‘Decision to Leave’ Film Review: Park Chan-Wook Mixes Crime Story With Love Story

Scots have been urged not kill any bees, flies or wasps when they enter our homes this summer.

With more and more people taking up motorbiking, there are now 3.6 million licensed British motorcyclists across the UK.

One of the showrunners behind the ever-popular Outlander TV series has revealed that author and creator Diana Gabaldon has shown her the last page of the last book.

Scotland's Tom Stoltman is celebrating this week after beating off competition from 29 other athletes to be named the World's Strongest Man (WSM). The 27-year-old Highlander, who hails from the port town of Invergordon, became one of the few strongman to win back-to-back titles on Sunday (May 29).

Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst is taking some well earned time off, stopping off at the Monaco Grand Prix on his travels.

Motherwell and Scotland legend James McFadden has been left made up for Allan Campbell after his national team call-up.

This Monaco Grand Prix was the site of this year’s biggest TV crossover.

A man was punched in the face by two knifemen during a terrifying burglary in Wilmslow. The men took four ‘high value’ watches in the incident, police say.

Greene King announced earlier this week that it would be selling pints for 6p a pop to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

David and Victoria Beckham have submitted plans to West Oxfordshire District Council to install an external log store at their Grade II listed home in Chipping Norton.MORE: Victoria Beckham reveals £31m London home as you've never seen it beforeThe power couple – who are parents to children Brooklyn, 22, Romeo, 19, Cruz, 17, and Harper, 10 – reportedly hope to add the lean-to covered storage area onto a new outbuilding and office at their £6million Cotswolds abode, which has already been granted planning permission. This would increase the floor space of the outbuilding by up to 28 square metres, according to documents obtained by the Daily Mail.

Whoopi Goldberg divided fans with her latest take on The View when she jumped to the defense of a particularly controversial guest.MORE: The View host makes surprising 'firing' revelation amid latest cast changeALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe ladies of the ABC talk show played host to Kellyanne Conway, who is promoting her upcoming memoir Here's The Deal.VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg's comments on the HolocaustThe former Trump administration official had the studio audience divided when she was questioned by panelist Sonny Hostin about her opinion on the former President's loss of the 2020 election."I think it's pretty obvious that Joe Biden is president, I don't know why we're still talking about this, respectfully," she immediately stated.MORE: The View star Stephanie Grisham makes emotional apology live on air: 'I messed up'However, she then also stated that she was keen for Trump to get re-elected, saying: "I write extensively in this book that I am the closest person to Donal Trump to tell him that he came up short."She continued: "He should have won huge. He had all these accomplishments, he's running against a guy who's stuck in a basement."Kellyanne's comments left Whooping having to defend herThe comment got a negative reaction out of the audience, with many starting to boo her.

Hoda Kotb is a much-loved member of the Today family and so when she's not at work it's more than noticeable.MORE: Hoda Kotb delivers heartbreaking message following Texas school shootingAnd on Monday's show, the TV favorite was absent during the Memorial Day special, as was her co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.Instead, Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones filled in, alongside Al Roker.VIDEO: Hoda Kotb's family life revealed Memorial Day is a bittersweet holiday as it honors military personal who have died while serving in the United States armed forces.MORE: Hoda Kotb talks difficult career goodbyes with Today co-starMORE: Hoda Kotb shares fears about being an older mom: 'It's scary'Hoda is likely to have taken the holiday off work in order to spend time with her young family.The star is a doting mom to daughters Haley and Hope, who she shares with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman.Today's Hoda Kotb was absent from the show on Memorial DayThe pair announced their separation at the beginning of the year, which was amicable. They have remained good friends and are co-parenting their children in a happy environment.MORE: Hoda Kotb as you've never seen her before for special project with Today co-starsMORE: Hoda Kotb shares heartfelt statement about co-star's future on TodayThe former couple adopted Haley just a year into their relationship, after Hoda sat down with Joel and told him just how much it meant to her to become a mom.They went on to adopt Hope, whose middle name Catherine is a tribute to Hoda's best friend Karen Swensen's daughter.

Jennifer Lopez is always looking stylish - and always toting the cutest bags!MORE: JLo's viral TikTok Coach bag now has matching pool slidesThat’s why we were so excited to see that one of her go-to handbag brands, Coach, is having a massive Memorial Day sale.RELATED:JLo just carried Duchess Kate's handbag of choice – and you can have it tooJennifer Lopez uses this SPF moisturiser 'every day' – and it's more affordable than you'd think There's up to 40% off selected styles, and we spied a couple of purses that we’ve also spotted in JLo’s wardrobe.Remember her cute Coach Willow shoulder bag?Well, that style is on sale in a pretty pastel colorblock - and you'll save nearly $120. Willow shoulder bag, was $395 now $276.50, Coach Jen has a couple of Coach Field totes in different sizes, and even brought the smaller one as her second-best accessory - next to fiancé Ben Affleck, that is! - to an NBA game for date night.

