The One Show's Alex Jones returns to host final episode as BBC series set to take break

Setting the record straight. Armie Hammer and his estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers, have not reconciled their romance despite rumors to the contrary.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorVisionary visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, who died Monday, contributed his groundbreaking inventions and techniques to classics including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner.”Among his many honors were three visual effects Oscar nominations (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner”); the Academy’s Scientific and Engineering Award for creating the Showscan Camera System; and the Visual Effects Society’s Georges Méliès Award, honoring those who have made significant, pioneering contributions to the effects business, in 2012.A generation of visual effects artists and filmmakers were influenced by his work, including Weta FX senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri, who said, “Doug stands out as an iconic figure in visual effects, one of the early pioneers who blended a deep knowledge of cinematography and mechanics to develop techniques that we still use today. An early evangelist of high frame rate processes, Doug’s vision for where we can take cinema is just now coming to fruition.” Here’s a look at a five iconic moments Trumbull helped create.Trumbull was Oscar nominated for visual effects for Spielberg’s “Close Encounters,” and one of his significant contributions was the motion control photography used in the scenes featuring the alien’s massive mother ship.

Mark Sutherland If last year’s Brit Awards went out with something of a COVID-restricted whimper, this year’s ceremony came in with a bang.Several bangs in fact, as an unexpected mash-up between emo-metal hybrid Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran on the latter’s “Bad Habits” launched the show to, no doubt, the bewilderment of mums and dads tuning in at home and expecting the nice, ginger-next-door they usually see at events like this. The arena, however, was ablaze — quite literally, as the unlikely collaborators became the first of several performers to torch the stage.Held at The O2 Arena in south London, this year’s Brits — unlike last year’s event — took place in a country that is largely free of COVID restrictions.

Everyone needs a good cry every now and then. For Will Arnett, it happened on the side of the road. To be fair, the BoJack Horseman actor had recently split with Amy Poehler after nine years of marriage. This made his experience filming the Arrested Development revival “almost excruciating,” as he told The Guardian. “Just brutal, brutal, brutal,” he continued. “I was driving to the set one day and I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for an hour.”

MAYA Jama awkwardly shut down Mo Gilligan's questions about her love life during the Brit Awards 2022. As the presenters chatted in between awards Mo, 33, drew attention to the sparkler on 27-year-old Maya's ring finger.

ED Sheeran and his wife Cherry melted fans' hearts as they shared a sweet kiss on camera at the Brit Awards. The musician, 30, and Cherry enjoyed the rare PDA moments after learning he had won the gong for Songwriter Of The Year.

Garth Brooks is finally getting a tattoo after all these years.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJoe Rogan weighed in again on the controversy over his repeated use of the N-word on his podcast — and Spotify’s removal of 70 past episodes because of “racially insensitive language” — and played the victim card.Last Friday, Spotify pulled 70 past episodes “The Joe Rogan Experience” from its platform, which the streamer said it did at the request of Rogan and his team. That came after singer India Arie last week said she was pulling her music and podcasts off Spotify, citing Rogan’s “language around race”; she reposted a video on Instagram compiling 24 times Rogan used the N-word on his podcast, and the clip soon went viral.Rogan addressed the situation in Tuesday’s episode of his podcast.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCBS has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the drama series “Early Edition,” Variety has learned.The original series starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.In the rebooted version, an ambitious but uncompromising journalist starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today.

Wendy Williams won’t be returning to her eponymous talk show anytime soon.

Gwen Stefani has a busy 2022 planned based on her recent social media posts. The pop star took to Twitter recently to tease fans with an exciting new update, writing: "Can’t wait to show you what I have planned for this year."MORE: Gwen Stefani stuns in waist-cinching dress as she celebrates exciting news with fans"I hope its a new album," commented one fan as others called for more duets with husband Blake Shelton.

Will Arnett is opening up about his break up from Amy Poehler.

Joe Rogan is opening up about backlash for his commentary on his podcast, which is hosted on Spotify.

Nelly, 47, is speaking out about the shocking leaked video that showed him receiving oral sex. The rapper spoke to TMZ shortly after the clip made its way on his social media page before quickly getting deleted and issued an apology as well as an explanation.

Florida Georgia Line is looking to their next chapter.

THE One Show host Alex Jones has shown off her luxurious Victorian home on Instagram. The TV presenter, 44, who gave birth to her third child in August, lives in a stunning London pad with husband Charlie Thomson and their two sons Teddy, five and Kit, two, and newborn Annie.

The One Show host Alex took to Instagram to share an adorable photo of herself and her youngest daughter, with husband Charlie Thomson, as she gave fans a sneak peek into her home.

ALEX Jones will make a surprise return to The One Show TONIGHT - just halfway through her maternity leave. The 44-year-old went on maternity leave back in August ahead of welcoming her third child - and first daughter - with husband Charlie Thomson.

Alex Jones is to make a surprise return to The One Show after maternity leave tomorrow night.Fans were thrilled to find out that presenter Alex will make a comeback to their screen tomorrow night.Alex will appear on the BBC show alongside Jermaine Jenas and Ronan Keating for the last episode before the Christmas break.During last night's episode The One Show was hosted by Ronan and presenter Angellica Bell who revealed the exciting news.Last nights show featured guests David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gabby Logan.As well as Spider-Man: No Way Home actor Tom Holland, who surprised a special real-life superhero for the BBC show's One Big Thank You segment.At the end of the show, Ronan previewed tonight's programme.He said: "Last show of the

Jermaine Jenas made a savage on air dig at his guest Peter Crouch - live on The One Show.The 38-year-old presenter talked about when his former Spurs footballer pal Peter formed an unlikely musical bond with US rapper Nelly - with the pair performing together at Jermaine's engagement party in 2009.Jermaine got engaged to his wife Ellie in 2009 - and they tied the knot in 2011.However, as much as Jermaine rated Peter's striking ability on the football field, he didn't seem to take to his rapping skills, because he ripped into Peter right at the start of Wednesday's show (December 15).Jermaine's co-star Sam Quek was introducing Peter said:" He even performed with - wait - rapper Nelly at Jermaine's engagement party...

THE One Show's Jermaine Jenas took a brutal swipe at Jamie Doran during Monday night's show - and things quickly turned awkward. The actor joined The One Show via video link to chat about his new series The Tourist, however, things got tense when Jermaine questioned his fitness levels.