Former ‘Veep’ Showrunner David Mandel Is A Man With A Plan In Twitter Post

Zack Sharf Method acting was all the rage this past awards season thanks to performances by Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Power of the Dog” and “House of Gucci” duo Lady Gaga and Jared Leto, but that style of acting doesn’t fly for Mads Mikkelsen. The actor recently told GQ UK that Method acting is “bullshit” and “pretentious.” Mikkelsen has learned new skills for roles, including how to speak different languages and how to ride horses and fight with swords, but he’s never taken his preparation to the level of Method acting.“It’s bullshit,” Mikkelsen said when asked about Method acting.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThere’s a new contender in the arena.As Discovery begins its new era of operating Warner Bros., HBO and Turner, all eyes are on how the new company will navigate the media sector’s streaming wars with thousands of hours of content from popular TV brands like TLC, TBS, TNT, CNN and HBO. Behind that effort, however, could look a new sports giant that is poised to add another deep-pocketed player vying for major league negotiations that it previously ignored.Warner Bros.

SNP councillors would push for a £2 a night “tourist tax” if they form the next administration in Edinburgh.

Scotland is set for warmer temperatures over Easter weekend following a recent cold snap.

President Joe Biden, casting the support for Ukraine as the “task of our time,” also issued a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that his widely condemned attack on neighboring Ukraine also should spell the end of his grip on power.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been called a genius before. Those dazzling feet down the left-wing had the mark of genius, those knuckleballs free-kicks were the touch of a genius, that goalscoring record is something only a genius could conjure up.

EXCLUSIVE: In what is turning into a cast of comedic hall-of-famers, sources tell Deadline Seth Rogen is set to join Bill Murray in Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut Being Mortal. Ansari is also on board to co-star from a script he wrote. He is also producing with Youree Henley.  Taylor Friedman and Cameron Chidsey are overseeing for Searchlight Pictures.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorLos Angeles chef Evan Funke knows his way around the Oscars.Not only is his father, Alex, a three-time Academy Award winning visual effects director (“I’ve been to a couple of Oscars as a guest of my dad’s,” Evan says), but he’s also helped create the dishes for the annual Governors Ball several times alongside culinary celeb Wolfgang Puck.And now this year, Funke, whose Italian eateries Felix in Venice and Hollywood’s Mother Wolf are celebrity and industry hot spots, will make his debut designing the menu for the Vanity Fair viewing dinner and after-party, which returns this year to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills after the 2021 hiatus due to the pandemic. Variety caught up with Funke as he put the finishing touches on the top-secret menu to talk pasta, Bill Murray and the dangers of red sauce.How do you begin coming up with a menu for one of Hollywood’s biggest parties of the year? I want everyone to have pasta and one pasta that I really wanted to highlight is something that was passed on to me during my very first trip when I moved to Italy — Alessandra Spisni’s lasagna Bolognese.

A furious man claimed ASDA staff kicked him out of a supermarket because they 'didn't like the way he was shopping'. Matthew Scholes said he was booted out after an ASDA colleague approached him in the alcohol aisle about his shopping habits.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright died following a battle with cancer on Wednesday March 23 at age 84. Her family released a statement sharing the news of her passing, revealing that she was surrounded by her friends and family. “we have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend,” her family said in the statement. Albright was an incredibly important important figure in the history of the United States, serving as an ambassador and Secretary of State for former President Bill Clinton. Here are five important things you need to know about Madeleine Albright.

Madeleine Albright has died at age 84, her family announced in a statement on Wednesday, March 23.

Martin Lewis has issued a stark warning to every energy customer in the UK paying their gas and electricity bills by Direct Debit.

If you're paying your energy bills using a direct debit, then Martin Lewis is here with a warning ahead of the price hike.The Money Saving Expert founder has received a surged of questions from worried bill payers ahead of the price rise, which will see most bills rise by £693 from April 1. Martin, who donated £50,000 out of his own pocket after a This Morning phone-in, has been urging the government to do more to help people ahead of the rise, as well as providing a huge amount of advice for those in need. And he recent took to Twitter to address a question most have regarding their energy bills.

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning to anyone who uses direct debit to pay for their heating bills.

Bosses at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport have ploughed £3.8 million into Renfrewshire projects in the past five years.

Donna Kaz Donna Kaz is a multi-genre writer and the author of “Un/Masked, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour,” which covers her relationship with the late William Hurt and her path to becoming an activist fighting domestic violence. Kaz writes about her emotional response to the news of his death.   I will never forget the first time I saw him, standing by the front door of Jimmy Day’s bar in Greenwich Village where I waited tables. The sun behind him made him appear almost godly.

As energy bills are set to soar even further as the cost of living crisis continues to pinch it can feel daunting to consider the arrival of your next bill. Next month, energy prices will increase by around 50% across the board affecting every user in the UK. Most energy firms are increasing their standard tariffs to the maximum allowed by the Ofgem price cap - £1,971.

A charity has warned Greater Manchester residents are ‘beyond breaking point’ as the cost of living crisis worsens.

SNP Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has accused Gordon Brown of “blatant mendacity” over his criticisms of her cost-of-living response.

J. Kim Murphy Marvel Studios released a statement denouncing anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation on Tuesday afternoon.

Kate Hudson has reflected on her relationship with her mother, Goldie Hawn, detailing the best trait that she’s “inherited” from her. Hudson, 42,  recently announced that she’s an ambassador for Stuart Weitzman’s Spring 2022 campaign, “Live Every Moment,” alongside Hawn, 76, who shares the Bride Wars star with her ex-husband, Bill Husdon.

If Bob Chapek and the rest of the Disney brass thought the March 11 apology over the House of Mouse’s fumbling response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation would placate the outrage among their own staff, they should perhaps think again.

why. The practice of switching the clocks by an hour twice a year is used in many countries around the world to maximize daylight hours.

Angelique Jackson A group of Disney employees have planned a week of in-person and virtual walkouts in response to the company and CEO Bob Chapek’s handling of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill.On Monday afternoon, the Twitter account called Disney Walkout posted a message explaining that, “The LGBTQIA+ workers and allies at The Walt Disney Company are standing in solidarity together over the coming weeks.”The post then linked to an open letter written in partnership with members of the LGBTQ community across the Walt Disney Company (including Disney Corporate, Disney Television Animation, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Streaming, Enterprise Finance, Enterprise Technology/Global Information Security and Bento Box). “The recent statements by The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) leadership regarding the Florida legislature’s recent ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have utterly failed to match the magnitude of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety represented by this legislation,” organizers wrote.

A construction worker who set himself alight during a fire attack on a beauty salon in Lanarkshire had his prison sentence cut today (March 15) following a legal challenge.

With heating bills on the rise throughout the UK, people are looking for the best ways to cut down their bills.