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Love Island: All Stars viewers have claimed that one couple were 'robbed' of winning the show after the final. Molly Smith and Tom Clare were crowned the winners of the ITV2 dating show's first-ever spin-off during the live final on Monday night (February 19).

Maya Jama shocked fans during the Love Island All Stars final when she surprisingly spoke about her love life with Stormzy during her chat with exes Molly and Callum. Monday night of the ITV2 series saw Molly Smith and Tom Clare named the winners and Maya handed them their crowns in a live show from South Africa.

After 36 days of sun soaked romance in the Love Island villa, the popular All Stars edition has finally crowned a worthy winner in Tom Clare and Molly Smith! Over the course of the past few weeks, fans of the ITV2 dating show have been delighted to see some of their favourite Islanders take a second chance at love, with several must-see couples even making it all the way to the final. On their last night in the villa, just five couples remained, Georgia Steel and Toby Aromolaran, Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk, Josh Ritchie and Sophie Piper, Molly Smith and Tom Clare and Callum Jones and Jess Gale.

The Love Island: All Stars final has come to an end, and Molly Smith and Tom Clare were crowned the winners of the 2024 series.The first to be dumped in the nail biting finale episode was Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk followed by Georgia Steel and Toby Aromolaran. Sophie Piper and her beau Joshua Ritchie were the third to leave the villa, and as is customary, headed straight to the sofa to chat with host Maya Jama about their romance and time on the show.

After six weeks of firepit chats, dramatic dumpings and non-stop bombshells, the Love Island : All Stars final is upon us. Five couples will be joining Maya Jama in the South African villa one last time as the public votes for their winner.

The final of the first ever series of Love Island: All Stars airs on Monday 19 February, so there's not long to go before finding out which couple will be crowned the winners. Over the last month, Maya Jama has been presenting the show in South Africa, which means for a big portion of 2024, she's been away from her boyfriend, rapper Stormzy.

Love Island All Stars couple Arabella Chi and Adam Maxted have been dumped just a day before the final. It comes as ex Islanders returned to South Africa to decide their fate in a savage twist.

A youthful crowd of industry professionals filed into a bustling room at the Gropius Bau Saturday afternoon for the inaugural AfroBerlin symposium here at the Berlin Film Festival. 

A dad-of-two has tragically died just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Simon Atkins, 46, sadly passed away on Sunday (February 11).

Carole Horst Highland Film Group shared a first look at “London Calling,” an action-comedy that reunites director Allan Ungar with star Josh Duhamel after the success of the action heist thriller “Bandit.” Film also stars Jeremy Ray Taylor (“It,” “and “It: Chapter Two”), Rick Hoffman (“Billions,” “Suits”) and Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) Written by Omer Levin Menekse and Quinn Wolfe, “London Calling” sees mediocre hit man Tommy Ward (Duhamel) go on the run and get stuck in L.A. after mistakenly killing a relative of London’s biggest crime boss (Gillen).

Love Island fans are asking "what's the point of watching" as their Callum and Molly hopes are shattered.The duo were a couple for three years after meeting on winter Love Island in 2020. After splitting last year, they were reunited as exes in the All Star villa in South Africa.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Highland Film Group has locked key territory deals for sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” from “A Quiet Place” producer Brad Fuller Pic stars Kate Mara (“A Teacher”), Laurence Fishburne (“John Wick” films) and Gabriel Luna (“Terminator: Dark Fate”). The film wrapped shooting late last year in Ireland. “The Astronaut” has sold to Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Capelight Pictures for Germany, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, DeAPlaneta for Spain, Spentzos Film for Greece, Cinemania Group for former Yugoslavia, Shoval Film Production for Israel, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Filmfinity for South Africa and Roadshow Films for Australia and New Zealand.

A Perthshire berry-making business has shut down citing “challenging” operating conditions.

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon called for a "permanent cease-fire" to the conflict in Gaza on Thursday while addressing the media from the halls of Congress. Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Sarandon speaking to journalists with demonstrators for Code Pink.This left-wing anti-war 501 organization focuses on numerous Middle Eastern issues, including Palestinian statehood. "There's never been a peace that's been attained to violence.

