17 jaar nadat ze haar acteercarrière overschaduwde met zes door de rechtbank bevolen afkickperiodes en andere Hollywood-capriolen voor wilde kinderen, geniet Lindsay Lohan van haar comeback en wil ze ‘heel graag spelen’ mede-vlamharige bom en tweevoudig Oscar-genomineerde Ann-Margret in een biopic.

‘We proberen een schrijver voor dat verhaal te vinden’, onthulde de 37-jarige voormalige kindster donderdag in haar Bustle-coverstory.

‘Ze is een drievoudige bedreiging, en bovendien is ze een geweldige vrouw. Dus ik wil haar echt recht doen en een geweldig verhaal voor haar helpen vertellen.’

Lindsay’s favoriete film waarin de Zweeds-Amerikaanse 82-jarige ooit speelde, was het misdaaddrama Kitten with a Whip uit 1964 van Douglas Heyes.

‘Dit meisje dat uit een psychiatrische inrichting ontsnapt en inbreekt in het huis van deze man die zich kandidaat stelt voor senator,’ beschreef Lohan.

‘Ze begint al haar vrienden uit te nodigen en vertelt hem dat ze niet weggaat en houdt hem in feite gegijzeld in zijn eigen huis.’

En hoewel de actrice van The Mean Girls dol is op sterren als Marilyn Monroe en Clara Bow, gaf ze toe: ‘Ik ben meer Ann-Margret.’

Het is onduidelijk of Lindsay Ann-Margret (achternaam Olsson) al heeft benaderd, wiens meest recente acteeroptreden de Hallmark Channel-film A Holiday Spectacular uit 2022 was.

Lohan zei ook dat ze ervan droomt om lid te worden van de Five-Timers Club van Saturday Night Live – ‘Ik ben zo dicht bij die mantel!’ – en ze zou ‘graag, heel graag een film willen maken met Adam Sandler’, die ze backstage ontmoette tijdens de Teen Choice Awards van 2004.

Voor de cover spread – gemaakt door fotograaf Tom Munro – droeg de Mean Girls-actrice designerkleding zoals de op de rug ontblote, met Blumarine versierde jurk, geselecteerd door Jan-Michael Quammie.

Haarstylist Danielle Priano kapselde Lindsay’s kenmerkende gemberlokken tot op de taille en visagiste Kristofer Buckle contourte haar teint volledig voor het tijdschrift.

Er is nog een rol die Lohan nog nooit op zich heeft genomen: regisseren: ‘Ik denk dat ik later graag zou willen regisseren. Ik heb soms het gevoel dat ik mijn regisseurs aan het regisseren ben en ik weet niet of ze dat leuk vinden of niet.’

De genomineerde voor de SAG Award heeft de afgelopen tien jaar in Dubai gewoond, waar ze haar echtgenoot Bader Shammas ontmoette (hun eerste huwelijksverjaardag is op 3 april) en hun eerste kind, de acht maanden oude zoon Luai Shammas, verwelkomde.

‘Het is een heel nieuw, ander soort liefde waarvan je dacht dat je die nooit zou kunnen ervaren,’ zei de in Long Island geboren Lilo.

‘Waarschijnlijk gaan we hier meer tijd doorbrengen [in the United States]. We weten het niet zeker [where] nog. We zijn nog aan het beslissen. We zijn nu aan het kijken.’

Zowel Lohan als de 36-jarige financieel directeur produceerden de fantastische rom-com Irish Wish van Janeen Damian – die vrijdag in première gaat op Netflix – evenals de aankomende kerst-rom-com Our Little Secret van Stephen Herek (waarin ze beide de hoofdrol speelt).

‘Ik had een scène waarin ik huilde, en toen verraste mijn man me met de baby op de set, dus toen huilde ik weer, met tranen van blijdschap’, herinnert de merkambassadeur van Walmart zich.

Our Little Secret is de derde Netflix-film van Lindsay nadat hij in 2022 een creatieve samenwerkingsovereenkomst voor twee films had getekend met de streaminggigant.

En hoewel veel van Lohans collega’s Paris Hilton en Britney Spears een hoofdrol hebben gespeeld in documentaires en tell-all memoires hebben geschreven, zal ze haar ‘plunjezakken vol notitieboekjes/dagboeken’ nog een aantal jaren op de plank laten staan.

‘Ik feliciteer alle mensen daarmee [have done that]. Ik denk dat het goed is dat ze doen wat ze willen om hun macht terug te nemen’, legde Lohan uit.

‘Als ik er klaar voor ben en ik heb alle dingen bereikt die ik wil bereiken, dan overweeg ik misschien om het te doen. Maar mijn verhaal is nog niet af, dus ik heb geen haast om mijn kant ervan te delen.’

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda recently shared a series of photos from Veer Savarkar’s prison. For those unfamiliar, Hooda is all set to release his upcoming biopic based on VD Savarkar’s legacy.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has been making headlines ever since he visited Kalapani Jail, Port Blair, located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Randeep is all set to release his upcoming film based on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s biopic Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, which is expected to release in March 2024. On Monday, Randeep Hooda in his latest Instagram post shared the photos where freedom fighter VD Savarkar had stayed. In the series of images shared by the actor, Randeep Hooda was seen embracing his moment in Kalapani jail. Read through.

