Friday headlines: 'Little warrior' coughs up part of tumour during traumatic cancer treatment

Fred Sirieix has praised his daughter for having "nerves of steel" after Andrea won another gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome.The First Dates star, 50, who recently detailed falling for fiancée ‘Fruitcake’ and the unusual way they met, took to his Instagram to share his pride as he posted several photos of the 17 year old standing at the top of the 10m dive platform as well as a snap of the rankings, showing her name at the very top. In the caption, he gushed over his teen daughter as he wrote: "Andrea just won [gold medal] at the European Championships in Rome #diving #10m #platform #goAndrea. Fred, whose daughter scored 76.80 for her final dive, with a total of 333.60, continued: "Nail bitting stuff once again! What a great last dive! My little [duck] has nerves of steel [red heart emoji] Well done my love [three clapping hands emojis] we are so proud of you.

Bryce Dallas Howard is speaking up about the gender pay gap in Hollywood, revealing that she earned less than her co-star Chris Pratt in the ‘Jurassic Park’ films.The 41-year-old actress explained to Insider that she was paid “so much less than the reports even said, so much less.” It had been reported that Pratt was paid $2 million more for the second installment ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ in 2018, and that he was paid $10 million while Howard made $8 million.Bryce continued to say that when she “started negotiating for Jurassic, it was 2014, and it was a different world, and I was at a great disadvantage,“ adding that “unfortunately, you have to sign up for three movies, and so your deals are set.”She also revealed that she talked about the pay disparity with her co-star, and he wanted equal payment for licensing deals, and earnings not included in the contracts previously negotiated with executives.“What I will say is that Chris and I have discussed [the pay gap] and whenever there was an opportunity to move the needle on stuff that hadn’t been already negotiated, like a game or a ride, he literally told me: ‘You guys don’t even have to do anything. I’m gonna do all the negotiating.

Low have cancelled their forthcoming UK and European shows due to the “recent developments and changes” in Mimi Parker’s cancer treatment.Parker, who formed the band with her husband Alan Sparhawk in 1993, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer late 2020. She first spoke about her health condition during an appearance on the SHEROES Radio podcast this January.Per their official website, Low had been scheduled to hit the road this week for a string of dates including Green Man festival in Wales (August 19), Helsinki, Finland (22) and Oslo, Norway (24).

Thania Garcia Metal band Five Finger Death Punch and country rock singer Brantley Gilbert are joining forces for a 22-date tour. The unlikely pairing will also be joined by Canadian country singer Cory Marks.Although the genre-mashup might seem odd at first glance, the metal band fronted by Ivan Moody and Gilbert released a cover of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “Blue on Black” in 2019 that also featured Shepherd and Queen guitarist Brian May.Produced by Live Nation, the co-headlining arena tour will begin on Nov. 9 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and close on Dec.

Ozuna’s song “Somos Iguales” with Tokishca has a sound that will make you want to dance instantly. The video is equally amazing.

A “one of a kind” mum died suddenly while flying back to the UK after spending 15 years living in Hong Kong. A few hours into the flight, Helen Rhodes was found unresponsive and couldn't be resuscitated after passing away in her sleep.

Naman Ramachandran A galaxy of stars paid fulsome tribute to filmmaker John McTiernan (“Die Hard,” “Predator”) and stuntman Vic Armstrong (the Indiana Jones, James Bond and Star Wars franchises) as they were both awarded Moving Target awards on Friday for their outstanding contributions to the action genre at the inaugural London Action Festival.The awards were presented at London’s Royal London Geographical Society and icons from the genre attended, including Corin Hardy (“Gangs of London”), composer David Arnold (“Casino Royale”) Robert Davi (“Die Hard”) and Edgar Wright (“Last Night in Soho”).Prominent film personalities who have worked with McTiernan and Armstrong conveyed their appreciation via video messages. Harrison Ford praised Armstrong, saying: “We’ve been doing this Vic for like 50 years! You’ve had the good sense to turn it into a directing job ‘cos this running, jumping and falling down thing is a game for the young guys.

