Tesco praised for gender neutral children's birthday card, but not everyone is happy

With the clocks going back a the end of this month, colder days and darker nights are well within touching distance. And while the season may signal the fun of bonfires, roasted marshmallows and autumnal walks, the changing weather has many of us wishing for warmer days. So what better way to pass the gloomy, chilly evenings than to book your next sunny break? Inspired by David and Victoria Beckham’s lavish trip earlier this year, Croatia is at the top of our bucket list thanks to its beautiful pebbled beaches, crystal-clear waters and magnificent mountains.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Cinemed, the Mediterranean Cinema Film Festival, is partnering up with Lebanese film org Aflamuna / Beirut DC to launch a new co-production and co-financing initiative aimed at high-profile projects from the Arab world. The new program, which is also backed by France’s National Film Board and is part of the festival’s industry showcase Cinemed Meetings, will present seven projects involving 22 Arab countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Liban, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Syria, among others. All selected projects are currently in development and are being brought by filmmakers who have previously directed at least one short film.

A man accused of sending money to women in the Philippines to live stream the sexual abuse of children on Skype has appeared at court. Bernard Grace attended a short hearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court today (October 13) and pleaded not guilty to 17 charges over a five year period, beginning in November 2017.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is suspending all permanent "gender affirmation surgery" for minors until further notice. The international medical center will forgo performing any transgender surgeries for children that cannot be undone or reverted later in life, pending an internal review.

Russ Weakland After a stop in Venice earlier this month, Walter Hill’s latest film, “Dead for a Dollar,” headed west for the U.S. premiere. The prolific filmmaker of such movies as “The Warriors,” “48 Hrs.,” “Streets of Rage” and “Red Heat,” was the talk of the evening on Wednesday at the Directors Guild Theater in Los Angeles. The film’s stars Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Benjamin Bratt and Warren Burke praised the writer-director, already renowned for his revival of the Western genre, for making another Western. Speaking candidly, Dafoe, who last worked with Hill in 1991 on “Streets of Rage,” described the director as a “no-nonsense kind of guy.”

Milena Zajović Netflix’s “Our Man From Jersey,” starring Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg and J.K. Simmons, is coming close to wrapping its shoot in Croatia and Slovenia, according to Film New Europe. The film, based on a screenplay by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton, has been described as a “blue-collar James Bond.” Wahlberg plays a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high-school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. It is directed by Julian Farino, and produced by the U.S.’s Closest to the Hole Productions, owned by Wahlberg. The producers are Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman.

Proud mama! Anne Twist is giving her review of her son Harry Styles’ new movie Don’t Worry Darling — not to mention her take on the film’s director, Olivia Wilde.

Brad Pitt is a big Goop fan.

Kate Winslet is back at work after suffering a leg injury while filming in Croatia.

Kate Winslet is back to work! The 46-year-old actress was spotted back on set after suffering a fall while on location over the weekend. Winslet slipped and got medical attention as a precautionary measure required by production while shooting her upcoming film, , ET learned.A rep for the actress told ET, «She is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.»True to that, Winslet returned to the set and got back to shooting the historical drama film where she plays photographer Lee Miller, who worked as a  correspondent during World War II.

Kate Winslet was taken to hospital after suffering a fall on a film set in Croatia over the weekend. On Sunday, local press outlets published images of the British actress arriving at a hospital in Dubrovnik along with her team.

Kate Winslet was taken to the hospital after she suffered an accident while filming LEE in Croatia. The Oscar-winning actor fell while on the set of the movie and a rep for the star is offering an update on her health condition.

Kate Winslet suffered a fall while on location filming in Croatia and was taken to the hospital, ET has learned. The famed actress slipped and got medical attention as a precautionary measure required by production while shooting her upcoming film A rep for Winslet tells ET, “She is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.”The 46-year-old, Oscar-winning actress is working on the historical drama , where she will play photographer Lee Miller, who worked as a  correspondent during World War II. Winslet's most recent work on HBO’s hit drama series earned the actress an Emmy award in 2021.

The Mirror reported. A rep for the actress did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told The Hollywood Reporter that Winslet “is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.”Winslet was cast earlier this year in the title role of “Lee,” which follows the journey of the real-life Lee Miller from a Vogue cover model in the 1920s into a World War II correspondent who covered the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald.