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A large emergency response was called to the scene of a serious crash in Oldham.

Sean Penn was among the thousands (or maybe even millions) leaving Ukraine and heading to the Polish border.The actor arrived in Kyiv last week to film a documentary for VICE about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. On Feb. 28, he posted a photo in which he dragged luggage along the side of the road as he headed toward Poland.

The police watchdog is investigating whether a man found dead on a village road was assaulted in police custody.

“Radio Waves,” Joan Osborne (Womanly Hips Records)Homebound during the pandemic, Joan Osborne began combing through dusty shoeboxes in her closets, and what she found was still fashionable, because good music never goes out of style.The boxes contained recordings of at least 100 in-studio radio performances by Osborne dating back as far as the 1990s, and she chose some of the best for “Radio Waves,” a stellar collection of 13 tunes notable for its variety.Osborne has always been an astute interpreter, and her soulful, smoky alto is a compelling instrument whether she’s singing the blues (“Shake Your Hips”), R&B (“Everybody Is a Star”), Dylan (“Make You Feel My Love”) or the Great American Songbook (“Dream a Little Dream”).With instrumental accompaniment ranging from an acoustic guitar to a full rock band, Osborne is creative in reimagining familiar tunes. On the Motown standard “How Sweet It Is,” she extracts the sugar by recasting both the rhythm and melody, and the result is something more sensual.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix co-CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, an independent film producer, are personally donating $10 million to Tougaloo College, a historically Black college and university in Mississippi, and the school’s partnership with Brown University.Of the total, $5 million will fund scholarships at Tougaloo, in Jackson, Miss., and $5 million will establish the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Scholarship Fund at Brown, which is located in Providence, R.I. The gift is the largest ever to the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, which began in 1964 during the civil rights movement, and has connected more than 760 students, faculty and staff from both institutions through academic exchanges, fellowships, research projects and other initiatives.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the face of it, Grammy-winning R&B singer Leon Bridges and left-field alt-rock Khruangbin, led by guitar wizard Mark Speer, seem a very unlikely combination. But Bridges started pushing the boundaries of the vintage soul sounds of his 2015 debut, “Coming Home,” almost immediately, veering off into more organic, esoteric directions with the two albums he’s released since then — particularly his latest, “Gold-Diggers Sound” — and collaborating with everyone from Kacey Musgraves and John Mayer to Bun B and the Avalanches.

Adriana Lima just announced her pregnancy in the best way ever! The 40-year-old supermodel filmed a fun TikTok video and surprised her fans and her boyfriend Andre Lemmers with the exciting news.In the video, Adriana explains that her boyfriend likes to scare her and film her reaction, “But today… is… payback,” she stated, while holding a positive pregnancy test. When Andre appears, she proceeds to hand him the test, and when he realizes what he is holding, he seems to be incredibly shocked.

Surprise! Adriana Lima told her boyfriend, Andre Lemmers, their pregnancy news in the best way.

Adriana Lima just made her TikTok debut in a major way. In her first video on the platform, shared Friday, the 40-year-old supermodel revealed she is pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend Andre Lemmers. In the playful footage, Lima explained how Lemmers likes to scare her and film her reaction.

Adriana Lima has revealed she is expecting her third child with movie producer Andre Lemmers III.The 40 year old supermodel and actress arrived on TikTok with a bang as she shared her sweet news with a hilarious video. Splicing a series of clips together, the Brazilian beauty told the adorable story of her relationship. "Andre likes to scare me," she began teasingly, proceeding to post clips of him filming her as he made her jump in various places around their house and out and about.

Adriana Lima is pregnant!

Congratulations are in order for Adriana Lima! The 40-year-old supermodel revealed on Feb. 18 that she’s pregnant with her third child, and her first with boyfriend Andre Lemmers. Adriana took to TikTok to announce the news. Using the social media platform for the first time, Adriana posted a compilation video of Andre scaring her in different places. There’s a twist at the end, though, as she reveals it’s now HER turn to scare him. After taking a positive pregnancy test, Adriana shares the news with her man, and he’s definitely in shock!

JoAnna Garcia Swisher has paid an emotional tribute to her friend Chris following his passing.MORE: JoAnna Garcia Swisher's husband shows his support for her in the sweetest wayTaking to Instagram, the Sweet Magnolias star penned a heartfelt message alongside a picture of the pair together.It read: "There are some people and some things in life that are so pure and special that it's hard to even describe how much they mean to you.VIDEO: Watch Sweet Magnolias' JoAnna Garcia Swisher in season 2 of Sweet Magnolias"The magic they possess is so undeniable and potent. And everyone who is lucky enough to be in its orbit, felt it.MORE: Sweet Magnolias fans boycott season two amid controversyMORE: Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter appears in Sweet Magnolias - details"This is you, Chris.

Sheffield to star in the critically-acclaimed show The Play What I Wrote. The play, which sold out every show during its West End run, will be showing at the Lyceum Theatre from Monday, February 28 – Saturday, March 5. Famed for delighting critics and audiences alike, the show has a special twist: every performance features a mystery guest star.

Macaulay Culkin’s Midlife Crisis, will be created in partnership with Lightbox – the production company behind HBO’s Tina Turner documentary, Tina.According to Deadline, the series will see Culkin ponder questions like: How should we embrace getting older in a society obsessed with youthfulness? What is midlife success and how do we measure it? How do we ensure unbridled passion doesn’t become a relic of our youth?The show was inspired by Culkin’s viral tweet in August 2020 to mark his 40th birthday. “Hey guys, wanna feel old? I’m 40.

Chris Willman Music WriterDolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson have joined forces with producer Shane McAnally to record a very different version of the Parton classic “9 to 5” as a duet for an upcoming documentary, “Still Working 9 to 5,” just announced for a premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.The documentary’s premiere at SXSW was announced Wednesday morning, but for the filmmakers, the new recording by Parton and Clarkson counts as a big reveal, too. “We could do a documentary just on the making of the duet,” co-director/producer Gary Lane tells Variety.This new version of the theme song from the original “9 to 5” movie has a distinctly different tone from the original.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHere, Variety talks with Fernando León de Aranoa, director of the Javier Bardem-starring “The Good Boss” (“El Buen Patron”), Spain’s Oscar entry, which is a big box office hit on home turf and has scored more Spanish Academy Goya nominations than any other film in history.What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar?I feel a mix of joy and responsibility. It means following the steps of some of the greatest Spanish filmmakers who have done it before, being among a group of brilliant directors from all over the world and having the opportunity of showing “The Good Boss” to a wider audience.What’s been the most challenging aspect of your campaign thus far?To make our film visible amidst the strong contenders.