Randeep Hooda visits VD Savarkar jail in Kalapani – see photos

Randeep Hooda took to his Instagram to share a few pictures of where Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was put in jail. In one of the pictures, the Bollywood actor was seen folding his hands in front of VD Savarkar’s statue. In another photo, Randeep Hooda was seen sitting on the corner of Kalapani Jail.

Randeep then wrote a descriptive caption in which he wrote, “Today is the punyatithi of one of the greatest sons of Bharat Mata. Leader, fearless freedom fighter, writer, philosopher and visionary #SawatantryaVeerSavarkar. A man whose towering intellect and fierce courage so scared the British that they locked him up for two lives (50 years) in this 8-by-10-foot prison in Kalapani. While exploring his biopic, I tried to lock myself in this cell to feel what he must have experienced. I couldn’t stay locked up for even twenty minutes, while he was locked up for eleven years, often in solitary confinement.

Randeep further wrote, “I imagined the unparalleled endurance of #VeerSavarkar who endured the brutality and inhumane conditions of captivity and still managed to build and inspire the armed revolution. His perseverance and contribution are unmatchable and that is why the anti-India forces continue to malign him for decades….Naman (folded hands emoji) (sic).”

Take a look at Randeep Hooda’s Instagram post:

About Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, Hooda’s upcoming biopic film

Except Randeep Hooda who is playing the lead role in VD Savarkar’s biopic. The film also portrays Bigg Boss 17 fame Ankita Lokhande tagging alongside Randeep Hooda in the film. Helmed and co-written by Randeep Hooda himself. Based on the title of the film, it can be understood that the biopic will portray the life and legacy of freedom fighter VD Savarkar. The much-awaited film is produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Randeep Hooda Films with Legend Studios and Avak Films.

Stay tuned for more updates on Randeep Hooda’s upcoming film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar!

Museum guides don’t usually sing when they give tours, but that happens when I visit Bob Marley’s former home in the Jamaican capital Kingston.

‘No woman… No cry…’ 24-year-old Oneika Young sings with passion and reminds visitors of one of the reggae star’s most famous hits.

Next to me in what is now the Bob Marley Museum is a fascinating parade of memorabilia, from tour posters and props to his denim-covered bed and the Land Rover, customized with red, gold and green striped seats, in which the singer drove around. .

Such details shape a soulful artist who rose from rural poverty to superstardom, playing to audiences of more than 100,000 people. Tragically, it all ended abruptly when Marley died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36, leaving behind great music that is as popular as ever.

The late singer currently has more than eight million Instagram followers and is back in the spotlight with the release of biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which hits UK cinemas on Wednesday.

His eldest son, Ziggy, also a major reggae artist, says audiences can expect an exploration of “his pain, his sadness, his joy and his redemption.”

With its alluring images of Jamaica’s beaches, waterfalls and mountains, the film will undoubtedly encourage us to visit Marley’s charismatic homeland. The island has long been popular with British travelers and aims to attract a record 250,000 travelers annually by 2025.

Stretching over 145 miles, Jamaica offers everything from spicy jerk dishes prepared at roadside barbecues to visits to coffee plantations in the lofty Blue Mountains and sunset parties on Negril’s Seven Mile Beach. But it is Bob Marley who remains Jamaica’s most famous export. Here’s how to pay tribute.

WHERE IT ALL STARTED…

The village of Nine Mile, a 90-minute drive east of Montego Bay, is where Bob Marley was born in 1945 and is a popular excursion from the resorts along Jamaica’s north coast.

His parents were a 60-year-old white plantation overseer, Norval Marley, and 17-year-old Cedella Malcolm (they later married when she was 18) who moved to Kingston when her son was 12.

Tours of the shrine-like complex begin at her home and then move uphill to Mount Zion, home to a small Ethiopian Orthodox church and the rudimentary two-room house in which Marley grew up, plus a marbled mausoleum where Bob and Cedella are buried. . A five-hour group tour from Ocho Rios costs from £93 pp including lunch (islandroutes.com).

BOB MARLEY MUSEUM

Number 56 Hope Road is a sprawling 19th-century mansion in central Kingston, where Bob Marley lived from 1973, surrounded by fellow musicians and Rastafarians. A highlight is the wood-lined studio where hits like Buffalo Soldier were recorded, along with bullet holes left after a 1976 assassination attempt.

For the richest experience, book a combined tour visiting the atmospheric recording studios of Tuff Gong, a short drive away, where you can see rehearsal rooms and vinyl record pressing machines (tours from £20, bobmarleymuseum.com).

STRAWBERRY HILL

This wooden luxury hotel is owned by Chris Blackwell, the Jamaican record producer who brought Bob Marley and The Wailers to the world’s attention. It is located at an altitude of 950 meters in the majestic Blue Mountains, an hour’s drive northeast of Kingston.

Music fans can visit a Gold Room with awards presented to Blackwell’s label, Island Records, including some from Marley and his band.

Guests stay in all-white cottages, including one that references the star’s nickname ‘Tuff Gong’. Double rooms from £438, B&B (strawberryhillhotel.com).

THE TEENS

Marley first visited the US at the age of 17 when his mother went to live in Wilmington, Delaware. He worked as a waiter, a laboratory assistant and at the Chrysler auto assembly plant in nearby Newark.

His time as a forklift driver is mentioned in the song Night Shift and the US city celebrates this link with an annual People’s Festival, now in its 30th year (August 31). volksfestival.com).

