‘Veep’ Alum Reid Scott Joins ‘Law & Order’ Season 23 at NBC

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have held talks about a potential merger of the two media companies, Variety has confirmed.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Jennifer Lopez admits not everyone in her camp initially supported the idea to document her romance with husband Ben Affleck in her upcoming “This Is Me…Now” album and companion film. “As artists, we have to follow our heart and this is me following my heart and doing something that maybe everybody didn’t think was the best idea, but I had to do it,” Lopez tells me. Lopez is set to drop “This Is Me…Now,” a new album that marks the 20th anniversary of “This Is Me…Then,” on Feb.

Gutted Kemar Roofe cut a raging figure as he was replaced early in Rangers clash with St Johnstone.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has spoken for the first time since missing out on being crowned this year's winner with Layton Williams.

A creep has been caught filming a teenager in a swimming pool's changing rooms, a court has heard.

A medical expert has weighed in on why Derek Draper has suffered serious health issues since falling ill with Covid back in 2020.

Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon will be hosting an afternoon of coffee, cake and conversation at St John’s Church in Hamilton on Monday, January 15.

South Lanarkshire residents looking for work can access free support from the council.

Prince Harry’s “Spare” memoir release to King Charles’ coronation.While the Firm is just like any other normal family — well, of course except for their tiaras, grandeur palaces and crown jewels — they also have their fair share of family drama. From scandals to trials, tribulations and even joyous times, this year is surely one for the next Windsor biography.

Coronation Street's Ryan Connor (played by Ryan Prescott) leaves the ITV soap tonight (Wednesday 20, December) despite those closest to him begging him to stay. Ryan has had a tough year after he jumped in the way of Justin Rutherford as he threw acid at Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan). He suffered severe burns to his neck and face which led to a long recovery.

Jude Law's onscreen daughter from The Holiday, Miffy Englefield has grown up since her time playing the role of Sophie.The child star has since become a mum herself and said the film "still feels like a fever dream". After starring in The Holiday alongside Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and onscreen sister Emma Pritchard, Miffy took a step back from acting. She welcomed her first child Frances with partner Alex Whivley-Conway in April 2020.

Actress Charley Webb could make a return to Emmerdale, with fans predicting her character, Debbie Dingle, could return to the Dales following a family death. Viewers of the long-running soap will remember Debbie departed the Dales three years ago, and after moving to Scotland she was then joined by her grandfather Zak. Following the heartbreaking death of actor Steve Halliwell, who had played Zak since 1994, fans have predicted that the soap will likely play tribute to the actor, with an episode focusing on Zak's funeral.

Tom Malone Jr has opened up about his brother Shaun's terrifying health battle, which saw him undergo numerous brain surgeries. Appearing on the Power of the Ordinary podcast, the former Gogglebox star, 30, explained: "My younger brother got seriously ill, was in hospital, in a coma for a while.

Sophie Hinchcliffe aka Mrs Hinch has revealed she and her son Ronnie both have autism, as she made a heartfelt promise to him in an emotional Instagram post.The 33 year old cleaning sensation posted a sweet snap of herself and Ronnie, 4, wearing matching cream fleeces as they shared a giggle whilst sat on the stairs of Sophie's £1million farmhouse in Essex. Sophie wrote a lengthy caption detailing the autism diagnosis, revealing that the family had known for some time, however, they chose to "take time to process" the news, before sharing it publicly. At the start of her post, Sophie wrote the word "autism" with a red love heart emoji either side of it.

TikTok has given special status to certain high-profile accounts, with moderators in Europe encouraged to be lenient with the content they post.Journalists Hibaq Farah and Dan Milmo from The Guardian have suggested that the social media platform created a “hierarchy of users, with certain individuals or groups assigned internal tags that allow them more leeway. Certain seemingly important accounts have been given internal tags, which don’t seem to appear on other accounts.”Internal tags that are assigned to certain users and individuals point to a higher status and include markers such as “super account”, “super account super account”, “Top PGC” and “top creator”.People such as Russell Brand – who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, although strongly denied the claims – Sam Smith, Manchester United, TV presenter Michael Barrymore, and YouTuber Ethan Payne have been given the internal tags.

