Charlie Kaufman “Just Stopped Caring” About Directing After ‘Anomalisa’s’ Disappointing Box Office

During Sir Alex Ferguson’s time in charge of Manchester United, there can be no doubt the legendary manager had his favourites when it came to his players.

Coronation Street and Emmerdale fans are having their regular soap viewing disrupted this week.

A man has been charged with drug offences after police raided a house in Warrington.

 co-stars Kieran Culkin and J. Smith-Cameron played into fan obsession on Sunday night at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The hit drama picked up the award for Outstanding Performance By an Ensemble — Drama Series and when the win was announced, Culkin, 39, and Smith-Cameron, 64, who were sitting next to each other at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, stood up and locked lips. The candid moment played into their characters' unlikely romance on the series. After the win, ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the cast, and Culkin admitted that they were not anticipating taking home the statue. «It feels like they're going to say, that's what it feels like,» Culkin quipped of hearing their show called for the win. Though the cast is remaining tight-lipped about any season 4 plot lines, Culkin did speak with ET on the red carpet prior to the award show about the future of, and the fan prediction that it might be coming to a close after season 4. «Maybe, I don't know. I have no idea,» he admitted to ET.

McColl's Retail Group is reportedly in emergency talks for new funding amid fears it could collapse without it.

Signs that help kids with conditions like autism communicate their feelings are to be installed at six parks in Renfrewshire.

Amazon's Fire TV is stamping out third party launchers with new software updates.

Staff and pupils at Grangemouth High School have said an emotional goodbye to a highly popular teacher who has retired after 27 years.

Scotland will send £4 million in humanitarian aid along with medical supplies to Ukraine, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Three men arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnap after the death of a "loving" dad have been released.

K.J. Yossman Jessica Brown Findlay (“Brave New World”) and Anthony Welsh “Master of None”) are set to star in a new U.K. drama series from Paramount Plus titled “Flatshare.”The six-episode series has already started shooting in Bristol, U.K.

Naman Ramachandran Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of soccer club Chelsea FC, is attempting to broker peace between warring nations Ukraine and Russia, according to a spokesperson.“I can confirm that Roman Abramovich was contacted by the Ukrainian side for support in achieving a peaceful resolution, and that he has been trying to help ever since,” a spokesperson for Abramovich told the PA news agency on Monday. “Considering what is at stake, we would ask for your understanding as to why we have not commented on neither the situation as such nor his involvement.”Ukraine-born Russia-based Oscar-nominated producer Alexander Rodnyansky (“Leviathan,” “Loveless”), who is deeply affected by the crisis, has confirmed this development to Variety.

Kevin Costner has paid fresh tribute to Whitney Houston as he reflected on her death at the SAG Awards.The actor starred in the hit 1992 film alongside the late singer, who passed away in 2012, playing the titular bodyguard to Houston’s character Rachel Marron.Speaking on the SAG red carpet last night (February 27), Costner was asked about how he keeps the late star’s spirit alive 10 years after her death.“When movies are working at their very best, they’re about moments and images that you’ll never ever forget,” he told People.Referring to Houston’s hit cover of Dolly Parton‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’, the star continued: “I don’t think we’ll ever forget when that little song came out, that she just blew up. She sang the first part of it a cappella and musically the world was never the same.“We have a moment of her in that movie we’ll never ever forget that and I think that when movies are working at their best, that’s what can happen.”Houston passed away on February 11, 2012 after accidentally drowning in a bathtub following a drug overdose.The Bodyguard became a huge hit when it was released, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time in 1992, while its soundtrack still holds the record for the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time.

Stereophonics have shared their latest track ‘Right Place Right Time’ – you can hear the new song below.The track is taken from the long-running band’s upcoming new album ‘Oochya!’, which is set for release on Friday (March 4) via Stylus Records (through Ignition Records Ltd).The Kelly Jones-written ‘Right Place Right Time’ is the final preview of Stereophonics’ upcoming LP, and follows on from previous singles ‘Hanging On Your Hinges’, ‘Do Ya Feel My Love?’ and ‘Forever’.You can hear Stereophonics’ ‘Right Place Right Time’ below.Speaking to NME earlier this month, Stereophonics frontman Jones said that ‘Right Time Right Place’ explores his love life.“I’ve never mentioned three girlfriends in one song before!” he joked. “It’s quite strange actually, but it’s about serendipity and destiny.

