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Former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo will become the most-capped international footballer of all time when Portugal take to the field on Thursday night.

Aphex Twin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Slowthai leading the new batch of acts on the line-up.The Portugal festival brings a close to the summer season and will take place between August 31 and September 2.Held in Lisbon’s Bela Vista Park, Aphex Twin joins the previously announced Arcade Fire and Florence + The Machine as headliners, as well as a host of others – find tickets here.Alongside Aphex Twin, American indie band Yeah Yeah Yeahs are also set to perform, as well as British rapper Slowthai and Foals. It has not yet been confirmed which days the acts will perform.Lil Yachty, José Gonzalez and Belle & Sebastian are all set to hit the stage, as is pop icon Siouxsie – who was formerly part of Siouxsie And The Banshees.

Ben Howard has announced a 26-date live run which will take place across the UK, Ireland and Europe.The tour will kick off at La Riviera in Madrid on May 18, with two nights in Amsterdam in June and a stop at the Philarmonie de Paris on July 4. This marks the musician’s first European run in five years.Following dates in Europe, Howard will head to Glasgow’s SWG3 on July 21, with a sold out date at Alexandra Palace Park, London on July 22.

Cold fronts, snow and drizzle continue to sweep across the UK, so it’s no wonder we’re all hankering for some sun. In fact, over half of Brits* are planning a late spring holiday, with March, April and May reported as the most popular times for travel.

Kim Kardashian been enjoying a sight-seeing tour of London, after she left fans stunned last night by making an appearance at an Arsenal football match with her son Saint. The reality TV star, 42, headed out in rain earlier today as she and Saint, 7, enjoyed a spin on the London Eye, before later stopping by Nike Town.

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes sent a message to his former Sporting Lisbon teammates after they defeated Arsenal to progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Kim Kardashian is on her best soccer mom behavior.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta appeared to hit back at Erik ten Hag after the Manchester United boss suggested the Gunners have benefitted from a lack of injuries this season.

Kim Kardashian was probably the last person Arsenal supporters expected to see at the club’s match against Sporting Lisbon, but the 42 year old was spotted there, having swapped LA's sunny climate for a night out in London. Kim was joined by her seven year old Saint - who she shares with ex-husband Kanye West - at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night, where they watched the match from an exclusive VIP area.

Manchester United secured their spot in the last eight of the Europa League on Thursday night as Marcus Rashford’s goal earned them a 1-0 win over Real Betis in Spain.

Bruno Fernandes has set his sights on winning more silverware after Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

Manchester United fans are incensed after Barcelona attacker Raphinha appeared to grab the throat of Bruno Fernandes during a mass melee in Thursday’s Europa League tie.

Naman Ramachandran Portuguese auteur João Canijo (San Sebastián winner “Blood of My Blood”) has a brace of films at the Berlin Film Festival in 2023. “Bad Living” is in competition while its companion piece “Living Bad” is in the Encounters strand. “Bad Living” follows five conflicted women who are operating an old family-run hotel, trying to save it from going under. The unexpected arrival of a granddaughter to this oppressive space stirs trouble, reviving latent hatred and piled-up resentments. “Living Bad,” which plays out like the reverse shot of “Bad Living,” follows the stories of three groups of guests in the same hotel with glimpses of what transpires in the first film.

Martin Dale Contributor Portuguese director Susana Nobre’s first scripted fiction film, “Cidade Rabat,” is about a producer who grew up in the Cidade Rabat neighborhood in Lisbon, and who suddenly has to come to terms with the death of her mother. The title is partly inspired by her own life, since she grew up in the “Cidade Rabat” district of Benfica in Lisbon. Much of the action takes place in the nearby mixed-race neighborhood, Reboleira. Nobre describes the film as a “melancholic comedy about a woman who is about to turn 40, whose life enters a period of chaos when she loses her mother and suddenly lives a second adolescence.” There is a nostalgic feel to the film, of a district that was once brimming with energy but is now crumbling. This nostalgia is mixed with hope for a new life, embodied by the main character Helena’s 12-year old daughter, for which Nobre cast her own daughter.  

, Eugene Levy is back on TV as the host of. The Apple TV+ original series, which premieres Feb. 24, sees the Emmy-winning actor globetrotting around the world. Except the thing is, Levy typically doesn't enjoy traveling, especially when it takes him outside of his comfort zone.

