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Hit musical “Wicked” topped the nominations Wednesday for the influential Screen Actors Guild Awards, which are key to Oscars glory, while Golden Globes darling “The Brutalist” only got one nod and “Maria” star Angelina Jolie was shut out.

“Wicked”, the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway smash, earned five nods including for “outstanding performance by a cast” — the top SAG Awards prize — lead actress, supporting actor and actress, and stunt ensemble.

Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” scored four nominations while surreal narco-musical “Emilia Perez”, a major winner at Sunday’s Globes, scored three nods.

Those three films will battle with Cannes favorite “Anora”, which also had three nominations, and papal thriller “Conclave” for the top cast award, organizers announced.

There was no place in “The Brutalist,” a grand immigrant drama about a Hungarian architect who survives the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States, despite receiving one nomination from Globes winner Adrien Brody.

Hollywood actors vote for the SAG Awards, which is the largest segment of the Academy’s voting bloc for the Oscars.

Therefore, the awards are closely monitored as indicators of potential Academy Award winners.

Jolie’s inability to win a SAG nomination for her portrayal of opera diva Maria Callas in “Maria” may not be in good shape for her chances of winning an Oscar.

Vying for lead actress honors with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo will be Globes winner Demi Moore for body horror film “The Substance”, Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Karla Sofia Gascon (“Emilia Perez”) and Mikey Madison (“Anora”).

Also left out in that stacked category was Nicole Kidman, who earned critical acclaim for her turn in the steamy “Babygirl”, and Globes winner Fernanda Torres, for “I’m Still Here” about Brazil’s military dictatorship.

In “Conclave,” Brody will face Ralph Fiennes in the lead role, Timothee Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown,” Daniel Craig in “Queer,” and Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing.”

“Wicked” had a difficult night at the Golden Globes, only winning the award for cinematic and box office achievement, but it came roaring back in the SAG nominations, with Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey earning individual nods.

The SAG Awards also honor television, with Japanese historical drama “Shogun” — already a big winner at the Emmys and Golden Globes — leading with five nominations.

The SAG Awards will be held on February 23 in Los Angeles, and Netflix will be streaming live for the second year in a row.

Due to the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, the live nominations ceremony on Wednesday was postponed.

The Critics Choice Awards’ Gala will be postponed due to the blazes, organizers later on Wednesday told AFP.

DGA nominations

Hollywood’s directors ‘ guild also announced its own nominations on Wednesday.

The shortlist includes Sean Baker for “Anora”, Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Perez”, Edward Berger for “Conclave”, Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist” and James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown”.

Jon Chu was shut out for “Wicked”.

Say goodbye to having to wear five layers while sitting at your desk or awkwardly trying to wrap yourself in a blanket, this Amazon find could help save on your energy bills as well as keep you toasty while you work.

Currently reduced in a covetable flash sale, remote workers can pick up a Vinsetto Reclining Office Chair, which comes stocked with massage and heat functions, for less. But you’ll need to act fast, there’s no telling how long this deal will last.

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This comfy chair is currently available at a discounted price of £129.99 and boasts an impressive 4.1 out of 5 star rating from hundreds of Amazon customers.

Featuring six massage points, this is an ideal pick for those suffering from back pain or just fancy some pampering at the desk. This gem also offers heating functions that are sure to help keep you warm while you work through the chilly winter months, reducing the need to put on the oh-so-expensive heating.

The heating points are placed on the back, lower back and thighs for all-over comfort and relaxation. Offering a high back office chair for better support and cushioning, the included remote controls the massage and heat functions, so you don’t have to move.

This executive office chair makes a statement in a home or office setting, thanks to its luxe brown leather finish. With ample cushioning on the back and seat, you’re set to be comfortable all through the working day. It is wrapped in microfibre upholstery with thick padding, which offers great breathability between your skin and the chair, so it’s even a top pick in the summer months.

Equipped with an adjustable height, the chair features a high back, fixed armrests, a large swivel seat and five wheels on the base, making it a suitable pick for any office or working space. Available in various colourways, it’s worth noting that only the brown and dark brown shades have this handy discount applied, bringing down the price tag from £140.

Shoppers love this Vinsetto chair, as 5-star reviews pour in. One reviewer beams: “Old chair was getting towards the end of life so treated myself to this seat. Easy to assemble (12 bolts and they supply the Alan key) I was all done in 10 minutes. Tested it and find it very comfortable and will be perfect for working from home”.

