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Jameela Jamil has called out women at the BAFTAs for being "scarily thin"

27 February 2026

The Good Place actress has shared her fears for a certain kind of "beauty standard being pushed on everyone", and she is worried about the wider impact it could have on "impressionable people at home".

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Sinitta has described her marriage to Andy Willner as a "revenge move" aimed at Simon Cowell
	27 Feb: Saying she entered the relationship while still carrying "unfinished business", the singer, 62, spoke about her decades-long on-off relationship with Simon, 66, during an appearance on the Suddenly Single podcast, years after she first met music mogul Simon at a London nightclub when she was a teenager in the early 1980s.... more

An economist says benefit sanctions aren't working
	27 Feb: An economist says benefit sanctions aren't working... more

Jennifer Garner has spoken candidly about the realities of co-parenting her three children with her former husband
	27 Feb: Describing both the "loss" and the lessons that come with raising children across two households, Jennifer, 53, made the remarks during an appearance on Bustle's One Nightstand YouTube series, where she discussed bringing up Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Samuel, 13, following her split from Ben Affleck, 53, to whom the actress was married from 2005 until 2018.... more

A huge 8-nil win over Samoa for the Football Ferns in their Fifa World Cup qualifier in Honiara
	27 Feb: A huge 8-nil win over Samoa for the Football Ferns in their Fifa World Cup qualifier in Honiara... more

Amateur golfer Yuki Miya is in a place no one ... not even the 20-year-old himself ... thought he'd be, leading the New Zealand Open at the halfway stage
	27 Feb: Amateur golfer Yuki Miya is in a place no one ... not even the 20-year-old himself ... thought he'd be, leading the New Zealand Open at the halfway stage... more

Martin Short endured a series of personal tragedies before the death of his daughter Katherine Hartley Short - including the deaths of his parents, brother and former wife
	27 Feb: Authorities discovered the actor's 42-year-old girl Katherine dead from an apparent self-inflicted gun wound inside her home in the Hollywood Hills, California, on Monday (23.02.26) at about 6pm, and the previous tragedies endured by Martin have now resurfaced in the wake of her passing.... more

A mix of emotions for Auckland FC coach Steve Corica regarding the future of attacking weapon Jesse Randall
	27 Feb: A mix of emotions for Auckland FC coach Steve Corica regarding the future of attacking weapon Jesse Randall... more

Crown prince Reza Pahlavi on US military intervention in Iran and how a post Islamic Republic 'transition' would work
	27 Feb: As the United States and Iran held their third round of nuclear talks on Thursday in Geneva amid heightened regional fears of the prospect of another war in the Middle East, Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi says now is the time to move forward with military intervention.... more

Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of Rotorua woman Sharlene Smith - one charged with her murder
	27 Feb: Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of Rotorua woman Sharlene Smith - one charged with her murder... more