Ukrainian girl, 4, denied access to UK despite being told she could stay with a family

Over the years, Anne Heche has made a name for herself in various movie and TV projects — but it was her role as a mother that quickly became her favorite part to play.

Emmerdale actor Sam Gannon has sadly died aged 31 while travelling to the US.

Jon Burlingame editorMike Lang, one of the preeminent pianists in Hollywood history, died of lung cancer Friday morning at his home in Studio City. He was 80.Lang played piano (or organ, harpsichord or celeste) on an estimated 2,000 film and TV scores dating back to the mid-1960s, including scores by virtually every great film composer of the past 50 years: John Williams (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Catch Me If You Can”), Jerry Goldsmith (“Gremlins,” “The Russia House”), John Barry (“Body Heat,” “The Specialist”), Henry Mancini (“10”), Alex North (“The Shoes of the Fisherman”), Elmer Bernstein (“The Rainmaker”), Miklós Rózsa (“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”) and many others.Composer Lalo Schifrin (“Mission: Impossible”) was among Lang’s earliest champions in Hollywood, adding Lang’s piano to what eventually became the Grammy-winning Paul Horn album “Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts” in 1965.

Good afternoon Insiders. We have truly entered holiday season but in TV and film Land things simply don’t slow down. I’m Max Goldbart and here’s your list of the week’s biggest headlines.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Paramount+ is performing “above expectations”  in the UK, Ireland and South Korea, according to Bob Bakish, who forecast a “big year” for Western Europe to come and talked up local language content.

With Anthony Joshua hoping to avenge his September defeat by Oleksandry Usyk in their rematch later this month, David Haye has said that Joshua must bring more physicality to the point where he may risk disqualification.

Paul Merson has slammed Manchester United wantaway Cristiano Ronaldo amid his ongoing transfer saga.

Prince Charles reportedly accepted one million pounds from the family of Usama bin Laden in 2013. The Sunday Times, a UK based publication, reported that Charles, 73, personally took money from Bakr bin Laden, and brother Shafiq. Bakr serves as the head of the Saudi family and both men are half-brothers to the mastermind behind al Qaeda.  The transaction reportedly took place on October 30, 2013, just over twelve years after bin Laden attacked America on Sept.

Meghan Markle denied this week that she lied to Oprah Winfrey about being an "only child" in her tell-all interview last year.  The Duchess of Sussex’s legal team said in a court filing Monday in connection to her half-sister Samantha Markle’s defamation lawsuit that Meghan made a "subjective" statement about how she felt about her childhood. "Meghan’s response to that question that she ‘grew up as an only child’ was obviously not meant to be a statement of objective fact that she had no genetic siblings or half-siblings," her legal team said in the filing.

Alessia Russo's stunning backheel in Tuesday 26 July evening's win against Sweden has received worldwide praises as she is now the joint-second top scorer at the Euro 2022 tournament.The 23 year old has helped to propel the England Lionesses into Euro final on Sunday 31 July and fans of the young striker would no doubt want to see more of her incredible talent. BBC pundit Ian Wright even compared Alessia to football legend Lionel Messi. He said: '''Lessi', not Messi, for what she has done when she comes on.

Rumors have swirled of late that the latest big name who may decamp to the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour is TNT NBA analyst and onetime owner of the worst swing in golf, Charles Barkley.

Romeo Beckham has lived in Miami for some time now, having relocated there from London to pursue his footballer career.The 19-year-old plays for Inter Miami FC – owned in part by his dad, David Beckham – and has been working hard to establish himself within the team. And while Romeo is no doubt now used to living in the States, he doesn’t seem to have adjusted to the climate!Romeo took to Instagram this week with a brand new photo for fans – but he left them divided for a surprising reason. In the image, the teen can be seen stood on a balcony and looking down at the street below.