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It’s probably that time of the year when your make-up bag is running low and could use a little top-up. And of course, this happens right after the long Easter holiday when the bank balance has likely been stretched a bit too thin. Luckily, Boots has saved the day as they are offering 15% off on selected premium beauty and skincare products with the code BEAUTY15.

Every week it seems there are large numbers of indie and specialty releases vying for attention, impossible to do them all, so when the option of reviewing Nowhere Special was placed in front of me I resisted at first after discovering it actually premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. That’s right, four years ago. I had to wonder what could possibly be good about a film delayed for that long in terms of getting a U.S. release date? Finally caving in to the persistent requests by the distributor and its passionate PR team, I decided to check it out. What I discovered was not that this was some sort of troubled film, not even close. Instead I found a spare but moving drama, powered by a remarkable lead performance, that is all about life and death and all things inbetween. At its heart it is also an inspiring story of dedicated parent and child, how we face the uncertain future, and what we leave behind. Nowhere Special is something special indeed. If you aren’t shedding well-earned tears by the end of this film you simply are not human.

Jeremy Renner is returning to television in the upcoming third season of Mayor of Kingstown!

Khloé Kardashian is officially a cat momma of two!

Jeremy Renner faces a new foe in the official trailer for season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown, which will premiere Sunday, June 2 in the U.S. and Canada and begin rolling out on June 3 in all other Paramount+ international markets.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Gangs of London’ star Joe Cole and ‘True Spirit’ and ‘Titans’ actor Teagan Croft have both just wrapped contemporary neo-noir thriller Override, the fourth feature from directing duo Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. It marks the English-language debut for the Russian helmers, whose Captain Volkonogov Escaped played in Venice’s Competition strand in 2021.

Cillian Murphy thriller Anna has emerged as a surprise hit on Netflix, with the film becoming the fourth most-watched movie globally on the streaming platform.Anna, which is available to stream on Netflix US, sees Sasha Luss star as a former KGB agent-turned-model who is forced to return to her old profession, become a double agent and avenge the death of her previous employer in exchange for her freedom.Oppenheimer‘s Murphy plays CIA agent Leonard Miller, with Helen Mirren and Luke Evans also starring.The official synopsis reads: “Beneath a Russian woman’s striking beauty lies a hidden secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill and lead to her becoming one of the most feared assassins on the planet.”At the time of its release, Anna performed poorly with critics, receiving a score of 33 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it was far more popular with fans, receiving an audience rating of 81 per cent on the same site.The film is directed by Luc Besson, who is known for the 1994 action-thriller Léon: The Professional, starring Jean Reno, Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman.

As Josie Gibson's career goes from strength to strength - including presenting on This Morning and being the new face of Iceland - it seems like there's one very important thing missing from her life. Josie, who is a single mum to five year old son Reggie, is now reportedly on the hunt for romance ever since her This Morning co-star Alison Hammond was pictured looking head over heels. "Josie desperately wants to find love too, it's all she's ever wanted.

Trish Deitch Director Lila Neugebauer sets Lincoln Center Theater’s starry, breathtaking new Broadway production of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” in current-day America rather than Russia around 1898, the year the play was written. There’s a baseball cap and a backpack with dayglow tape; pills are in plastic bottles with childproof caps; when someone runs out of ink while paying bills, they look for a new pen.

New Order’s Bernard Sumner has made a rare public statement to condemn Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the government at large.The frontman took to his website to share a message, beginning his statement: “I don’t normally post much and don’t normally post about stuff like this – but I do care about it.” He went on to highlight two news stories: firstly, the announcement that the government looking to overhaul Personal Independence Payments for people with mental health issues, which Sumner branded as “a disgusting way to cut costs.”Sumner went on to suggest the move was “probably an attempt to recoup some of the money they wasted on ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid pandemic,” calling it “a scandalous waste of money.”“According to the government’s own figures the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) lost 75% of the £12 billion it spent on PPE in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and kit that did not meet the required standards – including fully £4 billion of PPE that will never be used by the NHS and needs to be disposed of, ie burnt,” he wrote. “A scandalous waste of money and, as usual, it’s the sick and vulnerable who suffer for it.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok could be banned in the U.S. as soon as January 2025. Here’s what the new law means for users of the popular short-form video app.

Alison Hammond has sparked a backlash after sharing snaps of her romantic wildlife park retreat with her younger beau, David Puttman.