 is back in action and in Colorado to give a full renovation to the small town of Fort Morgan.This season is set to be bigger and better than before, and to accomplish their ambitious goals,  stars Ben and Erin Napier are teaming up with  stars Dave and Jenny Marrs to bring a new look to the tight-knit community.ET's Lauren Zima was on site, and spoke with the show's hosts and dream makers about the enormous undertaking.«Over the next four months, we are going to help renovate business and homes,» Dave shared excitedly while talking about how they are going to be tackling a whopping 18 renovation projects — up from the 12 they did last season when working on the town of Wetumpka, Alabama.Ben said that their overhauling will bring new life to «community spaces all across this great town.»According to Dave, there will be «hundreds» of people, both hired contractors and townspeople, helping with the massive endeavor.«The town is literally pitching in,» Jenny added. «Everyone is involved, everyone's a part of this.»Fans will get to see the monumental project take place over six episodes, as the town comes together for a transformation of unprecedented proportions.Nestled just over an hour outside of Denver, Fort Morgan struggles to compete with the larger city's entertainment and shopping availability.

Covid-19 controls have become part of 'business as usual' for NHS Forth Valley as it moves to the latest phase of the pandemic.

Carson Burton “Indiana Jones 5” star Boyd Holbrook admits he’s feeling “a little bit” nervous about fan reaction to director James Mangold’s upcoming installment of the legendary action-adventure movie franchise.“It’s kind of like a childhood dream,” Holbrook told Variety at Monday’s red carpet premiere of “Vengeance” at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. “And you could feel a little bit of that pressure, but I try not to go down those roads. I really just focus on the job at hand.”Details about “Indiana Jones 5” have been kept under wraps.

reported that the show was still generating tourism for the Alabama town. «They did it in the right way,» said Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis.

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, and still has the window stickers to prove it.  It is being offered for sale by Hertfordshire-based collectible car specialists, Hilton & Moss. The character-filled coupe is being sold directly from Mr Oliver's private classic car collection, which reportedly includes a 1950s Land Rover Defender and a classic 1967 Ford Mustang that belongs to his wife, Jools.

Chris Pratt has shared a photo of a sweet handwritten note from his son Jack. The actor shared a shirtless photo of himself “lookin cut” to Instagram on Monday (18 July). Fans, however, were fixated more on a handwritten note taped to the mirror than the star’s muscular physique.

Dad duty calls! Chris Pratt inadvertently showed off a sweet note from his son Jack, 9, when snapping a shirtless selfie from set for Instagram on Monday.

Chris Pratt was scared off from playing Indiana Jones by Harrison Ford. There had been speculation that Chris could replace Harrison as the iconic character in the upcoming 'Indiana Jones 5' but the star shut down the rumours following Ford's suggestion that the hero will die with him. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Chris said: "No, aren't they doing 'Indiana Jones' with Harrison Ford? All I know is once I saw a quote from Harrison Ford and I don't even know him but it was enough to scare me, that was like, 'When I die, Indiana Jones dies'.

Chris Pratt won't be donning Indiana Jones' iconic fedora anytime soon. The actor recently shut the door on any possibility of starring in future reboots.Pratt, 43, recently sat down for a chat on the  podcast and addressed the reports that he was in consideration to play the legendary adventurer in Steven Spielberg and Lucasfilm's rumored planned reboot of the beloved franchise.«I don’t even know who Steven Spielberg is.

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Chris Pratt has responded to long-standing rumours he’s set to play Indiana Jones, saying it’ll never happen.Back in 2015, a Deadline report said Pratt was in talks to star in a rebooted version of Indiana Jones after Disney bought the rights to the character.It was later confirmed that the studio would be going ahead with Indiana Jones 5, with Harrison Ford playing the titular archaeologist. Ford went on to say it was “him or me” when it comes to Pratt starring in the film.In a new interview, Pratt has said it’s unlikely he’ll ever take on the role of Indiana Jones.“All I know is I once saw a quote from Harrison Ford and I don’t even know if it was really him, but it was enough to scare me, that was like, ‘When I die, Indiana Jones dies’,” Pratt said in an interview with the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast.“And I’m like, ‘am I gonna get haunted by the ghost of Harrison Ford one day when he dies if I play (Indiana Jones),” continued Pratt.Ford once said “Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones.