Summary

  • News and updates for 19 October 2015

  • David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig take on Othello in New York

  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie begins filming

  • Beasts of No Nation lacks box office bite

Live Reporting

Emma Saunders and Helen Bushby

  1. Lindsay Lohan for President?

    Is Ms Lohan running for President in 2020?

    It seems that Kanye West has inspired others to walk in his footsteps of announcing their own bid for the White House.

    The 29-year-old actress announced on Instagram through a series of photos, that “she may run for president” in the 2020 elections.

    “Through ups and downs #YESWECAN lets do this @kanyewest#truespirits thank your for inspiring us to be better people @barackobama” she wrote on Instagram.

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    In the second photo (of her and possible rival, Kanye West), she wrote: “The first thing I would like to do as president of US is take care of all of the children suffering in the world.🎹💜🌏👊👊👊👊🙏💋🙌 #queenELIZABETH showed me how by having me in her country”

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    And in her final photo, Lohan quotes Gandhi followed by the hashtags:  #ghandi#unitingWORLDnations#2020

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    Despite her ambitions; Lohan will only be 34 years old by the time the 2020 elections arrive, making her a year too young to run for president.

    There’s always 2024!

  2. Oyelowo and Craig take on Othello

    Bond star Daniel Craig is to star in an off-Broadway production of Shakespeare's Othello opposite David Oyelowo. Craig will play the evil Iago opposite Oyelowo's tortured hero. The play will premiere in autumn next year.

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  3. Strictly exit - spoiler alert!

    Strictly Come DancingPA

    Irish eyes were unsmiling last night as Strictly bade farewell to Daniel O’Donnell.

    Daniel and his partner Kristina Rihanoff have become the third couple to be eliminated after competing in a final dance-off against Kirsty Gallacher and Brendan Cole.

    Daniel, 53, and Kristina danced the American Smooth to Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra and received a total score of 23 points.

    After his elimination, Daniel stated that he had a "great time" on the show whilst his partner Kristina gushed at how much of a “joy” he was to work with.

    Viewers (and Strictly's Take Two host) took to Twitter to tweet their comments:

    But viewers were still gripped by Daniel's departure, with 8.8m tuning in to watch Strictly, while 7.8m watched X Factor.