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Kris Boyd has reared his head, as expected, as Celtic slumped against Hearts to brutally taunt his rivals.

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell insists he was happy with his side's performance after a goal-less draw away at high-flying St Mirren saw the Steelmen slip into the relegation play-off spot in the Premiership.

Rishi Sunak diverted an RAF jet to take him to a far-right political festival, The Mirror has reported. The Prime Minister used the taxpayer-funded aircraft to head to Rome.

It sounds like Kanye West has babies on his brain.

Tommy Lee is being sued over sexual assault allegations. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Friday and

Nicki Minaj is sharing her thoughts on the “current queen of pop”!

Freeform has made some big scheduling changes this year – Just Jared Jr Tesla has recalled nearly all cars sold in the U.S. – Celebitchy Designer & RHONY star Jenna Lyons shares her must-have products – Popsugar Exciting news for Heartstopper fans! – Just Jared Jr

Breakout Australia comedy Colin From Accounts is back in production.

Tom Lockyer, a team captain for the Premier League‘s Luton Town soccer club, was in stable condition Saturday at the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest on the field during a match.

Valerie Wu Intern “Everybody Loves Raymond” will not be getting a reboot, according to Ray Romano. On “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Romano addressed the possibility of a reboot, saying, “As far as a reboot, well, it’s now out of the question because unfortunately the parents are gone: Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts.” Boyle and Roberts portrayed Romano’s parents Frank and Marie Barone on the sitcom. Roberts died in 2016, while Boyle died in 2006, shortly after the show ended.

Kathy A. McDonald Finally, Hollywood’s red-carpet drought is over and the business of awards season socializing is back. In anticipation, venues in Los Angeles and New York City are primed for entertainment industry celebrations from post-premiere blow-outs to intimate tastemaker dinners.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Activision Blizzard will pay $54.9 million to settle a lawsuit by California’s Civil Rights Department alleging a pattern of pay and promotion practices that discriminated against women. The settlement, announced Friday, comes after Microsoft closed its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard in October following concessions Microsoft made to clear regulatory objections in the U.K. Activision Blizzard’s franchises include Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero and Diablo.

Jaden Thompson Four-time Academy Award nominee Nathan Crowley grew up in England with his mother reading Roald Dahl stories to him. So he reached a full circle moment when, decades later, he was asked to serve as the production designer on Paul King’s “Wonka,” which offers a heartwarming origin story for Dahl’s iconic chocolatier. “Obviously, the film when I was a young kid was unbelievable — Gene Wilder!” Crowley tells Variety.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” has won rave reviews and is tipped to be an Oscars favorite with its satirical portrayal of the exploitation of Black people in media, balanced with sharp comedy and a punch of emotional family drama. Jefferson credits his editor, Hilda Rasula, with striking the right tone for the film. “The thing I appreciate about Hilda is that she never lies, she’s very honest, and she tells me when she doesn’t like something,” Jefferson tells Variety.

K.J. Yossman The chickens in “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” are sweet. Not just to look at, with their wide eyes and goofy grins, but literally: if you licked the palm-sized clay and silicone bird models they’d taste like sugar.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events With so many Broadway icons — including Christine Baranski, Kelli O’Hara, Michael Cerveris and Nathan Lane, to name a few — starring in HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” Morgan Spector thinks a musical episode of the series is overdue. “You know what we should do? There’s the British tradition of the Christmas special,” Spector tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “If we could have a Christmas special, then we could have some singing and it would be great.

Jaden Thompson Byron Allen’s media company Entertainment Studios, also known as Allen Media Group (AMG), is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, a major milestone for one of the most visible Black-owned media companies in the U.S. AMG has championed several diversity-related initiatives over the years, including the recent launch of the streaming service HBCU Go.

Married at First Sight UK star Thomas Kriaras has added further fuel to speculation that he and wife Rozz Darlington have reconciled, after she he shared a cryptic post on social media hinting at a reunion. The couple famously tied the knot earlier this year on the E4 reality show after being paired together by a panel of relationship experts, however the couple sadly didn’t go the distance and parted ways following a disastrous homestay, when Rozz decided she wanted to leave the experiment during the final commitment ceremony.

