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  • Michael Kors launches fall 2025 campaign with Suki Waterhouse and Logan Lerman in Rome

    Michael Kors launches fall 2025 campaign with Suki Waterhouse and Logan Lerman in Rome

    Michael Kors has unveiled its Fall 2025 campaign, featuring brand ambassadors Suki Waterhouse and Logan Lerman, photographed in Rome, Italy by Lachlan Bailey.

    In a statement, designer Michael Kors said, “Rome, for me, is just a city that inspires awe, no matter how much time I spend there. It’s cinematic, it’s dramatic, it’s urban, it’s got a pulse, and it has all this incredible natural beauty and history. When you combine that with the modern laid-back elegance of Suki Waterhouse and the classic movie star energy that Logan Lerman brings, it creates an unforgettable campaign.”

    Styled by Emmanuelle Alt, the project emphasizes the spirit of adventure and the concept of ‘main character’ dressing. The designs spotlight statement outerwear, fringed detailing, and updated versions of Michael Kors’ signature Nolita and Hamilton bags.

    Shot across iconic Roman landmarks—including Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps, and the Fountain of Acqua Paola—the visual narrative blends history with modernity. The campaign also incorporates short films directed by Samuel Rixon, offering intimate vignettes of Waterhouse and Lerman’s daily lives. These are set to a re-recorded version of Don Henley’s “All She Wants to Do Is Dance” performed by Waterhouse exclusively for the project.

    In addition to the Rome-focused initiative, Michael Kors announced its Fall/Winter 2025 collection advertising campaign starring model Angelina Kendall. Photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and styled by Carlos Nazario, the series is designed to convey “everyday opulence.” According to Kors, the goal is to showcase timeless pieces that remain relevant today, tomorrow, and for years ahead.

    With dual campaigns blending cinematic energy and enduring style, Michael Kors continues to strengthen its identity as a brand that merges glamour, storytelling, and longevity in fashion.

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  • ‘We were the runt of the litter at the BBC’: Johnny Vegas and Graham Duff on resurrecting their sitcom Ideal | Television

    ‘We were the runt of the litter at the BBC’: Johnny Vegas and Graham Duff on resurrecting their sitcom Ideal | Television

    Drugs, gangs, kidnappings, police corruption, murder, even necrophilia. While this might sound like the stuff of a grisly crime drama, in reality it’s the backdrop to the strange and surreal BBC sitcom Ideal. A black comedy centred on a low-level weed dealer, Moz (played by Johnny Vegas), the show has become a beloved cult classic since its original run from 2005 to 2011.

    After years spent lingering in the digital abyss, episodes were finally uploaded to iPlayer last year and now, 20 years since it first aired, the show is returning for a live stage production. “I didn’t appreciate how original it was when we were making it,” says Vegas, sitting in the restaurant of a plush five-star hotel in Manchester, a far cry from the rodent-infested flat he spent years in as Moz. “You only appreciate it years later, when folks are coming up going: ‘That was the one show that spoke to me – that was my life.’”

    As a genuinely inventive and countercultural word-of-mouth hit, the show picked up obsessive followers; there’s a dedicated Facebook group where fans share quotes, memes and clips; people gush about it on Reddit threads and have made Spotify playlists to recreate its soundtrack. When its stage return was announced, several shows sold out instantly. “There was no guarantee there’d be an audience for Ideal in 2025,” says creator and writer Graham Duff, who also plays Brian, a hilariously snippy and flamboyant gay man with an infinite number of men on his arm. “But the response has been wonderful. The phrase we keep hearing is: ‘Why has it taken so long?’”

    There is a feeling of unfinished business. The show was cancelled abruptly, leaving Ideal without a neat wrap-up. “Every series, I wrote the final episode thinking this could be the last one,” says Duff. “The only time I didn’t do that was [the final] series seven. By that stage, the viewing figures were so good, and we had Kiefer Sutherland saying he was going to appear in the next series. I thought: now I can stop looking over my shoulder. So it felt really brutal. We had a lot more to say.”

