‘Playground’ Director Laura Wandel on Getting Oscar Shortlisted Despite Having ‘No Chance At a Real Campaign’

Former Love Island star Laura Anderson is always switching up her hairstyle but her latest look might just be our favourite yet. The 32 year old, who’s currently living in Dubai with boyfriend Dane Bowers, showed off her new ‘do in an Instagram Reel shared with her 1.4 million followers. In the clip that’s amassed over 4K likes so far, Laura can be seen tugging on her hair extensions to the beat of a song, before the video cuts to her new, shorter locks.The star looks amazing in the clip, as her poker straight tresses quickly transform into a chic shoulder-length bob with bouncy, blow-dried curls.

Kate Middleton is often seen up front and centre with the Queen at official events and on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.The Duchess of Cambridge is lucky enough to stand in a more prominent position than her husband, Prince William, and even future King Prince Charles at times! Trooping of the Colour will make a comeback this year after two years of absence from the capital - so we can expect the royals to gather on the famous balcony for the first time since 2019. Of course, the Queen will always be in the middle, but why does Kate get to stand so close to her? Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Chadwick Boseman once again.During Tuesday's live-streamed announcement of the 2022 Oscar nominees, Phylicia Rashad and students at Howard University's newly-renamed Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts helped announced the Best Actor category, in which Boseman was nominated just last year, for his performance in «All of our students here are so inspired by Chadwick Boseman, a Howard grad who was so committed to this university,» Rashad said.

Kristen Stewart, who reached global fame with the $3.35 billion grossing franchise Twilight, has landed her first Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer. 

Last night The Queen announced the Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will be known as the Queen Consort when Prince Charles becomes king.

The latest celebrities strapping on their aprons for charity have been announced, as Channel 4 has revealed the return of Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer. And as ever they are a brilliant batch. This year the stars switching on their mixers to raise some life-saving dough for cancer research are TV presenter Emma Willis, Love Island host Laura Whitmore, singer Ellie Goulding and Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Grammy-wining singer Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Lebanese/British pop star Mika are set to host the upcoming 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.The hosts of Eurovision — which boasts an audience of over 180 million viewers, making it the world’s biggest and most-watched song competition — were announced Wednesday during the Sanremo song fest on Italian pubcaster RAI, the host broadcaster of this year’s Eurovision, which will be held May 10, 12 and 14.All three hosts are proficient in English and have plenty of high-profile media experience.Pausini is a 2006 Grammy Award winner for “Escucha” in the best Latin pop album category, one of 13 studio albums she has released, scoring more than 70 million album sales around the world. In 2020, she collaborated with Diane Warren to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song “Io Sì” (Seen) for Sophia Loren-starrer “The Life Ahead.”  Cattelan is an experienced TV host, having hosted talent show “The X Factor” in Italy for nine years, including the 2017 edition, which was won by hard rock band Måneskin.

Ferne McCann has gushed about her new boyfriend Lorri Haines in a smitten new snap from their romantic getaway. After confirming her new romance with her estate agent boyfriend with a string of loved-up images, the former The Only Way Is Essex star took to her Instagram platform on Tuesday morning with another picture of them together. Ferne, 31, looked sensational with a glass of bubbly in hand as she cosied up to her new love on board a luxury yacht with Dubai's stunning skyline behind them.

After stepping down as working royals in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have created a new life for themselves and their young family in California. But with their US lifestyles, it means that Archie, two, and Lilibet, seven months, are yet to meet their cousins in the UK.

Great British Bake Off 2020 finalist Laura Adlington has shared a stunning snap of herself wearing a bikini while on holiday in Mexico. Laura, 32, confessed that it was the first time she has ever worn a bikini as she posted the photo of herself in the leopard print . Alongside the snap she said: “Today I wore a bikini on the beach for the first time ever.

Naman Ramachandran In a new series, Variety catches up with the directors of the films shortlisted for the International Feature Oscar to discuss their road to the awards, what they’ve learned so far, and what’s taken them off guard.Maria Schrader, an Emmy winner for directing the Netflix series “Unorthodox,” is also a Berlin Silver Bear winning actor for “Aimée & Jaguar” (1999). Her latest feature “I’m Your Man” follows a scientist (Maren Eggert, “Giraffe”) who agrees to live for three weeks with a humanoid robot (Dan Stevens, “Downton Abbey”) designed to make her happy.