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Holly Willoughby returned to social media on Monday morning (May 15) ahead of her planned appearance on This Morning. ITV confirmed that she and Phillip Schofield will kick off the week on the daytime show despite the pair reportedly being in crisis behind the scenes.

Vernon Kay poked fun at himself as he showed off his hair gaffe as he headed to host his new show on BBC Radio 2. The Bolton-born broadcaster has replaced veteran Ken Bruce, who helmed the programme for 31 years, in the 9.30am to 12pm slot.

The Grand Tour fans have been given a look into its upcoming series as Amazon Prime Video confirmed the new show's release date.

Residents in all bar one of 12 houses evacuated as a huge fire broke out in a derelict social club have been allowed to return home. Firefighters remain at the old St Luke's club in Moston this morning following Sunday afternoon's blaze.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a man who is wanted on recall back to prison.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is urging all pensioners on a low income to check whether they could be eligible for Pension Credit, a means-tested benefit worth over £3,500 each year on average. Applications made before Friday, May 19 which later turn out to be successful will also qualify for the £301 means-tested cost of living payment.

Christopher Vourlias Heretic has acquired world sales rights to “Sweet Dreams,” the sophomore feature from award-winning Bosnian Dutch director Ena Sendijarević (“Take Me Somewhere Nice”). Set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era, the film centers on Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, who sit atop the local food chain — until the night when Jan, returning from a visit to his native concubine, Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to hold onto her privileged lifestyle, Agathe forces her estranged son, Cornelis, and his pregnant wife, Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. Those plans are upended by a worker’s uprising, as Cornelis and his progressive ideals must confront the uncomfortable reality that his father’s will places Siti at the helm of the family estate, setting in motion a cat-and-mouse game that puts those ideals to the test.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International David Mamet’s JFK assassination thriller is taking shape, with Courtney Love, Viggo Mortensen, Shia LaBeouf, Al Pacino and John Travolta joining the cast. The newly titled “Assassination” (the pic was previously called “2 Days/1963”) will be presented to buyers at the film market in Cannes this week, with Arclight Films handling international sales. Here’s the official synopsis for the project: “1963. During a crucial justice hearing against organized crime, the head of the Chicago mob orders the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr., creating a deadly conspiracy while altering the fate of a nation.”

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Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Ten years after winning the Camera d’Or in Cannes for “Ilo Ilo,” director Anthony Chen is back with “The Breaking Ice.” The film, which premieres in Un Certain Regard on May 21, is set in Yanji, a border city in north China, and follows a budding relationship between three 20-somethings as they spend a few days together. Nour Films has acquired the pic for France, while Rediance are handling worldwide sales. Chen became the first Singaporean to win an award at Cannes with his short film “Ah Ma” in 2007. In 2013, he won the Camera d’Or for his debut feature “Ilo Ilo.” His sophomore film “Wet Season” was nominated for the Platform Prize at Toronto. Chen made his English-language debut with “Drift,” starring Cynthia Erivo, which premiered at Sundance in January.

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JioCinema Premium has revealed an annual subscription plan of INR999 ($12.13) for Warner Bros. Discovery content. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is behind Viacom18 and JioCinema. Warner Bros. Discovery and Viacom18 signed a multi-year agreement recently making JioCinema India’s new streaming home for HBO, Max Original and Warner Bros. content from May. The WBD content had previously been carried on the Disney-owned Star TV platform. But the deal with Star expired at the end of March.  Television series will premiere on JioCinema on the same day as the U.S. The deal includes current and future seasons of HBO’s “House of The Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “Succession” and “The White Lotus,” and returning seasons of “True Detective: Night Country,” “Euphoria,” “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” and “Perry Mason.”

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent    The current president of Johnny & Associates, possibly Japan’s most fearsome talent agency, has formally apologized for sexual abuses allegedly committed by her uncle and agency founder, Johnny Kitagawa, against young male talents.   Kitagawa died in 2019, age 87. But an expose aired by the BBC in March this year and personal testimony by former Johnny’s talent Okamoto Kauan at a Tokyo press conference last month, brought matters into the public eye. Okamoto alleged that Kitagawa had repeatedly abused him and others.Japanese media, which had maintained a general, if not universal, silence about Kitagawa’s alleged abuses for decades, has recently been stirred up by the accusations.  

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” enjoyed a second weekend on top of the mainland China box office, as all top five placed films remained unchanged and audiences await “Fast & Furious 10.” “Guardians Vol 3” earned $19.0 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That was a decent week-on-week hold, representing a drop of only 32% from its debut weekend, following a solid but unspectacular start. And it gives the film a total of $58.7 million after ten days in mainland Chinese theaters. Imax screens accounted for $3 million of the film’s weekend score in China and lifted the film’s Imax total in China to $10.4 million, which Imax calculates as 18% of its China total.

Callum McLennan Belgium’s Panique! (“Adoration,”), and Chile’s Pájaro have joined Oscar-nominated Vivemant Lundi! (“Flee,” “Mémorable,”) and Spanish collective Terremoto AIE to round out the co-production force behind the animated feature, “Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake.”  Filmax will handle distribution in Spain. KMBO will handle its domestic release in France. The Gallic distributor is on a roll with strong animation box office performances in France for “Amazing Maurice” and current Ukrainian hit “Mavka: The Forest Song,” Spearheading the production is Terremoto AIE, which includes Citoplasmas Stop Motion studio, Cornelius Films, and Bígaro Films, all contributing to the feature. 

Scots police tasered an 11-year-old boy brandishing a knife at a popular Scots holiday resort.

