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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A bumper crop of Steve Martins will be on display in a new audiobook coming out this spring from Pushkin Industries. “So Many Steves: Afternoons With Steve Martin” will be published on May 2, 2023, by Pushkin, the audio production company co-founded by Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg. The project condenses a year’s worth of conversations between Martin, 77, and his friend of more than three decades, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik. In the audiobook, according to Pushkin, Martin is “more candid than he’s ever been” about his many lives — as a comedian, actor, writer, musician, magician, art collector and more. Over several sessions, all recorded in Martin’s Upper West Side apartment, “So Many Steves” features commentary about Martin’s creative pursuits along with never-before-shared anecdotes from life on set. In their conversations, Martin reflects on his career, from his early days working as a magician to his rise to Hollywood stardom, and what inspires him to keep challenging himself as an artist. Martin, with banjo in hand, scores the audiobook himself.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The theatrical release of low-budget slasher movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” in Hong Kong has been abruptly canceled just two days before its scheduled outing. No explanation has been offered, but suspicions that the film may have crossed one of Hong Kong’s increasingly complicated political red lines are certain to be raised. That is because the Winnie the Pooh character is unflatteringly perceived to have a physical resemblance to China’s president, Xi Jinping. Online search for Winnie the Pooh is heavily censored within mainland China and Winnie the Pooh products are not distributed. China did not permit the import and release of Disney’s 2018 Winnie the Pooh film “Christopher Robin.”

Remembering his mom. King Charles III celebrated his first U.K. Mother’s Day since his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in a bittersweet way.

The Love Island reunion certainly wasn't lacking in drama, as Shaq Muhammed confronted Martin Akinola over a number of comments he has made about Tanya Manhenga, Shaq's girlfriend. Shaq and Tanya made their relationship official in the villa, and finished in fourth place, but their time on the show wasn't without its problems, one of which being Tanya returning from Casa Amor with Martin.

Love Island’s Martin Akinola apologised to Shaq Muhammad on Sunday for sexual comments he made following his stint in the South African villa.This year’s Love Island saw Shaq and Tanya Manhenga hit it off from the very first episode, with them seemingly becoming the strongest couple from day one. But disaster struck after a few weeks when Tanya compared Shaq to a previous boyfriend and then swanned off to Casa Amor, where she grew close to Martin. Upon returning with Martin on her arm, Shaq was understandably heartbroken by Tanya’s actions but soon got back together when her relationship with Martin fizzled out.

Amy Robach, 45, and T.J. Holmes, 50, have been running in each other's minds, literally. They were spotted on Saturday, sweating it out as they took on the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon together. The event saw nearly 25,000 runners taking part in the 13.1-mile long-distance race, which works its way through the Brooklyn Bridge, FDR Drive, Times Square, and ends in Central Park.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach can cross another race off their list! On Sunday, the former hosts ran the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon side by side.

Vivienne Chow To the 12 members of Mirror, forming a boy band and becoming Hong Kong’s Canto-pop singing sensation upon winning a reality show in 2018 was a dream come true. Five years on, the boys are dreaming bigger than ever. “Some of us really want to join Marvel,” Mirror member Edan Lui tells Variety in an interview. The statement may come across as a joke. But no, it is not, as fellow member Anson Lo, Lui’s co-star in the 2021 hit ViuTV BL drama “Ossan’s Love Hong Kong,” echoes: “We want to get on some talk shows in the U.S. as well, or any Hollywood movies, TV, live performances. Yes, please invite us.” The band’s Hollywood wishlist did not emerge just out of the blue. It came after the recording of their English debut single “Rumours,” a catchy EDM-influenced tune that has just been released worldwide Friday (March 17), along with a storied music video that follows the 12 members — Frankie Chan, Alton Wong, Lokman Yeung, Stanley Yau, Anson Kong, Jer Lau, Ian Chan, Jeremy Lee, Keung To, Tiger Yau, Lui and Lo — on a secret mission after a mysterious girl, jammed with dance sequences set in the Hong Kong streetscape.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is exploring the story of the Boston Marathon bombing in a new docuseries.

James Martin’s childhood sweetheart has described being filled with pride as she watched him pick up an Oscar for the short film An Irish Goodbye. Barbara Norris and Martin have been in a relationship for 14 years, but knew each other as young children attending the same nursery school. She watched at home in Belfast thousands of miles away while her boyfriend walked the red carpet for the star-studded ceremony, and described it as amazing.

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I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Martin Roberts has shared the heart-breaking news a member of his close family has died. Announcing the loss on his personal Twitter page on Thursday, 9 March, Homes Under the Hammer host Martin, who experienced a scare when he had emergency heart surgery last year, opened up on the loss of his dad Norman, who passed away at the age of 90.

EXCLUSIVE: Ricky Martin no longer has a legal sword of Damocles hanging over him.  

A cheeky gift! A fan presented Queen Consort Camilla with an unusual present during her and King Charles III‘s recent visit to the U.K. town of Colchester.

You may not diss the bride. Nicola Peltz Beckham‘s family slammed her former wedding planners in new court documents amid their ongoing legal battle.

Tributes have been paid to missing Scots man Martin Simpson after police discovered a body on Tuesday.

BBC Radio 1 host Mollie King has shared a heartfelt and emotional tribute to her late father Stephen. Mollie wrote: "This month is Brain Tumour Awareness month. I’ve always tried not to let myself think about losing someone I love, it’s too hard to think about, but last year this fear became a reality.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been in “email correspondence” with King Charles’ office over whether they will attend the coronation. Following the publication of Harry’s controversial memoir Spare, and the Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan which proceeded it, it has been unclear whether the Duke and his wife would be invited to the ceremony on May 6.The Coronation of the King and Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on the Saturday morning, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged during the weekend, with people urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on May 7.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been in “email correspondence” with the King’s office over whether they will attend the Coronation, PA reports.

EXCLUSIVE: The Gifford Media Group has acquired film and TV rights to Harvard-trained physician-turned-novelist William Maz’s Cold War thriller The Bucharest Dossier from Oceanview Publishing.