Greater Manchester is home to the UK's first 'pay what you can' play centre

K.J. Yossman The woman believed to be the inspiration for Richard Gadd‘s Netflix megahit “Baby Reindeer” has denied being a stalker.

John Malkovich has joined Marvel‘s “The Fantastic Four” in an undisclosed role, Variety has confirmed. The veteran actor joins Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards, aka Mr.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Production is underway on Season 2 of the “Frasier,” with Peri Gilpin set to return in the new season. Gilpin famously played Roz Doyle throughout the original show’s 11-season run. She then reprised the role in a guest star appearance in the first season finale of the revival.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Mathew Rhys has been an “unabashed” fan of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for as long as he can remember. He cemented his love of the writer — best known for his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” — when he portrayed him in the 2008 biopic “The Edge of Love.” “When you tell most English people that you love Dylan Thomas, they go, ‘Grrr,’ because it’s such a cliché,” Rhys says. “But I’m unabashed that I’m a lifer.” He’ll play Thomas once again on May 14 in a one-night only stage reading of “Dear Mr.

Todd Longwell Georgia’s base 20% transferable tax credit isn’t that impressive when compared to the tax credits in other top production hubs such as California (20%-25%), New York (30%) and New Mexico (25%-40%). What sets the state’s film and TV production incentive apart is the 10% bump it gives projects for including its Peach State logo in their credits.

Thania Garcia Charli XCX was honored with the ASCAP Global Impact award during the organization’s 2024 Pop Awards at the Houdini Estate in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. Surrounded by the late, legendary escape artist’s lavish green gardens, Charli accepted one of the most prestigious awards of the night from veteran songwriter Paul Williams, president and chairman of the board for ASCAP.

Selena Kuznikov If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Amazon Prime Day doesn’t kick off until July but the behemoth retailer has announced another deals event to tide us over until then.

Ellise Shafer Eras Tour attendees, welcome to “The Tortured Poets Department.” At Taylor Swift‘s Paris concert on Thursday night — the European kickoff of the record-breaking tour and her first show since the album’s release — the pop icon debuted several of the new songs live at La Défense Arena, starting with “But Daddy I Love Him.” Swift kicked off the show with her usual opener, “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince,” playing songs from both her “Lover” and “Fearless” eras. Then she switched up the set order, performing tracks from “Red,” “Speak Now” and “Reputation,” instead of transitioning to “Evermore,” as she had during the previous leg of the tour.

Jordan Moreau Justin Bieber is going from singing “Baby” to having his own. He and wife Hailey Bieber announced Thursday that they are expecting their first child.

The Associated Press in an interview ahead of the announcement.The name change will officially take effect on February 8, 2025, to coincide with the organization’s 115th anniversary.For years, Boy Scouts only admitted boys ages 11 to 17. It emphasized service to one’s community, leadership, the teaching of moral values, and life skills that would prepare any scout for adulthood.

Turns out Jeff Ross likely knew there might be friction if he told that Robert Kraft joke during Netflix’s live The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Tracie Laymon, the filmmaker whose debut solo feature Bob Trevino Likes It won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield), Scottie Thompson (Crown Vic) and Michael Weston (Home Before Dark) are in production in Ohio on Down to the Felt, an indie dark comedy with action elements from filmmaker Jon Osbeck. The trio joins a cast that also includes Jo-Ann Robinson and Cullen Douglas.

John Malkovich is entering the world of superheroes!

Justin and Hailey Bieber are going to be parents!

Dr. Kim Nix, a beloved doctor who shared her cancer diagnosis and treatments on TikTok, has passed away at the age of 31.

EXCLUSIVE: ScreenCraft has finalized the lineup for its annual Virtual Writers Summit.

Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch has said the event is paying close attention to the evolving #MeToo situation in France in an interview with celebrity magazine Paris Match.

Top Chef is one of TVs biggest hits.

If you didn’t see the news, Hailey Bieber is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Justin Bieber.

Sebastian Stan and Lily James are set to take lead roles in a new psychological horror thriller titled, “Let The Evil Go West.” The film hails from Danish director Christian Tafdrup (the original 2022 version of “Speak No Evil”), and Xc Vs penned the script.

Nothing is better when a comedy premise takes you for a loop, and that could easily be the descriptor for Josh Margolin’s “Thelma.” It’s an action comedy that sees a 70-year-old woman as the protagonist seeking revenge on scammers who have impersonated her grandson to get money. Magnolia Pictures has released A new trailer for the film, which is set to be released on June 21, giving us a better idea of what to expect from the upcoming movie.