Meanwhile, more praise comes from this customer who shares: “My daughter needed a new chair for her room and asked for a similar but without the electrical side, so I surprised her with this, and she is never off it reading homework, nails, chilling, and loves the massage function. Was easy to assemble, came quicker than expected, and very soft, comfy material”.

A third writes: “I’ve bought three of these now: office, home office and garden room. They’re comfortable and supportive. The slide out leg support could be longer and massage function could be stronger I suppose, but the heating element is welcome on cold mornings”.

While a fourth says: “This chair is exceptionally comfortable so much so I’m thinking of saving up for another one. I’m glad I didn’t have to put it together though, the screws were really hard to get in but once in it’s a good solid chair. Would of been nice with just a little more padding at the back because I’m only small in height and after sitting on the chair most of the day yesterday my lower back ached a bit so I put a cushion on it to lean back on which helped”.

For those shopping alternatives, you can pick up this other Vinsetto Office Chair for £119.99 via Amazon, for £139.99 from Debenhams or for £111.99 from Ryman, depending on where you prefer to shop.

A 23-year-old Guinean migrant who entered the Cannes film festival last year has been granted a work permit, according to his lawyer, who said on Wednesday that he can avoid deportation.

Abou Sangare won rave reviews as the lead actor in last year’s film “L’Histoire de Souleymane” (“Souleymane’s Story”) in which he played a food delivery cyclist in Paris who is preparing for an immigration interview.

In a role that reprised many of his own personal experiences as an undocumented immigrant living in France, he won the Cannes award for best male performance.

His lawyer, Claire Perinaud, told AFP that he had to file three unsuccessful applications for work visas and was ordered to deport him after the latter had successfully obtained a one-year permit for the first time.

He will ask for renewals and will be able to obtain longer-term visas later, she said, adding that this was in line with a report that was first published in his neighborhood newspaper, Ici Picardie.

Sangare claimed to have accepted a job as a mechanic and intended to work there instead of pursue a film career.

“There might be offers but I’m a mechanic, that’s my trade”, he said. “I can’t wait to start working in the garage”.

Sangare was chosen by director Boris Lojkine despite not having any acting experience in his hometown of Amiens, northeast France, between performing off-the-books tasks fixing cars and volunteering at a local education charity.

As a teenager, he left Guinea in search of money to pay for his epileptic mother’s medical expenses.

In an inflatable boat, he traveled across the Sahara to Algeria, Libya, and finally France, where he spent his first two years.

As the world’s richest person, Elon Musk doesn’t seem to have a problem attracting members of the opposite sex.

The 53-year-old has had a complicated love life over the years and is the father of 11 children with three different women, from his sweetheart to the famous actresses and singers.

Worth £185 billion, the Tesla-owning businessman is reported to have splashed out on a 14, 400 square ft compound in Texas to house all of his different families. According to reports, the tech mogul is trying to foster sibling bonds between all of his children, one of whom is estranged, which has led to the sale of the adjoining properties for an estimated £27.5 million.

And while 11 children is more than enough for most people, Elon, who has a new role in President-elect Donald Trump’s White House cabinet, fears population collapse and was even reportedly offered his sperm to pals and acquaintances. He stated in a tweet earlier this year that “I’m doing my best to encourage more people to become parents and have three or more children, so that humanity can grow.” Most nations’ population is falling, which is tragic. “Sales of adult diapers should never exceed those of baby diapers”!

Justine Musk

Elon’s first wife and his college sweetheart, Justine. The pair met while at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, in the nineties and welcomed their first son Nevada in 2002, two years after marrying. Sadly, Nevada tragically died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) when he was just 10 weeks old. “There is nothing worse than losing a child”, Elon said at the time. My arms suffocated my firstborn son. I felt his heartbeat”.

A pair of twins born in 2004 and a pair of triplets born in 2006 were the couple’s five additional children. However, their relationship ended abruptly, and they divorced in 2008. Justine claimed in a 2010 Marie Claire interview that she was just Elon’s “starter wife.” She later admitted to having an open relationship with Justine. “It was a dream lifestyle, privileged and surreal”, she said. However, the glitter’s whirlwind couldn’t hide a growing void at the core. Elon was devoted to his work.

