Valerie Wu Intern Conny Van Dyke, a singer-songwriter signed to Motown Records who starred in such films as “W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings” and “Framed,” has died. She was 78.
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A year after confirming their relationship, Max George and Maisie Smith are still going strong – despite admitting they're currently “homeless”.
The couple competed against each other on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, but it wasn’t until months after they both took part in last year’s arena tour that love blossomed. Fast-forward to today and the pair are owners of their own Manchester property, with big plans for their future. But their first challenge is to finish renovating their pad, which Max says is more like a building site than a home.
Speaking exclusively to OK!, the couple confess they’re like “two 50-year-olds” who are busy arguing over shades of paint. “We haven’t got a kitchen and the sofa is thick with dust, so we’re literally at his mum’s house,” says Maisie, who previously played Tiffany Butcher in EastEnders for 10 years off and on. “That’s why we go on holiday so much, because we haven’t got a kitchen at home.
We’re like, ‘We’ll go to Dubai’ just so we can have something to eat.” While fixing up the new place is an exciting time for the couple, it has also been a source of conflict. “We’re like a little married couple – we’re like two 50-year-olds who don’t leave the house any more,” says Maisie. “I want pink walls and he wants white ones, so that’s pretty much the depth of our arguments.
And he tried to put a shelf up with Super Glue, so that speaks for itself.” For the record, Max reveals the couple now have pink walls – not that he’ll be living with them for long. “No doubt, as soon as it’s done, Maisie will be at the theatre and we’ll have to come back down to London, so we’ll never live in it!” he jokes. When the couple first announced they were official, their 13-year age gap – Maisie is 22 and Max
.Valerie Wu Intern Conny Van Dyke, a singer-songwriter signed to Motown Records who starred in such films as “W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings” and “Framed,” has died. She was 78.
Naman Ramachandran Universal’s “Trolls Band Together” has reclaimed the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office from stablemate “Five Nights At Freddy’s.” In its third weekend, “Trolls Band Together” collected £1.8 million ($2.2 million) for a total of £12.7 million ($15.7 million). In the process it won back the pole position it had ceded to Universal’s “Five Nights At Freddy’s,” which in its second weekend took in £1.2 million in second place for a total of £8.7 million.
Max George has described his return to the stage in his home city as a 'night to remember'. The singer was brought out as a special guest during JLS' show at Manchester's AO Arena on Thursday night (November 2).
Is there a pair of footwear quite as polarising as a pair of Crocs? Whether you love them or hate them, the rubber clogs are continuing to make their mark as one of the most controversial footwear choices around. Whichever side of the Crocs debate you land on, there’s no denying that the footwear brand has gone from strength to strength, with new designs continuing to give the classic clog-style shoes a fashion-forward update.
"Now And Then," dubbed the "final" song by The Beatles has arrived on streaming platforms. The song comes with a video directed by Peter Jackson, featuring previously unseen archive footage of the band. Scroll down to hear the song now.
The Beatles‘ “final” song ‘Now And Then’ has been shared.Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song written and directed by Oliver Murray, was aired on the The One Show on BBC One and YouTube tonight.The poignant 12 minute film, which you can view below, was broadcast as part of a series of programmes on the BBC to celebrate the legacy of The Beatles.Paul McCartney introduced the film ahead of its airing. “Hello, I’d like to introduce you to a short film which tells the story of how me, John, George and Ringo came together to record our last song.
Naomie Harris is leading Robin and the Hood, a Sky family adventure film that has launched sales at AFM.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Cornerstone has closed sales on multiple territories including North America and the U.K. for writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo’s “Starve Acre,” a brooding and atmospheric folk horror. “House of the Dragon’s” Matt Smith and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” actor Morfydd Clark star in the film, which is produced by House Productions.
Fast solar winds are predicted to give rise to the Northern Lights over parts of Scotland tonight.
On the heels of the wonderful 2019 The Two Popes, in which Anthony Hopkins starred as Pope Benedict XVI in an imagined conversation with Jonathan Pryce’s future Pope Francis, Hopkins is once again involved in the same kind of cinematic historical fictional meeting as founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, who is engaged in a private debate with The Chronicles of Narnia author and theologian C.S. Lewis (played by Matthew Goode) on the existence of God. As with The Two Popes, there is no proof whatsoever that any meeting ever took place, but it clearly provides lots of material to wrap your head around. That is exactly what Mark St. Germain did in creating his 2009 play Freud’s Last Session, which was built on the 1967 Harvard lectures of Dr. Armond M. Nicholi Jr in his presentation “The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.”
Is Tom Sandoval really a narcissist? We’re about to find out!
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Bhutan’s official Oscar entry “The Monk And The Gun,” Pawo Choyning Dorji‘s follow-up to “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom,” has been bought by a raft of well-established international theatrical distributors. Following its festival premieres at Telluride, Toronto, Rome and Busan, “The Monk and the Gun” has been sold by Films Boutique to Pyramide Distribution (France), September Films (Benelux), Rialto Distribution (Australia), Future Films (Scandinavia), A Contracorriente (Spain), Lev Films (Israel), Aurora Films (Poland), Trigon (Switzerland), Alambique Films (Portugal) and Impact Films (India and Indian Subcontinent). Earlier this week, the crowdpleaser was also acquired by Roadside Attraction for the U.S.
Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent Boys’ Love, or ‘BL’ as it is also known, was once a minor and lightly regarded type of Japanese manga catering mainly to female fans, delivering stories of handsome young guys falling in love with each other. Now its popularity has spread beyond Japan to much of East Asia and beyond, while metamorphozing into a film, TV and online genre with millions of fans. Just how big BL has become was evident in a Wednesday TIFFCOM seminar on the BL phenomenon in Thailand: Beyond Borders: Exploring the Global Appeal and Diversity of Thailand’s Boys’ Love Contents. The eleven speakers, including an official from the Office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy in Japan, vigorously pitched partnerships with Japanese content companies, which seemed to be a classic case of selling ice to Alaska’s indigenous inhabitants. Members of the packed seminar room might beg to differ, however.
EastEnders actress Maisie Smith has hinted that she might be making a return to the BBC soap after leaving the show in December 2021.The 22-year-old actress, who played Tiffany Butcher, made a guest appearance in March 2022 as part of Keegan Baker's emotional exit storyline, much to the delight of the show's fans. Speaking exclusively to OK!, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant hinted she might make a welcome return to the soap, telling us she was "sure" she'd be back.
Manchester United began what is a crucial week for them with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
A teenager has been killed and another critically injured in a crash in West Yorkshire.
A man from Wythenshawe has completed the massive achievement of cycling just under 1200 miles across 11 countries in just over two weeks.
In a blind taste test, Which? pitted Baileys against Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s to find the best value Irish cream liqueurs. Baileys triumphed overall, but only just, with several supermarket liqueurs impressing the tasters. The top cheaper pick, Lidl, scored just 1% less than Baileys overall and is nearly half the price.
Manchester United are reportedly eyeing a move for young Benfica midfielder Joao Neves next summer.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A group of A-list actors is adding pressure on SAG-AFTRA leadership to find a way to resolve the actors strike, which has now lasted 97 days. George Clooney, Tyler Perry, Scarlett Johansson, and others held a Zoom meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s executive director. Though the tone has been described as “supportive,” the actors did not call the meeting merely to express support.