Tom Smothers, Musical Comedian of Smothers Brothers Fame, Dies at 86

Princess Anne's unusual eating habits have left fans of the Royal Family shocked. The Princess Royal, who is King Charles' sister, prefers her meals packed with healthy ingredients and nutrients, and she doesn't go for the fancy spreads you might expect from a royal. She also has a very specific way she likes to start her day.

Sarah Ferguson was all smiles today as she greeted royal fans after her skin cancer diagnosis. The brave Duchess of York visited her dermatologist at King William VII hospital in Marylebone, continuing her recovery from malignant melanoma. Dressed in a navy blue blazer and matching skirt, she stopped to chat with locals before being driven off.

Love Island All Stars is set to welcome two new bombshells Tom Clare and Sophie Piper, but not everyone is thrilled, with one future bombshell dropping out of the show.Tom and Sophie will be entering the villa in Wednesday night's episode, 24 January. However, it seems that Tom's appearance has ruffled some feathers.

Tommy Fury has revealed that he's recently undergone surgery on his hand. Sharing a snap from his hospital bed to Instagram, he wrote: "Since 2019 I have been dealing with a hand injury that I’ve never spoken about/shared online.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has given a welcome update to her fans on social media, after they expressed their concern for her absence over the past few days. The 33 year old professional dancer broke her silence on Wednesday, 24 January, when she took to Instagram to explain her absence and apologise to her fans for the lack of updates which had left them fearing for her wellbeing.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor NPR has hired Katherine Maher, former CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation and most recently chief exec of the Web Summit conference, as its next president and chief executive officer. Maher will start at the public radio broadcaster on March 25, taking over for outgoing NPR CEO John Lansing, who announced last fall he would step down from the role before his five-year contract expired.

Caroline Brew editor Seth MacFarlane will receive the Robert Forster Artist’s Award at the 51st annual Saturn Awards, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films announced on Tuesday. The event, to be hosted by Joel McHale on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter After starring in the 1935 film “Captain Blood,” actor Errol Flynn became the big screen’s foremost swashbuckler. Seven years later, two underage girls accused the golden age movie star of statutory rape. In “When You’re A Star,” the sixth episode of Variety and iHeart Podcasts’ true crime podcast “Variety Confidential,” host Tracy Pattin and co-host Matt Donnelly, Variety’s senior entertainment and media writer, look back at Flynn’s 1943 rape trial.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The Super Bowl ad roster is usually filled with commercials for beer, candy and snacks. There will also be at least one focused on something more serious. The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, an advocacy group backed by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, will run a 30-second spot during CBS’ February 11 broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII, ensuring that a serious note will sound amid many silly ones.

Callum McLennan The media and entertainment industry is forecast to surpass a $1 trillion valuation in 2024, according to Omdia’s senior research director María Rua Aguete, a speaker at Tuesday’s Future Trends Report panel at Miami’s Content Americas, which runs through Jan. 25.

Selome Hailu Ayo Edebiri is set as the Feb. 3 host of “Saturday Night Live,” and will be joined by Jennifer Lopez as musical guest. The episode will cap off a string of recent successes for Edebiri, who is best known for playing Sydney Adamu in FX’s “The Bear.” Earlier this month, she won the supporting comedy actress Emmy for her performance in the show’s first season as well as the Critics Choice and Golden Globe awards for lead comedy actress for her turn in Season 2.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon has confirmed which Lee Child book will serve as the basis for “Reacher” Season 3. The third season of the Prime Video series, which was announced in December, will be based on the book “Persuader.” That book is the seventh in the Jack Reacher series written by Child. The official logline for the season states, “Reacher must go undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his past.” In addition, it is now confirmed that Maria Sten will return as Frances Neagley in the third season of the hit show, with Sten having appeared in both Seasons 1 & 2.