Talulah Riley

Elon started dating actress Talulah Riley and proposed just six weeks after filing for divorce from Justine. The pair went on to marry in 2010. Their marriage only lasted two years before they divorced in 2012, but the couple reconciled and married for the second time in 2013. However, in 2016 their marriage ended for good and they got their second divorce.

Talulah and Elon continue to be friendly despite having two divorces with him. Speaking about what their marriage was like, she told The Independent: “Elon was great. For all of that, he provided me with. Therefore, it wasn’t as if I had been confined to a mansion in Bel Air like a trophy wife, which would have been unfunny. I did, of course, witness that for others. But luckily, that was not my fate”.

Amber Heard

Following his final split from Riley, Elon went on to date Aquaman actress Amber Heard in 2016, shortly after her divorce from Johnny Depp. In his defamation lawsuit in 2019, Johnny accused Amber of cheating on him with Elon, claiming the pair actually started their relationship in March 2016, a month after he and Amber married.

In 2020, it was also claimed in legal depositions that Elon had had a three-way hook-up with Amber Heard and model Cara Delevingne. Despite the allegations, Elon has denied the threesome and also denied that Amber had an affair with him. He told Page Six: “Cara and I are friends, but we’ve never been intimate. She would confirm this. Also, I wish to confirm again that Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing. I don’t think I was ever even in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage!” Amber and Elon’s relationship didn’t last very long, they split after less than a year in 2017 due to their busy work schedules.

Grimes

In April 2018, Elon began dating singer Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher. The pair made the famous nickname X A-12 but had to switch it to X A-Xii when they welcomed their first son in May 2020. The couple confirmed their separation a year later, but later said they wanted to keep having children together, with Grimes telling Vanity Fair that they “wanted at least three or four.”

She wrote that while they had split up on social media at the time, “My life and my art are forever dedicated to The Mission now, but I have broken up *again* since the writing of this article, haha.” Elon told Page Six: “We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms”.

Announcing the secret birth of their daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, who they call Y, to Vanity Fair in March 2022, Grimes confirmed that she was back together with Elon as she referred to him as her “boyfriend”. However, Grimes confirmed that they had split once more shortly after the publication of the story. Then in September 2023, it was revealed they had welcomed a third child, a son named Techno Mechanicus, who Elon calls Tau.

Shivon Zilis

In July 2022, news broke that Elon had secretly fathered twins with a woman called Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his company Neuralink. In November 2021, she and Elon welcomed twins together, just weeks before he welcomed his second child with Grimes. It’s not known what type of relationship Elon has with Shivon, but their secret children were revealed after court documents filed in April showed that they had requested for the twins to have their father’s last name.

In the new series of Grantchester, which airs on January 8th, Tessa Peake-Jones will reprise her role as Mrs. Chapman. After a years break, the ITV detective drama is back with DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and Reverend Will Davenport (Tom Brittney) solving a series of murders.

Tessa has been playing Mrs. Chapman since the show’s beginnings in 2014, and she has become a cherished character since. Mrs. C’s shock diagnosis caused her to be a shock in her seventh season, which aired in April 2022, but she recovered just in time to see Will and Bonnie (Charlotte Ritchie) tie the knot, setting the tone for more drama in Grantchester.

Beyond the ITV crime series, London born Tessa, 67, is renowned for her role as Raquel Turner in Only Fools and Horses. She made her first appearance on the BBC sitcom in 1988’s iconic Dates episode, which aired on Christmas Day.

After a chance encounter in Margate during The Jolly Boys’ Outing a year later, Raquel and Del Boy Trotter (David Jason) rekindled their romance.

The couple never married despite becoming wealthy and then losing their fortune, but they did, along with their son Damien, live happily ever after in Peckham. During her tenure on the BBC sitcom, Tessa was in a long-term relationship with Douglas Hodge, who even played her son in one episode of Only Fools, reports MyLondon.

Every fan of Heroes and Villains knows exactly what to say in the Heroes and Villains episode. The iconic instalment kicks off with Rodney Trotter’s (Nicholas Lyndhurst) bizarre dream, where his ‘ evil ‘ nephew Damien is at the helm of the all-powerful Trotters Independent Traders, dominating the Western hemisphere.

