Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky dies aged 80 leaving daughter with 'broken heart'

Refresh for latest…: After opening early in 37 international box office markets last weekend, Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Heyday Films’ Wonka expanded its release this session to the rest of the world (save Korea which goes in late January). The results are sweet.

Alex Batty is back in the UK and 'with his family', six years after he went missing. The teenager from Oldham who disappeared in 2017, aged 11, has flown back from France where he was found earlier this week.

A newly resurfaced interview with Alex Batty's grandmother revealed how his mum led a 'chaotic' lifestyle and 'got involved with a cult' before the boy went missing.

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Dominican Actress Yovanna Ventura Signs With Vision

Mark Wahlberg, he’s embracing the unavoidable. The actor and former singer turned 52 in June, and he’s ready to play the roles that accurately represent his age.Wahlberg has a new film coming out on Apple TV+ on December 15, called The Family Plan.

Netflix is serving up another live event. The streamer is launching The Netflix Slam, a tennis match headlined by Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

Cinema professionals from across Europe are gathered in Berlin this evening for the 36th European Film Awards.

Itziar Castro has died at the age of 46, leaving the entertainment industry rattled. Her death was announced by the Spanish media, revealing that she died earlier today, at Lloret de Mar in Spain. Yesterday, Castro was in the municipal pool as she supervised a performance for a swimming competition when she reported feeling sick.

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has acquired North American rights to Spanish and English-language thriller Upon Entry from French sales firm Charades and Anonymous Content Independent.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to star in sequel Kill ‘Em All 2, which will shoot in the Caribbean island of Antigua from January.

Xochitl Gomez is taking over Hollywood as one of the rising stars among a new generation of multitalented performers. The 17-year-old Mexican-American actress has been sharing her talent with the world from a very young age, making her way from the small screen to the big screen, gaining major recognition for her fan-favorite character America Chavez in the 2022 Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Coming from a humble family in California, her parents recognized her talent early on and did everything they could to support her journey wholeheartedly.

Luis Fernández, an executive with experience in news, sports and entertainment media, has been named Chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.

Oscar winner Penélope Cruz was the subject of a BAFTA Life In Pictures event in London last night.

ABC and Dick Clark Productions are shaking things up on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. The upcoming 52nd edition of the venerable holiday telecast will have new co-hosts joining Seacrest — Rita Ora will be live in Times Square while Jeannie Mai will emcee the Hollywood party in the Pacific Time zone. They succeed Liza Koshy and Ciara who held co-hosting duties for the past couple of years.

Refresh for latest…: New global entry Queen Bey’s concert movie/documentary Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé put a ring on a $27.4M global debut this weekend. Included in that is $6.4M from 2,621 overseas cinemas.

James Martin has been increasingly open about his facial cancer diagnosis since he first announced it earlier this year. The 51 year old chef, who often cooks on ITV daytime show This Morning, revealed he found out he had the disease in 2018 - adding it had "returned on several occasions" and required regular treatment.The revelation came after he was accused of 'bullying' over his behaviour while making James Martin's Spanish Adventure. In response to reports that he asked to change his behaviour at ITV following complaints about the treatment of crew members, he wrote on X/Twitter: "The end of 2017 was one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life.

Holly Jones “Lonely Hearts,” the highly-anticipated third feature from Brazil’s Berlinale-winner Caru Alves de Souza (“My Name Is Baghdad”), named among 10 Next Gen Talents to Track from the country by Variety in February, and a pair of additional homecoming narratives from burgeoning creatives, Uruguayan director Paula Botana’s“The Burned Women” and Dora Gomez’s “Blanca” out of Paraguay, are among the titles selected for Ventana Sur’s 2023 Punto Genero pitching sessions. Histories unearthed and intimate interpersonal relationships are dominant themes in the remaining selections with films like Argentina-Spain co-production “Brücher.

Eva Longoria has some amazing women in her life. The ‘Flamin Hot’ director recently shared a gallery of photos and videos from her “life lately” and it’s clear she’s been in good company with friends like Kerry Washington and Camila Cabello.A post shared by Eva Longoria Baston (@evalongoria)In one of the videos, Longoria, who celebrated Nicaragua’s first Miss Universe win, is dancing alone to Dolly Parton’s ‘Island in the Stream’ before Washington joins her for an epic shimmy showing off their line dancing.

EXCLUSIVE: Whale with Steve Backshall, the latest high-end natural history series out of the UK is racking up international sales, as the Sky Nature show’s executive producer Wendy Darke talked up the importance of distribution and tax credits in getting such programs made.