Judi Dench Gets To Meet Seal Pup Who Shares Her Name

Posted on 08/10/2023 by Boris Clair

Judi Dench has received the seal of approval from a British wildlife charity.

The acclaimed British actor met a gray seal pup named after her when she visited the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, England, last month, the organization shared in a press release this week.

Dench, 88, was in the region with family on Sept. 22 and decided to stop by the sanctuary. The facility took in an injured and dehydrated female pup the same day.

“It was like fate,” sanctuary fundraising manager Leanne Atwood said in the release. “It just so happened that, as Dame Judi and her family explored the Sanctuary, this pup was admitted to our Seal Hospital.”

Since the sanctuary’s theme for naming seals this season is “actors and actresses,” there was only one moniker choice for the female pup.

“We knew we just had to name her after Judi Dench, who was already on our list of name ideas,” Atwood said.

The actor was “so excited to be able to meet pup Judi,” who is estimated to be about 3 weeks old.

A photo shows a scarf-clad Dench posing in front of a whiteboard that indicates another seal at the sanctuary is named Owen Wilson.

Judi Dench, the human, on her visit to the seal sanctuary.

As for Judi, the seal, the sanctuary hopes to be able to release her back to the wild after she’s recovered.

Gray seals live in coastal areas along the North Atlantic Ocean, including Great Britain and Northern Europe, as well as eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Wildlife experts on both sides of the ocean urge people to give seal pups space, noting that people often mistake the young critters for orphans when the mother is actually nearby. If a pup is clearly sick or injured, the general recommendation is to contact local wildlife authorities to help.

Richard Madeley Shares His Take On Phillip Schofield’s This Morning Exit

Posted on 06/10/2023 by Boris Clair

Original This Morning host Richard Madeley has said he feels “very sorry” for Phillip Schofield following the former presenter’s exit from the daytime show.

Back in May, Phillip left This Morning after 21 years, amid reports of a fallout with co-host Holly Willoughby, before going on to quit ITV altogether after admitting to having lied about an affair with a younger colleague.

Richard, who is now a regular on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, described Phillip’s departure as “savage” in a new interview with The Sun, revealing he reached out to him amid the scandal.

“I feel very sorry for Phillip – it seemed a pretty savage outcome after 21 years,” he said.

“It seemed quite brutal to be honest. I took a paternal interest in it – I kept in touch, told him to take it easy and that it’ll be all right. He agreed. All things pass in the end.”

Richard added: “We’ve all been through terrible experiences and the worst ones are the phones that come out of a clear blue sky and you don’t see them coming.

“Politicians say they’re only one debate away from a catastrophe and it’s the same in our industry.”

Richard also ruled himself out or returning to This Morning’s famous sofa, having previously hosted alongside wife Judy Finnigan from the show’s inception in 1988 until 2001, saying he “enjoyed it” but “wouldn’t go back”.

Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Judy Finnigan and Richard Madeley

Following Phillip’s exit from This Morning, the programme also faced accusations of bullying and being a “toxic” workplace – something which bosses were swift to deny.

ITV has so far not found a permanent replacement for Phillip, with Holly continuing to front the show with a rotation of other members of the on-air This Morning team, including Josie Gibson, Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary and Craig Doyle.

However, recent reports have suggested that Good Morning Britain regular Ben Shephard is looking like a contender to land the full-time role, after apparently impressing bosses with a guest stint on the show last month.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV1.

Gorka Márquez Is A Genuine Dead Ringer For Ryan Gosling As Strictly Teases Epic Barbie Routine

Posted on 05/10/2023 by Boris Clair

Well, the moment is finally upon us. And we’re happy to report that it looks like our prayers have been answered.

On Thursday morning, the official Strictly Instagram page shared a teaser clip of the show’s resident Kens lip syncing to Ryan Gosling’s big solo number from the hit movie.

And no, that’s not Ryan himself they’ve drafted in for the occasion, but long-serving professional Gorka Márquez, who is more than “Kenough” in his fur coat, headband and, of course, custom Ken pants.

Fingers crossed that this means we’ll get to see Nadiya Bychkova taking the lead as Disco Barbie in a Dance The Night performance this weekend…

In addition to a return trip to Barbieland, Strictly’s Movie Week promises to be as weird and wonderful as ever.

Meanwhile, the rest of the cast will be performing routines inspired by films as varied as Grease, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Batman, Men In Back and… The Super Mario Bros Movie. Check out the full list here.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday night at 6.30pm on BBC One.

Encounters Is The New Netflix Show Everyone’s Talking About – Here’s Why

Posted on 04/10/2023 by Boris Clair

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Released on Netflix at the end of last month, Encounters has quickly climbed its way up the streaming giant’s most watched list, becoming the latest non-fiction show viewers can’t stop talking about.

