Into Film Awards 2022: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Ellis and Stacey Dooley in attendance as two young Edinburgh filmmakers win major awards

Former Corrie star Lucy Fallon was in the mood for change as she she switched hair styles for the summer. The Bethany Platt actress adopted a different look as she posed on her Instagram after going in for the chop.

A petition to save a colony of wallabies on a Loch Lomond island owned by presenter Kirsty Young has gained more than 100,000 signatures. Campaigners claim there are now young joeys on the island of Inchconnachan.

Hot off the back of his impressive Glastonbury performance a few weeks ago, singer-songwriter Sam Fender will be taking to the stage at Castlefield Bowl this week, in what is expected to be an electric and captivating performance.

British Independent Film Awards are doing away with gendered “actor” and “actress” performance categories. Following in the footsteps of other awards organizations like the Berlin Film Festival, the MTV Movie Awards and the BRITs – and in the midst of a growing insistence within some major American academies to do the same – actors of all genders will be eligible for its gender-neutral recognitions, including best lead performance and best supporting performance. Along with this shake-up, more nominees will be named for each category.

Naman Ramachandran The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have made all acting prizes gender neutral from this year.In the BIFAs’ 25th year, the traditional best and supporting actress and actor awards have been replaced by best lead performance, best supporting performance, best joint lead performance — for two (or exceptionally three) performances that are the joint focus of the film — and best ensemble. BIFA’s breakthrough performance award, sponsored by Netflix, remains unchanged. These changes to the acting categories are permanent.In addition, BIFA is adding a new debut director category — best debut director, feature documentary.

The British Independent Film Awards is making some changes for its 25th anniversary, going gender-neutral with its acting categories as it also adds new performance awards, a new debut director category for feature documentaries, and two new music prizes.

The 66th BFI London Film Festival has set Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical as its Opening Night Gala. Directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee and Alisha Weir as the eponymous Matilda, the film will have its world premiere on October 5 at the Southbank Centre in the Royal Festival Hall. Sony Pictures UK and TriStar release theatrically in the UK on December 2. Netflix will release the film elsewhere during the holiday season.

Selome Hailu Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s production company Le Train Train has entered a first look deal with the Lionsgate Television Group, where Jones and McCormack will produce scripted projects across platforms. The first project in development under the deal is “Lovesick,” based on the UK series of the same name.“Lovesick” was a romantic comedy series that ran for one season on Channel 4 before moving to Netflix for Seasons 2 and 3.

EXCLUSIVE: James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has revealed that it will be “at least two years“ before the next 007 movie begins filming and that the task of finding an actor to replace Daniel Craig hasn’t begun “because it’s a reinvention of Bond.”

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex traffickingFurious holidaymakers arrive in Majorca after Tui flight delayed for 43 hoursMan Utd star tells Erik ten Hag he wants a clearly defined role next seasonIn 2019, following the ordeal, Mr Stanton and Mr Volanthen were both presented with the George Medal, the highest British civilian bravery honour, for their roles in the rescue mission. The boys, aged between 11 and 16 and who were members of the Wild Boars youth football team, had cycled with their coach to the caves to explore when they became marooned inside.

This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were spotted looking glamorous and dressed to the nines as they led a whole host of stars coming out to attend Wimbledon 2022. Holly, 41, looked her usual stylish self in a pink patterned '50s style dress that featured a sweetheart neckline and was cinched in at the waist by a belt. On her feet, she whore a pair of nude strappy heels and she carried a mini handbag with her.

Wimbledon 2022 has kicked off with a bang as BGT host Amanda Holden, This Morning's Rochelle Humes, actress Sally Phillips and Tim Peake lead the star arrivals.MORE: When does Wimbledon 2022 start and how to watch?Amanda Holden stole the show as she was pictured alongside lookalike daughter Lexi, 16. The mother-daughter duo rocked matching looks as they posed for a quick mirror selfie in the loos.

Neil Young has announced his plans to release ‘Noise & Flowers’, a live album and film compiled from material recorded during his most recent tour of Europe and the UK.Young embarked on the nine-date run with Promise Of The Real as his backing band, taking in four shows in Germany – as well as one each in Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, England and Ireland – across July of 2019. The album and film will feature recordings from all of the shows; the CD and two-disc vinyl release will sport 14 tracks, but it’s unclear if the film (which was co-directed by Bernard Shakey and DH Lovelife) contains the same content.Both iterations of the release will land on August 5 via Warner Records, with pre-orders available here.

Tom Hiddleston is briefly acknowledged his engagement in a new interview published by the  Tuesday.«I’m very happy,» Hiddleston said, keeping his response short but sweet when asked about his March proposal to Ashton.He echoed a similar sentiment back in April after ET's Rachel Smith congratulated him on his engagement while on  red carpet.«Thank you very much. Yes, I’m very happy,» Hiddleston gushed while at the premiere for the Apple TV+ series.

Apple is kicking off a major push into soccer.

Related: Tony awards 2022: Hugh Jackman, Angela Lansbury and MJ the Musical – in pictures It was a big night for British talent in New York, with the Broadway transfer of The Lehman Trilogy winning best play, best director and best actor in a play. “This play was written as a hymn to the city of New York but, like the Lehman brothers themselves, our show started thousands of miles away,” said playwright Ben Power, who adapted the show from Italian novelist and playwright Stefano Massini. His version made its debut at London’s National Theatre in 2018.

Sharon D. Clarke has made her entrance on the carpet!