“Baby Reindeer” did her first television interview to speak out against the alleged inaccuracies of the hit Netflix series. Fiona Harvey, 58, appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and broke her silence on being the supposed inspiration for the unhinged lead character (played by Jessica Gunning) in Richard Gadd’s show. Harvey told Piers Morgan that she never stalked Gadd, 34, and slammed the series — which she still hasn’t seen — for being “completely untrue.” She claimed that her first encounter with Gadd didn’t happen as it was shown between Martha and Gadd’s character, Donny, on the show.According to Harvey, Gadd did not offer her a cup of tea after she walked into the pub where he worked when they met.

2024 Las Vegas Electric Daisy Carnival.This year, the three-day extravaganza, taking place May 17-19 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, promises nine stages, six art cars, carnival rides, themed zones and secrets delights.That’s not to mention the 230 (!) performers that will electrify audiences over the long weekend.Just a few of those big name party starters include Dom Dolla, John Summit, deadmau5, David Guetta and Martin Garrix.They’ll be joined by Zedd, Alison Wonderland, Kaskade, Alesso and Excision.Other iconic acts on the bill include Armin van Buuren, ILLENIUM, Boys Noize and Steve Aoki.Plus, so, so, so many more.And if you want to bliss out all weekend long, it isn’t too late to pick up last-minute EDC Las Vegas tickets.At the time of publication, three-day passes start at $439 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be found for as low as $551 before fees.Therefore, you can save over $100…by buying three-day passes instead of tickets for just a single day.Still looking for a bit more information before committing to the weekend of a lifetime?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the 2024 EDC Las Vegas below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day EDC Las Vegas tickets can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Garth Brooks has quite a gig lined up.That evening, the “Friends In Low Places” crooner is slated to perform in Vatican City for Pope Francis.He’ll be joined by Super Bowl winning quarterback — and recent roast subject — Tom Brady on the trip, who is speaking at a Vatican roundtable on sports.After that high-profile set, the 62-year-old Brooks will return to Sin City and pick up his ongoing ‘Plus One’ residency at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace’s 4,000-seat Colosseum which resumes in late June.From there, he’ll headline 26 more concerts at the venue — and at one festival in Panama City Beach, FL this summer — all the way up until December of this year.And if you happen to see him twice at the Colosseum, it won’t be the worst thing in the world.At all shows, Brooks mixes things up to make sue every concert is different from the last.“The Garth crowd is the best crowd in the world to play for,” the 62-year-old crooner told ABC7. “They’ll let us fail, they’ll let us try things.

The Netflix show “Baby Reindeer” has become a sensation, skyrocketing to No. 1 on the streaming service in 30 countries, including the US. Created by and starring Scottish comedian Richard Gadd, the show is based on his real-life experience. The psychological thriller centers around Donny (Gadd), a struggling comedian who meets Martha (Jessica Gunning) during a bartending gig. The encounter quickly spirals into a terrifying stalking case.The real Martha has now allegedly come forward, claiming Gadd’s version of the story is “completely untrue.”“Very, very defamatory to me, very career-damaging. And I wanted to rebut that completely on this show. I’m not a stalker. I’ve not been to jail, I’ve not got injunctions. And this is just complete nonsense,” Fiona Harvey, 58, said on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” which aired Thursday. “I find it quite obscene. I find it horrifying, misogynistic.”I’ve interviewed a lot of very dangerous people in my career, from serial killers to medically diagnosed psychopaths.And the common denominator is that they’re invariably very skilled liars, often because their warped minds have made them believe what they’re saying even if facts show otherwise.Fiona Harvey hasn’t killed anyone.But if she did all the things she is depicted as doing in “Baby Reindeer,” then she is certainly a very unstable, obsessive and threatening stalker who made Richard Gadd’s life utter hell.And indeed, the lives of other people she’s accused of harassing too.

latest hit Netflix series, “Baby Reindeer,” has said that he doesn’t want viewers trying to figure out who the real-life people are in his psychological thriller. “That’s not the point of our show,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.Despite his statements, internet sleuths have searched out who the real “Martha” is, and now, 58-year-old Fiona Harvey, nee Miur, has come forward and given her first TV interview to Piers Morgan for his show “Uncensored.” When asked what message she had for Gadd, she said, “Leave me alone, please. Get a life, get a proper job.

