed and completely naked”.Police were called when the drunk lawyer refused the manager’s requests to put her clothes back on.On the arrest form, a Pinellas County sheriff stated: “I arrived and observed the defendant naked in the bar.“Defendant had to be told several times to get dressed, at which time she only put a zip-up hoodie on and did not zip the shirt up.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.“Defendant refused to put her pants on, which were by her when I arrived. I escorted her out of the bar and again told her to put her pants on.“Defendant refused, stating that she was too tired.

Stoke-on-Trent Live."Luckily they didn't really hurt me except my knee's a bit sore from where I fell over."It was all over really quickly, maybe 30 seconds. It just seemed completely random.

Todd McCarthy The temptation will be too great for some critics to resist proclaiming, “Ammonite is dynamite!,” as in some respects it is, specifically in the way it resembles a hand grenade thrown into the midst of an otherwise decorous, serious-minded 19th century British period piece.James Ivory might be proud and even jealous of the way writer-director Francis Lee takes the Anglo art house tradition of quality to an uncustomary level of sexual frankness, an aspect that will remind many viewers of last year’s similarly themed French favorite Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Yep, festival season is a little weird this year, but if the currently-ongoing Venice Film Festival and just-started Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the 58th New York Film Festival is going to be just as good, albeit enjoyed from a safe distance. The festival has a terrific line-up that includes movies from Steve McQueen (three films from his “Small Axe” anthology, Chloe Zhao‘s “Nomadland” starring Frances McDormand, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” from director Spike Lee, “The Human Voice” from Pedro Almodóvar, Orson Welles’ doc “Hopper/Welles,” “On the Rocks” from Sofia Coppola,” and so much more.

In October 2018, British director Francis Lee sent Kate Winslet’s agent a screenplay he had just finished writing. Despite having just one film under his belt — the critically acclaimed drama God’s Own Country about an unlikely romance between two young men — Lee was able to entice the Oscar winner, who committed within 24 hours.

View this post on InstagramShe wrote on Instagram: “60th and not feeling it.“Happy birthday to the best partner in crime ever (for the last 25 years and counting).”Giuggioli explained that the fun snap was taken “when Colin stole Elton John costume on the Kingsman set”.Sir Elton played himself in 2017 film Kingsman: The Golden Circle.Love Actually star Firth and Giuggioli tied the knot in 1997 after they met on the set of the 1996 BBC drama Nostromo, and have two sons together.They announced their separation in December 2019, with publicists saying in a statement at the time: “Colin and Livia Firth have separated.

Colin Firth’s estranged wife, Livia Giuggioli, proved there is no bad blood between the pair as she helped the actor celebrate his 60th birthday.“60th and not feeling it,” the film producer, 51, captioned a silly Instagram photo of Firth on Thursday, September 10.

The 64th edition of the BFI London Film Festival — rejigged due to the COVID-19 crisis and largely shifted online for 2020 — has unveiled its full program. Chloe Zhao's buzzy Nomadland — bowing in Venice before heading to Toronto and New York — is set to screen, together with Pixar feature Soul, directed by Pete Doctor.

coronavirus pandemic, with a programme of 58 films from around the world — 50 of which will be premiering online.Steve McQueen’s Mangrove will be opening the festival, and the new film from God’s Own Country director Francis Lee Ammonite will be the closing night gala.Further films that are set to premiere include Spike Lee’s filmed take on David Byrne‘s smash-hit Broadway show American Utopia, as well as Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire and Josephine Decker’s Shirley Jackson biopic Shirley.A selection of titles will be premiering in cinemas exclusively – including Mangrove, Ammonite, the new Pixar title Soul and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland — while several others will offer viewers both virtual and in-cinema options.Other films to look out

The biggest film festival in the UK is set to make its comeback in a very different London this year due to both Covid-19 and a very politically-charged period in history.