Wesley Fofana forced to train with Leicester's U23s as Chelsea transfer saga rumbles on

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Canal+ Group, the Vivendi-owned French TV group, has won its court case against TF1 after being sued by latter following a dispute over carriage fees. The ruling was issued on Sept. 22 by the business court of Paris. Chaired by Maxime Saada (pictured), Canal+ was previously distributing TF1 and its channels TFX, TF1 Séries Films and LCI as part of its TNT Sat paybox platform which traditionally gives access to all French channels. But when their pact was about to expire on Aug. 31, TF1 tried to renegotiate the terms of the agreements and asked Canal+ for pay 50% more for the right to distribute its free-to-air channels. Canal+ refused and subsequently stopped distributing them, leading TF1 to sue the banner.

Lisa Faulkner, 50, has opened up about what it has been like sharing a kitchen with her MasterChef judge husband John Torode, 57. Lisa, who met John when she entered and won Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, has explained how cooking on TV together has been “exhausting” but a “brilliant experience” in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.Lisa spoke about her time cooking with John as part of a wider interview about encouraging families to be more connected during meal times.The star has teamed up with cracker company Carr’s to help create some tasty recipes that will hopefully spark conversations and deter families from looking at their phones during dinner.Lisa and John are a real power couple when it comes to cooking shows, with John having hosted MasterChef since 2005 right up to the current season, which is currently airing on BBC One.The pair have coupled up on camera as well as in real life to co-present John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, which launched on ITV in 2019.“I feel very happy and blessed,” Lisa said, reflecting on their marriage and working relationship.“It’s good, you know, we get to work together - not all the time and both of us have our separate careers - but it’s nice.

Nestled behind luxury designer storefronts on the most famous street in Beverly Hills lies a new Mexican steakhouse that is already making a huge splash in the L.A. restaurant scene. The Hideaway is the latest hot spot from celebrity party producers Jeffrey Best and Ken Jones of Best Events, as well as nightlife titans JT Torregiani, Sylvain Bitton and David Jarrett of Warwick.

An unconventional method. Coco Austin sent social media into a frenzy after revealing she sometimes bathes 6-year-old daughter Chanel in the sink.

A familiar feeling. Becca Kufrin compared Bachelorette winner Erich Schwer‘s blackface controversy to her former fiancé Garrett Yrigoen‘s 2018 social media scandal.

Celebrating their love! Big Brother alums Claire Rehfuss and Derek Xiao are gearing up to commemorate their one-year anniversary after meeting on the CBS reality show last summer.

It sounds like things are not exactly back to normal for Tiffany Haddish.

Nicola Peltz Beckham speaks in further detail about those Victoria Beckham feud rumours in a new interview with Grazia USA.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta’s Instagram app appeared to be experiencing technical problems Thursday, as thousands of users reported problems accessing the service. According to site-monitoring service Downdetector, complaints about Instagram began to spike just after 12:30 p.m.

Emily Longeretta Netflix has renewed several of its popular unscripted love and dating shows, including “Love on the Spectrum” and “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On.” Additionally, JoAnna Garcia Swisher will host the upcoming series, “The Ultimatum: Queer Love.” “Love on the Spectrum,” the docu-reality series following people on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world of dating, will return for a new season following its three Emmy wins. Karina Holden and Cian O’Clery executive produce the Northern Pictures series. “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On,” which debuted in April 2022 and spent four weeks on the Top 10 list, will return for a second season with six new couples all on the verge of marriage. Per the official description, “One partner is ready to get married, the other isn’t quite as sure. An ultimatum is issued – and in just over eight weeks, they must commit to marriage, or move on. In the meantime, each will choose a new potential partner from one of the other couples, in a life-changing opportunity to get a glimpse of two different possible futures.”

Jackass star Steve-O has said he once went through 600 cartridges of nitrous oxide in 24 hours.The stuntman recently reflected on his history of drug use while appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, discussing the hallucinations he would suffer.Steve-O discussed being on cocaine and nitrous oxide for three days in a row, saying he wouldn’t sleep and would suffer hallucinations.“That was when all the crazy shit would go down because I would be like awake on cocaine for three days and inhaling nothing but nitrous oxide,” he said.He added: “And at that point is when shit starts popping off and people are walking around my apartment who are never physically there.“Like actual fucking people, man, I watched a dude walk through my apartment and fucking pick up my bong and take a hit and blow out smoke and just walked through the wall. He was never fucking there.

Jesse Palmer and Wells Adams are teasing big things ahead for ! Before filming for season 8 kicked off, ET spoke to the men in Mexico, and both of them promised a summer unlike any other.«It's a lot of content,» Jesse told ET, alluding to the extra episodes ABC ordered this time around. «It’s gonna be a lot of new people coming to the beach and I think that’s sort of where the magic happens… It’s gonna be really, really interesting.»I think there’s gonna be some new wrinkles creatively along the way that’s gonna make this a very unique season," the host teasingly added.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Camerimage, a film festival focused on cinematography, will honor the documentary director Alex Gibney during its 30th edition. The investigative filmmaker will be present at the event in Toruń, Poland, which runs Nov. 12-19, to accept the award for outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking. Gibney’s films include “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” exposing the greed and corruption of one of the most influential U.S. corporations; Oscar-winning “Taxi to the Dark Side,” with a harrowing tale of inhumane practices during the early years of the war in Afghanistan; and “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” providing a horrifying account of the decades of sexual abuse and pedophilia in the Catholic Church.

