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The Traitors star Meryl Williams has revealed how she spent her prize money after winning the hit BBC show, which aired in December. Alongside her Faithful co-stars Hannah Byczkowski and Aaron Evans, Meryl banished Traitors Wilfred Webster and Kieran Tompsett to scoop the £99,000 prize money. Split between them, they each took home a whopping £33,000.

What a mother will do for her kids…

Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, attending Busan International Film Festival where he has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year, talked about the challenges facing Hong Kong cinema at a press event today. 

Iran has submitted Reza Mirkarimi’s The Night Guardian for Best International Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, in a move that will likely prompt pushback from the country’s dissident film community.

Experts who actually work with trafficking victims have been vocally criticizing Sound of Freedom for weeks now.

The Royal Regiment of Scotland is to exercise its freedom to march through Alloa on Saturday September 30.

The Clinton Global Initiative next week will feature a session on protecting freedom of the press, with a focus on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russia for more than 160 days

Britney Spears has been making headlines again, but this time, it’s not for her legal battles or music. The singer appears to be living fully and embracing her newfound freedom as she enjoys a getaway in Cabo San Lucas.The star was recently spotted at a vibrant bar, Baja Diablo, where she seemed to be having an absolute blast. Her bodyguard and a female friend accompanied her in this spontaneous dance session.Una publicación compartida por TMZ (@tmz_tv)Britney was grooving to the music with unparalleled enthusiasm, and it was clear that she was relishing the moment.

Human Rights Watch states the case very clearly: North Korea “remains one of the most repressive countries in the world.”

Marta Balaga Venice Film Festival’s red carpet swapped glamour for politics on Saturday, hosting a flash mob in solidarity with the Iranian people, fighting against repression, as well as filmmakers who are being oppressed – and arrested – because of their work. Such as “Leila’s Brothers” director Saeed Roustaee, recently sentenced to six months in prison for showing the film in Cannes. He has also been banned from making movies.

Back in 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos led the so-called Greek Weird Wave with the Oscar-nominated Dogtooth, an unsettling exploration of a family of teenagers kept from the world by their father in a gated estate that they could never leave. The family is rich, so they can have anything they want except the wide world and their freedom; even sex can be bought in. 

After 12 busy years in the spotlight, Perrie Edwards is taking control and doing things her way.The Little Mix star, who parted ways “indefinitely” from her bandmates in 2022, is currently busy in the studio working on her solo debut album.The singer, who welcomed her son two years ago, is loving life and enjoying her newfound freedom – with a potential move abroad on the horizon – a source tells OK! “For the first time since The X Factor, Perrie can live her life on her own terms,” said the source. “She and the girls faced a rough patch when Jesy Nelson left the group, so she’s looking forward to having some time to focus on herself, her own career and her family.” And it couldn’t be better timing for the 30-year-old. Her footballer fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who left Liverpool FC in the summer, has signed a three-year deal with Turkish club Besiktas, leaving fans wondering whether Perrie and their son Axel will join him out there.The couple are also said to be considering adding to their family.

Days after reality star Christine McGuinness was papped locking lips with pal Chelcee Grimes, a source close to the mum-of-three insists that though she is enjoying feeling "liberated", she still holds a lot of love for ex-husband Paddy. "Paddy is still her ‘acting husband’ as they’re continuing to maintain a united front for the kids," our insider exclusively told OK! this week.

The movie Sound of Freedom is one of the surprise hits of the summer, outgrossing blockbuster movies like Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Anna Delvey wants to walk to her scheduled check-in with New York parole officers. All 40 blocks, that is. Who can blame her? The infamous fake heiress, whose twisty tale of conning some of Wall Street’s biggest sharks became the inspiration for the hit Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” has been confined to a 470-square-foot apartment in the East Village for the past 10 months as she fights deportation to Germany, her most recent country of residence.

giving cancel culture a huge heckle offstage. “Most of the people on social media with these [negative] opinions aren’t even real people …They’re trying to strip us of the very thing that makes our country special: the freedom of speech.”Recently, Marlon used comedy to address the senseless violence and brawl at an Alabama dock which caught the nation’s attention. It’s something he spoke in detail about on this week’s episode – along with negative reaction to his own commentary on the incident.“I think social media messed up socializing and we’ve got to get back to laughing and finding reasons to laugh and stop being so damn sensitive,” he said.

Well, it was bound to happen eventually. With enough pundits repeating the BS promo that this movie was “the truth the liberal media doesn’t want you to see” of course someone was going to believe it.

Megan Fox is adding a new line to her already-impressive resume: published poet!The actress announced her first book of poetry on Tuesday, sharing the cover of the upcoming collection, as well as a personal message on her social media pages.«These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that has taken root in me because of my silence,» wrote the star. «I've spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins.

Sound of Freedom is one of the biggest hits at the summer box office and it hasn’t been without its fair share of controversy.