CLOSER TO HOME

Marley visited Britain several times in the 1970s and the One Love film features scenes shot in London. A blue English Heritage plaque marks the singer’s home at 42 Oakley Street, Chelsea, where he lived while recording the album Exodus. Blue Badge guide Chris Van Hayden offers private tours of associated sites, from £288 for two hours (chrisvanhaydentours.uk).

Michael J Fox received a standing ovation from Hollywood’s biggest stars at the 2024 British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, as he took to the stage in a wheelchair to present Best Film to Oppenheimer.

The actor, 62, who has battled Parkinson’s since 1991, was helped to the podium to announce that Best Film had been awarded to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, one of seven gongs for the epic.

After entering the stage in a wheelchair, Michael earned a hugely warm reception from stars including Margot Robbie, Bradley Cooper and Barry Keoghan, who were in attendance at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

The legendary 80s film star was visibly touched by the reaction, as he supported himself on the podium to reveal the nominees and eventual winner. 

Oppenheimer proved to be the big winner on the night, earning seven gongs including Best Film, Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr and Director for Christopher Nolan. 

The Back To The Future star previously walked the red carpet with his glamorous wife Tracy Pollan.

Presenting the prize, he said: ‘Five films were nominated in this category tonight and all five have something in common. They are the best of what we do.

‘No matter who you are or where you’re from, these films can bring us together.

‘There’s a reason why they say movies are magic because movies can change your day. It can change your outlook. Sometimes it can change your life.’

Michael was  just 29 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, and went public with the information in 1998. 

In 2023, the star released an Apple TV+ documentary about his career and living with the devastating disease, which earned him a BAFTA nomination.

While Michael did present the final award of the night, he was also in attendance after his documentary Still: A Michael J Fox Story received a nod for Documentary. 

Speaking to BBC in light of the documentary’s nomination, Michael said: ‘I would say it’s a gift and people would look at me and I’d say it’s a gift that keeps on taking, but it’s a gift.’

Since being diagnosed, Michael has been praised for his tireless work fundraising in a bid to find a cure for Parkinson’s. He founded The Michael J. Fox Foundation to aid research efforts.

Michael said: ‘I realised I had to turn it around and turn it into something and make it some positive thing that affected other people in a positive way.

‘So I think that’s why I started the foundation, but it took me a long time to get there.’

Oppenheimer won Best Film as well as sweeping the board in major categories at this year’s BAFTAs.

The epic biographical thriller led the wins with seven gongs, including Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. It had the most nominations with 13.

The biggest night in British film returned with actor David Tennant as host and an array of guest presenters on hand to deliver awards throughout the night. 

Prince William attended the ceremony in London solo as his wife Kate Middleton continues her recovery from last month’s abdominal surgery.

Oppenheimer swept up in the big name categories, but it was closely followed by the surreal black comedy Poor Things.

It marked five awards for the film, as Emma Stone collected the Best Actress gong for her turn as Bella Baxter.

In his documentary, which was released in May 2023, Michael looks back on his blockbuster career with director Davis Guggenheim and shares how he first noticed the signs of what would be diagnosed as Parkinson’s disease.

He said the documentary is about when ‘an incurable optimist meets an incurable disease’ as he spoke about his battle with the condition.

‘I have Parkinson’s, I struggle with it,’ he said. ‘It’s hard, it’s annoying, it’s a bit more than annoying but it can be devastating for some people.’

Michael displayed symptoms of early-onset Parkinson’s as early as 1991 while shooting the film Doc Hollywood, and was told by doctors that in a few years he would not be able to work.

After being diagnosed, Michael started drinking heavily and became depressed. But after seeking help, he found sobriety and publicly disclosed his condition in 1998.

On why he concealed his Parkinson’s for so many years, Michael said: ‘Yeah I didn’t know what it was going to do, how it was going to manifest itself.

‘I didn’t know what to expect and no one could really tell me what to expect.’

Michael received the Lifetime Achievement honour at the 2023 Spring Moving Image Awards for his impressive Hollywood career as well as his dedication to finding a cure for Parkinson’s.

In his documentary, Michael detailed the devastating moment in which he revealed the diagnosis to his wife of 35 years Tracy and how she vowed to support him all along the way.

Michael, who continued to act for years, recalled: ‘I told Tracy the news. ‘In sickness and in health,’ I remember her whispering.’

He added that ‘no one outside my family’ knew of his diagnosis and he took pills to ‘hide’ his symptoms.

The actor did not specify if it was were recreational or prescription drugs that he was self-medicating with.

In behind the scenes footage, he is pictured dodging explosions and gunfire and unmanned vehicles as he runs through the desert in a scene from Tim Burton’s black sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks, which was shot before he had announced his diagnosis.

In an interview on CBS Mornings in November, Michael says he’d have forgiven wife Tracy Pollan if she had decided to ‘step out’ during their 35-year marriage as he battles Parkinson’s disease.

‘At any time she would have been forgiven to say, ‘I’m just gonna step out,” the 62-year-old actor said of his spouse, 63. ‘But, she didn’t do that.’

‘I love Tracy obviously and she’s an amazing person and has gone through a lot,’ Fox said. ‘I realize she has a life separate from me having Parkinson’s, from me being Alex Keaton or Marty McFly, she’s a person. I think that’s why it’s gone okay.’

Fox said of their marriage, ‘She had indicated to me by saying, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health. She was able to get me through it, and go through it with me. And she has for 35 years.’

Fox and Pollan are parents to son Sam Michael, 34, twin daughters Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances, 28, and daughter Esmé Annabelle, 21.

