Jacques Perrin Dies: ‘Cinema Paradiso’ Actor Was 80

The BBC are set to sign This Morning chef Gino D’Acampo for the 20th anniversary of its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, which will take place later this year. 43 year old Italian chef Gino has become a firm favourite on Britain’s TV screens, with his hilarious sense of humour – and brilliant cooking skills – earning him legions of fans. Not only has he been a chef on This Morning for 13 years, he also won I’m A Celebrity...

Warner Bros. Discovery and British telecom giant BT Group have confirmed plans to form a 50-50 joint venture, creating a new premium sport offering for the UK and Ireland. This will see the transfer of the operating businesses of BT Sport to Warner Bros Discovery, effectively merging the content offering of both BT Sport and Eurosport UK.

Cannes Film Festival almost 35 years ago, I was still green and naïve enough to ask long-time Cannes attendees why the famed French fest held such a powerful place in the pecking order of international film gatherings. The late Richard Corliss, Time magazine’s peerless and beloved film critic, answered warmly and succinctly, with his own more worldly query: “Would you rather be in Germany in the winter or the South of France in the spring?”Corliss had a point, but in the decades since I’ve tucked my own couple of dozen Cannes fests under my belt, I’ve compiled my own list of reasons why Cannes remains the one film festival that people who’ve never been to a film festival have heard about and wish they could go to, and know that if a film has scored there, it must be worth their time.

Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s Julia Child documentary JULIA is to be given a linear TV showing on CNN later this month.

Graziano Di Prima celebrated his birthday with Strictly friends on tour as he turned 28.The Strictly Come Dancing star was joined by his co-stars including Neil Jones and Kai Widdrington as he celebrated his 28th year, as well as show dance pro Diane Buswell, 33, who celebrated her birthday the previous day, as the cast continued on their professionals tour of the UK.The dance star, who recently opened up to OK! about his upcoming wedding to fiancée Giada Lini, looked thrilled as his professional co-stars sang him happy birthday on the show’s tour bus. He later grinned as he was presented with a Liverpool football t-shirt with his name printed on the back, putting it on and showing it off for the cameras.

Regine, who claimed to have invented the term “discotheque” as she ran a nightclub empire that stretched from Paris to Los Angeles, has died. She passed on Sunday at age 92, according to her granddaughter. No cause was given.

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he is taking over as coach of the Austria national team.

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick is considering an offer to take over as national coach of the Austria national team.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFollowing a tortuous journey and dozens of crazy rumors, the Cannes Film Festival has landed Vincent Lindon, the French actor of last year’s Palme d’Or winning “Titan,” as jury president of its 75th edition.Lindon, who won best actor in 2015 for his role in Stephane Brizé’s movie “The Measure of a Man,” will be the first French star to be jury president since Isabelle Huppert in 2009. The festival said “French celebrities have often held this role in an anniversary year, such as Yves Montand in 1987 for the 40th Festival, Gérard Depardieu in 1993 for the 45th Festival, and Isabelle Adjani in 1997 for the 50th.”The jury will comprise two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (“A Hero”), as well as U.S.

LOS ANGELES -- Kris Jenner became emotional while recalling a volatile 2016 argument she heard about between her son Rob Kardashian and his then-girlfriend Blac Chyna that traumatized him.Jenner testified for the second day from the witness stand in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday that she believed Chyna attempted to murder her son. At the time, she said she was told that Chyna pointed a gun at Kardashian’s head, tried to strangle him with a phone cord and hit him with a metal pole while intoxicated.“It was complete chaos.

Luke Evans spent the day at the hospital on Thursday.

Jacques Perrin, the French actor best known for starring in Giuseppe Tornatore’s Oscar-winning film “Cinema Paradiso,” has died. He was 80 years old.“The family has the immense sadness of informing you of the death of filmmaker Jacques Perrin, who died on Thursday, April 21 in Paris.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench actor, director and producer Jacques Perrin, a fixture for decades in both French and Italian cinema — where he was best known for his role in Giuseppe Tornatore’s Oscar-winning “Cinema Paradiso” — has died. He was 80.“The family has the immense sadness of informing you of the death of filmmaker Jacques Perrin, who died on Thursday, April 21 in Paris.

Austrian avant-garde artist known among other things for works in which he used blood and animal entrails, has died. He was 83.Nitsch's wife, Rita Nitsch, told the Austria Press Agency on Tuesday that Nitsch died at a hospital in the Austrian town of Mistelbach on Monday after a serious illness.Nitsch, born in Vienna on Aug.