Vanessa Feltz says Celebs Go Dating is 'difficult' and claims show is 'heavily edited'

Gregg Goldstein Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Patricia Arquette was cast in her latest, most challenging role by an unlikely group: her colleagues. “For many years, the crews I worked with were always saying, ‘You should direct,’” Arquette says of helming her first feature, the Toronto world premiere “Gonzo Girl.” “Or actors in a scene would say, ‘Was that good? Should I ask for another take? Do you think there’s anything I should try?’ You get to a point where you’ve learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of how filmmaking works, and a lot of directors just aren’t as familiar with the process of acting as an actor is.” The star, who’ll be feted with TIFF’s Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award on Sept.

Demi Lovato has signed a new management deal after recently parting ways with former manager Scooter Braun.The singer has joined Brandon Creed’s Good World Management, whose roster includes Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, Orville Peck and Troye Sivan, according to Billboard. He also previously managed Bruno Mars.The deal arrives one week ahead of her forthcoming album ‘Revamped’, which will see her reimagine hits from her career as rock songs and feature artists including a revamped version of ‘Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)’ with Slash.Two other tracks, ‘Heart Attack (Rock Version)’ and ‘Cool For The Summer (Rock Version)’ have previously been shared from the project.It comes just weeks after reports said Lovato and Ariana Grande parted ways with Braun last month.The news of Lovato ending her working relationship with Braun came from Variety, which reported that, although the reasons for the split are unknown, the separation was “amicable”.A month earlier J Balvin, also left Braun’s management to join Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation.Shortly after, Braun shared a jokey response to reports that a host of his artists were seeking new management, writing: “Breaking news… I’m no longer managing myself.”Other clients of his include Justin Bieber, David Guetta, Black Eyed Peas, Ava Max and Carly Rae Jepsen.Braun first rose to fame in 2008 after helping launch the career of a then-12-year-old Bieber, after seeing him performing on YouTube, and has since gone on to represent him for 15 years.

Billie Eilish and Peter Gabriel have joined a new music coalition to tackle gun violence.Artist For Action To Prevent Gun Violence, which also features Sheryl Crow and Nile Rodgers, describes itself as a “non-political” organisation which asks Americans to volunteer and vote to eradicate gun violence in the country.Eilish said in a statement: “As a community of artists, we need to band together to make common sense change.”Gabriel added: “This needs to stop. So many needless deaths.

MS MR have returned after a seven year hiatus to drop a final single and announce they are breaking up.Celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Secondhand Rapture’ with the announcement, the band shared their desire to move on from the project.“When we realised we were coming up on the ten-year anniversary of our first album, ‘Secondhand Rapture’, we knew we wanted to do SOMETHING,” the band said in a statement.“It felt like the right time to finally bring the band to a formal end while also celebrating and thanking our fans and each other for such an exciting and meaningful time in our lives.”The band have also shared a cover of Harvey Danger’s ‘Flagpole Sitta’ – listen to that and ‘Saturn Return’ below.The band emerged in 2012 with debut single ‘Hurricane’, and followed up 2013 debut album ‘Secondhand Rapture’ with a second LP, ‘How Does It Feel’, in 2015.Their breakup statement added: “With an enormous amount of gratitude, we’re ready to move on from the MS MR project – we’ve each developed into new people with expanded ambitions, interests and tastes.“But we’re excited and committed to continuing to be a part of one another’s personal and creative lives. So while this is the end of the band, it’s not the end of our collaboration on each other’s work as LPX and alexmaax.“Our new, final single ‘Saturn Return’ is a promise of that.

The world of entertainment has paid tribute to Mike Yarwood after the death of the comedian and impersonator famed for his impressions of a young King Charles.

Manchester United fans are split on the success of the summer transfer window but have urged Erik ten Hag to spend again in January.

The Red Arrows' Southport Air Show display as cancelled at the last minute due to poor weather on the coast, leaving aviation fans disappointed.

An 'industrial scale' cannabis farm packed with plants worth £500,000 - and two quails - were found in a town centre police raid, GMP revealed today.

Jade Goody was known best in the world of entertainment for her cheeky smile and funny nature. The Big Brother star was embroiled in a sickening race row in 2007 - however, she learnt from her mistakes and came back from then.

Rishi Sunak has raised the case of detained Scots man Jagtar Singh Johal with the Indian Prime Minister at the G20 summit in New Delhi. The UK Prime Minister confirmed he brought up Jagtar's case with Narendra Modi during a meeting, alongside a range of other consular issues.