Callum McLennan Brazilian TV behemoth Globo presented its world premiere preview of Brazilian series “Justice: Misconduct” at Content Americas, while also spotlighting its 2024 slate, presenting via sleek fast-paced sizzle reels its array of ever popular telenovelas such as “Crossed Paths,” “Land of Desire,” and “Perfect Love” alongside teasing the continuation of its successful “Justice” series. “Justice: Misconduct,” the series created by Manuela Dias, is a narrative of moral complexity and human connection framed by the dilemmas surrounding the notion of justice.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights to “Accidental Texan,” a comedy about a Harvard grad and actor stranded in the “Lone Star State” where he stumbles into the role of lifetime. The film, which stars Thomas Haden Church and Rudy Pankow, will open in theaters on March 8, 2024. According to the official plot description, “Accidental Texan” kicks off when Erwin (Pankow), a recent Ivy League student, flames out of his first professional acting gig when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor NBCUniversal‘s Peacock deal to exclusively stream the NFL‘s AFC Wild Card matchup between the Kansas City Chief and the Miami Dolphins delivered an end-zone spiking TD for the streamer, according to new data. NBCU already claimed the Jan. 13 playoff game was the biggest live-streamed event in U.S.

It’s been more than a year since Trevor Noah left “The Daily Show.” Since then, people have been wondering when Comedy Central would announce his permanent replacement as host. All of 2023 came and went with nary a hint at who might become the host of the variety show.

As the title implies, “One Life” is the story of how one person can have an impact on so many people. And even though the story in the film feels too wild to be true, it absolutely is.  READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2024 As seen in the trailer, “One Life” follows the incredible true story of Nicky Winton, a young London Broker who risks his own life to help save so many Jewish people trying to flee Czechoslovakia before the Nazi occupation before World War II.

Movieguide has revealed the nominees for its 31st Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala, taking place on February 9 at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood.

Tonight, CBS will celebrate the 60th broadcast anniversary of Let’s Make a Deal with a primetime special.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann has set his second novel collaboration with Edgar-winning author Meg Gardiner. After starting out with , a novel that topped the bestseller charts and hatched a movie that Mann is writing to direct at Warner Bros, Mann and Gardiner set up a new original novel that explores an intense global manhunt launched by a renegade federal agent and a stateless operator on a vendetta, in a highly authentic global arena. 

After resuming production post actors strike in November, Marvel Studios‘ Deadpool 3 has wrapped per its leading man Ryan Reynolds.

Jon Stewart will make a surprising return to The Daily Show, 25 years after starting on the show. He will host the Comedy Central late-night show one night a week through the 2024 election cycle.

Former First Lady Hillary Clinton posted an encouraging message addressed to Barbie duo Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie on Wednesday morning in response to their high-profile snubs amongst the nominations for this year’s Oscars.

Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures are launching Tribeca Films, a distribution label the partners said aims to support high-quality independent films from the festival circuit. The label is focused on U.S. transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) and advertising-based video-on-demand (AVOD) with the opportunity for distribution across Giant Pictures’ streaming infrastructure, as well as on the Tribeca Channel.

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. and Cairo-based production company Ambient Light Films is upping its support for Middle East and North African indie cinema.

EXCLUSIVE: RTG Features, the sister studio to basketball media company Slam, is partnering with arts organization Heartland Film to launch the first annual Slam Film Festival dedicated to basketball-themed movies.

EXCLUSIVE: VMI Releasing, the North American distribution arm of VMI Worldwide, has hired Dan Fisher as Executive Vice President. 

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran animation producer Rick Mischel has formed a studio in Canada after acquiring Yeti Farm Creative Animation Studio.

The Church of Satan would like to make it clear that members don’t worship the Devil, nor do they believe Satan is real. What they do believe in, and the rituals they practice, emerge in the documentary Realm of Satan, which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. 

