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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Golden Horse Film Festival, which operates the premier awards in the Chinese-language film industry, has teamed up with Cannes’ Marché du Film to showcase a handful of new films and projects under the banner Golden Horse Goes to Cannes. To be presented May 16, the five films comprise new works from directors Chen Yu-hsun, Yang Ya-che, Huang Xi, Giddens Ko and John Hsu, with such high-profile producers as Lee Lieh, Sylvia Chang, Aileen Li, Jeffrey Chan and Hou Hsiao-hsien.

EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Chris Carmack (Grey’s Anatomy) will topline The Stranger in My Home, a new thriller from Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America, which entered production in Utah toward the end of last month.

The Scottish Government will replace Winter Fuel Payments with a new devolved lump sum later this year. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) is set to be provided on a like-for-like basis to its Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) counterpart and paid to everyone over the State Pension age every year.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is moving into originals in the Central and Eastern Europe region with a green light for Polish drama Breslau (working title). The drama will follow a police officer investigating an horrific killing and production is underway, Deadline has learned.

Love Island stars Will Young and Jessie Wynter have discussed their plans for the future, as they put on a loved-up display at the 2024 BAFTAs. The couple's relationship has gone from strength to strength since they first laid eyes on each other in the Love Island villa in 2023. Jessie, who is originally from Australia, soon moved in with Will and his family at their farm in Buckinghamshire, but the pair are now planning to buy a home together.

Will Mellor discussed the notorious Strictly curse for the first time ever during a candid conversation with co-host Ralf Little on their popular show Two Pints With Will and Ralf. The duo treated fans to an engaging back-and-forth at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall.The chat kicked off with Ralf teasing his friend: "I believe there's a thing called the curse of Strictly.

The headline ‘Stockport to get Metrolink’ is one that’s been written plenty of times, with the proposals being announced and reannounced by politicians of all colours for years.

Publicly, Prince Harry may be having the time of his life in the United Kingdom right now as he attends the tenth anniversary of his beloved Invictus Games. But behind the scenes, it’s not all good in his old ‘hood.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told MPs that he “understands the strong feelings” across Parliament over the lack of response to the recently published Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) final report into the impact of changes to the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, he acknowledged the “desire for urgency in addressing them” but added that an update “will be given to the House once those findings have been fully considered”.

EXCLUSIVE: We have one final addition to Ryan Coogler‘s supernatural thriller for Warner Bros, starring Michael B. Jordan: BMF‘s Christian Robinson.

Prince William was EXTREMELY unhappy with how the social media debacle surrounding Princess Catherine‘s “disappearance” played out.

Martin Lawrence is a Bad Boy and comedian for life.The 59-year-old stand-up comic just announced he’s hitting the road for his first tour since 2016 starting this November.Dubbed the ‘Y’all Know What It Is! Tour,’ the “Big Momma’s House” star will hit arenas all over North America from July 2024 through April 2025 with special guests Deon Cole, Adele Givens, Ms. Pat, Desi Banks, Gary Owen and more joining him on select dates.Along the way, Lawrence is scheduled to swing into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Jan.

Lynda Carter is paying tribute and honoring the late Jeannie Epper, the Wonder Woman stunt performer.

Pop singer Mike Nolan, who soared to fame after winning Eurovision - which returns later this month - for the UK in the band Bucks Fizz, has announced that he is stepping down from the group after 43 years. The band have been continuing to perform under their new name, The Fizz, with original members Mike, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston over recent years. However, appearing on Michael Ball’s Radio 2 show this week, they made the sad announcement.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has rounded out the cast of its untitled supernatural thriller from writer-director Ryan Coogler with the addition of three newcomers: yao, Miles Caton and Peter Dreimanis.

Will Moseley is one of the Top 7 contestants on American Idol this season, but PETA wants him out of the competition.

Humza Yousaf has resigned as First Minister today rather than risk losing a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament.