On the CBS broadcast, the Spin City star explained how Pollan has stayed by his side amid his health woes.

‘We knew the bus was coming and we knew it was going to hit, but we didn’t know how far away it was or how fast it was going,’ he said.

After Oppenheimer was awarded Best Film, director Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas, who also produced the blockbuster, took to the stage.

Emma described her husband, as ‘inspired and inspiring’ and ‘brilliant’, adding that he was ‘often infuriating and always right.’

‘I am incredibly grateful to him for letting me come along for this ride,’ she said.

Emma also paid tribute to their 16-year-old son Magnus, saying: ‘Your dad and I are the luckiest people in the world but our greatest fortune is being parents to you, Flora, Oliver and Rory.’

The biggest night in British film returned with actor David Tennant as host, with an array of guest presenters on hand to deliver awards throughout the night. 

Cillian, 47, – who plays the titular role in Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb saga – picked up the Leading Actor prize at the prestigious British awards ceremony.

He triumphed against Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.

Accepting the trophy he said: ‘Oh boy, holy moly, thank you very, very much Bafta.’

He paid tribute to ‘the most dynamic, kindest producer-director partnership in Hollywood: Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, thank you for seeing something in me that I probably didn’t see in myself.’

The Irish actor said to Nolan: ‘Thank for always pushing me and demanding excellence because that is what you deliver time and time again.’

He also acknowledged his ‘fellow nominees and my Oppenhomies’, adding: ‘I know it’s a cliche to say, but I’m in awe of you.’

He said J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, was a ‘colossally knotty character’, adding: ‘We have a space to debate and interrogate and investigate that complexity and it’s a privilege to be a part of this community with you all

Robert, 58, collected a BAFTA for his role as Lewis Strauss in Hollywood blockbuster Oppenheimer, which has swept the board during awards season.

Robert admitted he owes the award to the film’s director Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and leading man Cillian Murphy, as well as ‘British influence’.

Gesturing to Nolan, he said: ‘Recently that dude suggested I attempt an understated approach as a last ditch effort to resurrect my dwindling credibility.’

Robert’s win set a new record for the longest gap between wins by any performer.

His award, for the film Oppenheimer, comes 31 years after his previous BAFTA, for the 1993 film Chaplin.

The previous record was 27 years, set by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2021 when he won the award for best actor for The Father, nearly three decades after his 1994 win for Shadowlands.

Nolan won the Best Director BAFTA for Oppenheimer, his epic tale of how the nuclear bomb was created.

Before accepting the award from actor Hugh Grant, Nolan hugged his Irish star Cillian Murphy who played physicist J Robert Oppenheimer.

Nolan joked that his brother ‘beat him up here’ by being in a chorus of a production 40 years ago.

Nolan has previously lost out despite numerous commercial successes such as Inception and The Dark Knight, the UK-born filmmaker won out against Jonathan Glazer [The Zone of Interest], Justine Triet [Anatomy of a Fall], Alexander Payne [The Holdovers], Bradley Cooper [Maestro] and Andrew Haigh [All of Us Strangers].

He paid tribute to Murphy and added to those who backed the film: ‘Thank you for taking on something dark’.

The director also acknowledged the efforts of nuclear disarmament organisations to bring peace.

Oppenheimer swept up in the big name categories, but it was closely followed by the surreal black comedy Poor Things.

It marked five awards for the film, as Emma Stone collected the gong for her turn as Bella Baxter.

Accepting her award, she said: ‘Since we’re in London, I want to start by thanking dialect coach. She praised him for not laughing at her when he taught her how to say ‘water’.

‘I really wanted to thank my mum, because she’s the best person I know. Without her none of this would exist, including my life, so thank you for that Mum.’

The American actress said she was ‘in awe’ of all of the team behind the film, where she plays the part of a woman who is reanimated and implanted with the brain of a baby.

She paid tribute to the writers for coming up with the line ‘I must go punch that baby’ in a memorable dinner scene, and also hailed director Yorgos Lanthimos for ‘our friendship and the gift of Bella’.

Also thanking her mother, Stone said: ‘She kind of made me believe this crazy idea that I can do something like this.’

Meanwhile, Da’Vine Joy Randolph crowned victorious in the Best Supporting Actress category for her part in The Holdovers as she continues her march to Oscars glory.

Randolph took to the stage and told Chiwetel Ejiofor, who was presenting the award, ‘you are so handsome’ – prompting laughter from the audience.

On a more serious note, she said: ‘Thank you for trusting me with this beautiful character.

Becoming emotional, she said being able to ‘wear this beautiful gown, standing on the stage in London, is not a responsibility I take lightly’.

Randolph plays school cook Mary in the film set at a boarding school in the early 1970s.

Next up, Director Jonathan Glazer and producer James Wilson’s The Zone Of Interest won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film.

Wilson told the audience they were ‘stunned’ the film had won three awards during the ceremony, and while it was shot in Poland, the team who made it was assembled from the UK.

The night kicked off with French legal drama Anatomy Of A Fall winning the Original Screenplay award after premiering in Cannes back in May.

Collecting the award, co-writer and director Justine Triet, said: ‘The last time I I was in London, a woman said to me: ‘After I saw your movie I called my ex and told him to see it to understand why I dumped him.’

‘Someone else said ‘Did you put a mic in my kitchen?’

Gesturing to her co-writer and partner Arthur Harari, Triet said ‘I would like to make a statement tonight: it’s a fiction and we are reasonably fine.’

