Pakistan’s ‘Joyland’ To Receive French Release To Still Qualify For Oscars Despite Local Ban

A gang stole jewellery worth £10,000 and a four-figure cash sum during a brazen daylight raid on a Bellshill home.

Rutherglen Glencairn boss Willie Harvey says his side stepped up and proved how good they are by beating a talented Renfrew side 3-1 in the West of Scotland Cup second round.

Lee Johnson won’t ever forget his debut for Kilmarnock 10 years ago.

East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz was pleased to see an immediate response from his side after Caledonian Braves threatened to derail their Lowland League title ambitions on Saturday.

Brian Reid hopes to have four of his eight injured Albion Rovers stars back for Saturday’s clash at home to Elgin City.

Rangers icon Ally McCoist has landed one of the best gigs in football after being selected to provide co-commentary on the 2022 World Cup final this weekend.

The plug could be pulled on North Ayrshire Christmas lights next year if budget plans are ushered in.

Yippy-tai-yai-what? Christine Taylor and David Lascher may not have played love interests on Nickelodeon’s Hey, Dude — but their offscreen relationship was a different story.

Finding their new normal. Kelly Clarkson and Jewel bonded over being single parents — and how they’ve had to adjust to being without their kids during the holidays. 

Scotland is creating more green jobs as a proportion of the workforce than anywhere else in the UK, stats show.

Plans for a massive new oil field off the Scottish coast have been thrown into doubt after a watchdog demanded answers on emissions targets.

An emergency response is needed to tackle nature loss and prevent the wipe out of some of Scotland’s rarest species, a Scottish Government report has warned.

A woman who admitted ignoring her bail conditions in a bid to get Calvin Harris tickets has escaped punishment for the breach. Sinead Lovie, broke a ban on contacting her former partner by messaging him to demand the return of her concert tickets.

For many households, putting up the Christmas tree is the highlight of the holiday season, with some mega fans doing it as early as mid-November.

Showtime has released the trailer for Your Honor Season 2 starring Bryan Cranston. The season which consists of 10 episodes will begin streaming Friday, January 13, and on-air on Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. ET. Watch the trailer in the video posted above.

Robert Griffin III has apologized after receiving backlash after his appearance on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown where he was heard using a racial slur during the live broadcast.

Laura Poitras’ Venice Golden Lion-winner  All The Beauty And The Bloodshed opens in three theaters today, testing a crowded specialty market at the IFC Center, Lincoln Center & BAM in NYC. It adds LA and San Francisco (AMC Sunset 5 & AMC Kabuki) Dec. 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has snapped up North American rights to the Toronto International Film Festival Closing Night film Dalíland from filmmaker Mary Harron, Deadline has learned.

The full list of nominees for the British Curry Awards have been revealed, and numerous Scottish restaurants will be competing to take home a trophy.

She’s over the moon. Jennifer Lopez shared a sweet video with Ben Affleck that explains exactly how she feels about him.

The 13th Annual Governors Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Saturday night came in with a vengeance, perhaps the biggest crowd of industry notables, Oscar contenders, and others I can ever remember at one of these events where AMPAS hands out honorary Academy Awards. It is a non-televised event which means the recipients can go on as long as they like with their acceptance speeches, and so for that matter can the presenters. The good news is this particular foursome of honorary winners, Peter Weir, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Michael J. Fox each made some of the most heartfelt and compelling speeches ever heard at the Governors Awards. It was an evening to remember.

Sarah Polley, whose latest feature Women Talking hits theaters in December, has been named Director of the Year by the Palm Springs Film Festival. The honor will be bestowed January 5 at PSIFF’s annual awards gala to kick off the festival’s 2023 edition.

Pakistan has reversed a ban on Joyland, the country’s official submission for the Best International Feature Oscar. The film has now been cleared for theatrical release in its home country, though some minor cuts are expected.

Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first stills from its Tom Brady film 80 for Brady — also starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and many more — which opens wide on February 3.

Anya Taylor-Joy is a fashionable breath of fresh air! The actress consistently commands attention on and off the red carpet, dazzling Us with whimsical gowns, flirty mini dresses and more.

