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As students around the country anxiously open their A-level results today, it may serve as some comfort to know that just like them, even members of the royal family have suffered with the same nail biting nerves before opening the all important envelope. From King Charles to Kate Middleton and even the most recent royal to sit her exams last year, Lady Louise Windsor, there has been no shortage of variety in grades either, with some of the senior royals performing better than others.

A-Level results day can be joyous for some – a time to celebrate their hard work and look forward to the next chapter of their life. For those who don’t get the grades they were expecting or hoping for, however opening the fateful envelope can spark a range of unpleasant emotions – shock, sadness, regret, and even shame.

Broadcasting legend Sir Michael Parkinson has died aged 88. He was on television for decades and has interviewed some of the world's biggest stars. A statement from Sir Michael's family said: "After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family.

Following the news of her alleged split from husband Sam Asghari, Britney Spears has broken her silence by sharing a bizarre post to Instagram.The pop princess didn't reference her reported romantic turmoil to her 42.1M followers, but instead decided to share her decision to buy horse - explaining how difficult it was to choose one. Posting a horseback picture of herself riding on the beach, the star shared the snap on the same day that Sam allegedly filed for divorce officially, according to ET.

Molly-Mae Hague might have a battle on her hands when it comes to daughter Bambi's future education. During the second episode of Netflix's docuseries At Home with the Furys, which provides a unique insight to heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury's homelife, the Love Islander and her fiancé Tommy Fury are captured by the cameras discussing their preferred method of schooling the yet-to-be-born youngster when the time comes.The sequence kicks off with Tyson's wife Paris Fury explaining of her eldest daughter: "Venezuela came out of school when she turned 11 because in Traveller tradition, that is what they do.They come out of school and they learn their parents' skills." Tommy, 24, goes on the point out: "Growing up the way I've grown up, I've got my morals.

Stardew Valley fans will soon be able to cook their way through the seasons with the official cookbook from developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe‘ Barone and author Ryan Novak.With over 50 recipes inspired by the game, like the famous Pink Cake that is the favourite of a few of the villagers, the cookbook focuses on seasonal ingredients to reflect Stardew Valley‘s sustainable principles (spotted by PC Gamer). While some of the dishes are self-explanatory like the Farmer’s Lunch or the Crab Cakes, there are surprises in store.The Strange Bun is featured, and seeing that this requires wheat flour, periwinkle and void mayonnaise to bake it in Stardew Valley, it’s a mystery what Barone and Novak will choose for its real world version.Long-time fans of the farming simulation game will also be thrilled to find out that the cookbook contains original illustrations as well as the photographs of all the nibbles and desserts.

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Usher and appeared in his new music video. The collaboration comes a month after her boyfriend Darius Jackson publicly criticised her for wearing a sheer dress to the R&B star’s concert.The couple – who had a son together earlier this year – were thrown into the limelight last month after Jackson publicly outfit-shamed his partner when she wore a sheer black dress to an Usher concert.At the show at his Las Vegas residency, footage emerged of the singer-songwriter serenading Palmer, to which Jackson took to X (Twitter) and responded: “It’s the outfit tho [sic]… you a mom.”He later doubled down on his opinion after facing backlash for the now-deleted tweet, claiming he made the comment because he has “standards and morals”.“We live in a generation where the man of the family doesn’t want the wife and mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others and he gets told how much of a hater he is,” he wrote (via The Independent).

On Saturday, August 19, the Matildas will play one more match against Sweden to find out who will rank third in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.

stricken from the official consideration list as a result of the recent allegations made by her ex-dancers. But which world class pop star might do it? Ed Sheeran? Not bloody likely!The problem, you see, is that the halftime show is a big American event and Ed just doesn’t have the pizazz to pull it off. Or at least that’s what critics of the idea of him playing the show are saying.

Read the interview and find out more about the show here.

LEGALVariety has reported that Coldplay‘s long-time manager Dave Holmes has sued the band through the English courts. He actually stood down as their manager last year.

Primavera Sound has announced that it will debut in Peru this year, marking the festival’s latest expansion.The festival, which also hosts editions in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Bogotá and more, will debut in its newest South America territory in November.Primavera Sound in Lima will take place on November 22 and December 2, 7 and 8, where The Cure, Bad Gyal, Pet Shop Boys and Bad Religion will headline.

Hayao Miyazaki will open the 71st edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival with his latest pic, The Boy and the Heron.

The BBC’s controversial Jimmy Savile drama The Reckoning will be handed its long-awaited premiere in the autumn, while it has unveiled more cast and a first-look image.

Legendary UK broadcaster and chat show host Michael Parkinson has died aged 88, according to his family.

Ellise Shafer Michael Parkinson, the English broadcaster who hosted the popular long-running talk show “Parkinson,” has died, the BBC reports. He was 88.

This weekend, Warehouse Project and Parklife boss Sacha Lord will foot the entire bill for customers at one Manchester business.

West Ham forward Michail Antonio believes Harry Maguire will rediscover his best form if he seals an exit from Manchester United this summer.

Bernardo Silva is expected to sign a new deal at Manchester City to end another summer of speculation over his future.

Shirley Ballas has been flooded with compliments as she stunned her fans and followers with a string of snaps while modelling her co-star's swimwear range. The Strictly Come Dancing star was kindly sent an array of different bikinis and other beachwear by fellow judge Motsi Mabuse.

Manchester City trio John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland have been named on the shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Noted Japanese director Ando Momoko (“Kakera: Pieces of Our Life,” “0.5mm”) has been named as the ambassador for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. She also features, alongside her father Okuda Eiji in the festival’s newly-released poster, which recreates a scene from Ozu Yasujiro’s “Tokyo Story” and in which Okuda and Ando represent the classic film’s Ryu Chishu and Hara Setsuko characters. The poster image, shot at the rooftop garden of Kitte Marunouchi Building, with Tokyo Station in the background, was designed by Koshino Junko, who has created the festival’s key visuals for the past three years.

