Leigh-Anne Pinnock provided an update on the status of Little Mix and the possibility of an eventual reunion.
21.05.2024 - 10:33 / ok.co.uk
When Hollyoaks actress Kirsty-Leigh Porter held baby Nala Rai in her arms for the first time, she was overwhelmed with relief, joy and inescapable sadness. Nala, now three, was a rainbow baby, born two years after Kirsty-Leigh lost her first daughter Penny-Leigh, who died when she was 29 weeks and three days pregnant.
The Hollyoaks star travelled to hospital alone for a check-up after feeling reduced movements in December 2018. Doctors scanned her bump but were unable to find a heartbeat and Kirsty-Leigh was told her much-loved and longed-for baby had died.
The blur of hours, days, weeks and months that followed were the darkest of Kirsty-Leigh’s life. In hospital she gave birth to Penny-Leigh, held her, talked to her and loved her. She took prints of her tiny feet and hands.
Then she and Penny-Leigh’s father, Paul Barber, began to organise their baby’s funeral.
Kirsty-Leigh had never felt pain like it. “I’m not the Kirsty I was before Penny-Leigh,” she tells OK!. “My soul left for a little bit after Penny-Leigh.
Everything flips upside down.” Loneliness overwhelmed Kirsty-Leigh in the aftermath of her daughter’s death. In the end it was the support of strangers that helped her through, and the desire to make her daughter proud. “You never get over it, you never forget.
There’s always going to be a part of you that’s missing,” says Kirsty-Leigh.
“I remember one day when I got up and I thought, ‘I can’t carry on like this any more, I have to do something. I do a lot of writing. Once I’ve written what’s running through my head, I feel like I’ve offloaded a lot.” Kirsty-Leigh felt strongly that Penny-Leigh was watching over her, which gave her some comfort.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock provided an update on the status of Little Mix and the possibility of an eventual reunion.
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Jorgie Porter has been spotted out with her blossoming baby bump, after announcing her pregnancy.The Hollyoaks actress looked beautiful as she left a dentist in Liverpool, proudly showcasing her growing bump in a leopard print mini dress. Jorgie shared the news that she and her fiancé Oliver Piotrowskiz are expecting during an episode of ITVBe's Drama Queens. After the show aired, Jorgie shared a clip of an ultrasound scan to her Instagram and said: "We’ve been keeping a little secret." The 36-year-old, who is already mum to son Forest, 2, previously revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock has labelled her long-distance relationship with her husband Andre Gray "hell" as she admitted: "I can’t do it anymore".The Little Mix star, 32, tied the knot with footballer Andre, 32, last summer during a stunning Jamaican wedding and together they share twin daughters. Just a year into their marriage, Leigh-Anne has opened up about the challenges of being in a long-distance relationship due to her husband's football career.The popstar stays in the UK with their twins, while Andre plays football in Saudi Arabia, which only sees them spending time with each other "two days a month." While appearing on Jessie Ware's Table Manners podcast, Leigh-Anne explained: "We have a long distance relationship. He lives in Saudi, he plays football there.
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“If we had to deal with cocaine, it would have been easier,” joked The Seed of the Sacred Fig filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof this AM at a Cannes presser about his entanglement with totalitarian Iranian authorities over his cinema which prompted the filmmaker to flee his homeland from imprisonment.
CANNES – After screening “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, one has to breathe a sigh of relief that director and screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof is safely out of Iran. A victim of a politically motivated jail sentence for supporting the 2022 Masha Amini hijab protests, Rasoulof‘s latest feature will likely anger the Iranian government even more.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic For more than two decades, Iman (Misagh Zare) has functioned as a civil servant, doing work that his kids — who represent Iran’s younger generation — would be ashamed of. Better to keep them in the dark. At last, for his loyalty, Iman has been given a promotion, not to judge (the job he wants) but to inspector (a job no one wants).
This afternoon, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof debuted his latest feature, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in Competition here at the Cannes Film Festival to a nearly 15-minute standing ovation.
Back in March, news broke that Vanessa Kirby would reunite with her “The Crown” director Benjamin Caron for the new Netflix pic “Night Always Comes.” Now we know who’ll join the actress onscreen, and it’s quite the ensemble. READ MORE: ‘The Night Always Comes’: Vanessa Kirby & Director Benjamin Caron Reunite For Portland-Set Noir Drama At Netflix Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, Stephan James, Julia Fox, Eli Roth, Randall Park, and Michael Kelly will join Kirby in the upcoming film a thriller centered on America’s current housing crisis.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof a few days ago absconded from his country with a heavy heart after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court for making his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Ironically, the groundbreaking drama is centered on an investigating judge operating within the same judicial system that has been heavily harassing the film’s producers and actors, and that intended to put Rasoulof behind bars. Having made the tough decision of escaping his beloved homeland, Rasoulof – who is among Iran’s most prominent directors – prepares to attend the film’s world premiere at Cannes on Friday.
Alex Ritman Vanessa Kirby has amassed an impressively starry ensemble cast for the first feature out of the gates for Aluna Entertainment, the production company she established in 2021 with former Film4 exec Lauren Dark. “Night Always Comes,” which Oscar nominee Kirby will lead, is set to star Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight,” “Fargo”), Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), Eli Roth (“Inglourious Basterds,” “The Idol”), Randall Park (“Always Be My Maybe,” “WandaVision”) and Michael Kelly (“House of Cards,” “Jack Ryan”).
Former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has shared an adorable video of one of her two-year-old twins on Instagram.The singer gave birth in August 2021 but decided not to announce the names or gender of her children - until now. Following years of privacy, the 32 year old revealed one of her twins is a girl in a beautiful video she posted to Instagram, And it appears they've clearly inherited their mum's amazing singing abilities as Leigh-Anne caught a beautiful moment of her daughter singing on camera.Taking to her Stories, Leigh-Anne posted a video of her standing at their bedroom door. She captioned it: "One of the twins morning sing songs [crying face emoji].
The Directors Guild of America is standing in solidarity with Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof who had fled authoritarian Iran, and is currently at the Cannes Film Festival with his competition title The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will be attending the Cannes world premiere of his latest work, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” having traveled to Europe clandestinely after receiving an eight-year prison sentence from the country’s authorities for making the film. Rasoulof decided to leave Iran illegally and arrived in Europe a few days ago, shortly after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend Friday’s Cannes screening of his competition movie The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Hollyoaks actress Kirsty-Leigh Porter loves being a mum and her three-year-old daughter Nala Rai lights up her life. But Kirsty-Leigh's road to motherhood was traumatic and her heart was broken in 2018 when she lost her first daughter Penny-Leigh, 29 weeks and three days into her pregnancy. Dark days followed before she became a mum again.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has closed the first international sales for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” ahead of its world premiere on Friday in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film has been acquired in Italy by BiM Distribuzione and Lucky Red, Benelux by September Film Distribution, Spain by Bteam Pictures, Greece by Ama Films, Hungary by Cirko Film, Norway by Selmer Media, Portugal by Leopardo Filmes, Taiwan by Hooray Films and Turkey by Bir Film.
Neon has grabbed North American rights to The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the latest film from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil, Manuscripts Don’t Burn).