Love Island's Jessie Wynter has confessed that she would get engaged to her boyfriend Will Young in a heartbeat.The 27 year old met the 25 year old farmer on last year's series of Winter Love Island, where the pair's relationship blossomed during their time in the South African villa. Fast forward over a year, and Jessie, who is from Tasmania but lived in Sydney before Love Island has embraced her new life in the UK, after she decided to stay with Will on his Buckinghamshire farm following the show. Now, with their relationship going from strength to strength, Jessie has admitted that the pair have even talked about getting hitched.

Ben Stiller has said that the Zoolander 2 flop affected him “for a long time” in a new interview.Stiller, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 2016 sequel reflected on the experience with X-Files actor David Duchovny’s upcoming podcast, Fail Better.Stiller said: “I thought everybody wanted this…And then it’s like, ‘Wow, I must have really fucked this up. Everybody didn’t go to it.

Maya Hawke has shared a new single called ‘Hang In There’ – you can listen to it below.The song marks the latest preview of the singer-songwriter and Stranger Things actor’s third album ‘Chaos Angel’, which is due for release on May 31 via Mom+Pop (pre-order here).“He said, he could see through to your core/ You thought, his heart was open like yours,” Hawke sings in the first verse. “That he was just trying to hide it/ That he knew you better than you did.”In the chorus, Hawke offers a bittersweet, hopeful message: “He’s gonna get away with it/ I know, I’ve been there/ You’re gonna get the hang of it/ Hang on hang in there/ Maybe.”Explaining the meaning behind the song, the artist said in a statement that ‘Hang In There’ is about “when you have someone close to you, who’s going through something awful that you’ve been through earlier in your life, and you know that you can’t interfere because they’ll probably isolate themselves from you”.Hawke added: “So you have to just watch as they get really hurt.

EXCLUSIVE: Li Jun Li (Babylon) is the newest addition to the cast of Ryan Coogler‘s untitled supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan, for Warner Bros.

Death in Paradise could see an unexpected star step into the role of lead detective as one of the stars of The Inbetweeners looks set to replace Ralf Little. After weeks of speculation about whether he would leave the BBC crime drama, Ralf bowed out at the end of season 13 as DI Neville Parker, leaving a spot open to join the cast who film the series in the Caribbean.

There are two key dates women born in the 1950s impacted by changes to the State Pension age should add to their diary this week as MPs return to Parliament after the Easter recess. The second reading of the State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill, which was brought before the House in February by SNP MP Alan Brown, will have its second reading on Friday, April 19.

Ryan Coogler is teaming up again with Michael B. Jordan for an untitled Warner Bros. supernatural thriller.

The Scottish Government will replace Winter Fuel Payments with a new devolved lump sum later this year. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) is set to be provided on a like-for-like basis to its Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) counterpart and paid to everyone over the State Pension age every year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Paul McCartney was the obvious headliner of the bill Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl. But it was Buffett-mania that was in full sway, as a cast of dozens of singers and celebrity presenters — from Jane Fonda to Snoop Dogg — saluted or parroted a fallen musical hero for the three-and-a-half-hour “Keep The Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett.” Most of the night’s entertainers covered Buffett classics or obscurities, although McCartney, the Eagles and Snoop Dogg broke with that to regale the full Bowl house with their own material, while Zac Brown and (sending in a video contribution) Dave Matthews debuted brand new songs saluting Buffett.

Hunter Schafer is a jaw-dropping beauty on the red carpet!

Taiwan‘s major awards body Golden Horse will have a consolidated presence at Cannes‘ Marché du Film for the first time, under the umbrella ‘Golden Horse Goes to Cannes’.

EXCLUSIVE: Jayme Lawson (The Batman) is the newest addition to the cast of the untitled event film, starring Michael B. Jordan, that Ryan Coogler is directing for Warner Bros.

Actor Simon Bird has been filming scenes for the return of a popular Channel 4 show in Stockport today.