‘I dreamt of being a wife but men saw me as a fetish - now I’m MAFS first transgender bride'

“A lot of very impressive people have led this festival and what connects them is a love for movies and culture and what that can achieve,” Kristy Matheson told Deadline of her new job as Director of the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival.

Deli and grocery manager Amos was the first contestant to be eliminated from the new series of The Great British Bake Off following his performance in the showstopper challenge.The first episode of the hit Channel 4 baking show saw Alison Hammond’s debut as co-host alongside returning presenter Noel Fielding, before 12 amateur bakers were set a series of challenges by judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith. Kicking off the new series with cake week, the contestants were tasked with baking a signature vertical layer cake, a chocolate cake in the technical challenge, and a sponge showstopper.

K.J. Yossman David Walliams has filed suit against “Britain’s Got Talent” producer Fremantle after he was axed last November for allegedly making sexually explicit comments about a contestant. The data protection suit was filed last week.

Empress Of has collaborated with Rina Sawayama on a new track, ‘Kiss Me’.Per a press release, the track is set to be taken from Empress Of’s upcoming fourth album, which will be the follow-up to 2020’s ‘I’m Your Empress Of’ and her 2022 EP ‘Save Me’.The track is a piano-led love song in which Empress Of expresses her desire for another person – “Just touch my lips and pull my hair/To come with you, I’d go anywhere,” she sings.The pair appear together in the song’s music video, which finds them “in an angelic setting in the English countryside with their hair blowing in the wind”.Check out ‘Kiss Me’ below:Empress Of is currently opening for Sawayama on her US tour, after which she will perform a headline show at Los Angeles’ Masonic Lodge on October 4.You can see Sawayama and Empress Of’s remaining tour dates below and buy your tickets here.SEPTEMBER26 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium28 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 30 – San Francisco, CA – WarfieldOCTOBER6 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary9 – New Orleans, LA – House Of BluesSpeaking about her ‘Save Me’ EP last year, Empress Of said: “One of the biggest key things for me making music is being out of my comfort zone.“I think a lot of artists relate to that. Because when you’re out of your comfort zone that’s when innovation happens.

Empress Of has shared "Kiss Me," a new collaboration with Rina Sawayama. The electro-pop slow jam comes with a video shot in the English countryside that captures the pair dressed as angels.

A rapist died after being found 'covered in blood' in his cell days after being handed a life sentence, an inquest has heard.

Russell Brand is speaking out.

Prince Harry has been told he must "give notice" to King Charles if he wants to stay at Windsor Castle after he was denied a room earlier this month.

Bobby Brazier is already a front-runner in this year's Strictly Come Dancing and he hasn't even performed for the judges yet. The 20-year-old, who has been partner with Dianne Buswell in the dance contest, is a British model and actor best known for his role as Freddie Slater in EastEnders.

Olly Murs has announced he is 'gutted' to be axed from ITV's The Voice in a panel shake-up.

Court security staff are on picket lines this morning for the first of a four-day strike over pay. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union employed by OCS, which provides security services to courts in England and Wales, are taking industrial action today (September 22).

A usually stoic Prince Harry became visibly moved when he told veterans at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games they "shouldn't feel lost without a uniform" - three years after he was stripped of his military titles. He made the touching remarks during his emotional speech at the closing ceremony in Düsseldorf, Germany, watched by wife Meghan Markle in the audience.The Duke of Sussex told the crowd - made up of veterans from the competing nations - that they had shown him that "joy can emerge from struggle", and offered them a words of comfort about their military uniforms.

Russell Brand wants to clear his name before a “litany of astonishing” allegations come out.

A mum who sold her American XL Bully puppy fearing it would hurt her four-year-old son said she's relieved the breed has been banned in the UK. Zara, who didn't want to give her surname, bought the puppy in January 2023 for £2,500.

She’s making history as the show’s first transgender bride, and now Married at First Sight UK star Ella Morgan has candidly opened up about her transition journey. Speaking to OK! and other press, the 29-year-old clinic consultant explained that she knew she was a girl from a young age.

Married at First Sight UK is just days away from returning to screens as a whole host of singles trust the experts to meet their match.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK as the fifth series makes is set to make its dazzling return on Thursday, September 28. The fifth installment of the reality staple was announced just days ago, and now fans know when they’ll get to watch the fabulousness on their TV screens.World of Wonder recently unveiled a lineup of 10 new queens, each of whom will be fighting for the coveted title of RuPaul’s next drag race superstar in the U.K.

After months of waiting, the launch date of the new series of Married At First Sight UK has finally been announced - and it’s just days away. On 18 September, a whole new host of singletons will be marrying a stranger at first sight in an attempt to find their happily ever after. But while viewers may be familiar with former contestants such as Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson, one couple experienced a very different Married At First Sight experience away from the cameras.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Abacus Media Rights has pre-sold the feature documentary “The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee,” to Sky Arts, SBS Television Australia; to NonStop Entertainment for Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltics and to Movistar for Spain. Lee is known as the Dracula character and for transitioning from 1960s Hammer horror films to a distinguished acting career that encompassed James Bond films, the “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” franchises. Less well-known are his aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, Lee’s wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer. As an actor, Lee achieved a Guinness world record for the highest number of screen appearances. Produced in association with the British Film Institute and Trigger Films by Canal Cat Films, “Life and Deaths” is an innovative documentary which uses fresh interviews, archive material and multiple forms of traditional and cutting-edge animation, including marionation, to bring one of the world’s leading actors back to life on screen.

It’s a magical discovery that could be worth up to £20,000 ($25,000).