Harari referred to the plot of the courtroom drama when he joked that he had recently found himself near a window in an attic.

He added: ‘I want this room as my witness, if something happens to me, I loved insulating that attic and I’m quite happy tonight.’

Next up, Poor Things has won the BAFTA for special visual effects. 

VFX supervisor Simon Hughes said receiving the special visual effects BAFTA for the the film was a career highlight.

‘It’s the peak of my career, absolutely for me. And to have it happen on such a unique film like this is just a real eye-opener, it’s been such a surreal and such a rewarding experience.’

Following this, drama film Earth Mama was honoured with the BAFTA outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, presented by David Beckham.

Director Savanah Leaf was sobbing as she took to the stage to be presented with the award for her tale of a pregnant single mother.

Leaf said ‘this is crazy’, adding: ‘Our lead had never acted before and she poured her heart into this and she was so fearless.’

The director was given the award alongside Irish producers Shirley O’Connor and Medb Riordan.

The Zone Of Interest won the BAFTA for a film not in the English language.

Director Jonathan Glazer said it was ‘an out of body experience’ to win the award as he paid tribute to his collaborators.

Producer James Wilson thanked Glazer for his ‘virtuosity and his friendship’.

He continued: ‘Walls aren’t new from before or since the Holocaust and it seems stark right now that we should care about innocent people being killed in Gaza or Yemen or Mariupol or Israel.’

He added: ‘Thank your for recognising a film that asks us to think in those spaces.’

The BAFTA for Casting was awarded to Susan Shopmaker for private school-set The Holdovers, while the editing award has gone to Jennifer Lame for Second World War biopic Oppenheimer.

Comedy drama American Fiction has won Best Adapted Screenplay.

American writer and former Gawker journalist Cord Jefferson said winning a BAFTA was ‘surreal’, and that he had his speech written for him because he did not think he would need it.

Jefferson said in a ‘risk-averse industry’, he is thankful for his film – about a novelist who spoofs the ‘black genre’ of books, which becomes a ruse he has to maintain – was made.

The Boy And The Heron won the Best Animated Film Bafta.

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was not at the ceremony so the award was collected by presenters Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott.

The Documentary BAFTA went to 20 Days In Mariupol, which highlights the work of Associated Press journalists in the besieged Ukrainian city during the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov said: ‘This is not about us’, this is about the country invaded by Russia and the bombed city they filmed in was just ‘a symbol of everything that has happened’.

‘Thank you for empowering our voice, and let’s keep fighting,’ he added.

Composer Ludwig Goransson won the BAFTA for Original Score for Oppenheimer while Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers scooped the honour for best sound for Holocaust film The Zone Of Interest.

The BAFTA for Production Design went to Shona Heath, James Price and Zsuzsa Mihalek for surreal comedy Poor Things, about a woman who is reanimated and begins a new life.

It was previously announced the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema would go to programmer and archivist June Givanni, founder of the Pan African Film Archive, who collected the prize during the ceremony from Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh.

Northern Ireland actor James Martin, from Oscar-winning film An Irish Goodbye, presented the British short film Bafta to Yasmin Afifi and Elizabeth Rufai for Jellyfish And Lobster, a tale about care home residents.

Accepting the prize, Afifi said the film was about elderly people who find the ‘magic in their final days’, before wiping tears away from her face.

Egyptian actor Sayed Badreya, who appears in the film, got down on his knees and prayed on stage.

The British Short Animation BAFTA was presented to Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek and Aleksandra Sykulak for Crab Day, about a father and son in a fishing community.

Stringer thanked his parents in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and said the film was about ‘standing up for yourself, no matter what the world thinks of you’.

Poor Things won two more BAFTAs for best costume design, and make-up and hair.

Samantha Morton collected the BAFTA Fellowship from producer David Heyman, who she worked with on Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

There were tributes from her Minority Report co-star Tom Cruise, as well as collaborators Susan Lynch, Molly Windsor and Daniel Mays, while Heyman described her as a ‘rare breed and true artist’.

Morton was visibly emotional and overwhelmed as she said: ‘This is nothing short of a miracle. When I first saw Ken Loach’s Kes on a huge telly that was wheeled into my classroom I was forever changed.

‘Seeing poverty and people like me on the screen, I recognised myself – representation matters.’

She said she would tell her younger self: ‘You matter, don’t give up, the stories we tell, they have the power to change people’s lives.

‘Film changed my life, it transformed me and it led me here today.’

She added: ‘I dedicate this award to every child in care, or who has been in care and who didn’t survive.’

The BAFTA Rising Star award was won by Mia Mckenna-Bruce following a public vote.

The star of coming-of-age film How To Have Sex appeared emotional on stage as she thanked her family and her ‘beautiful baby boy’.

The 26-year-old joked that she hopes her little sisters, who do not think ‘I’m cool’, will change their mind after her win.

Margot Robbie, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone and Florence Pugh were among the star-studded arrivals on the red carpet earlier in the evening.

Barbie star Margot showed off her incredible figure in a pink and black strapless gown with matching gloves and heels, inspired by the iconic doll.

The actress posed for snaps alongside her husband Tom Ackerley, also, 33, who looked dapper in a black tuxedo. 

Emily – who was nominated for playing Kitty in Oppenheimer – was a vision of beauty as she stormed the red carpet in a glamorous beaded gown with cut outs along the waist that showed off her lithe figure.

