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The Last Kingdom is back to Netflix after fans have waited for two years to see the fifth season. The last season aired in April 2020 and fans is eager to get binge-watching this new instalment which will help to explain the story of the captured Saxon.

Piers Morgan has marked the one year anniversary of the day he stormed off Good Morning Britain and quit the show.The 56 year old had been a permanent host alongside Susanna Reid, 51, for over five years before leaving his post for good following a row with Alex Beresford about Meghan Markle.Taking to his Instagram feed a year on, Piers posted a screenshot of the moment he walked off the from the conversation before telling his 1.8million followers that he has no regrets over his decision. "A year ago today, I went for a little stroll… and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech," he captioned the post.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is negotiating a seven-figure book deal to tell her story, according to reports.The 30 year old singer is just weeks away from stepping out of Little Mix as the band – which also consists of Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall – are set to take a hiatus. Leigh-Anne, who recently marked six months since welcoming her “miracle” babies in a cute snap, is said to be in talks with several major publishing houses for the memoir. It will reportedly focus on “identity and her own experiences at the heart of British popular culture” following the huge success of her BBC Three documentary, Race, Pop And Power, last year.

Naman Ramachandran “Bloody Brothers,” the Indian adaptation of BAFTA winning BBC series “Guilt,” is set to bow on South Asian focused streamer ZEE5.Directed by Shaad Ali (Netflix’s “Call My Agent Bollywood”), the show is produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India. Reset in the picturesque South Indian hill town of Ooty, “Bloody Brothers” follows two brothers, Jaggi and Daljeet, who, while driving home late one night, run over an old man.

Jacob Elordi has weighed in on the rumors about a toxic environment on the set of his HBO series Euphoria.

Vivienne Chow Taiwan-based tech giant HTC Vive approaches this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event as an important milestone. The global leader in virtual reality will be presenting two of its recent original creations that will lay the groundwork for the future gameplay of VR products in the highly anticipated Web 3.0 era.The two featured productions, “The Sick Rose” and “Beatday — The Beginning — Mini VR Concert,” pictured above, are representative of HTC Vive Originals’ future direction, said its president Liu Szu-ming.“Riding on the state-of-art VR technology, Vive Originals will continue to create entertainment experiences that have high cultural values for the metaverse.

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar,” “Fire in the Mountain”); composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai (“Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale”), game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”). The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R.

Hopeful Celtic supporters are set for a major update on the availability of talisman Kyogo next week.

The Florida Senate has passed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” on Tuesday, March 8.In a 22-17 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill. It will now go on to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it. If a school district is suspected of violating this law, parents would be able to sue.During the debate, Democrat Shevrin Jones, Florida’s first openly gay senator, tearfully said to his colleagues, “To those who think you can legislate gay people away, I’m sorry.

A wind weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for western Scotland.

A perverted dad who paid a schoolgirl to meet him and asked for a picture of her feet had vile child abuse images on his devices.

A woman has been dubbed as “petty” and “unprofessional” for refusing to buy her colleague a lunchtime meal deal.

A Scot from Ayrshire, helped by Martin Lewis, has been awarded £5,700 in benefit back payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and received the maximum award for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

The cost of replacing Clyde Bridge is more than double the original estimated price due to rising prices in the construction industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of Richard Bacon’s Jimmy Carr-hosted quiz show I Literally Just Told You.

National Geographic has greenlit an epic documentary detailing the successful search and discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken Endurance ship near Antarctica, helmed by British historian Dan Snow.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming video platform iQiyi has announced plans to raise $285 million from a private placing of shares, part of which will be taken up by parent company Baidu.The move comes in the same week that the NASDAQ-listed company said it was suspending its weekend live broadcasts of English Premier League football (soccer) due to the sport’s public displays of solidarity with Ukraine.iQiyi is understood to have informed the Premier League that it would be removing the coverage following the league’s announcement that a “moment of reflection and solidarity” would be held before matches at the weekend. Several teams also displayed armbands in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Big Bang member T.O.P expressed his desire overhaul the K-pop system of training and creating idols and artists.In a new interview with Prestige Hong Kong, the South Korean musician spoke about the “harsh” K-pop system, observing how the current training regime affects younger K-pop idols and their mental well-being.“I, myself, am fortunate that I only spent less than a year as a trainee before I debuted – a relatively short time – but after, I saw all the trainees, the boys and girls, they’re under a very harsh system,” T.O.P said.“They’re told what to do and trained just like robots,” the rapper added. “They might get popular, they might get bigger, but in their heart and in ways we can’t see, they’re being isolated, and feel lonely inside.”To address this, T.O.P expressed his desire to change the system and establish a new type of K-pop record company.

