'We went on holiday but got stuck in Dubai... I never want to leave the country again'

Michaela Zee The Israeli government voted unanimously on Sunday to shut down the operations of Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network, in the country. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “Al Jazeera reporters harmed Israel’s security and incited against IDF soldiers.

Prince Harry reportedly extended an invite to Prince William and the Royal Family for the Invictus Games service next week, but it seems he's been met with silence.The Duke of Sussex is due to fly from California to London next week for an Invictus Games service at St Paul's Cathedral on May 8. Flying solo and without his wife, Meghan Markle, Harry will be in the UK alone for the 10th anniversary of the games that he founded in 2014.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Action romance is a tricky genre to master — it requires the right balance of heart and spectacle. But when done well, à la “True Lies” or “Mr. and Mrs.

James Martin has declared that a certain guest is never welcome again on his Saturday morning slot on This Morning.

A post shared by Tunbridge Wells Forum (@twforum)Recently, it was announced Alien Ant Farm and CKY had become the first American band to add a £1 ticket levy to their UK tours.It follows a similar move by Enter Shikari last year; last May, the band shared details of a 2024 run of UK tour dates, where £1 from each ticket sold was donated to the Music Venue Trust.Other companies have launched similar initiatives. Independent ticketing company Skiddle announced in October it would donate 50p of every ticket sold towards saving grassroots music venues, while taxi firm FREENOW pledged to donate £1 from every ride to the cause.Ticketmaster have introduced a Music Venue Trust charity upsell option, enabling fans to make direct contributions to MVT when purchasing tickets.

It’s not over ’til it’s over. And Kevin Costner insists that he’s not necessarily done with creator Taylor Sheridan or Yellowstone.

A nurse got a new job and went on holiday to Cuba while claiming sick pay from a hospital. But she was caught out after dropping a clanger on social media.

Jennie Punter Spain’s push to position itself as a premier player in the world’s film and TV industries extends to the documentary zone, as both audiences and industry delegates discovered in the impressive display of the country’s finished and work-in-progress films and co-production know-how at Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival this week. According to the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Yearbook 2023/2024, Spain is the European leader in documentary production, with 153 films in 2022 (Italy was second with 137, Switzerland third with 83)—a sign that Spain’s €1.6 billion public investment in the strategic sector, intended to spur production growth for the 2021-2025 period, has taken root in the doc space.

Drew Barrymore tends to make audiences cringe by how close she sits next to her talk show guests. But this time — it’s because she called Vice President Kamala Harris “Momala.”The awkward exchange has gone viral days after Harris, 59, appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Monday.Harris discussed her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and her family dynamic being a stepmother to his two children, Cole and Ella Emhoff, on the CBS show.Harris explained that her loved ones call her “Momala” instead of “step.”Barrymore, 49, then suggested that the country call Harris “Momala” in order to become more united.“I love Disney.

Russell Brand has revealed he is getting baptised to “leave the past behind”.The comedian was accused of multiple counts of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013 in a joint investigation between Channel 4, The Times and Sunday Times last year. The star has strongly denied all the accusations.In a post shared on Instagram last week, Brand confirmed that he was “taking the plunge” and “getting baptised”.“What’s been explained to me is, it’s an opportunity to die and be reborn,” he said.

Russell Brand is ready for a rebrand.

Joe Alwyn wants to move on with his life.

You might have watched The Big Bang Theory more times than you can count, but you still don’t know everything about the show!

Britain's Got Talent viewers think they've figured out the true identity of The Dark Hero after his show-stopping performance.The mystery man, who hasn't yet revealed his real name, wowed judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli with his rendition of Defying Gravity, all while suspended in mid-air dressed as Batman. The panel was blown away by his act, and fans were equally impressed.

A former Britain's Got Talent sensation has opened up about the harrowing experience she endured on the show that left her seeking therapy. Hollie Steel, who wowed the judges and audience with her audition in 2009, has spoken out about the lasting impact of a panic attack she suffered during the live semi-finals. At just 10 years old, Hollie's performance of "Edelweiss" was cut short by her overwhelming anxiety, leading to an emotional breakdown on stage.

Queen Camilla is totally enamoured with her husband, King Charles, and "never wants to let him go", according to body language expert Judi James. Almost three months on since the King bravely revealed he was battling cancer, Buckingham Palace released a “positive” statement about his treatment progress, as it revealed the monarch is now able to return to some public facing duties amid his ongoing care.The statement, which was released on Friday April 26, read: “His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis." Alongside the update on Charles’ condition, the Palace also releasing a stunning photo of the King and his wife, Queen Camilla, taken one day after the couple celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary on April 10.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “The Strike,” directors Joebill Munoz and Lucas Guilkey chronicle a 2013 prison hunger strike that changed imprisonment policies across the U.S. The doc tells the story of America’s supermax prison Pelican Bay, which opened in 1989 and was designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades, the California prison held mostly Black and Brown men alone in tiny cells without windows for years or sometimes decades based on questionable evidence.

Sir David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, the iconic duo known for their roles as Del Boy and Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, have been at the centre of rumours regarding an off-screen 'feud'. Despite their undeniable on-screen rapport throughout the 22 years of the show, there have been whispers that the pair have had a falling out since they last appeared together in the series and have made a pact not to work with each other again.

A British couple were stranded in storm-hit Dubai and faced a whooping 12-day wait for a flight back. Alison Shah, 60, and her partner, Richard Kay, 52, decided to take matters into their own hands by hopping multiple flights and taxis on a tiresome quest that took them three days to reach home after their vacation trip to Bangkok and Thailand turned into a travel nightmare.

The Hunger Games franchise gave us some of the most popular movies in recent memory. But no matter how many times you’ve seen all four movies, you probably don’t know everything about them.