Emma Watson has revealed in a recent interview what she has been up to in the four years since her latest movie appearance.Watson, 33, was last seen playing Meg March in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women, which was released in 2019. Playing alongside Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Timothée Chalamet and Eliza Scanlen, the movie received critical acclaim and numerous accolades.However, Watson, who has been known in the past for her activism and advocacy work, hasn’t appeared on the big screen since – apart from appearing as herself in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts – which aired on HBO Max in January 2022.Speaking to Vogue as part of their ‘What’s In My Bag’ series, the actress revealed that she has been busy in the years since, turning her attention to other things.Reflecting on a card from a tarot deck, she said: “It is an indicator of a major and inexorable change of tectonic breadth so it stands for achievement, fulfilment, possibilities and potentially successful conclusions.”“I have been sowing a lot of seeds over the last four or five years,” she added.She continued, sparing any major details: “You can’t always be in the reaping stage or the harvest stage in life.

Liam Gallagher and John Squire have teased an announcement for tomorrow (December 21).The pair shared a joint post to Instagram, featuring a photo of their silhouettes with the caption ‘21.12.23’ and directed fans to the gallaghersquire.com link found in both musicians’ bios. The website’s landing page features both of their names at the top and allows fans to sign up for their mailing list to receive more information.The former Oasis frontman and former Stone Roses guitarist seem to have made a collaborative album, which they have both been heavily teasing in recent days.Yesterday (December 19), Squire took to his official Instagram account to share a video clip of Gallagher performing solo on stage throughout the years.

Ricky Gervais has addressed a petition that was launched for him to remove a controversial joke from his upcoming comedy special.Armageddon, which will air on Netflix on Christmas Day, features a joke about Gervais being busy making videos for terminally ill children for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.The Office UK star shared that he makes the videos only on request, saying he doesn’t burst into hospitals and go, ‘Wake up baldy’”.He then added that he starts his videos to the children saying: “Why didn’t you wish to get better? What, you fucking ret***ed* as well?”Although he clarified that he was making a joke, many viewers were outraged at the sneak-peak of the one-hour comedy special, for which Gervais has already put out a warning, saying he discusses “sex, death, paedophilia, race, religion, disability, free speech, global warming, the holocaust, and Elton John’ in Armageddon,” adding that “if they [the audience] don’t approve of jokes about any of these things, then please don’t watch.”One viewer, who is a parent of a child who has suffered from cancer, launched a petition asking Netflix to remove the skit. The petition called Gervais “not only distasteful but also heartless” and criticised the “derogatory language” he used.It also posed the question of “how a writer or anyone at Netflix could green light such appalling content”.Now, Gervais has responded to the petition, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: “I’m literally saying in the joke that I don’t do that.

David Byrne has curated a Christmas playlist which features The Pogues, Phoebe Bridgers, Prince and more.Created as part of NPR’s Fresh Air series, the 19-track playlist spans different genres with songs to get anyone fully in the holiday spirit. Byrne described the playlist as “something that will bring a little joy to the holidays.”While speaking to NPR, the former Talking Heads frontman explained why the band never wanted to make a holiday album.

draft budget.The proposals will see pubs, shops and restaurants pay increased business rates in order to put more money towards Wales’ health service, while arts and culture bodies are facing a 10 per cent cut in funding.The MVT has condemned the plans, describing the draft budget as “a fantasyland document” when it comes to grassroots venues and called for it to be amended before it is adopted.“The budget has failed to consider the economic realities of the sector, assuming that lowering Business Rate relief for grassroots music venues from 75% to 40% will result in additional income for Welsh Government priorities. That won’t be the outcome.

