Backstrokes and Berets: Your Guide to Paris and the Summer Olympics

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There must be something in the air lately because I have been seeing and reviewing a number of really good and intriguing documentaries on iconic showbiz figures. At Cannes I saw new docus on Faye Dunaway (Faye), Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes) and others on Michel LeGrand and Jacques Demy. Currently on Max you can see a wonderful docu on the great Albert Brooks directed by his longtime friend Rob Reiner, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic For his new “Honeymind” album, singer and actor Ben Platt brought in an especially honeyed voice as a counterpart on one song, Brandy Clark. He had written “Treehouse” in a writing session with Clark well before the album was being put together, and then he and producer Dave Cobb had the eureka (or as Platt puts it, “duh”) moment of realizing just how much more haunting it might sound as a duet with the co-writer, whose chops obviously don’t begin and end with songwriting prowess.

Ellise Shafer Charli XCX‘s “Brat” is dominating TikTok in the U.K. and Ireland.

Summer Olympics are right around the corner. The storied sporting event will be hosted in Paris, France, gathering some of the most exciting talent from all over the world to show off their most impressive skills in front of millions of people.

Caitlin Clark, the No. 1 overall pick, has officially confirmed that she will not be competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

are the foot's strongest ally when it comes to spending hours in heels."And now, what shoes should I wear?" is, without a doubt, one of the most repeated questions we ask before leaving our closets. After crafting a look to suit the temperatures and dress code, we've all questioned the best choice for footwear to finish everything off.

Caitlin Clark is not likely to be a member of the 12-player Team USA women’s basketball squad for the Summer Olympics, The Athletic reports, citing several sources.

Naman Ramachandran Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie and Jessica Gunning have joined the cast of the upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s “The Magic Faraway Tree.” Coughlan (“Bridgerton”) will portray the woodland fairy Silky, joined by Anozie (“Ted Lasso”) as Moonface. Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”) takes on the role of Dame Washalot, with Dustin Demri-Burns (“Slow Horses”) as Saucepan Man. Mark Heap (“Friday Night Dinner”) will play Mr.

has long since passed, and we’re still craving the next chapter. Why is this show so addictive? That’s a story for another day. Somehow, this show leaves us with more questions than we have after an episode of , although to be fair, most of our questions about Emily in Paris are .

The Disney movie Young Woman and the Sea is currently playing in theaters, but it’s only in limited release and not available everywhere. So, when will it be streaming?

Hunter Ingram France has never had trouble getting people to fall in love with its many pleasures: the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, and the island majesty of Mont Saint-Michel. It sells itself, which is probably why it is such a sought-after backdrop for television series. But in the last year, France has been shown even more love than usual, as more than half a dozen shows, all vying for Emmy attention this season, explored the country through the ages.

Hunter Ingram After “The Morning Show” began its third season last fall, showrunner Charlotte Stoudt received a text message from “a very well-known anchor on a national news network” with some constructive criticism. This unnamed person had seen Episode 3, in which June Diane Raphael makes her debut as the anchor of Eagle News, a fictional conservative news network that is seen reporting on an internal scandal at UBA, the network that employs Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s characters. With a smile on her face, Raphael’s anchor reads incriminating emails sent by the UBA board president (Holland Taylor).

New data published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) shows that approximately 740,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 966,000 children during the 2023/24 financial year, including 44,100 households in Scotland. With just a few weeks left to go before the start of the school holidays, families can easily sign up for Tax-Free Childcare and reap the rewards of annual savings of up to £2,000 per child, or £4,000 if their child is disabled.

Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix have had a tumultuous last couple of years on Vanderpump Rules.

Openreach has confirmed it will build full fibre broadband in nearly 30 areas across Scotland, with over 500 in the UK to see installations.

The new series of Love Island starts on Monday 3 June, and once again a group of young single people will jet out to Majorca to stay at a luxury villa in the sun where they will go on dates and complete challenges while hoping to find love – and have the chance to win a share of the £50,000 prize money. While the full list of contestants is expected to be announced on Monday 27 May, one person heading to the villa looking for love has been revealed as Nicole Samuel, a model described as “absolutely gorgeous” by one of her Instagram fans.

Thania Garcia Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud and theft charges following a SWAT raid of his South Florida mansion and the arrest of his mother. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident on a Florida warrant in San Bernardino County on Thursday. This happened only a few hours after Broward detectives arrested his mother, Janice Turner, during the raid of Kingston’s home in a lavish Fort Lauderdale suburb.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Wake up, fans of “The Sandman,” we’ve got some Season 2 news for you: The Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s epic graphic novel series has cast the final three siblings in the “Endless Family” of Tom Sturridge’s Dream — Esmé Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Destiny and Barry Sloane as “The Prodigal.” In “The Sandman” comic book series, The Prodigal is the estranged Endless sibling named Destruction, but Netflix has taken care to label Sloane’s role as “The Prodigal,” which is the way the character is referred to throughout the first volumes of the story. The three new castings point to “The Sandman” Season 2 covering the graphic novel’s iconic installment, “Season of Mists.” The trio of new “The Sandman” Season 2 actors will join the Endless siblings returning from Season 1: Death (Kirby), Desire (Mason Alexander Park), Despair (Donna Preston) and Dream, The Sandman himself.

Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the sixth episode of “Hacks” Season 3. Season 3 of “Hacks” began with Ava (Hannah Einbinder) finally feeling happy in both her career and her love life, but of course, the stability didn’t last. After Ruby (Lorenza Izzo) dumps Ava for restarting her toxic working relationship with Deborah (Jean Smart), Ava badly needs a win, which she gets in the form of a hot, older rebound — until everything goes to shit yet again. In Episode 6, “Par for the Course,” Ava accompanies Deborah to a golf tournament where they’ll schmooze with network bigwigs as they continue trying to land Deborah the late night hosting gig she’s coveted for decades.