Oscars: Academy Invites 395 New Members Including Recent Oscar Winners Yuh-Jung Youn, Emerald Fennell, Florian Zeller, H.E.R.

Perhaps the Best Picture race is truly over. When the 2022 Oscar nominations were announced Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” landed 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, four acting nominations, and Editing.

Police are appealing for help to trace a teenager who has been reported missing from his home in Stirling.

The Daily Beast. “Nobody’s f—ing! Like, I don’t know how to tell people how to behave in a world in which that is not a thing.”On Tuesday, “Suicide Squad” director Gunn politely fired back.

Scots Team GB ice skater Lewis Gibson reminisced about his early days of learning to skate at Ayr Ice Rink - and meeting Lorraine Kelly for the first time at Seamill Hydro.

Kurt Zouma has been fined £250,000 and had his two cats taken into the care of the RSCPA after a video of the footballer kicking one of the animals appeared online.

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Kate Middleton has been announced as the latest in a long list of famous faces to read a book on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.This Sunday, the Duchess of Cambridge will read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on the children's channel, becoming the first member of the Royal family to do so. But the 40 year old is not the first member of the Royal family to read a children's story on television, and is actually following in the footsteps of her father-in-law. Prince Charles, 73, published his own children's book, The Old Man of Lochnagar – which he wrote to raise main for The Prince's Trust – back in 1980 and, four years later, he took to our screens to read it.

Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift tend to keep their relationship private, but the actor made a rare reference to his other half during a recent interview.

FromSoftware have announced that all online services for Dark Souls PC games will be unavailable for the foreseeable future due to “technical difficulties”.Earlier this year, it was announced that all PvP servers for the entire series had been deactivated following a Remote Code Execution (RCE) hack, which essentially allows the potential attacker to execute arbitrary code on a remote device, meaning they can take control of a player’s PC.Now, it’s been announced that Dark Souls’ online services will once again be taken down while the company extends the fix to work with their upcoming title Elden Ring.Writing on Twitter, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware said they were “aware of the technical difficulties players have experienced with the Dark Souls suite of games on PC.”#DarkSouls pic.twitter.com/ZRhX9OcvQe— Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) February 9, 2022“We want to thank the entire Dark Souls community and the players who have reached out to us directly to voice their concerns and offer solutions. Thanks to you, we have identified the cause and are working on fixing the issue.”The statement continued: “In addition, we have extended the investigation to Elden Ring – our upcoming title launching on February 25 – and have made sure the necessary security measures are in place for this title on all target platforms.

Esports is potentially going to be a category in future Commonwealth Games, with a pilot being trialled at the 2022 event.Later this year at the Commonwealth Games 2022, the event will be trying out esports for the first time and will be known as the Commonwealth Esport Championships. No medals will be awarded, as it is only a pilot.

Kanye West wants to reunite with his wife and kids. The 44-year-old Yeezy founder took to Instagram early Wednesday with a series of family photos, showing his estranged wife Kim Kardashian playing outdoors with their four children: North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2. "GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER," the rapper wrote.

After four decades on the air, "Wheel of Fortune" is still full of surprises.  At least, that’s what viewers learned this week when two contestants won the $100,000 grand prize in the bonus round twice in back-to-back nights of gameplay. While contestants have won the prize before, this marks the only time that two contestants have won it in the same week, let alone two nights in a row.  Yahoo Entertainment reports that contestant Lisa Kramer took home the grand prize on Monday, earning a total of $116,700 in winnings.

ANT and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway will officially return to ITV later this month - and it's coming a lot sooner than you think. Earlier this week, the Geordie duo were seen gearing up for another series of their hit show in a revealing trailer, promising fans the "happiest ninety minutes of the week".

LISA Armstrong shared a cryptic post about "going through heavy s**t" as she arrived for work on Steph's Packed Lunch today. The makeup artist was pictured sporting an all black look as she arrived at the studio in Leeds to film the Channel 4 show wearing a pink face mask and love-heart shades.

ALMOST two decades ago The Worst Witch had us all in its spell. Mildred Hubble and her classmates at Miss Cackle’s Academy For Witches first wove their magic on CITV in 1998 and the series ran until 2001.

THIS Morning viewers were left saying the very same thing as they tuned in to watch one of the Tinder Swindler victims on the show. Cecilie Fjellhoy was in the ITV studio to talk to host Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about the experience, which has left her nearly £200,000 in debt.

DANNIELLA Westbrook has revealed her lookalike daughter has been signed as an influencer and is in line for a big payday. The former EastEnders actress opened up about how Jodie Jenkins - who sports an impressive 13.4k followers on Instagram - was starting up a new career. Danniella, 48, took to Instagram to gush over her daughter's signing, revealing she was to be represented by the Social Inspire Group.

Oscar-nominated LGBTQ talent: Kristen Stewart in Spencer (Pic: Pablo Larraín), Ariana DeBose in West Side Story, and the film Flee

ESCAPE to the Chateau fans have all said the same thing as Dick and Angel Strawbridge leave famous home and head to UK. The married couple, who shot to fame in 2016 on the Channel 4 show, have left their stunning home in Martigné-sur-Mayenne, France, for their new live show.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” which will star Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman, Variety has learned. SPC, which previously worked with Zeller on “The Father,” acquired rights for North America and a string of international territories in Asia and Eastern Europe.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. rights to “The Son,” the next film from “The Father” director Florian Zeller that stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken US, South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Turkey rights to Florian Zeller’s The Father follow-up, The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby. Zeller is directing from the screenplay he co-adapted from his stage play with Christopher Hampton.

Minari actor Steven Yeun, Promising Young Woman filmmaker Emerald Fennell and its co-star Laverne Cox are among 395 names that have been invited to be Academy members this year.This year’s list is comprised of 46 per cent female names, with 39 per cent of those invited also hailing from underrepresented ethnic or racial communities. In 2020, 45 per cent of members invited were female, and 36 per cent came from underrepresented ethnic or racial communities.Golden Globe winner Andra Day, Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr.

Gallery: From bestselling novel to blockbuster movie (Espresso) The Academy's music branch will also bring in some star names, with Janet Jackson and H. E.

a steep decline, dropping 58% year-on-year to a new record low. This week also saw the Academy officially approving new changes to next year’s awards.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 395 artists and executives that have been invited to join this year — about half the number of last year’s class. The 2021 class is comprised of 46% women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and 53% international from 49 countries outside the United States.

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Hollywood legend Helen Mirren recently returned as Magdalene Shaw aka Queenie in a cameo part in Fast and Furious 9. After fans loved her in her debut role, now Helen is opening up on the possibility of being a part of future films of the franchise.

Helen Mirren returns as Magdalene Shaw aka Queenie in a cameo part in F9, and is opening up about her involvement in any future installments.

Vanessa Kirby‘s calendar is filling up as she’s joined The Son movie opposite Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern.

Though she’s hardly a new face in films, Vanessa Kirby’s rise to A-list status seems to have happened fairly quickly. Thanks to breakout performances in films such as “Mission: Impossible—Fallout,” “Hobbs & Shaw,” “Pieces of a Woman,” and the recent “The World to Come,” Kirby has established herself as one of the biggest stars and most acclaimed actors in the world.

Vanessa Kirby has joined the cast of “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” Variety has learned.Kirby, who was Oscar-nominated for “Pieces of a Woman,” will star in the film opposite Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman. As with “The Father,” “The Son” was adapted by Zeller and Christopher Hampton (“Dangerous Liaisons”), from Zeller’s critically acclaimed stage play.

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