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A young woman who flew to the US after claiming she might be Madeleine McCann has spoken of "achieving big goals". Julia Wendell gained attention online after claiming she believed she could be the missing British child who disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.

Riot officers were dispatched to the violet carpet yesterday in Lille as nationwide protests against pension reforms hit Series Mania.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Vanessa Hudgens, the Asian American actor whose career kicked off in Disney’s “High School Musical” series, is set to shoot a travel documentary in the Philippines, the country of her mother’s birth. The untitled project will shoot in Palawan and Manila in March. Paul Soriano is attached as a director, producer and executive producer. Mark A. Victor of TEN17P will also serve as executive producer. No distributor, broadcaster or streaming platform has yet been disclosed. Soriano’s recent credits include directing the 2019 film “Mañanita” and Manny Pacquiao biopic “Kid Kulafu.”

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Civil unrest in France is hitting drama event Series Mania as transit strikes and protests begin to impact festival goers. The popular European drama festival is held annually in Lille in northern France, and has this year drawn its largest number of delegates to date. But the event’s usually tranquil city setting has taken an unexpected turn amid national turmoil in France due to President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform. Macron’s government is raising the minimum retirement age in France from 62 to 64 years, and prolonging the years of contributions required for a full pension. The reforms were passed last week without a parliamentary vote, prompting widespread protests around the country that have only built upon months of hostilities and strikes by groups such as rail and waste disposal workers.

Spring 2023 in Southern California looks a lot like Winter 2023 in Southern California.

Sarah Snook has confirmed that she and her husband Dave Lawson are expecting their first child together. While walking the red carpet at the season four premiere of Succession in New York on Monday (20 March), the Australian actress debuted her baby bump and confirmed her pregnancy to Entertainment Tonight.

Unspoken,” a war drama series wrapping in a thriller format one of ordinary people’s most relatable nightmares and the urgent relevance of a real-life game-changing conflict, walked off Tuesday night with the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award, the highest-profile industry prize at the biggest TV festival in Europe.  Given to one of 15 drama series projects pitched Tuesday on the first day of proceedings at the Series Mania Forum in its centerpiece Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, the Award carries a €50,000 ($53,500) cash prize, enough to boost seriously continued development on the TV show.  Produced by Match & Spark (Poland), Toy Cinema and 2Brave Productions (Ukraine), the six-episode series is created by Filip Syczyński, who is co-writing with Zhanna Ozirna. 

Lise Pedersen Los Angeles non-profit The Film Collaborative has boarded Swedish director Tove Pils’ debut feature “Labor,” which is competing in the Nordic:Dox section at the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, CPH:DOX. The film follows Hanna, who leaves her family and girlfriend behind in her small Swedish hometown and travels to San Francisco to explore her sexuality in the city’s vibrant queer scene. She soon meets Chloe, a professional dominatrix, and Cyd, a trans man who works as an escort for gay men. Together with her new friends, she embarks on a journey that takes her further and further away from her life in Sweden. “Labor” was shot over more than a decade, and one of the reasons it took them so long to put the film together was their concern for the protagonists’ anonymity and the effect it might have on their lives, Pils explains to Variety.

Gwyneth Paltrow's “reckless” behaviour at a ski resort in 2016 resulted in a man sustaining permanent brain injuries, a US court has heard.The Oscar-winning actress is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged that she skied “out of control” and hit him at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, in Utah. Paltrow appeared in court on Tuesday for opening statements in the case, wearing a high-necked cream jumper and brown trousers.

Manchester United have discovered who they will face in the semi-finals of the Vitality Women's FA Cup.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Bleecker Street, the Oscar-nominated studio behind “Captain Fantastic” and “Trumbo,” has partnered with New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) to award three scholarships to women attending film schools in the New York City area. The grants are part of NYWIFT’s scholarship fund and will assist with educational costs associated with film production, living expenses, books, travel and tuition needs. Bleecker Street’s contribution will be officially acknowledged at NYWIFT’s upcoming Muse Awards on March 28, which recently announced a mix of film executives, actors and filmmakers — including Arianna Bocco, Danielle Brooks, Deborah Chow, Maria Hinojosa, Sandra Lee, Freida Pinto, Lauren Ridloff, Sharon Stone, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president Janet Yang — as this year’s honorees.

, , , stacks of cherries in a balancing act—it's edible art installations like these that define the work of . Using everything from caviar to poached pears to vining cherry tomatoes to bring her decadent food sculptures to life, Gohar routinely collaborates with luxury fashion and beauty brands, creating unique tablescapes that feel just as at home in an art gallery as they do at a dinner hosted by Hermès.