The docuseries details extraterrestrial – what’s the word – encounters over the last 50 years, and uses eyewitness accounts, interviews with experts and new evidence to uncover the world of what happens when life beyond the stars comes to live in your backyard.

And be warned; not all of them come in peace.

Here’s what you need to know…

What is Encounters actually about?

A non-fiction docuseries, Encounters takes a case-per-episode approach to claims and reports of extraterrestrial occurrences, here on Earth.

The incidents in the series range from reports of submersible spacecraft off the coast of a small Welsh fishing village, to an encounter in rural Zimbabwe witnessed by an entire class of children and their teacher in 1994.

Another episode moves to the States to focus on a strange set of lights in the Texan sky in 2008, and the final instalment follows a similar claim in Fukushima, 2011.

Each episode interviews eye-witness accounts and experts to try and get to the bottom of what happened from these ‘true’ stories.

Who appears in Encounters?

Because the series is a documentary, the cast doesn’t boast any of your favourite A-Listers. What it does boast, however, is a host of experts and fanatics dedicated to the incidents reported on.

Via Netflix’s TUDUM, here are the notable cast members:

Dr. Kevin Knuth, astrophysicist and former NASA research scientist
David Clarke, journalist
Tony Cowan, former RAF officer
Eric MacLeish, attorney
Matthew Roberts, naval intelligence cryptologist
Sara Vanden Berge, managing editor, Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Lee Roy Gaitan, a constable in Erath County, Texas
Robert Powell, nanotechnology engineer and co-founder of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies

Who made Encounters?

Encounters was directed by Yon Motksin, who has had a severe shakeup in the way he thinks about aliens since helming the doc.

“UFOs, UAPs, nonhuman intelligence, whatever we might call it… I didn’t before, but now I think it exists,” he told Netflix.

“It’s out there. People are just now starting to accept it as something that’s acceptable to talk about.”

The four-episode series was executive produced by the Steven Spielberg-owned Amblin Television, Emmy-winning Boardwalk Pictures and Vice Studios.

Where can I watch Encounters?

The four part series Encounters is out now on Netflix.

What are viewers saying about Encounters?

While critics and viewers seem fairly split on the docuseries, the documentary has generated a lot of chatter.

Decider wrote that the series is “a relatively dull docuseries that won’t persuade you to change your mind about the source of the unexplained phenomena featured in the series, no matter what you believe about them.”

Chicago Times reviewer Richard Roeper added that the programme “won’t sway any skeptics.”

Som viewers, however, had been far more favourable towards Encounters.

watching encounters on netflix and i may be a tad freaked out rn lmaooo

— britt♡ (@brittibabyyy) September 30, 2023

starting encounters on Netflix no one talk to me unless ur an alien

— maybe: adam (@AdamRHawthorne) October 3, 2023

I’m watching “Encounters” on Netflix, and this show is absolutely fascinating and very well made.

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) September 29, 2023

Are aliens real?

Maaaaaaybe. We’re not sure. Watch Encounters and make your own mind up.

Katherine Ryan Reflects On ‘Pushback’ After Calling Out Male Comic She Believed Was A ‘Predator’

Posted on 02/10/2023 by Boris Clair

Katherine Ryan has said she received “a lot of pushback” when she made the decision to call out a fellow comedian she believed to be a “predator”.

Last year, the Canadian comic made headlines when she appeared on Louis Theroux’s interview series, during which she referred to an “open secret” about a former male colleague.

“I informed him to his face that he was a predator,” Katherine said of the undisclosed comedian.

“I think [by predator] I mean perpetrator of sexual assault. But it is very dangerous for us to have this conversation. I’m happy to have it, but it is a litigious minefield. Because lots of people have tried to nail this person down for their alleged crimes. And this person has very good lawyers.”

She added: “This person, I believe, very strongly, and so do a lot of people, it’s an open secret, is a perpetrator of sexual assault. And I, in front of loads of people, in the format of the show, said to this person’s face that they were a predator. Again and again.”

These comments apparently did not make it into the final cut of the show in question.

During an interview on Sunday’s edition of Desert Island Discs – recorded in the first week of September – Katherine was asked by host Lauren Laverne about her previous comments and the reaction to them..

“I got a lot of pushback, like, ‘Why won’t you say who it is?’,” Katherine said.

“It’s because everyone knows who it is. What they’re asking me for is the women’s names. And that’s what I won’t give and that’s why I was reluctant to talk about it.”

She added: “There are a few women’s names that I think investigators are looking for and that’s what they’re asking me for. No one’s asking me for his name.

“So it’s funny how people go straight to accusing, ‘You are the problem. You won’t give his name.’ We’re not the problem.”

