Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Leaving ‘Top Chef’ After 17 Years: ‘Complex Factors’ Went Into the Decision

announced that her talk show would resume production in a statement posted to Instagram. The move came seemingly out of nowhere, as no other hosts have made any public statements about potentially going back to work amid the strike, and it caught many by surprise.

fatal crowd crush that occurred at an Asake concert back in December.The event — which left two dead and one in critical condition — ultimately led to the academy having its licence suspended. The Metropolitan Police have since claimed to have “lost confidence” in the safety of the venue and made a push for the location to close its doors for good.Speaking on behalf of AMG, Philip Kolvin QC told the hearing that the operators were open ideas “to make the venue even safer” through “partnership and solution-finding”, adding that the findings that would be presented to the council were “the product of many months of work from the venue, from events specialists and independent experts across all the relevant fields – including security, crowd management, engineering, licensing and health and safety.”“What we’ve placed before you is not a pitch – it’s a seriously and thoroughly considered professional approach to preventing the recurrence of the events of December 15, 2022,” he said.He continued: “This is a very traumatic case, for so many people, and in particular those who’ve suffered loss – whether directly, or indirectly.

A police officer could lose her job after she left a fellow PC in a coma when she smashed a police car into another patrol vehicle.

Diane Garrett Ellen Kuras is having a full-circle moment. The celebrated cinematographer, who has worked for directors including Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Michel Gondry, wanted to be a politically minded filmmaker like Costa-Gavras when she was starting out, but found herself primarily working behind the camera for many years. With “Lee,” a Toronto premiere starring Kate Winslet as famed World War II photographer Lee Miller, she is finally making her debut as a feature film director.

As a showbiz journalist, the National Television Awards are the biggest night in the calendar, with the biggest celebs from soaps, reality and more gathering at London's O2 Arena.This year was full of poignant moments, from EastEnders star and son of the late Jade Goody Bobby Brazier winning the award for rising star to Danielle Harold scooping Best Serial Drama for her portrayal of Lola Pearce in the soap. Sarah Lancashire was also the star of the night as she was awarded for Best Drama Performance in Happy Valley and given a special recognition gong.

David Zaslav said today that Warner Bros. Discovery had anticipated putting Hollywood strikes in the rear-view mirror this month, but with no end in sight, “We are really going to fight to get this resolved.”  

Amazon, Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez seem to have concluded their endless and luxurious summer vacation in Croatia.

Kevin Costner still has love for his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner.

Thanks to science fiction, we all have a basic grip on the theory of the multiverse: the idea that there are innumerable parallel worlds in which the chances and choices of the past – the roads not taken, whether by ourselves or the dinosaurs – have split off into alternative stories, endlessly bifurcating into other pasts, other futures that must be peopled, most provocatively, with other versions of ourselves. It is an idea that has proved rich pickings for comic-book adventures, where peril can come from any available universe and there is always a chance of confronting a doppelganger, but German director Timm Kröger has returned to the theory – which dates back to the 1950s – to explore how mysterious, sinister and terrifyingly vast a proposal it really is. This is a theory of everything where everything – that familiar word – is infinite. Where nothing, in fact, is ever going to be “everything.”

Princess Andre has revealed her future career plans, after opening up about how she 'failed' some of her GCSE results last week. The 16-year-old daughter of Peter Andre and Katie Price previously live-streamed herself finding out that she had passed three out of seven of her GCSEs earlier this month.

Scheana Shay has a theory about Raquel Leviss‘ recent appearance on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast.

Tatiana Siegel Since January 2022, Jesse Palmer has fronted ABC’s lucrative “Bachelor” franchise as host of the flagship reality show as well as offshoots “The Bachelorette,” “Bachelor in Paradise” and the upcoming “The Golden Bachelor.” After taking the reins from Chris Harrison, who was ousted in 2021 after facing criticism for defending a contestant accused of racism, the former NFL quarterback and ESPN college football analyst has helped expand the show’s female-skewing audience to include more men. “I have this theory that the dirty little secret in Bachelor Nation was that men were always watching anyway,” says Palmer.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Jeff Nichols brings pure Americana to the Telluride Film Festival with his luscious period drama “The Bikeriders,” which feels like the distant older cousin of “The Outsiders.” It stands as his single best directorial outing, and in tow are a trio of invigorating performances from Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy, all putting their stamp on an awards season that will be undoubtedly competitive. Based on the 1968 photo and interview book by Danny Lyon, “The Bikeriders” tells a fictional story inspired by a Midwestern motorcycle club, seen through its members’ lives over a decade. Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.

A young man was killed and his younger brother seriously injured after the car they were in smashed into a brick wall.

EXCLUSIVE: Padma Lakshmi has signed with CAA for representation.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The flick, which CNN said “moves, ironically, too slow to deliver as a big-screen attraction,” tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage Gran Turismo player who became a professional race car driver. “Barbie,” which is now officially the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America, remained in second place, with $4 million in sales.She beat out “Blue Beetle,” which earned $2.6 million and landed in third place.The DC Comics film, which was in the No.

Padma Lakshmi feels it’s the perfect time to close the door on “Top Chef”.

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season 3 spoilers suggest that fans will see another huge time jump. In Season 2, fans saw Belly ending her junior year of high school and heading back into the summer season. Sadly, so much had happened in the year since she left Cousins Beach after her steamy kisses with both Jeremiah and Conrad.

Padma Lakshmi shared the kind-hearted reason behind why she wouldn’t “spit anything out” during “Top Chef”‘s judging scenes.

Jennifer Lopez is looking back at a major milestone in her marriage with Ben Affleck.