Hasan Minhaj Among Top Contenders To Host ‘The Daily Show’

Taylor Swift shared a touching moment with the late Kobe Bryant's 6-year-old daughter, Bianka Bryant, during the opening night of the Los Angeles leg of her . Bianka attended the show at the SoFi Stadium with her mom, Vanessa Bryant, and her older sister, Natalia Bryant.

Vanessa Feltz has opened up about 'medical misogyny' after doctors told her mum she was 'attention seeking' while trying to get a diagnosis.

Scotland’s largest local authority union is warning of school closures across Dumfries and Galloway in September.

School staff in Stirling are being balloted this week in an ongoing dispute which could lead to school closures next month.

A charity event designed to support the CHAS-run Robin House facility is to take place in Balfron later this month - and it’s all down to a bunch of ‘old crocks’!

Celine Dion’s sister, Claudette, has shared an update on the Canadian singer’s health amid her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.

Angus Cloud is being remembered. The late “Euphoria” star was honoured with a candlelight vigil in Oakland, California, on Wednesday night, social media posts show.

Kelly Brook has been branded 'stunning' by fans as she posed in her bikini for a snap. The former glamour model is currently celebrating her first wedding anniversary with husband Jeremy Parisi, who she married last July in Italy. In one picture, which she captioned with a simply seashell emoji, the 43 year old can be seen with her back to the camera, showcasing her holiday tan in a two-piece swimsuit as she looks out at the gorgeous Sardegna views.The bikini she wore had a geometric pattern, with the actress deciding to go all natural with no makeup and her hair swept back in a bun.

CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is currently covering the Edinburgh Festival, the world’s biggest cultural event, which takes over the Scottish capital for three weeks with a packed programme of comedy, theatre, music, musicals, dance, cabaret, spoken word and a whole lot more.Here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some of the highlights of this year’s coverage, including interviews with people who are performing there this year. Today, comedian Gabby Killick, who returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her fourth solo show ‘Conversations With My Agent’.“This show is about my dark, twisted and hilarious relationship with showbusiness”, she says.

Ashley Benson found The One in her fiancé, Brandon Davis, nearly one month after getting engaged.

Howdy, Insider crew. It’s the traditionally quiet summer season in TV and film land but European festivals, big-ticket M&A and Middle Eastern politics have ensured it’s not stayed quiet. Jesse Whittock guiding you through.

Lego Harry Potter game in the works as an image promoting it was spotted on the Warner Bros. South Africa Instagram account.Per Video Games Chronicle, this now-deleted post showed a Lego Minifigure of Harry Potter with the logo for TT Games and a date of August 25.

The man who murdered Rico Burton - Tyson Fury's cousin - has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years. Liam O’Pray, 22, has been sent down following a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court.

The Met Office has issued a series of weather warnings as Storm Antoni prepares to batter the UK with spells of heavy rain.

This Morning viewers found themselves both stunned and getting a bit hot under the collar just seconds into the latest episode thanks to Craig Doyle. The Irish broadcaster was back fronting the ITV daytime show on Friday (August 4) alongside Josie Gibson.

Three of Lizzo’s former back-up dancers have filed a lawsuit against the About Damn Time singer, her production company and dance captain Shirlene Quigley, alleging sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. The 35 year old entertainer, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, has been accused of pressuring one of her backing dancers into touching a nude performer at an Amsterdam club, claiming she made them 'perform sex acts with a banana'.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag It appears the apparent feud between this year's Love Island contestants Kady McDermott and Mitchell Taylor is still rolling on.The duo who met in the villa this summer last night became embroiled in a confrontational spat on a joined Instagram Live. Former gas engineer Mitchell, 26 - who was dumped from the hit ITV2 dating series just days before the final along with love interest Ella Barnes - accused two-time bombshell Kady of making "false" comments about him in post-villa interviews.

LBC, South Yorkshire Police were called to the Pop Works club last weekend (July 30) where attendees were seen “struggling to breathe” and “coughing and vomiting”.All those hospitalised have now been discharged, with police saying in a statement that they believe the substance to have been similar to pepper spray.Eight people were rushed to hospital, but have since been discharged with no further injuries. Police believe that the substance was pepper spray.Superintendent Peter Thorp said: “While our enquiries into this incident remain ongoing, we want to reassure the wider public that this was thankfully a relatively minor release of something akin to a pepper spray, which didn’t cause any lasting injuries and the majority of people at the venue were unaffected.“However, the fact remains that whoever chose to bring that substance to the venue clearly did so to cause alarm or injury, and we are working to identify those responsible.“I’d repeat the request for anyone with information or witnesses to come forward, so we can develop as comprehensive an understanding as we can of what happened.”(Saturday 29th July 2023)On the early hours off Sunday morning around 04:55am we had to evacuate everyone out of the…Posted by Pop Works Doncaster on Sunday, July 30, 2023In a statement on their Facebook page, Pop Works wrote: “On the early hours off Sunday morning around 04:55am we had to evacuate everyone out of the club, this was a big eye opener for us as a business and it was handled very well thank you to our door staff and management…”“We would like to apologise to everyone who was inside at the time and who was involved in the incident.

Former Coronation Street star Mollie Gallagher has stunned her fans on Instagram after posting a selfie in which she looked worlds apart from her soap alter-ego.The actress, 25, who plays Nina Lucas in the ITV soap, posted a series of snaps and in one was seen alongside a 'big cutie'. In the first picture, Mollie was seen looking gorgeous as she dressed up in a matching red crop top and skirt with a full face of more natural-toned makeup.

