West Ham in advanced talks with Lucas Paqueta over five-year deal after £34m bid

“peace deal” with the royal family.“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, who is Meghan’s friend, said the relationship with the Sussexes and the royal family is still tenuous — largely due to the couple’s bombshell interview with Oprah in 2021 after they made the decision to step down from their royal duties.King — who became friends with Meghan after being introduced by Oprah — was in London reporting on Queen Elizabeth’s historic funeral, revealing to “Extra” that there have been efforts on “both sides to, sort of, make this right. We shall see.”“Big families always go through drama, always go through turmoil,” she said in the “Extra” interview.

Hef’s Playboy playmates and their adult playthings were almost deemed too hot for TV. Exposing more explosive truths about their seemingly plushy lives as Hugh Hefner’s ladies in the early 2000s, former “Girls Next Door” starlets Holly Madison, 42, and Bridget Marquardt, 48, revealed that E! initially canned their reality show’s pilot episode due to the “risqué” nature of a “sex toy” fete. “This party was actually a sex toy party,” Madison recalled during a recent episode of her podcast with Marquardt, “Girls Next Level.”“This was more like a quaint tupperware party, but it was still deemed too risqué for E!,” said Madison. “After the pilot was finished, they said, ‘We can never air this because we can’t show all these sex toys on the network.’ “She went on to insist that the party’s X-rated novelties, such as lubes and faux phalluses, were only for display and not for demonstration. “We weren’t doing anything with them like I said, it was like a tupperware party or there would be like funny games with sex toys.”The honey-haired hottie recalled hosting the saucy celebration at the Playboy Mansion — where she resided as one of Hef’s three main girlfriends alongside Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, 37, — with Hefner’s permission. However, when the late smut mag magnate, who died of sepsis in 2017 at 89, got a load of the sex goodies and gadgets being hawked in his house, he allegedly “dogged” Madison for orchestrating the tawdry scene. “[Hefner] was like dogging me,” she remembered.

horrific rape and cannibalism accusations were leveled at her husband.Elizabeth Chambers — who was married to “The Social Network” star for 10 years — sat down with E! News on Wednesday, admitting the past two years have been “hell” for her family.“I consider myself a feminist and stand in solidarity with anyone who has been a victim of any sort and hope they find healing,” Chambers, 40, declared. “I’m not being here, like, ‘My life is amazing,’ because it’s been hell for a long time.”Chambers married Hammer, 36, in 2010.

The Chase fans were left stunned after a sky diving instructor admitting the very important item he intends to purchase if he wins a cash prize.As player Chris began chatting with host Bradley Walsh, the contestant began detailing his life on a small island in Scotland, where he explained his job as a sky diving instructor.Chris said: “I’m lucky enough to have to have two jobs, I’m a mortgage broker and a sky diving instructor.”READ MORE:ITV The Chase fans fume as show is delayed in schedule shakeup for PM coverage“You’re a mortgage broker on an island with only one pub on it and then also you’re a sky diver?” Bradley replied.Chris admitted he had done around “five and half thousand jumps.”A shocked Bradley challenged: “No you haven’t,” before asking him what he will do with his winnings.Chris left the studio and viewers at home in shock when he revealed he will “upgrade his reserve parachute.”Laughter erupted across the studio as his fellow contestants faces appeared stunned.“well I should hope so,” said Bradley.“A reserve parachute you’ve got to be kidding me,” said one viewer.“Can someone buy Chris a reserve parachute if he loses please,” another added.A third simply blasted the profession altogether, spewing: “It takes a certain amount of crayzeeeeee or a lot! for anyone to jump out of a plane. If we were meant to fly we would have wings - crazy person #TheChase."Chris joined fellow contestants Emma, Georgia and Tim taking on chaser Jenny Ryan, aka The Vixen.The remaining players went into the final chase as a trio with £20k, answering 19 questions correctly.But chaser Jenny was on great form, catching them with 30 seconds to spare.

in the wake of misconduct allegations — has revealed he is suffering from bipolar disorder.“Bipolar is a motherf–ker. Sometimes it’s just too much to deal with,” Garlin, 60, wrote on Instagram late Tuesday night. “I’m doing the best I can.