The glamorous garment was adorned with gems and clung to her hourglass curvesm flaring out into a fishtail hem.

Blunt, 40, completed the look with a diamond and ruby necklace paired with matching earrings.

Elsewhere, Best Actress winner Stone opted for a quirky orange gown with one puff sleeve as she beamed alongside Yorgos Lanthimos.

Dune star Pugh, 28, nearly suffered a wardrobe malfunction in the plunging silver bustier as she headed into the ceremony.

She teamed her glamorous ensemble with a dazzling silver necklace and an elegant black cape which wrapped around her arms

Lipa oozed confidence as she posed in a semi-sheer eye-catching red gown with a cape detail.

Naomi Campbell looked like she should be gracing the halls of The Traitors castle in the Scottish Highlands as she attended the BAFTAs on Sunday night.

Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil was spotted with a new teardrop tattoo on his face in tribute to the late singer ahead of the release of controversial biopic Back To Black.

The singer, who tragically died from alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27, grimaced when Blake was admitted to the prison hospital in 2008 after a suspected heroin overdose.

Blake debuted the new ink on Thursday when he headed to a supermarket in Yorkshire. He cut a casual figure in a Champion gray tracksuit and bomber jacket.

A teardrop tattoo is closely linked to gang and prison culture, often signifying that someone has served a prison sentence. The tattoo is known to also represent sadness or loss.

Amy based the album Back To Black mainly on her on-off relationship with Blake, 41, who she had broken up with before its release in October 2006, where one of her hits was Tears Dry On Their Own.

He had left the then rising star to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend, but ultimately their short-lived separation helped inspire a series of songs that explore themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.

Back To Black appealed to a wide variety of people and sent its famous star on the heels of five hit songs: Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, Back To Black, Tears Dry On Their Own and Love Is A Losing Game .

The couple eventually reunited to marry in Miami in 2007, but were pictured months later after a furious altercation in which it emerged they had used heroin.

The following year, Blake spent eight months in prison after admitting perverting the course of justice and GBH, and in 2009 he filed for divorce.

It comes as their whirlwind romance is set to be featured in Sam Taylor Johnson biopic Back To Black.

Marisa Abela will play Amy, while Skins actor Jack O'Connell will play Blake.

Last year, Blake said he would have done “almost everything differently” in their relationship as he marked Amy's 40th birthday.

Blake, who rarely gives interviews, was asked by Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard what he would have done differently. He replied, “Almost everything.”

He continued, “It's sad, but I wanted to wish Amy a happy birthday. It's terrible that she's not here. I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I said happy birthday to her, she was my best friend.

“If certain factors hadn't been there, I think it could have been a different outcome. For Amy, everything happened very quickly. We were young.'

It comes after Amy's father Mitch Winehouse, who is played in the film by Eddie Marsan, caused shockwaves when it was revealed he approved of the film, which has come under fire for 'grisly' depictions of the star's drug addiction and also the filming her funeral. .

The star's biopic has sparked outrage among friends, with musician Neon Hitch calling the film 'ridiculous' and 'tasteless' and saying: 'I feel very strange. Can you please let Amy rest?'

Friends expressed their anger at her father after he allowed grisly scenes of Amy's drug overdose to be filmed in her old flat. Last February, Marisa was seen wearing an oxygen mask as she left the property in North London.

The flat is now owned by Mitch, who also appears in the scene, while Eddie filmed alongside Marisa and other actors playing paramedics.

The biopic Back To Black will hit theaters on April 12.

Jaafar Jackson was spotted on the set of his new Michael Jackson biopic, simply titled Michael, alongside his on-screen mother, Nia Long.

The 27-year-old actor – the real-life cousin of the late King of Pop (who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50) – was spotted on set in Los Angeles in what appeared to be a funeral scene.

Jaafar – whose “uncanny” resemblance to his uncle impressed director Antoine Fuqua enough to give him the role – was spotted in a white shirt and black tie.

He also wore black high-water pants with white socks and black shoes to complete his look.

Jackson's co-star Nia Long was dressed in a dark blue pantsuit with a matching dark blue bag and a light blue tie.

The scene was filmed in a house, with a black Cadillac on set, which could very well be a Cadillac hearse.

While it has not been confirmed if this is a funeral scene, it is worth noting that Jackson's grandfather, Samuel Jackson, passed away in Phoenix in 1993 at the age of 100.

Jafaar Jackson was featured in previously released photos from the King of Pop's Dangerous tour, which lasted from 1992 to 1993, so it's possible this could be Samuel Jackson's funeral scene.

Jaafar will play the adult Michael Jackson, while Juliano Valdi will play the younger MJ who rose to fame as a child in the Jackson 5.

The cast also includes Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson, the singer's father, and Miles Teller as John Branca, who served as Michael's manager after he fired his father.

Jaafar makes his acting debut in the film, although his resemblance to his cousin – along with his singing and dancing skills – enhanced the role.

“It's uncanny how much he looks like Michael,” the filmmaker said Entertainment weeklyand added: 'Sounds like him, dances like him, sings.'

'It's really creepy. Graham King, a fantastic producer, found him and introduced him to me, and I was blown away,” the director admitted.

Jaafar is no stranger to entertainment and has been singing and dancing since he was 12.

He is also the son of Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza and Jermaine Jackson – brother of Michael who was also a member of The Jackson 5.

The film, simply titled Michael, will follow the iconic artist's life and story “as we know it,” Antoine further told the outlet.

