Taliban 'kill pregnant police officer in front of her family and mutilate face'

TikTok is a gold mine for heatless hair styling tips.There’s the dressing gown belt trick which produces big, bouncy curls overnight, as well as the T-shirt hack, which creates a heat-free blow-out effect said to rival the effects of Dyson’s popular Airwrap styler. Now there’s a new heatless hair trend in town – and, just like these other viral tricks, it’ll have you looking completely bonkers in a bid to achieve gorgeous locks.

Kimberley Walsh has revealed that motherhood has made her bond with her soap star sisters Sally and Amy even stronger.The 40 year old is mum to three sons – Bobby, seven, Cole, five, and eight month old Nate – while her older sister Sally, 44, is mum to four boys herself. Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley's youngest sister Amy, 34, recently welcomed her first child, daughter Bonnie Mae, with EastEnders star partner Toby Alexander-Smith.

Love Island star Chloe Crowhurst has revealed the gender of her first child with a sweet video just over a month after announcing she is pregnant. The former dating show hopeful, 24, who starred in the third series of the ITV2 hit, wore a fitted cream jumpsuit for the special occasion, as she showed off her blossoming baby bump for the camera and shared that she is expecting a girl. Wearing her long blonde locks loose and wavy, Chloe, who is 35 weeks pregnant, opted for glowing makeup and a slick of pink lipgloss, teaming her look with a dainty necklace for the clip.

A man was killed by a falling tree as he tried to clear up the debris left by Storm Eunice.

Saints captain Joe Shaughnessy insists he and his teammates will block out the noise surrounding the future of their boss.

An optical illusion has gone viral as thousands of comments have debated what is truly inside the puzzling picture.

A top Scottish ghost hunting team have captured some spooky footage at one of Scotland's oldest pubs.

Sony’s Uncharted, based on the 15-year-old Amy Hennig and Naughty Dog-created Sony PlayStation video game, grossed $3.7M in Thursday night previews that began at 4PM. That’s a solid number which bests the pre-pandemic previews of such mid-February hits like Sonic the Hedgehog ($3M, from showtimes that began at 5PM), Kingsman: The Secret Service ($1.5M, off 7PM), and even with March PG-13 adventure movie Kong: Skull Island ($3.7M). Industry projections earlier this week had the Tom Holland-Mark Wahlberg movie in the mid $30Ms over the 4-day Presidents weekend, possibly $40M, however, these preview figures provide great hope for better returns.

She-Hulk, based on the comic book character.Unlike Wandavision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, and Loki, which spun off of the Avengers movies, She-Hulk will introduce a new protagonist. However, it does take place in the same universe as the rest of the Marvel properties.

Dua Lipa, 25, is “finally getting stronger again” thanks to yoga. The Grammy-winning singer shared a video to her Instagram Stories on Thursday, February 18 of herself doing a headstand on a black workout map. Dua was incredibly flexible during the yoga session. The star pressed both hands on her head, as she lifted her feet straight in the air, and then lowered them and stretched them out horizontally.

Few actors have had as varied of a career as Jeff Goldblum with the same level of praise as the 69-year-old actor. After making his film debut in 1974 with a part in Death Wish, Jeff starred in a number of blockbusters throughout the next few decades including beloved sci-fi thrillers like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fly, Jurassic Park, and Independence Day. He’s also had huge roles in a ton of genres like The Big Chill, Vibes, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.  While continuing to be a huge actor, Jeff has also put his other talents to good use, performing with a jazz band called The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra over the years. The band put out their first album in 2018.

Andrew Garfield pokes fun at his “Spider-Man: No Way Home” return on the latest episode of “The Graham Norton Show”.

Adriana Lima announced on Friday that she is pregnant with her third child.The 40-year-old Vogue supermodel got creative as she took to TikTokto share the happy news with her fans. The father is movie producer Andre Lemmers III.