K.J. Yossman Hargobind Tahilramani, the alleged “Hollywood Con Queen,” has spoken publicly for the first time after taking the stand in court on the first day of his extradition trial. The U.S. government has formally requested the self-described food blogger be extradited from the U.K. to face eight charges in California, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Tahilramani is accused of being the “mastermind” behind a $1 million scam targeting film industry professionals, in which he is alleged to have posed as dozens of mostly female Hollywood executives and their assistants in a bid to lure victims out to Jakarta in Indonesia with the promise of work. Among those he is accused of impersonating are producer Gigi Pritzker, Disney exec Dana Walden and Annapurna Pictures founder Megan Ellison (pictured above, left to right).

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJonathan Bailey is in talks to join the cast of Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” movies.The “Bridgerton” star will play Fiyero in the two-part feature adaptation headlined by Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. The Universal Pictures films are set for release on Christmas in 2024 and 2025.“Wicked” is a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” telling the story of how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.“We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one ‘Wicked’ movie but two!” Chu wrote in a statement when announcing the two-parter. “With more space, we can tell the story of ‘Wicked’ as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters.”

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Eddie Murphy is reuniting with his original “Beverly Hills Cop” co-stars — Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot — for the upcoming sequel, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.” Netflix picked up the rights in 2019 to release the next “Beverly Hills Cop” movie, which is currently in development. “Axel Foley” is the fourth installment in the hit action-comedy franchise, following 1984’s “Beverly Hills Cop,” 1987’s “Beverly Hills Cop II” and 1994’s “Beverly Hills Cop III.” For the fourquel, producers opted to ditch the roman numerals and instead name the film after Murphy’s fish-out-of-water character, a Detroit police officer who travels to Los Angeles to investigate crimes.

Guy Lodge Film Critic At the height of his career, Czech-born composer Josef Mysliveček was the most prolific and sought-after figure in Italian opera, bound for immortal celebrity. Nearly three centuries later, his name isn’t forgotten to classical music scholars, but neither does it have anything approaching household status; the facts and records of his personal life, meanwhile, have largely been lost to history. Via a blend of free narrative speculation and exacting musical presentation, Petr Vaclav’s stately, sumptuous biopic “Il Boemo” seeks to restore a degree of iconic status to a talent latterly overshadowed by relative 18th-century contemporaries, albeit not with much swagger or modernity of its own: This is costume drama of a traditional, ornately brocaded stripe, a classical music lesson for classicists.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Somewhere over the rainbow, indeed! Kenya Barris tells me that LGBTQ representation will be featured in his “Wizard of Oz” remake. “The original was an allegory and a reflection of the way the world was at the time with things like the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl,” says Barris, who will write and direct the reimagining for Warner Bros. “Now we’re going to turn a mirror on where we’re at right now and take disparate characters from the LGBTQ community, from different cultural communities and socioeconomic communities, and tell a story that reflects the world. I think this is the best time to do that.”

Scott Huver “Reboot” creator Steven Levitan admits that having a cast stacked with Hollywood veterans, including Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Rachel Bloom and Paul Reiser, was almost like having a second writers’ room when it came to war stories for the show’s inside-Hollywood view of rebooting a beloved, 20-year-old sitcom. “We would just be sitting around talking and then someone would say this, ‘Oh, this reminds me of the time this has happened,’ and then [the writers] refined it in next week’s script,” laughed the “Modern Family” co-creator at the premiere of his new Hulu series, held on the Fox lot that also serves as the backdrop for the show.

Angelique Jackson Actor, producer and Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions has a new series in the works for HBO Max. The half-hour, single-camera comedy, titled “Rollin,’” is in development under the multi-platform entertainment company’s overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. According to the official logline, the series centers on “an easily corruptible newbie skater and her ragtag rink crew who find drive and deliverance on the hardwood at an ATL skating rink known for its good music, food, vibes and stellar stunts. They soon discover that walking away from your past is easier said than done — but as all skaters learn, when you fall down, you must get back up.”

