Seriously stepping up! Channing Tatum has been candid about the challenges of raising daughter Everly both before and after his split from Jenna Dewan.
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K.J. Yossman Jemima Khan (“What’s Love Got to Do With It?”) and Jaime Ray Newman (“Dopesick”) have boarded Seemab Gul’s Oscar-qualifying short film “Sandstorm” as executive producers. A coming of age story, centering around a Pakistani schoolgirl called Zara, “Sandstorm” navigates the “tricky terrain of internet dating in a conservative Muslim society,” according to the logline as well as questions “the objectification of the female body and its relationship to honor in Pakistani culture.” In the short, Zara sends her virtual boyfriend a “sensual dance video” which he then uses to blackmail her. “Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confines of a patriarchal society,” reads the synopsis.
The short snagged top awards at Rhode Island and HollyShorts Film Festivals. The film is written, directed and co-produced by Gul, a Pakistani artist and filmmaker based in London with a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School. It is produced by Abid Aziz Merchant with cinematography by Alberto Balazs. Newman won the Oscar for best live action short in 2019 alongside her husband Guy Nattive for “Skin.” Khan’s directorial feature debut, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” premiered at TIFF last month. She also executive produced documentary “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.” “Seemab Gul has crafted a beautiful, moving piece of art that in only 20 minutes thrusts you into the nuanced life of what young women around the world must endure in restrictive societies,” said Newman. “As the mother of two small daughters, I know how lucky they are to live in a country that allows them freedom of expression, but I
Seriously stepping up! Channing Tatum has been candid about the challenges of raising daughter Everly both before and after his split from Jenna Dewan.
A Radical Life,” which begins streaming Thursday on Discovery+. “That was my mistake but it’s not a crime.”The documentary takes an unfiltered look at Joya’s journey from British schoolgirl to Jihadi bride to single mother living in Texas. She was born in 1983 to a “culturally Muslim” Bengali-Bangladeshi family, the daughter of an airline employee and a caterer.
Sir Cliff Richard has revealed his heartache after the death of his close friend Olivia Newton-John, saying: "My heart breaks I can’t phone Livvy anymore."EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesThe world was devastated when Olivia died aged 73 at her California ranch, surrounded by people she loved. She leaves behind an amazing legacy and in HELLO!’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month digital issue, her friends pay tribute to her with personal memories.Sir Cliff has shared a kind message for his close friend Olivia, alongside her fellow celebrity friends – including Dolly Parton, Jane Seymour and Dionne Warwick.Hitting it off instantly, Sir Cliff and Olivia became friends for life sharing a love of music. In her loving memory, the singer said the late star will always have a place in his heart as he looks back on their time together.Sir Cliff said: "Olivia was an incredibly special person.
John Lennon was born on this day, October 9, back in 1940. The founding member of The Beatles endured a tough life, in some respects.
Associated Newspapers, known as the publisher behind British tabloids Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, is in deep water… YET AGAIN.
The Duke of Sussex, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Sir Elton John are among six people suing the publisher of The Daily Mail over alleged unlawful information-gathering at its titles. A statement released on Thursday by lawyers acting for the group, which also includes Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, said they are bringing claims for misuse of private information against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea’s production company, Made Up Stories, is expanding with a new UK office run by Sarah Harvey, who has joined the company as a producer and creative director. Harvey officially began her new position in August.
Frankie Bridge has bravely opened up about her mental health struggles and the moments where she thought about "ending her life". MORE: Davina McCall and Dame Kelly Holmes among the winners of HELLO!'s Inspiration Awards 2022The Loose Women presenter, who has been very vocal about her mental health journey in the past, was presenting the HELLO! To Kindness Award at our annual Inspiration Awards in London to the charity Paul's Place, a suicide bereavement support group, when she fought back tears as she detailed her own journey.WATCH: Saira Khan chats to HELLO! about her emotion at being at the Inspiration AwardsSpeaking on stage as she presented the award, Frankie began: "It's a massive honour for me to be here today as someone who has suffered from mental health my whole life and having had those moments of ending their life."She continued: "To have people there to help you with that can make a massive difference. So many people, especially with what's to come, need people like this.
RELEASESHoney Dijon will release new album ‘Black Girl Magic’ on 18 Nov. “This album is dedicated to love”, she says. “Love of music, community, but most of all the love of self.
Elton John has added two more dates to the final leg of his global ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour.The pop legend will now play new dates at the The O2 Arena in London on May 30, 2023 and the Utilita Arena Birmingham on June 8, 2023.His tour restarts in Europe at the 3Arena in Dublin on March 28, 2023 following the completion of his stadium tour dates in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Earlier this summer he kicked off some UK dates in Norwich.Tickets for the new shows go on sale here this Friday (October 7) at 10am.
coming to Broadway after all — and, like the main character, she’s getting an extreme makeover.First they’re ditching the title that confused Brits because they associate the princess with Christmas pantomimes and would have stumped Americans because they’d expect Rodgers and Hammerstein or Disney. For its run at the Imperial Theatre beginning Feb. 17, 2023 (one day before Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” shoves the old chandelier in a storage unit), the show has been renamed “Bad Cinderella.” The only other time Lloyd Webber gave a different moniker to a show after a major West End run was when he changed “Jeeves” to “By Jeeves.” But a “By” ain’t a “Bad.” Tell us what you think of the title “Bad Cinderella” in the comments, readers!There will also be a brand-new star.
Ella Kemp Guest Contributor Baz Luhrmann has lifted the curtain on his musical process, recalling one key artist who could have changed his 2013 adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” entirely. The filmmaker, who recently wrote, produced and directed the glittering musical biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler, opened up about his long-standing love affair with pop music at BAFTA’s Life In Pictures event in London on Friday. The evening welcomed Luhrmann back to London following his worldwide box office success with “Elvis”, which both honors the rock’n’roll musician’s back catalogue and offers contemporary reworking of songs of the era, such as Doja Cat’s new track “Vegas,” which samples and reworks the 1953 blues song “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton.
Joan Collins exuded Hollywood glamour on Thursday evening as she and husband Percy Gibson took to the BFI's Luminous Ball in London's Leicester Square. The Golden Globe winner, 89, looked chic in a black gown for the evening - which featured a square neck design and mesh organza puff sleeve. Beaming alongside her beau, 57, on The Londoner Hotel's blue carpet, the pair appeared smitten as ever while holding hands.
DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed actor Dove Cameron to a new deal. “I’m so excited to be joining the Sony Music Publishing family where they continue to grow and support me as an artist and a songwriter”, she says. “With this partnership, I look forward to bringing my fans music that can become the soundtrack to their lives”.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSGESAC – the pan-European grouping for song right collecting societies – has published a new report on streaming.