Callum McLennan Toronto’s Platform is set to be enriched by Jaione Camborda’s poignant second feature “The Rye Horn.” The film, set against the backdrop of 1970s Galicia, unravels the tale of María, a midwife thrust into a life on the run following a devastating incident. Her path to freedom takes her from Galicia to Portugal, retracing ancient smugglers’ trails.

McKinley Franklin editor Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk were tired of the garbled Gen Z stereotypes plastered about modern Hollywood — so, they created their own narrative in “Hell of a Summer.” “Our number one conversation was how annoying it is to see new teen movies and how badly our age group is represented,” says Wolfhard. “And we’re like, ‘Why don’t we just do it?’” And so they did. Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In Billy Luther’s (Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo) feature film debut, “Frybread Face and Me,” Benny (Keir Tallman) is taken out of his comfort zone after he’s sent to spend the summer at his grandmother’s ranch on the reservation. It’s a feeling most adults can relate to — that first time when they were kids and sent away for the summer, whether it was to camp or to spend time with a family member. The film premieres in Toronto on Sept.

Jennie Punter Filmmaker Chloé Robichaud would often listen to classical music in the background to help focus her writing process — a subliminal influence that led to the creation of the main character of “Days of Happiness,” which world premieres in Toronto Sept. 9. Her third feature follows gifted young conductor Emma (Sophie Desmarais) at a pivotal moment in her career as she tries to reset her relationship with her controlling father (who is also her manager) and strengthen a complicated new romantic relationship.

Catherine Bray In a typical scene from “An Endless Sunday,” three teenage delinquents wander beside a canal. They end up killing a frog with a brick. Another group of children slightly younger than they are are also mucking about, and one of them is playing the recorder, blasting out a wobbly but recognizable version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the second movement.

Todd Gilchrist editor After helming a series of based-on-a-true-story projects including “Million Dollar Arm,” “The Finest Hours,” “I, Tonya” and “Pam & Tommy,” Craig Gillespie was the natural candidate to direct “Dumb Money,” Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum’s chronicle of the January 2021 GameStop stock short squeeze and its reverberations throughout Wall Street. But Gillespie tells Variety it wasn’t his developing pedigree in this eclectic subgenre but an experience closer to home that prompted him to take on the story of Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, and the scrappy bunch of investors who rattled two hedge funds and changed investment culture forever.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British director Luna Carmoon’s first feature “Hoard” has scored three prizes at the Venice Critics’ Week where the other standout title is Chilean documentary “Malqueridas.” In “Hoard,” which is set in 1984 London, 7-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother.

Carol Vorderman has revealed she has had "Botox and treatments" to keep herself looking young.The mathematician joined Channel 4's Countdown show back in 1982, from then on she has become known for her beauty and brains.The 62-year-old insists that keeping on-top of her youthful looks is part of being in the television business. Mum-of-two Carol insists that Botox and other beauty treatments are just "part of the job," adding: "It would be less important if I weren’t on the telly." She continued to tell The Times: "I have Botox and a lot of treatments to my face and neck. Everyone does." When asked if she thinks of herself as “amazingly foxy”, she laughed.

French director Ladj Ly is at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend with second feature Les Indésirables.

A woman attempts to sort through her past while also dealing with the traumatic repercussions of surviving a terrorist attack in Elisabeth Scharang’s elliptical film “Woodland,” based on Doris Knect’s 2015 WALD. A non-linear slow burn that’s more interested in unpacking the layers of trauma that Marian (Brigette Hobmeier) is dealing with than outright showing the aftermath of the terrorist attack, Scharang’s film works best when it’s narrowed in on the small farming community she returns to, less so when it skirts around her present-day relationships and the actual shooting that serves as the inciting incident for her trip back.

Top-billed Vicky Krieps dies in the opening frame of Viggo Mortensen’s “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” with a tear running down her cheek and her co-star/director keeping vigil at her bedside, which might prompt some confusion from the casual viewer; is this a Western zombie movie? It is not, but it’s a picture that takes some time to reveal its methodology and motives; the viewer’s patience is required but rewarded.   Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Writer/Director/Star Viggo Mortensen’s Contemplative Western Is A Dazzling Showcase For Vicky Krieps [TIFF] at The Playlist.

Joe Jonas has stepped out on stage without his wedding ring, after recently announcing his divorce.The Jonas Brothers singer filed for divorce from British actress Sophie Turner, after four years of marriage this week. Last week, there was no sign of troubles, as the musician was seen wearing his wedding band at the trio's concert in Austin, Texas.