A grownup Damien declares hostilities against China from the imposing Trotters Towers in the scene that follows in 2026, even going so far as to say “war is good”!

Douglas Hodge, now 64, took on the villainous role of Damien Trotter in the beloved 1996 Christmas special, acting alongside his real-life partner Tessa, who portrayed his on-screen mum Raquel Turner.

The duo began their romance back in 1984 and have two kids together: Mollie, who arrived in 1991, and Charlie, who followed in 2000. However, despite nearly three decades together, the couple eventually parted ways in February 2013.

A representative for the pair at the time stated that Tessa and Douglas separated in the middle of last year under a mutually respectful arrangement and will continue to raise their two children together.

Post-breakup, Douglas found love with American wigmaker Amanda Miller and has carved out a career for himself in Hollywood, boasting roles in flicks like The Descent Part 2 (2009), Robin Hood (2010), Diana (2013), and portraying Alfred Pennyworth in the hit film Joker (2019).

He’s also graced our screens in a number of other hit TV shows, including London’s Burning (1988), Spooks (2005), Skins (2010), Outnumbered (2010) and Black Mirror (2017) – just to mention a few.

In addition to Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, Douglas most recently appears as Reginald in the newest film, We Live in Time.

Meanwhile, Tessa has appeared in many of the nation’s favourite TV staples. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and has a distinguished acting career that includes acting for television, movies, and stage.

Beyond Only Fools and Horses, Tessa has demonstrated her talent and versatility as an actress through numerous notable television appearances including Holby City, Doctor Who, Doctors, The Bill, Pride and Prejudice, plus many more.

In 2019, Tessa showcased her musical talents by appearing on the ITV show All Star Musicals, where she sang Abba’s Mamma Mia from the musical, which also showed off her remarkable talents.

When the ITV series premieres on Wednesday evening, she will be back at Mrs. Chapman in Grantchester.

Grantchester season nine premieres on Wednesday, January 8, at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.

Fans around the world still recall David Bowie’s recognizable appearance on his 77th birthday.

The musician, 69, passed away on January 10th, 2016, and is remembered for his legendary red hairstyle and huge hits from his Ziggy Stardust era. And the woman behind the look has revealed exactly what it was like to travel with the legendary musician.

Suzi Ronson shared her time with the Life On Mars singer in her book Me and Mr Jones. After explaining how she frequently arranges girls to meet the band after performances, she even went so far as to call herself the “tour madam.”

However, she has since called the title a tongue-in-cheek comment. Speaking to the Express, Suzi said: “I christened myself the ‘ Tour Madam’, and in those days, it didn’t mean what it means now. Well I suppose it did but it was much more light-hearted”.

She continued: “I christened myself that tongue-in-cheek because there came a point where the band couldn’t be like most bands and wait in the dressing room]and then] the girls come back and they sign the photographs. It wasn’t like that”.

Suzi claimed that because the band had received so well, fans frequently feared coming out. She explained that getting them off the stage and returning to the hotel was a part of her job. What I used to do was get on the bus with the rest of the band, and there were [fans] circling the bus and inquired if they wanted to return. I wasn’t bringing them back…. I wasn’t procuring girls… I was simply bringing fans back to the hotel”, Suzi added.

She made a concession that David was “quite a naughty boy,” while denying that the band’s other members were. She then claimed that none of the members of the band performed “anything terrible.”

When Suzi first met Bowie in 1970, she was in her early 20s. Before the star retired the recognizable Ziggy Stardust character in 1973, she soon established a connection with his inner circle. She later wed legendary Spiders From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson, who had a daughter named Lisa.

Alan Edwards, a former publicist for David Bowie, also made an alleged error in his identity last year when he revealed how Michaelangelo’s knowledge of the singer made him mistaken for a tour guide at the Sistine Chapel. In June, Alan told the Mirror that he wanted to see some art and that we visited the Vatican. David disliked being surrounded by people who made a fuss over him, and he frequently used to roam incognito while wearing a cap and a copy of a Greek newspaper. David and a few members of our party made an exception for this visit to the Sistine Chapel.

He acknowledged that the Star man’s knowledge left him puzzled, as did many of their fellow tourists, and that David also provided valuable information, particularly regarding Michelangelo’s decision to accept the position, which he did not do because he had always considered himself a sculptor. David was bringing the story to life, not only for us but others”.

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