Running Riot: Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons sees journalist Paul Connolly spend time living amongst the world’s most dangerous criminals in the most infamous prisons from Poland to the Philippines.
The intense first series was hosted by Paul and aired on Channel 5, whereas the latter two seasons were commissioned by Netflix and led by UK journalist Rafael Rowe.
And now the first series – which aired in 2016 – returns to Channel 5 this Monday, July 22nd for another run!
If we had made history as Michelle Yeoh did at the 2023 Oscars, we’d have held our own lavish party, too.
Proving that the celebrations are not over yet, Yeoh’s manager David Unger hosted a star-studded soirée at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park’s Aubrey restaurant in London on March 26. ICYMI, 60-year-old Michelle Yeoh was the first actress of Southeast Asian descent to win the Academy Award for best actress.
In October 2004, Ashlee Simpson performed her hit single, "Pieces of Me," on "Saturday Night Live," and it went fine. However, when she returned to the stage to perform her next tune, "Autobiography," things went south. The vocals for "Pieces of Me" began playing while Simpson's mic was down at her side. She tried to recover, for some reason, with a spontaneous hoedown before fleeing the stage. At the end of the episode, a visibly mortified Simpson said (via People), "
Oscar winner Emily Blunt may have another trophy to add to her collection tonight. The Devil Wears Prada star is nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2024 Academy Awards for her role of Kitty Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer. This year marks the very first time that Blunt has been nominated for an Oscar, though her trophy case isn't anything to sneeze at — she's won both a Golden Globe and a SAG Award for previous roles in Gideon's Daughter and A Quiet Place.
Every now and then a story comes along that is so scandalous and sudsy, it's almost impossible to believe.
The notorious 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III is that story, and it's about to be fleshed out in a new 10-part series called Trust that is fittingly over the top.
Considering the events it's based upon, why wouldn't it be?
Around 3am on the morning of July 10, 1973, John Paul Getty III was rolling around the streets of Rome (where he lived) drunk, when a car pulled up and kidnapped the 16-year old at gunpoint.