    Here’s Johnny … a younger Vegas on the set of Ideal. Photograph: Chris Bull/Alamy

    The TV show featured Moz, his girlfriends, bent coppers, a gangster called Psycho Paul, a hitman called Cartoon Head (a silent character who never removed their cartoon mouse mask), some utterly bizarre neighbours, and everyone from kids and schoolteachers and DJs all swinging by to skin up and buy cannabis. It also featured a spectacular list of guest stars. Julia Davis played a partly blind clairvoyant who claims she foresaw 9/11 in a Cup-a-Soup. Sean Lock was a transgender love interest of Brian’s son (a plotline that also involves some accidental incest). Paul Weller popped up as himself, and they even managed to cast Mark E Smith, late frontman of the post-punk band the Fall, as Jesus Christ. “There’s only one person who ever turned us down,” says Duff, “and that was Kate Moss. Everybody else couldn’t say yes quick enough but her agent said she wouldn’t do anything related to drugs.”

    “It was a show that, against the odds, kept going,” adds Vegas. “It was almost unwanted – we were the runt of the litter at BBC Three.” The BBC, he says, “didn’t know what to do with it”. There was talk of a film to be directed by Ben Wheatley, who did series five and six of the show, but it never materialised. Then in 2021, Vegas saw the live stage show of another beloved and arguably overlooked BBC show, Early Doors. It triggered an idea: “I thought: That’s a beautiful way to get around the system,” he says.

    The live show will pick up 20 years later with Moz, unsurprisingly, still a dealer in his and Cartoon Head’s flat. “The story is partly a murder mystery,” explains Duff, who is keen to keep details to a minimum, “with each of Moz’s regular customers under suspicion. Moz also has a new girlfriend, Liza, and my character now has an OnlyFans – because, of course he has.”

    In the original TV show, Duff created a world that was vast but also intensely claustrophobic. There’s only one scene out of 53 episodes that ventures outside: everything else is shot in Moz’s or his neighbours’ flats, with an ever-rotating cast of oddballs. “At the time I was thinking: I reckon at least a quarter of the country smokes weed and will have been to a dealer,” says Duff. “But how often do you see it on TV? I thought there’s something in that: it’s a locus for all these people to cross and interact.” As such, the show isn’t really about drugs, nor was it ever intended to be. “I’ve always hated things like Cheech and Chong, where it’s like: Oh, I was so out of it I did this crazy thing,” says Duff. “I’ve got zero interest in that. It’s no more about drugs than Only Fools and Horses is about stolen goods. It’s about those characters and their interactions, dynamics, aspirations and disappointments.”

    The pair clearly love talking about the show. Vegas sips a vodka soda, Duff a cranberry juice, and in the deserted restaurant hall this afternoon, their frequent howls of laughter echo through the room. Vegas recalls the “spliff-making bootcamp” he had to go on before the first series, because he wasn’t much of a cannabis smoker himself. “I couldn’t get creative by smoking weed,” he says. “It just made me play [PlayStation game] Toca Racing and eat loads of toast.” He also recalls the time he and the cast had been out the night before and came in on two hours’ sleep, a bit too wobbly. A producer deemed him unfit for work, and he was told to go and lie down. “We had the best time,” says Vegas. “We worked hard, we played hard, but we delivered. I was gifted a character that always looked worse for wear.”

    However, such shenanigans were limited to series one. “By the second series, we all realised we were doing something that had some gravity to it,” says Duff. “We needed to protect it.” Vegas’s performance is some of his best work. Spending 53 episodes with a permanently stoned, adulterous work-shy drug dealer, confined largely to his living room, only works because Vegas is able to show him as funny, vulnerable, occasionally tender, and likable, as well as a bit of a dope. “It might be the closest thing I have given to a nuanced performance,” Vegas says, with typical self-deprecation.

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    But this time, it’s perhaps Vegas’s onstage experience that Duff will be tapping into for Ideal’s stage reboot. “There are all kinds of onscreen elements that just aren’t possible on stage,” he says. “But there are things that live performance gives you, which are so special. Several of the cast work as standup comics [Emma Fryer, Joanna Neary and Ben Crompton are all confirmed] so they know a thing or two about live comedy timing. Plus, seeing the action play out in real time really elevates the suspense – and there’s a lot of suspense in this play.”

    However, one thing they are clear to point out is that this is not going to be some greatest hits rehash. “I’m aware of what it means to fans and I don’t want to trample on that,” says Duff. “But it can’t just be a celebration. I want somebody who’s never seen Ideal on TV to be able to watch it and be gripped. I’m not interested in nostalgia and ‘Oh, do you remember that thing from back then? Yeah, we brought it back, and it’s almost as good as it used to be.’ Fuck that. It’s got to be bulletproof and enjoyable in its own right. I just hope people think we’ve done Ideal justice.”