The premise will follow not only his lengthy musical career and iconic performances, but also other aspects of his life, such as confronting child abuse allegations in the 1990s and his tragic death in 2009 at the age of 50 from a drug overdose . .

Regarding his “approach” to the biopic, Fuqua said, “Just to tell the facts as we know them, about the artist, about the man, about the human being. You know, the good, the bad and the ugly.”

It was the infamous camp party film that was blamed for derailing Faye Dunaway's stellar career… but now the Academy Awards have finally chosen to celebrate it, 42 years later.

Oscars bosses have raised eyebrows by sharing an 83rd birthday tribute to the star using only clips from her infamous 1981 film Mommie Dearest.

Fans of the actress have even accused the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of taunting Dunaway over her choice for the over-the-top Joan Crawford biopic, which she is known to dislike and not allow interviewers to mention .

One wrote underneath: 'She will be so sorry for this, thank you.'

Another said: 'So epic that the academy posted this on her birthday…best gift ever.

A third said: 'This movie ruined her career and she likes the movie so much lol.'

And a fourth wrote: 'I have a feeling whoever uploaded this will receive a very unpleasant voicemail.'

That was a reference to a furious voice message Dunaway left for a journalist who once asked her too many questions about Mommie Dearest, instead of her other films.

The Oscars Instagram tribute features many of the film's best clips, including Dunaway singing “No wire hangers!” shouts. before punching adopted daughter Christina, played by Mara Hobel, after finding the offending items in a closet.

Also present and correct was the moment when Dunaway screams “Tina, bring me the axe” as a crazed Joan destroys her rose garden after being told she is “box office poison” and ousted by the boss of MGM Studios.

Dunaway's Joan was also seen yelling at members of Pepsi's board, “Don't f**k me guys, this isn't my first time at the rodeo,” as the members tried to unseat her.

Mommie Dearest was based on a tell-all book that Joan's adopted daughter Christina published a year after her mother's death in 1977, in which she accused the Hollywood icon of being an abusive mother.

The decision to celebrate Mommie Dearest is strange, considering the Academy completely snubbed the film for nominations after its release in 1981.

It ended at the Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst films, with Dunaway being named worst actress there.

Dunaway won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a ratings-obsessed TV executive in 1976's Network, but no footage from that film was used.

She was also nominated for best actress for Bonnie and Clyde in 1968 and Chinatown in 1975 – but clips from those films were mysteriously missing as well.

Dunaway played the role in Mommie Dearest, likely believing the poignant subject matter would earn her a fourth Oscar nomination.

The big-budget film featured beautiful sets and amazing costumes by legendary designer Irene Sharaff, who also worked on the original West Side Story, Meet Me in St Louis, Cleopatra and An American in Paris.

Dunaway also received applause for her incredible physical transformation, using makeup and muscle contortions on her face to achieve an uncanny resemblance to Crawford.

But her high hopes were shattered after the film's release, with audiences erupting in laughter at the turbo-charged, campy scenes.

The film quickly became a cult hit and remains extremely popular in the gay community.

Reviewers were divided over Dunaway's performance – with both the New York Times and the New Yorker praising her portrayal of Crawford.

However, Variety's review was scathing, with the critic saying, 'Dunaway doesn't chew scenery. Dunaway starts neatly on each corner of the set in each scene and swallows it whole, costars and all.”

The actress is said to have been deeply shaken by the Mommie Dearest debacle and moved to England with photographer husband Terry Richardson and their son Liam for much of the 1980s.

The couple separated in 1987 and Dunaway returned to the US.

Dunaway's career never again reached the heady heights of her blockbusters of the 1960s and 1970s, although Mommie Dearest has since been reevaluated by many critics who have praised the film and the actress's astonishing performance.

She did discuss the film in a 1995 episode of Inside the Actors Studio, saying, “It was never directorially modulated, I'm sorry to say it became camp.”

In 2008 a Guardian The interviewer said he was banned from mentioning Mommie Dearest during an interview with Dunaway.

She later ended the conversation in anger after he questioned her about claims she hurled a cup of urine over director Roman Polanski during the filming of Chinatown.

And in 2016, the actor told People that she blamed the film for damaging her career.

She said: 'I think it took my career in a direction where people would inevitably get the wrong impression of me.'

Dunaway also claimed that her ferocious portrayal of Crawford tainted the public's perception of her.

The actress has been accused of being difficult and was fired from a Broadway play in 2019 after allegedly creating a “hostile” and “dangerous” work environment.

Dunaway had another major brush with Oscars fame – when she and Bonnie and Clyde co-star Warren Beatty incorrectly announced that La La Land had won Best Picture in 2017, instead of deserving winner Moonlight.

But unlike Joan and Christina Crawford's fraught relationship, Dunaway's son Liam is definitely one of her fans.

On Saturday, he shared the Mommie Dearest Academy tribute clip on his Instagram page, writing: @theacademy showing some love.”

By Alesia Stanford for Dailymail.Com

Published: 7:58 PM EST, January 30, 2024 | Updated: 8:04 PM EST, January 30, 2024

• Lionsgate announced the news on Tuesday, with the 54-year-old actor joining Jaafar Jackson, Michael's real-life 27-year-old nephew, who will play his uncle.
• The production also recently cast Juliano Krue Valdi, a nine-year-old actor and dancer who has gone viral with his dance moves inspired by the King of Pop.
• Production kicked off earlier this week, with Lionsgate setting a release date of April 18, 2025

By Brian Gallagher for Dailymail.com

Published: 10:20 PM EST, January 25, 2024 | Updated: 10:24 PM EST, January 25, 2024

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle praised the new Bob Marley biopic: One Love as they chatted with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness during their red carpet appearance in Kingston last night, a lip reader has revealed.

