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Chloe Grace Moretz stuns in a hot pink look for the premiere of The Peripheral held at Odeon Luxe West End on Monday (October 17) in London, England.

TV chef Phil Vickery has broken his silence amid reports he’s dating ex-wife Fern Britton’s good friend. Fern, 65, and Phil, 61, went their separate ways two years ago after 20 years of marriage.They share daughter Winnie, 21, together, while Fern has three other children with her first husband, Clive Jones.

A monster babysitter who sexually abused a toddler and beat him to death is expected to serve his full sentence after concerns he could be released from prison early.

Frustrations continue to mount against Cook County States Attorney Kimberly Foxx as a growing number of attorneys in her office resign, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. Four Cook County Assistant State's Attorneys (ASAs) recently resigned from Foxx's Felony Review Unit — three of whom quit on the same day — all within the past two weeks, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.

Illegal immigrants can apply for a guaranteed basic income pilot program in Illinois that will provide participants with monthly cash payments for two years.   The Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will send 3,250 residents $500 each month in cash assistance.

With violent crime up across the nation, Chicago has become the picture of lawlessness: a haven for criminals and illegal activity. It is about to get worse.

 stars Iyanna McNeely and Jarrette Jones made their split official by filing for divorce.McNeely filed a petition for dissolution of marriage with Chicago's Cook County clerk's office late last month. In court docs obtained by, McNeely cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.

Fatboy Slim has shared an anecdote from his time living next door to Paul McCartney, joking that it was “bizarre” because of his fandom for The Beatles.Slim (aka Norman Cook) recently caught up with NME to appear in the column Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! For the chat, he was quizzed on various happenings from throughout his own career – he forgot that Arctic Monkeys covered ‘The Rockafeller Skank’ at their first-ever gig, and that he produced the Blur song ‘Gene By Gene’, but did correctly recall that he once snorted cocaine off the London-to-Brighton train line.McCartney came up in a conversation about Cook’s infamous 2002 gig at Brighton Beach, where he performed for over 250,000 concertgoers. The show itself drew controversy after one attendee died, more than 100 more were injured, and several were rescued unconscious from the seashore.

Fern Britton’s former husband Phil Vickery has been spotted kissing a close pal of the TV presenter during an outing in London. In pictures, the 61 year old chef was seen sharing a kiss with Fern’s friend Lorraine Stanton, two years after he and Fern, 65, called time on their decades-long relationship.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sally Aitken a two-time Emmy nominated writer and director (“Playing with Sharks”) and producer and media executive Aline Jacques (“Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story”) have launched SAM Content. The Sydney-based independent production company will develop and produce all genres of unscripted and scripted projects for local platforms and the international marketplace. They open their doors with four film and TV shows in production with Australian broadcasters and screen agencies. They include an untitled Wiggles project in partnership with Augusto Entertainment’s Cass Avery and Daniel Story, and with funding from federal screen agency Screen Australia. The Wiggles is a successful children’s musical group that has been on the scene for 30 years and has been involved with both TV and film.

DJ Fatboy Slim has announced a national tour with two gigs in Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse in early 2023.

Fatboy Slim has announced details of a 2023 UK tour, dubbed ‘Y’all Are The Music, We’re Just The DJ’s’ – get your tickets here.The new run of dates come on the back of Norman Cook’s new album ‘Right Here, Right Then’, which came out earlier this month (September 2).Across March next year, he’ll play 11 dates across the UK including a pair of shows at London’s famous Brixton Academy.In a statement, Fatboy Slim said: “Coming out of COVID I have played many different types of shows from arenas to the Gas tower at Glastonbury and i just find the closer I am to the audience the more I love it… this is what this tour brings.”Tickets for the new shows go on sale next Friday (September 23) and you can buy yours here.See the full list of dates below:MARCH 20232 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall3 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 4 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 9 – Edinburgh, O2 Academy 10 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse 11 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse 15 – Brighton, Centre17 – London, O2 Academy Brixton18 – London, O2 Academy Brixton24 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena25 – Bournemouth, International CentreTime to get some fun in the diary for next year…Register now for early access to tickets for my March 2023 UK tour.https://t.co/oQ6PeIlEVeY’all are the music. We’re just the DJs pic.twitter.com/ZWYqjp6VR6— Fatboy Slim (@FatboySlim) September 16, 2022Last year, Fatboy Slim DJ’d at the COVID-19 pilot clubbing event in Liverpool.

reviewed the film out of Sundance and called it heartbreaking and sadly timely, though noted the conspicuous absence of the titular song due to rights issues.The film is produced by Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie for Tara Films (U.K.) and Ard Mhacha Productions (Ireland), in association with Field of Vision. Executive producers are Charlotte Cook, Lesley McKimm, Lucy Pullin, John Reynolds and Lisa Marie Russo.

Thania Garcia A Chicago federal jury found R. Kelly guilty on Wednesday of three counts of child pornography for filming himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter. According to the Chicago Tribune, of the indictment’s 13 charges, Kelly was also found guilty of three counts of child sex trafficking through coercion and enticement. He was acquitted on charges that he conspired to obstruct justice in his 2002 Cook County case. Additionally, he was acquitted on two counts of receiving child pornography and one count of conspiring to receive child pornography. There were two co-defendants in the proceedings, former employees Milton “June” Brown and Derrel McDavid. Both were acquitted of all charges, including that they had conspired to receive child pornography, and that McDavid conspired to obstruct justice.

