Mallika Sherawat. Michael Buckner / Getty Images
Mallika Sherawat. Michael Buckner / Getty Images

Sherawat denies Banderas cheating report



Just weeks after Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas announced that they were ending their marriage after 18 years, reports came out that the Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat was the cause of the split, after a video surfaced of Banderas and Sherawat dancing together in Cannes two years ago. Sherawat has slammed the rumours, telling E! News: "Antonio Banderas is a wonderful man, a great dancer and an acquaintance of mine. I did not go on any vacation with him and I'm sorry he's going through a divorce." – The National staff

Kaiser Chiefs kick off Glastonbury

An unannounced set by Kaiser Chiefs has kicked off Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival. The British rockers played a surprise morning gig on Friday, the first full day of the event. Dolly Parton, Arcade Fire, Blondie and Metallica are among the other headliners playing a festival famed for music — and mud. More than 150,000 ticketholders have descended on Worthy Farm in southwestern England for the music extravaganza, which ends today. Many sported the Glastonbury fashion staple — rubber Wellington boots — as rain began to turn the 900-acre site into a mudbath. – AP

LaBeouf arrested for disrupting show

Shia LaBeouf was released from police custody on Friday after he was escorted from a Broadway theatre for yelling obscenities and continuing to act irrationally while being arrested. The 28-year-old actor was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and harassment on Thursday night at the Broadway show Cabaret. A spokesman for Cabaret says LaBeouf was "disruptive during Act 1" and was escorted out of the theatre at intermission, but he refused, used obscene language and physically interfered with employees. LaBeouf is due back in court on July 24. – AP

Del Rey and Smith top Billboard 200

Lana Del Rey scored her first No 1 album on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart with Ultraviolence, while the British newcomer Sam Smith placed second with his debut record In the Lonely Hour. Last week's chart topper, Jack White's Lazaretto, dropped from No 1 to No 7 this week. – Reuters

Courtney Cox to marry Johnny McDaid

Courtney Cox says she is engaged to marry Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid. The actress and the musician revealed their engagement on Friday with a dual announcement on Twitter. The pair, who have been dating for under a year, posted a selfie with matching tweets saying, "I'm engaged to her" and "I'm engaged to him". This will be the second marriage for Cox, 50, who divorced David Arquette in May 2013 after nearly 14 years of marriage. – AP

Brief scores:

Juventus 3

Dybala 6', Bonucci 17', Ronaldo 63'

Frosinone 0

The five stages of early child’s play

From Dubai-based clinical psychologist Daniella Salazar:

1. Solitary Play: This is where Infants and toddlers start to play on their own without seeming to notice the people around them. This is the beginning of play.

2. Onlooker play: This occurs where the toddler enjoys watching other people play. There doesn’t necessarily need to be any effort to begin play. They are learning how to imitate behaviours from others. This type of play may also appear in children who are more shy and introverted.

3. Parallel Play: This generally starts when children begin playing side-by-side without any interaction. Even though they aren’t physically interacting they are paying attention to each other. This is the beginning of the desire to be with other children.

4. Associative Play: At around age four or five, children become more interested in each other than in toys and begin to interact more. In this stage children start asking questions and talking about the different activities they are engaging in. They realise they have similar goals in play such as building a tower or playing with cars.

5. Social Play: In this stage children are starting to socialise more. They begin to share ideas and follow certain rules in a game. They slowly learn the definition of teamwork. They get to engage in basic social skills and interests begin to lead social interactions.

The Al Barzakh Festival takes place on Wednesday and Thursday at 7.30pm in the Red Theatre, NYUAD, Saadiyat Island. Tickets cost Dh105 for adults from platinumlist.net

MATCH INFO

Liverpool 0

Stoke City 0

Man of the Match: Erik Pieters (Stoke)

What to watch out for:

Algae, waste coffee grounds and orange peels will be used in the pavilion's walls and gangways

The hulls of three ships will be used for the roof

The hulls will painted to make the largest Italian tricolour in the country’s history

Several pillars more than 20 metres high will support the structure

Roughly 15 tonnes of steel will be used