Highway works being crammed in before the end of the financial year has turned March into the ‘month of madness’ for motorists and buses, a councillor says.

Charna Flam After “Enough Said,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus reunites once more with Nicole Holofcener in the filmmaker’s recent Sundance feature “You Hurt My Feelings.” A24 released the first official trailer for the upcoming dramedy, “You Hurt My Feelings,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Beth and Tobias Menzies as Don,a married couple who have reached romantic and professional crossroads. Holofcener wrote and directed the film, her second indie collaboration with Louis-Dreyfus, which co-stars Menzies (“The Crown”), David Cross (“Arrested Development”), Jeannie Berlin (“The Heartbreak Kid”), Arian Moayed (“Succession”), Michaela Watkins (“The Unicorn”), Amber Tamblyn (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), Owen Teague (“It”) and Zach Cherry (“Severance”).

A popular city centre tea room has been named among the most beautiful cafes across the world. Known for their Alice in Wonderland inspired experience, Richmond Tea Rooms has found itself in the top 50 ‘most Instagrammable cafes in the world’.

A missing boy from Rochdale may have travelled to Wales, police believe.

A pair of much-loved ospreys returned to their Perthshire nest within hours of each other on Friday leaving wildlife reserve rangers both shocked and delighted.

The two-week international break is now upon us, which will hand Premier League sides the opportunity to rest and recuperate.

Allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams would 'cause major problems', a committee of councillors was told as transport bosses revealed plans to use a quiet siding as an off-network testing site for a 'soft trial'.

Zach Shallcross' time in the Fantasy Suite didn't go as planned. On Monday night's episode of , the tech executive traveled to Thailand with his final three women, with the intention that he would not have sex with any of them in the Fantasy Suite.«This is the only thing that feels right and comfortable for me. It can really muddy the situation,» Zach explained to host Jesse Palmer.

CBS This Morning star Gayle King took to Instagram on Monday to share a video of herself in a string bikini enjoying the Deep Sea float and mud bath in Jordan — and Oprah was there, too!The TV host, 68, captioned the video:  “Oh what a weekend … Petra … camels and one of the highlights: a Dead Sea float and mud bath ….as Oprah often tells me we have different ideas of fun … but in the end, a great time was had by all…  Gayle enjoyed a mud bath in Jordan“I see why the sign when you leave the airport says. Welcome to sweet Jordan! Can’t wait to go back!”A post shared by Gayle King (@gayleking)The video saw her having black mud applied to her face and body while she says to the camera, “We’re in the Dead Sea, people, you have to do it.” Gayle wowed in her string bikiniGayle then asks the cameraman to pan over to her longtime best friend Oprah Winfrey, who is currently holidaying with the star.

Yorkshire Live. A Go Fund Me page has since been set up to help finance the funeral of the mother-of-two, who is survived by her sons Isaac, three, and Elijah, one, raising £9,585 so far. Tributes have poured out to Jehane online, with her best friend Alyx Reast leading the tributes, writing: "Jehane Thomas was a 30 year old, mum of two boys when she suddenly passed away on 17/03/2023.

lean practical (like Bluetooth speakers and coffeemakers), there are plenty of thoughtful, out there.Whether your graduate is starting fresh in a dorm room or a tiny apartment, they’re likely in need of some home decor and updated and would probably appreciate a few self-care splurges too. They have headphones, but what about a sweet speaker system? If a canvas tote feels too generic, what about a cute ? And can they ever have too many in their stash? (No, no, no.)To keep your graduation present search as simple as possible, we went ahead and rounded up the most loved, least expected options to gift.

Fears are growing for a boy of 15 who was last seen leaving his home address at 3am on Friday.

A talented young Liverpool chef who was tragically killed in a Mother's Day crash has been described as a "joyous character" by his boss who was about to promote him.

Stood in an Asda supermarket holding a shopping basket, this is one of the last-known CCTV images of missing Alisha Apostoloff-Boyarin, who police believe has been murdered.

Rail passengers are hitting out at the government's move to extend the contract of troubled train operator Avanti - despite the Secretary of State admitting there is 'still more work to be done to bring [Avanti] services up to the standards we expect'.

Travelling by bus may conjure up images of traffic jams on the daily commute, yet that’s not always the case. Throughout the UK there are dozens of scenic bus routes which take you through stunning landscapes, past sleepy villages and across national parks.

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