Shanghai International Film Festival Scrapped at Last Minute Due to COVID-19

Put your forks down, y’all, because Jennifer Aniston has some bad news about that viral TikTok salad you’ve been eating!

Bradley Cooper has spoken out about “feeling lost” during his addictions to drugs and alcohol two decades ago, before making “major breakthroughs” and becoming a father. The 47 year old welcomed his daughter Lea in 2017 with his then-partner Irina Shayk and has since gone on to become one of Hollywood’s most successful leading actors. Bradley candidly discussed his experience struggling with addiction in his late twenties as he appeared on the Smartless podcast with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are on their “last chance” before they may be “cut off” from the Royal Family altogether, a royal expert has claimed.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently returned to the UK to attend the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and, while they appeared all-smiles at the event, an expert has claimed that all was not rosy behind the scenes. Author Duncan Larcombe of Prince Harry: The Inside Story, stated his belief that the couple are facing a final test with the Royal Family that will determine the future of their relationship with them. "The test really begins now for Harry and Meghan,” Mr Larcombe told Closer magazine.

Chris Evans is proud to see “Lightyear” pushing LGBTQ representation forward.

Alone Together, at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, June 14. The stepped out in a slinky white crochet dress (or it might be a two-piece?), which she layered over a lacey bralette.

Lil Wayne has been reportedly been refused entry to the UK by the Home Office, leading him to cancel an imminent festival show.The rapper was due to headline Strawberries & Creem festival in Cambridgeshire on Saturday night (June 18) as his first UK show in 14 years.However, in a statement released by the festival this afternoon (June 15), they revealed that “a last-minute decision” was made “directly” by the Home Office to refuse Lil Wayne entry into the country.“Due to extreme circumstances beyond our control or influence, we are very sorry to inform you that Lil Wayne is now unable to perform at the festival on Saturday 18th June,” they wrote, adding that Ludacris would replace him as the headliner on Saturday night.“Lil Wayne has been refused entry to the UK directly by the Home Office in a last-minute decision. We are deeply disappointed by this sudden and negative ruling.”Strawberries & Creem’s statement added: “We have received very minimal notice, and the timing of the decision is of course upsetting for all involved – including Lil Wayne’s fans, as well as the festival team.”Lil Wayne will no longer be performing at Strawberries & Creem 2022.LUDACRIS will now perform on Saturday.

Yard Act have been named in a new study as this summer’s most-booked new music act on the European festival circuit.The annual study, which is conducted by the European talent exchange programme ESNS Exchange, sheds a light on “the most promising European emerging acts of the moment”.Yard Act have come out on top of this year’s study, racking up 11 bookings at ESNS Exchange-affiliated festivals in 2022.The four-piece are three ahead of Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona, Priya Ragu and Wet Leg, who have eight European festival bookings each.

Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ looks like it will finally hit number one in the UK singles chart this weekend after the Official Charts Company changed the rules about how streams of the song are counted. Which might make the whole thing seem like a bit of a farce, but whatever.

interview with CBS Mornings.“The stars lined up and it was a chance and opportunity that we couldn’t pass up,” she gushed at the time.She continued, “We’ve been married for 25 years. The thing we chose to do was not rehearse together [for ‘1883’].

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise and Miranda Otto are just some of the names in the voice cast for New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

An OAP who claims to be able to communicate with aliens now says he has 'absolute proof' of optical signals from extraterrestrials.

Christopher Vourlias When Dumitrana Lupu took over as the head of the Transilvania Film Festival’s industry program earlier this year, she was tasked with a two-fold mission of continuing to discover and boost emerging talents from the host country, as well as ensuring that the Romanian festival remains a vital meeting place for filmmakers from Southeastern Europe and the surrounding region.To do so, she and the organizing team revamped some of TIFF’s industry sections while ensuring that long-running programs provide continuity for a festival that unspools its 21st edition from June 17 – 26.With a focus on the Black Sea region and its neighboring countries, the Transilvania Pitch Stop has emerged as one of the leading co-production and co-financing platforms for the region’s filmmakers. Among the films supported by the TPS since its inception in 2014 include “Apples,” by Greece’s Christos Nikou, which opened the Horizons sidebar of the Venice Film Festival; “The Man Who Surprised Everyone,” a Horizons prize winner from Russia’s Alexey Chupov; and “La Civil,” by Teodora Ana Mihai, which won the Prize of Courage in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar last year.

Nordisk Film Production has a new CEO in the shape of Katrine Vogelsang, the Head of Fiction at TV2. She will form a management unit with Henrik Zein, who is stepping over from chief exec position to become COO.

“Big Little Lies” director Jean-Marc Vallée received a moving tribute on Tuesday night.

A recent rise in Covid infection numbers in Scotland has been described by officials as ‘uncertain’.

Amber Heard has denied reports that the actress has been cut from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom following the outcome of her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.Heard was set to reprise her role as Aquaman’s love interest Mera in the upcoming sequel, but on Tuesday (June 14) Just Jared reported that the role has been recast.“Warner Bros. decided to recast Amber Heard’s role after screentesting the movie.

Lise Pedersen Disney will unveil a raft of new animated series productions Wednesday at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, and show sneak peeks of the upcoming slate of new original animated shows to air on Disney+ and other Disney-owned platforms in 2023 and beyond.Highlights include second season greenlights for hit Disney+ series “Monsters at Work” and “Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life,” and seasons three for “Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends” and “Mickey Mouse Funhouse.”Additional episode orders for some of Disney Television Animation’s upcoming series, including “Hamster & Gretel,” “Kiff,” “Hailey’s On It” and “Primos” will also be announced.“The announcements out of Annecy today further cement Disney as the leader in animation,” said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television.