The Grand Tour is sending Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May off to another exotic location for the Amazon Prime Video show's latest episode, with the trio flying to foreign office red zone Mauritania. The three former Top Gear stars follow in the tracks of the Paris-Dakar rally in cheap modified sports cars, encountering minefields, ravines and rivers in the West African nation. Despite facing a number of dangerous challenges during filming, Richard, 54, has admitted that it was the lack of cool beers that got him down the most.

EXCLUSIVE: The public television series POV has acquired Who I Am Not, the award-winning documentary executive produced by Patricia Arquette that explores “what it means to be intersex in a binary world.”

Strictly Come Dancing star Annable Croft has proven she and Johannes Radebe are still as close as ever despite his comments about their coupling on the BBC One dance show.

ITV Love Island All Star Sophie Piper first rose to fame on the reality dating show back in 2020 and is now back in the villa for the new spin off series in South Africa.

Ever since she strutted into the Love Island All Star villa on day one, we’ve been envious of Georgia Steel’s glossy, long hair. Whether she’s lounging by the pool, having a heated confrontation or getting glammed up for date night, the fiery brunette never seems to have a hair out of place – no mean feat considering the humid South African climate which would typically leave the rest of us with untameable frizz and a permanent slicked back ponytail.

Christopher Vourlias Gordon Main’s apartheid-era documentary “London Recruits” has been tapped as the opening film at the sixth Joburg Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 27 – March 3 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa‘s history, when the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon.

Amazon MGM Studios has a new head of global formats.

Jon Stewart scored big numbers for his return to The Daily Show.

EXCLUSIVE: Gotham Award winner Dawn Porter (Luther: Never Too Much) will direct and produce a documentary about one of the most iconic, politically-charged partnerships in history: the remarkable, largely untold story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. She’ll also produce through her Trilogy Films, alongside the Schultz Family Foundation.

Alex Ritman “Beast of War,” the upcoming shark thriller from Australian writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner (“Wormwood”) has been snapped up by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland, and Well Go for North America.

Two Love Island stars have revealed who smokes in the villa and shared details of the huge "queues" for the dedicated smoking area. Liberty Poole and Hannah Elizabeth entered the villa on day one to take part in the spin-off series of Love Island All-Stars, but were booted out on day 16, leaving alongside Mitch Taylor and Tyler Cruickshank.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The CGI animated sequel to “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness,” the hit adventure film based on the Dark Horse comics which sold around the world, has lured buyers ahead of the European Film Market. Titled “Chickenhare and the Very Very (Very) Old Groundhog,” the movie is budgeted at $23 million (a large budget by European production standards) and brings back the creative team behind the first film.

The stars of Strictly Come Dancing enjoyed a fun-filled night out at the wrap party on Sunday. The Strictly Live Tour ended at London's O2 Arena on Sunday, 11 February, after kicking off on January 19 in Birmingham.Tennis ace Annabel Croft appeared emotional following the string of nationwide shows. Annabel, 57, initially danced with Johannes Radebe in the popular BBC contest, where she came in fourth place and was eliminated from the ballroom and Latin dancing show just before the final.

Brent Lang Executive Editor LaKeith Stanfield, the Oscar-nominated star of “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Atlanta,” has joined Raoul Peck’s “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.” The upcoming documentary chronicles the life and work of Ernest Cole, one of the first Black freelance photographers in South Africa, whose early pictures showed Black life under apartheid. They were images that shocked the world. Stanfield will be the voice of Cole, helping to bring his words to life on screen.

Manchester City midfielder Rodri has shared his memories of the "iconic" goal that he believes defines him as a player.

Love Island All Stars' Chris Taylor declared that he and his love interest Joanna Chimonides "need a conversation" after they were both dumped from the South African villa, a day apart. Chris, 33, and Joanna, 27, were coupled up in the villa, but their coupling was put through testing times as Joanna appeared to question it. On Thursday night's episode of the show, Joanna and Joe Garratt left the villa in a shock double dumping.