Later in the interview, Katherine said she’d “wrestled” with the “really difficult” decision to work with the comedian in question.

“The choice is, do I go to work with someone who I think is very problematic and do I stand near them and laugh and smile and look like I am allowing this kind of person to still be on television, or do I stay home?” she recalled.

“That’s what I wrestled with the most. Because I believe that this person was or is dangerous, but also what am I going to change if I stay home?

“My compromise was, alright, ‘I’m gonna go, but I’m going to let him know under no uncertain terms what I think of him. I’m not gonna just smile and look like I’m allowing this behaviour’.”

Towards the end of last month, Katherine requested that the media respect her decision not to be included in certain narratives within the press.

“I have nothing else to say about anything,” she said during an episode of her podcast Telling Everyone Everything.

“Apart from, I guess, passing observation, when a woman says ‘no I don’t want to engage in that conversation and I have no comment on that story, no I won’t be confirming or denying or participating about anything in the news right now’, her consent is not valid.”

Later, she added: “Why is my consent totally unimportant when we are speaking a lot in the press right now speaking about the importance of consent? No is a full sentence, ladies, gentlemen. No.”

Listen to Katherine Ryan’s full interview on BBC Sounds here.

Americans Are Now Discovering Alison Hammond Thanks To Bake Off – And She’s An Instant Hit

Posted on 02/10/2023 by Boris Clair

As well as airing weekly on Channel 4, Bake Off is also available to watch in the US on Netflix, where the show is known as the Great British Baking Show (apparently, in the States the term “bake off” is a registered trademark of the cake company Pillsbury).

For most Americans watching the show, Bake Off will have been their first introduction to Alison, and we’re pleased to see she’s proved to be just as popular Stateside as she has on her home turf…

Meanwhile, a review on the American entertainment website Decider was similarly full of praise for Alison, hailing her efforts in the first episode of Bake Off as “spectacular”.

“The popular UK presenter not only aced her first time callouts, voice over narrative, and ‘On your marks, get set, bake!’, but her infectious joy rubbed off on everyone in the tent — including Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith,” their review read.

“It could just be that Alison Hammond was the missing ingredient in the tent all these years.”

The Great British Bake Off airs on Tuesday nights at 8pm on Channel 4. New episodes are also available to watch in the US every Friday on Netflix.

James Cameron Reveals He Nearly Died In Terrifying Accident While Making 1 Of His Films

Posted on 30/09/2023 by Boris Clair

James Cameron is opening up about the time he narrowly escaped death on the set of his 1989 film The Abyss.

While appearing at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on a panel after a screening of The Abyss: Special Edition, the filmmaker revealed that he nearly didn’t survive to see the film actually hit the cinemas due to an underwater mishap, according to Variety.

“We had the ‘angels,’ which were the safety divers that were right there, and each one was assigned to one or two of the actors and just kept them in sight the whole time. [But] they weren’t watching me,” Cameron said of the precautions his team had in place for everyone’s safety while filming.

Cameron explained that the movie was shot “30 feet down” under water, which meant he had to wear “heavy weights” around his feet and waist to keep him submerged so he could move his camera around.

But one day on set, the unthinkable happened.

The director said he ran out of air at one point and tried to alert the underwater director of photography, Al Giddings, on the PA system.

His warnings fell on deaf ears though, as Cameron explained to the panel’s moderator, Jim Hemphill, that Giddings “had been involved in a diving accident and he blew out both eardrums”.

“I’m wasting my last breath of air on an underwater p.a. system going ‘Al… Al…’ and he’s working away with his back to me,” he added of the horrifying incident.

Cameron said that he was able to remove his gear and tried to resurface to get air, but that’s when another hiccup took place.

He said the “angels” began trying to help him, but wound up making matters worse by shoving a faulty breathing mask in his mouth.

“He sticks a regulator in my mouth that he didn’t check. It had been banging around the bottom of the tank for three weeks and had a rip through the diaphragm, so I purged carefully and took a deep breath… of water. And then I purged it again, and I took another deep breath… of water,” he said.

“At that point it was almost check-out point and the safety divers are taught to hold you down so you don’t embolise and let your lungs overexpand going up,” he continued.

Cameron said though he knew what he was doing as an experienced diver, but the safety diver wouldn’t let him go.

This left the Titanic filmmaker only one choice…to throw blows at the diving assistant.

“I had no way to tell him the regulator wasn’t working. So I punched him in the face and swam to the surface and therefore survived,” Cameron shared.

The Abyss was considered a box-office disappointment when it released, only earning around $9 million (£7.38 million) in the US. The film was initially met with mixed reviews, but later became a cult classic.

Pamela Anderson Goes Makeup-Free In Stunning Paris Fashion Week Appearance

Posted on 30/09/2023 by Boris Clair

Pamela Anderson knows that bare-faced is beautiful.

