Riz Ahmed speaks out on “horrific and wrong” Israel-Palestine conflict

Despite feeling emotionally and physically drained as she undergoes gruelling treatment for breast cancer, former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Nermina Pieters-Mekic wants to share her story in the hope it might “save a life”. The model and equestrian recently made the brave decision to announce on her social media that she had been diagnosed with early-stage aggressive breast cancer at just 33 years old, after finding a lump in her left breast.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden will return to TV screens tonight (7 November), as she joins pal and Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.The pair first met when Sara appeared as a contestant on Strictly in 2021, and will go head-to-head alongside experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and Steven Moore to see who can uncover the most interesting antiques and make the most money at auction. In a clip released before the show airs tonight, Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sara has said she made it her “mission” to have Amy as a friend when she appeared on Strictly.

Holly Willoughby has joined forces with Tasha Ghouri and Laura Whitmore in support of Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper Day, taking place on 7 November. The former This Morning host, 42, has returned to the spotlight just one month after she quit the ITV daytime show after 14 years on the show.

Sophia Sun Intern Indian director Suman Sen (Oscar-nominated short film “The Silent Echo”) is at the 2023 Taiwan Creative Content Fest with his in-development debut feature film “Solo” (aka “Solo”). The film will center around a story about a mundane 62-year-old diabetic insurance worker, Biplab, who is tormented by everyday trivialities. Feeling frustrated and hopeless about the community he lives in, he begins to question the government’s choice to erect a massive statue.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The world’s top cricket players have gathered in India for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Officially known as the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the event pits ten of the best cricket nations in the world against each other for a chance to hoist the official trophy of the One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan-based streaming platform Catchplay, has set two series to release early next year. “Not A Murder Story” follows a wannabe actor who finally gets a chance of success. And when he wakes up with a dead woman besides him, he is determined not to let it stand in his way.

Sophia Sun Intern American-Taiwanese actor and director Peter Ho (“Wind and Cloud”) is at the 2023 Taiwan Creative Content Fest with in-development film project “Appetite for Desire.” The completed picture is intended to be a 120 minute film that tells the story of clout-chasing YouTubers Yong Cheng and Gao Wei who are introduced to a mysterious dish called Kappa meat by their high school classmate. The magic Kappa meat gives them temporary superpower which allows them to create more extreme video contents. However, as Yong Cheng and Gao Wei become more and more reliant on it, a darker secret about it is being revealed.

Michaela Zee Shannon Wilcox, a character actor who appeared in 1984’s “Songwriter” alongside Willie Nelson and in five episodes of “Dallas,” died Sept. 2 in Los Angeles. She was 80.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Unscripted queer reality dating series “Boys Like Boys” is to air on Warner Bros. Discovery’s TLC channel in Taiwan in early 2024, making it the first local LGBTQ+ dating reality show to air on linear TV in the territory. The show is an original production by GagaOOLala, Asia’s out and proud LGBTQ+ streaming service, which is pitching an expanded array of queer content at the Taiwan Creative Contents Fest (TCCF) that launches Tuesday in Taipei. “Boys Like Boys” had its premiere at the Kaohsiung International Film Festival and is now available worldwide on GagaOOLala and WeTV in the Philippines and Thailand, where the ‘Boys Love’ genre has become highly popular.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief TAICCABOSSAs Taiwan seeks for creative, industrial and political reasons to make a bigger mark for itself on the international stage, its Taiwan Creative Content Fest is diversifying, expanding and making greater efforts at cross-border outreach. Homme Tsai, chair of industry support body TAICCA spoke outline the event’s strategy and novelties in a conversation with Variety. What are the objectives of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest? The TCCF is an international event for content licensing and project investment.

Sophia Sun Intern Taiwan director and screenwriter Hsu Chao-jen is pitching “Mr. Tiger” at the 2023 Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), which launches in Taipei on Tuesday. The film “Mr.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, which was bought by Quentin Tarantino in 2021, is finally ready to unveil its renovation with a special anniversary screening Saturday of “True Romance” with Tarantino hosting. The theater’s regular programming kicks off Nov. 17 with Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving” in 35mm, followed by Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” in 70mm starting on Nov.