Luncarty manager Robbie Holden heaped praise on the penalty-saving heroics of goalkeeper Craig Hepburn in Saturday’s crucial win against Whitehill Welfare.

Skincare fans are familiar with the luxury brand La Mer, known for its cult products and celeb-worthy skincare, but the eye-watering price tag is certainly out of reach for many who don’t have A-list budgets. That’s why Boots shoppers have been delighted to discover the Olay Total Effects Anti-Ageing 7in1 Day Moisturiser With SPF15, £16.50 here, on the retailer's website.

Meghan Markle is a loving mum to four year old son Archie and one year old daughter Lilibet, and no doubt pulled out all the stops celebrating Mother's Day in the United States on 14 May.The actress, 41, certainly made sure her beloved mum Doria Ragland felt loved, when she penned an emotional tribute to back in 2014.The star, who was recently spotted in a new pic with a pal, wrote: “Dreadlocks. Nose ring. Yoga instructor.

Eamonn Holmes has waded into the rumoured feud between his former This Morning co-stars Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. On his GB News show, Eamonn argued that Phil and Holly's partnership had become a "broken fit" following the pair's alleged falling out.

DEALSPendulum have signed a new worldwide record deal with Mushroom Group and Universal Music’s label services division Virgin Music – the first joint venture signing between the two businesses. “We are pleased to be joining forces with Mushroom [and] Virgin and reuniting with [Mushroom boss] Korda Marshall, a visionary who played a pivotal role in our journey back in 2006”, says Pendulum’s Rob Swire.BDi Music has signed multi-instrumentalist, music director, composer, producer and songwriter Ben Lythe to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal.

The Eurovision Song Contest took place in Liverpool on Saturday with Sweden’s Loreen topping the leader board with her song ‘Tattoo’ and in doing so winning the event for a second time, something only one other performer has ever done. The UK’s Mae Miller, meanwhile, came second from last, just above Germany.Speaking at a press conference following the show, Loreen said: “Everything feels surreal. I am seriously overwhelmed.

Music charity the PRS Foundation last week unveiled a new report at the Great Escape Conference in Brighton all about its Momentum Music Fund, which was formally launched at the showcase festival ten years ago.Originally with primary funding from Arts Council England, and now supported by collecting society PPL – as well as Creative Wales, Arts Council Of Northern Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland and Spotify – the Momentum scheme “provides career-boosting grants of between £5000-£15,000 to acts at a pivotal time in their creative and business development”.Over its first decade in existence, the fund has awarded £5.2 million to 526 artists across the UK, helping support the production of 275 albums – including Mercury Prize shortlisted records – and over 300 tours and 1600 shows.The stats published last week also demonstrate how the fund seeks to help facilitate more diversity in the music industry.The Foundation said that 49.5% of Momentum grants have been awarded to artists of black, Asian or other ethnically diverse heritage; 51% of grants have gone to artists based outside London; and 47.9% of grantees identify as women, gender expansive artists or are in mixed gender groups.Commenting on the new report, PRS Foundation CEO Joe Frankland said: “The PPL Momentum Music Fund reaching ten years is a fantastic milestone and it’s clear to see the impact it continues to have on the UK music industry.

S Club 7 have confirmed that they will go ahead with their planned reunion tour despite the recent death of member Paul Cattermole. They will perform as a five piece, with sixth member Hannah Spearritt opting to not take part.The reunion shows that would have involved all seven members of the pop group were announced back in February, just two months before Cattermole’s death.When confirming on Instagram yesterday that the tour will still go ahead, Tina Barrett, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara and Rachel Stevens all paid tribute to their late bandmate.According to NME, McIntosh said that the group’s members were still in “disbelief” about Cattermole’s death, adding: “No one could ever replace our Paul, but he lives on inside each and every one of us”.Meanwhile, Stevens said: “He’s always going to be with us.

Motorist are being warned to be vigilant after a spate of vandalism attacks that saw tyres slashed and cars keyed.

This Morning fans said they 'weren't convinced' by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield's 'smiley front' as they appeared to present the ITV show on Monday morning.

A Scots woman was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma after noticing a tennis ball sized lump on her neck.

The late Queen Elizabeth filmed her Platinum Jubilee Paddington Bear Sketch at Windsor Castle instead of Buckingham Palace as she was too "frail" at the time.

Luke Evans and Callum Scott Howells are among the stars of upcoming BBC drama The Way from Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis.

Les Dennis took a savage swipe at ex-wife Amanda Holden as he poked fun at some racy snaps she shared while on holiday in Paris. Amanda, 52, shared a number of photos of her recent trip to the French capital as she posed in a stylish red satin minidress. One snap saw her drinking cocktails in a lavish bar while another saw the TV star draped over a piano.

A simple change in diet helped a woman shed over four stone in weight.

Princess Charlotte has been dubbed as the Royal Family's 'secret weapon' after her mature behaviour during the Coronation weekend.

Police investigating the disappearance of Scots woman Margaret Inczedi say they want to speak to a dog walker who may hold vital information on her whereabouts.

Phillip Schofield is said to be weathering the storm and going ahead with presenting This Morning today despite 'calling in top lawyers' to deal with the 'ongoing feud' between him and his co-host Holly Willoughby.

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby return to This Morning today amid ongoing rumours of a major "feud" between the pair.

HBO series The Idol has revealed how The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – first pitched the idea of the show to him.Speaking to W Magazine, Levinson recalled: “Abel came to us with a pitch. He said something that I’ll always remember: ‘If I wanted to start a cult, I could.’ What he meant is that his fans were so loyal and devoted that they would follow him anywhere.