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FREERIDGE: SEASON 1

Starring: Bryana Salaz, Ciara Riley Wilson, Peddy Blow, Jami Alix

From the creators and writers of On My Block comes a new coming-of-age comedy set in the same Los Angeles neighbourhood that Monse, Ruby, Jamal, Cesar and Jasmine called home. The spinoff series, Freeridge however looks set to go full supernatural. The series will be based around a brand-new quirky and street-savvy group of friends who work to reverse a curse after a peculiar old box seems to bring misfortune, and more, into their lives. At the helm of the show lies showrunner, co-creator and executive producer Lauren Iungerich and as well as bringing the fun balances out with more serious themes like gang violence.

YOU: SEASON 4 –PART 1

Starring: Penn Badgley, Tati Gabrielle, Charlotte Ritchie

RED ROSE: SEASON 1

Starring: Amelia Clarkson, Ashna Rabheru, Ellis Howard Red Rose follows a group of teenagers, including Wren and Rochelle who are enjoying a long summer after their GCSEs. But their friendships are infiltrated by a phone app called ‘Red Rose’, which threatens dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands. Created by Eleven, the production company behind Sex Education and The Enfield Haunting, the series explores the intoxicating relationship between teenagers and their online lives.

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The next season of You is being split into two halves, with the first collection of episodes scheduled to hit Netflix early this month, just in time for Valentine’s. In this upcoming season, Joe Goldberg has taken up residence in the UK under a new identity. He now goes by Professor Jonathan Moore and is trying to blend into the world of academia but knowing Joe, it’s not going to be easy.

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Just over two years after their devastating pregnancy loss, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcome their third baby. The 12time Grammy Award winner announced the exciting news hours after his baby’s arrival. The couple already shares daughter Luna, 6 and son Miles, 4.

Marbella regular, Ferne McCann has revealed she is expecting her first baby with fiancé Lorri Haines. The 32-year-old reality star is already mother to five-yearold daughter Sunday, who she shares with jailed ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins.

Kevin Spacey has picked up a life-time achievement award from the National Museum of Cinema in a ceremony in Turin, Italy. Spacey was given the Stella della Mole award by Vittorio Sgarbi, undersecretary to the Italian ministry of culture. The actor, who will go on trial in June in the UK for a number of sexual offences, thanked the museum for having ‘the balls’ to invite him.

Four-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka, announced on Twitter that she is expecting her first child. Osaka is in a relationship with rapper Cordae, whom she has been romantically linked to since 2019. Bruno Tonioli has been named as the newest judge on Britain’s Got Talent, replacing the legendary David Walliams. Bruno was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing until 2019 before Anton Du Beke took over. He will join Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden on the judging panel. His decision to join the talent show judging panel follows in the footsteps of Alesha Dixon, who was a judge on Strictly for three years after winning the show in 2007.

Time to return… Selena Gomez returns to Instagram after staying off the app for more than four years. Selena was previously the second-most-followed woman on Instagram. Shakira dropped a new song with Argentine DJ Bizarre and the singer seemingly doesn’t hesitate to hold back on her split from Gerard Piqué: “Sorry baby, I should have thrown you out a while ago.” The Colombian singer and Pique separated last summer and have been embroiled in a bitter spat ever since. This is believed to be due to the Barcelona legend’s relationship with Clara Chia. However, Shakira seems to be enjoying the last laugh after earning huge amounts from her ‘revenge’ song.

Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of rock and roll star Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 54. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Lisa Marie’s mother Priscilla confirmed in a statement. “She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment.” The news came just two days after Lisa Marie appeared next to her mother Priscilla at the Golden Globes, where they celebrated Austin Butler’s win as best actor for his portrayal as Elvis in the Baz Luhrmann biopic. Born in 1968, Lisa Marie followed in her father’s footsteps releasing three albums, the first in 2003. She was in a high-profile marriage to Michael Jackson, and was also wed to Nicolas Cage, and musicians Danny Keough and Michael Lockwood. Celebrity friends flocked to pay tributes online to the late star including John Travolta, Donatella Versace and Pink.

Rihanna is reportedly now the richest woman in music after it was revealed she is a billionaire. According to Forbes, she is worth 1.7 million US dollars and comes second only to Oprah Winfrey as the richest female entertainer. Despite her regular chart hits, the singer’s wealth mostly stems from her partial ownership of the Fenty brand. The beauty company, Fenty Beauty, is now worth an estimated 2.8 billion US dollars and she currently owns 50% of the business.

By Ian Greenland

Look at me, look at me, I'm February and I'm only 28 days. I'm twenty-eiiiiight, I'm twenty-eiiiiiiiiigght.... Guess how many days I am?

Err... 28??

Nope, 29.