Emiliano De Pablos Powerhouse Banijay Iberia is joining forces with Spain’s top soccer federation LaLiga to launch new sports-related content production, LaLiga Studios. The strategic deal sees Banijay tapping into its production expertise and LaLiga, its soccer knowledge and reputation, in a drive to establish LaLiga Studios as a global benchmark in the creation of content related to sport and its universal values.   Through this partnership, LaLiga Studios will produce audiovisual content for LaLiga, clubs, sponsors, and broadcasters. It will also work with international platforms and brands in the development, production, and distribution of entertainment, documentary, fiction, and animation content.  

If you're looking for a getaway this year, your list of cost-effective options may have just gotten a little bigger.

The parents of Madeleine McCann had to use funds raised to search for their daughter to fight an ex-police officer who made “unfounded” claims about the case.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has taken North American rights to the horror-thriller Candy Land, written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), slating it for release in theaters and on demand on January 6.

Sorry to disappoint everyone but those rumors about Chris Evans being off the market appear to be true!

Tom Kirdahy, Broadway producer and husband of the late theater icon Terrence McNally, announced today the creation of the Terrence McNally Foundation, “continuing the legendary playwright’s singular legacy of mentorship and activism.”

Emiliano De Pablos Globoplay, the streaming platform of Latin American TV giant Globo, has picked up Brazilian rights to police noir thriller series “Motel Valkirias,” a Spain-Portugal co-production handled by Onza Distribution.  Created by Ghaleb Jaber Martínez, writer-producer of Netflix’s Galician TV drama hit “O Sabor das Margaridas,” the series is directed by Álex Sampaio (Schibare”) and Jorge Quiroga (“Atras das Nuvens”). In post-production, the eight episode 50-minute “Motel Valkirias” is set in a cross-border motel between Galicia and Portugal, following three women with financial and personal problems who get in serious danger after joining forces to get their hands on some valuable merchandise from a guest in the motel.

An area of Glasgow has been named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world to visit right now by Time Out.

If Married At First Sight's Matt Murray looks familiar and there's a good reason why, as the reality show isn't the first time he's appeared on TV. The heavily-tattooed hunk actually made his TV debut on Channel 4's Naked Attraction, which came to light when a MAFS viewer shared a screenshot of him on Twitter. Alongside the image, the Twitter user wrote: "Is it just me or is this the new guy on #MAFSUK on #NakedAttraction???" In the shot a shirtless Matt, 32, could be seen dousing himself in water as he strutted his stuff in front of the camera.

Married At First Sight fans have been left wowed after Matt shared at throwback snap - and he is unrecognisable.

Married At First Sight UK groom has revealed he was "ready to walk away". Barber Matt and hair salon owner Gemma stunned viewers on Monday night when they were seen engaging in a bitter dispute, just minutes after being introduced as new arrivals to the 2022 series. They appeared to be the perfect match, but things quickly went sour on the honeymoon.

EXCLUSIVE: Keshet International has secured rights to Cuba Libre, a buzzy drama about a follower of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara that’s being billed as one of Portugal’s most ambitious television series ever. The six-part biopic, based on the life of Ana Maria Silva Pais, will form part of KI’s slate at Mipcom Cannes next month.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Paris-based La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, producer of Chema García Ibarra’s 2021 Locarno winner “Sacred Spirit,” has boarded Gabriel Azorin’s “Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes,” marking another financing milestone for his buzzy, poetic and time blending Spanish project.  A Locarno Match Me! hit. “Thebes” has been put through both San Sebastián’s Ikusmira Berriak and Madrid’s ECAM Incubator, rapidly consolidating as Spain’s foremost development labs which each attract about 270 applications a year.   La Fabrica Nocturna, whose credits also take in “The Heiresses,” joins Madrid’s Dvein Films, A Coruña’s Filmika Galaika (“They Carry Death”) and Lisbon’s Primeira Idade (“The Metamorphosis of Birds”) as a producer partner on “Thebes,” which won a RTP Award, consisting of the pre-buy of rights from the Portuguese public broadcaster, at late 2020’s Seville European Film Festival.