DWP benefits claimants and motorists are among those affected by key changes being rolled out next month. The moves could impact you financially, so they're well worth being aware of.
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Angelique Jackson “Beneath the Grass,” a drama about the criminal justice system and marijuana incarceration rates, will hit the market at the Cannes Film Festival next week. Mía Maestro, Quincy Isaiah and Jeff Kober will lead the film, which begins production next month in New Jersey. Paradigm is representing worldwide sales for the film. “Beneath the Grass” is set in 2008, capturing both the economic recession and the “Yes We Can” summer, and follows a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son befriends the new neighbors, a young white boy and his police officer grandfather.
According to production research, in 2008, Latino people were four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, while Black people were seven times more likely. Despite marijuana legalization in several states in the years since, the research explains, arrest rates have risen with racial disparities still prevalent.
Conscious Contact Entertainment’s David Goldblum (“Sell/Buy/Date,” the upcoming feature adaptation of “A Child Called ‘It'”) is producing the project alongside Exit 14’s Adam Edery. The film marks the directorial debuts of William Bermudez and Sam Friedman, who wrote the screenplay, with a story by Bermudez, Friedman, Goldblum and Edery. Executive producers include Paul Blavin and Amy Blavin, as well as Exit 14’s Sam Silverstein and Jeremy Paczos. Following roles in “The Motorcycle Diaries,” “Frida” and the “Twilight” franchise, Maestro recently appeared in the Apple TV+ series “Extrapolations” and “The Cow That Sang a Song Into the Future,” which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. She will next star in Oscar nominee Jose Rivera’s “Alina of Cuba,”
DWP benefits claimants and motorists are among those affected by key changes being rolled out next month. The moves could impact you financially, so they're well worth being aware of.
Music superstar Lewis Capaldi is set to bring his talents to the stage at the Albert Halls for a special show later this year.
Tina Turner, the legendary Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, with an exclusive Entertainment Tonight news special, , that will air Thursday, May 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.BET Her and VH1 will air an encore of the special Friday, May 26 at 10 a.m. ET/PT and 6 p.m.
Scots band The Vintage Explosion performed on This Morning after Sir Rod Stewart's endorsement skyrocketed their career.
As young people across the country finish their exams at the end of the month, a digital and tech apprenticeship provider have announced the opening of apprenticeship positions in Ayrshire, available for immediate start.
If you thought Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had spilled everything there is to say about royal life, think again - the pair are said to be in talks for yet another tell-all feature, this time as a Netflix movie. They've already given a revealing look at their version of events of life inside the palace in their Netflix documentary series, Harry & Meghan, released in December, but they are now said to be keen for a repeat performance The new venture is likely to focus on their experience of living inside the palace and was reportedly inspired by Netflix's announcement that it's developing a film around Prince Andrew’s infamous car crash BBC interview with journalist Emily Maitlis.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez after news broke that the billionaire proposed to the Emmy award-winning host. The couple has been living their best life aboard a $500 million superyacht, visiting places like Mallorca, Spain, and Cannes, France. With the news, it looks like Bezos had it all as part of his proposal plan.The couple has not confirmed the news themselves but Sanchez recently rocked a bridal mini dress with her new symbol of love.
It looks like Jimmy King (Nick Miles) is set for another scrap with his nephew Tom (James Chase) in tonight's episode of Emmerdale after Belle Dingle's (Eden Taylor-Draper) recent confession continues to put him on edge. In first-look pictures of this evening's episode (Wednesday 24th May), Belle is seen trying to get between the uncle and nephew after Jimmy tries to defend Tom's father Carl, who was responsible for killing his own dad before dying in 2012, and Tom doesn't want to hear it. Tom, played by newcomer James Chase, returned to Emmerdale earlier this year and while his ex-girlfriend Belle has tried to convince him to reconcile with his uncle Jimmy, she's so far been unsuccessful.
Historical feature film Lioness, starring Aditi Rao Hydari (Jubilee) and Paige Sandhu (Emmerdale), has been set as the first official India-UK co-production under a treaty signed in 2008.
After months of hibernating under leggings and thick deniers, you wouldn’t be alone in feeling a little uncertain about unveiling your legs to the world. Winter is notorious for sapping the skin, leaving it looking dull and a bit meh. “I’d say most people notice dryness, lack of tone and general lacklustre to the skin,” says Kate Shapland, founder of Legology.The key to getting your legs looking terrific is to address them with the same care that you give to your face.
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Cannes took audiences back to their childhoods with the first screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” The film’s splashy premiere saw stars Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen walk the red carpet, alongside Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and director James Mangold. The first reactions were slow to drop but were filled with enthusiasm.
saw Lala Kent drop a bomb that viewers may not have been ready for.While unpacking the scandal with fellow castmates, Katie Maloney, James Kennedy and his girlfriend, Ally Lewber, Kent says she's not so sold on Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss being the first time he stepped out on Ariana Madix over the course of their nine-year relationship.Reminding the group that she suspected they were looking at the wrong Tom all along towards the tail-end of filming the summer before, when Leviss and Tom Schwartz were caught making out, Kent points out Sandoval's pattern of behavior, first cheating on Kristen Doute, and then Madix. Kent shares her theory that Sandoval got bored with Madix and wanted to be with a «sloppy drunk» girl — cue Leviss.«He got off on the fact that he could sneak around,» Kent tells the group, before asking if they believe this is the first person Sandoval's cheated on Madix with.
Tom Sandoval’s relationship with Raquel Leviss wasn’t the only indiscretion exposed on the season finale of Vanderpump Rules.
The Traitors is going to be a “different game” when the psychological reality TV show returns to the BBC, according to its production company following the huge success of its first run.
EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Anderson and Jason Issacs will star in the film adaptation of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir The Salt Path. Marianne Elliott, the Tony Award and Olivier Award winning theater artist, is to make her screen directing debut on the project which will be a nice one in the Cannes market for Rocket Science. Black Bear has already snapped up UK rights.
Gisele Bündchen looks better than ever. The model was photographed in Miami wearing some workout gear, and showing off her stunning abs. Gisele Bündchen stuns in sexy Brazilian adGisele Bündchen looks stunning in Chanel: Her first solo Met Gala after divorceGisele Bündchen stuns in the new Jimmy Choo summer campaignBündchen wore an all black outfit made out of a sports bra and tights, which she paired with matching black shoes.
Letitia Wright is stepping into the ring for In the Shadows, a drama based on the true story of Ramla Ali, the first Somali British professional boxing champion.
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his acting return at the Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp has set a buzzy cast for Modi, his first directorial effort in 25 years.
The Duke of Sussex and Duke of York will have no formal roles throughout the coronation, according to Buckingham Palace.