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Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has told how she'd love a fourth child after expanding her brood last year. The actress already has nine year-old Albert, five year-old Hilda and 16-month-old Doris with her husband Chris Farr.

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright looked as loved-up as ever as she joined him in Paris. The presenter and radio star has been busy working in the French capital with Heart radio as the Olympics take place.

A woman was rushed into emergency life-saving surgery after a botched operation in Turkey left her organs so infected they ‘turned into concrete’.

Le Parisien reports.The heated exchange between Scott, whose real name is Jacques Webster, and his bodyguard — which reportedly turned physical — took place at the luxury Four Seasons Hotel George V hotel in the city’s posh 8th arrondissement.Scott, who is currently staying at the celeb hotspot during the 2024 Olympics, returned to the hotel late Thursday night before getting involved in a fight with a member of his team, law enforcement sources told the outlet.“He was not in the right condition to be questioned straight away, so was put in a cell where he is still sobering up,” an insider told the outlet.The rapper, who was reportedly under the influence at the time of the ordeal, was arrested just after 5 a.m. local time, with officers saying he was still “sobering up” in his jail cell before a round of questioning.Police were called to the hotel — located just moments away from the Champs-Élysées, sources said.A source told Page Six on Friday morning that Scott yelled at his own security guard at the famed Paris hotel after they got into an argument about local paparazzi.“They were screaming at each other, and the hotel freaked out and called the cops,” an insider said of the incident.The source said that Scott has been followed by paparazzi while moving around the city during the Olympics, and that one pap was allegedly looking in the trunk of Scott’s car when the rapper confronted his own guard asking why he’d let the pap look in the vehicle’s trunk, and the argument ensued.A video clip posted to X showed Scott getting into a car and calmly asking paps why they were still following him until 5a.m.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Showing in competition at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, writer-director Saulė Bliuvaitė’s debut feature “Toxic” is a hard-hitting coming-of-age story which eschews the cliches as her 13-year-old protagonists come to terms with their bodies and identities one hot summer in Lithuania. Marija (Vesta Matulytė) and Kristina (Ieva Rupeikaitė) are two young girls who form a friendship as they become aspirants for a modelling school which promises an escape from their dreary reality. “When I was 13, it was very popular for very, very young teenage girls from 12-13 years old to try and enroll in modeling agencies,” Bliuvaitė tells Variety.

Chase & Status have shared a powerful new single with Stormzy called ‘Backbone’ – listen to it below.The track has been generating much buzz online after Stomzy made a surprise appearance with Chase & Status during their recent Ushuaïa Ibiza takeover. It was first debuted live during the band’s Coachella set earlier this year.A statement about the collaboration says the single “represents the coming together of two musical titans from different genres, blending the best of electronic music with the raw energy of UK Rap’s brightest star.”Speaking about the collaboration, the band said: “We are so gassed to work with the legend that is Stormzy.

Serving over 200 destinations across the globe, Manchester Airport is a gateway to the world. Some travellers will be heading to summer sun destinations like Greece, Spain and Turkey.

Fans have made the same observation over Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney as she shared a sweet update alongside her partner Ricky Hatton. The pair have headed off to sunnier climes and the actress shared a string of new snaps of the lovebirds.

Drake rehearsing a cover of Michael Jackson‘s ‘Rock With You’ has been unearthed in his 100gigs.org collection, a new release of 100GB worth of new data.On Tuesday (August 6), the rapper dropped the website full of archived content, footage and data, which includes three previously unheard songs.Amidst the content is footage of him rehearsing a cover of Jackson’s ‘Rock With You’ – and he can be seen walking around on a light-up floor in a nod to ‘Billie Jean’.Drake covering “Rock with You” by MJ

Twenty competitors including one junior took part in the club’s 50 bird South West Single Barrel shoot on Saturday.

Charli XCX has suggested that she may appear with Billie Eilish.The events kicked off on July 26 with an epic opening ceremony along the river Seine, featuring Lady Gaga performing French cabaret song ‘Mon truc en plumes’ and Gojira performing French Revolution song ‘Ah Ça Ira!’ with opera singer Marina Viotti.Celine Dion also performed for the first time in four years, taking on Edith Piaf’s ‘L’Hymne A L’Amour’ in her first show since she revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome (SPS).Now, with the Paris games set to come to an end this Sunday (August 11), rumours about the closing ceremony have started to get momentum, and people are speculating which artists may perform on the night.According to a new report by Variety – which spoke to various sources related to the closing ceremony – one of those heavily rumoured to be appearing at the two-hour show at the Stade de France is Billie Eilish.Not only would this be timely, with the singer recently sharing her critically acclaimed third album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, but it would also be significant as the next instalment of the Olympic Games will be held in her native Los Angeles in 2028.Charli XCX has also added fuel to the fire with this rumour too, sharing an update online suggesting that she may be appearing with Eilish on the night to perform their new collaborative single ‘Guess’.Responding to a news update by PopCrave, the singer told fans “… you wanna guess ;)”.… you wanna guess