Oh fuck off February. If you're so keen to stand out from the months around you, why not try being sunny and warm?.... No?? You're sticking with the rainy, crap theme but just going with the confusing day thing are you? Nice one. Real dick move February.

In the UK, February is the coldest month and its reputation for being a bit of a stinker is historically bolstered. Its most common old English name was Solmonath, literally meaning “mud month”. That one doesn't need much explanation. Also referred to by country folk as “the hungry month” since most of the Autumn harvest stores and winter veg had already been consumed and spring produce was still some way off. One edible exception still growing in this bleak, unfulfilling time was “hungry gap kale”, hence February's other old English moniker, Kale-monath or “cabbage month”. “Cabbage month”?! Awesome. Of course in these modern days of climatastrophic (mine) global food imports and exports, we can pretty much eat whatever we want whenever we want - at least until the tsunamis, giant dust clouds and megafires come knocking - but in every other way February is to July or August what cabbage is to a deep-pan, wood-fired pizza with extra mozzarella..... and a nice glass of red. February's shit.

It's also the month in which my age goes up by a year - every year – which was fine by me until I was about 29 but in the 1.2 decades since has frankly become a bit of a fucking liberty.

So how did we end up with this anomalous hodge podge of a cold, wet duration of time. Well the cold, wet bit's to do with all kinds of geographical, meteorological, astronomical business, but the 28 day bit is purely down to the foibles of humankind. The old Roman calendar originally included just ten months – March through to December.

The cold, wintery eight-and-a-bit week slog we now call Januebruary (yours), devoid of the planting and harvesting which underpinned the Roman Empire, was deemed unworthy of date or even name. Head down, don your warmest pelt, eat your mud and cabbage and try to make it through to Spring.

After Rome's second king, Numa Pompilius took power in 715 BC, the Romans decided to adopt a 12 month strategy to bring their calendar into closer alignment with the 12 lunar cycles. The old Roman calendar had consisted of six months of 30 days and four months of 31 days for a total of 304 official days, not including that depressing, famished, wintery period - that which must-not-benamed aka Voldemonth (mine). Initially assigning 28 days to both “January” (for the Roman god Janus, “protector of gates and doorways”... glorified bouncer) and “February” (from the Latin term februum meaning “purification”... completely devoid of fun) the king, accommodating the superstition of the time that even numbers were unlucky, decided to award January an extra day, bringing it to 29, whilst shaving a day off each of those half a dozen months with 30. This resulted in seven months of 29 days (odd number - phew), four months of 31 days (also an odd number – also phew)... aaaand February. Were February also bumped up to 29 beautifully odd and therefore not unlucky days, giving 12 (aaarggh, even number, but deal with it because you can't change the moon...) months of either 29 (mmmm, odd number) or 31 (oooh, also odd....) days, the eventual annual total of days would then be even (aaaarrggggh, even.... arrrrggggggghhhhh!!) since it's mathematically impossible for the sum of an even number of months (twelve (arrrrghhhhh)) to be an odd number

SO AT 28 DAYS FEBRUARY REMAINED, EVER THE BASTARD...THE OUTLIER....THE SPARE... THE PRINCE HARRY OF THE ROMAN CALENDAR - ALL BUT GIVEN UP ON BY EVERYONE EXCEPT THE CABBAGE-LOVERS.

(ooooooh). Hope that's all crystal.

So at 28 days February remained, ever the bastard...the outlier.... the spare... the Prince Harry of the Roman calendar - all but given up on by everyone except the cabbagelovers. This version of the calendar sat at a cool 355 oh-my-god-that's-sexily-notunlucky days and whilst the new system worked for a time, the seasons began to run out of sync with their typical months. This wouldn't do. I mean, God forbid we end up in a situation thousands of years later where it's actually sunny on my birthday! Would that really have been so bad??! No, couldn't let me have it could you Pompilius?

MY BIRTHDAY! To keep things synced, a leap month known as Mercedonius was occasionally thrown into the mix, extending the annual tally to either 377 (OMG, touch me there...) or 378 (I think I just threw up a bit) days. This “work month” was sporadically dropped into the mix at the behest of the early Mafia Rome's high priests, but the average prole was left reeling, with no idea what day it was and whether it was cabbage time or deep-pan, woodfired pizza with extra mozzarella and a nice glass of red.... time. Anarchy ensued.

When good old Julius “The Salad” Caesar took the reigns, somewhere in the period between him being born and him being properly stitched up by a mate, fortunately he decided to once again overhaul the system, aligning it with the solar cycle at 365 days and handing the work month its P45. Superstition seemingly discarded to the wind, all the 29er months became 30s or 31s, with only cold, wet cabbagefeatures sticking with 28. And that's the way it's remained for the last 2000 years - seven months of 31 days, four months of 30 and February with 28.

...except when it's 29.

Fuck off February.

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