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Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice looks happier than ever in a loved-up new photo with girlfriend Molly Brown, posted just days after the couple were forced to deny that they had got engaged. Pro dancer Giovanni, 33, posted a photo to Instagram on Friday of himself and Molly, 25, on an evening out with their arms around each other as he looked lovingly at her.The TV star made his feelings for Molly clear as he wished her a happy birthday in a sweet message alongside the photo.

The National have added a massive Cardiff Castle show to their summer 2024 UK and Ireland tour plans.The American quintet – comprised of Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf – are set to perform at the iconic Wales establishment on July 3.They will be joined by special guests, New Zealand psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who will serve as the opening act for the night. Tickets for the Cardiff Castle gig are available to purchase here.The National are also set to perform at a variety of festivals this summer including taking over the Other Stage at this year’s edition of Glastonbury.

Almost a year after Kevin Spacey was found not guilty of sex crimes, Channel 4 and Max in the U.S. are set to air testimony from more men detailing their experiences with the double-Oscar winner.

Emily Blunt isn’t a fan of algorithm-driven cinema. Variety reports (via Vanity Fair Italy) that the actress and her “The Fall Guy” co-star Ryan Gosling are against studios letting data-crunching drive their creative choices.

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled fresh news details about its 77th edition (May 14-25), including a Rendez-vous with…Valeria Golino event.

Love Island's Georgia Harrison appears to have made another dig at ex Anton Danyluk with an Instagram post claiming she'll settle for nothing less than marrying her best friend. Georgia and Anton, both 29, finished fifth in Love Island: All Stars in February, but were reported to have split earlier this month just a couple of months after leaving the South African-set dating show.

The mother of a teenage boy with a severe peanut allergy has spoken out and called for procedural changes after his life-saving antihistamine medication was confiscated from him during security checks at Manchester Airport.

Kyle MacLachlan has shared a list of 10 films that he thinks would be his Twin Peaks character Dale Cooper’s favourites – check out the list below.MacLachlan played the FBI agent Cooper in David Lynch’s cult show Twin Peaks in its initial run in 1990 and 1991, its 1992 spin-off film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and its 2017 revival, Twin Peaks: The Return.The eccentric investigator is assigned to the town of Twin Peaks in the show to look into the brutal murder of the high school student Laura Palmer, although he is often more interested in the quality of the coffee and a good cherry pie than anything else.Now, in a post on the film social networking site Letterboxd, MacLachlan has posted a list of films that he has described as “Dale Cooper’s picks”.The list includes the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window, the subversive 1977 Italian horror film Suspiria and the satirical 1979 Peter Sellers comedy-drama Being There.It also includes a couple of noir classics – 1944’s Laura and Double Indemnity – as well as Ingmar Bergman’s arthouse gem Persona, the James Stewart courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder and the 1981 sex comedy Waitress!In a moment of meta self-reflection, the list is rounded out by Blue Velvet, Lynch and MacLachlan’s previous collaboration, and Fire Walk With Me itself.MacLachlan is currently starring in the highly anticipated television adaptation of the video game franchise, Fallout, which arrived on Prime Video earlier this month.And the actor, at the request of his Fallout co-star Ella Purnell, recently sent the “sweetest” video to a Twin Peaks mega fan.Speaking to NME, Purnell revealed that she’d left it late to get her friend – who was a huge fan of the David Lynch show – a Christmas gift and so

Ricky Martin and his two sons, Valentino and Matteo, are touring Japan. Meanwhile, Martin’s ex-husband, Jwan Yosef, is enjoying art and adventure with his friends at the Biennale, an international art exhibition in Venice, Italy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Blunt is staunchly opposed to algorithms making any decisions in Hollywood. Ahead of the release of her summer tentpole “The Fall Guy,” the Oscar nominee joined co-star Ryan Gosling for a Vanity Fair Italy cover story in which she expressed frustration over algorithm-driven decision making.

A new game zone has opened up at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1 complete with a virtual reality escape room and a Formula 1 simulator. Game Point is the first of its kind to be launched at an UK airport, providing passengers with immersive entertainment while they wait to board their flight.

Salma Hayek had a wonderful time visiting The Pinault Collection, an extensive art collection amassed by her husband, French billionaire François Pinault, and his family. The private collection is at three museums, and she stopped by the Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice, Italy, to appreciate it.

The Foreign Office has issued an urgent warning for people flying to France as flyers are urged not to head to the airport without checking with their airline.

Lucy Hale and Lana Condor sandwich in ETRO creative director Marco De Vincenzo during an intimate dinner held at Italian restaurant Il Segreto Ristorante on Wednesday (April 24) in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

Ripley is one of the most talked-about Netflix releases of the moment, but what songs are on the soundtrack? Andrew Scott takes the title role in the latest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, opposite Dakota Fanning and Johnny Flynn. The story, shot entirely in black and white, follows Scott’s character as he takes on a job assignment to take a trip to Italy in an attempt to persuade his employer’s son, Dickie Greenleaf (Flynn), to return home from Europe.

A new daily charge for UK holidaymakers visiting the popular Italian hotspot of Venice has today been imposed with only certain groups of people exempt from this fee.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Cinephil has sold Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó’s feature documentary “Agent of Happiness” to a wide range of key international territories ahead of the film’s Hot Docs debut this weekend. Deals are confirmed in the U.K.