Succession won the Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series gong at last night’s (February 27) SAG Awards.Taking to the podium, the actor spoke about the ongoing crisis following the Russian invasion last week, calling it “truly, truly awful”.“One other thing I would like to add, which I think is important to me and I hope important to you, and I think as actors and performers and writers and directors… this is a thing that’s come to me about what’s going on in Ukraine,” he said. “It’s truly, truly awful. Really, really awful what’s happening.Succession actor Brian Cox says his fellow actors in Russia are being told they can't speak about the invasion of Ukraine #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/LdlHXrlwr7— The Chat  (@LiveOnTheChat) February 28, 2022“It’s particularly awful in terms of [how] it’s affecting people, particularly in our profession.

Escape From Tarkov fan has shared a video of the hardcore shooter being played with a Nintendo 64 controller.Streamer PoppaElite – real name David – has shared a clip of him playing Escape From Tarkov with a Nintendo 64 controller.Although the controller has a reputation for being notoriously clunky to hold, David still manages to get the better of several hostile players he runs into.In the clip below, you can see David fairly accurately gunning down other players.

Maisie Smith is set to RETURN to EastEnders just three months after her character was written out of the soap. Maisie, 20, who has played Tiffany Butcher in the BBC soap since she was six, was seen leaving Albert Square with a suitcase in December. But the actress, a hit with viewers when she was a Strictly finalist in 2020, will return for a cameo next month.

David Beckham is among the many stars to speak out on the Ukraine and Russia conflict, expressing their shock and sadness over the news.MORE: Elton John and David Furnish release emotional statement - 'We are heartbroken'Taking to his Instagram page on Sunday, the 46-year-old - who became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2005 - shared a series of heartbreaking images of Ukrainian civilians.WATCH: David Beckham shares emotional video from Cotswolds home"The situation in Ukraine is devastating and terrifying for its people," he wrote. "Like any parent it is heartbreaking to see the effect on the innocent children that are now living in a war zone.MORE: Holly Willoughby lost for words as her kids ask about Ukraine crisisREAD: David Beckham makes shock food revelation about unusual dinner date with wife Victoria"As conflict escalates so do the needs of children.

New figures released by the UK Government show that up to 850,000 families who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit in the financial year 2019 to 2020.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen “Cold War” cinematographer Łukasz Żal teamed with writer-director Charlie Kaufman on “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” one of the earliest conversations they had was how to communicate memory visually. In Kaufman’s new film, based on the novel by Iain Reid, Jesse Plemons as Jake and Jessie Buckley (“Wild Rose”) as his meta-named Girlfriend go on a long road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm. Girlfriend questions everything.

The list of American screenwriters who have attained name-brand status in the last thirty years is a relatively short one. It used to be that the writer was king in Hollywood; the advent of the so-called auteur theory effectively quelled that notion.

Charlie Kaufman’s peculiarly inviting psychodrama “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” feels so enclosed that you could almost swear it was set inside a snow globe. With one gentle shake, gaudy conversations on vast existential notions shower its cozy, wintery mood one minute, only to somehow thin out and ephemerally disappear the next before you could luxuriate in their gloomy mystery.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” the new movie written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, opens with an extended road-trip sequence in which a young woman (Jessie Buckley) — she’s identified in the credits simply as the Young Woman — drives through a country snowstorm with Jake (Jesse Plemons), her boyfriend of six weeks, to meet his parents at their Oklahoma farmhouse. The first words we hear, in voiceover, are Buckley confessing “I’m thinking of ending things,” and she then describes what could be a suicidal tendency.

Charlie Kaufman’s peculiarly inviting psychodrama “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” feels so enclosed that you could almost swear it was set inside a snow globe. With one gentle shake, gaudy conversations on vast existential notions shower its cozy, wintery mood one minute, only to somehow thin out and ephemerally disappear the next before you could luxuriate in their gloomy mystery.

We are mere days away from the release of Charlie Kaufman’s next feature film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” And while many are hoping the first live-action film from the director in more than a decade will lead to a busier schedule for the filmmaker in the future, Kaufman isn’t so sure that will be the case. READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 40 Most Anticipated Films To Watch Speaking to Variety, Kaufman was asked about the future of his directorial career (he’s already working on new scripts for projects he likely won’t helm but more on that in a bit).