Sam Mendes, whose latest movie from Searchlight, Empire of Light, is making its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be receiving the event’s TIFF Ebert Director Award. “From his first appearance at TIFF with American Beauty, director Sam Mendes brought his exacting and lyrical vision of cinema to Toronto,” said Toronto International Film Festival […]

STARS of The Only Way Is Essex lead tributes to Jake McLean on the day of his funeral following his tragic death in Turkey. Jake, 33, was killed when the car he was driving in Bodrum plunged 70ft off of a cliff in July. His girlfriend Yazmin Oukhellou was also in the vehicle and left […]

Katie Piper told her life story on Loose Women today and revealed to her fellow panellists how she had the chance to revive her TV career with the help of Simon Cowell – but turned him down. Discussing her incredible story, the inspirational star explained how an appearance on This Morning opened the door for […]

SQUID GAME creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed there’s major changes coming for series’ protagonist Seong Gi-hun in season two. The highly anticipated second season of the hit Korean drama is in the works, but there’ll be big changes for the show’s lead Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae. At the end of season one, Jung-jae’s […]

BARGAIN Hunt star Charles Hanson was left shocked as a rare Royal Wedding whiskey arrived at his auction house which could make thousands. Charles, one of Bargain Hunt's most notable faces,runs his own auction house called Hansons Auctioneers which flogs a variety of luxury and rare items. The BBC presenter took to his website to […]

NEW BBC drama Marriage has left viewers complaining about the exact same thing. Marriage, which stars Sean Bean, 63, and Nicola Walker, 52, as husband and wife Ian and Emma, premiered its first episode over the weekend but it wasn’t the storytelling or the acting which got everybody talking. The drama certainly hasn’t been without […]

Sign up for the Daily Star TV newsletter for the biggest TV news We have more newsletters Married At First Sight UK's matchmaker Paul Brunson has revealed he thinks this year's series of the E4 show has the "strongest" and "most diverse" cast yet. The hunky love doctor, who also guides celebs through the world […]

Before he’s even been announced, Idris Elba has apparently taken his tuxedo out of the race to be the next James Bond. According to the latest reports, of which, let us remember, there are many, the actor, director and DJ – who everyone was amping up as the next 007 – has ‘walked away’ from […]

THE new season of Celebrity MasterChef has kicked off with a fresh batch of contestants all hoping to be crowned the winner. One of those hoping to cook their way into the final is Queen Mojo. Who is Queen Mojo? Queen MoJo is a reality star who rose to fame after starring in ITV2's Peckham's […]

Last Kingdom's Alexander Dreymon receives sword as gift We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Last Kingdom viewers are eagerly awaiting […]