EXCLUSIVE: Steph and Gian come clean "we didn't cheat"

Thank god for Alexander Payne. The filmmaker is, and always have been, a true humanist. A writer/director more interested in human beings, something that has always been the special effect of his movies. A two-time Oscar winning writer, his latest film, The Holdovers, which had its World Premiere Thursday at the Telluride Film Festival, is one of the rare movies in which he doesn’t also have a writing credit. David Hemingson did the screenplay, but the idea, an inspired one, came from Payne, a real film buff who was always intrigued by Marcel Pagnol’s 1935 French film Merlusse about a group of boarding school students stuck over the holidays with a much-despised teacher. The director thought it had the bones for a new story and developed with Hemingson. Still, set in 1970, it is Payne’s first period film after a celebrated career for movies like Sideways, The Descendants, and many others. He has made some contemporary classics, no doubt, but the warm humanity of a trio of people left alone at Christmas in a snowy boarding school, ranks right up there with his very best. It is funny, sad, witty, poignant, filled with snark and heart and great acting. It also manages to be a film set at the holidays that offers something truly new for the genre, and also delightfully not only evokes the period in which it is set, it also purposely looks like a movie made then.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Almost exactly a year after Amazon’s Prime Video officially set foot in Thailand, the company is this week launching its first locally-made ‘original.’ Produced for the streamer by Liminal Entertainment in conjunction with Malin Films Production, and executive produced by Jef Lim, Marilyn Tan and Malin Pongsapipatt, the show follows six well-known actors to an almost utopian island, where the only thing missing is laughter. The celebrities are tasked with performing improvised skits to lift the locals’ gross happiness index. The series launches on Thursday, delivering the first three of its six episodes.

Nineties boyband Let Loose have reunited to record a new single - almost 30 years after their hit song, Crazy For You, topped the charts.The group, who formed in 1993, have also got a London gig coming up at the end of this year - ahead of a tour planned for 2024. However, it will not be the original line-up that takes to the stage.The trio originally consisted of Richie Wermerling, now 54, Lee Murray, 52 and Rob Jeffrey. Richie was lead vocals, Jeffrey was the band's guitarist and backing singer, while Lee was on drums.

William Levy surprised everyone by making a definitive statement about his romantic life: “I am alone. Believe me, I have more than one reason to be,” he wrote on his Instagram.While it’s been believed that the Cuban actor is single, recent video obtained by ¡HOLA! Americas may indicate there are still lingering feelings for Elizabeth Gutiérrez.

Love Island star Hayley Hughes has given birth to her first child.The 27 year old took to Instagram on Monday to share the happy news that she had welcomed her son on Friday, 25 August. She shared several adorable snaps of the tiny tot with her 752k followers and captioned the post, writing: "25/08/2023. You are everything & more than we could have ever imagined my precious boy.

Peter Andre's daughter Princess gave her 644,000 an inside look at her GCSE results on Thursday as she shared her scores online.The teenager picked up her results and opened them in the car while her singing sensation dad Peter, 50, eagerly awaited the news. Princess, 16, read out her results during a candid Instagram live and dad Peter could be overheard telling his daughter to remember how hard she worked. But Princess revealed she didn't 'get them all' as she appeared frustrated that she would need to re-sit maths while dad Peter, who shares Princess with his ex Katie Price, insisted he was 'proud' of her.

Made In Chelsea's Ollie Locke and his husband Gareth have welcomed twins via surrogate, after three years of trying for a family. "The babies are here – this is what we’ve been waiting for.

Chad Michael Murray and Sarah Roemer have announced the arrival of their third child. Sarah announced the new arrival on Instagram, where she shared a sweet snap of the tot's heart-shaped birthmark, Captioning the photo, she wrote: "Our baby girl arrived last week with a heart on her ankle.