The former Baywatch star shone in a stripped-back version of her signature look while attending the Isabel Marant show at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday.

In photos from the event, Pamela wore a sleeveless yellow dress and a colour-coordinated bag from the brand, with neutral heels.

She paired the look with simple studs and a necklace, and wore her wavy, iconic blonde hair down.

Anderson attends the Isabel Marant Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 28.

Anderson pictured during a fashion week appearance in Paris, France.

Pamela has rocked similarly fresh-faced looks at other fashion shows recently, including The Row’s runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday and at the Proenza Schouler show earlier this month during New York Fashion Week.

Anderson attends The Row runway show during Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 27.

Sofia Richie and Pamela Anderson at the Proenza Schouler Spring 2024 Ready To Wear show on Sep. 9 in New York.

The actor regularly went makeup-free in her documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, and has spoken about why she’s scaled back her signature look.

Pamela told Elle Magazine in August that she decided to forgo her typical look after she lost her makeup artist, Alexis Vogel, to breast cancer.

“She was the best,” she told the outlet of her close friend. “And since then, I just felt, without Alexis, it’s just better for me not to wear makeup.”

Pamela described the experience of being makeup-free as “freeing, and fun, and a little rebellious too.”

“Because I did notice that there were all these people doing big makeup looks, and it’s just like me to go against the grain and do the opposite [of] what everyone’s doing,” she added.

Blue Singer Lee Ryan Receives Suspended Prison Sentence For Racially Aggravated Assault

Posted on 28/09/2023 by Boris Clair

Pop singer Lee Ryan has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of racially aggravated assault.

During a flight on 31 July 2022, the Blue star was said to have been “slurring his words and staggering around” after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport.

Ryan was refused more alcohol on board the plane, and after being told to return to his seat, made comments about cabin crew member Leah Gordon, referring to her as a “chocolate cookie” before grabbing her wrists.

Earlier this year, Gordon recalled: “He was making comments about my complexion, you’re my chocolate darling, my chocolate cookie, and I’m going to have your chocolate children.”

She added: “I was intimidated, I felt a bit embarrassed like I wasn’t doing my duty properly.

“To get comments about my colour whether intentional or not, it was just unacceptable and so derogatory. I just felt like it wasn’t fair and I shouldn’t have to put up with it. I don’t go to work to be assaulted or harassed.”

Lee on stage at the O2 Arena in December 2022

Ryan was found guilty in January, and on Thursday morning, he was given a prison sentence of 12 months suspended for 18 months, for what Judge Nicholas Wood described as his “totally unacceptable and disgraceful” crimes.

″[That] may be the sort of language used in the entertainment industry, but that is somewhat of an indictment on the entertainment industry and it has no place on an aircraft, being directed at cabin crew,” the judge told Ryan.

“You know that and I think you have learned your lesson.”

“If any good could come out of this, it has brought you to your senses”, he added.

The former Celebrity Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing contestant was also ordered to pay £2,500 in compensation to the cabin crew member in question, £750 to other members of the team and £510 in legal costs.

Ryan has said he has no memory of the incident due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed.

He previously argued: “My band member is Black, I’m not racist, I’ve had Black girlfriends, mixed-race girlfriends. It was banter, just drunk banter I suppose, there was no malice or intention to upset anyone.”

Alison Hammond’s Pure Joy Comes Close To Stealing The Show At Kylie’s Intimate London Gig

Posted on 28/09/2023 by Boris Clair

Pop superstar Kylie Minogue is still going from strength to strength, 16 albums, 36 years and countless awards, nominations and records-shattered after her musical debut.

And, at a packed-out, intimate gig at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Wednesday evening to celebrate the release of her latest offering, Tension, she received perhaps the most impressive accolade of them all – the endorsement of national treasure, new Bake Off host and queen of people’s hearts, Alison Hammond.

Spotted on a balcony overlooking Kylie as she tore through hits like Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, Spinning Around and recent smash Padam Padam, Alison came close to stealing the show with the sheer amount of joy she was exuding – and the Kylie t-shirt she was seen waving to the crowds below her.

“Alison Hammond waving a Kylie t-shirt at the Kylie gig has restored my joy for the rest of the year,” one fan posted, alongside a video of the momentous occasion.

Another commented that the beloved daytime host’s “real-time reaction to Padam Padam was almost as good as seeing Padam Padam live for the first time.”

Meanwhile, a review of the night for Evening Standard added that Alison’s simple attendance at the gig made for “made for quite the support act.”

Kylie filled the evening with chart-topping hits and fan favourites for plenty of other famous fans who were also in attendance, including Drag Race UK’s Graham Norton and Michelle Visage, as well as Rylan and Alex Scott.

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