In his final comedy special, Norm Macdonald gets candid about his mortality.

Spoiler alert: Don’t read if you haven’t yet seen Sunday’s episode of “Fear the Walking Dead”.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix.Jamie Campbell Bower is a bit of a method actor — whether he refers to himself that way or not.In Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” he plays a vital role of Henry, aka One, aka Vecna. But when he first auditioned for the part, he was told nothing. In fact, he wasn’t even sent scripts.

Zack Sharf Bradley Cooper is fully transformed in the first look at his Netflix-backed biographical drama “Maestro,” which serves as his directorial follow-up to Oscar winner “A Star Is Born.” Set photos from the movie released by the streaming giant depict Cooper opposite co-star Carey Mulligan. Cooper stars in “Maestro” as esteemed Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein, with Carey Mulligan playing Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. The photos show Bernstein at various ages, with impressive make-up work applied to Cooper to nail his look as an elderly Bernstein.As Cooper confirmed to Variety earlier this year, production on “Maestro” started this month.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticYou don’t have to have watched The CW’s “Nancy Drew” to watch “Tom Swift,” the network’s new series that is, in the most technical terms, a spinoff. Though Tom (played by Tian Richards) first appeared on the second season of “Nancy Drew,” the show bearing his name has little to do with it, which is for the best. There’s no real need to complicate things even further for Tom, who goes through so much in the pilot episode that there’s barely room for nuance beyond the basics.The series’ rush to establish every moving piece begins immediately, with a voiceover that wastes no time illustrating the Swifts’ place in this world.

A Lanarkshire thug attacked his partner then crashed a car after storming out of the house.

A mum-of-two has revealed how she felt “shame” and “embarrassment” after losing two babies just months apart.

Fire has gutted the former boat house on a Loch Lomond island owned by radio presenter Kirsty Young and her husband.

Dr Disrespect‘s Fortnite tournament, Twitch disallowed any reference to the streamer because he is banned from the platform.On May 27, Dr Disrespect, aka Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, hosted a $100,000 Fortnite event named Hot Shot Duo Drop, which featured several Twitch streamers such as Tfue, summit1g, and Zemie. As these streamers were involved in the event and went on the broadcast it to their viewers, they were required to refrain from referencing Dr Disrepect in any way (via, IGN).The tournament organiser BoomTV put together some rules to avoid any mention of the banned streamer, which were shared by Full Squad Gaming’s Jake Lucky on Twitter.“It is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user,” the rules read.Dr Disrespect is hosting a $100k Fortnite event tomorrow featuring several Twitch streamers Posted now is the strict rule set those streamers will have to follow in avoiding showing or doing anything with Doc pic.twitter.com/J8V9uYDfR9— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) May 26, 2022“We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream.”Twitch streamers were also recommended to use other names for Dr Disrespect when referencing him and his tournament, such as the “two-time” and “Blockbuster video game champion.”They were also required to hide any images or video of the streamer on their broadcast, as well as avoid sharing the tournament or bracket page on stream.

Lily-Rose Depp looked sensational as she rang in her 23rd birthday days after closing arguments were heard in the $100million libel lawsuit her father Johnny Depp launched against his ex-wife Amber Heard.The case began on April 11, 2022, in Fairfax, Virginia, and stemmed from an op-ed Amber wrote for the Washington Post in 2018, where she discussed being a victim of domestic abuse. Despite not being named in the article, Depp has claimed her allegations in the piece made it hard for him to land movie roles and is seeking $50m (£40m) in compensation.

The Queen has the best chefs in all the land but she isn’t taking any risks ahead of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations at the weekend. The royal powerhouse is said to be eating very carefully to avoid getting sick after suffering a few setbacks with her health over recent months. Sharing the 96-year-olds diet plan, royal expert Jennie Bond told us: “She is eating frugally and will be eating fresh, simple foods that don’t upset her tummy, such as seafood and garlic.

Riot Games has released a new article discussing Valorant‘s map diversity and explaining how it has made improvements to tune it for competitive play.In the new game health article, a member of the competitive team on Valorant, Brian Chang, acknowledged players’ frustration with encountering the same map multiple games in a row, explaining that as a result, “we wanted to make sure that we could improve the diversity of maps played without compromising the health of matchmaking (by influencing things like queue times or match balance).”Chang said that when the game launched, map selection was “truly as random as it could be” and all maps had an identical chance – 25 per cent – of being chosen regardless of what the players played recently.However, according to new Riot stats, over the course of five games, 26 per cent of players saw the same map three times or more.Fast forward to 2022, Valorant now has seven maps, and feedback from North American players informed Riot Games around March of this year that 67 per cent felt like they were encountering the same map multiple times in a row.With patch 4.04, the developer implemented a more diverse map selection change, so instead of making it a random process, it opted to create a deterministic choice that selects the map that minimizes streaks.

