Rick Stein's 'rich' chocolate banana hazelnut tart recipe makes a dreamy dessert

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian-American multidisciplinary producer James Shani launches creative studio, RICH SPIRIT, which will partner with BIPOC artists and filmmakers to produce a wide range of original projects from narrative films to documentaries, music videos, donate its services to nonprofits, execute commissioned work for brands, and fund early-stage founders in the technology and media space.

Lexi Carson The American Pavilion has announced this year’s “Industry In Focus” series and “In Conversation” programming for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The programming will run from Wednesday, May 15, to Thursday, May 23, and will include a daily schedule of more than 25 panels, conversations and screenings.

Todd Gilchrist editor After 10 installments and 56 years, “Planet of the Apes” is one of the longest-running science-fiction series in film history. Even Pierre Boulle, who wrote the novel upon which the 1968 film was based, never imagined a future this long, complicated, or full of talking simians.

Jack Dunn In 2005, NFL Network sportscaster Rich Eisen and former Dever Broncos running back Terrell Davis were sitting in the stands of the RCA Dome in Indianapolis waiting for the NFL scouting combine to begin. In a fit of boredom, Eisen said out loud “I could run the 40-yard dash right now.” Davis scoffed at the idea, which only motivated Eisen to take up the challenge. Dressed in a suit and tie, Eisen would take the field and run the dash, thinking nothing of it.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has announced that Big Guy, its first hour-long special from comedian Rachel Feinstein, will premiere globally on the streamer on Tuesday, May 21st. Check out a first look clip above.

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm on Wednesday announced its hiring of Craig Bernstein and Lindsay Samakow who will respectively oversee new Physical Production and Speakers departments for the agency. Both will work out of Paradigm’s Los Angeles office.

Claire Sweeney's friends and fans have been quick to share the same response as she offered an update on her first holiday with new man Ricky "Hitman" Hatton. The Coronation Street star has taken to social media to share a string of photos from her break with the retired boxer.

Thania Garcia Virginia-bred singer Tommy Richman makes his Billboard Hot 100 debut with “Million Dollar Baby” after the single experienced staggering growth in a rollout that started April 13 when Richman posted a snippet of the song online. The song, which makes the most of its catchy bassline and hook, caught fire on TikTok, where the original teaser logged over 8 million views. It was released April 26 and debuts on the Hot 100 at No.

It's been a magic few years for pop icon Rick Astley. Not only has he appeared on stage at Glastonbury – singing Smiths covers alongside Stockport Indie rockers, Blossoms, but also with his own hit solo set in 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Production has started in South Africa on Oscar-winning director Gore Verbinski’s new action adventure film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple. 

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Cardi B is joining the parade of celebrities starting to talk about the Olympics for NBCUniversal. The rapper appears in a 90-second promo Saturday evening during NBC’s telecast of the Kentucky Derby, meeting up; with sprinter and Olympic hopeful Sha’Carri Richardson that spotlights the next Summer Olympics, slated to begin July 26. NBCU and its corporate parent, Comcast, hold rights to broadcast the athletic extravaganza in the U.S.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar have fired brand new diss tracks in the latest series of developments in their feud.Yesterday (May 3), Kendrick dropped his latest diss track against Drake ‘6:16 in LA‘, but now, the pair have traded blows with new diss tracks within an hour of each other, beginning with Drake’s ‘Family Matters’.On the track, Drake sent more shots towards Lamar and his wife Whitney Alford, rapping: “You the black messiah wifing up a mixed queen / And hit vanilla cream to help out with your self-esteem / On some Bobby shit I wanna know what Whitney need / All that puppy love was over in your late teens”.Along with dissing Lamar, Drake took aim at The Weeknd (“a drugged out little punk sissy from the northside“), A$AP Rocky (“Gassed cause you hit my BM first n***a do the math who I was hitting then“) and Rick Ross (“What the fuck I heard Rick drop n***a / Talking something ’bout a nose job n***a“).Drake finally ended his track with a bombshell accusation against Lamar: “They hired a crisis management team to clean up the fact that you beat up your queen/The picture you painted ain’t what it seems”An hour later, Lamar quickly fired back with his own track ‘Meet The Grahams’, which saw the Compton musician address every family member of Drake (real name Aubrey Graham).He began his track by speaking to Drake’s son Adonis: “Dear Adonis, I’m sorry that that man is your father, let me be honest / It takes a man to be a man, your dad is not responsive / I look at him and wish your grandpa woulda wore a condom / I’m sorry that you gotta grow up and then stand behind him”.To Drake’s father Dennis, Lamar said: “You raised a horrible fuckin’ person/The nerve of you, Dennis,” in which he then spoke to Drake’s mother Sandra,

