Ncuti Gatwa Says His Time on ‘Sex Education’ Wasn’t ‘Always Joyous’: ‘It Was Very Hard’

Three by-elections are taking place across England today - and they could result in Rishi Sunak's government losing three seats in Parliament.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Boyega was asked by “Hot Ones” to rank the films in his “Star Wars” trilogy, which kicked off on a high note in 2015 with the beloved “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and then got polarizing with 2017’s “The Last Jedi” and 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens is most definitely the best,” Boyega answered “Second, for me, comes [‘The Rise of Skywalker’]. The worst – in the most respectful sense – is [‘The Last Jedi’]. But they’re all lovely.” Boyega cracked a smile and gave some side eye, alluding to the fact that many “Star Wars” fans already know Boyega’s grievances with the space franchise. He notably told GQ magazine in 2020, “What I would say to Disney is do not bring out a Black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side. It’s not good. I’ll say it straight up.”

Post Malone christened the cutting edge concert space, hanging from the front of the new TSX Broadway building on the southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street. The “Rockstar” artist treated New Yorkers and visitors from around the world to an impromptu, 18-minute set — at the height of the evening rush hour.

Oscar De La Hoya was prepared to die in the ring against Manny Pacquiao. He was also ready to hang up the gloves, but his camp didn't know it — not his father, not his trainer, not his cutman. No one. Harboring yet another dark secret, De La Hoya tells ET he knew training camp in Big Bear, California, that the Dec.

a comfy mattress and cozy duvet, finding good sheets is also key.Finding the right sheets can be easier said than done because the market is saturated with so many types: Linen sheets, cotton sheets, silk sheets, and just about any other fabric you can imagine. We're partial to the linen sheets, made from flax plant fiber that start out crisp and cool and soften over time after each wash. The main benefit to linen sheets is that they're 30% more durable than cotton sheets meaning they'll last longer and you'll get more bang for your buck.

back-to-school shopping or actually in the classroom, it's never a bad idea to stay ahead of the curve. Right now, Prime Day pricing has returned on the MacBook Air to save you money while gearing up for the new school year. Amazon has the 2020 edition of Apple's MacBook Air on sale for just $750, which saves you $249 and brings the laptop back down to its all-time low price we saw during Prime Day.With up to 18 hours of battery life, take on everything from professional-quality editing to action-packed gaming with ease.

Bartise Bowden is going in with the hard launch! The season 3 star of Netflix's hit dating show,, revealed the identity of his girlfriend in an Instagram video this week. Posting a video with his new love, Cait Vanderberry, and tagging her in the montage clip, in which the pair celebrated the reality star's 28th birthday in Dallas, Texas. «Huge shoutout to @urby Dallas for hosting me and @coolbeanscait_ for my bday weekend! We had a blast celebrating and can’t wait for our next adventure!» Bartise captioned the video. The couple enjoyed a romantic getaway complete with a fancy dinner and an at-home birthday cake celebration. Prior to Bartise's post, Cait also shared photos from their dinner, where she rocked an orange dress and heels and the birthday boy wore a pink button-down shirt and white pants. A post shared by Bartise Bowden (@bartiseb)Bartise met and got engaged to Nancy Rodriguez on season 3 of Love Is Blind. Ultimately, he said no at the altar, ending their romance.

Salma Hayek has incredible skin and is aging with beauty and grace. While it’s easy to believe that she has gotten work done with the best of the best doctors, the 54-year-old says she has never gotten Botox.

An NC-17 rating for a film may as well be a scarlet letter branded on it before release, limiting its audiences and causing certain theaters not to carry it at all. But that branding won’t stop MUBI and Ira Sachs from debuting “Passages,” Sachs’ latest, in theaters next month.

Obviously, Taylor Sheridan is the king of Paramount+. The creator of “Yellowstone” and seemingly a dozen other shows, Sheridan, was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (“Sicario,” “Hell Or High Water”), but soon began growing by leaps and bounds, directing “Wind River” in 2017 and then was essentially given the keys to TV on Paramount as a writer, director, showrunner, producer and THE man who runs things there.

Thought HBO’s acclaimed basketball, rise-of-the-LA Lakers series, “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty,” was a one-off? Oh no, the series, from writer/director Adam McKay, a huge hoop dreams nut, is back for more. Still, it cautions: it takes more than one NBA Championship to build a certified dynasty, which the Lakers obviously were for several years in the 1980s.

Moviegoers already knew that Todd Haynes‘ “May December” would open the 61st annual New York Film Festival this Fall. But now another North American premiere will happen in NYC.  Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla” will be the festival’s Centerpiece on October 6 before it hits theaters later that month courtesy of A24.

TelevisaUnivision CEO Wade Davis said the dual strikes crippling Hollywood have “zero impact” on his company’s operations due to the Hispanic media giant’s programming supply chain.

“TIFF is on,” beamed the Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to Deadline, “Our dates are the same, the films are coming.”

Christopher Nolan’s brother Matthew Nolan was previously accused of being a hitman in 2009.The famed director, whose 12th feature film Oppenheimer arrives in cinemas this week, has two brothers; his younger brother Jonathan Nolan (known for co-creating Westworld) and an older sibling called Matthew Nolan.The latter was previously arrested and charged in 2009 for the murder of accountant Robert Cohen in Costa Rica. A judge, however, refused to extradite Nolan to Costa Rica to stand trial on kidnapping and murder charges, ruling that there wasn’t sufficient evidence that he was a contracted killer.As summarised in court documents, a man named Luis Alonso Douglas Mejia was initially convicted of the murder in 2005, but Costa Rica claimed Nolan was involved as a “hired killer”.“Costa Rica contends that Mejia contacted the accused [Nolan] and for a still undetermined amount of money, hired his services, both of them planning the manner in which they would deprive the victim of his freedom, in order to later murder him,” a summary on casetext reads.As reported by Q Costa Rica in 2014, Nolan is said to have been introduced to Cohen in 2005 by millionaire gem dealer Robert Breska.

