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Diversity star Ashley Banjo has given fans a hilarious insight into fatherhood with footage of his New Years Day all with his daughter Rose.The former Britain’s Got Talent winner shared a video on his Instagram account of himself and his young daughter on a stroll, but as most parents know these are not always as simple as a walk in the park. In the video the dancer and judge is holding his one-year-old little girl by her coat as as she hangs horizontal to the ground.

George Michael’s family have expressed delight at the news of Wham! classic “Last Christmas” reaching No 1 in the charts. The 1984 hit, by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, has topped the UK singles chart for the first time, more than three decades after it was first released.

direct to your inboxLast Christmas by Wham! has finally topped the UK chart 36 years after it was released.The festive classic is number one on New Year's Day after being streamed 9.2 million times over the past week - knocking the Christmas number one, LadBaby's Don't Stop Me Eating, off the top spot.First released in December 1984, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's much-loved song about unrequited love was held off the top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas on which George

Michael Sheen, the Golden Globe-nominated star of The Queen and Masters Of Sex, has returned an honor from Queen Elizabeth II so he could disclose his views on the British monarchy without being branded a hypocrite.

Naman Ramachandran British actor Michael Sheen, BAFTA nominee for “The Queen,” has finally revealed why he returned the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) honor presented to him by the Queen in 2009.The decision to return the OBE stemmed from a deeper understanding of the relationship between Wales, where Sheen is from, and the British state, prior to delivering a lecture in 2017, the actor told journalist Owen Jones in a video interview published Tuesday.In 2017, Sheen delivered

Ellise Shafer administratorA North Carolina English teacher and author has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the creators of their hit show “Outer Banks,” claiming copyright infringement.The official complaint was filed on Dec.

A high school English instructor and creative writing teacher in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Netflix’s Outer Banks citing copyright infringement.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to Amjad Abu Alala’s feature debut “You Will Die at Twenty,” which marks Sudan’s first official Oscar submission.As part of the deal, Film Movement will give “You Will Die at Twenty” a theatrical rollout via virtual cinema in 2021, followed by a release on home entertainment and digital platforms.The film, which is only the eighth narrative feature film to be made in Sudan, follows Muzamil, whose death at

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStrand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Anthony Chen’s “Wet Season,” which represents Singapore in the Oscar race for best international feature film.The movie world premiered in the Platform section at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is being represented in international markets by Memento Films International.Penned and directed by Chen, “Wet Season” revolves around a Chinese language teacher whose marriage and school

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe self-titled third album from British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka won Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize earlier this year and is up for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammys. Kiwanuka toured Europe behind the 2019 album but saw the U.S.

Screen Media has picked up the North American theatrical rights to the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres sidebar. Screen Media will release the HBO Documentary Film in theaters and on home entertainment in spring 2021.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticOffering melodramatic thrills very much in the “Fatal Attraction” mode, “Fatale” presents Michael Ealy as a married L.A.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNew York-based outfit Grasshopper Film has acquired North American rights to Ephraim Asili’s debut feature, “The Inheritance,” following its premiere at Toronto and screening at the New York Film Festival.Grasshopper Film is planning to have “The Inheritance” open on March 12 in New York at Film at Lincoln Center, as well as in other cities.The ensemble film takes place almost entirely in a West Philadelphia house, where a community of young people have

When control of the United States Senate is on the line, the Democrat machine in Washington spares no expense to get the power they so desperately crave. After winning the most expensive Senate race in our country’s history in 2014 and then doing so again when I was re-elected in November, I have experienced their playbook first-hand.  Both former Sen.

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will merge its Los Angeles and New York branches to form a single BAFTA North America in 2021, Variety has confirmed.The merger is in aid of a homogenous strategy designed to foster closer interactions with the U.K. body.