    Vegas nods along, taking a sip of his drink, before adding: “And, if it’s shit, it’s all Graham’s fault.”

    Ideal tours from 8 September to 11 October; tour starts Salford.

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  • Austin Butler responds to ‘Hannah Montana’s 20th anniversary reunion

    Austin Butler responds to ‘Hannah Montana’s 20th anniversary reunion



    Austin Butler responds to ‘Hannah Montana’s 20th anniversary reunion

    Austin Butler has recently addressed his return to the Hannah Montana for its upcoming 20th anniversary reunion.

    The Elvis star responded to a rumour of reuniting with Miley Cyrus for anniversary celebration during an interview with Metro Entertainment at the London premiere of Caught Stealing.

    Austin replied, “Is that a thing?”

    Later, he said, “Wow, wow. 20 years? That’s crazy.”

    For the unversed, Austin first appeared on Hannah Montana in its first season with a small role as Toby, the ex-boyfriend of Miley’s classmate Becca Weller (played by Kirby Bliss Blanton) in the episode, Oops! I Meddled Again back in 2006.

    Then, the Dune: Part Two actor made a comeback to the show in season two in a more significant role as Derek Hanson, the cousin of Miley’s crush Lucas (played by Sterling Knight), in the episode, My Best Friend’s Boyfriend.

    Austin Butler responds to Hannah Montana’s 20th anniversary reunion

    When asked about playing Derek again, Austin finally responded, “I don’t know, I hadn’t thought about it till just now.”

    Elsewhere in the interview, the Bikeriders star reflected on the time he spent on Hannah Montana.

    “I have such great memories… We had a lot of fun. So, I don’t know!” he added.

    Meanwhile, Miley also talked about 20th anniversary celebration last month during an interview with On Air With Ryan Seacrest.

    “It’s about to be the 20-year Hannahversary! Trust me, I wanna design something really, really special for it, because it really was the beginning of all of this that sits here today,” explained the Flowers crooner.

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  • ‘Global Guardians’ camp fosters young minds in pandemic preparedness

    ‘Global Guardians’ camp fosters young minds in pandemic preparedness

    The Global Virus Network (GVN), in partnership with the University of South Florida (USF) Youth Experiences and Hillsborough County Public Schools STEM Department, recently concluded its inaugural “Global Guardians: Youth for Pandemic Preparedness” summer camp, an immersive, hands-on experience that brought together some of Tampa’s brightest high school students with internationally renowned virologists, public health experts, and scientists.

    “This camp shows our students that science is a living, evolving field with real-world impact,” said Catherine White, EdD, supervisor of K–12 STEM in the Academic Services Division of Hillsborough County Public Schools. “By giving them access to leading scientists, advanced laboratories, and hands-on investigations, we’re not just teaching content, we’re igniting curiosity and empowering them to see themselves as the problem-solvers and innovators our future will depend on.”

    Held July 23–25, 2025, the three-day program welcomed 14 high school students in grades 9–12 to explore the science of pandemics through a series of interactive sessions, laboratory and hospital tours, demonstrations, and collaborative group activities. Participants examined topics such as virus transmission, outbreak detection, media misinformation, and career paths in virology, guided by experts from the GVN, USF, Tampa General Hospital, and various units of the Florida Department of Health.

    “It was inspiring to see such curiosity and focus from these students,” said Robert C. Gallo, MD, international scientific director and co-founder of the GVN. “This generation will inherit the responsibility of pandemic prevention. We must prepare them early, honestly, and with scientific integrity.” Dr. Gallo, who is most widely known for his co-discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS, is also the James P. Cullison Professor of Medicine, director of the Institute of Translational Virology and Innovation at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, and director of the Microbial Oncology Program at Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute.

    Hosted in partnership with USF at GVN’s international headquarters, the program emphasized both education and empowerment. Students engaged directly with virus hunters, epidemiologists, and lab scientists, participated in simulated outbreak investigations, and practiced putting on complete personal protective equipment in a mock BSL-3 lab.

