What is Barcagate? All you need to know about Barcelona scandal after raid and arrests

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal wants to add an interesting new story to Jenna Bush Hager’s “Today” book club.For nearly four years, the co-host of the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” has chosen a book each month for members of her “Read with Jenna” club to peruse and discuss.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmmy-winning “The Crown” star Josh O’Connor will be the protagonist of Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s next film “La Chimera,” which is set in the world of archeological looting and is currently shooting in and around Southern Tuscany.O’Connor, who in “The Crown” played the young Prince Charles, in “La Chimera” is playing a young British archeologist named Arthur who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s.Also starring in “La Chimera,” which can be loosely translated as “The Unrealizable Dream,” are Isabella Rossellini as a retired opera singer; Brazilian actor Carole Duarte (“The Invisible Life”) who plays another non-Italian woman who intersects with Arthur; Alba Rohrwacher as an international artifacts trafficker; and Vincenzo Nemolato (“Martin Eden”) who plays one of the “tombaroli,” literally grave robbers, as artifacts thieves are known in Italy. “‘La Chimera’ is the story of a young English archaeologist who gets involved in the underground world of the ‘tombaroli,’ the nocturnal raiders of Etruscan tombs,” the director said in a statement.Rohrwacher added that the film “is the final piece of a triptych on territory that I started with ‘The Wonders’ and which poses a central question: what to do with the past?” “Is the past merely a lost world, or does it intimately concern our present?,” Rohrwacher asks.“The Wonders,” which screened in Competition in 2014 at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix, was followed in 2018 by “Happy as Lazzaro” that also launched from the Croisette where it scooped the award for best screenplay.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has acquired CNN‘s Primetime Emmy winning series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The six-part series follows Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.

The Batman is planning to skip his child’s birth in order to see the DC movie on its opening day.It comes after his wife took to Reddit to complain about her husband’s actions.“My (25F) husband (28M) and I are expecting a baby. As you may know, there is a new Batman movie releasing on early march.

SNK Global has denied reports of Metal Slug: Awakening coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, after a “fake” trailer was revealed.Fans of the Metal Slug series were excited when a Twitter account shared what looked like a gameplay trailer of a game based on the Metal Slug series. The Twitter account bio referred to its efforts as “restoring classics to appetite old fans and new fans”, however at time of writing it has now been removed from Twitter shortly after SNK dubbed it “fake”.“Metal Slug: Awakening was announced by an unofficial account,” reads a tweet from SNK Global’s official Twitter account, which adds that “this news is fake, so please be careful what you read online.”METAL SLUG: AWAKENING was announced by an unofficial account.

Camilla has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesperson for Clarence House has confirmed. A spokesperson said today: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Reality TV royalty Gemma Collins is set to expose a new and intimate side to herself in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me. The show, which airs on Wednesday 16 February, will chart Gemma's 20-year battle with self-harm and expose a side to the The Only Way Is Essex star that the public are yet to see.

Former Neighbours star Natalie Imbruglia has spoken of her devastation that the popular Aussie soap is being axed in the UK. Speaking on the Heart Breakfast show with JK and Kelly Brook, Natalie, 47, reflected on her time playing Beth Brennan in Ramsay Street, as she backed a fan petition to save the soap from being cancelled. Natalie, who portrayed Beth from 1992 to 1994, told the show’s hosts she was gutted about the news, saying: “Oh I think it's really sad!” The Aussie star, who was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer on Saturday 12 February after impressing the star detectives and fans, continued: “I think at this point we just thought it was gonna go on forever so, I, you know, people are petitioning.

endlessly youthful Ringo Starr spent time doing what a lot of us did: Cruising the Internet, looking at old photos, finding cool stuff, reevaluating life. But, of course, as the Beatles’ former drummer, cool stuff hit him a little differently than it might have the rest of us.

This is the moment two hoodlums turned a recovery truck into a fireball in a late-night attack.

A killer son who filmed his dying father on Twitter has been ordered to remain in hospital.

Barcelona’s well documented financial woes will almost certainly see them let some of their star players go this summer.At the end of January, it was reported that the club are on the verge of bankruptcy, having made an £84million loss in 2020.It was also revealed that Barca have debts of nearly £1 billion, with £233m of that debt needing to be paid this coming summer.That means the club, who are about to undergo a election for a new president will be actively trying to move players out of the exit door to raise funds.Here we look at eight players who could leave the Camp Nou...The jewel in Barcelona’s crown, it is hard to imagine Messi playing for a team other than the Catalan club.But relations between Messi and Barca have fractured in

Pep Guardiola has expressed his hope for "the best club in the world" ahead of Barcelona's presidential election amid a week of chaos at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona have been thrown into turmoil following a number of arrests at the club's offices.Catalan police have confirmed they made several arrests on Monday morning as part of an investigation into financial problems at the Spanish giants.The number of arrests made and the identity of those involved have not yet been confirmed.But it is understood former president Josep Bartomeu, his advisor Jaume Masferrer, Barca CEO Oscar Grau and head of legal services Roman Ponti are among those arrested as part of the raid.Bartomeu announced his resignation in October and the latest news comes in the same week the club's presidential elections are due to take place.A police spokesman said: "Arrests are taking place but we cannot give names.

Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has been arrested, according to reports from Spain.It's been claimed current Barca CEO Oscar Grau and legal chief Roman Gómez Ponti have also been arrested.Officers raided the club's offices on Monday morning as part of a search and seizure operation.It follows the 'BarcaGate' scandal in which club officials were accused of instigating an online offensive against those critical of the former regime.Bartomeu and his board of directors resigned last year.

Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium has been raided by police amid a corruption investigation into the ‘Barcagate’ scandal.It is confirmed Catalan police entered the stadium on Monday.The search and seize operation is believed to be related to Barcagate, which saw Barca officials accused of launching a smear campaign against current and former players who criticised the club and then-president Josep Maria Bartomeu last year.Barca have confirmed that authorities were at the team’s headquarters but were unable to provide any more details.Bartomeu and his board of directors were forced to resign amid the fallout from Lionel Messi’s transfer request back in August of last year.The corruption investigation comes less than a week before the next set of

Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has been arrested following a raid on the club’s offices on Monday.

Lautaro Martinez has declared that he is "only thinking about Inter Milan" as he puts previous Barcelona interest to bed.

Lionel Messi appeared to shock Elche goalkeeper Edgar Badia by asking for his shirt after Barcelona's 3-0 win over the La Liga side on Wednesday.

Atletico Madrid star Luis Suarez is still upset by his treatment at Barcelona and the Man United clause which existed in his contract.The Uruguayan hitman joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2014 and enjoyed six highly successful seasons with the Catalan club.He won four La Liga titles, four Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League during his time at the Nou Camp.But Suarez was told last summer he had no future with the club and that they needed to move him off the wage bill.His departure on a free transfer to rivals Atletico left many baffled, including team mate and close friend Lionel Messi.Suarez has thrived since the switch and is level with his old striking partner Messi at the top of La Liga's scoring charts.Despite the success

Luis Suarez has blasted Barcelona for pushing him out of the club in the summer due to concerns he was "too old".