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EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to AGC International and Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s action picture The Ambush and set an October release for the Emirati production which marks its first non-English language acquisition.

Standing behind the counter of the corner shop he's owned since 1990, Kaleem Ahmed remembers what Beswick was like, before the Commonwealth Games changed this corner of east Manchester forever. "When I first bought this shop the News of the World did a story about 'The worst street in Britain'," he says.

, John Corbett is back as Aidan. According to , the actor is set to reprise his role as Aidan on HBO Max’s sequel series, presumably reuniting with former love interest Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). According to the outlet, “Corbett is set for a substantial, multi-episode arc on the second season of the followup, reprising his role as the likable furniture maker.” HBO Max declined to comment on the news. After first appearing in season 3 of, Corbett became a fan favorite as the recurring, alternate romantic partner to Mr.

Pop Idol star Darius Danesh died at the age of 41, his family announced on August 16, five days after the singer was found in his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota.

Ryan Giggs has said that an email he sent to his ex-girlfriend with the header ‘Blackmail’ was a “joke”, the court was told today.The former Manchester United player, 48, is currently in court facing allegations of controlling behaviour and assault towards his ex-partner Kate Greville – all of which he denies.The footballer was asked on Tuesday 16 August at Manchester Crown Court about an email he had allegedly sent to his ex-girlfriend which contained the word "blackmail" in the subject line.The email included a video attachment and the subject header of 'Blackmail' and allegedly included the message “I will send this to the group if you don’t” in the email. The court had been told the video attached was a video of Ms Greville dancing at a Christmas party.

EXCLUSIVE: Right-wing news service The Daily Wire is staffing up its fledgling kids entertainment division. 

Naman Ramachandran Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to turn down a fighter pilot’s role in Tom Cruise hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” directed by Joseph Kosinski.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hamilton, who is a friend of Cruise, says that he saw “Top Gun” as a child and fixated on being a fighter pilot. “So when I heard the second one was coming out, I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I have to ask him [Cruise],’ ” Hamilton told Vanity Fair. “I said, ‘I don’t care what role it is.

BLACKPINK have announced details of their ‘Born Pink’ world tour, which kicks off later this year.The global run of shows kicks off with two nights in Seoul on October 16 and 17 before heading to North America for a series of concerts.The ‘Born Pink’ world tour will then see Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa visit Europe to finish off 2022, with the group also scheduled to play the likes of Australia, Singapore and Thailand in 2023.

Billie Faiers has shown off her baby bump while attending a star-studded party with husband Greg Shepherd. Last month the former TOWIE star, 32, announced she is expecting her third child with her husband Greg, 37, and has been showing off her growing baby bump ever since.  On Wednesday evening, she attended ITV's star-studded summer party in London with her husband, opting for a fluorescent pink figure-hugging midi dress and strappy gold heels as she arrived at the Sanderson Hotel. Billie accessorised her look with a stylish pink handbag and sported glam make-up with her blonde tresses up in a bun.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment film Dune: Part Two has begun production, reports Business Wire. 

Warner Bros. has confirmed that Dune: Part Two is officially in production and the full cast of the movie has been announced.

Zack Sharf Denis Villeneuve is back on Arrakis as filming is finally underway on “Dune: Part Two.” The film is already slated for a November 2023 worldwide theatrical release from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment. Villeneuve is filming the sequel on location in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Italy.The official “Dune: Part 2” synopsis from Warner Bros.

Lewis Hamilton has spoken out saying "archaic mindsets need to change" after three-time former world champion Nelson Piquet referred to him using racist language. The 69-year-old made the racist comments during a Brazilian podcast interview last November where shared his thoughts on a crash in the opening lap involving the seven-time champion with rival Max Verstappen at last year's Silverstone race. In the end, Verstappen didn't finish the race as a result after he spun out and crashed into a barrier while Hamilton went on to win the Grand Prix.

Middle East and North Africa distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has snapped up regional distribution rights for Saudi action picture Route 10, starring rising local talents Fatima AlBanawi and Baraa Alem.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentU.S. actor David Dastmalchian (“Dune,” “The Suicide Squad”) is attached to star as the host of a late-night talk show that goes horribly wrong in upcoming indie chiller “Late Night With the Devil,” which is currently shooting in Australia.Directed by Australian writing-directing duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes (“100 Bloody Acres,” “Scare Campaign”), “Late Night” is the second title spawned by a multi-picture deal between low-budget U.S.

