Robert Werden, Longtime Oscars Publicist, Dies at 94

OUR Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen was forced to 'act fast' as disaster struck in Ravenseat. The Yorkshire Shepherdess took to social media to share a video of her with one of her sheep, who had come down with conjunctivitis.

PATSY Palmer looked a far cry from her EastEnders character Bianca as she headed for lunch in Malibu yesterday. The 49-year-old looked amazing in a pair of denim hotpants and boho style duster coat – with her famous red hair falling down her back.

CHARLIE Dimmock may be best known for her appearances on Ground Force and more recently Garden Rescue. But one appearance fans may have forgotten is the TV gardener's cameo on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks 20 years ago.

THIS Morning fans were left gasping today as Alison Hammond quizzed an 80-year-old man about his sex life. Wilson Williams was confronted with the very personal question as he appeared with his wife Terzel, who is 51 years younger than him.

VIEWERS of The Dog House were left in tears last night over a cocker spaniel who had been breeding in kennels her whole life. During the tear-jerking episode, couple Phil and Ricky came to the Wood Green Animal Shelter in Cambridge in the hope of finding their perfect dog.

On Wednesday 9 February, the incredible Katie Piper received an OBE for her services to charity and fellow victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries. The 38-year-old was given the special award after she was announced in the Queen's New Year Honours list last month and was given the honour by Anne, Princess Royal at Windsor Castle.

Mom’s chosen moniker! Pregnant Rihanna wants her first child’s name to have ties to her and ASAP Rocky’s families.

Two frightened mums claim their young children were also targeted by men in a white van in Cumbernauld after an alleged attempted abduction in the town.

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, attended a drop in event in the Houses of Parliament to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2022.

Morrisons is helping families to keep their costs down by slashing the prices on their menus across all cafes in the UK for the rest of this month.

Taking lateral flow tests regularly continues to be an important part of Scotland's fight against the spread of Covid.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen walked his daughter Hermione down the aisle to marry her fiancé, Drew Marriott. But it was the icing on the cake when Hermione, 23, announced last week on Instagram that she was expecting her first child, a baby girl.Sharing photographs of a scan, she wrote: "Little Miss Marriott due in July.

Courageous Kirsty Muir’s teenage tricks right through the night gave her Covid-struck and housebound dad Jim plenty to cheer about back in the UK.

Adele loves a good tease! The 33-year-old British chart-topper appears on the British talk show  on Friday where she touches on a variety of hot topics surrounding her personal life with boyfriend Rich Paul. After sporting a massive diamond ring at the BRIT Awards earlier this week, the singer is quickly asked if this new accessory means she is, in fact, engaged to the sports agent. «If I was would I ever tell anyone if I was or wasn't?» Adele replies, dodging the question.But it seems that Adele certainly has her future with Paul on the brain as she discusses her delayed Las Vegas residency. “We are now working our a**es off, but I don’t want to announce a new set of dates until I know everything will definitely be ready. The sooner I can announce the better, but I just can’t in case we are not ready in time," she explains.

Elliot and Jules from Euphoria are an off-screen couple! Dominic Fike, 26, and Hunter Schafer, 22, confirmed fans’ suspicions that they’re dating by posting a kissing photo on Instagram. Dominic shared the image on his Instagram Story on Feb. 10. In the pic, he and Hunter are seated next to each other at a restaurant, locking lips. The photo is captioned, “Happy birthday happy birthday,” although both stars’ birthdays were in December.

DEALSUniversal’s Republic Records has expanded its partnership with K-pop company JYP Entertainment, they having worked together to launch girl group Twice in the US. “We are beyond delighted to move forward with Republic Records”, says JYP CEO Jimmy Jeong, so to develop a “major artist roster” together after “the successful kick-off Twice has brought”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUlf Zick has joined Utopia Music as Chief Marketing Officer.