Jeremy Freeman told FEMAIL that the Duchess of Sussex, 42, described the film, which tells the life of the famous reggae musician, as 'perfect'.

“It's amazing,” she said in a short clip from the event shared with the politician Instagram Story.

And Jeremy added that the 39-year-old Duke of Sussex appeared to compliment the “good work” being done on the film.

“Nice to… glad to meet you,” he added.

Elsewhere, the lip reader said Andrew asked Meghan 'what she thought' – most likely referring to the biopic.

“Yes, it was perfect,” she said. The Duchess then pointed to her husband and added: 'Yes, I'm sure he'll tell you. It's perfect.'

Meghan was effortlessly elegant in a black, flowing maxi skirt – believed to be a custom Carolina Herrera design by fashion experts – as she and her husband jetted off to Jamaica for the premiere.

The Duchess radiated glamor in the monochrome ensemble, which she wanted to combine with a simple suit on Tuesday evening.

The strappy design showed off her toned shoulders and toned waist as the mother-of-two grinned for the cameras during Paramount's glitzy screening of the biopic at the Carib Theatre.

Meghan combined her sophisticated look with striking accessories, and is appreciated by royal viewers, among others Royal Fashion Police on Instagram, to have worn 18K gold earrings from Jennifer Meyer Jewelery, which cost $3,250 (approximately £2,558.37).

Elsewhere, she clutched her classic Jimmy Choo “J Box clutch” (worth £750, or about $952.75) — one of her staples, which she's worn several times over the years.

She showed off her dewy skin with simple, understated makeup and styled her hair in a sleek bun.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry, 39, opted for a casual black suit and white shirt for the event.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex heads turned as they posed for photos and shook hands with actors last night.

The couple posed with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon president and CEO Brian Robbins and his wife Tracy James.

Meghan and Harry – who stepped down from royal duties four years ago – also joined the Prime Minister and his wife Juliet at the premiere.

Holness has said his country is “moving away” from the British monarchy. Harry's father, King Charles, is currently head of state of Jamaica.

The process of severing ties with the British monarchy is underway, following in the footsteps of another former Caribbean possession, Barbados.

Much like the island province's split from the monarchy, Prince Harry sensationally transitioned from a working royal family in early 2020. He moved to North America with his wife Meghan, whom he married in 2018.

Meghan and Harry now live in Montecito, California, with their two children, Archie and Lilibet. The Sussexes have made very few public and personal trips to Britain since leaving office.

The couple has had many ventures in the entertainment industry since their royal departure. They signed multimillion-dollar contracts with Netflix and Spotify to produce podcasts and docuseries in which they discussed their lives within the royal family.

Six months ago, they parted ways with their $20 million Spotify deal after producing Meghan's podcast series “Archetypes.”

On Tuesday night, Prince Harry was spotted on the red carpet hugging Ziggy Marley, the 55-year-old musician and son of Bob and Rita Marley, who produced One Love.

It's unclear why Harry and Meghan were there – although the film features British talent, with Londoners Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley and Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, and James Norton as producer Chris Blackwell.

The trip to Jamaica is not their first.

In 2017, before their November engagement, the couple attended the wedding of Harry's friend Tom 'Skippy' Inskip to Lara Hughes-Young.

And in 2012, Harry traveled to the island for his Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean, where he danced to Marley's hit One Love with a large audience.

He also met the late musician's widow, Rita Marley, now 77.

Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.

And while they were soaking up the sun, Harry's father, King Charles, was getting ready for his surgery, and Kate Middleton was recovering.

The 75-year-old King was spotted driving near Sandringham in his electric Audi on Monday.

Charles, who was holding the wheel wearing thick green woolen gloves, was briefly spotted before returning to the main entrance of his Norfolk estate where he was greeted by a police officer.

Queen Camilla described the King as doing 'well' as she chatted to a member of the public during a visit to Deacon and Sons, a 175-year-old family jewelery shop in Swindon.

Local woman Jessie Jackson, 86, said she shook hands with the Queen and asked how Charles was doing.

Nicky Jackson, 48, who accompanied her, added: 'She asked how Charles was doing. He's fine. We forgot about poor Kate.'

Charles flew back to Sandringham from Scotland on Friday to prepare for his upcoming operation.

The monarch and his wife were flown more than 300 miles from Aberdeen Airport to RAF Marham on a Royal Air Force jet before completing the final 15 miles.

He was pictured sitting in the back seat of his Audi EV while being driven by a driver.

It comes at a difficult time for the royal family, with the Princess of Wales recovering in hospital from a planned abdominal operation and the Duchess of York revealing she has skin cancer this weekend.

The Princess of Wales is reportedly doing 'well' after going under the knife for abdominal surgery at the London Clinic near Regent's Park last week.

She will remain in the exclusive clinic for a maximum of fourteen days and is not expected to return to her official duties until after Easter.

Meanwhile, Sarah, 64, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma – an aggressive form of skin cancer – after several moles were removed during reconstructive surgery following her mastectomy in June.

One of them was diagnosed with cancer and is now undergoing further medical checks to ensure the cancer is detected at an early stage.