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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have made a generous donation to Canadian charity, Water First Education & Training Inc.

Streaming platforms in China have dropped films starring Keanu Reeves after the actor appeared virtually at the 35th annual Tibet House Benefit Concert.

Lili Reinhart, and Camila Mendes proved they have a pretty good sense of humor after poking fun at themselves in a recent TikTok. The hilarious clip (below), posted on Wednesday (March 23) to the account they share with Madelaine Petsch called “blondebrunetteredhead,” the Riverdale actresses used the Reading Rainbow meme to drag their own dating lives. As images of their faces –looking quite confused — floated across the screen, a caption read “Us trying to figure out how to date people we don’t work with.” It was obviously referring to the beauties’ respective romances with their Riverdale co-stars Cole Sprouse and Charles Melton.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominated actor Cameron Britton and Mike Birbiglia have joined the cast of SF Studios’ A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks. Marc Forster will direct with two-time Oscar nominee David Magee adapting the screenplay from Fredrik Backman’s comical 1# New York Times Bestseller A Man Called Ove – with the titular character being renamed to reflect the shift to an American setting. Britton and Birbiglia join a cast that already includes Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo are also on board

The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and CBS News’s Robert Costa landed one of the week’s bigger D.C. scoops with a report that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, texted then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to contest the election results.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWhat is going on over at the Academy? For years, I have questioned whether it made sense for the organization to continue awarding short films, seeing as how they are no longer a routine part of the moviegoing experience (the category dates back to a time when newsreels and short subjects regularly preceded the main attraction). Except in rare cases, when an animation studio attaches one to its latest feature-length cartoon, it’s been decades since shorts got serious theatrical play. These days, they’re relegated to film festivals and small-screen formats — so why include them in the telecast, I wondered.I was wrong.

K.J. Yossman Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson will be among the winners at the Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) awards on Friday night alongside actor Charlotte Riley and senior vice president of studio operations Warner Bros.

Love & Hip Hop star Apple Watts is in critical condition after a disastrous car crash on Wednesday, March 24. After her black Mercedes and a Ford F250 pickup truck collided on I-15 in Burbank, California, she was life-lifted to a hospital in Nevada where she is fighting for her life. She reportedly suffered “major injuries” from the crash that left her car in flames, the police tells TMZ.

Britney Spears, 40, wants a boob job. The “Toxic” singer made the revelation in a bombshell new Instagram post on Thursday, March 27, explaining to her millions of followers why, exactly, she wants to go under the knife. “It’s crazy living in Los Angeles…I was thinking about getting a boob job,” she penned in an iPhone note, which she screenshotted and shared.

Nearly all of the Kardashian siblings have welcomed children of their own over recent years, with Kris Jenner now having a total of eleven grandchildren. Eldest sister Kourtney, 42, shares three children, Mason, 12, Penelope, nine, and seven year old Reign with her ex-partner Scott Disick, while Kim, 41, shares North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and two year old Psalm with estranged husband Kanye West. Khloe, 37, welcomed her daughter True, three, with ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson in 2018, while Rob, 35, has daughter Dream, five, from his relationship with Blac Chyna.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn a scene in the first season of the Ukrainian sitcom “Servant of the People,” the newly-elected president of Ukraine is attempting to get the attention of his parliament, which has devolved from bickering into a physical brawl. Gently clearing his throat and murmuring for some peace and quiet won’t do, and this head of state is too green to command much respect from those serving alongside him in government.

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— crossover! stars Wilmer Valderrama and Katrina Law say aloha on Monday's episode of  when they drop by the CBS spinoff to revisit an old case once they learn that a key witness has turned up there with crucial evidence in the second half of the two-hour crossover event.In ET's exclusive first look from the upcoming crossover, Valderrama and 's leading lady, Vanessa Lachey — who have been friends for two decades — open up about reteaming for the special episode. «We have this amazing opportunity. We're going to do a crossover with the mothership,» Lachey said in the video.«What was really exciting was to have both of our shows and our families kind of meet and somehow connect our universes together,» Valderrama said. «Tennant is reluctantly welcoming Torres, so that dynamic is going to be fun to see,» Lachey teased, prompting Valderrama to have a chuckle and add: «Let's just say that these two have got to work together at some point.»Their co-stars also expressed their enthusiasm over bringing in some new flood to .«When we first found out that we were going to do a crossover episode with the OG was awesome,» said s Yasmine Al-Bustami, who plays Lucy.

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announce a stamp duty holiday today, other, more discriminating style spotters have picked up on the fact that the rising star of the Conservative government is as exacting about his tea as he is profligate in his budgets.In a photo released ahead of the mini budget, Sunak appears Looking Seriously At Documents with an Ember Travel mug, a ‘smart mug’ costing £180 that contains a temperature-control function to keep your hot drink at a specific temperature for up to three hours.It comes nestled on its own ‘charging coaster’ and looks pleasingly sci-fi in matte black ceramic.

John O'Connor, a visual effects editor who worked alongside Polish filmmaker Zbigniew Rybczynski on the PBS programThe Orchestra, died Sunday in Yorktown Heights, New York, after a short illness. He was 61.

From re-arranging furniture to considering your lighting, there are simple tips to make your home more joyful

Former Rangers star Gennaro Gattuso once took on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a martial arts duel, Robinho has revealed.

The majority of nine-to-fivers spend most of their day confined to an office.

West Lothian’s wealth of independent shops were delighted to be able to throw open their doors to customers again on Monday.Non-essential stores were forced to close at the beginning of lockdown on March 23 and were only allowed to re-open again this week.Retailers including clothing stores, arts and craft, gift and book stores said they were thrilled to see the return of regular customers.In Linlithgow, popular book shop Far from the Madding Crowd welcomed a steady stream of customers through the doors.Owner Sally Pattle said: “We are absolutely thrilled to open.“We have been doing home deliveries and collections but it was great to open the doors again and have a little bit of normality again.“We have done as much as we can to create more