Margot Robbie, who stars in the new Hollywood movie Barbie, has revealed her husband Tom Ackerley was in one of the Harry Potter films.The star-studded couple are both from the acting world and have both shot to fame, just recently they co-produced the new Barbie movie together. But it seems Tom's acting career goes a lot further back as Margot revealed he appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban back in 2004 when he was just a child.

Famed for her excellent sense of humour, Sarah, Duchess of York has revealed that she has given her reconstructed breast a funny name following her diagnosis for breast cancer and "successful" mastectomy. Speaking on her weekly podcast 'Tea Talks', Sarah – often known as Fergie – admitted to her co-host Sarah Thomson that she has named her left breast “Derek” as she thinks of it as her “perky friend” who saved her life after a cancer scare.The Duke of York’s ex-wife told listeners: “I am just coming to terms with my new best friend Derek, on my left, he’s called Derek. He’s very important because he saved my life.” Asked why she picked the name Derek, Fergie joked: “I don’t know.

Nicole «Snooki» Polizzi isn't holding back when it comes to sharing stories of how some other stars allegedly treated her throughout her career on. The 35-year-old reality star appeared with her castmates on Thursday's where the group was asked about their rudest celebrity encounters. Though the cast seemed hesitant to spill the tea at first, Snooki eventually shouted, «Joy Behar!» «Joy was so mean to me.

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AMC Networks posted a 17% decrease in domestic advertising revenue in the second quarter, preventing the company from meeting Wall Street revenue expectations.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer AMC Networks reported its second-quarter 2023 earnings Friday, revealing it had lost 500,000 more subscribers across its portfolio of niche streamers and was down 17% in U.S. ad sales for the April 1-June 30 period. AMC Networks lost 300,000 subscribers across its streaming services in Q1, falling from 11.8 million at the end of 2022 to 11.5 million by March 31.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Feature documentary “Golden Legends,” which focuses on the Hungarian men’s water polo team who were crowned Olympic champions three times running between 2000-2008, has broken the record for a theatrical release in Hungary of a local documentary. Tamas S. Zákonyi’s film was released nationwide in Hungarian cinemas by Fórum Hungary at the end of April, and was in the Top 10 for six weeks.

Baldur’s Gate 3 mod allows multiclassing on its easiest Explorer difficulty level, opening up possibilities for players who want to prioritise the story of the role-playing game.Though it doesn’t specifically say it in the description, Explorer disables multiclassing, so it is only available for those playing on Balanced or Tactician. Multiclassing means that players can mix aspects of the game’s 12 classes to their liking, such as Sorcadin (Sorcerer and Paladin) and Gloomssassin (Gloomstalker Ranger and Assassin Rogue).Modder TheComposer released their solution onto Nexus Mods and it is compatible with new campaigns as well as campaigns that have already started.

Netflix‘s The Witcher, has blamed the series’ simplified plot on American audiences’ inability to follow complex, nuanced storylines.Speaking to Polish outlet Wyborcza, Baginski explained why the TV series had changed several plot points from Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels.“There are a lot of understandable reasons why controversial decisions are made, but the viewer does not have this context, so sometimes it hurts because something was better in the book,” said Baginski.The producer singled out Western audiences specifically, reflecting on his previous attempt to create Hardkor 44, a depiction of the Warsaw Uprising that ultimately never got made.“[I] tried to explain: there was an uprising against Germany, but the Russians were across the river, and on the German side there were also soldiers from Hungary or Ukraine,” he recalled. “For Americans, it was completely incomprehensible, too complicated, because they grew up in a different historical context, where everything was arranged: America is always good, the rest are the bad guys.

Sue Radford, the mother of 22 children, has revealed that her mega-family has its own cliques – but rather than her kids, it's the dogs that are forming them. She explained that the family's seven dogs have formed their own mini-packs. The Radford family rose to fame following the airing of the Chanel 5 reality TV series 22 Kids and Counting.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Since the first Harry Potter film was released back in 2001, people across the globe have been taken in by the magical wizarding world. Whether you were a fan of the original JK Rowling books or were born way after the movies made their debut, the film franchise seems to have captured the imagination of people of all ages and, still to this day, has a place in many people’s hearts.

The Daily Show has been looking for a permanent host ever since Trevor Noah departed from the job in December.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Longtime “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr. spoke about the future of late-night TV at Variety and Rolling Stone’s Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime, saying he believes studios don’t realize that the more they look to downsize shows, the more likely they will face stiff competition from TikTok creators and other social media stars who can retain the rights to their content.

Variety recently that the monthslong quest to find a suitable player to replace emcee Trevor Noah has almost reached its end.The South African comedian, 39, departed the late night news show in December, and a revolving door of guest hosts have since filled the coveted seat.According to three unnamed sources, Minhaj, 37, “is not guaranteed to win the position,” as a “deal is not believed to have been finalized” yet.But he “has emerged as a likely successor” to Noah.Minhaj was a correspondent on the show from 2014 to 2018, appearing a handful of times, and was applauded when he guest-hosted the show for a week in March. He also holds the important distinction of being the last “Daily Show” player hired by longtime host Jon Stewart, who left the show in 2015.

The Daily Show is close to hiring Hasan Minhaj as its new host, according to new reports.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedian Hasan Minhaj has been eyed as a leading candidate for the open host role at Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” according to three people familiar with the matter, suggesting that a months-long bake-off for the job among a phalanx of top comics is reaching its final stages. Minhaj is not guaranteed to win the position, these people caution, and a deal is not believed to have been finalized. Still, his name has emerged as a likely successor to Trevor Noah, who left the job in a surprise maneuver late last year.

Stephen Amell is clarifying his position.