Ariana Madix is finally going to share her side of Scandoval. On Friday, the star announced that she'll soon release a book about the destruction of her nearly decade-long romance with Tom Sandoval due to his affair with Rachel Leviss, who previously went by Raquel.«These last few months have been a whirlwind and though I'm in a better place now, having my personal devastation unfold so publicly was painful,» Madix captioned her post, which showcased the cover of her forthcoming book.

When you look at Adam Sandler’s filmography you may either think outrageous comedy or some seriously impressive dramatic turns in movies like Punch Drunk Love, Uncut Gems, and Hustle. But for his latest Netflix flick he is taking a back seat on camera by basically playing the beleaguered dad to his real life daughters Sadie and Sunny Sandler, all in fictionalized roles but nevertheless all still in the family. Sandler’s real influence in You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is as a producer and in this instance he has brought forward the right creative elements to make this adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s YA book a complete delight.

The Block at just 27, but they definitely shouldn’t be underestimated.Steph is actually the first architect to ever compete on the show, so she brings a wealth of knowledge to the team, while Gian works in finance, meaning he’ll keep the couple’s budget on track.Watch Below: Meet Steph and Gian from The Block 2023“I think I’m a dreamer, and Gian is definitely the realist,” Steph admits to WHO. The couple have also just finished their own renovation, something that inspired them to audition.“We’ve obviously been watching The Block for many years, but we never really thought to go on The Block because we’d never really gone through a renovation together,” Gian explains.“So when we came on the other side of that, we were like, let’s give it a crack.”The first week of the season saw the five couples tackle one of the hardest rooms - the bathroom.

Coleen Rooney has opened up on the toll that the Wagatha Christie court case took on her marriage with Wayne Rooney.

TIFF today revealed their Centerpiece programme lineup which includes the Cannes Film Festival-winning Wim Wenders movie, Perfect Days. The festival also revealed another couple of star-driven world premieres that being Paramount’s Finestkind starring Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster and Tommy Lee Jones as well as 20th Century Studios/Hulu’s Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Will Ferrell comedy, Quiz Lady.

Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval have reunited. On Aug. 8, the exes were photographed together for the first time since filming for season 11 of started in late June.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the fourth and final season of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” now streaming on Disney+. The Wildcats of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” have taken their final bow. The Disney+ extension of the popular movie musical trilogy concluded this week with an eight-episode fourth season that found its cast performing a stage — or rather, basketball court — production of 2008’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Members of that film’s original cast returned to East High to shoot the fictional “High School Musical 4: The Reunion.” Although the original films have had a presence since the pilot episode — the series is set at the high school where the films were shot — the final season is the show’s most meta endeavor yet.

Steve Lacy came face to face with death. A drunk driver crashed into him at full speed atop the jagged cliffs connecting the valley and the beach outside Los Angeles. And though Lacy escaped his demolished Tesla Model 3 unharmed, for a brief moment before the collision, he accepted his fate.

You might be asking, where has British filmmaker Andrew Haigh been, and the answer is right here and under your nose. While he hasn’t made a feature-length film since 2017’s English coming-of-age movie, “Lean On Pete,” starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny and Travis Fimmel, he was right back on it in 2021 with The BBC miniseries “The North Water” starring Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Love Island fans were left floored on Sunday night (6 August) as Zach Noble and Kady McDermott came to blows. After Kady made her grand entrance into the villa in a shocking return to the ITV2 show, she chose to couple up with Zach - only to leave Molly Marsh brutally dumped.

Captain Sandy Yawn is known for her no nonsense attitude, cracking the whip with her crew as they sail across the Mediterranean sea, waiting on demanding guests in the most stunning locations.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag It appears the apparent feud between this year's Love Island contestants Kady McDermott and Mitchell Taylor is still rolling on.The duo who met in the villa this summer last night became embroiled in a confrontational spat on a joined Instagram Live. Former gas engineer Mitchell, 26 - who was dumped from the hit ITV2 dating series just days before the final along with love interest Ella Barnes - accused two-time bombshell Kady of making "false" comments about him in post-villa interviews.