Annika Pham One of Finland’s most high-profile filmmakers, Selma Vilhunen has given voices to women of all ages in her fiction and non-fiction works, from the Oscar-nominated short “Do I Have to Take Care of Everything” to Berlin Crystal Bear winner “Stupid Young Heart” to her most recent pic, “Four Little Adults,” for which Alma Pöysti won best acting in Göteborg. Her next pic, “She Did Not Show Remorse,” will be her most ambitious epic work, but also her most enraged look at female shame culture in patriarchal societies. Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt of Finland’s Dionysos Films, have unveiled details of the storyline and the first visual in exclusivity to Variety, ahead of their pitch at Haugesund’s Nordic Co-Production Market Aug.

Naman Ramachandran Disney is set to invest at least $5 billion in production across the U.K. and continental Europe over the next five years, according to Jan Koeppen, the company’s European chief. Koeppen, who oversees Disney’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, expressed optimism about the continued viability of superhero films.

Beyoncé’s hit single ‘Break My Soul’ has been dropped.First revealed back in May, the filing was put forward by a New Orleans group called Da Showstoppaz, who accused the pop star of copyright infringement with her hit ‘Renaissance’ lead single.The issue stemmed from Beyoncé’s 2022 song sampling Big Freedia – who the band claim unlawfully used lyrics from their 2002 track ‘Release A Wiggle’.Members of the band, Tessa Avie, Keva Bourgeois, Henri Braggs, and Brian Clark, all filed a complaint to the Louisiana federal court. In the filing, they alleged that Bey sampled Big Freedia’s 2014 track ‘Explode’ – however, the latter unlawfully used “copyrighted lyrics, melody, and musical arrangement” from their own track, making the feature in ‘Break My Soul’ unlawful.As well as the ‘Cowboy Carter’ singer, Big Freedia, Sony Music, Jay-Z and more have been named as defendants.Now, it has been confirmed that the copyright lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed.According to a report by Rolling Stone, the court filing did not mention a settlement agreement, meaning that it is likely that the case was simply dropped.

Annika Pham More than 250 international guests, including 53 buyers from 18 countries, have signed up for the Norwegian International Film Festival’s three-day industry event New Nordic Films in Haugesund, which will fête its 30th anniversary and kickoff with Charlotte Sieling’s drama “Way Home.” Some of the strongest filmmakers from the region and beyond – including Erik Poppe, Dag Johan Haugerud, Selma Vilhunen, Zaida Bergroth, Rúnar Rúnarsson – will be screening or pitching their next projects, next to scores of rising talents. “Our DNA hasn’t changed,” said Line Halvorsen, who joined New Nordic Films four years ago and is serving as acting director, temporarily filling in for Gyda Velvin Myklebust.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp could sell its Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel Group.

There was a large police presence on a housing estate in north Manchester yesterday after a man was stabbed. It happened on Ashley Lane in Moston at around 2:30pm in the afternoon.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on track to be released in autumn 2025, according to a press release.As reported by Kotaku, Take-Two, the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar, claims the game has not been delayed and should arrive later this year.“The Grand Theft Auto series exceeded our expectations, as momentum continues to build ahead of the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 in Fall 2025,” reads a press release from the company.We got our first look at the upcoming open-world game back in December 2023, and it showed off the Miami and Florida-inspired Vice City and its surrounding swamp land. We also got a glimpse of the game’s dual protagonists, one of whom is the first female protagonist since the original Grand Theft Auto.Lucia, one of the leads for GTA 6, seems like she’ll be far more fleshed out than Divine, Katie, Mikki, and Ulrika, the four playable women in GTA.

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Rapper Travis Scott told police officers he was “scared” by their large presence during his trespassing arrest in Miami, Fla., in June, newly-released bodycam footage showed.The “Sicko Mode” hitmaker, 33, was handcuffed after officers responded to a report of people fighting on a yacht at the Miami Beach Marina shortly before 1 a.m. on June 20, and found Scott standing by the dock and yelling at the occupants of one of the boats.Scott, whose real name is Jacques Webster, was then taken into custody in connection with misdemeanor trespassing and public intoxication.In new bodycam footage obtained by NBC South Florida, the Houston native can be seen getting loud during his exchange with officers at the docks before ultimately being arrested.“Everybody put their hands up!” cops yelled as they arrived at the marina.After Scott and his entourage exited the boat, officers began to probe them on what had happened aboard the yacht.

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