Kevin Mayer Reiterates English Premier League Rights Ambitions, States Global Acquisition Plans for New Media Company

News broke yesterday that Prince Andrew settled in his sexual assault lawsuit and agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to accuser Virginia Giuffre‘s charity.

A former SNP minister has raised the alarm over the future of Scotland's struggling trading standards service.

Council rents will rise three per cent to an average of £80.70 for the next year as West Lothian Council set its budget to come into force in April.

A decision on planning permission for a site that was first proposed 24 years ago has been delayed again as councillors agreed to go and see the area for themselves.

Pupils at one of Scotland's biggest secondary schools have started a petition over a long running dispute about toilets breaks - and are threatening to boycott classes.

A student who broke a baby's leg while trying to change his nappy has dodged jail.

They want to mourn in peace. After Bob Saget‘s cause of death was revealed, wife Kelly Rizzo and daughters Aubrey, Lara and Jennifer have filed a lawsuit to keep further information private.

On the mend. Cheyenne Floyd and Cory Wharton’s daughter, Ryder, is on the road to recovery after her Valentine’s Day hospitalization.

Putting it all out there. While in quarantine with her kids, Kelly Clarkson virtually appeared on her talk show and got candid about life at home.

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Bob Saget’s family is taking legal action against Florida authorities in hopes of keeping the comedian’s death records private.

“Encanto.”Miranda’s second feature for Walt Disney Animation Studios after “Moana,” “Encanto” tells the story of a family in Colombia at the turn of the 20th century, each of whom is gifted with a magical ability … all except awkward Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). While it was released into theaters at Thanksgiving, it really made a splash at Christmas, when it debuted on Disney+. Since then, it has been nominated for two Oscars (including one for Best Original Song), the soundtrack has dominated the Billboard charts, and it has been immortalized in countless TikTok videos, pieces of fan art, and highly sharable memes.In a wide-ranging interview, Miranda talks about the differences between working on “Moana” and “Encanto,” what he thinks about Disney CEO Bob Chapek calling “Encanto” the company’s newest animated franchise, and sheds some light on what he’s doing for the upcoming live-action “Little Mermaid” adaptation.“Encanto” directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush told me it was your idea to set the movie in Latin America. Confirm or deny?Lin-Manuel Miranda: I guess so.

Laverne Cox isn’t afraid of aging anymore.

Zack Sharf One of the biggest Netflix original series set to arrive later this year is “The Sandman,” a fantasy epic based on the acclaimed comic book written by Neil Gaiman. The author recently told Empire magazine that his main goal with the Netflix adaptation is to constantly surprise the viewer, so much so that all episodes of “The Sandman” will feel wildly different from each other.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorChinese Berlinale Competition title “Return to Dust” has been sold to several European distributors with more about to close deals. M-Appeal is handling world sales.

Amber Ruffin is coming back with more hilarious and insightful commentary on her critically-acclaimed late-night variety show. The Amber Ruffin Showwill return with new episodes dropping every Friday beginning on Friday, February 25.  The Amber Ruffin Show  showcases Amber’s smart and silly take on the week’s news.

Following the Los Angeles Rams’ victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Super Bowl LVI, quarterback Matthew Stafford’s game is still being scrutinized. Now, his wife Kelly has had enough.

A family were left with a huge trench outside their home after they claim to have been given wrong information from United Utilities about a leak on their property.

A bright teenager tragically died just hours after complaining of a headache while at church.

GAME'S hotly anticipated restock of PlayStation Five consoles could drop sometime this week, according to the PS5 Stock UK Twitter account.

Shares of ViacomCBS are down more than 20% in early trading as Wall Street digests the company’s streaming strategy, outlook and financials announced after the market closed Tuesday, and clearly has some issues.

Linda Evangelista, 56, looks drastically different after trying CoolSculpting at a dermatologist’s office between August 2015 and Feb. 2016. Six years later, the model is opening up about the aftermath of the procedure, which is cleared by the FDA and considered an alternative to liposuction. In the new issue of People, she shared the first new photos of herself in years, showing off her new look, which you can see here. She said she is “permanently deformed” and “brutally disfigured” from CoolSculpting, which is also referred to as “fat-freezing.”

GLAAD, the queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced that it will honor award-winning actress, singer, and activist Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, April 2, 2022.

A football fan who screamed racist abuse at a player has been banned from going to matches.

Delivery service workers and trade union leaders will rally at Yodel’s main Scottish depot in Bellshill on Thursday night over a number of workplace grievances.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAt around $7 million per 30-second spot, an ad for Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI did not come cheap. But with more than 112 million viewers having tuned in for the Los Angeles Rams victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, the companies who shelled out that cash would likely think it was worth it to have their spot viewed by that many eyeballs.

“villain.” Disgruntled puzzlers continue to gripe that the New York Times is making their beloved Wordle “too hard.” The publication is now being accused of “trolling millennials” with Wednesday’s Wordle of the day, with many players deeming it so obscure only “Bob the Builder” could solve it. The latest incident of puzzle panic comes a week after the blockbuster game migrated to the website of the Times, which bought it from creator Josh Wardle in January for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum.The viral brain teaser — in which players get six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day — has become a staple of puzzle lovers of late.

Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer invited the audience at today’s RTS Convention in the UK to pitch names for his new, still untitled media company, which is backed by investment firm Blackstone. He might want to come up with one soon, as the outfit’s high-profile acquisition drive, which has seen it secure a megabucks deal for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, doesn’t look set to abate any time soon.

for $900 million. Hello Sunshine is the production company behind HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” and Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show” — all of which starred Witherspoon.

Westbrook Studios, the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith company behind Telluride favorite King Richard and series Red Table Talk and Cobra Kai, has held exploratory talks with a number of potential buyers including the new venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by the Blackstone Group.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc. could become the latest celebrity-backed media company to secure a splashy deal.