‘Bridgerton’ Author Speaks Out on Fan ‘Disappointment’ Over Gender-Flipping Francesca’s Love Interest: ‘Grant Me and the Team Some Faith as We Move Forward’

The real-life Scot known for playing Amy Pond to a legion of Doctor Who fans, Karen Gillan comes back to UK screens on Thursday in Douglas is Cancelled.

Kandi Burruss shared her thoughts on Kenya Moore exiting The Real Housewives of Atlanta following her suspension.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BOTH THE NETFLIX BRIDGERTON SERIES AND JULIA QUINN'S BRIDGERTON NOVELS.Netflix's Bridgerton, based on the series by author Julia Quinn, has always played a little fast and loose with historical accuracy, and made some major changes to the source material to allow the show to be more racially diverse than the books. But one choice, revealed at the end of season three, has caused so much controversy that author Julia Quinn has released a statement about it directly to fans.

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points for Season 3 of Netflix’s Bridgerton.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The Palm Springs International ShortFest has announced the juried and audience award winners for its 2024 edition, which took place June 18-24. Over $25,000 in cash prizes and five Academy Award-qualifying honors were presented to the winning films, which included Esteban Pedraza’s “Bogotá Story” and Jadwiga Kowalska’s animated film “The Car That Came Back from the Sea.” See a full list of winners below.

Secondary school pupils have been inspired to reach for the moon and launch their future careers as space explorers after meeting NASA scientists.

The average household income that you need to buy your first property in the UK has now been revealed. According to a study by Zoopla, the typical first-time buyer now needs earnings of more than £60,000 to step onto the property ladder.

request for arbitration with World Aquatics, the governing body in swimming and diving events, effectively dashing any hope she had of competing in the Olympics or elite global competitions, reports The New York Times.The Lausanne, Switzerland-based international body, established to settle disputes related to elite sporting competitions, ruled that Thomas did not have standing to bring the case because she was not a member of its member federation — USA Swimming — prior to bringing her challenge.Thomas had also not competed in female events “for the purpose of qualification or selection” for World Aquatics competitions, such as the Olympics or world championships.Technically, NCAA meets, like those Thomas competed in, are not governed by World Aquatics, even though the college sporting organization has adopted a policy of deferring to individual sporting bodies to determine athlete eligibility.Thomas first began transitioning in May 2019 when she began hormone replacement therapy. She swam for the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s team over a three-year period from 2017 to 2020.By the fall of 2020, she met what were, at the time, the NCAA’s hormone therapy requirements for competing in female sports.

EXCLUSIVE: Israeli romcom drama series The Baker and the Beauty is being remade for France’s TF1, with French singer-songwriter Amir Haddad playing the lead in his debut TV role.

A father remains separated from his three children after only one of them was successful in securing a passport.

Anohni and the Johnsons played their first show in nine years in Athens last night (June 13) – read on to see the footage.READ MORE: Anohni – ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’ review: a sublime soul reinventionThe group last performed live in June 2015, the final show taking place in Hobart, Australia. That absence came to an end in the Greek capital’s Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Thursday with a show that took in material from across their career, as well as Anohni’s 2016 solo album ‘Hopelessness’.The group were introduced by the renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic, and gave live debuts to a number of songs, including ‘It Must Change’, ‘Can’t’ and ‘Why Am I Alive Now?’Check out footage below:ANOHNI and the Johnsons @ Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis.

Bridgerton is streaming on Netflix now, but when can fans expect to see season four? Created by Chris Van Dusen, the period drama follows the fictional Bridgerton family as they navigate London high society in the early 1800s. After two seasons and a spin-off, the show recently returned for a third season, with the first four episodes going live in May. Now, the remainder of the season has dropped on Netflix, with the final four episodes streaming as of June 13.

Catfish and the Bottlemen have announced a 10th anniversary edition of their classic debut album ‘The Balcony’.The Welsh indie-rockers will release their special reissue of ‘The Balcony’ on September 13. Their debut originally landed at Number 10 in the UK Charts, eventually going Platinum by 2016.Now, the 10th anniversary reissue will be available on a limited edition CD, cassette, and vinyl.

Bridgerton season 3 finale, we meet the new character—played by actor Masali Baduza—and learn that she is Lord Kilmartin's cousin. Unless you've , that seems pretty insignificant.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer “In the next 45 minutes, we’re about to hear Gus speak more than he has in the last 40 years,” Vito Schnabel, the art world scion who is increasingly turning his head toward Hollywood, told a crowd at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival last week. He was there to moderate a conversation with American heavyweight filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who just directed Schnabel (and a pack of actors barreling toward Emmy nominations) in “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” That history, of a glittery New York whose underbelly was found in the bedrooms and hallways of the ruling class, took a back seat to Van Sant’s impactful career.

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.

“The French Connection,” has died. He was 87.His representative confirmed on Wednesday that he died of prostate cancer.“Tony Lo Bianco passed away last night at his horse farm in Maryland after a battle with prostate cancer,” the rep’s statement to Fox News read.

Thania Garcia The Recording Academy is working to expand its global efforts for artists in rapidly advancing spaces. The Academy announced Tuesday it has inked agreements with Ministries of Cultures and key stakeholders across the Middle East and Africa to collaborate on strengthening the Academy’s presence and services in these music regions.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Reminiscent of the outsized Chinese box office success once enjoyed by a certain genre of Hollywood movie – think “Expendables 3,” Pacific Rim” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” – some Japanese anime films are now earning more in China than they are in their native Japan. Last year, “Suzume” (pictured above) earned $117 million in China, coming in ahead of the film’s $104 million total in Japan.

By , who? There’s a new TikTok romance between a pair of extremely tall, blonde, beautiful people that has the world transfixed, and they are watching it all play out in real time.The love story between (6’1, 600,000 followers on TikTok) and (6’9, 1.2 million followers on TikTok) has all the hallmarks of a modern romcom. They are both social media personalities who interview strangers for a living, they had instant chemistry when they met, and of course, they are both very, very tall.