MBC Group Launches New Riyadh HQ, Three Decades After Media Giant First Launched in London

Since signing up for Strictly Come Dancing, singer Matt Goss has been spending hours in the dance studio alongside Nadiya Bychkova as he gets to grips with the ins and outs of ballroom dancing. But while he may be spending working up a sweat in order to impress the Strictly judges and avoid the dreaded dance off, away from his time in the studio, the Bros frontman can be found relaxing at his home in London. Prior to appearing on the show, the 53 year old had been living in Las Vegas where he’d embarked on a residency in so-called Sin City.

There are stories so good they can withstand any amount of retelling. Matilda began life as Roald Dahl’s rollicking tale of an outrageously spirited, clever little girl who defeats the bullying headmistress whose vocation is to make children miserable. The Royal Shakespeare Company turned it into a Christmas musical that burst the banks of the festive season, running for years and winning seven Olivier Awards in 2012 in London, then five Tonys the following year in New York. Now, director Matthew Warchus, along with writer Dennis Kelly and songwriter Tim Minchin, has directed the London Film Festival opener Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical for the screen. And once again, it is an absolute blast.

Martin Lewis has set the record straight after the government released some 'irresponsible' advice for first-time buyers. The Money Saving Expert founder was back at the helm of Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna Reid on Monday (September 3) to offer his expert advice in a special cost of living episode.

Guy Lodge Film Critic A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of XR (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles. What has definitely grown is the LFF’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and COVID-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream on the BFI Player platform: “It’s really important to us to get to those places we can’t reach with our venue partnerships,” says Tuttle, adding that their priority is “to give new audiences a taste of what the festival is like.”

Rita Ora is so in love, she's singing it out loud! During an interview on the podcast, the performer gushed about the status of her love life and made rare comments about her other half, Taika Waititi. «I’m in love, very much in love,» she said. «I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love. Amen,» she reiterated while breaking out into song. Ora also confirmed she is in a happy place right now and found a partner after hoping to find love.

streaming, the action-thriller (which Fox also produces) is a dystopian story set in a world where a disruption to the petroleum supply chain sparks a global crisis.Fox, 56, stars as Andy Yeats, an American chemist who lives in London with his wife Elena (Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”), their 8- year-old son Sam (Taylor Fay) — who’s losing his vision — and college-aged climate activist daughter Laura (Alyth Ross), who’s scornful of her dad’s work (since it involves the fossil fuel industry).When the family is about to go to Paris for Sam’s experimental eye surgery, Andy’s work calls him away him to deal with an oil-related emergency in Luzrah (a fictional place in the Middle East). This angers Elena — who thinks he’s prioritizing work over family — and Laura (because of her principles).As power grids shut down all over Europe and social unrest breaks out, the family scatters to the wind, with Andy in Luzrah, his wife and son in France and his daughter still in England.

Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg has played a bookstore manager in New York, a shop clerk in LA and a doting husband in the suburbs in Netflix’s You.

The Great British Bake Off star Sandro has set the record straight after he was criticised for allegedly selling cakes to stars including Maya Jama. The 30-year-old is in the Bake Off’s class of 2022 vying to be crowned Star Baker and impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. After his first appearance in the iconic tent, in which he wowed Paul and Prue with his Technical challenge, coming in second place, Channel 4 viewers questioned his former baking experience.

Rita Ora has told how she has found her "fairy tale" ending, amid speculation she has married filmmaker Taika Waititi. The 31-year-old singer admitted she is "very much in love" with the 'Thor: Love and Thunder' director, following reports the pair wed last month. She said: "I’m in love.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi-owned MBC Group has officially opened its new headquarters in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh in a move that will boost its stated mission to serve as a driver to kickstart the kingdom’s nascent film and TV industry. The broadcaster which is the top satellite free-to-air player in the Middle East and North Africa, and also a major MENA region premium streamer, held a gala opening on Monday attended by a host of Saudi royal family members, ministers, and foreign ambassadors, according to a statement. Other guests included MBC’s executive directors in addition to local talents and hosts of MBC’s TV channels and also from news service Al Arabiya in which MBC owns a minority stake.

Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid has told viewers that it was a "privilege" to stand for seven hours as she waited to see the Queen lying in state.

Susanna Reid has been replaced on Good Morning Britain's edition tomorrow (Sunday) after it was confirmed the programme would return again this weekend. In a rare move, ITV last week chose to bring in its usual weekday presenters, including Susanna, Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway, to hosts its news programme last weekend following the Queen's death.

Nancy Reagan and performed by some of them at the White House. A measure of the immortality enjoyed by Gwyneth Powell’s Grange Hill role came in 2009 when the time-travelling drama Ashes to Ashes included a flashback to 1982 with a clip of Mrs McClusky. Gwyneth Powell was born in Manchester on July 5 1946 to Sidney, a factory worker, and Mary (née Bustard).

As Prince William and his family continue to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he will no longer make his planned trip across the pond to celebrate the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit.

A former SNP adviser who was suspended for suggesting Priti Patel should be "sent back to Uganda" is set to be readmitted to the party. Tim Rideout, a former member of the SNP 's policy development committee, has agreed to undergo an anti-racism course following comments he made on social media in March this year.