R. Kelly was convicted Wednesday of six of the 13 charges he faced at his federal trial in Chicago, while his two co-defendants and former associates were acquitted of all charges.Kelly was found guilty of three child pornography counts, and three counts of enticing minors for sex, but acquitted of seven other charges, including obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to receive child pornography.Co-defendants Derrell McDavid and Milton «June» Brown were acquitted of all charges.Kelly, 55, was accused of enticing five girls for sex, and conspiring with two former associates to cover up his sex crimes by buying back incriminating videotapes.

Love is Blind — because it’s so hard to see through the tears?

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst The legacy of Steve Jobs lives on in the company he founded, according to the people who knew him best. Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive and Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs gathered Wednesday at the Code Conference in Los Angeles to remember Jobs, hours after the company unveiled iPhone 14 and other products.  “I think at Apple I believe and hoped that he would be proud of a day like this when we bring out a lot of innovations that are very much on the principles that he articulated so well,” said Cook in a joint interview moderated by Kara Swisher. 

It’s over for both Danielle Ruhl and Luke Thompson, as well as Iyanna McNeely and Jarrette Jones.

Another Love Is Blind couple is walking away from each other.

Kaley Cuoco admits she went through a "dark time" when she split with Karl Cook in 2021. In an interview with Variety, Cuoco, 36, said she "didn’t know how to deal" with her depression.  "Going through my divorce, it was really a super dark time," she told the outlet.  "I just didn’t know how to deal with it. I was throwing myself into work to deny my depression and how upset I was.

Kaley Cuoco knows just how difficult a breakup can be.

Lollapalooza has been charged with making a false terrorist threat, after allegedly circulating an anonymous text messages which indicated a mass shooting was going to take place at the festival.18-year-old Janya Williams is accused of sending her supervisor an anonymous text message shortly before 3pm on the second day of the Chicago festival on Friday (July 29). Using the text message platform TextNow, it allegedly read: “Mass shooting at 4pm location Lollapalooza.

This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual assaultFatboy Slim has recalled the “terrifying” moment a van drove into the audience during his set at Woodstock 1999.The DJ and producer looked back on the incident during an interview for the three-part Netflix documentary series Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, which was released yesterday (August 3).“Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its ’99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?” an official listing reads.As Mixmag notes, the 30th anniversary edition of the event, which had an estimated attendance of 400,000, failed to provide basic facilities such as water, food, toilets or on-site security.Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) was booked to headline the ‘rave hangar’ on the Saturday night but was unaware of the out-of-control crowd that was heading towards the venue.“I’d been closeted in my dressing room all afternoon with people just going, ‘Oh it’s a bit chaotic out there’,” Cook remembered.

Zoe Ball has taken to Instagram to share a rare family photo with her fans.MORE: Zoe Ball and her mum both suffer from this secret health conditionThe Radio 2 presenter posted a snapshot showing her daughter, 12-year-old Nelly posing with Radio 1 DJ Greg James. WATCH: Johnny Ball leaves daughter Zoe in stitches after Love Island commentNelly can be seen stood behind a bar with Greg, dressed for summer in a vibrant vest top.

Talk about the villain edit! The United States Marshals Service just added a man who appeared on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? to its 15 Most Wanted list, and is considering him to be “armed and dangerous.”

15 Most Wanted list.According to a press release, the Marshals Service is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the capture of Michael Anthony Baltimore. Other law enforcement agencies have also offered cash rewards for Michael's arrest.The one-time reality TV star is wanted for assault, homicide and parole violation charges after he allegedly shot and killed a man named Kendell Jerome Cook in a Carlisle, Penn., barbershop that the victim owned.

Lucy Hale hits the red carpet in a sharp green suit to host the premiere of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin held at Warner Bros. Studios on Friday night (July 15) in Burbank, Calif.

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly has been moved to a federal jail in Chicago ahead of his federal sex crimes trial set to begin on Aug. 15.  Kelly was transferred Tuesday from his jail in Brooklyn following sentencing in New York to 30 years behind bars on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced Wednesday in a Brooklyn court after having been found guilty in a federal sex trafficking case in New York.  Kelly, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking charges where prosecutors are asking for a minimum 25-year sentence behind bars.The defense is arguing a term of 10 years or less is enough.  Kelly also awaits another trial in Chicago for child pornography and obstruction of justice charges.  Kelly was initially discovered in 1990 by Jive Records music executive Wayne Williams while he was performing at a barbecue.

“not a piece of s–t” after “gaining clarity” during his recent mini-prison stint — but many viewers of the 2022 BET Awards aren’t ready to let him off the hook just yet. Smollett, 40, made his controversial return to the red carpet at Sunday Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater — after being sprung in March when he served only six days of his 150-day sentence in March for five counts of felony disorderly conduct at Cook County Jail in Chicago.The 2015 BET nominee for best actor was ostensibly there to hype his directorial debut with BET+ streaming flick “B-Boy Blues” — but he announced some other big plans, too.“This has always been the plan, to expand my empire, so to speak,” Smollett expounded to the press corps on the scene, the Daily Mail reported.