Billie Faiers has displayed her blossoming baby bump as she posed in a white bikini during her family holiday in Abu Dhabi. Billie and husband Greg Shepherd announced this week that they are expecting their third child.The pair are already parents to Nelly, seven, and three year old Arthur. In a new pic shared on the beach in the UAE, Billie showed off her growing bump as she posed with Nelly.The pregnant star looked incredible in a white bikini with a crochet sarong and a straw hat, while little Nelly looked cute in a red swimsuit and shirt.

A dedicated former teacher who grew up in West Lothian has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Platinum Honours.

coming back for a second season of untold horrors and debasement on HBO Max.Mad Max is more like it. Those fools are still dragging innocent Samantha Jones into their utter disgrace. In December, “And Just Like That” — which was an obvious disaster from Day 1 — incredibly proved worse than anybody feared. An astounding feat for something that followed the movie “Sex and the City 2,” which made Liza Minnelli perform “Single Ladies” and features the line of dialogue “Abu Dhabi doo!”On “AJLT,” Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) fumbles about, trying and failing to be woke while becoming a full-fledged alcoholic.

Abu Dhabi. The snap showed the Faiers-Shephard family huddled around Billie as her daughter Nellie wrapped her arms around the bump. The caption read: "Baby number 3 we can’t wait to meet you.

Billie Faiers took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that she is expecting baby number three. The reality star, 32, shared a sweet picture on Instagram, telling her followers: “Baby number 3 we can’t wait to meet you … We are so happy and excited.” In the snap, she showed off her blossoming bump in a white bikini while posing with husband Greg and the pair’s two children Nelly, 7, and four year old Arthur. In the picture, Nelly was sweetly kissing her mum’s growing bump while the family holidayed in Abu Dhabi.

Billie Faiers and husband Greg Shepherd's £1.4 million Essex home is almost complete, coming just in time before their new addition arrives.The pair announced on Wednesday 15 June, that they are expecting their third child together. Sharing a snap of the family in Abu Dhabi, Billie, 32, showcased her baby bump in a gorgeous white bikini as she posed in the ocean.

Billie Faiers has shared the exciting news that she's expecting baby number three. The TOWIE star took to Instagram to share the update while posing alongside husband Greg Shepherd and their two children, Arthur and Nelly. The star, 32, posted a beautiful snap in the sea to reveal the news with her family.

Billie Shepherd has announced she is pregnant with her third child with husband Greg with a new Instagram post. Posting a snap on Instagram, Billie excitedly told fans: "Baby number 3 we can’t wait to meet you … We are so happy and excited." Billie, who also shares Nelly, seven, and three-year-old Arthur with Greg, has previously been undecided when it comes to expanding her family.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” from showing in movie theaters after its inclusion of a kiss between two lesbian characters.

K.J. Yossman PREMIERESFilm London has unveiled its line-up for London Screenings, which boasts eleven feature premieres including “The Almond and the Seahorse” (pictured above) starring Rebel Wilson.International buyers will also be able to watch “Silver Servers,” “Manfish,” “There’s Always Hope,” “Hamlet Within” and “Giantland” at Picturehouse Central, where the screenings will take place.Meanwhile “Winners” and “Zero” are set to play in the Breakthrough strand while a new documentary strand has also been introduced, which will include “La Sagrada Familia,” “My Everest” “The Oil Machine” and “One Bullet.”Doc Society have join London Screenings as a partner for the first time, a move that will include a Doc Society special presentation.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger Elissa, soprano Hiba Tawaji, composer Oussama Rahbani, trumpetist Ibrahim Maalouf and more than 50 musicians performed at the “Night of Hope” at Lebanon’s Forum de Beirut on Sunday night in the largest concert to be held in the country’s capital since the devastating explosion in August of 2020 that killed more than 200 people, left an estimated 300,000 homeless and caused more than $15 billion in damage. The Forum de Beirut was also destroyed by the blast, but has been rebuilt.The concert paid tribute to the families of the explosion’s victims in a brief video, and patriotic songs were performed as part of a broader call to unite the country, which has seen its economy devasted in recent years.

