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If you’re lucky enough to be heading off for some winter sun or just want to get a head start on your summer swim wardrobe, Zara McDermott has just given us some major swimsuit inspo during her sunny Dubai holiday. Zara posted a reel to her Instagram showing a few different dresses and swimming costumes she has worn during her getaway, and the real star of the show was a textured cream swimsuit from River Island, which you can nab yourself for £35 here. The costume is made up of a crinkled, textured material that luxe swimwear brand Hunza G has popularised over the past few years.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “From Hilde, With Love,” which world premiered Saturday in competition at the Berlinale, has debuted its trailer (below). The film, directed by Andreas Dresen, centers on a group of young anti-Nazi activists in Berlin during World War II. (Read Variety‘s review here.) The film, which is being sold by Beta Cinema and is produced by Claudia Steffen and Christoph Friedel for Pandora Film, stars “Babylon Berlin” breakout Liv Lisa Fries and Johannes Hegemann.

Jeremy Clarkson was not happy with his girlfriend, Lisa Hogan, when she suggested they try wild swimming for a weekend activity as the telly star didn't fancy the idea at all.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor When Laila Stieler’s script for “From Hilde, With Love,” which world premiered Saturday in competition at the Berlinale, first came to director Andreas Dresen he was a little reluctant to take the project on. The issue was not the script but the subject-matter: set in Nazi-era Berlin, “From Hilde, With Love” is a love story about two real life members of the pro-Communist, German resistance movement known as the Red Orchestra, Hilde and Hans Coppi. More than 50 members of the group were guillotined in Berlin’s Plötzensee Prison between 1942 and 1943, including the Coppis.

Wyatt Russell and wife Meredith Hagner are now a family of four!

come and go, and 2024's offerings do not disappoint. While I still can't get behind the cropped everything trend, one of the brand's most popular pieces, the , is discounted for what seems like the first time ever.

Shanelle Genai “I think that the six or seven months I spent with Sofia at this time in my life — as a mother, as a wife, having felt like wanting to quit and give up — she pushed me into knowing you have everything that you need inside of you to continue this next chapter and leg in life.” This epiphany by “The Color Purple” star Danielle Brooks about the character she portrayed is just one of many powerful yet similar revelations that connect a handful of female Oscar nominees and their respective performances in movies ranging from “Nyad” to “Barbie,” “Poor Things” and “The Holdovers.” For them, stories of female self-realization that began on-screen transformed them off-screen. When Brooks got the chance to return to her role as Sofia for the movie musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” nearly 10 years after her initial Broadway debut performance, it was vastly different due to the stage of her life at the time.

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Rafael Nadal is recovering, but he’s still staying active. The Spanish tennis player recently shared a video on his social media, showing his followers his prowess while swimming and his impressive lung capacity. Rafael Nadal withdraws from Australian Open following an injuryRafael Nadal partners up with AI for new projectA post shared by Rafa Nadal (@rafaelnadal)The video shows Nadal going for an underwater swim.

Plans for a new £20 million leisure and community hub in Stockport took a step closer to becoming reality this week.

The Golden Bachelorette. In what was probably the worst kept secret—especially given of The Golden Bachelor (followed by )—Craig Erwich, president of Disney Television Group, made the announcement during ABC's executive panel at the .Of course, the bigger question is who is going to be stepping into the stilettos for the lead role.

An inspirational swimming coach who saved her club from folding has been handed an award for her efforts.

banned transgender swimmers from competing in women’s events.

Frankies Bikinis, an ode to her “Baywatch” days with the scooped neckline and high-cut legs.The blond bombshell is set to release a capsule collection with Frankies Bikinis on May 4, paying homage to the staple style of the ’90s.“I’m always in a bathing suit. I’ve tried everything, so I’m a pretty good connoisseur when it comes to swimwear,” Anderson, 55, told Vogue.The model, actress and writer – as well as the star of the recent Netflix documentary “Pamela, A Love Story” – raised her sons next door to Frankies Bikini founder Francesca Aiello in Paradise Cove when the business was first budding.“Frankie was making little bathing suits when I was there and putting bathing suits in my mailbox,” Anderson, who recently released her memoir “Love, Pamela,” recalled of her days in Malibu.In an Instagram post promoting the upcoming launch, Aiello gushed her adoration for the one and only “pamela f–king anderson.”“I truly can’t even find the words to express my gratitude to all that worked on this project.

“gender inclusion” policy was approved on Sunday during FINA’s extraordinary general congress in Budapest following a report from a task force — comprised of medical, legal, and sports figures — that examined the issue of transgender participation and the physical advantages that trans female athletes enjoy compared to cisgender women. After hearing the report, 71.5% of FINA members from 152 delegations voted in favor of the 24-page policy, which effectively bars most, if not all, trans females from competing in women’s events if they have undergone male puberty, reports the Australian Broadcasting Company.FINA also set up a working group that will spend the next six months crafting a policy that would allow transgender athletes, and others, to compete in a third “open” category not designated for a specific gender.The new policy comes after the International Olympic Committee issued a “framework” around transgender participation, but left eligibility criteria to be determined by individual sporting bodies.Under the newly approved FINA policy, transgender or intersex females athletes may only compete in women’s events if they can provide evidence that they experience “complete androgen insensitivity and therefore could not experience male puberty” or are “”androgen sensitive but had male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later.”Transgender and intersex females will also be required to produce evidence they have continuously maintained their testosterone levels below 2.5 nanomoles per liter since transitioning.

ABC News and ESPN in an interview that aired on Good Morning America. “People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage, so she could win.’ I transitioned to be happy, to be true to myself.”Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in March, just a month after 16 of her teammates wrote a letter to the school and the Ivy League saying that Thomas should not be competing against women. She also placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle and eight in the 100-yard freestyle at the championships.Thomas said she fell in love with swimming at age 4, but began experiencing feelings of gender dysphoria as she grew up, saying she didn’t feel like a boy.

Cody Simpson, exactly? Well, maybe the question is, who isn't he? The former Australian teen idol has had one hell of a 2020. He had that entire relationship with Miley Cyrus, released his debut poetry book, was propelled by winning Australia's version of The Masked Singer in 2019 (yes, the one judged by Lindsay Lohan) to start releasing solo music again, and somehow has now found time to qualify for Australia's Olympic swimming trials.

South African Olympic swimming gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh is celebrating his 32nd birthday today. To celebrate the day of his birth we are taking a look at some fun facts about the swimming star.

South African Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos celebrates his 28th birthday today. We caught up with him to get some fitness tips from him and to find out what he’s been up to during lockdown.

In November 2019, Melbourne resident Christian Rantzau was diagnosed with a tumour in his brain. Three months later, he was at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatic (IGLA) Championships at  Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, where he won a gold, silver and bronze medals.

Mac Miller’s family have announced that they will release the late rapper’s final album later this month.