Basketball superstar Tristan Thompson has requested the legal guardianship of his younger brother Amari, nine months after their mother Andrea's heartbreaking passing in January this year.The sportsman, 32 - former flame of reality star Khloe Kardashian and father of her two children, daughter True, five, and son, Tatum, who she welcomed last year - became Amari's primary caregiver immediately upon Andrea's death earlier this year. She died of a heart attack at her home in Toronto.The NBA star is understood to have filed legal documentation yesterday (8 September), in which he requests the sole legal guardianship of his 17 year old brother.

TV star Amanda Holden has said that “it’s absolutely ridiculous” that people still talk about her risqué outfit choices as she gets set to front the new Sky History documentary Sex: A Bonkers History. Amanda, 52, who has been a judge on Britain’s Got Talent since 2007, is famed for her sensational looks on the show, though some have been known to attract a flurry of Ofcom complaints in the past.

ITV sent the nation into a frenzy earlier this year when they announced plans for a brand new dating series for parents, which would be headed by presenting veteran and ex-Big Brother favourite, Davina McCall. But with the show, titled My Mum, Your Dad, finally being around the corner, not all prospective viewers are thrilled with the concept of the show, which sees children setting up their lonely parents with the hope of them landing a life partner.

Prince William and Kate Middleton were spotted having a brief conversation while at the memorial service for the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Nell Mescal has returned with a brand new single – listen to ‘Teeth’ below.‘Teeth’ follows the Irish singer-songwriter’s recent single ‘Punchline’, and comes ahead of a UK and Ireland headline tour later this year. The tracks follow her previous four singles, ‘In My Head’, ‘Homesick’, ‘Missing You’ and ‘Graduating’.“’Teeth’ is a song about when you leave the ending of a friendship/relationship too late and there’s no more trust left,” Mescal said of the song in a statement.

Myleene Klass has blasted Celebs Go Dating and experts' Anna Williamson and Paul Carrick Brunson's decision to match Vanessa Feltz with a man who looked, sounded and had a lifestyle almost exactly like her ex Ben Ofoedu, 51. The 61 year old This Morning star has been gaining even more popularity during her time on the reality dating show, as fans stand by her no-nonsense straight-talking approach. But while Vanessa, who recently spoke about having "naughty" DMs and going on dates since the show, admitted she felt "trapped and triggered" when she was sent on a date with a man who "looks just like my ex, sounds like my ex and is in the same business as my ex," the experts tried to encourage her to give him a chance.

Alsion Hammond has declared 'he's back' as she shared some news ahead of her first appearance back on This Morning after being 'snubbed' at the National Television Awards. The presenter was seen fronting the ITV daytime programme earlier this week alongside Holly Willoughby as she returned following her long summer break.

Ever-fashionable Holly Willoughby has shared the perfect heatproof dress, donning the white cotton maxi for Thursday's This Morning. Ahead of the show Holly, 42, shared a photo of her outfit revealing that she would be wearing the Jane White Cotton Broderie Anglaise Dres s from fashion brand LK Bennett, which is also a favourite brand of Kate Middleton.

Fans of Channel 4's Celebs Go Dating were left in hysterics after an unfortunate mis-pronunciation from Vanessa Feltz's date led to the This Morning star leaving abruptly. Vanessa and former Love Island star Chloe Burrows, 27, went on a double date on Wednesday night's episode of the show, 6 September. Chloe kicked off proceedings by asking everyone what their favourite sex position was, with Vanessa immediately saying hers is 'reverse cowgirl'.

Phillip Scofield's career was left in tatters after it was revealed in May that he had been involved in 'an unwise but not illegal' affair with a younger This Morning runner.

Vanessa Feltz has been on our screens on Celebs Go Dating in recent weeks as she gets back out there in the dating world, but according to a pal of the This Morning star's ex Ben Ofoedu, it hasn't been easy for him. Actor Ryan-Mark Parsons worked with Ben, 51, on experimental theatre production, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, a play which involves the audience as pretend guests at a fictional Italian wedding.

Ruth Langsford has given fans a health update after revealing she has been struggling with illness all week. The Loose Women star was absent from the panel for three days this week, amid concerned messages from fans.

Vanessa Feltz has been slammed by fans after she was “triggered” by her date on Celebs Go Dating. After a pizza incident that left fans “cringing” – where Vanessa was appalled that her restaurant owner date, Paul, served Hawaiian pizza in his restaurant – the TV presenter confronted dating agents Paul Brunson and Anna Williamson over their choice of men for her.

Celebs Go Dating star Lottie Moss punched a door as she was left furious by the actions of Adam Collard on the programme. Viewers have seen the OnlyFans model getting to know Love Island star Adam on the show after they discovered they had a connection, with the pair sleeping together.