Rio Ferdinand offers advice to Manchester United youngsters on pre-season tour

Rumors continue to swirl around the demise of one of the few sketch-comedy shows remaining, "Saturday Night Live." With tanking ratings, a dwindling all-star cast and creator Lorne Michaels' contract expiring imminently, the show might not be "live from New York" for much longer. In a recent interview with Charlamagne Tha God, the longest-tenured cast member of "SNL," Kenan Thompson, alluded to the end being near.  When asked about the rumors the show would be ending, he said, "There could be a lot of validity to that rumor, because 50's a good year to stop at." Lorne Michaels, left, and Kenan Thompson have been outspoken about the future of 'SNL.' (Getty Images) Thompson is referring to three seasons from now, when Michaels' contract with NBC expires.  The reason for the potential ending of "SNL" could be related to the ratings debacle, with the season 47 premiere recording only 4.9 million total viewers.The season 46 premiere in 2020 raked in over 8.2 million viewers, per a Nielsen report, meaning loss in viewership was just below 50 percent.

EXCLUSIVE: In April 2021, ABC’s first responders drama Station 19 aired an episode hailed as one of the most powerful reflections of George Floyd’s murder on television. It was written by executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, with contributions from the show’s writing and support staff as well as the cast.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWhen a major entertainment industry figure dies, I make a point of searching Variety’s archives to find the person’s first appearance in our pages. The timing and context of an individual’s Variety debut is often extremely telling about the arc of their career. I did my usual search after the sad news broke July 31 that actor-singer Nichelle Nichols, the legendary Lt.

Iman Shumpert has been arrested.

Amanda Seyfried says having two stars on “The Bachelorette” is one of the best things the show has ever done.

Gallery: 'My babies were huge. So, it was kind of not that comfortable. . . ' These stars HATED being pregnant! (BANG Showbiz)The former 'Rogue' star also explained that expecting a baby has left her able to "connect" with people differently and noted that she and fellow 'Twilight' alum Nikki Reed - who played Rosalie Hale in the saga and has five-year-old daughter Bodhi with Ian Somderhalder - are able to "align" on a lot of parental things.

Brad Pitt made the rare move of talking about one of his children this week when he called his 16-year-old daughter Shiloh 'beautiful' on Monday. And later the 58-year-old Bullet Train star made a comment about one of his other daughters, 17-year-old Zahara, when chatting up Vanity Fair. 'I'm so proud of her,' said the star, who shares six children with ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

Video: Kanye West files trademark to open YZYSPLY retail stores (Cover Video)Prince estate court battle ends six years after singer's deathWhoopi Goldberg pays tribute to 'her friend' Nichelle NicholsDiane Warren responds to 'shade' from fans after seemingly calling out BeyoncéChaka Khan complains she sounds 'like a chipmunk' on Kanye West's Through The FireDrake forced to cancel concert after testing positive for Covid-19Amber Heard 'chose not to go after bigger divorce settlement' from Johnny DeppTravis Scott lands residency at Las Vegas nightclubMystikal arrested on rape and domestic abuse chargesBeyoncé announces she will remove lyric from 'Renaissance' following backlashIN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Eva Longoria reflects on battling jealousy in previous relationshipsIN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Taylor Swift's rep responds to critical report on private jet usageAngelina Jolie reveals daughter Zahara is attending Spelman CollegeJesy Nelson shows off new hair after record split newsSylvester Stallone accuses producer Irwin Winkler of 'sucking Rocky dry' with new spin-offReese Witherspoon reveals Top Gun: Maverick has provided 'a lot of inspiration' for LegallNe-Yo's wife accuses him of infidelity In June, the Stronger hitmaker publicly called out Adidas on Instagram by comparing the new Adilette 22 slides to the Adidas Yeezy slide and accusing them of "blatant copying". Referring to his accusation in his message to Complex, Kanye added, "When I originally ordered adidas to make more Yeezy slides the GM lied to my face and said they didn't have the capacity meanwhile adidas was copying my slides and making their own version of the Yeezy slide.

Road House, coming to Amazon Prime Video. As reported by Variety, the film's announcement doesn't just come with the casting of the Spider-Man: Far From Home and Nightcrawler actor, but a bunch of other names too. We've got No Time to Die and Game Night's Billy Magnussen, The Suicide Squad's Daniela Melchior, Famalam's Gbemisola Ikumelo, Euphoria and The White Lotus' Lukas Gage, and Super 8's Beau Knapp.

Will Smith slapped him in front of the Academy and all of those watching. Harvey, who’s made errors himself on television with the mistaken Miss Universe winner fiasco, has shared his thoughts on what he thinks of Will Smith’s apology video to Chris Rock. It’s been four months since the Oscars controversy occurred and Will Smith’s career has been facing many repercussions like resigning from the Academy, with two of his upcoming movies receiving setbacks and also being banned for ten years by the Academy.

Princess Charlotte appeared at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday afternoon dressed in a lovely black and white Rachel Riley dress. The seven-year-old Princess delighted royal fans as she pulled funny faces throughout the competition whilst sitting between her parents, Kate Middleton and Prince William. Vernon Kay and Rochelle Humes on ITV's This Morning drew similarities between Charlotte's behaviour at the Commonwealth Games, with Prince Louis during the Platinum Jubilee.

Gallery: What you need to know about malaria (Espresso)But Vermont and Maine — mostly rural — had the second and third highest numbers of claims. The analysts also pointed to data from 2017, however, which showed North Carolina had the third highest number of claims — which they said suggested the disease was spreading in new areas. FAIR Health did not reveal the raw numbers behind its percentages, because this was 'not informative'.

