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Anton du Beke has confessed how envious he can get over watching pairs compete on the dance floor while he's a judge, ahead of the new Strictly Come Dancing series launch this week.The 20th series of the BBC show will see 15 celebrity contestants – including TV presenter Helen Skelton, EastEnders actor James Bye, singer Fleur East and former England footballer Tony Adams – taking to the dance floor. Du Beke will once again join Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse on the judging panel when the hit dance competition returns to screens on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 23 September.

The seating chart was a huge topic of conversation during and after Queen Elizabeth‘s funeral on Monday (September 19) in London, England.

Madonna and her daughter Lourdes Leon were spotted partying at New York Fashion Week. The pair were seen having fun at the after parties, looking stunning and enjoying their time with their friends.The 25-year-old model, who recently made her music debut, wore an all-black ensemble, including a shredded crop top with a matching mini skirt and tall black leather boots, while the 64-year-old iconic singer wore a yellow Balenciaga parka, paired with a black zip-up corset and big jewelry.Madonna also showed her new look, looking chic and edgy with bleached eyebrows and pink hair, following the steps of Kim Kardashian on her latest ‘American Dream’ themed cover.The Queen of Pop was also spotted partying and attending some of the fashion shows with her rumored girlfriend Tokischa, as the pair get ready to release a remix of Madonna’s popular song ‘Hung Up.’A post shared by Madonna (@madonna)The rapper and the singer were recently shooting the music video for the upcoming remix, and things got a little out of hand.

Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes Leon, were just two of the major stars sitting front row at the Tom Ford fashion show during 2022 New York Fashion Week held at Skylight on Vesey on Wednesday night (September 14) in New York City.

Jenna Bush Hager believes Queen Elizabeth's passing came as a shock to the royal family. The 40-year-old author - who is the daughter of former US President George W Bush - was preparing to interview Queen Consort Camilla in Scotland when news filtered through of the queen's poor health, and Jenna believes that it took the royals by surprise. Recalling having dinner with King Charles while his wife was delayed on a flight, Jenna shared: "It was a lovely meal … We had a wonderful evening filled with conversation that felt joyful … so I think this was sort of a surprise.

Jenna Bush Hager was actually in the United Kingdom to interview the now Queen Consort, Camilla, before the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Retiring ABC series “Black-ish” picked up one more honor on Friday, a Humanitas Prize for comedy teleplay, while Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” and ABC’s “Women of the Movement” also were recognized at the event. Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore, the 46th annual Humanitas Prize event centered on awards and $10,000 cash prizes to screenwriters across ten categories. In addition, Humanitas board president Jenny Bicks presented Filmmakers for Ukraine with the Kieser Award “in recognition of their work to connect the Ukrainian film and TV community impacted by the Russo-Ukrainian War with resources, jobs, and funding to meet basic needs.”

EXCLUSIVE: For the first time since launching eventual Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book five years ago, writer/director Peter Farrelly returns to the Toronto Film Festival with another drama built around an obscure and difficult to be believed but fact-based road trip set in the turbulent ‘60s.

K.J. Yossman Over 33 million people watched news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death announced live on television on Thursday evening. BBC One, ITV, Channel 5, Sky and GB News were in the middle of rolling news reports – prompted by a Buckingham Palace statement citing “concern” for the Queen’s health earlier at that day – when the news broke at 6.30PM local time. Channel 4 cut from popular British soap “Hollyoaks” while BBC Two was broadcasting women’s athletics when the schedule was interrupted to bring viewers the breaking news. “Across the BBC and major channels carrying news, a total reach of 33m people tuned in between midday and 2am, as the news broke of the sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” U.K. ratings aggregator Overnights TV tweeted.

Kate Bush‘s hit song, ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’ is set to be reissued as a CD single.This will be the first time the ‘Hounds of Love’ track will be released in the format and is set to release on September 2 via Rhino. Pre-orders are available here.Earlier today, both Harry Styles and Bush were named as the leading acts on Spotify‘s new Top Songs Of Summer 2022 steaming report.According to the official post, Styles’ hit ‘As It Was’ has registered over 610 million streams on the platform over the past three months alone.

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been quite the in-demand actor of late, starring in Oscar-prestige bait and genre projects.

Johnny Depp is set to join Jeff Beck for the majority of the guitarist’s upcoming North American tour – tickets are available here.The pair – who released a joint album, ’18’, back in July – will perform together over the course of Beck’s North American tour, which kicks off this October.Though dates for the run were revealed in early August (and can be found below), news of Depp’s addition wasn’t made until today (September 1).The Jeff Beck: Live In Concert tour begins in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday October 1, with Depp then joining the run at the next show on October 4 in Washington D.C.