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 2023 MTV EMAs, securing the awards for Best Artist, Best Live and Best Video.This year’s Europe Music Awards ceremony was called off last month due to “the volatility of world events” relating to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.However, on Sunday (November 5), on what would have been the EMAs date, MTV released the winner’s list.Jungkook, Måneskin and Nicki Minaj all won two awards each. The BTS star won Best K-Pop and Best Song for ‘Seven’ featuring Latto, Måneskin won Best Rock and Best Italian act, while Minaj secured the Best US Act and Best Hip-Hop.Billie Eilish won Best Pop Act after going up against Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Swift.Congratulations to the 2023 #MTVEMA winners! Head to https://t.co/y6i2iDPOjo to see the full list now.

Tate McRae has announced plans to release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2024.‘Think Later’, the follow-up to her 2022 debut ‘I Used To Think I Could Fly’ will be released on December 8 via RCA Records.

According to the New York Post, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were seemingly not wanted at the event. King Charles is celebrating his 75th birthday on November 14. The monarch is said to be having a party at Clarence House in London to commemorate the milestone birthday.

Well, it finally happened! Donald Trump had to testify for himself in a court of law. And the result was… predictably Trumpian.

Barbra Streisand is getting candid about her appearance.

Jenna Ortega has emerged as a powerful voice for authenticity and change. In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Jenna opened up about the challenges she faced in her career as a Hispanic actress and how she once considered changing her appearance to secure leading roles in Hollywood.Growing up as a child actor, Jenna quickly realized that opportunities for young Hispanic actors were limited.

Matthew Perry’s funeral was hosted this past Friday. The service was held in Los Angeles and was attended by Perry’s closest friends and family, including his “Friends” costars: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer.Matthew Perry’s friends and co-stars react to his sad and sudden passingMatthew Perry’s ex-Fiancée breaks silence: ‘I obviously knew that man in a very different way’Last woman spotted with Matthew Perry reflects on his state of mindA source revealed to PEOPLE that the event took place from 3 pm until 5 pm, at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Perry died in October 28, in his home.

Postcard From Earth by @DarrenAronofsky is the first film made exclusively for @SphereVegas. We took the fam to see Las Vegas’ newest headliner and… some of us loved it! Some others… well, watch our reviews at the end!

The iconic 80s TV series, Prisoner, is set to have a reunion to celebrate its 45th anniversary.The show first aired in 1979 and was the first Australian series to feature a mostly female cast.The reunion will take place in February with stars like Maggie Kirkpatrick, Val Leham, Anne Charleston and others confirmed to attend. However, Colette Mann seems to be missing from the line-up. Prisoner was set in a fictional correctional facility called Wentworth and followed the lives of women in prison.

Married At First Sight viewers were left completely shocked as just days before the final, Rosaline "Rozz" Darlington appeared to call it quits on her "marriage" to Thomas after a disappointing and eye-opening homestay in the former's hometown. Finally realising she'd stopped having "feelings" for her husband and the connection between them had fizzled out, only days after having fun with him at the penultimate dinner party, Rozz sat down with Thomas to share her true feelings. As her voice shook and she started to cry, the pained TV star explained: "I just feel like now I'm back to reality I'm stuck, like spiralling down.

Stephanie Davis has traded the cobbles for the recording studio after filming her exit from Coronation Street. The soap star, 30, who shot to fame as Sinead O'Connor in Hollyoaks, has jetted off to America to record her debut album, and has been joined in the recording studio with Hollywood actor Jamie Campbell Bower.

2 min read In an exhilarating celebration of unity and advocacy, the 15th annual Mr Gay World Competition recently concluded in Cape Town, South Africa, crowning mental health advocate Troy Michael Smith from Guam as Mr Gay World 2023.

