Public sector workers should expect below inflation pay rises, warns Tory minister

is a candy-colored carnival of action and humor, and a welcome return of favorite Marvel characters: Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Natalie Portman’s Jane, Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie and Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill, popping in from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. One face you may have failed to identify in the trailer: Gorr the God Butcher, who’s played by Christian Bale. But if you know anything about Bale, you’ll know this guy is recognizably unrecognizable.Bale, 48, is the industry’s standard for body modification.

Dax Shepard is showing his wife some love in his latest post. The 47-year-old actor took to Instagram to share a photo of him and his wife, Kristen Bell, looking happy as ever while on a trip to Europe, but it's the caption where Shepard made his feelings for his partner of nine years known.«I am very happy! I am sexually attracted to my partner,» the English translation of the German caption Shepard wrote read.Bell went on to repost the pic, which saw the pair rocking matching purple dye jobs.The blunt caption and comes as no surprise from Shepard, as both he and the  actress have been notoriously open about their love lives.A post shared by Dax Shepard (@daxshepard)Just last month, Bell spoke about her marriage during an appearance on , where she said that the pair are «polar opposites.»Bell explained that they have worked to find compromise amid their wildly different personalities.

Good design is timeless. Corsets are proof of this as the garment is seeing a resurgence among Hollywood’s most fashionable women.

Tom Cruise enjoyed some very special celebrations on Sunday.MORE: Nicole Kidman's daughter Bella Cruise reacts to beautiful wedding photoThe Top Gun star turned 60 on 3 July – and he chose to spend the day at Silverstone watching the British Grand Prix. WATCH: Nicole Kidman’s relationship with her adopted childrenTom stunned onlookers with his incredibly youthful appearance as he mingled with fellow guests, and was clearly in high spirits, beaming for the cameras as he walked around the paddock.READ: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise's son Connor stuns fans with new fishing photoMORE: Nicole Kidman's daughter Bella publicly shows her support for dad Tom CruiseThe Hollywood actor was inundated with birthday messages on social media – but it was his daughter Bella Cruise's update that really stood out.

But he also spent a good chunk of time in England. First, he played club cricket in his youth, and post-retirement he took any opportunity to sit in a commentary box in the UK to be close to his former fiancée, British star Elizabeth Hurley.

summer transfer window is in full swing, but it is not only agents and club owners who are working full tilt – behind the scenes the removal men who ship the star players' belongings across the globe are flat out, too. Elite footballers are crisscrossing the world this month as squads worth hundreds of millions of pounds are assembled for next season and VIP shippers are following them to all corners of almost every continent, to fetch or deposit prized possessions. '[Once the deal is done] they want to move tomorrow, or today even', said Andy Wells, owner of Premier Relocations, who will move more than 100 players this summer.

Strikes have been called by Post Office workers after a ‘failure from leadership’ to offer a ‘fair’ pay package - and the collections and cash deliveries will be hit the hardest. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has urged senior management to “stop the spin and get serious on pay”.

David Benedict Jessica Lange was once asked if there couldn’t have been someone on the set of the painfully overwrought Southern gothic movie, Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart,” who could have got everyone to tone things down, to which she giggled, “You mean, like the Taste Patrol?” Large stretches of Theresa Rebeck’s new, wildly dysfunctional family drama “Mad House,” now running on the West End, suggest that the Patrol has been similarly missing in action.You can see why actors of the caliber of David Harbour and Bill Pullman — plus equally gifted British talents Akiya Henry and Sinéad Matthews — wanted to appear in this world premiere. Rebeck has barely been produced in the U.K., but it’s immediately clear she knows how to whip up bitterly comic set-pieces for actors to sink their teeth into.

ditched the DC world for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he claims he doesn’t know a thing about it.The English method actor will next be seen in the MCU’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” and recently revealed to Total Film that he had no hesitations about taking on another superhero role after starring in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy. “Absolutely not, no,” he said.

EXCLUSIVE: Armani Jackson (Honor Society, Chad), Bella Shepard (iCarly, The Wilds), Chloe Rose Robertson (Wildflower) and Tyler Lawrence Gray (Our Town, Macbeth) are set as the young leads in Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. The series hails from Jeff Davis, developer and executive producer of the 2011 MTV series Teen Wolf, and MTV Entertainment Studios where Davis is under a deal.

Tom Cruise maintains a good relationship with his two eldest children, Bella and Connor, whom he shares with ex-wife Nicole Kidman.MORE: How the Duchess of Cambridge and Tom Cruise broke royal protocolUnlike their superstar parents, both Bella and Connor live their life completely out of the spotlight and choose not to speak publicly about their family. WATCH: Nicole Kidman's relationship with adopted children with Tom CruiseWith that in mind, Bella chose to share a rather unusual post on Sunday – Father's Day in both the US and the UK, where she lives with husband Max Parker.READ: Nicole Kidman's daughter Bella publicly shows her support for dad Tom CruiseMORE: Nicole Kidman's relationship with children Bella and Connor Cruise: the latest detailsThe 29-year-old posted a photo of her own artwork; an abstract piece using deep reds, black, blues and whites.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe action in upcoming mystery thriller “The Reunion,” starring “Harrow’s” Ioan Gruffudd, centers on three characters in two time-zones, 25 years apart, but the emotions and personalities of the characters are consistent, the show’s British director Bill Eagles explained at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Sunday.The English-language show, produced by Sydney Gallonde at Make It Happen Studio and co-produced by MGM Intl. TV Productions and broadcaster France Televisions, is based on Guillaume Musso’s bestselling novel “La Jeune fille et la nuit.”The story opens in the present day, at a reunion at an international school in the south of France where three former friends reconnect.

Council bosses have been accused of “blackmail” over claims an inflation-linked pay rise for staff risks 20,000 jobs.

The UK Americana scene is positively thriving right now. A genre increasingly influencing the mainstream, it's important to shine a spotlight on those artists embodying the roots of Americana; bringing the traditional elements of the music into 2022 and challenging perceptions of the genre along the way, too.

Ryanair passengers could face further disruption this summer as cabin crew threaten to strike amid a dispute over pay.

Todd Rundgren and King Crimson’s Adrian Belew have shared details of a ‘Celebrating David Bowie‘ tribute tour that’s due to hit North America this autumn.The celebrated guitarist and ex-King Crimson axeman will be joined by Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore and Jeffrey Gaines on the 15-date tour to pay tribute to the late, influential British musician.Bassist Angeline Saris, drummer Michael Urbano, saxophonist Ron Dziubla, and guitarist Scrote (Angelo Bundini), who put together the first Celebrating David Bowie tour in 2017, are in the tour’s backing band. Scrote is producing the tour alongside Miles Copeland.Langdon said in a statement [via Rolling Stone]: “David Bowie was a master.