The phrase “new normal” comes to mind when watching Elhas Ehsas’ short film, Yellow. A young woman (Afsaneh Dehrouyeh) steps into a Chadari store in Kabul in Afghanistan to purchase a Hijab, a full-body veil. The young salesman (Elham Ehsas) is warned by the store owner (Ahmad Jan Mano) to stop playing his musical instrument…
It’s been nearly two years since the UK government pledged to evacuate Afghan nationals who aided British forces and those most at risk of persecution following the Taliban’s invasion of Kabul. But while the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme has relocated more than 24,000 refugees since the rise of the Taliban in August 2021, many of…
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Ben Roberts-Smith lost a defamation case he had been battling since 2018 (Picture: Getty; Reuters) Australia’s most decorated war veteran has quit his job after a civil court blamed him for unlawfully killing four people while he served in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith lost the landmark defamation case on Thursday against newspapers that accused him of…
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Gerard Butler stars in the above average action flick, Kandahar, from director Ric Roman Waugh. [embedded content] PLOT: A CIA contractor (Gerard Butler) who just sabotaged an Iranian Nuclear Power Plant finds his cover blown by a whistleblower journalist. On the run, he finds himself being hunted, along with his Afghan interpreter (Navid Negahban), through…
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All eyes were on Jennifer Lawrence @JLawrence_RepUs as she premiered her latest project at the Cannes Film Festival (Picture: Getty) No one steals the red carpet spotlight quite like Jennifer Lawrence @JLawrence_RepUs. The actress was at the Cannes Film Festival promoting her new documentary Bread and Roses in Cannes on Sunday. The 32-year-old did a…
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Apparently Daisy May Cooper and Taron Egerton once shared a smooch – and our jaws are pretty much on the floor right now. Yesterday’s Bafta TV Awards were a glitzy affair, with stars from Kate Winslet to…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Fans of Derry Girls have been left feeling bitter after the BBC cut a ‘political’ portion of Siobhán McSweeney’s acceptance speech from iPlayer. Siobhán, best known for playing Sister Michael in the Channel 4 sitcom, was on…
Laura Whitmore was in charge of tunes at the TV Baftas afterparty on Sunday (Picture: Getty) Laura Whitmore nailed afterparty dressing on Sunday when she hit the decks at the TV Bafta’s post-ceremony bash in London. The former love Island #love Islandhost, 38, looked killer in a super sheer sparkly dress while pumping out tunes…
Robbie Coltrane died last October (Picture: Carl Court/AFP via Getty Images) Viewers of the 2023 TV Bafta Awards were left unimpressed when Robbie Coltrane was absent from their memoriam package. Bafta’s In Memory Of… segment honours actors we’ve lost over the past year, as well as creatives who worked behind the scenes. This year, former…