Thom Yorke has written a new music score for the upcoming film Confidenza.The Radiohead and The Smile frontman composed the original music for the film (which translates to “Trust”) from Italian director Daniele Luchetti, based on the book by Domenico Starnone.The film stars Elio Germano, Vittoria Puccini and Isabella Ferrari, and follows Pietro Vella who works in a run down Roman high school. A synopsis reads: “He strongly believes he can help students strive for a better future and Teresa, and bright and rebellious student, is totally taken with him and his lessons.

Grimes has shared a teaser clip of her working in a recording studio, hinting that new music is on the way.The singer – whose real name is Claire Boucher – took to her official Instagram account yesterday (January 23) to share a video clip of her sitting down in her studio while vocalising into a microphone. The caption of the post read: “Sorry I’ve been gone so long.

Being (The Digital Griot) audience members were encouraged to discuss various issues with an AI bot, including patriarchy and racism. One audience member reportedly shouted, “Fuck this AI.”The film’s creator, Rashaad Newsome responded: “I’m not here to be cursed out and I’m not going to have my AI child be cursed out either.”Newsome also reportedly refused to take part in the post-screening Q&A session until action was taken against the audience member.The incident led staff to remove the audience member from the auditorium.

deliver their first annual report at the Houses Of Parliament – warning grassroots gig spaces in the UK were “going over a cliff” without without urgent government action and investment from new large arenas. After the stark warning that the UK was set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023, the MVT and others from the sector ended the year by telling NME how 2023 was the “worst year for venue closures” while “no one in music industry seems to care”.Now, the MVT have shared their full report into the state of the sector for 2023.

Ozzy Osbourne has recalled meeting Paul McCartney, saying that coming face-to-face with the Beatles icon “was like meeting Jesus Christ”.In the latest episode of The Osbournes Podcast, Ozzy remembered his first meeting with Macca, saying: “I’m a big Beatle fan and when I first met Paul McCartney, it was like meeting Jesus Christ.He added: “He was a very nice man. And when I got a Grammy, he followed up with my producer to congratulate me.

Courting have shared their cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Bad Idea Right?’ – check it out below.The Liverpool band took on Rodrigo’s summer 2023 hit from her new album ‘GUTS‘, putting their indie spin on the rowdy anthem.Their version kicks up the energy levels, complete with a wild scream from frontman Sean Murphy O’Neill towards the end of the song.Listen to it below.Courting’s second LP is out Friday (January 26), which NME described in a three-star review as an album “perpetually in motion” that’s “both ambitious and scattershot at once”.It added: “What’s clear is that the playful, “for the plot” vibe of a band that started on a lark is beginning to transform into something close to remarkable.”Reviewing the group live in Liverpool last year, NME described the performance as a “thrilling show that’s big, clever and funny as fuck”.The group spoke to NME back in 2022 about being in a band that’s “more traditionally weird than a lot of the acts that get booked on massive festival lineups”.“We want to bring people together, while simultaneously attempting to win over those who may just be [at a festival] to listen to Arctic Monkeys or The 1975. Weird, brilliant stuff is happening on the smaller stages – and we want to be proof of that,” said Murphy-O’Neill.“I just think, in the cockiest way possible, we’re a year or two ahead of the curve [with ‘Guitar Music’],” he added of their sound.

open letter from the Strike Germany movement, which called for a boycott of state-funded cultural events, claiming that the “use of McCarthyist policies” suppressed “freedom of expression” in relation to displays of solidarity with Palestine and criticism of the Israeli state.The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism cites examples including “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” and “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor”.Strike Germany claimed that the IHRA definition was “increasingly becoming official state policy, effectively censoring criticism of the state of Israel and anti-Zionist perspectives from the German cultural sphere, furthering a dangerous false equivalency that ultimately harms the fight against anti-Semitism”.A post shared by STRIKE GERMANY (@strikegermany)As of Monday (January 22), however, the clause has been dropped. “I must take the legal and critical voices that saw this clause as a restriction on the freedom of art seriously,” said Joe Chialo, Berlin’s culture senator, in a statement (via The Art Newspaper).