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For her directorial debut, Kate Winslet made a star-studded family drama, in which she was one of the actors, over just seven weeks, securing star Helen Mirren for only 16 days. The schedule and Winslet’s dual roles were just some of the many challenges she faced helming Goodbye June. “We were constantly trying to make sure that we were all making our days. I never wanted to drop anything, and I didn’t. I was very proud of that,” Winslet recently told The Hollywood Reporter at a special screening of the Netflix movie in New York, speaking of the shortened filming…
As is usually the case, the final night of the year was also one of the biggest TV viewing nights of 2025 —and also per usual, the largest share of that viewing came on ABC. The network’s annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special averaged 18.8 million viewers in the 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET hour on Dec. 31/Jan. 1, according to early Nielsen ratings (which don’t include the measurement service’s big data component). That’s a four-year high and a 5 percent improvement on the previous year’s average of 17.92 million, pending updates. ABC estimates that 30 million people were…
GistReel Popular TikTok streamer, Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, has appealed to fans and followers for financial assistance to repair his damaged Mercedes Benz SUV, saying the cost of fixing the luxury vehicle has been placed at N11 million. The influencer disclosed this during a recent live session on TikTok, weeks after he was involved in a controversial road crash that left the vehicle badly damaged and landed him in hospital. The incident, which occurred in December 2025, attracted nationwide attention after it happened during a live broadcast. Repair cost revelation Speaking during the live session, Peller revealed the…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has now opened up on the situation of Eberechi Eze, who has not played too much in recent weeks.The 27-year-old has played just 198 minutes of first-team football in his last four appearances. He has started just 11 league games for Arsenal so far.Eberechi Eze has had limited game timeNaturally, there has been speculation surrounding the player and his importance to Arteta. The Arsenal manager has now revealed that the 27-year-old has had ample game time, and he would not have played as much at Crystal Palace in the past, because the Eagles did not have…
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has emphasised that Nigeria’s leadership in 2027 will be determined by the will of the people, not by the advantage of incumbency.Ajadi was reacting to reports by an online TV, concerning remarks allegedly made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu about the 2027 presidential election. The platform had reported that President Tinubu boasted that no opposition can remove him.Olufemi Ajadi cautions President Bola Tinubu about the 2027 election Photo Credit: @officialABATSource: TwitterWhile reacting, Ajadi stated that any suggestion that electoral outcomes are predetermined risks weakening…
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AS you are reading this in a newspaper, it’s fair to assume you are reasonably well informed and have a basic grasp of what’s going on in the world. But the problem is that newspaper sales are declining. So an awful lot of people don’t have a basic grasp of what’s going on in the world. We should insist you have to pass an IQ test before you’re allowed to address the massesCredit: Getty Misinformation was spread online after Anthony Joshua was involved in car crash in NigeriaCredit: x And it’s not like they’re getting the information they need from…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Will Smith is facing legal trouble. The actor/rapper has been sued by violinist Brian King Joseph, who is accusing the superstar and his company of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. In his official documents, Joseph names Smith and Treyball Studios Management as defendants and claims Smith is guilty of “predatory behavior” and “deliberately grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for further sexual exploitation” while on his Based on a True Story: 2025 Tour this past spring. Will Smith attends the European premiere of BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE at Zoo Palast on May 27, 2024 in Berlin,…
Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs, directors of the new TLC docuseries The Cult of the Real Housewife — about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake CitystarMary Cosby allegedly running a mind control cult — say they took their cue to investigate the reality TV star from the Bravo series on which she stars. “They arrived there before we arrived there,” Hobbs tells The Hollywood Reporter about the Salt Lake City-set version of the Real Housewives series, which is now in its sixth season. RHOSLC went into its second season with a trailer where co-star Whitney Rose teased “all of…
A Nigerian man has asked several questions about the tax policy set to be implemented in 2026 He said that no one is exempt from the tax after a calculation that showed that most Nigerians earn above ₦800,000 annually He also questioned why he should pay tax when, according to him, he does not benefit from the government A Nigerian man has raised questions that have left many Nigerians debating the new tax law introduced by President Bola Tinubu. The man identified as Zander Valkyrie asked a question many did not see coming about the tax law set to be…