Documentary director Jeff Kaufman has given an update on the situation for detained award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh following an in-depth call with her husband Reza Khandan.

Jennifer Aniston is having a really tough time in the wake of Matthew Perry‘s sudden death.

Taylor Swift is a true WAG now! And she’s making friends with the other wives and girlfriends of her man’s team!

Machine Gun Kelly may have come across as awkward in a now viral interview, but he’s seemingly now attributing it to anxiety?

Robbie Williams has revealed he thinks that releasing his 2006 single ‘Rudebox’ is the “biggest regret” of his career.The song sparked both confusion and derision when it was released, seeing Williams depart from his usual pop-rock style for a bizarre hip-hop sound. Its lyrics were also particularly noteworthy, with the eyebrow-raising refrain “Do the rudebox/Shake your rudebox”, references to Adidas Superstars, DJ Semtex and TK Maxx, and other lines such as “Up yer jacksy, split your kecks/Pocket full of Durex, body full of Mandrex/Are we gonna have sex?”Now, Williams has reflected on his embarrassment at releasing the song, which was the title track from his seventh solo album, ahead of a new four-part Netflix documentary.

Tate McRae is the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season.The pop singer, who was announced as the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 18 alongside host Jason Momoa, just announced her huge international 2024 ‘Think Later Tour’ with opening acts charlieonnafriday and Presley Regier in support of her upcoming album.That includes a huge concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug.

A year before his death, Matthew Perry revealed that he asked “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman to give him the final line of the series. “No one else will care about this except me,” Perry wrote in his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.”“So may I please have the last line?” he asked the producer. Perry’s wish, of course, was granted, as the Season 10 finale ended with Chandler and Monica (played by Perry and Courteney Cox) saying goodbye to their empty apartment alongside Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Ross (David Schwimmer).At one point, Rachel suggests they all go grab a final cup of coffee before Chandler and Monica leave New York City and go to live in the suburbs with their children.

the Sunday Times.His close family and friends will attend – including Prince William, 41, Kate Middleton, 41, and Queen Camilla, 76 – but Harry and Meghan Markle will be no-shows, according to insiders. When The Post reached out to representatives for Harry for comment, they however refuted the rumors.

Netflix has dropped a video preview of the upcoming stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which begins performances this month in London.“We were in the middle of breaking Season 4 with our writers, and we started going, ‘OK, well, there’s definitely more story to tell here,’” says Ross Duffer, who co-created the sci-fi series with his brother, Matt, in the featurette. “We wanted to tell an original story set in the ‘Stranger Things’ universe.”The all-new tale, written by series writer Kate Trefry, will be a prequel — so don’t come looking for Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas or Eleven — partly about young Hopper and Joyce, played on the streaming show by David Harbour and Winona Ryder, respectively.Those roles will be taken on at the Phoenix Theatre by Oscar Lloyd and Isabella Pappas.

Electric Daisy Carnival — EDC, for short — will return to Tinker Field for three days of beat drops, dance and good times.Just a few of this year’s headliners set to deliver the drops include Steve Aoki, deadmau5, The Chainsmokers, Gryffin and Zedd.They’ll be joined by Alison Wonderland, San Holo, Paul Van Dyk, Kaskade and Dillon Francis.In total, over 160 (!) acts will grace the six stages over the long weekend.And if you want to get your EDC on from Friday through Sunday, it isn’t too late to grab your last-minute tickets.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on three-day general admission passes was $271 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $144 before fees.Need a few more deets before smashing that buy button?You can find all the information you’re looking for and more about the 2023 Orlando Electric Daisy Carnival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day passes for this year’s EDC can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

The former NFL athlete typically works alongside Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Lara Spencer and Ginger Zee. His last appearance was on Oct.

Oscar-winner Riz Ahmed has posted a plea on his social platforms for people to “urgently speak up to try to avert the loss of innocent life” amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza and Israel.