Tyson Fury has given fans a sneak peek inside his fancy private jet as he flew to Saudi Arabia for a family holiday.The Gypsy King took a little break with his family before his big fight with Oleksandr Usyk on February 17, after beating UFC star Francis Ngannou. Giving a glimpse inside their lavish lifestyle, his wife Paris Fury showed off their swanky plane ride on Instagram. Seemingly shot by Tyson, Paris added the caption: "Just took a little trip...

Maura Higgins is officially off the market, people.The 33 year old former Love Islander recently confirmed to her fans that she was in a relationship while appearing as a guest on the Irish talk show, The Late Late Show. While chatting to host Patrick Kielty - who was grilling Maura about the romance rumours that have been circulating online for months - the influencer finally set the record straight.

Prince Harry has been labelled "no fun" since he met his wife, Meghan Markle, by his rugby star friend James Haskell. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met back in 2016 following a blind date and two years later tied the knot at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.Their stunning wedding on Saturday, 19 May 2018 was watched by millions of viewers across the globe as Meghan officially joined the Royal Family.

A doctor who named himself after a Star Wars character while dealing drugs has been jailed for a second time. Shoaib Ahmad sold fake versions of the anxiety-reducing medication Xanax, cannabis and ecstasy online.

Olivia Rodrigo is responding to Billie Eilish‘s song about her!

Diddy is back on Instagram.

Tara Reid is opening up about the time she casually dated Tom Brady!

Kendall Jenner is enjoying a day out with a friend.

Matthew Perry wrote about the drug he ultimately died from in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.

Video game company Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay nearly $55 million to settle a 2021 complaint by the California Civil Rights Department.

who's looking to try something a lot more low-maintenance than the 6-8 weekly root touch-ups, you might want to read on.Having been a for over five years, the decision to veer from my platinum paradise was a big one. But with the imminent arrival of my wedding this year, I decided something a little more timeless—a little less likely to make me wince in 50 years looking back at the photos—might be a good idea.I booked an appointment at my go-to salon, in South Kensington, and plucked up the courage to—for the first time in five years—turn down a root bleach.

Colin Burgess, the original drummer of rock band AC/DC, has died at age 77.

bombshell memoir “Spare” hit the bookshelves this past January — just months before “The Crown” dropped its sixth and final season.Now, actor Dominic West — who played Prince (Now King) Charles on the Netflix royal drama — has revealed that he ran to pick up a copy of the autobiography once it came out.The British star, 54, divulged that he used the Duke of Sussex’s words to impact his performance on the show — calling the book a “gift.”“I bought it immediately, and I think it did slightly affect the way we played that key scene where he wakes Harry up,” the “Wire” actor explained to Variety recently.He went on: “I’ve been reading every newspaper article or journalistic article on him since I got the job.” “In a way, this was a gift that he was in the headlines every day when he was becoming king — like getting irritated by the fountain pen,” West said. “In the cold, formal exterior of this guy, I tried to get those little tells.”The “Affair” alum noted that “Spare” heavily influenced his acting in one particular scene of “The Crown” — the moment where Charles informed Harry that his mother Princess Diana died in 1997 in the early hours of the morning.The “Invictus Games” founder penned in his book about the tragedy: “Pa didn’t hug me.

“Wellness”Nathan Hill (Knopf)At turns (darkly) hilarious and heartbreaking, this 624-page novel from the author of “The Nix” skewers Gen X cynicism, self-care devotion, cancel culture and aspirational wealth — with a brutal breakdown of how Boomers fall for conspiracy theories online. Jack and Elizabeth fall in and out of love, raise a difficult child and strive, often begrudgingly, to climb the corporate and social ladder, in gentrified Chicago, until the suburban dream starts to look more like a nightmare.“The Berry Pickers“Amanda Peters (Catapult)In July of 1962, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine from Nova Scotia to pick berries for the summer. Weeks later, their youngest child, Ruthie, vanishes.

The game between Bournemouth and Luton Town match has been postponed after player Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch.

Manchester United are still waiting for the green light when it comes to investment from Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

A Wigan man has been banned from keeping animals after abandoning his cats for more than 12 days over Christmas.

A 71-year-old woman is in hospital with 'life-threatening' injuries after a crash involving multiple vehicles. The incident which took place in Westhoughton on Friday (December 15) involved several cars and a heavy goods vehicle which left the scene.