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Billie Faiers has shared the exciting news that she's expecting baby number three. The TOWIE star took to Instagram to share the update while posing alongside husband Greg Shepherd and their two children, Arthur and Nelly. The star, 32, posted a beautiful snap in the sea to reveal the news with her family.

Billie Shepherd has announced she is pregnant with her third child with husband Greg with a new Instagram post. Posting a snap on Instagram, Billie excitedly told fans: "Baby number 3 we can’t wait to meet you … We are so happy and excited." Billie, who also shares Nelly, seven, and three-year-old Arthur with Greg, has previously been undecided when it comes to expanding her family.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” from showing in movie theaters after its inclusion of a kiss between two lesbian characters.

K.J. Yossman PREMIERESFilm London has unveiled its line-up for London Screenings, which boasts eleven feature premieres including “The Almond and the Seahorse” (pictured above) starring Rebel Wilson.International buyers will also be able to watch “Silver Servers,” “Manfish,” “There’s Always Hope,” “Hamlet Within” and “Giantland” at Picturehouse Central, where the screenings will take place.Meanwhile “Winners” and “Zero” are set to play in the Breakthrough strand while a new documentary strand has also been introduced, which will include “La Sagrada Familia,” “My Everest” “The Oil Machine” and “One Bullet.”Doc Society have join London Screenings as a partner for the first time, a move that will include a Doc Society special presentation.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger Elissa, soprano Hiba Tawaji, composer Oussama Rahbani, trumpetist Ibrahim Maalouf and more than 50 musicians performed at the “Night of Hope” at Lebanon’s Forum de Beirut on Sunday night in the largest concert to be held in the country’s capital since the devastating explosion in August of 2020 that killed more than 200 people, left an estimated 300,000 homeless and caused more than $15 billion in damage. The Forum de Beirut was also destroyed by the blast, but has been rebuilt.The concert paid tribute to the families of the explosion’s victims in a brief video, and patriotic songs were performed as part of a broader call to unite the country, which has seen its economy devasted in recent years.

MADRID -- Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, is planning to visit Spain again in June, the mayor of the northwestern town hosting the former monarch said Friday, signaling that the vigorous debate sparked by the former monarch's return is unlikely to fade soon.Juan Carlos returned to the country on Thursday for his first visit since his abrupt departure nearly two years ago amid mounting financial scandals. Dozens of cheering supporters greeted the 84-year-old as he made his first public appearance on Friday in the town of Sanxenxo, where his yacht is taking part in a three-day regatta.The royal household said the former monarch would travel to Madrid on Monday to meet with his son, King Felipe VI, his wife Sofia and other members of his family, before returning to his “permanent and stable residence” in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.On Friday, Sanxenxo Mayor Telmo Martín said Juan Carlos was already planning a second visit to to the town next month.

Prince William has stepped in once again on behalf of the Queen following a sad event.

Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders Group has acquired the rights to own and operate Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, a franchise in the United Arab Emirates’ new T20 cricket league.The investment is led by Khan, along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. It is the fourth Knight Riders-owned T20 franchise, after previous team launches in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Caribbean Premier League and Major League Cricket in the U.S.T20 is a quick-play, made-for-TV version of cricket, a sport that is wildly popular in the Indian subcontinent and parts of the Middle East.

Naman Ramachandran India’s T-Series, Reliance Entertainment and Match Cut Productions have teamed on Srijit Mukherji’s Hindi-language satire “Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.”Inspired by true events, the film is about the adverse effects of urbanization, human-animal conflict and poverty, leading to a bizarre practice in a village located on the edge of a forest.It stars Pankaj Tripathi (“Sacred Games”), Neeraj Kabi (“Paatal Lok”) and Sayani Gupta “(Four More Shots Please”).Mukherji’s credits include Bengali-language films “Autograph” (2010), which was a Glasgow International Film Festival and Abu Dhabi International Film Festival selection, “Jaatishwar” (2014), “Chotushkone” (2015), “Rajkahini (2015) and “Ek Je Chilo Raja” (2019), which played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “Sherdil” will be his second Hindi film after the 2017’s “Begum Jaan,” the remake of “Rajkahini.” Mukherji said: “I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practises in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next.

Charlotte Crosby has revealed that she held onto her friend's wine glasses in snaps in a bid to hide her pregnancy from Geordie Shore BFF Sophie Kasaei. The reality star, 31, took to Instagram on Tuesday night to announce she is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Jake Ankers.

A former British soldier who was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi facing a £100,000 fine after he refused to board a flight over fears there was a bomb on board has finally returned home. Steve Long, 39, from Stockport, was on a three-week holiday in UAE when he told passengers on the returning Etihad flight that there could be a bomb on the plane.

Film at Lincoln Center has named Sarah Eaton, a film industry veteran and former media relations chief at the Sundance Institute, as VP of marketing and communications.

Serena Williams has revealed harrowing details of how she nearly died when giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia in 2017. Williams, 40, announced she was pregnant in April that year, after revealing she had been eight weeks gone whilst winning the Australian Open. Five months later, she had an emergency cesarean-section delivery due to the baby's heart rate dropping during labour and also suffered a pulmonary embolism after giving birth, leaving her bedridden for over a month and delaying he return to training.

Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan said he was diagnosed with shingles. It came after fans spotted a rash on his holiday photos. The professional dancer had been on holiday with his family when he fell ill.

Strictly Come Dancing former dancer James Jordan has been diagnosed with shingles after falling ill on his recent holiday to Abu Dhabi. The reality star, 43, was on holiday with his dancer wife Ola Jordan, 39, and their two year old daughter Ella when he fell ill. James rushed to the doctors on their return home earlier this week to discover he was suffering with shingles.

Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan revealed he has been diagnosed with shingles after fans spotted a rash on his holiday photos. The former professional dancer fell ill while on holiday with his wife Ola and two-month-old daughter Ella in Abu Dhabi. James, 43, told fans he had rushed straight to the doctors on his return home.

crash in the Great Recession, rescued by a $20 billion bailout from oil-rich Abu Dhabi.As property prices roared back, the Expo — the first world's fair in the Middle East — appeared to signal Dubai's troubles were behind it. Officials offered bright predictions.

Lewis Hamilton stepped out in a kooky floral print outfit as he arrived at the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying before putting in a below average performance to qualify in fifth position for the race tomorrow - with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on pole for the first race of the season. Hamilton, 37, who recently announced he will be changing his name to include his mother's maiden name, sported a Jacquemus deep purple and orange floral printed ensemble. His eye-catching arrival was not replicated on the track as Mercedes continued to struggle with Hamilton's fifth place on the grid likely to intensify fears of a poor season ahead for the previously dominant team.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSubscription streamer Starz Play Arabia is getting a major cash injection from a consortium of Abu Dhabi-based companies that are acquiring a roughly 57% stake in the SVOD service.A group comprising E-Vision, which is a Hollywood and Bollywood content aggregator, and United Arab Emirates sovereign fund ADQ, has purchased a controlling stake in Starz Play Arabia, which has been valued at $420 million, according to a statement.“Starz and its parent company Lionsgate will maintain commercial agreements for content licensing to the venture,” the statement said. The deal still needs to clear regulatory approval and some administrative procedures. Starz Play Arabia, which was launched in 2015 as the first Starz-branded SVOD outside the U.S., is now available in 19 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.

A consortium led by Emirates-based technology and investment group e& has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in SVOD and streaming platform Starzplay Arabia.

Zack Sharf “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox is no fan of Ben Affleck’s 2003 “Daredevil” movie. During his recent visit to Middle East Film & Comic Con 2022 in Abu Dhabi (via People), Cox revealed he had never watched the 2003 superhero movie until after he was cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the Netflix-Marvel series.“I watched it once, and then I wanted to go and do my own thing,” Cox said. “I hadn’t seen it before I got the role.

Charlie Cox has some thoughts about the original “Daredevil” movie.

Charlie Cox starred in the Marvel TV show Daredevil for several seasons, which originally aired on Netflix. Ben Affleck portrayed the superhero in the movie version back in 2003.

Spain for periodical visits, although Juan Carlos I will remain based in the United Arab Emirates where he moved in 2020 following probes into his financial dealings, royal officials said Monday.Juan Carlos wrote a letter to Felipe expressing his desire “to visit family and friends” in Spain after Supreme Court prosecutors closed the investigations, according to a statement on the royal website that contained the letter from the former king.The prosecutors didn't find evidence to take the former monarch to court because much of the financial misbehavior, involving millions of euros (dollars) in undeclared accounts, happened when Juan Carlos was protected by immunity as Spain's king and other possible fraud fell out of the statute of limitations.The probes allowed the recovery of 5.1 million euros ($5.6 million) in fines and taxes for income that Juan Carlos had failed to declare to Spain’s tax authorities, the prosecutors said in their conclusions.“At this time, for reasons that belong to my private sphere and that only affect me, I prefer to continue residing permanently in Abu Dhabi, where I have found peace of mind, especially for this period of my life,” the monarch wrote to his son, according to the royal house.

election?’”One review of her book in the Guardian describes reading about her courtship to Weiner, who was her first love, as “watching a horror film and screaming at the heroine not to go into the haunted house, while knowing that, of course, she will.”Abedin, though, is quick to point out that her life has also been filled with extraordinary moments and privilege.“I was never the smartest, prettiest, best in anything. I knew one thing, though.

The exclusive Lanesborough hotel is the focal point of a new BBC factual entertainment show about some of the most opulent overnight stays in the UK. A single night in the 5* A list approved property can set you back almost £30,000, which is more than most Brits earn in a year.The hotel can be found Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace, and is popular with the rich and famous looking for luxury in the capital.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFurther expanding its global reach, MGM International Television Productions has signed a multi-year deal with MBC Group, a leading media company in West Asia and Northern Africa, to develop and co-produce premium original series.MBC Group will air these series exclusively on MBC’s Shahid VIP streaming service, with MGM handling co-production and distribution for the rest of the world. The two companies already have a well-established relationship and recently partnered on MGM’s anticipated shows “Last Light” and “Billy the Kid,” which will air on MBC.“MBC Group is uniquely positioned to tell stories that will combine regional focus with global interest,” said Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, chairman of MBC Group.

Former Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is back in the dugout with his first managerial role in three and a half years.