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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal wants to add an interesting new story to Jenna Bush Hager’s “Today” book club.For nearly four years, the co-host of the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” has chosen a book each month for members of her “Read with Jenna” club to peruse and discuss.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmmy-winning “The Crown” star Josh O’Connor will be the protagonist of Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s next film “La Chimera,” which is set in the world of archeological looting and is currently shooting in and around Southern Tuscany.O’Connor, who in “The Crown” played the young Prince Charles, in “La Chimera” is playing a young British archeologist named Arthur who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s.Also starring in “La Chimera,” which can be loosely translated as “The Unrealizable Dream,” are Isabella Rossellini as a retired opera singer; Brazilian actor Carole Duarte (“The Invisible Life”) who plays another non-Italian woman who intersects with Arthur; Alba Rohrwacher as an international artifacts trafficker; and Vincenzo Nemolato (“Martin Eden”) who plays one of the “tombaroli,” literally grave robbers, as artifacts thieves are known in Italy. “‘La Chimera’ is the story of a young English archaeologist who gets involved in the underground world of the ‘tombaroli,’ the nocturnal raiders of Etruscan tombs,” the director said in a statement.Rohrwacher added that the film “is the final piece of a triptych on territory that I started with ‘The Wonders’ and which poses a central question: what to do with the past?” “Is the past merely a lost world, or does it intimately concern our present?,” Rohrwacher asks.“The Wonders,” which screened in Competition in 2014 at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix, was followed in 2018 by “Happy as Lazzaro” that also launched from the Croisette where it scooped the award for best screenplay.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has acquired CNN‘s Primetime Emmy winning series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The six-part series follows Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.

The Batman is planning to skip his child’s birth in order to see the DC movie on its opening day.It comes after his wife took to Reddit to complain about her husband’s actions.“My (25F) husband (28M) and I are expecting a baby. As you may know, there is a new Batman movie releasing on early march.

SNK Global has denied reports of Metal Slug: Awakening coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, after a “fake” trailer was revealed.Fans of the Metal Slug series were excited when a Twitter account shared what looked like a gameplay trailer of a game based on the Metal Slug series. The Twitter account bio referred to its efforts as “restoring classics to appetite old fans and new fans”, however at time of writing it has now been removed from Twitter shortly after SNK dubbed it “fake”.“Metal Slug: Awakening was announced by an unofficial account,” reads a tweet from SNK Global’s official Twitter account, which adds that “this news is fake, so please be careful what you read online.”METAL SLUG: AWAKENING was announced by an unofficial account.

Camilla has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesperson for Clarence House has confirmed. A spokesperson said today: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Reality TV royalty Gemma Collins is set to expose a new and intimate side to herself in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me. The show, which airs on Wednesday 16 February, will chart Gemma's 20-year battle with self-harm and expose a side to the The Only Way Is Essex star that the public are yet to see.

endlessly youthful Ringo Starr spent time doing what a lot of us did: Cruising the Internet, looking at old photos, finding cool stuff, reevaluating life. But, of course, as the Beatles’ former drummer, cool stuff hit him a little differently than it might have the rest of us.

Former Neighbours star Natalie Imbruglia has spoken of her devastation that the popular Aussie soap is being axed in the UK. Speaking on the Heart Breakfast show with JK and Kelly Brook, Natalie, 47, reflected on her time playing Beth Brennan in Ramsay Street, as she backed a fan petition to save the soap from being cancelled. Natalie, who portrayed Beth from 1992 to 1994, told the show’s hosts she was gutted about the news, saying: “Oh I think it's really sad!” The Aussie star, who was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer on Saturday 12 February after impressing the star detectives and fans, continued: “I think at this point we just thought it was gonna go on forever so, I, you know, people are petitioning.

This is the moment two hoodlums turned a recovery truck into a fireball in a late-night attack.

A killer son who filmed his dying father on Twitter has been ordered to remain in hospital.

Software giant Microsoft has sent the Shiba Inu cryptocurrency community into a spin on social media with speculation over a recent tweet about dogs participating in online meetings in its business communication platform.

As the cost of living crisis continues to soar, many families across the country are being left to figure out how to deal with rising prices.

Next week marks the 65th anniversary of the disappearance of beloved Coatbridge schoolgirl Moira Anderson - and police have confirmed it remains a "live investigation".

Smilegate and Amazon Game Studios are working on “an entirely new region of servers in Europe” to accommodate demand for Lost Ark at launch, however many European players are leaving negative reviews on Steam to show their dissatisfaction with the current server state.Yesterday (February 13), Smilegate announced via a blog that it is “working as quickly as possible to set up an entirely new region of servers in Europe.”According to Smilegate, this is a joint expansion between itself and publisher Amazon Game Studios, and it’s “the only way to accommodate more players in Europe.”At the moment, the demand for Lost Ark in Europe is causing players in that region to suffer from lengthy queue times. Many of these players are leaving negative reviews on Steam, with some reviews stating queue times in Europe can be upwards of four hours.“While we understand lengthy queue times may persist, we will need time to ensure everything is set up to be in top shape to help accommodate all players to get in game.