Kanye West has shared a new animated video for his ‘DONDA’ track ‘Hurricane’ – check it out below.The track from the 2021 album features The Weeknd and Lil Baby, and is nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the GRAMMYs.The new video sees a number of animated prisoners escaping from a prison island, before an avatar of Kanye rises up from the sea to baptise them and gives a speech, before they all rise into the sky.It follows the controversial music video for Kanye’s track ‘Eazy’, which was shared earlier this month and featured a claymation version of SNL comedian Pete Davidson – who is currently dating West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian – being kidnapped and buried alive.Check out the ‘Hurricane’ video below.Ahead of the release of the ‘Hurricane’ visual, Kanye appears to have addressed the backlash he faced over the music video for ‘Eazy’.“Everyone lived happily ever after, except Skete you know who – JK he’s fine,” a series of title cards read at the end of the video. The track itself also includes the lyric: “God saved me from that crash / Just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass”.In his latest Instagram post, the rapper appears to have responded to the criticism he faced for the visuals.

Luba Mushtuk is taking a well-deserved holiday after an intense season of dancing. The Strictly Come Dancing star didn't have a celebrity partner during the 2021 series but took part in all the group dances, and also participated in the nationwide tour alongside some of her colleagues.MORE: Lorraine Kelly enjoys relaxing holiday retreat with Strictly star Luba MushtukNow, the 32-year-old is relaxing in a sunny destination and couldn't help but show off the stunning scenery on her Instagram.WATCH: Luba talks joining Strictly alongside Johannes and GrazianoTaking to her profile, Luba shared two incredible images showing her posing on top of some rocks by the beach.

Liz Hurley has shared her love and support to her former fiancé Shane Warne's daughter Summer after the star passed away on Friday 5 March at the age of 52.The Australian cricket legend died of a suspected heart attack before being found unresponsive in his room at the luxury Samujana Villa resort in Koh Samui, Thailand.Taking to her instagram feed, Summer, 20, shared a series of intimate snaps and videos of herself with Shane before opening up on her heartbreak following the loss of her father. In one black and white snap, Summer can be seen sitting next to her dad as the pair smile for the camera, another shows her as a young child as she lays fast asleep next to her dad, while several videos show Shane acting silly for her in front of the camera.

Father John Misty has shared a brand new song from his forthcoming album ‘Chloë and The Next 20th Century’ – listen to ‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’ below.‘Chloë and The Next 20th Century’, Tillman’s fifth studio album under the Father John Misty moniker, is set to arrive on April 8 via Sub Pop and Bella Union.The album, which follows 2018’s ‘God’s Favorite Customer’, has so far been previewed with the tracks ‘Q4’ and ‘Funny Girl’.Check out ‘Goodbye Mr.

All ties between Stockport Council and Russian-owned energy firm Gazprom should be cut, according to one councillor in the borough.

A school nurse has described her ‘brutal battle’ with depression over the last two decades and how she has been massively helped by a Trafford community project.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Spanish filmmaker Roberto Perez Toledo’s swan song, “Places Where We’ve Never Been” (“Lugares a los que nunca hemos ido”), will screen in the Zonazine section of the Malaga Film Festival just weeks after the filmmaker’s demise.The 25th Malaga Film Festival runs March 18-27. Variety has been given exclusive access to a clip of his film, which consists of five unrelated but thematically similar stories revolving around five couples.Produced by Deep Entertainment, “Places…” presents five stories: Among them is that of Elena whose dinner order is delivered by a man who turns out to be an old flame.

ABC has dropped a new promo for the Oscars, spotlighting hosts Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. In the ad (check it out above), the trio discusses the challenge ahead and how they’ll need to stack up against competition from other recent emcees.