‘AGT: Extreme’ Contestant Details the Tragic Production Accident That Left Him Paralyzed

Christopher Vourlias Zeynep Atakan, the producer of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme d’Or winner “Winter Sleep,” has come on board to co-produce and handle international sales for “Hilal, Feza and Other Planets,” director Kutluğ Ataman’s follow-up to his 2014 Berlin Film Festival player, “The Lamb.”The film begins soon after Turkey’s September 1997 coup, when Hilal and Fatma leave their Muslim town near the Turkish capital, Ankara, to study at the state university in Istanbul. A new law bars Fatma from entering the campus if she wears her religious head scarf.

Strictly stars James and Ola Jordan recently jetted off to Turkey with their daughter Ella, three, and whilst away the family discovered the infant takes just after her mum and dad.MORE: Exclusive: James and Ola Jordan's emotional farewell with grandparents and toddler Ella – watch videoPosting to his Instagram feed on Wednesday, James shared a wonderful video of Ola helping Ella out of her buggy after she asked to "dance" to a DJ playing at the Rixos Premium Tekirova where they are staying.WATCH: Strictly's James and Ola Jordan's daughter Ella takes after dancer parentsCaptioning the post, the father-of-one said: "Precious memories made on this holiday with @olajordan and Ella," with a red love heart.SEE: Ola and James Jordan's heartache as daughter Ella battles separation anxietyREAD: James and Ola Jordan reveal toddler Ella's tough day: 'She was distraught'In the video, Ella can be heard saying " Dance… daddy dance!". The exciting clip also captures the glamorous details of the lavish resort, including a chic pebble firepit, stunning cherry blossom trees and floral decorations.Ella enjoying watching the flamingos with her dadFans couldn't believe how much the little one resembled her parents in the clip.

EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has acquired Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Competion entry Close for the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.

A woman was left badly injured being thrown off a fairground ride while on holiday in Turkey. Meliisa Hunter suffered a broken nose and needed stitches in her head, knee and elbow and blood transfusions after the fall.

A mum has told how her autistic four-year-old son had to sleep on the floor of an airport after their easyJet flight was cancelled - leading to the family missing out on their dream holiday.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTurkish screenwriter and director Emin Alper, whose dystopian drama (“Frenzy”) in 2015 made a splash in Venice and who more recently helmed hit TV series “Aleph” about two detectives on the trail of a dervish-turned-serial killer in Istanbul, is in Cannes for the first time with incendiary drama “Burning Days” screening in Un Certain Regard.It’s about a young and earnest prosecutor named Emre who gets pulled into corrupt populist politics while investigating a murder and forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper.Alper spoke to Variety about how “Burning Days” reflects the rise of authoritarian populism and mounting homophobia, and not just in his country. ExcerptsOver the past years I’ve been surprised to see that similar things are happening around the world. We experienced Trump, for example.

Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) is set to remake Ariel Winograd’s Argentinian comedy Mama Se Fue De Viaje (Ten Days Without Mom) in Turkey and South Korea.

Telemundo has struck a multi-year co-production deal with Turkish producer-distributor Inter Medya. The pair plans to capitalize on success of Turkish telenovela formats re-worked for Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S. and co-create several scripted shows for the Telemundo network.

ISTANBUL -- A Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner appealed to Turkey’s president on Monday to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol amid Russia's war.Ruslana, whose song “Wild Dances” catapulted her to No. 1 in the music contest in 2004, spoke at a news conference in Istanbul.

Alison Brie is opening up about a freak accident that happened during her childhood, which left her temporarily blind.

Love Island next month, as we're sure many of you are too. It seems we're not the only ones, however, as Jack Grealish appears to be a fan of one of the potential Islanders entering the Villa.We're talking, of course, about Turkish influencer and reality TV star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu who is rumoured to be taking part in this year's show.Jack has reportedly liked some of Ekin's pictures on Instagram, one of her in a high legged swimsuit, as well as another of her out in London.Ekin is reportedly "quite happy" to see the Manchester City player liking her photos.

becoming paralyzed from the waist down following a stunt gone wrong during a taping of . In his first TV interview since the accident six months ago, Goodwin opens up about adjusting to being wheelchair bound. «I don't really have a great memory ...I know that there was a moment where I knew it was going wrong,» he told  of the near-fatal incident.In October, a spokesperson for  told ET that during a rehearsal for , «an accident occurred in which escape artist Jonathan Goodwin was injured while performing his act.» According to , Goodwin was suspended 70 feet in the air in a straitjacket hanging by his feet from a wire, with two cars on either side of him swinging back and forth. He was attempting a stunt where he would free himself from the straitjacket and land on an air mattress before the cars crushed him. After the accident, Goodwin was in critical condition, and had broken legs and shoulders, a damaged kidney, a punctured lung, fractured ribs and a complete spinal fracture.«The spinal surgeon said that my injury was the worst that he'd ever seen and also told me that there was a really good chance I wouldn't make it through the surgery,» the 42-year-old stuntman told .A post shared by T H E D A R E D E V I L (@jonathangoodwinofficial)Goodwin said following the accident, he told his fiancée of one month, Amanda Abbington, that she had «a get out of jail free card» — but she stuck by him.«Amanda has been there for me every day since and has been and was really my motivation to get through it,» he shared.The stuntman goes on to describe what it's like being paralyzed.

Amanda Abbington never had a second thought about sticking by her man.

Love Island next month, as we're sure many of you are too. It seems we're not the only ones, however, as Jack Grealish appears to be a fan of one of the potential Islanders entering the Villa.We're talking, of course, about Turkish influencer and reality TV star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu who is rumoured to be taking part in this year's show.