BreAnna Bell Amazon Prime’s “Reacher” has added Serinda Swan, Ferdinand Kingsley, Rory Cochrane to its Season 2 cast as series regulars. The group is joined by guest star Domenick Lombardozzi, along with Luke Bilyk, Dean McKenzie, Edsson Morales, Andres Collantes, Shannon Kook-Chun, Ty Victor Olsson, Josh Blacker, and Al Sapienza.  Based on the 11th novel in Lee Childs’ Jack Reacher series — “Bad Luck and Trouble– Season 2 of the military drama picks up as the members of Reacher’s old military unit start turning up dead. Reacher (Alan Ritchson) sets out on a plot for revenge as he hopes to get justice his fallen friends. Filming will begin this month.

West Ham fans have been left fuming at VAR after Maxwel Cornet saw his goal chalked off after Jarrod Bowen was deemed to have fouled Edouard Mendy.Mendy was forced off his line to push a ball away from danger. However, Bowen had attempted to hurdle the Senegalese shot-stopper, resulting in his trialling leg catching Mendy with minimal, if any, contact.The Chelsea man stayed on the ground as Corner fired the ball into the net to put West Ham on level terms.

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has revealed that he asked the club's board to look into signing Lucas Paqueta before he joined West Ham. The 25-year-old Brazilian was the subject of interest from a host of Premier League clubs during the summer transfer window before deciding on a move to the Hammers. David Moyes' side paid a club record £51.3million to bring the midfielder to the London Stadium, seeing off interest from rivals including Newcastle.

Chelsea and West Ham are among four Premier League clubs to have been added to UEFA's Financial Fair Play watchlist. The duo, along with Manchester City and Leicester City, will be "monitored closely in the upcoming period" and have been asked by UEFA to give "additional financial information" during that time.

Premier League clubs have already spent a record amount on new signings, splashing out more than £1.5billion.Clubs have forked out millions to bring some of the best talent in world football to the Premier League. And while the focus will certainly be on their exploits on the pitch, it is also worth paying mind to the glamorous WAGs will be joining them in England.Here Daily Star Sport will guide you through some of the new Premier League WAGs that will be adding to glitz and glam of the biggest league in the world.

West Ham are reportedly in talks to sign former Manchester United starlet Adnan Januzaj on a free transfer.The Belgian winger is currently without a club after being released by Real Sociedad at the end of last season and Hammers boss David Moyes, who worked with Januzaj at both United and Sunderland, is keen on a reunion.According to talkSPORT, West Ham have opened negotiations with Januzaj's representatives and are believed to be confident of sealing a deal, especially as they're under no time constraints due to the player's free agent status.READ MORE: West Ham's improved Lucas Paqueta bid could reach £48m with 'deal much closer'Moyes handed Januzaj his professional debut back in 2013 during his sorry sole season at Old Trafford. The youngster was a mainstay in United's struggling side, but saw his game time slashed after Moyes was relieved of his duties.The pair linked up again when Januzaj was loaned to Sunderland during the 2016/17 season, but by then his confidence was on the floor having spent the previous couple of years warming the United bench.All of that changed when he joined Real Sociedad the following season though.

West Ham might be taking a two-goal cushion into next week's Europa Conference playoff second leg - but that didn't stop them getting ridiculed on social media.Rival fans couldn't help but laugh at the amount of empty seats dotted around the London Stadium on Thursday night as the Hammers sealed a 3-1 win over Danish opponents Viborg."Attendance looks as massive as @WestHam are at the London stadium tonight," a Tottenham tweeted, along with a photo of West Ham's half-empty ground during the match.READ MORE: 'Brexit immigration' laws block Viborg from bringing two key players to face West Ham"West Ham those empty seats are the reason Nunes didn't wanna sign for ya," tweeted another, while a third said: "That crowd is absolutely pathetic. Thought West Ham had a better support than that.