open with comedian Peter Kay on April 23 and 24, but after a test event featuring Rick Astley on April 22, his gigs were pushed back to the end of April, and now later this May. Then, the arena was supposed to see The Black Keys perform on April 27; their shows have now been moved to May 15.Yesterday (May 1), the venue failed to launch again after it was forced to pull A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s show just 10 minutes after doors opened due to a “venue-related technical issue”.

Kendrick Lamar has included a sample of a reversed Richard Pryor line from ‘The Wiz’ on his new Drake diss track ‘Euphoria‘.The six-minute-long diss track sees Lamar call the ‘Hotline Bling’ a “scam artist”, “master manipulator” and question his abilities as a father. It has been revealed that the jumbled audio in the intro of the song samples dialogue from the 1978 film The Wiz.Following its release yesterday (April 30), fans clipped the short sample and played the line backwards to find the first line: “eurt si em tuoba yas yeht gnihtyrevE” happens to be a line from the iconic film in which Richard Pryor – who portrayed The Wiz – says: “Everything they say about me is true.”the reversed audio at the beginning of euphoria played backwards pic.twitter.com/9aNxxTxs57— Dissect Podcast (@dissectpodcast) April 30, 2024Pryor’s line in the film is taken from a scene in which his character is exposed as Herman Smith, a washed-up politician from Atlantic City.

“We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case,” prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape case told a judge today in the first hearing since the much-accused producer’s 2020 conviction was overturned last week. “It was a strong case in 2020 …and it remains a strong case in 2024,” added Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg.

standout soundtrack, Challengers is one of the best films of 2024.Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the spicy sports drama follows professional tennis champion Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) who is plotting a career comeback with the help of his wife Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a former tennis rising star who was forced to retire due to an injury.At a tournament, however, Art is matched against Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor), who is his former best friend and his wife’s ex lover.Along with starring in the film, Zendaya also serves as a producer alongside Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor and Amy Pascal.The entirety of Challengers is told in a nonlinear fashion, as the love triangle between Art Donaldson, Tashi Duncan and Patrick Zweig is unraveled through flashbacks in the build-up to the climactic tennis match in the present.A day prior to the match between Art and Patrick, Tashi tells her husband Art that if he loses the match, she will leave him – in what’s pitched as a motivator to spur him to win in order to get his tennis career back on track. Later on, Tashi meets with Patrick to ask him to throw the match in Art’s favour, and while he hesitantly agrees, the pair end up briefly rekindling their past romance and have sex in the back of a car.At the match in the present, just as Patrick looks to throw the match by losing points with foul serves, he communicates to Art that he had sex with his wife the night prior by placing his tennis ball against the centre of his racket before his serve – something he did years prior when he first started dating Tashi.

EXCLUSIVE: Despite a myriad of health issues landing the incarcerated Harvey Weinstein in hospital last week, the much-accused producer is still expected to show up in court tomorrow — at least right now.

If you thought season one of Hulu’s limited series Nine Perfect Strangers gave a new definition of locked up, there’s going to be plenty of cabin fever come season 2.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Harvey Weinstein was already effectively serving a life sentence when he was flown to Los Angeles to face his second trial on rape and sexual assault charges. That second conviction is now the only thing keeping him in prison, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his original verdict in a 4-3 ruling on Thursday. The court’s ruling could now be used to bolster the appeal in California, which, if successful, could set the former Hollywood producer free.

Jordan Moreau Harvey Weinstein‘s lawyers celebrated his overturned rape conviction at a press conference in New York Thursday. “From the bottom of our hearts, we knew Harvey Weinstein didn’t get a fair trial,” his attorney Arthur Aidala told reporters. “There are some people who are unpopular but we still have to apply the law fairly to.