Marlon Wayans Kicked Off United Flight, Accuses Airline of 'Racism & Classism'

Manchester United welcome French side Lens to Old Trafford in the club's only home pre-season friendly.

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Will Tizard Contributor From indoor ice skating feats to Russell Crowe rocking the crowd, the 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival has launched with all its unconventional charisma intact. Audiences who had to weather a downpour clearly showed no signs of dampened spirits as they cheered the fest’s opening gala dancers on ice skates, then rose to their feet to applaud guests Crowe and Alicia Vikander, both of whom accepted honors for their robust range of film work. Vikander, in accepting the award of fest president Jiri Bartoska, said she was moved to be celebrated in the Czech Republic, where her international career first took off with the 2012 shoot of “A Royal Affair.”

As tensions rise in Hollywood over an imminent update on SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with the studios, thousands of miles east, the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary is gearing up for its annual influx of industry insiders, curious film fans, and stars.

Nearly 30 years ago, creators of Essence Magazine came to New Orleans to celebrate the publication's 25th anniversary with a salute to Black women highlighting culture, empowerment conversations with the nation's thought leaders and, of course, music. The Essence Music Festival has since morphed into the Essence Festival of Culture, which, in its 29th year, kicks off Thursday and goes through July 3 across various venues in downtown New Orleans.The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will hold most of the free workshops, vendor exhibits and celebrity meet-and-greets.

The Malta Film Commission has outlined its plans to take the Mediterranean island’s burgeoning locations business to the next level as it enjoys its busiest year ever, on the fringes of its new Mediterrane Film Festival.

The newly rebooted Taormina Film Festival kicked off on Friday night in the Sicilian city’s landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre in an unusual but magnificent style with benefit event “Pavarotti Forever”.

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The WGA Strong March and Rally for a Fair Contract has kicked off in LA with thousands of members of the guild including Damon Lindelof and Boots Riley taking to the parks and streets.

Katie Price has hit out at a fan who suggested that she shouldn’t be able to own any animals. The 45 year old was in the midst of taking her fans through a virtual tour of her “mucky mansion” when one of the viewers chimed into the livestream to comment that she shouldn’t “be allowed” to have pets. Katie, who recently shared a sweet dancing video with son Harvey, didn’t take the comment too kindly and launched into a tirade.

Every year there’s a brand new bikini trend to come out of Love Island, as the girls don their best fashion statement-making swimwear for life in the villa. We’ve had everything from the polarising upside down bikini tops to daring cut out swimsuits, and this season, it seems the girls are braving wearing knitwear by the pool – but we’re not talking a cosy jumper or pair of socks; instead that girls have been spotted wearing crochet knit bikinis as they soak up the sun.

Thania Garcia Niall Horan is starring in the first episode of Vevo’s freshly launched live performance series, “Extended Play.” Premiering today, the franchise welcomes artists to spotlight their songwriting and music-making with an intimate showcase of their tracks in various locations. Horan delivers stripped-back renditions of songs like “You Should Start a Cult,” “On a Night Like Tonight,” and more from his new album, “The Show.” In the muli-song series, fans can expect to see and hear about Horan’s creative process and reflections on his latest album cycle. “Performing live is my favorite thing to do,” shared Horan. “To bring the songs I’ve spent so much time with, seen through from start to finish is an amazing feeling. Shooting these performances with Vevo was a really special experience. I was able to go back to the place where I made the music, an area of California I adore and have spent a lot of time in over my career. To have these big songs played in an intimate setting is beautiful to me.”

The final club game of the season may have only ended last weekend but attention swiftly pivots to international football as England continue their qualifying campaign for Euro 2024.

Nickelback has officially hit the road for their 2023 North American Tour!

British big-hitters Russell T. Davies, Jack Thorne and Dennis Kelly are preparing to stand with writers around the world today in support of striking scribes on a global day of solidarity and action.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor “Ozi, Voice of the Forest” premiered at the Annecy Festival on June 13, kicking off a series of films that seek to highlight dangers to the environment.  The film tells the story of a young orangutan Ozi, voiced by Amandla Stenberg (“The Hunger Games”), who becomes separated from her parents when her rain forest home is devastated by a company producing palm oil.  With the additional voice talents of Laura Dern, Djimon Hounsou and Donald Sutherland, the film also boasts a broad array of talent behind the camera including Keith Chapman, creator of “PAW Patrol” and Madrid-based Rodrigo Blaas, behind the “Sith” episode in “Star Wars Visions,” as part of the creative team. Leonardo DiCaprio and legendary producer and former studio head Mike Medavoy are credited as producers.

In a first look at tonight’s dramatic episode of Love Island, Jess Harding is fuming as bombshell Leah Taylor snogs Sammy Root, who Jess is currently coupled up with, in a new challenge called She’s A Keeper.The She's A Keeper game tests each girl's football skills before they're asked to give one of the boys a red card, and choose another to kiss as their star player. During the football-themed challenge, Leah, who is currently coupled up with Tyrique decides to score with Sammy as Jess watches from the sidelines.The seemingly passionate kiss doesn't go down well with blonde beauty Jess as she later says: “The hand movements and the looking up and down, like, is he trying to wind me up?” Elsewhere in the episode, Sammy pulls Leah for a chat to find out where her head is at, as he says: "I do wanna get to know you but at the end of the day I’m not going to go out of my way and risk what I have going on if I feel like you’re not interested in me.” Leah replies: “ I feel like I have made it pretty clear since coming in here that I am getting to know you” before Sammy reveals: “With Jess, we get on really well, but there wasn’t like an instant sexual connection… but when you came in, I feel like you and me do have that.” Leah agrees and says: "Yeah it’s more of an instant thing”.

Ethan Shanfeld Olivia Rodrigo is back with “Vampire,” a brand new single out June 30. She announced the song on social media, with artwork showcasing a black-and-white profile shot of Rodrigo, wearing two purple bandaids on her neck. The song, via Geffen Records, marks Rodrigo’s first original music since her 2021 breakout album, “Sour.” According to a press release, “‘Vampire’ is the sound of an artist firmly in control, imbued with a sense of maturity and a bold confidence… With ‘Vampire,’ she is poised to begin an exciting new chapter.” Rodrigo wrote it with her trusted “Sour” collaborator Dan Nigro.

No laughing matter. Marlon Wayans entered a messy dispute with United Airlines, claiming that he was “targeted” by the airline regarding their two-bag policy.

Marlon Wayans is shouting out other airlines after he was removed from a United Airlines flight on Friday and cited for disturbing the peace. The comedian took to Instagram on Monday thanking Delta Airlines for "rinsing the bad taste" of United Airlines out of his mouth. Wayans also thanked American Airlines for being "great as well." "The corporate call i got from that was insensitive and once again Unaccommodating.