Pal of Scot fighting in Ukraine tells of emotional 'last supper' before he signed up

Sean Penn is being candid.

Actor Sean Penn spoke with MSNBC and Fox News to discuss what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine and to discuss support for the country. 

This year’s Oscars ceremony turned into a media circus after Will Smith slapped guest presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s hair, alluding to the actress making a sequel to the Ridley Scott film “G.I. Jane.” Since then, Smith has made multiple apologies and even resigned his membership in The Academy.

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay has admitted that he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski and be performing to a similar standard by the time he reaches his age.

An all-star roster of film, TV and theatre performers — including Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Chenoweth, David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez — have signed up for a 10-hour telethon to raise money for the victims of the war in Ukraine.

A celebrity-packed 10-hour Stars in the House telethon raising money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with a line-up to include such Hollywood and Broadway stars as Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Laurie Metcalf, Patrick Wilson, Judith Light and a new SCTV reunion of Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.

Peta Murgatroyd got emotional while reflecting on Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine.

Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin paid tribute to Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, the journalists who were killed in Ukraine this week, as well as to correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was seriously injured.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBenjamin Hall, the Fox News Channel correspondent who was injured while covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the Fox Corp.-owned network, has managed to get out of the country, according to a memo from Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media’s CEO, issued Wednesday.“Ben is alert and in good spirits. He is being treated with the best possible care in the world and we are in close contact with his wife and family,” Scott said in the note to staffers.Fox News has deployed a handful of correspondents around the country, including Trey Yingst and Steve Harrigan.Hall had been reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, with cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova when their vehicle came under fire.

Fox News’ Benjamin Hall, seriously injured this week while reporting from Ukraine, is now out of the country, the network said.

Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in outside of Kyiv with another reporter was struck by incoming fire, the network said on Tuesday.The slain videographer, Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox, according to a memo sent to the network's employees.“His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched,” Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, said in the memo.Reporter Benjamin Hall has been hospitalized since Monday, when their vehicle was hit in Horenka, the network said.Zakrzewski, who was based in London, was the second journalist killed in Ukraine in two days. Brent Renaud, a documentary filmmaker and another veteran of covering war zones, died Sunday after Russian forces opened fire on his vehicle.Scott said of Zakrzewski: “His talents were vast and there wasn't a role that he didn't jump in to help with in the field — from photographer to engineer to editor to producer — and he did it all under immense pressure with tremendous skill.”Last year, Zakrzewski played a key role in getting Fox's freelancers and their families out of Afghanistan after the U.S.

Jordan Moreau Pierre Zakrzewski, a cameraman for Fox News, was killed in Ukraine on Monday, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott told staff in a company-wide memo on Tuesday morning. He was 55.Zakrzewski and Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall were reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyvi, Ukraine, when their vehicle came under fire. Hall remains hospitalized in Ukraine.“Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us.

Fox News said that its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed in Ukraine on Monday when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by oncoming fire.

The government has officially launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme, which will see families across the UK host Ukrainians who have fled the country.

The UK has launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme to help those who have been forced to escape the country following Russia's invasion.

Elon Musk is looking to throw down with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Tesla co-founder, 50, challenged Putin, 69, to a one-on-one fight amidst Russia’s tragic invasion of Ukraine. “I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat,” Elon wrote on Twitter March 14. “Stakes are Ukraine,” he added. Elon wrote Putin’s name in Russian and Ukraine in Ukrainian.

It is “not impossible” that Russia will launch an attack which could hit Nato territory, a Cabinet minister admitted as fears rise about an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.