New Covid variant could mean the return of lockdown, say experts

Arnold Schwarzenegger loves being a grandpa.

Dr. Dre has joked that he’s had to talk Eminem and Snoop Dogg out of “pulling their penises out” during Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show (February 13).Dre, Eminem and Snoop will perform live with Kendrick Lamar and Mary J.

Lebanon and Kuwait won’t be playing "Death on the Nile," Deadline has confirmed, and that’s unfortunately due to both countries’ protest of Israeli native star Gal Gadot. Gadot served in the Israeli military for two years prior to becoming a model and actress, as her native country mandates it. Given her connection to the IDF, Lebanon previously blocked the actress’ movie "Wonder Woman" from release in May 2017.

, but she's a literal beauty queen. Not sure if she's got her sights set on becoming football's next , but the mantle is hers for the taking if she wants it.If you want to get to know this NFL couple ahead of the , here's everything we've found out about A.J.

Council tax bills for Bury residents are set to rise by around three per cent from April according to the authority’s proposed budget.

This Morning viewers branded one of the show's latest interviews 'painful' as Alison Hammond quizzed a couple about their sex life.

Mike Wass Jenna Raine, who went viral on TikTok in 2021 with wide-eyed ballad “See You Later (10 Years),” has inked a deal with Warner Records and signed on with SB Projects. The 17-year-old’s major-label debut EP, also called “see you later (10 years),” arrives today. It includes a new version of the titular hit featuring JVKE and an equally optimistic new song “2%,” which references the percentage of high school sweethearts that end up getting married.“After hearing ‘See You Later (10 Years),’ I wanted to immediately know more about the young artist,” Warner Records co-chairman and CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck tells Variety.

Eminem has got some game day jitters!The seasoned rapper sat down with Sway Colloway on SiriusXM’s on Shade 45, where he spoke about his upcoming Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime performance and who he is rooting for in the big game.«I'mma tell you, it's f**king nerve-wracking. It's f**king nerve-wracking,» Eminem said. «This to me — there's nothing more final than live TV.

Get ready for some cowboy booties! Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin are ready to grow their family with their first child together.

The trailer for Mark Wahlberg’s new movie “Father Stu” has been released.

Cities: Skylines have been bundled with malicious code by their creator, who reportedly used an automatic updater to infect users with a trojan horse and affected performance for specifically targeted fellow modders and developer Colossal Order employees.In 2021, a modder going by the name of Chaos launched a “redesigned” version of a mod called Harmony, a vital framework project that most mods in Cities: Skylines rely upon to function.Chaos also then “redesigned” several popular mods for the game, and listed his modified version of Harmony as a core download – meaning that players would have to go and download it for any dependent mods to work.However, it’s been discovered that an automatic updater was buried in this version of Harmony, which would allow Chaos to deliver malware to the devices of anyone that downloaded it. Other malicious code was used to cripple the performance of other mods, which in turn caused players to download more of Chaos’ mods as they were advertised as solutions to these issues.

Wordle has hit the internet, as the aptly named Dungleon turns the formula into a dungeon crawler.Players pick between a number of characters on a keyboard, and just like Wordle they’re shown to either be not in the “word”, somewhere else on the board, or not in that day’s result entirely.Dungleon differs from Wordle though, as it has a few extra rules. These can range from things like each set having at least one hero and monster, certain pieces only appearing in combination with others, and other pieces only ever showing up in specific places.There are also “magic spells” in Dungleon that offer extra help typically not found in Wordle, which can assist players in figuring out the last few dungeon pieces.You can play Dungleon here (via PC Gamer).We made a wordle-like!https://t.co/TP42dtrZ6f is a "guess the dungeon" game, with a new dungeon every day.

Joe Exotic is having his voice heard.

Diplo has announced his new self-titled album and shared its first single, the Miguel-featuring ‘Don’t Forget My Love’ – you can hear the track below.The forthcoming LP is said to be “the first proper Diplo album since [2004’s] ‘Florida'”, and is therefore set to be his first full-length release of electronic music in 18 years.‘Diplo’ is set for release on March 4 via the Higher Ground imprint of the producer’s own Mad Decent label.Jasper Goggins, Mad Decent label head and Diplo’s collaborator for more than 20 years, said in a statement that the upcoming album is “a fantastic and cohesive self-titled work that will stand as a career-defining moment”.“The features and collaborations may look like contemporary industry algorithmic engineering, but this album is actually purpose built for Diplo’s favourite places to play in the world; a testament to his almost absurd and undying love of DJing live in front of people,” he added.‘Diplo’ has been previewed today (February 11) with the track ‘Don’t Forget My Love’, which features Miguel. You can hear the song in the above lyric video.You can see the tracklist for ‘Diplo’, which also features the likes of Jungle, Busta Rhymes and Lil Yachty, below.1. ‘Don’t Forget My Love’ (with Miguel)2. ‘High Rise’ (feat. Amtrac and Leon Bridges)3. ‘Your Eyes’ (with RY X)4. ‘One By One (Extended)’ (feat. Andhim and Elderbook)5. ‘Promises’ (with Paul Woolford and Kareen Lomax)6. ‘Right 2 Left’ (with Mele, feat. Busta Rhymes)7. ‘Humble’ (with Lil Yachty)8. ‘On My Mind’ (with Sidepiece)9. ‘Don’t Be Afraid’ (with Damian Lazarus, feat. Jungle)10. ‘Let You Go’ (with TSHA, feat. Kareen Lomax)11. ‘Forget About Me’ (Nite Version) (with Aluna and Durante)12. ‘Make You Happy’ (with WhoMadeWho)13.