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Wall Street reviews of Netflix’ latest earnings ranged from upbeat to more cautiously optimistic, with the latter taking hold today after a major jump in net new subscribers failed to ignite sales last quarter.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. More than 40,000 people have purchased tickets to see “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” on the same day, according to AMC Theatres — a double feature dubbed the “Barbenheimer.” If you’re one of the movie lovers planning a back-to-back screening this weekend, then you’re well aware that no detail is insignificant when constructing an optimal viewing experience. Only the perfect curation of snacks and beverages and outfit choices will help you endure (enjoy!) the five hour-plus viewing experience (“Oppenheimer” runs at three hours; “Barbie” clocks in just under two).

Addie Morfoot Contributor The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have selected six finalists for the fifth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. Notably, veteran filmmaker Sam Pollard received two of the six noms.  The award, established in 2019, recognizes late-stage documentaries that use original research and a compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life through archival materials. The six projects that were selected are: Barak Goodman’s “Buckley,” Nicole London’s “The Disappearance of Miss. Scott,” Sam Pollard’s “The Harvest,” Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn’s “Drop Dead City – New York on the Brink in 1975,” Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro’s “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes,” and Jason Cohn’s “Modernism Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story.”

Shakira is facing a second probe into her taxes after a Spanish judge agreed to allow state prosecutors to investigate two potential cases of tax fraud involving the Colombian singer stemming from 2018.The court shared they had no information on the monetary sum being investigated in this case. The international pop star is currently awaiting trial for failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million Euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

Mady Gosselin made a rare statement about the reason for her estrangement from brother Collin Gosselin after he discussed their family dynamic in a new docuseries.

General Hospital is getting another new face after Haley Pullos exited the series earlier this year.

Andy Cohen is seemingly taking on the role of Mauricio Umansky‘s wingman amid his separation from Kyle Richards.

Trinity Rodman is one of the biggest names in Women’s soccer, currently playing in the Women’s World Cup. As the daughter of Dennis Rodman, her famous dad’s name is always mentioned when discussing her. But it may surprise you that the father and daughter don’t have a close relationship.Trinity’s mother is Michelle Moyer, a former model and actress.

The Gosselin family is getting a lot of press right now after the father, Jon Gosselin, and two of the siblings, Collin, 19, and Hannah, 19, (all pictured to the left), participated in the Vice TV’s new episode of the “Dark Side of the 2000s” series, focused on their family.

John Boyega is opening up about his personal life.

Salma Hayek is sharing her unconventional beauty secrets. The 56-year-old actress is refreshingly candid while explaining the wellness practice she swears by — admitting that her husband, François-Henri Pinault, is not quite convinced. Hayek says «no Botox» when asked about the common beauty treatment in a new episode of Kelly Ripa's podcast, diving into the «strange meditation» practice she says has people telling her she looks decades younger. «I know what it is,» the star explains.

told Insider. The dramatic departure from Nolan’s usual style — his films famously avoid sex and nudity — has fans hot and bothered. “Knowing Nolan he’ll sprinkle a dash of making out with a teaspoon of moaning and call it a day,” one fan snarked on social media.“I’m worried Christopher Nolan didn’t know what sex is and he had the actors stand naked pressing their thumbs to each others foreheads,” another joked. The movie, out July 21, is a biopic about J.

Adult Swim has given the green light to a new anime series from Shinichirō Watanabe, Lazarus.

Kevin Spacey was “tried by social media” and “cancelled” after he was accused of sexual assaults, Southwark Crown Court heard today as the Oscar-winner’s defense rested its case.

Christopher Nolan’s latest pic Oppenheimer launches into cinemas Friday, and while on the promotion rounds, the director once again was confronted with the age-old question: Would he ever direct a James Bond movie?

Lester Holt is taking NBC Nightly News to Alaska next week for a special broadcast that will focus on the U.S. defense against foreign aircraft and missile threats amid tensions with Russia and China.

took to Instagram Tuesday to showcase her husband Ben’s fitness journey — proudly displaying his slimmed-down appearance. “[Ben] got hardcore about his health and fitness last winter ahead of his big shoulder surgery that was in March so he could sleep better on his back and lower his BP,” Napier, 37, wrote on Instagram.The post, set to the tune of “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” by ’70s crooner Jim Croce, shows her hunky hubby, 39, wearing a tan suit with matching loafers and a blue shirt.

Aldean denied the song “Try That in a Small Town” has any racist intentions or undertones. The tune describes how rural America will not accept the same riotous behavior and criminality that has besieged many urban areas since 2020.“These references are not only meritless but dangerous,” Aldean said, after criticism of his use of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., as a backdrop. A white mob hanged Henry Choate there in 1927, according to one media critic of the music video, Ashton Pittman of the Mississippi Free Press.Aldean notably stood firm when he was harshly criticized from the left after his wife posted photos of their children in anti-President Biden attire in 2021.On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Boone said country music has fallen in stature as of late.“I can’t believe it’s country music,” he said.

The latest update in the Tupac Shakur murder investigation ended in a chaotic police raid.

Mady Gosselin is making some serious accusations about her brother Collin Gosselin after his bombshell appearance on Vice TV’s “Dark Side of the 2000s” aired.