    I am so grateful to the Global Virus Network for giving this talented group of students an opportunity to imagine their futures as the next generation of science explorers and learners. I expect that this experience will put some of these students on a path to become leaders in public health and virology. Kudos to the Hillsborough County Public Schools STEM Department, our USF Youth Experiences team, and USF Health faculty, including GVN’s Dr. Bob Gallo, for making time to prepare our future ‘global guardians.’”


    Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, Executive Vice President, University of South Florida

    He is the dean of the Morsani College of Medicine.

    Dr. Lockwood is also executive vice president and chief academic officer at Tampa General Hospital.

    Highlights of the camp included:

    • A live discussion with Dr. Gallo, who shared insights from his early experiences as a young scientist, reflections on novel virus discoveries, and addressed the impact of scientific misinformation. He encouraged students to “follow your passion and pursue truth.”
    • An immersive tour of Tampa General’s CareComm, a state-of-the-art command center for patient safety and hospital efficiency.
    • Hands-on demonstrations of viral transmission, diagnostic testing, and vector surveillance, led by experts in virology, entomology, and public health.
    • Sessions on media literacy and misinformation, challenging students to think critically in the age of digital noise.
    • A closing ceremony where each student received a certificate of completion recognizing their participation in the inaugural Global Guardians program.

    Students described the program as “life-changing,” “eye-opening,” and “the most engaging experience I’ve ever had in science.” One participant reflected, “I really loved all of the tours and the lectures. Everything felt very nicely organized, and it was extremely fun,” referring to the mix of hospital tours, advanced lab visits, and hands-on experiments. Another student shared, “I liked when we had the disease detectives lesson,” recalling the simulated outbreak investigation that encouraged teamwork, problem-solving, and data analysis.

    For some, the camp solidified career ambitions. “The camp has strengthened my interest in pursuing a career in the medical field,” said one student, while another added, “It changed my opinion about medical school; now I’m interested in going.” Even those still deciding felt a renewed sense of direction, with one participant noting, “Nothing has changed, but it has definitely pushed me more toward the education I want.”

    The program’s hands-on approach resonated deeply with the students, who investigated real-world public health data, dissected misinformation, and practiced outbreak modeling using mapping tools and case data. They also toured advanced research labs, including USF’s Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research, the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, and the Hillsborough County Health Department.

    “One of the reasons we founded the Global Virus Network was to address the shrinking pipeline of students entering the field of virology,” added Dr. Gallo. “Programs like this are essential to spark early interest and build the next generation of scientists who can help the world prepare for future pandemics.”

    Building on the success of the pilot, GVN plans to expand the Global Guardians initiative to include students from across the state of Florida next year and internationally the year after, broadening access to virology education and inspiring a more diverse pipeline of future scientists and public health professionals. Similar to other comparative, merit-based programs, GVN intends to provide scholarships to participants for competitive applications.

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  • Dakota Johnson reveals long-hidden bond with Madonna

    Dakota Johnson reveals long-hidden bond with Madonna

    Dakota Johnson reveals her ‘weird’ friendship with Madonna

    Dakota Johnson finally opened up about her long-hidden connection with Madonna.

    In a recent chat with E! News, the 35-year-old actress revealed her bond with Madonna that goes back decades.

    This came after a photo of Dakota with Madonna, Dave Chappelle, and music manager Guy Oseary taken at a birthday party for Tom Cruise’s agent went viral last month.

    Dakota confessed that her friendship with Madonna is not new. “We’ve been like weird friends for a while. I really love her.”

    The Fifty Shades of Grey star described the Queen of Pop as magnetic, noting, “She has an energy to be near that is so beautiful and so wild. It’s just like cool that she even wants to talk to me.”

    They connected first time when Madonna starred alongside Dakota’s former stepfather, Antonio Banderas, in Evita back in 1996

    “I met her when I was really young because she did a movie with my stepfather, and then I got to know her later ‘cause we were gonna work together on something and we’ve always kind of circled each other,” Dakota explained.

    Though Dakota’s mother, Melanie Griffith, parted ways from Banderas in 2014, she has kept close ties with Madonna.


