A dad who was seriously hurt in a motorbike crash - before losing his young daughter just years later - has spoken of his heartbreak. Geoff Sackville-Wiggins was left in a coma after his bike was hit by a car in a horror crash in 2009.
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After an opening performance by a guitar-picking Jimmy Fallon — who sung about, among other things, how “next year I’ll be a hologram” — the NBCUniversal upfront got underway Monday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
So you didn’t make it to the home of the Rockettes? Here’s what you missed:
-NBCUniversal Chairman Mark Lazarus briefly took the stage to crow “while others have been spinning, we’ve spent the last year investing in our content, tech and overall experience.” “No one else can do what we do,” he added.
-Talent like Jabari Banks and Jesse L. Martin talked up content like The Irrational and Bel-Air before tossing to a breathless video package touting NBCUni content that was hosted by Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
-NBCUniversal Studio Group Chair and Chief Content Officer Donna Langley chatted about how she’s “excited to build up our story legacy across film, TV and streaming.” Exhibit A: She shared plans on how they plan to maximize their Wicked IP, like how the musical witches will make an appearance around the Olympics, and how Peacock will stream the film adaptation of the Broadway musical after the first of two parts will be released on Nov. 27. Langley then introduced the film’s first trailer. (Those who streamed the presentation didn’t get to see it. Boo!)
-Fresh from the Tom Brady roast, Kevin Hart made his upfront debut to talk about how fun it is to “play in the sandbox that is NBCUniversal.” He then introduced Taraji P. Henson before they tossed to a video montage of upcoming Peacock originals, like their Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist miniseries about the armed robbery that occurred on the night of Muhammad Ali’s comeback fight. There were also scenes from James Wan’s horror thriller TeaCup,
A dad who was seriously hurt in a motorbike crash - before losing his young daughter just years later - has spoken of his heartbreak. Geoff Sackville-Wiggins was left in a coma after his bike was hit by a car in a horror crash in 2009.
Bethenny Frankel isn’t happy with Chanel.
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains descriptions of birth trauma that some readers may find distressing. Since welcoming her son Leo into the world in November 2021, former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has opened up about her birth experience. After undergoing an emergency C-section, which resulted in a number of complications, the 34 year old has bravely spoken about experiencing birth trauma and has shed light on the topic in interviews and in her new book Lucky: Learning To Live Again, £16.99 here.
A witness is speaking out after a video of Travis Scott and Alexander “AE” Edwards fighting at a party amid the 2024 Cannes Film Festival went viral.
the Associated Press in a video posted on their Instagram, Rowland told her side of the story. “The woman knows what happened, I know what happened,” she said. “I have a boundary and I stand by those boundaries, and that is it.”She also noted that there were “other women that attended that carpet who did not quite look like me and they didn’t get scolded or pushed off or told to get off.”On Tuesday, a video went viral of Rowland appearing to scold a security guard at the red carpet premiere of the French-Italian film “Marcello Mio.”Photos from the event show Rowland smiling as she walked up the red carpet steps to go into the theater — before she got into a heated exchange with a female security guard.The former Destiny’s Child member looked upset and angry as she pointed her finger at the woman.
An emotional Kimberley Walsh was reunited with her 'babies' after the longes period she's spent away from them as she kicked off a busy touring schedule with Girls Aloud. The band performed multiple shows in both Dublin and Belfast as they kicked off their Girls Aloud The Show tour.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series finale of Freeform‘s grown-ish.
Netflix has just released a three-part docuseries exploring the rise and fall of the ill-fated online dating site Ashley Madison, but what happened to the people involved?Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal premiered on the streaming service last week (May 15), with one episode charting its rise to prominence in the ’00s, another covering its dramatic fall from grace after a major data breach leaked the personal details of millions of users, and a third looking at the dramatic fallout.The site fashioned itself as a safe place for users to seek an extramarital affair, using the tagline: “Life is short. Have an affair”.
Don’t mess with Kelly Rowland!
From a 999 call to a conviction for murder, a new Channel 5 series makes compelling viewing for true crime fans. Tonight (Tuesday) is the turn of Julie Dixon, a woman who called the emergency services to report an attack on her partner David.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic About 18,000 more faces were stolen Friday night at Sphere in Las Vegas, as Dead & Company played the second of 24 shows scheduled for the technologically ground-breaking venue. As is customary with any outfit associated with the Grateful Dead, it’s assumed that no two shows will be the same, and many fans have naturally purchased tickets for multiple nights of the residency.
The Young Sheldon finale should go down as not just one of , but also one of the finest hours of television, period. The tricky balance of devastation and humor following George's death in last week's episode also had to be intertwined with Sheldon and Amy in the future (Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik, reprising ) in a way that made sense to the viewer.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz recounts Lali Sokolov’s harrowing memories of the concentration camp in Poland during the Second World War.Based on the book of the same name, the six-part series follows Lali Sokolov (Harvey Keitel) as he tells his story of his time at Auschwitz to novice writer Heather Morris (Melanie Lynskey) who is writing his memoirs.The show jumps between this timeline and his experience at the concentration camp, where a young Lali (Jonah Hauer-King) takes up the job of tattooing identification numbers on the arms of fellow Jewish prisoners.It’s during this job where he meets young Gita (Anna Prochniak), who he quickly falls in love with – putting themselves both at risk.At the end of the sixth episode, Lali returns to Auschwitz with Heather for the first time since he was held captive there. During the visit, Lali sees one final vision of Gita, who died in 2003, sitting on their bed and holding their baby son Gary.In the final sequence, Lali approaches Gita with a smile on his face and lays next to her on the bed.
A small group of advertisers were serenaded by Metallica’s Master of Puppets (one of those songs that Stranger Things brought to a new generation) as they walked into Netflix’s first in-person Upfront.
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter from Abbott Elementary got to call roll at the start of the Disney Upfront Tuesday, which allowed many of the stars from the studio’s movies and networks to sound off (in a video) before the presentation kicked off at the North Javits Center.
It’s day two of the Upfronts and Amazon is making its primetime debut.
Good Morning Britain got off to a rocky start this Tuesday morning after the ITV show faced major technical difficulties live on-air. Viewers quickly took to social media after presenters' microphones cut out for 60 seconds. Susanna Reid and Ed Balls are on presenting duty this Tuesday morning - however, the show faced chaos when its audio cut out during the local news segment.
Lego Masters host Will Arnett kicked off the 2024 Fox Upfront by introducing most of the celebrity players for the new season, including Jon Hamm, Olivia Culpo, Tom Brady and of course Rob Lowe, who he introduced as coming straight from St. Elmo’s Fire.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large At the NBCUniversal upfronts, they saved the best for almost last: “Late Night with Seth Meyers” host Seth Meyers hit the Radio City Music Hall stage to throw out a few quips before introducing NBCUniversal ad sales chief Mark Marshall. Meyers came out swinging: “Hello and welcome to the NBC upfronts. If you’re looking for the Fox News upfronts, that’s happening outside a lower Manhattan courtroom,” he said to chuckles.
In an unusual move, NBCUniversal used its upfront presentation to ad buyers in New York on Monday to debut a four-minute extended first look at its forthcoming film version of Wicked.