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, set her fans' pulses racing this morning as she shared a very sultry snap showing off her endless legs to mark Valentine’s Day.The 50 year old star is no stranger to showcasing her jaw dropping physique on social media, and Amanda certainly wowed as she smouldered for the camera in a rather racy Instagram post. Donning a pair of sexy silk red printed pyjamas by Boux Avenue, with a pink heart pattern all over, the blonde beauty stunned as she seductively posed whilst sitting on the floor in front of the fire as she flashed her toned pins.

12on12 – a company which, and I quote, “invites notable figures in culture to curate and design limited edition vinyl records of twelve songs” – has announced its latest curator, who is also becoming a business partner of the firm. And that curator come investor is Swizz Beatz.In his role as curator, the producer has put together a limited edition two disc vinyl release called ‘Long Live Jazz’ which celebrates, perhaps unsurprisingly given the title, his “love and passion for jazz”.According to the official blurb, his selections on the record will take the listener “on a journey from iconic recordings of jazz standards – including Miles Davies’s ‘Round Midnight’ and Kenny Dorham’s ‘Alone Together’ – through to a reworking of The Weeknd’s hit single ‘Call Out My Name’ by a group of today’s leading jazz musicians”.12on12 also talks up the importance of the visuals on its vinyl releases.

An SNP MP has told how a skiing holiday ended up with her being stretchered off a French mountain with a dislocated knee.

Kanye West and Julia Fox’s whirlwind romance appears to have come to an end, judging by the actress’ latest social media activity.The Uncut Gems actress, 32, has deleted all photos of her and the rapper from her own Instagram account and liked a post from Kanye’s ex wife Kim Kardashian on Sunday. Julia hit the like button on Kim’s Instagram post this Sunday, which showed her rocking a black jumpsuit and oversized sunglasses.

Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir has been hanging over the Royal Family for almost a year. But the time has almost come for the anxiety-inducing pages to reach bookshelves around the world.The Duke of Sussex’s £14.7million memoir will be released this year and his friends told the Mirror he’s holding nothing back: “If they think he's gone soft, they are mistaken. Just wait for the book to come out because that will shake the monarchy to the core.” Harry’s publishers, Penguin Random House, describe the explosive read as ‘the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that have helped shape him’.

Coleen Nolan has revealed the details about her low-key proposal from EastEnders actor Shane Richie when she was just 21 years old.The Loose Women host admitted the Alfie Moon star's proposal wasn't the most romantic as the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star casually asked Coleen to be his wife before getting a Big Mac. Coleen – who has two children Shane Jr, 33, and 29-year-old Jake Roche with Shane – shared with the Daily Star: "He just said, 'Shall we get engaged then, or what?' "The first thing we did was go for a McDonald's before finding a branch of H.

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway has opened up about her husband Derek Draper's Covid-19 recovery.

The last time OK! caught up with Danny Miller and his fiancée Steph Jones, they were exclusively introducing newborn son Albert to the world. Fast-forward three months and it’s safe to say life has been a bit of a whirlwind.

Geri Horner's five-year-old son has got a brand new hobby – and his proud mum couldn't be happier!MORE: Inside Geri Horner's two idyllic homes with husband Christian – with boating lakeThe Spice Girl took to Instagram on Sunday to share a sweet snapshot of little Monty hard at work on his latest Lego creation, which had a sweet nod to Geri's past.WATCH: Geri Horner transforms home for Monty's birthday - and WOW!The picture shows Monty concentrating hard as he puts the finishing touches to two Spice Girl models – one depicting his mum, formerly known as Ginger Spice, and the second modelled on Baby Spice, Emma Bunton.READ: Geri Horner mourning the sudden death of her brother Max aged 54SEE: Geri Horner shares rare photo of her mum - and she looks like a famous actress!"My baby building Baby Spice @emmaleebunton," Geri, 49, captioned the photo. "Our Lego BrickHeadz is so cool @lego #gingerisbrick #spicegirl." Delighted Emma was quick to react.

Pull out your dress robes and hold your wands at the ready because the original “Harry Potter” cast is reuniting for a special event!

theater play later, the original stars are reuniting.The magical trio — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint — are coming together for the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” retrospective special on HBO Max.But it looks like one VIP doesn’t seem to be joining them: the creator of the Wizarding World herself and author of the famed Hogwarts universe, J.K.