Naman Ramachandran Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £12.1 million ($14.8 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” scored £5.5 million in its third weekend and now has a mighty total of £50 million, jetting towards being one of the highest grossers of the year in the territory. In third place and in its sixth weekend, Disney’s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness” collected £398,401 for a total of £41.5 million.

Greater Manchester will finally see some summery weather this week as the UK is set to be hit with a Spanish heatwave. Clear blue skies, sunshine and soaring temperatures will take over the region with predictions that Friday will be the 'hottest day of the year'.

It’s a third week at Number 1 for Top Gun as the title soars on the Official Film Chart following a close race against The Batman.

Victoria Pendleton is one of this country’s most successful female Olympians, who’s been open about suffering from lows along the way.The 41 year old has won nine world titles and represented Great Britain in the 2005 and 2012 Olympics. But while training, the star admitted she "felt pressure" to eat a certain way.

Nick Knowles struggled to fight back tears on Tuesday night's episode of DIY SOS as it was explained that a family's daughter had died two weeks before filming. DIY SOS sees Nick and the team transforming homes for families in need across Britain. During the episode, Nick, 59, sat with the Champman family who opened up about the challenges they have recently faced.

Father’s Day at Zouk means delicious food, relaxing surroundings and, most importantly, no washing up!

James Corden returning to the UK has been shared online.The petition, started by ‘Graham Stoner’, aims to keep the presenter in the US, claiming that the UK has already had enough to deal with in recent years.“Eight years ago, James Corden left the UK for the US to work on The Late Late Show,” the petition begins.“Since then, we’ve had to collectively deal with the impact of the Tory government, Brexit and COVID-19. But throughout, there was that slight beacon of hope … [the absence of] James Corden.“But now he’s leaving [The Late Late Show] and is returning to our British pastures.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilms Boutique (“Lunana, a Yak in the Classroom”) has boarded “White Plastic Sky,” the animated feature debut of Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó, the duo behind the critically successful shorts “Les Conquerants” and “Leftover.” A dystopian eco-fantasy, “White Plastic Sky” is set in a near future, where the last humans live in an artificial dome with a very high price for survival: At the age of 50, they are implanted with a special seed turning them into a tree that will provide oxygen and food for the community. A young man, Stefan, supports this system until the day his wife Nora gives her life up for voluntary implantation.

Manuel Betancourt “When you become a mother, you feel like you are split in two,” a character says late in Michelle Garza Cervera’s “Huesera.” The words are supposed to be comforting, a reminder that the physical and emotional toll the pregnancy is taking on young Valeria (Natalia Solien) is not just natural, but expected. “And just wait for when you’re in labor! You’ll literally feel like your bones are breaking!” By the time the audience hears those words, it’s clear this Mexican body horror film is mining such fears in very literal ways for what’s a haunting and probing story about the horrors of motherhood.Pregnancy, as it turns out, has made Valeria lose her bearings. She does in fact feel split in two and images and sounds of broken bones haunt her wherever she goes.

A family has been left heartbroken after their daughter tragically died just two weeks before the DIY SOS team arrived at their home.

English Bulldogs could join the list of banned breeds in the UK to prevent cruel health conditions, a new study from the Royal Veterinary College has warned.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have been announced as the final headliners of Portugal’s MEO KALORAMA Festival.The inaugural edition of the festival will take place from September 1-3 at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon.Joining The Chemical Brothers and Arctic Monkeys at the top of the bill will be Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, who will headline the final night of MEO KALORAMA Festival on September 3.Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ performance will come ahead of sets from Disclosure, Chet Faker, Ornatos Violeta, Meute, Peaches and Club Makumba on September 3.The likes of Kraftwerk, James Blake, Bonobo, Róisín Murphy, Years & Years and Blossoms will also perform at MEO KALORAMA Festival this year.

BST Hyde Park has announced details of their Open House series for 2022, featuring workshops, film screenings and more.This year, the London gig series will feature headline shows from The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Adele,  Duran Duran, Elton John, Pearl Jam and more.Across two weeks (June 27-30 and July 4-7), the free Open House series will feature open air screenings, live music and entertainment, pop-up bars and street food, workshops from Joe Wicks and much more.From Monday to Thursday on both weeks, film screenings will include Mamma Mia, Spice World, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Batman and many more.See the full list of screenings and times below, and get more details on the Open House series here.Monday June 27 7PM – Spice WorldTuesday June 28 6PM – Encanto 8:30PM – Mamma MiaWednesday June 29 6PM – Moana 8:30PM – GreaseThursday June 30 6PM – The Lion King (1994) 8:30PM – Back to the FutureMonday July 4 7PM – SoulTuesday July 5 5PM – Never Ending Story 7:30PM – The Batman (2022)Wednesday July 6 5:30PM – Mary Poppins Returns 8PM – Bohemian RhapsodyThursday July 7 6PM – The Greatest Showman 8:30PM – Dirty DancingEarlier this month, Elton John announced the curated support bill for his BST Hyde Park show, featuring Rina Sawayama, BERWYN and more.The show on June 24 comes as part of the legendary songwriter’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour – his final ever series of live shows. It means that the gig could be his final ever London tour date.Pearl Jam also recently announced a number of new additions to their BST Hyde Park shows next month.The gigs on July 8 and 9 will be the band’s biggest ever London shows.