One of the most anticipated presumed Oscar contenders, and one of the very few remaining to debut before year-end, dropped last night with the first screening of Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. Paramount’s big Christmas release, and hopeful awards magnet chose the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre for the unveiling in front of entertainment pundits, industry members, and most importantly guild and Oscar voters, a perfect venue with both sides of the massive screen bookended by those imposing large Oscar statues. In addition to the screening there was a post Q&A with Chazelle and stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, and Tobey Maguire followed by a dessert reception in the lobby.

A different perspective. Emancipation director Antione Fuqua revealed that he thinks the difficult film shoot may have played a role in Will Smith‘s altercation with Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Regina Hall hopes Jimmy Kimmel can avoid a repeat of the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident at the Oscars. The late night talk show star will be at the helm of the 2023 Academy Awards in February, and Regina - who hosted earlier this year alongside Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes - joked about the precautions that need to be taken after Will went on stage and struck comedian Chris after a quip about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Speaking about Jimmy hosting next year, Regina quipped to 'Entertainment Tonight': "I think it's a really bad idea.

Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 95th Academy Awards in 2023 and he’s teasing the topics that he will have to address while helming the show.

“All That Breathes”“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”“America Boxed In”“Anonymous Club”“Art & Krimes by Krimes”“At Home Walking”“The Automat”“Bad Axe”“The Balcony Movie”“Battleground”“Beba”“The Bengali”“Bitterbrush”“Black Ice”“Black Notebooks – Ronit”“Blue Island”“The Book Keepers”“Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power”“Breaking Bread”“Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche”“Calendar Girls”“The Camera of Doctor Morris”“Cat Daddies”“The Cathedral”“Children of the Mist”“Civil”“Claydream”“The Corridors of Power”“Cow”“The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie“Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story”“Descendant”“Disturbed Earth”“Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel”“EAMI”“The Eclipse”“Eternal Spring”“The Exiles”“Exposure”“Fanny: The Right to Rock”“Father”“Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen”“Fire of Love”“Four Winters”“Framing Agnes”“Free Choi Soo Lee”“Free Puppies!”“Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”“From the Hood to the Holler”“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down”“Gamestop: Rise of the Players”“Girl, Taken”“Good Night Oppy”“Gratitude Revealed”“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song”“Hello, Bookstore”“Hidden Letters”“Hold Your Fire”“A House Made of Splinters”“How to Survive a Pandemic”“The Human Trial”“I Am Here”“I Didn’t See You There”“I’m Wanita”“In Her Hands”“Invisible Demons”“Is That Black Enough for You?!?”“The Janes”“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”“Katrina Babies”“Keep Stepping”“Killing Me Softly With His Songs”“Las Hostilidades”“Last Flight Home”“The Last of the Winthrops”“Leave No Trace”“Let Me Be Me”“Let the Little Light Shine”“Life & Life”“Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege”“Look at Me: Xxxtentacion”“Loudmouth”“Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues”“Loving Highsmith”“Lowndes County and

No avoiding it? Jimmy Kimmel is already preparing to host the 2023 Oscars — and he’s pretty sure the infamous Will Smith slap will still be the talk of the night.

Pakistan’s Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting has banned Saim Sadiq’s Joyland, the film that Pakistan submitted to the Best International Feature category of the Oscars, reversing an earlier decision to clear the film for theatrical release.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Brandon Oldenburg (The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore) will make his feature animation directing debut on Mouschi: The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank — a new film based on the children’s book The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank by David Lee Miller (My Suicide) and Steven Jay Rubin (Silent Night).

This is the time of year when various countries around the world submit their picks to be entered into the Best International Film category for the Oscars. And for the Dominican Republic, the choice is none other than Ivan Herrera’s “Bantú Mama.” READ MORE: ‘Wakanda Forever’ Review: ‘Black Panther’ Sequel Is Overstuffed & Yet Still Succeeds With Heart, Soul, Grief & Great Stakes As seen in the new trailer, “Bantú Mama” tells the story of a French woman who is on the run in the Dominican Republic.

Unbothered! Cher isn’t letting criticism of her new romance with Alexander “AE” Edwards get to her, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.