Olivia Rodrigo was seen having some fun this week in new photos shared to Instagram.The 18-year-old beauty flashed her tummy in a black Fairy Tale crop top and wore a pink hat that said I Heart Fantasy as she hit Disneyland in Anaheim, California with some pals.This comes after news she split from Adam Faze 'months ago.' Princess:Olivia Rodrigo was seen having some fun this week in new photos shared to InstagramThe teen wore her hair down and had on minimal makeup as she showed off her cute black outfit outside the Princess Castle that leads into Fantasyland.The Drivers License hit maker was also seen flashing a peace sign on the ride with her friends. Her union withFaze is reportedly over.The pop star and the 24-year-old music video producer have reportedly called time on their romance, seven months after they werefirst spotted together.

Wilson Chapman editorWhen the video game “Cuphead” was released in 2017, it became something of an instant classic in the animation community. Studio MDHR’s shoot ‘em up indie platformer, in which players take control of the title character as he goes on a quest to defeat the devil, is a loving tribute to the Golden Age of animation, with graphics that mimic the rubber hose style of the earliest Mickey Mouse and Fleischer Studios shorts.

Emily Longeretta Jumping in the Chicago River in the middle of winter may sound scary, not to mention freezing — but for “Chicago P.D.” stuntwoman Kelli Scarangello, it was a dream come true.“It’s kind of a running joke here in Chicago that you’re not on official midwest stunt person until you go in the Chicago river — so I was excited,” she says in Variety‘s exclusive behind-the-scenes video below, which details the making of the major stunt airing in the Feb. 23 episode.In the midseason premiere, titled “Still Water,” Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) witnesses a car accident and jumps into the river to make a rescue.

K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s industry-led skills body ScreenSkills has teamed with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to offer workshops on live performance.The workshops, titled “Live Performance Goes Digital” and led by the team behind the RSC’s stage-to-screen productions, will be open to regional theatres and touring companies as well as independent producers, directors, stage managers and other live performance professionals to share understanding on how to capture live performance.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe relentless 15-year hunt for Adolf Eichmann, the notorious high-ranking Nazi criminal who fled Germany at the end of WW2 and hid in Argentina with his family, will be charted in a thriller series by Rose Bosch (“1492: Conquest of Paradise,” “The Roundup”).Titled “The Capture,” the six-part English-language series is being produced by Marc Missonnier and Christine de Bourbon-Busset at Lincoln TV, the Paris-based banner behind “Mirages” and “Cheyenne & Lola.” The script is now completed and the veteran producers are getting ready to introduce the project to potential partners, including broadcasters and streamers.Bosch, a former investigative journalist who is passionate about history, previously wrote the script of Ridley Scott’s Christopher Columbus film “1492: Conquest of Paradise,” as well as penned and directed “The Roundup” which depicted the infamous Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel’ d’Hiv) in Paris. The 2010 movie, which sheds light on the lesser-known mass arrest of Jews, including children, by French police in 1942 and their deportation in concentration camps, is still being studied in schools on top of being featured at the U.S.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorVariety will return to an in-person Artisans Awards ceremony at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival, taking place on Monday, March 7 at 8 p.m. at the historic Arlington Theatre.

Ethan Shanfeld Netflix released a teaser trailer for Adam Sandler’s basketball movie “Hustle,” premiering on the streamer on June 10.Produced by LeBron James, the film follows a washed up basketball scout (Sandler) as he discovers a star athlete (Juancho Hernangómez) with a rocky past on the street ball courts of Spain. Back in the U.S., the pair struggle against all odds to prove that they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.“Hustle” also stars Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith, Ainhoa Pillet, Raul Castillo, Jordan Elizabeth Hull, Maria Botto, Heidi Gardner and Robert Duvall.

Zack Sharf George R.R. Martin announced on his personal blog that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” has wrapped production on its debut 10-episode season. The series is set 300 years before the events of “Thrones” and stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans.“Exciting news out of London — I am informed that shooting has wrapped for the first season of ‘House of the Dragon,” Martin wrote.