Jim Halpert (played by John Krasinski). Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute for eight years, recently took to Instagram to share the room service he received during a stay in Florence, Italy.The 58-year-old actor’s meal came complete with a knife and fork encased in bright red Jell-O.A holdover from the UK version of the show, the gag started in the pilot episode with a stapler.

Paramount+ has renewed the animated preschool series Dora for a second season.

A member of the kitchen staff at the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi in Florence, Italy must be a big fan of The Office!

Manchester United and Chelsea are reportedly battling it out to sign RB Leipzig centre-back Castello Lukeba.

Can Yaman has lined up his next role. The Turkish hearthrob will be playing the fictional pirate Sandokan in a reboot series that hopes to reintroduce the legendary character a new generation of viewers. The series will be adapted by the European production company Lux Vide and is based on the stories written by Emilio Salgari.

Ellie Leach has been flooded with compliments and left her famous cousin 'obsessed' amid her reunion with more of her Strictly Come Dancing co-stars. Over the weekend, the actress was seen enjoying a dinner date with dance partner Vito Coppola in a break from her stage role.

Travellers heading to Indonesia have been warned to check their passports before heading out.

Alex Ritman Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have teamed up for exorcism horror film “The Ritual” from director David Midell. XYZ Films has acquired worldwide rights to the feature, with plans to release it theatrically in 2025 and arrange international distribution at the upcoming Cannes market. “The Ritual” was written by Midell and Enrico Natale and produced by Andrew Stevens, Mitchell Welch and Natale.

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Toni Collette(Hereditary), Andy Garcia (Ocean’s 11), Alex Pettyfer (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and Eva De Dominici (The Cleaning Lady) are leading cast in rom-com Under The Stars, which is now filming in Italy.

Thom Yorke has shared full details of the forthcoming Confidenza soundtrack and the first taster from the record ‘Knife Edge’.In January, it was revealed that the Radiohead and The Smile frontman was composing original music for the film (which translates to “Trust”) from Italian director Daniele Luchetti, based on the book by Domenico Starnone.Now, it has been confirmed that he has worked on the soundtrack with the London Contemporary Orchestra alongside a jazz ensemble which includes The Smile and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner.It is set to drop digitally this Friday (April 26) with a release set for vinyl and CD on July 12. You can pre-order/pre-save all formats here. Yorke has also shared the first song from the record, the video for which you can view below.Here is Knife Edge from the Confidenza soundtrack, accompanied by an extract from the film edited by Ael Dallier Vega.To pre-order/listen/watch etc https://t.co/vcBqmUIsIE pic.twitter.com/03OWtgD0tf— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) April 22, 2024The full tracklisting for the record has also been revealed, which you can view below.1. ‘The Big City’2. ‘Knife Edge’3. ‘Letting Down Gently’4. ‘Secret Clarinet’5. ‘In The Trees’6. ‘Prize Giving’7. ‘Four Ways In Time’8. ‘Confidenza’9. ‘Nosebleed Nuptials’10. ‘Bunch Of Flowers’11. ‘A Silent Scream’12. ‘On The Ledge’The film stars Elio Germano, Vittoria Puccini and Isabella Ferrari, and follows Pietro Vella who works in a run down Roman high school.

Giovanni Pernice shared an 'alert' with his fans and followers as he was left basking in their support following the biggest show of his current tour. The Strictly Come Dancing star has been travelling up and down the country in his own headline show since January.

Hayley Atwell and her fiance Ned Wolfgang Kelly are not spotted together that often, but we have some new photos of the cute couple!

Strictly's Giovanni Pernice has set tongues wagging with engagement rumours after he was seen with his ex-girlfriend, Molly Brown, following their break up in March.The pair were spotted leaving the London Palladium on Sunday evening, where Giovanni is starring in his Let Me Entertain You show and blonde bombshell Molly was seen sporting a ring on her engagement finger. The Strictly Come Dancing pro, 33, appeared to be in high spirits as he left the London Palladium hand-in-hand with model and social media influencer, Molly, 24. Giovanni looked dapper in a deep green suit and a crisp white shirt.

From almost all accounts, it seems like Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has another hit on his hands with “Challengers,” a new tennis drama from MGM Studios that’s actually more of a love-triangle romance bundled into the sports genre. Starring Zendaya (Marvel’s “Spider-Man” franchise and the “Dune” series), Josh O’Connor (“Dr.

Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola has gushed over his former dance partner Ellie Leach while her former Coronation Street co-star made a cheeky gig as she reflected on the epic events of the end of last year.

Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola appeared to be in his element as he tucked into some Italian dishes alongside Ellie Leach and his lookalike brother. The dancer took to social media to document the trio's dinner date after Ellie gushed over her former dance partner.

From stage to small screen and now fully-fledged media personality who's made the headlines for celebrity feuds and racy Instagram outfits - fearlessly frank Amanda Holden has been a household name for more than a quarter of a century.

Bruno Tonioli has been a familiar face on UK TV screens since 2004, when he turned up as a judge on the very first series of Strictly Come Dancing. The former dancer from Italy was on the original panel alongside Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips and the late Len Goodman.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian state broadcaster RAI is under heavy fire amid allegations that it censored a planned anti-fascist monologue by prominent writer Antonio Scurati, author of international bestseller “M: Son of the Century,” which reconstructs fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s rise to power. Scurati was meant to read his monologue – written to mark the country’s upcoming April 25 national holiday that celebrates Italy’s liberation from fascism – on the talk show “Chesarà,” which aired on the broadcaster’s RAI 3 channel Saturday night.