MADRID -- Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, is planning to visit Spain again in June, the mayor of the northwestern town hosting the former monarch said Friday, signaling that the vigorous debate sparked by the former monarch's return is unlikely to fade soon.Juan Carlos returned to the country on Thursday for his first visit since his abrupt departure nearly two years ago amid mounting financial scandals. Dozens of cheering supporters greeted the 84-year-old as he made his first public appearance on Friday in the town of Sanxenxo, where his yacht is taking part in a three-day regatta.The royal household said the former monarch would travel to Madrid on Monday to meet with his son, King Felipe VI, his wife Sofia and other members of his family, before returning to his “permanent and stable residence” in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.On Friday, Sanxenxo Mayor Telmo Martín said Juan Carlos was already planning a second visit to to the town next month.

Spain to visit family and friends.”Juan Carlos left Spain in August 2020 for Abu Dhabi as Spanish and Swiss prosecutors mounted probes into alleged financial wrongdoings concerning him. The scandals and his departure once again stirred debate over whether Spain should have a monarchy.The Spanish prosecutors didn’t find evidence to take the former monarch to court because much of the financial misbehavior, involving millions of euros (dollars) in undeclared accounts, happened when Juan Carlos was protected by immunity as Spain’s king, and other possible fraud fell outside the statute of limitations.The probes allowed the recovery of 5.1 million euros ($5.4 million) in fines and taxes for income that Juan Carlos had failed to declare to Spain’s tax authorities, the prosecutors said in their conclusions.Swiss prosecutors have also dropped the investigation.Although the former king was not among those directly investigated in the Swiss probe, prosecutors there said they found that Juan Carlos received in 2008 — before he stepped down as king — the sum of $100 million from the Saudi finance ministry.

Prince William has stepped in once again on behalf of the Queen following a sad event.

Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders Group has acquired the rights to own and operate Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, a franchise in the United Arab Emirates’ new T20 cricket league.The investment is led by Khan, along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. It is the fourth Knight Riders-owned T20 franchise, after previous team launches in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Caribbean Premier League and Major League Cricket in the U.S.T20 is a quick-play, made-for-TV version of cricket, a sport that is wildly popular in the Indian subcontinent and parts of the Middle East.

Naman Ramachandran India’s T-Series, Reliance Entertainment and Match Cut Productions have teamed on Srijit Mukherji’s Hindi-language satire “Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.”Inspired by true events, the film is about the adverse effects of urbanization, human-animal conflict and poverty, leading to a bizarre practice in a village located on the edge of a forest.It stars Pankaj Tripathi (“Sacred Games”), Neeraj Kabi (“Paatal Lok”) and Sayani Gupta “(Four More Shots Please”).Mukherji’s credits include Bengali-language films “Autograph” (2010), which was a Glasgow International Film Festival and Abu Dhabi International Film Festival selection, “Jaatishwar” (2014), “Chotushkone” (2015), “Rajkahini (2015) and “Ek Je Chilo Raja” (2019), which played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “Sherdil” will be his second Hindi film after the 2017’s “Begum Jaan,” the remake of “Rajkahini.” Mukherji said: “I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practises in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next.

Charlotte Crosby has revealed that she held onto her friend's wine glasses in snaps in a bid to hide her pregnancy from Geordie Shore BFF Sophie Kasaei. The reality star, 31, took to Instagram on Tuesday night to announce she is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Jake Ankers.

A former British soldier who was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi facing a £100,000 fine after he refused to board a flight over fears there was a bomb on board has finally returned home. Steve Long, 39, from Stockport, was on a three-week holiday in UAE when he told passengers on the returning Etihad flight that there could be a bomb on the plane.

Film at Lincoln Center has named Sarah Eaton, a film industry veteran and former media relations chief at the Sundance Institute, as VP of marketing and communications.

Serena Williams has revealed harrowing details of how she nearly died when giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia in 2017. Williams, 40, announced she was pregnant in April that year, after revealing she had been eight weeks gone whilst winning the Australian Open. Five months later, she had an emergency cesarean-section delivery due to the baby's heart rate dropping during labour and also suffered a pulmonary embolism after giving birth, leaving her bedridden for over a month and delaying he return to training.

Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan said he was diagnosed with shingles. It came after fans spotted a rash on his holiday photos. The professional dancer had been on holiday with his family when he fell ill.