21 h. ago Which star signs needs to speak up about how they really feel this week?

Your stars for this week by Jemima Cainer

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6 d. ago Strictly viewers slam ‘traumatising’ pro routine for making them feel ‘ill’ during Movie Week results show

STRICTLY viewers have slammed "traumatising" pro routine for making them feel "ill" during the Movie Week results show. The professionals took to the floor for their usual dance routine but tonight's performance didn't go down well with those at home. During the results show, Claudia introduced the dance and said: "Now it is time for...

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9 d. ago More cameras, top pundits but Disney’s Champions League adventure is a work in progress | Tom Garry

The broadcaster’s opening week of coverage was not without its gaps and glitches but it aimed high with an impressive array of expertsThere was a new look and feel to the Women’s Champions League this week as live matches on Disney+ arrived. With the streaming platform embarking on a five-year deal, the tournament is in intriguing territory with a paywall, and audiences will be hoping for some Disney magic to justify their subscriptions.Football-wise, whether it was Barcelona’s masterpiece, Twente holding Chelsea or Melchie Dumornay’s second goal arrowing past the Arsenal defence, the entertainment level was thankfully more Mulan than Mulan II, but could the same be said about the coverage? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Emma Watson sparks engagement rumours after showing off diamond ring

The Little Women star, who recently said she doesn’t feel ‘entitled’ to marriage, turned heads at Paris Fashion Week with the eye-catching ring

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2 w. ago Prem icon questions Liverpool after nightmare Galatasaray start – 'does he trust his team'

Liverpool's problems from the weekend against Crystal Palace continued into the week as they feel behind early against Galatasaray in the Champions League

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4 w. ago As Hollywood mourns Robert Redford, why do we still struggle with the idea of male beauty? | Jason Okundaye

The superstar never wanted to be a sex symbol. But we don’t have a language to discuss what great beauty can feel like for menRobert Redford, who died this week at the age of 89, was, as well as being one of Hollywood’s brightest stars both in front of and behind the camera, graced with “all-American good looks [that] couldn’t be ignored” as the BBC wrote. Breaking through in the “new Hollywood” era, his luscious blond curls, defined jawline and gentle, charming smile provided him the typical pretty-boy advantages that beauty offers for a career in entertainment, though his talent and zest for acting pushed him further still.It was his role as the gunslinging, sharpshooting Sundance Kid in 1969, alongside the more established Paul Newman, which propelled him to fame – though the film’s creator, William Goldman, had dismissed Redford as “just another California blond throw a stick at Malibu, you’ll hit six of him”. Yet what comes through about Redford in the commentary and obituaries...

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4 w. ago ‘Max is a huge asset in and outside the car’: Laurent Mekies on taking over at Red Bull

In his first interview since replacing Christian Horner, the Frenchman says his aim is simply to give Max Verstappen the fastest car on the F1 gridReaching the pinnacle of any sport might be considered a moment to savour and reflect. To luxuriate even, in the contentment so sparingly yielded at the highest level. None of which, strikingly, is the case for Laurent Mekies, the new team principal of Red Bull, who concedes only to an overwhelming, almost Sisyphean, commitment to moving ever forward, ever upward.“There is no such thing as having made it, you always feel you are surviving,” he says. “You always feel that you should have done more yesterday, more a week ago. To step up next week, next month. You never feel you made it – never, never, never.” Continue reading...

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