Liza Womack, the mother of rapper Lil Peep – who died of a drug overdose while on tour in 2017 – says that newly unsealed documents prove that her son’s management company, First Access Artists, should be help liable for his death.A collection of evidence spanning nearly 400 pages was published by the Los Angeles Superior Court last month, after First Access unsuccessfully argued for seven pages of that evidence to be sealed.The seven pages included text messages from 2017 that were sent by tour manager Belinda Mercer to colleagues after she was found with illegal substances in her bag when Peep’s tour bus was stopped at the Canadian border weeks before his death.Womack and her legal team argue that these texts, and other newly published evidence, support their claim that the rapper was provided with and urged to take drugs by his team.When First Access sought to keep some of the evidence sealed last October, Womack’s lawyers wrote in response, according to Pitchfork: “These seven pages help tell the story of the drug-infected mismanagement that is part of [Womack’s] central narrative and led to her son’s death. What these documents mostly contain are exchanges that reveal [First Access] tour management as dangerous, discordant, inept, and engaged in conduct that contributed to [Peep]’s death”.Lil Peep, real name Gustav Åhr, died in November 2017 of an accidental drugs overdose, aged 21.

The Electoral College has officially voted, and the 2020 presidential election is over — finally? Hopefully! Joe Biden will be sworn in as president Jan. 20, and Donald Trump can pack his bags and retreat to stew in his resentments at Mar-a-Lago, his very own Xanadu-by-the-sea.

Clayton Davis The line between film and television have been blurred for years. Some of us thought it would be one film that would force the call, but coincidentally, it seems to be five films that encapsulate Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” (or one really long movie, depending on where you stand) that forces the question of what constitutes an Oscars vs.

Clayton Davis A24’s “First Cow” was the big winner at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, taking home best film. In predicting the Academy Awards, the top prize from NYFCC has an astounding correlation to the Oscars.

Dave McNary Film ReporterFour-time Oscar nominee Peter Lamont, who worked on 18 James Bond films and received an Academy Award for production design for “Titanic,” has died. He was 91.Lamont’s death was disclosed Friday by the official 007 account on Twitter, which posted a statement by producers Michael G.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has obtained U.S. rights to Peter Bebjak’s historical drama The Auschwitz Report, which was selected as Slovakia’s contender for Best International Feature Film for the 93rd annual Oscars. The company is planning a release for sometime next year.

Natalie Oganesyan editorSamuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for “The Auschwitz Report,” Slovakia’s entry for international film to the Academy Awards.The movie, directed by Peter Bebjak and based on Alfréd Wetzler’s novel “What Dante Did Not See,” tells the true story of two imprisoned Slovak Jewish men, Rudolf Vrba and Wetzler, who escape Auschwitz and risk their lives to meticulously report the horrific reality of Nazi operations to the world.“The film is both heartbreaking and inspiring,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films.

WarnerMedia’s awkwardly revealed re-invention of Hollywood’s release windows has stirred anger among filmmakers and their reps, with fists clenched and threats exchanged. But then there’s Steven Soderbergh, the idiosyncratic filmmaker who reminds us that he is above it all.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety has announced it will continue its multi-year partnership with Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with Variety’s 93rd Academy Awards International Feature Shortlist Roundtable in 2021. The virtual panel will feature the director, writer or producer of the Oscars’ shortlisted International Feature Films and be moderated by Variety’s Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis.

Annie and All That Jazz, has died at the age of 71. According to her manager, she died last weekend while visiting with family in Seattle.

A manhunt was underway this week for an Indiana man charged with murder who authorities say escaped custody after a prisoner transport van stopped at a McDonald’s, according to multiple reports.

Robert Werden, who handled publicity for the Academy Awards for nearly two decades, died Oct. 31 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Franchesca Werden, announced.

Robert Werden, a longtime film industry publicist who handled the Academy’s Oscars publicity for 18 years, has died. He was 94. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said he died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home but didn’t provide the date.

Ann Reinking, the Tony-winning choreographer and star of stage and screen who appeared inChicago,Annie and All That Jazz, has died. She was 71.

Actress Ann Reinking has died aged 71. The dancer and actress, who won a Tony award for choreographing the hit Broadway revival of Chicago in 1997, passed away in Washington on Saturday.

Fosse/Verdon, in which Reinking is played by Margaret Qualley. In Fosse’s semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz in 1979, Reinking’s number There’ll Be Some Changes Made captures the shimmering, steely darkness of his style, complete with shoulder shrugs, wrist flicks and pelvic thrusts.

Variety. She was 71.

Eli Countryman Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla Reinking told Variety. She was 71.“The world and our family have lost a vibrant, amazing talent and beautiful soul.

Jordan Moreau “Nomadland,” a major Oscar contender that has been snapping up film awards, has released its first trailer.Directed by Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland” stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman experiencing homelessness who travels across the West in a van looking for a job. Fern lost everything in the Great Recession, and seeks the wisdom and hospitality of real-life nomads in the U.S.