Peaky Blinders virtual reality game has been officially announced – you can check out the first trailer below.Set to be released in 2022, Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is described as an action-adventure VR game where players will “infiltrate the Peaky Blinders underground world, coming face-to-face with much-loved and much-feared characters”.Cillian Murphy (Tommy Shelby) and Paul Anderson (Arthur Shelby) will reprise their roles for the title, which will also feature brand new characters.Players will also be able to freely explore recreated environments seen in the show, like the Garrison Pub, Charlie’s Yard and Shelby’s Betting Shop.Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is developed by Maze Theory, who previously worked on the Doctor Who VR game Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time.While platforms are yet to be announced, Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time released across PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest and HTC Vive – so this is expected to follow suit.The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders is expected to premiere later this month, although an exact release date has yet to be announced.Creator Steven Knight has recently said the show’s story will now continue beyond World War Two in a planned film following the sixth season.Speaking about the original scope to Empire, Knight said: “It was always Britain between the wars – how the lesson from one war was not learned and was repeated. It’s also the end of empire: we enter the Second World War and by the end of it, there is no empire, really.

Wendy Williams has reportedly been denied access to millions of dollars of her own money.

Rick Rubin has announced his debut book, The Creative Act: A Way Of Being.The acclaimed music producer and Def Jam Records co-founder will publish the title in early 2023, The Guardian reports.The Creative Act… is said to be a non-fiction title focusing on the process of creativity. “I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art,” Rubin explained in a statement.

Project New Era, a ground-breaking initiative in the UK led by The Payments Association, paywith.glass and other private industry stakeholders, supported by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as its consulting partner, has published its Green Paper report, ‘A New Era for Money’.

A major Ayrshire road has been closed in both directions following a serious road crash this afternoon.

A pioneering back-to-work programme is set to kick off again later this month.

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has revealed Josip Juranovic will miss Sunday's Scottish Cup clash with Raith Rovers.

Boris Johnson’s allies have been warned off seeking to put pressure on Scotland Yard to give the Prime Minister “special treatment” during its probe into the partygate scandal.

Billie Eilish has denied she threw shade at Travis Scott after the Astroworld tragedy while stopping a show to help a fan that was having an asthma attack.  The singer, 20, had been filmed pausing one of her shows to check on a fan and make sure they got an asthma inhaler before telling the audience: ‘I wait for people to be okay until I keep going. ’While she did not name Travis, 30, some took the comment to be referencing his Astroworld concert from November, during which he was accused of ignoring fans in difficulty to keep performing, something he denied, claiming he was unaware of what was happening.

Too Hot to Handle, launched on the platform in late January with a surprising twist. At the beginning of the first episode, the show’s narrator, Desiree Burch, explained to viewers that one day after wrapping up the filming of season two last year, an entirely new cast was introduced to the show’s villa in the Turks and Caicos Islands. As with the second season’s brigade of contestants, season three’s group were not informed that they would be appearing on Too Hot to Handle, whose agonising reputation precedes it.

Hunter Schafer and Dominic Fike seem to be confirming those romance rumors. Fike took to Instagram on Thursday to share a pic of himself kissing Schafer, his 22-year-old co-star.In the sweet snap, the actors share a kiss while out to eat at a restaurant, with a dessert to share sitting in front of them.«Happy birthday happy birthday,» Fike, 26, wrote alongside the PDA pic, though he and Schafer both celebrated their birthdays back in December.Romance rumors between the pair swirled last month, when they were spotted holding hands after having dinner together.

Love expert Fred Sirieix is best known for giving dating advice and setting couples up on E4's First Dates, but now, the French romantic has opened up on his own love story with his fiancee he nicknames "Fruitcake". In an exclusive chat with OK!, Fred, 50, revealed he met the love of his life when he was strolling down the street. "I was walking down the street, and we just started talking and went for a drink together – and that was that," he shared.

HBO Max has commissioned a second season of Álex de Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría’s mystery horror 30 Coins.

Afternoon International Insiders. The team is in Berlin and EFM is hotting up. We’ve got the latest from Germany and more so read on.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSince 2018, Spain’s film and TV industries has gone through a revolution. Accustomed to the success of standout movie auteurs – Almodóvar, Amenabar and Trueba – for two decades or more Spain has blown U.S.