Keith Richards has branded his short stretch in Wormwood Scrubs prison “weird”. The Rolling Stones guitarist, 78, was sentenced to a year behind bars after the infamous drugs raid on his Redlands estate, where his then-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull was famously found wearing only a bearskin rug.

Johnny Depp’s assistant said the actor allegedly kicked Amber Heard in the head, according to unsealed court papers. Text messages sent in 2014 from the actor’s then-employee Stephen Deuters are said to have detailed how the actor apparently attacked the ‘Aquaman’ actress, 36, onboard a private jet. Mention of them was barred from the former couple’s defamation trial but have been made public in a tranche of 6,000-plus pages of unsealed documents from the case, which released over the weekend.

Tiffany Cross and comedian Wanda Sykes — have already slammed the network for reportedly hiring Griffin.Who will be the next co-host of @TheView? The wait is finally over! Find out only on @TheView this THURSDAY at 11e|10c|p on ABC! pic.twitter.com/xvLHqgin2ZBorn in Los Angeles on June 15, 1989, Griffin is the daughter of two journalists. Her father, Joseph Farah, was the executive news editor at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, then an editor at Northern California’s the Sacramento Union.Her father is of Syrian and Lebanese descent.

Peacock subscription as the soap opera is leaving network television.After a 57-year run on NBC, the show will become exclusive to the network’s streaming service, Peacock, effective Sept. 12, the network announced Wednesday.“Days” has been the least-watched soap opera compared to other network’s shows for years, Vulture reported.

Netflix has confirmed that Ncuti Gatwa will definitely be part of Sex Education‘s upcoming season four.

The man who caused the death of Nicki Minaj’s father will spend a year in the slammer.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicPeter Shapiro is a concert promoter, venue owner, magazine publisher and has just added author to his resume, with the Aug. 2 release of his book “The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Magic” (written with Dean Budnick).Based on 50 pivotal shows which helped define Shapiro’s life and guide his businesses, the book chronicles a career lived at maximum volume, starting with his 1997 purchase of the Wetlands, a New York City club that catered to fans of the Grateful Dead and Phish and incorporated social activism into its programming, his later purchase of Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theatre and the 2009 launch of Brooklyn Bowl, the first of five combination concert halls-bowling alleys-restaurants, which has hosted giants (like Robert Plant), rarely-seen legends (Ms.

Alicia Keys has kicked off her 2022 The Alicia + Keys World Tour and you can check out the set list right here!

B.J. Novak is opening up about the fate of The Office.

Chrissy Teigen just revealed that she’s pregnant!

Christine Baranski stops to smell a giant flower in the brand new look for The Good Fight‘s final season.

WBBH. “It’s going to keep some of them in the closet when they really should be coming out.”Sharon McGill, a member of the district’s equity committee, said the forms were put in place to protect children and teachers from running afoul of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits discussions of LGBTQ content in primary grades and requires that such topics be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” in older grades.“There are laws now in the state that teachers can’t call a student a name if it’s not their correct name,” McGill said, referring to the law.The ACLU of Florida expressed concerns about the proposed parental notification form.  “With HB 1557 in effect, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law has already begun to stigmatize LGBTQ+ people, isolate LGBTQ+ kids, and make teachers fearful of providing a welcoming and inclusive classroom,” the ACLU of Florida said in a statement.

Ryan Phillippe is a proud dad! ET's Matt Cohen spoke with the 47-year-old actor on Wednesday, and he praised his 18-year-old son, Deacon, for his burgeoning acting and music careers. Ryan shares the teen, as well as a 22-year-old daughter, Ava, with his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon. He's also dad to Kai, 11, from a previous relationship.Deacon, who's set to make his on-screen debut on season 3 of , recently graduated high school and is heading to college in the fall.«I am so proud.

Jamie Foxx knows how to sell a project. The actor has been credited with convincing Cameron Diaz to come out of retirement for an upcoming project, and he opened up to ET about how he talked her into it.Foxx spoke with ET, alongside his co-stars, Dave Franco and Karla Souza, while promoting their new action-horror comedy, and he talked about getting Diaz to sign on to his forthcoming Netflix production,«Cameron is such an incredible force and she has done so much in this business,» Foxx says of the celebrated actress, whom he shared the screen with in 2014's  «We love her.»Foxx explained that getting her to come on board basically involved asking her, 'Do you wanna have some fun? Just have some fun!' And I think that's what brought her to it."«We miss special moments sometimes, in our business, and I think this is a special moment,» he says of Diaz's return to movies.

 -- the network's longest-running series after nearly six decades on the air — is moving exclusively to Peacock.The network also announced on Wednesday that will replace the soap's time slot. The network is billing the launch of its new news show as a «first-of-its-kind live news offering.» The move to Peacock becomes official when new episodes of  begin streaming on Sept.

Lady Gaga is joining the DC Universe! According to multiple reports, the actress is set to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in , the upcoming sequel to 2019’s .Details about Gaga’s role in the film have not been released, but it’s speculated that she will star as the Joker’s co-conspirator, Harley Quinn — his psychiatrist at the asylum who becomes his partner in crime.  Gaga's portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime's notorious first lady would be the third current imagining of the role. Margot Robbie plays Harley on the and  side of the DC Comics Extended Universe, while Kaley Cuoco voices the legendary baddie in HBO Max's animated series, The J sequel would follow her buzzworthy performance in 2021’s and her Oscar-nominated role in 2018’s remake of .

Manchester United will look to make it three wins in as many pre-season friendlies on Tuesday when they take on Crystal Palace in Australia.

Manchester United winger Anthony Elanga has welcomed the competition for places that is being generated during pre-season following Friday's 4-1 win over Melbourne Victory.