As BBC drama fans prepare to welcome the return of Martin Freeman in the second series of the nail biting police series The Responder, the Sherlock actor has paid a poignant tribute to his late co-star Bernard Hill following his tragic death earlier this week. Appearing on The One Show to promote the show, hosts Roman Kemp and Alex Jones quizzed the star about what it was like to work with Bernard, who plays Martin’s character Chris’ father in the show.

Peter Crouch has revealed that he once sent an inappropriate message intended to wife Abbey Clancey to her mum instead, leaving the footballer red-faced over the blunder.The sportsman and his model wife detailed the hilarious story during a recent episode of their podcast, The Therapy Crouch, where they share their own marital issues and help listeners with theirs. During a segment where they answered fans' dilemmas, one listener wrote in asking: “Hey have you guys ever texted a person you were actually talking about by mistake, and how did you fix it?" Thinking back, Abbey recalled screenshotting a text and sending it to the same person by accident, while Peter admitted he had sent messages into the wrong group chat.

Oti Mabuse has shared a rare snap with her baby daughter this week while marking six months since she was born, detailing how the little one 'defied odds' during the labour process after arriving early and spending six weeks in an incubator. The Strictly Come Dancing star, who has not shared her baby's name publicly, opened up to her 709K Instagram followers in the candid post - where she dubbed her daughter a 'miracle'. Sharing a picture of the baby nestled into her neck, Oti wrote: "Today marks 6 months since our little miracle entered this world, defying the odds with her early arrival.

Brand-new series Bodkin has dropped on Netflix - the darkly comedic thriller is about a motley crew of podcasters who set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal Irish town. But once they start pulling at threads, they discover a story much bigger and weirder than they could have ever imagined. As our heroes try to discern fact from fiction — about the case, about their colleagues, and, most painfully, themselves — the series challenges our perception of truth and exposes the stories we tell ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.

NBC has announced that they are developing a follow-up series to the US version of hit sitcom The Office, with the new show set to stream on Peacock in the US. It was announced on Wednesday 8 May that Peacock had placed a formal series order for the untitled series, which is set in the same universe as NBC's former Emmy-winning Steve Carell comedy.The new TV series is set to introduce a new cast of characters "in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling: a daily newspaper," according to NBCUniversal Entertainment's Lisa Katz.This will be another addition to the massive The Office universe, reports the Mirror US.

Princess Andre has been unveiled as the new face of iconic beauty brand, Studio London cosmetics.The 16 year old social media sensation, who is the daughter of Peter Andre and Katie Price, will be working closely with Superdrug's own brand range to develop new products, appear in photo shoots and create social media content. Speaking about her exciting new role, Princess gushed: "I've shopped at Superdrug for as long as I can remember, it's always been my go-to for all of my favourite beauty products.To work with them now and play a role in the development of the makeup collection feels like a dream come true, I'm so excited for what's to come!" The announcement was made today (Thursday May 9) that Princess will be lending her youthful glow and social media savvy to the affordable makeup brand.To kick off her new role, she shared some of her must-have products from the line - and they're all priced at £6.

If you are wanting tight and firm skin around the eye area like celebrities, you might want to check out this unmissable deal at Amazon.The online retailer is offering an eye cream that's loved by A-listers such as Kim Kardashian and Sarah Jessica Parker for £17 for a limited time, with some shoppers calling it "Botox in a bottle".The highly-rated RoC Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream typically retails for £27.99 but shoppers can pick it up for £16.79 here in Amazon's beauty sale, with Prime customers able to get it delivered straight to their doorstep as early as tomorrow.The anti-wrinkle cream is said to work so effectively that one bottle is sold every 30 seconds.The product promises to visibly reduce puffiness, brighten the skin around the eyes and reduce fine lines by 50% within the first four weeks, whilst having zero irritation. The Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream has been formulated with pure retinol and RoC's mineral complex.These work to 'promote cell turnover', and help to nourish and care for your eyes.

Publicly, Prince Harry may be having the time of his life in the United Kingdom right now as he attends the tenth anniversary of his beloved Invictus Games. But behind the scenes, it’s not all good in his old ‘hood.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud – has now surpassed 1million dislikes on YouTube.The Canadian has been in a rap battle with Lamar since March when the latter called him out on ‘Like That’ from Metro Boomin and Future’s debut joint album ‘We Don’t Trust You’. The verse caused the two rappers to go back and forth on scathing diss tracks for the last month.On May 5, Drake uploaded the latest song in the saga ‘The Heart, Part 6’ to YouTube.