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  • Redditch mum writes song about baby loss

    Redditch mum writes song about baby loss

    Bridie Adams

    BBC News, West Midlands

    Tammy Gooding

    BBC Hereford & Worcester

    Olivia Dewar A woman with blonde hair, wearing a blue and white striped shirt, holds a newborn baby wrapped in a multicoloured blanket. There are tubes connecting the baby girl to a machine.Olivia Dewar

    Olivia Dewar lost her baby Soulie in August last year, just two days after she was born

    A woman whose newborn daughter died has written a song on what would have been her first birthday, to help other parents in a similar position to feel less alone.

    Olivia Dewar’s daughter Soulie was born in August last year, but had no brain activity and lived for just two days.

    Now, Ms Dewar has written A Mother’s Love about her grief, as a means of also helping her cope with her own loss.

    Posting it on her TikTok account, which has more than 200,000 followers, she said she wanted to be a voice for other mothers who had experienced baby loss.

    The song was produced by her brother Ben and has captured everything Ms Dewar wanted to achieve with it.

    “It felt like the perfect way to honour [Soulie],” Ms Dewar said.

    “I was trawling the internet trying to find a song that encapsulated everything that I felt and I couldn’t find it, so I just thought, ‘I’m going to have to write it’.”

    Olivia Dewar A newborn baby in a hospital cot. The baby is wearing a woollen hat and has tubes coming from her mouth and nose. She is holding onto a woman's hand on one side and a man's on the other.Olivia Dewar

    Baby Soulie was born with no brain activity and survived for just two days, after being starved of oxygen because Ms Dewar suffered high blood pressure towards the end of her pregnancy

    Referring to helping other grieving parents, she said: “Unfortunately this is something that not only happened to me but happens to a lot of women and it’s not talked about enough,” she said.

    “It was absolutely horrendous, heartbreaking, and no other mother should ever have to go through that.”

    Ms Dewar had suffered with high blood pressure at the end of her pregnancy, which led to Soulie being been starved of oxygen.

    “The thing is with blood pressure is, it sort of can go undiagnosed and also you don’t feel unwell, so you’re not aware unless you understand to look out for the signs,” she said.

    “There’s more women who have been through something like this than we think,” Ms Dewar added.

    “You never ever think it is going to happen to you until it does.”

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  • Punchy dramas and breakthrough talent lead BBC NI autumn schedule

    Punchy dramas and breakthrough talent lead BBC NI autumn schedule

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    Tall Tales & Murder is billed as a comedic crime drama set in Dublin

    Punchy real life dramas, engaging historical documentaries and breakthrough talent in front of and behind the camera dominates BBC Northern Ireland’s autumn schedule.

    The writer and creator of smash hit Love/Hate returns with six-part drama Tall Tales & Murder starring Packy Lee and Aiden Gillen.

    Titanic Sinks Tonight is a four-part documentary series detailing the sinking of the Belfast-built ship through visual effects and first person testimonies.

    Fronted by Steph McGovern, Farm 999 is a co-commission with BBC Daytime and follows police, fire and ambulance services as they attend emergency situations in rural communities.

    Hit police drama Blue Lights is also scheduled to return to BBC One for its third season in the autumn.

    The backs of three people are seen in a lifeboat looking towards a large cruiseliner. It's night time and the lights are on in The Titanic.

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    The slate include 24 hours of scripted drama, documentaries and lifestyle programmes, many of them made by independent production companies.

    Eddie Doyle, BBC Northern Ireland’s head of commissioning, said the upcoming programmes were a “testament to the storytelling and creative talent of this place”.

    “This high-quality new season of programming will provide a distinctive collection of exciting scripted content, returning favourites, landmark documentaries and a rich blend of lifestyle and factual series.”

    Tall Tales & Murder, written and created by Stuart Carolan and Chris Addison, known for his work in The Thick of It and on the US TV series  Veep, is based on the eight-book Dublin Trilogy by Caimh McDonnell.

    Set in the Irish capital, the series began filming in the Republic of Ireland in June.

    Another dramatisation of a novel is Leonard and Hungry Paul, based on Rónán Hessian’s best-selling book.

    Three short films will also be broadcast on BBC One NI and on BBC iPlayer.

    They are part of the Green Lit initiative – a collaboration between BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen supporting emerging writing, production, directing and acting talent from Northern Ireland.

    Mr Doyle said the projects were bold and exciting.