As Alison Hammond's new man was revealed as Russian masseur David Putman last week, the This Morning presenter has now shocked fans once again by giving herself a make-over. Taking to TikTok, Alison, 49, shared a clip of herself with copper hair rather than her signature dark locks, leading fans to comment on the 'stunning' look below the video. Over the clip, Alison played the song It's the Hard-Knock Life from Annie, captioning it: "Always wanted to be Annie !! Love ginger hair".

brilliant-turned-tacky “The Crown,” the royals series that he created for Netflix, his writing about historical figures has grown animatronic and hackneyed. Mouthpiece Theater.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights to Vanessa Hope‘s feature-length documentary “Invisible Nation.” The 85-minute doc investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. The docu follows Tsai as she seeks full international recognition of Taiwan’s right to exist.

Alison Hammond is reportedly earning a 'five-figure sum' every week after becoming one of the UK's most high-profile TV presenters.The 49 year old has come a long way since she first burst onto our screens as a housemate on Big Brother in 2002. She landed a small presenting slot on This Morning that same year, and fast-forward 22 years, she is now one of its main presenters. But This Morning isn't the only big TV coup Alison has achieved, as she began her role as a co-presenter on C4's The Great British Bake Off in 2023.

Frank Rizzo In Peter Morgan’s tantalizing but disappointing new play “Patriots,” Boris Berezovsky is presented as a larger-than-life oligarch in a post-Soviet Russia who transforms Vladimir Putin from a middling “nobody” to an autocrat who will transform his country in ways unforeseen at home or globally. There’s an expectation that in Morgan’s latest merging of historic fact and fiction that the writer of “The Crown” on TV, “The Audience” on stage and “The Queen” on film will once again provide an intimate and revealing look behind another well-guarded curtain, this time one that is made of iron.

The fate of TikTok in the United States is even more uncertain as the House today voted on a package that requires that parent ByteDance divest its popular social media platform or face a ban on app stores.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Some of the best MMA fighters in the world are in Chicago, Illinois this weekend for PFL 3 (Professional Fighters League). For the third event of the 2024 regular season, the main card pits Russian fighters Andrey “The Spartan” Koreshkov (27-4) vs.

One rarely-seen Royal figure is said to have a net worth larger than Kate Middleton, Princess Anne and Prince Edward combined.

EXCLUSIVE: US-Bangladeshi action movie MR-9: Do or Die, starring ABM Sumon, Michael Jai White and Frank Grillo, has been picked up by Quiver Distribution for a North American VOD/digital release this month.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is shining a spotlight on one of the most revered filmmakers in cinema history.

Lise Pedersen Documentary “Fixing the War,” about news fixers in Ukraine, was one of 15 projects selected in this week’s edition of VdR-Pitching, Visions du Réel’s international co-production and financing platform. Variety accompanied the team as they pitched to potential partners. The film’s producers Gary Lennon of Plainsong Films and Olga Kravchenko of Moon Man were in Nyon to pitch the film, which is directed by Clare Stronge and Vadym Ikov.

The 2024 Time100 is here!

Time100, Time Magazine‘s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, includes some notable show business figures, including Taraji P. Henson, Michael J. Fox, Fantasia Barrino, Alia Bhatt, Sofia Coppola, Colman Domingo, and America Ferrera.

Swiss Films Previews, the only spread of national movies at Switzerland’s Visions du Réel, the country’s leading doc festival. Presented via excerpts at a two-hour showcase on Wednesday, three further titles – “Kalari – the Martial Art of Female Power,” “The Boy from the River Drina” and “Spheres” – underscored the strength in depth of documentary filmmaking in Switzerland and at least in this year’s Previews, a leitmotif.

This Morning star Alison Hammond's new love interest has been unveiled as she shares rare glimpse into her romantic life. Alison was dating her 'hunky' gardener Ben Hawkins until last year. Their relationship blossomed after she employed Ben in 2021 to spruce up her Midlands estate.

Jon Cunliffe's line of work has taken him worlds away from his birthplace of Bury.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The upcoming Apple TV+ series “Government Cheese” has filled out its main cast with four new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Jahi Winston (“We Have a Ghost, “Charm City Kings”), Evan Alexander Ellison (“She Came to Me,” “Devil in Ohio”), Jeremy Bobb (“The Knick,” “Russian Doll”), and Louis Cancelmi (“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Billions”) have all joined the show. They will appear alongside previously announced series lead David Oyelowo as well as cast members Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Sunita Mani, and Adam Beach.

Alison Hammond has revealed the identity of her alleged new boyfriend as she shared a rare insight into her romantic life.