Well, this has come harrowingly full circle.

such as Steve Harvey getting candid about their own high-profile economics.Last year, I was proud to be a guest on their powerhouse podcast of the same name, which we recorded inside a classroom of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in Detroit, Michigan. Now, it’s time to have these financial gurus on “Renaissance Man.”We went full Jim Cramer on the show this week, talking about how athletes and celebrities can lose their big bucks — and who should actually be taking the blame for.

A drunk teaching assistant crashed her Range Rover as she left a pub following a night out to celebrate being 'free' after her split from her husband.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sound of Freedom, the indie action-drama film that has already earned over $125 million at the North American box office, will begin to move into international distribution from next month.Angel Studios, the crowd-funded, Utah-based production and distribution firm behind the picture, says it has set releases in territories including the U.K., Australia and Latin America. The company explained that it has arranged direct-to-theater distribution deals in Latin America, the U.K, and Ireland. In other territories it will take the more conventional route of partnering with distributors.

Naman Ramachandran XYZ Films will represent documentary “London Recruits” for North American sales, it was revealed at the ongoing Durban FilmMart. Directed by Gordon Main, the film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa’s history. In 1970, the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won. To mark the partnership, Ronnie Kasrils, now 86, the former underground African National Congress (ANC) freedom fighter at the heart of the story, participated in detonating a bucket “leaflet bomb” outside the market hotel. These were the devices deployed in 1970 by amateur secret agents that Kasrils recruited in London on orders from Tambo. The devices brought messages of hope from the banned ANC to the South African population at large.

John Cooper Clarke has been awarded the freedom of the city of Salford.The legendary punk poet said he was “totally knocked out” by the honour, telling local councillors: “I’ve circumnavigated the globe ten times and coming back is always a treat but this one. Wow.

Jim Caviezel stars in the new movie Sound of Freedom, which has been a surprise mega-hit at the box office this summer.

Jim Caviezel used to be a proper movie star. He co-starred in movies with Jennifer Lopez and Henry Cavill. He seemed like Hollywood’s next big thing for a minute — solid actor, classic good looks, GREAT eyes. Heck, he starred in one of the highest grossing films of all time, The Passion of the Christ, for Mel Gibson. Now he’s using all that talent to induct more innocent people into the cult of QAnon.

One Direction star Liam Payne has shared his experience of spending around 100 days in rehab last year. In a candid video posted on his YouTube channel, the 29-year-old singer revealed that he hit rock bottom after an appearance on Logan Paul's podcast, leading him to seek help , supported by his ex-partne r, Cheryl and son Bear. Liam decided to enter a wellness clinic in the US that specialises in addressing past trauma.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Sound of Freedom,” a faith-based film about child sex trafficking, is shaping up to be an unlikely box office hit. Angel Studios, the streaming and distribution company behind the low-budget drama, claims that the film has generated more than $10 million in pre-sales ahead of its theatrical release on July 4. That’s an impressive number for a movie that isn’t relying on a glossy big studio marketing campaign. It’s also another sign of the buying power of religious moviegoers, who helped propel this spring’s “Jesus Revolution” to an improbable $53 million at the global box despite the fact that the biggest star in that movie was Kelsey Grammar.

Kim Kardashian reunited with Alice Marie Johnson to celebrate five years of her freedom.

Kate Hudson, her relationship with her fiancé, Danny Fujikawa, is unlike any she's had in the past.The celebrated actress recently sat down with Chelsea Handler for the latest episode of the comedian's podcast,, and she opened up about her romance with the musician, and how they've cultivated a relationship built on trust and support.«It's the best,» Hudson shared, beaming. «I mean, it's all about safety, isn't it? At the end of the day, if you have that real, real, like, yummy sense of safety, you feel so much more freedom.»«Danny is the first relationship I've had where I really feel free,» she continued.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, Kennedy’s appearance was largely glitch-free.Pivoting to Ukraine’s war with Russia, Kennedy said the United States should have done a better job diplomatically to dissuade a Russian invasion of the nation by agreeing that Ukraine would not become a member of NATO. He also said more needs to be done about crowds of immigrants gathering at the southern U.S.

Angela Bassett received her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in the iconic 1993 biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It?

The European Producers Club (EPC) has issued a statement expressing solidarity for French producer Marc Missonnier who has had his Cannes accreditation revoked for criticizing the festival on social media.

Within the first few minutes of “The Delinquents,” Del Toro (Germán De Silva), the manager of a Buenos Aires bank, longs for the days when people were allowed to smoke anywhere: on airplanes, at restaurants, etc. He mourns that past as a time of greater freedom, until a colleague challenges him to reconsider the statement—the dictatorship ruled in those days.  Del Toro backpedals and clarifies that what he misses is the notion that everybody smoked.

The Cannes Film Festival chief defended Johnny Depp's upcoming appearance as the actor's latest film "Jeanne du Barry" has been included in the opening night. The inclusion of his film with Maiwenn has been largely criticized following Depp's six-week trial involving his ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp accused Heard of defaming him in the 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she referred to herself as a domestic abuse survivor.