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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey are sharing their love and appreciation after 12 years of marriage. The fan-favorite celebrity couple is celebrating their anniversary with a sweet photo.

Streamer spend in Europe is set to overtake public and commercial broadcasters this year for the first time, topping €10B ($10.6B), according to new research from Ampere Analysis.

Taylor Swift wowed the Scottish crowd on her first UK tour date Friday evening, earning five-star reviews across the board for her three-and-a-half-hour performance in Edinburgh.

Katcy Stephan “Try not to die!” When Dakota Fanning’s Mina prepares for a night out with a bird on loan from the pet shop, she gives him that warning in jest before bolting out the door. Little does she know, the sunny yellow bird will soon parrot that phrase back to her as she faces unimaginable horrors deep in the woods of Ireland. Thankfully, the real bird had a more calming presence on set.

Lily Collins was one of the famous faces to attend Dior's latest fashion collection launch yesterday evening at one of Scotland's swankiest castles in Scotland.

The stars are stepping out for the latest Dior Fashion Show!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor A pivotal moment comes as the fourth season of “True Detective: Night Country” hits a thrilling end in episode six. Law enforcement officers Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), find themselves at the entrance to the ice cave. After they reach a dead end, Liz decides they should head back, but just as they do so, the two end up falling into the cave’s lower levels.

Scott Mantz After 65 episodes, “Star Trek: Discovery” boldly wrapped up its ambitious five-season run with “Life, Itself,” in which Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally found the technology of the Progenitors that she and her crew had searched for, only to let it stay hidden after deeming that it too powerful to be in the hands of one civilization. It was an episode that also saw the anticipated marriage of Burnham’s former shipmate Saru (Doug Jones) to Vulcan President T’Rina (Tara Rosling), not to mention the consummation of her own relationship with Cleveland Booker (David Ajala).

Marta Balaga Radosław Śmigulski, the former director of the Polish Film Institute (PISF), is facing allegations of mishandling funds during his tenure after he was fired in April. According to a statement shared by PISF with Variety, on Tuesday “a notice was filed with the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw on suspicion of a crime committed by the former director of PISF.” The notice concerns an alleged “attempt to extort money on a fictitious business trip, as well as the improper and inconsistent awarding of prizes and bonuses by the former director, Mr.

It’s time for the third Britain’s Got Talent semi final on Wednesday 29 May, and one of the acts taking to the stage in the hopes of going through to the final on Sunday 2 June is Leightonjay Halliday from Douglas in Scotland.The 23 year old impressed judges Bruno Tonioli, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell with his water-soaked, emotional dance to Kodi Lee’s Changes with his original performance in the final round of auditions. In an interview with OK! a few hours before he was due back on stage for the live semi-final, Leightonjay revealed that when he was growing up he kept his dancing talents a secret from everyone to avoid being teased “I loved Grease when I was young because the dancing in that is respected and cool, whereas growing up in Scotland it was the complete opposite – as a dancer I wasn’t really respected or cool at all,” he explains.

The Antlers and Okkervil River have announced a joint UK/Ireland and European tour for this year – find all the details below.The two bands are due to hit the road together in the autumn for a run of seven shows, beginning in Dublin on October 26. They’ll then head to Leeds (27), Bristol (28), Brighton (29) and London (30).From there, the groups will head to Denmark for gigs in Copenhagen (November 3) and Aarhus (4).Tickets are on general sale now – you can buy yours here (UK/Ireland) and here (Europe).A post shared by The Antlers (@theantlers)Explaining the concept of the upcoming tour, dubbed ‘An Intimate Evening with…’, The Antlers wrote: “We’ll each do our own set (most likely a mix of solo/duo setups), followed by a combined set to close out the evening.“The vibe will be intimate and somewhat stripped-down, and the songs will span our respective catalogues.”Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, meanwhile, said he was “thrilled” to “be doing @theantlers / Okkervil co-headline extravaganza all the way across the Atlantic this Fall”.Sheff added: “Playing a wide variety of our own songs and to play each others’ songs, accompanied by musical friends, in Ireland, England and Denmark this October and November.”The two groups are currently touring together in North America.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms while cautioning for more bad weather in the coming days.

Nicki Minaj‘s show in Manchester, England, was postponed after the singer was arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of carrying marijuana.

Four Manchester United players would appear to have a decent chance of inclusion in Gareth Southgate's England squad for the upcoming European Championship.

Emilia Perez” got personal about the politics of their genre-bending musical on Sunday. Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez fielded questions at a press conference for the Jacques Audiard project about the film’s setting in Mexico — a country torn by cartel violence as it heads for a summer election. A Mexican journalist asked the actors if they could reconcile the beauty of the film with the real world corruption occurring in the nation.

Now that the upfronts are over, it’s time to hand out much-deserved accolades to those who made this year’s presentations truly unforgettable.

Avril Lavigne wears a semi-casual all black look while hitting the carpet at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards held at Ford Center at The Star on Thursday (May 16) in Frisco, Texas.

Jeremy Clarkson has been named the UK and Ireland’s sexiest man for the second year running, beating the likes of Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland and Idris Elba.The Clarkson’s Farm star scored an impressive nine out of 10 points in the annual poll conducted by Illicit Encounters, which proclaims to be “the best online dating site for married people”.Entering the UK’s top 10 for the first time was Spider-Man star Tom Holland, who came second with a score of eight out 10. Completing the top three is the Prince of Wales, who has shot right up after coming near the bottom of the list last year.The annual Sexiest Man poll from Illicitencounters.com takes votes from 2,000 of its female members.

In our first encounter with Una (Elín Hall) and Diddi (Baldur Einarsson) in the long dusk of a Reykjavik spring night, they are thinking only of the future. The immediate future: will they be able to sleep overnight together without Diddi’s flatmate noticing? The near future, meaning the next couple of days, when Diddi officially breaks off his longstanding relationship with his high-school sweetheart Klara and starts a new life with Una. And the long term. A trip to Japan. A different life with a wider scope than Iceland can provide. “Should we make babies?” Diddi murmurs into Una’s ear as they lie, wrapped around each other like kittens, in his single-pillowed bed.

“The Kelly Clarkson Show.”“Mine is a different one than people assume but I ended up having to do that too because my blood work got so bad.”While the “American Idol” alum didn’t disclose the name of the prescription drug she’s been taking, she insisted it was not Ozempic.“My doctor chased me for two years and I was like, ‘No, I’m afraid of it. I already have thyroid problems,’” the mom of two, 42, said.“Everybody thinks it’s Ozempic — it’s not — it’s something else, but it’s something that aids in helping break down the sugar.