Alison Hammond made a hilarious blunder as she announced Ranvir Singh‘s name wrong during a live link on Monday.The 47 year old made the mistake as she and This Morning co-host Dermot O’Leary were introduced by Ranvir, 44, who was hosting Lorraine after stepping in for Lorraine Kelly over the half term. As the episode came to a close, Ranvir directed over to Alison and Dermot which lead to the awkward exchange. “Alison and Dermot are here shortly.

Love Island star AJ Bunker feared she had gone blind after suffering a brutal blow to the eye in training for her upcoming Celeb MMA fight. The 29-year-old, who found fame on last year’s ITV2 dating show, was sparring with her trainer at CRE8 Gym Hoddesdon when a practice swing landed badly and she was rushed to hospital with internal bleeding of the eye. The frightening ordeal comes midway through 12 weeks of rigorous training ahead of her first-ever Celeb MMA fight at OVA Arena Wembley on June 24, where 16 celebs will battle it out in a series of brutal head-to-head combat matches inside a cage.

Love Island fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of their favourite summertime reality TV fix, which hits our screens on Monday, 6 June. The highly anticipated announcement of this year's contestants has finally been revealed, with 11 hopeful Islanders preparing for eight weeks (if they don't get dumped) of fun. One of those people is 27 year old Italian business owner Davide Sanclimenti, who claims English women will go crazy for him.The stallion says he can be very romantic with his Italian charms and thinks "Love Island is going to be so much fun." He said: "I’m good looking and I’ve realised since I first arrived in Manchester, a lot of English girls actually love me.

Jennie Bond told OK! that The Queen has always had more in common with the Duchess of Cornwall than she did with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, but said that our monarch struggled to endorse her son Prince Charles' "adulterous relationship" with Camilla. The royal expert, who worked for the BBC for 23 years, gave her views ahead of the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations.

on her Instagram account Sunday night.“WHAT DO I KNOW?? I DO know, that the pain of losing Mom on 4/30 to suicide is so great, that I often feel like I’m not ever going to be able to fully accept and surrender to the truth that she left the way she did. This cannot be how The Judds story ends,” Wynonna Judd continued.Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd confirmed on April 30 that they had lost their mother Naomi Judd “to the disease of mental illness.” It was later confirmed Naomi Judd’s death was due to suicide.As Wynonna Judd continued in her Sunday Instagram post, she said she will continue to “show up” for herself and do the work she needs to to get through the tragedy of losing her mom, who was also her bandmate in The Judds.“I DO know, that in order to be a healthier grandparent to my firstborn grandchild Kaliyah, {born 4/13, 2 weeks & 2 days before Mom left}, to break the cycle of addiction & family dysfunction, that I must continue to show up for myself {first} and do the personal healing work,” she wrote.

Jessica Kiang In order to return somewhere, you first have to leave it. So it’s arguable whether the initial visit in Davy Chou’s strange, deep, changeable and wise “Return to Seoul” even qualifies in a meaningful sense as a return.

Broker, starring singer-actress IU, was given a 12-minute standing ovation at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.Broker, the first-ever Korean-language film by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, recently premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 27. Once the screening had concluded, the fil received a 12-minute-long standing ovation from those in-attendance, according to a report from Korean news outlet Edaily.The publication also claimed that the standing ovation began with Cannes Film Festival’s executive director, Thierry Frémaux.

The Palme d’Or can be a blessing and curse, a gold-plated sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of filmmakers lucky enough to claim it. After the first waves of shock and joy recede, and their subsequent year-long victory lap reaches the finish line, those same filmmakers are left alone with one troubling thought: What’s next? Director Hirokazu Kore-eda offers a fine case study in how that question might trip someone up.

Esteemed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda walks a fine line between keen social observation and overt sentimental emotionalism in Cannes competition title Broker.

Zack Sharf Welcome back, Park Chan-wook. The South Korean auteur returned to Cannes six years after “The Handmaiden” with his new detective thriller “Decision to Leave” and earned a five-minute standing ovation.Although the ovation matched the amount of time celebrating “The Handmaiden,” the reception was notably more muted. While the camera the festival uses that normally shows on the creative team’s gracious reaction after the movie, and helps to keep the applause rolling, wasn’t working, the response was quiet even before the technical snafu.“Decision to Leave” centers around a detective who falls in love with a mysterious widow who just happens to be the prime suspect in his latest murder investigation.

An adoptee explores her Korean roots in Return To Seoul, Davy Chou’s engaging drama premiering at Cannes in Un Certain Regard. Newcomer Park Ji-Min plays the magnificently complex Freddie, who was raised in France and has impetuously decided to spend a couple of weeks in the country of her birth.