    The standalone 15-minute scripted projects are:

    • Rewarding from Conker Pictures written by Matthew McDevitt, featuring Seána Kerslake and Vittorio Angelone
    • Helpless from Fabel Productions written by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Éanna Hardwicke and George Robinson
    • Mourning Glory (working title) produced by Fíbín Films written by Shane McNaughton, featuring Nigel O’Neill and Amy Huberman
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    There is also a full roster of factual programming.

    Journalist Darragh MacIntyre returns to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to delve deeper into the case of a British soldier killed during the Troubles.

    Made with Bafta-winning director Alison Millar, The Disappearance Of Captain Nairac is a feature-length documentary exploring the young officer’s life and death.

    The 29-year-old Grenadier Guards officer was working undercover when he was abducted outside a pub in south Armagh in May 1977. His remains have never been found.

    Girl Fight enters a mixed-martial arts (MMA) gym in Ballymena where female fighters pursue their dreams both inside and outside the combat sports cage.

    While Surgery in the Sun hears from the growing number of people choosing to travel to Turkey for cosmetic surgery.

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    Interiors expert Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is also back in Northern Ireland, taking viewers around the homes hoping to be crowned House of the Year.

    And once people have gotten their design inspiration, they can turn their attention to their gardens.

    In new series Greatest Gardens, award-winning garden designer Diarmuid Gavin and plant expert Carol Klein will be joined each week by celebrity gardening enthusiasts.

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  • Aubrey Plaza describes grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likens it to an ‘ocean of awfulness’ – Firstpost

    Aubrey Plaza describes grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likens it to an ‘ocean of awfulness’ – Firstpost

    She likens her grief to an image from an Apple TV+ horror movie starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.

    Aubrey Plaza has described her grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likening it to “a giant ocean of awfulness.”

    The actor spoke on the podcast ‘’Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” telling her former “Parks and Recreation” costar in her most detailed public remarks to date that it’s been a daily struggle to overcome her grief. Writer-director Baena’s January death at age 47 was ruled a suicide.

    “Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning,” Plaza tells Poehler at the outset of their interview after being asked how she is coping. “I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I’m OK. But it’s like a daily struggle, obviously.”

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    “Did you see that movie ‘The Gorge?’” Plaza asks Poehler. “In the movie, there’s a cliff on one side and then there’s a cliff on the other side, and there’s a gorge in between, and its filled with all these monster people trying to get them,” Plaza says. “And I swear when I watched it I was like, ‘That feels like what my grief is like,’ or what grief could be like … where it’s like at all times, there’s a giant ocean of awfulness that’s right there and I can see it.”

    Plaza adds: “And sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just be in it, and sometimes I just look at it. And then sometimes I try to get away from it. But it’s just always there, and the monster people are trying to get me, like Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.”

    Baena was a writer and director who frequently collaborated with Plaza. He cowrote David O. Russell’s 2004 film “I Heart Huckabees” and wrote and directed five of his own films. Plaza starred in his 2014 directorial debut, the zombie comedy “Life After Beth.”

    After largely remaining silent since Baena’s death, Plaza is now promoting her new film, “Honey Don’t!” The dark comedy from director Ethan Coen has Margaret Qualley as a private investigator looking into nefarious goings-on in Bakersfield, California.

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  • TV tonight: the finale of the Walking Dead’s New York spin-off | Television

    TV tonight: the finale of the Walking Dead’s New York spin-off | Television

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    Season two of the uneven but popular zombie spin-off set in a ruined New York reaches its double-bill finale. The search for her useless son has led to Maggie (Lauren Cohan) being captured. Things aren’t looking much better for her frenemy Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) who suspects – rightly! – that smarmy rival Bruegel (Kim Coates) is up to no good. The story concludes for now with Maggie having to make a painful choice. Graeme Virtue

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    More tense and tearjerking real-life rescues in the company of RNLI lifeboat crews. In Newhaven, East Sussex, a yachtsman is in serious danger amid gale-force winds. In south Devon, a kayaker is found in agony after a family outing takes a turn for the worse. Hannah J Davies

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  • Hundreds of Guernsey pupils await GCSE and Level 2 results

    Hundreds of Guernsey pupils await GCSE and Level 2 results

    Hundreds of pupils across Guernsey will receive their GCSE and Level 2 results later.

    Each school sets the time they are handed out, with the first, Elizabeth College, welcoming students from 08:30 BST, St Sampson’s High School from 09:00 and Les Varendes High School from 09:30.

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