Soapwatch: JACI STEPHEN’S ultimate insight into this week’s soaps

There are often times when awards ceremonies deliver the wrong results. That’s not to insult the winners; it’s just a shame when the same people win year after year, because it means there are a lot of brilliant performers who are always going to miss out. In the recent National Television Awards it was, however, … Read more

Dickens with 2020 vision: BRIAN VINER reviews The Personal History Of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) Rating: Verdict: What the Dickens! The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (15) Rating: Verdict: Incoherent fun Years pass without a single film based on an autobiographical novel about an aspiring young writer emerging out of genteel impoverishment in the mid‑19th century . . . then, what do you … Read more

Josh Gibson speaks out for the first time since splitting with his Russian girlfriend Olga Kononchuk

‘I’m putting my head down for the next few months’: Former AFL star Josh Gibson breaks silence on split with girlfriend Olga Kononchuk By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:15 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 20 January 2020 Former AFL champion Josh Gibson has spoken publicly for the first time … Read more

Kerry Katona suggests Caroline Flack is the victim of SEXISM after shocking assault charge

Embattled former Love Island host Caroline Flack is the victim of sexist double standards, according to Kerry Katona, who has thrown her support behind the presenter amid her shocking assault charge. Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry, 39, has revealed that she empathises with 40-year-old Caroline’s fall from grace – triggered after she was charged with assaulting … Read more

Adam Driver is tall, dark and dapper at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Between starring in box office juggernaut Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and critical darling Marriage Story, he’s had quite an impressive 12 months. And the rewards keep on rolling in for Adam Driver, with the 36-year-old actor being recognized with an Outstanding Performer of the Year award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented … Read more

Caroline Flack plans comeback after ‘reinventing herself’ once she has faced assault charge 

Caroline Flack ‘plans on making a comeback once she has faced her assault charge by reinventing herself and swapping parties for quiet nights in’ Caroline allegedly plans on ‘reinventing herself’ after facing her assault charge A source told Closer she’s ‘desperate to settle down’ and will change her lifestyle The presenter, who is in LA, … Read more

Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie take up #MeToo fight: BRIAN VINER reviews Bombshell

Bombshell (15) Verdict: Not explosive, but well aimed Rating: A Hidden Life (12A) Verdict: Ambitious, but self-indulgent Rating: This week’s Academy Award nominations have rightly recognised both Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie for their superb performances in Bombshell. The powerful drama is ostensibly about the downfall of Roger Ailes, the U.S. TV titan who turned … Read more

EXCLUSIVE Love Island’s Arabella Chi insists islanders shouldn’t be afraid to break up a couple

She set pulses racing when she arrived as a bombshell contestant in last year’s Love Island, eventually breaking up existing couple Yewande and Danny. And Arabella Chi has issued her advice to the newcomers for this year’s series of the ITV2 show, urging them to follow their hearts no matter what in an interview with … Read more

Mission Impossible 1917: Sam Mendes has done it again, writes BRIAN VINER

1917 (15) Verdict: Award-winning stunner  Rating: Twenty years after winning a coveted Golden Globes double — best drama film and best director — for his debut feature, American Beauty, Sam Mendes has done it again. On Sunday night, he won the same two awards for 1917, his riveting action-thriller about World War I. Next stop, … Read more