William Earl Variety and Pixel United will host the first-ever Leaders in Gaming & Entertainment Breakfast on Oct. 4. The in-person breakfast, held in Los Angeles, will bring together some of the biggest names in the gaming industry. Marc Merrill, co-founder and president of games for Riot Games, and Shauna Spenley, president of Riot Games Entertainment, will participate in a keynote conversation, moderated by Andrew Wallenstein, president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform, about the successful screen crossovers of Riot’s video games, such as their Emmy-winning animated series “Arcane: League of Legends.” Michael Lang, CEO of Pixel United, will be in conversation with Variety Co-Editor-in-Chief Cynthia Littleton about his vision for the mobile games industry, identifying opportunities for the wider entertainment industry to align with the passionate gaming community.

Wynonna Judd is opening up about the loss of her mother, country music legend Naomi Judd, in a new interview. «I got the call, and I went over, and I saw her and that was that,» Wynonna says on, in a preview clip of a segment that will air in full on Sept. 25.

Chelsea have reached an agreement to sign Leicester City centre-back Wesley Fofana, according to reports.The Athletic reports that there has been finally a breakthrough in the saga and that the Frenchman is set to move to Stamford Bridge.The Foxes had rejected an improved offer from the Blues for the 21-year-old earlier this week but now a deal has been struck, it appears. Reports suggest the fee is £76.4m, which would be a world record for a centre-back, surpassing the £73.94m Manchester United paid for Harry Maguire.

Chelsea target Wesley Fofana will play no part in Leicester's trip to Stamford Bridge this weekend following news that the 21-year-old has been left out of Brendan Rodgers' squad.Thomas Tuchel's side are desperate to sign Fofana but with Leicester playing hard-ball, getting a deal over the line before the transfer window closes next week will be no easy task.The Blues have had several bids for the defender turned down with Leicester holding out for a world record fee of over £80million, though with Fofana pushing for the move, there's optimism within Chelsea's camp that they'll get their man eventually.READ MORE: Chelsea target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 'waves goodbye' to BarcelonaIt'll be the second match in a row that Fofana will have missed, having been left out of the Leicester squad for last weekend's defeat to Southampton, with Rodgers insisting he didn't want to pick players who weren't in the right mindset.Fofana is keen to join Chelsea and has urged his club to honour the agreement they made with him when he signed a contract extension in March, which was to let him leave should a substantial enough offer be tabled.The Frenchman feels that the £70million that Chelsea have reportedly bid for him is more than fair, though Leicester insist that their agreement isn't valid until next summer.How much is Wesley Fofana worth? Let us know in the comments section below.The Foxes have continually insisted that Fofana isn't for sale and would only be tempted to do business if they received a record fee, though Chelsea are desperate not to top the figure Manchester United paid for Harry Maguire to ensure Fofana avoids the pressure of being the world's most expensive defender.However, Leicester's financial troubles could end

Arsenal are lining up a couple of transfer alternatives if they fail to land Youri Tielemans this summer.The Gunners have already spent over £100million on the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira, though manager Mikel Arteta is still keen to add to his midfield.It's understood that Arsenal will be testing Leicester City's resolve by submitting an official bid for the Belgian this week, though the Midlands club are notoriously tough negotiators and a deal between the two sides is far from a guarantee.READ MORE: Arsenal target Pedro Neto already declared love for Gunners before transfer interestIf Tielemans stays put, Arsenal will look to AC Milan's Sandro Tonali and Brighton's Moises Caicedo as potential alternatives.Tonali has been likened - in both paying style and appearance - to Italy legend Andrea Pirlo, while Caicedo is considered one of the hottest prospects in the Premier League at the moment.But Tielemans remains the club's number one target, particularly as he's already proven himself in English football, and with his contract expiring in less than 12 months' time, he won't cost an arm and a leg.ARSENAL FANS - Who would you rather sign: Tielemans, Tonali or Caicedo? Let us know in the comments section below.With Chelsea ruthlessly pursuing Wesley Fofana this summer, Arsenal are aware that Leicester might not want to lose two important first team stars in the same window - hence the back up plans.Tielemans started Leicester's first two league matches of the season but, like Fofana, was named among the substitutes at the weekend against Southampton, with Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers later explaining his selection."One, a change in system and two, I mentioned in the week, we’re coming into a

Brendan Rodgers has been urged to exert the same control he had at Celtic amid the ‘toxic’ Leicester City situation he's currently enduring.