Malcolm In The Middle star Frankie Muniz has shared that the early 2000s sitcom could potentially be revived.Appearing on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown podcast, he explained how seventeen years on, his and co–star Bryan Cranston’s interest in a revival might bring it back to screens.Muniz – who played the lead role of Malcolm in the show – has since appeared in shows such as Arrested Development and Preacher and has been working alongside Cranston and two screenwriters, trying to develop what may be a revival series.He explained: “The only – I don’t want to call it a hiccup, because it’s not a hiccup. The creator of the show, Linwood Boomer, when we contacted him, he was like, ‘I think it would be amazing, but I don’t want to do it’.”“He’s like, ‘Because I just don’t have time, because I’m focused on my charity and I’m focused on this.

Daniel Johnston catalogue project have been shared and will feature a remastered version of his first 14 seminal releases.The project – titled ‘Daniel Johnston In The 20th Century’ – will restore the late indie-rock icon’s 20th-century discography, starting with his 1981 lo-fi homemade debut cassette ‘Songs Of Pain’.Johnston’s early work will be available for the very first time in 24-bit lossless audio. The first phase is comprised of his first 14 seminal releases from 1980 to 1998, with each recording remastered from their original source tapes by Shimmy-Disc founder and longtime collaborator, Kramer.All 14 LPs are now available via danieljohnston.bandcamp.com as pay-what-you-want downloads until the end of today (December 20).

The contestants competing on Joey Graziadei‘s 2024 season of The Bachelor have just been revealed, and there are 32 women set to join the cast of season 28!

Outer Banks is coming back!

Brittany Mahomes is calling out rude people on Instagram!

Taraji P. Henson broke down in an interview over the possibility of quitting acting due to not being paid fairly.

Emily Longeretta The second season of “Shining Vale” will serve as the final season on Starz — though co-creator Jeff Astrof has begun writing a third season and is holding onto hope that the series will find another home. The Season 2 finale of the horror comedy, produced by Warner Bros. TV, aired on Dec.

Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” all eight episodes of which are now streaming on Paramount+. When David Oyelowo first learned about the legend of Bass Reeves — who escaped enslavement to become one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi — nearly a decade ago, the actor-producer set out on a mission to bring the story to the masses. Oyelowo’s goal was the same as the one he’d set when playing Martin Luther King Jr.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The ninth edition of London’s Focus, the production sector event, attracted a record number of attendees this year. More than 3,500 delegates, exhibitors and sponsors from 84 countries attended the event, which ran Dec. 6-7.

Netflix’s The Crown has come to an end, and fans might be wondering why it ended in 2005.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. And then there were four. Season 10 of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” airs this Wednesday, Dec.

Honestly, it feels as if “Echo” isn’t getting as much marketing love as Marvel Studios projects typically do. Perhaps that’s because the series marks the first TV-MA project for the studio and is part of the Marvel Spotlight banner, which makes it not as dependent on MCU continuity.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst Perhaps no consumer-electronics product had a more audacious launch in 2023 than Telly, a TV set that was given out for free to thousands of U.S. consumers.

Michael O'Leary President & CEO, NATO As the holidays arrive and another year draws to a close, I have been reflecting on my first eight months of representing the exhibition industry. 2023 has been quite a year for theater owners and employees, and fans who love motion pictures on the big screen. From the highs of the global cultural phenomenon that was “Barbenheimer,” to the lows of a protracted labor impasse, this year has seen a little bit of everything.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Annie Starke doesn’t want to talk about last Christmas. The host of the freshly minted Magnolia Network show, “The Mountain Kitchen,” admits her family dinner was a disaster. “I probably had too many drinks in the morning,” Starke tells me, laughing.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic As part of Variety’s 100 Greatest Shows of All Time issue, we asked writers on our staff to name their favorite cult shows — series that may lack the clout, the following, or the prestige to quite notch an entry on our list, but ones for which our writers have a special fondness. Here are seven shows that are, to us, the greatest. Alias So the central mythology, about the mystical inventor Milo Rambaldi, came to little as the show went on. No big deal.