TV presenter Laura Whitmore has said she felt “gaslit” when she first raised concerns about her Strictly Come Dancing experience. The former Love Island host was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, and was the seventh celebrity eliminated from the BBC One show. It comes after allegations made by another former Strictly star, … Read more
Josh Hartnett doesn’t have to think too hard about his most embarrassing movie moment. The “Black Hawk Down” star, 46, is currently celebrating his Hollywood comeback after several years on the sidelines. When asked Thursday about the most mortifying experiences he’s had on set, the actor said he’s “had so many” — but one in … Read more
Richard J Evans was regius professor of history at Cambridge University from 2008 to retirement in 2014. In the millennium year, he served as the expert witness for Penguin Books in the libel case brought unsuccessfully by Holocaust-denier David Irving. Evans’s three-volume history of the Third Reich, completed in 2008, is the definitive account. A … Read more
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies arrested 14 people and recovered 10 potential victims in a human trafficking sting over the weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, according to a news release shared Tuesday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D). “Unfortunately, sex traffickers capitalize on large-scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims … Read more
Image Credit: Getty Images for AELTC Guess what? Charli XCX and Billie Eilish have officially dropped their music video for “Guess.” The two have made a certified hit, with their song already gaining over 2.7 million views. The song, which pertains to the 32-year-old singer’s Brat album, took over YouTube on Thursday, August 1. Charli, … Read more
A source previously signaled that the breakup came as a surprise to Josh. “All marriages have their ups and downs,” the insider told E! News July 26, “but Josh never expected his relationship with Christina to end like this.” The medically retired cop and real estate investor had “devoted the past few years to Christina … Read more
TOKYO — Japanese video game maker Nintendo reported Friday a 55% drop in profit in the April-June quarter as sales slipped in both machines and game software compared to last year. Game machine sales tend to trail off after they hit the market. The Nintendo Switch is in its eighth year after sales began, with … Read more
Aerosmith have announced their retirement from the touring stage as frontman Steven Tyler’s injured voice “is not possible” to recover fully. The US rock band, known for hits including Dream On, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) and Walk This Way, cancelled dates on their farewell tour last September due to Tyler needing “ongoing care” for … Read more
Writer-director Mikko Mäkelä and actor Ruaridh Mollica don’t mind if audiences seek out their new movie, “Sebastian,” for its abundance of steamy love scenes ― so long as those folks are willing to engage with the film’s coming-of-age story, too. “Sebastian,” which hit theaters Friday after being screened at the Provincetown Film Festival in Massachusetts … Read more
To have the new children’s laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, adapt a book by former children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo into a feature-length animation is surely to embark on an unsinkable voyage towards kids’ movie greatness. Especially when the Morpurgo novel in question is Kensuke’s Kingdom, published in 1999 but harking back to the Swallows and Amazons heyday … Read more
