Jennie Bond's proudest career moment - and it has nothing to do with the royals

Venus Williams will be one of nine female athletes immortalized as Barbie dolls. This initiative is a significant part of Barbie’s 65th anniversary festivities, recognizing sports’s pivotal role in fostering self-confidence, ambition, and empowerment among young girls worldwide.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Alan Cumming isn’t much of a reality TV fan — so as host of Peacock’s “The Traitors,” he enjoys being a bit blind to the baggage that many of the contestants carry to the Scottish Highlands. “When I go to do ‘The Traitors, I have a crash course in reality TV stars, and random people,” he tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I don’t know who many of the people are.

Katie Price has announced she's saying goodbye to her infamous Mucky Mansion and is excitedly awaiting the keys to her new home.The 46 year old reality TV queen dismissed recent rumours that she's considering a move to a caravan after receiving an eviction notice.The mum-of-five expressed her eagerness for the move, stating, "'I've had nothing but bad memories in that house", reflecting on her time at the notorious property. She didn't hold back her distaste for her West Sussex abode, saying: "I absolutely hate the Mucky Mansion, even how it's been called the Mucky Mansion because of all the stuff that happened there before." "I can't wait to get out of that house I've had nothing but bad memories in that house for nine years.

The Royal Family have cancelled a string of upcoming engagements, following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's call for an early UK general election this July. Although the King and Queen's D-Day 80th anniversary appearances in Portsmouth and Normandy in June are expected to go ahead as scheduled, there is now major disruption with other events in the forthcoming royal diaries.

Mubi has swooped on its third 2024 Cannes competition title, Variety has learned. Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K.

A teacher faces jail after being found guilty of sexual offences against two of her pupils. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed one boy with a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre before taking him back to her apartment and having sex with him when he was 15. She then fell pregnant with another teenage pupil.

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In 2020, Magnus von Horn was excited to find that his film Sweat had been accepted into the Official Selection at Cannes, a big step up from his debut, The Here After, which made Directors’ Fortnight in 2015. The pandemic put an end to that, but his disappointment was short-lived; this year, his dark atmospheric follow-up, The Girl With the Needle, sees him joining the big league. “This is huge to me,” he beams. “The main competition!”

Christopher Vourlias In the past decade, Swedish-Polish filmmaker Magnus von Horn has become something of a fixture on the French Riviera, with his latest film, “The Girl With the Needle,” the director’s third feature to debut at the Cannes Film Festival and his first to compete for the Palme d’Or. But the dark historical drama, which is set in post-WWI Copenhagen, marks a departure for the 40-year-old.

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Naman Ramachandran Universal’s “The Fall Guy” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £3.5 million ($4.5 million), according to numbers from Comscore. But the force was strong with Disney’s 25th anniversary rerelease of “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” as it debuted in second place with £1.1 million.

Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Sweden this weekend, a huge two-time winner from the country has announced they’ll be touring Europe and the UK next year.

In a heartwarming display of familial affection, King Charles III and Zara Tindall shared a warm embrace at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The touching moment captured the genuine bond between uncle and niece as they greeted each other with open arms on the third day of the prestigious event held at Windsor Castle in England. Royal expert Jennie Bond weighed in on the encounter, noting the authenticity and warmth of the embrace.

Even though he was born in at the Portland Hospital in London, Prince Archie has spent very little time in the UK and is being raised in Montecito, California. Despite this, Archie remains sixth in line to the throne and is officially known as Prince Archie of Sussex. As he celebrates his fifth birthday on Monday, 6 May, just how might the young royal mark his special day? "I wish we knew more about little Archie", former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond tells OK!.

Morgan Freeman, Olivier Marchal and Simone Ashley will be lauded at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in June. Prince Albert II of Monaco will present Freeman with Festival’s Crystal Nymph award.

From joking with the late Queen about a horse who blew raspberries to being told by Diana, Princess of Wales not to wear yellow because it “doesn’t suit her”, Jennie Bond has spent a lifetime in close proximity to the Crown so it's little wonder that the former BBC royal correspondent has an enviable number of stories to tell. But behind her tales of a career up close and personal with the monarchy - “I remember being laughed at by The King for stumbling around a muddy field in white stilettos.

Jennie Bond has watched royal history unfold for the last 35 years from a coveted front row seat and has witnessed some of the monarchy's most high profile scandals and events first hand. Among her memories of being familiar with Queen Elizabeth II's "icy stare" and being laughed at by the King for wearing white stilettos to stumble across a muddy field, are unbelievable stories of what happened on royal tours over the years. It was a trip to Fraser Island off the coast of Brisbane with the then-Prince Charles that makes Jennie laugh the most as she recalls what the reporters got up to in the evening.

Glasgow-born Sally Magnusson has been updating Scots across the country with the latest news on Thursdays and Fridays since 1997.