The highly anticipated Heart of Invictus documentary from Prince Harry will be dropping soon on screens - but not after one last dramatic shock.

Bruce Springsteen has announced that he has been forced to postpone two of his US tour dates after being “taken ill”.The cancelled tour dates affect both of his upcoming shows in Philadelphia, set to be held at Citizens Bank Park.The announcement arrived on his social media accounts last night (August 16), just hours before he was set to take to the stage for the first of the Pennsylvania headline gigs. It also announced that the second of the two scheduled shows, set to take place tomorrow (August 18), would also be postponed.“Due to Bruce Springsteen having been taken ill, his concerts with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on August 16 and 18 have been postponed,” the update read.“We are working on rescheduling the dates so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled shows.”Due to Bruce Springsteen having been taken ill, his concerts with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on August 16 and 18 have been postponed.We are working on rescheduling the dates so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled…— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) August 16, 2023At time of writing, no updates have been shared on any rescheduled dates or possible changes to the venue.

Mrs Hinch has revealed that she felt "sad" on her wedding day, as she celebrates her fifth anniversary.The social media star has opened up about her big day in an honest Instagram post. She explained to her fans that she was met with an overwhelming feeling of "sadness" on her special day.The 33 year old said that the thought of being given away by her dad and not having the same surname as her parents anymore left her questioning if she was enough.

We’ve all dreamed of having our very own Bond girl moment on holiday, and former Spice Girl Geri Horner just showed us exactly how it's done. Sharing a snap of herself on holiday to her Instagram, the singer posed on the steps of a boat after a quick swmi in the sea wearing a white belted swimsuit that we’re already coveting for our next trip abroad.

Doja Cat has said that seeing large numbers of people unfollow her on social media has allowed her to feel “free”.The LA rapper and singer reportedly lost around 500,000 followers on Instagram over the last few weeks, after she branded her fans “creepy” for labelling themselves with the fandom name ‘Kittenz’.In a series of since-deleted tweets, the star wrote: “My fans don’t get to name themselves shit. If you call yourself a ‘kitten’ or fucking ‘kittenz’ that means you need to get off your phone and get a job and help your parents with the house.”Several fan accounts were reportedly deactivated after, before she started to lose followers in their hundreds of thousands.Now, Doja Cat has responded to the unfollowing spree, which has currently left her at 25.1million Instagram followers.“Seeing all these people unfollow makes me feel like I’ve defeated a large beast that’s been holding me down for so long,” she wrote on her Instagram story, “and it feels like I can reconnect with people who really matter and love me for who i am and not for who i was.”She added: “I feel free.”After the singer posted her initial tweets, one fan pointed out the apparent hypocrisy, reminding the musician that she was the one who came up with the term ‘kittenz’.

Finally, the day we'd all been hoping for has come. In a fate worse that the focus group for Ché Diaz's failed pilot, the writers of have forced viewers to sit through way too many episodes of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Aidan Shaw's (John Corbett) seemingly flaw-free rekindled romance. We've been subjected to the tighty-whities.

Though actor Willie Garson died in real life in September 2021 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer, his beloved character, Stanford Blatch, is alive and well on. Garson filmed several episodes of the Max reboot's first season before his unexpected death, and at the time, the show explained his exit with the character leaving to follow one of his influencer clients to Japan and asking his husband, Anthony Marentino (Mario Cantone), for a divorce.Since then, there have been several references to Stanford — in the season 2 premiere episode, Carrie wears a kimono that she says he sent her — but on Thursday's episode, Stanny's storyline seemed to have a clear end note. Outside of the central relationships and drama going on within Thursday's episode, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) asks Anthony over to her apartment, telling him that Stanford wanted her to speak with him.

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Lottie Moss has broken her silence on rumours of a romance between her and former Love Island star, Adam Collard. The pair have been spotted looking cosy on a string of dates recently, after appearing to have grown close whilst starring on E4's Celebs Go Dating.Technically on the show, the celebrities are paired with non-celebrities for dates, who are chosen by a team of experts, but Lottie, 25, and Adam, 27, clearly have a twinkle in their eye for one another. Whilst Lottie hasn't directly confirmed the romance, she told The Sun: "Well he's a lovely guy.

Liam Reardon and Millie Court are well and truly back on.The couple finished as the champions of Love Island in 2021, but sadly went their separate ways just a year later. However, it looks as though the pair are destined to be together and have rekindled their romance - having been secretly been seeing each other again since April. And finally uploading a picture of them together onto Instagram on Wednesday, Liam caused mass celebration in the comment section.

Mark Labbett has lost a whopping 63kg in the last few years after being more conscious of eating habits focusing on his health - and looks amazing for it.The top quizzer, 57, who is known as The Beast on gameshow The Chase, was spotted running errands out in London this week and looked like a new man after the lifestyle overhaul. Recently going public with his new girlfriend, Hayley Palmer, the duo appeared on Loose Women this week, where Mark spoke on how he has achieved the weight loss.

EastEnders have confirmed when the highly-anticipated return of Cindy Beale will happen.The BBC soap confirmed that she was returning earlier this year when she appeared on the show but from a foreign country with Ian and Peter Beale. Since then, fans have been eagerly awaiting the moment that she steps foot on the Square for the first time in 25 years. As Peter Beale returns to Walford next week, it has become clear that her arrival will be soon.

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a UK comedy-thriller from It’s A Sin EP Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street and Stay Close scribe Charlotte Coben.