Young Offenders’ writer to take on script for major new Disney movie

Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson have been announced as the hosts of the upcoming American Song Contest, a Eurovision-styled singing competition set to premiere on NBC this March.Initially announced in 2020, the new contest was due to appear on TV in February but was delayed by NBC. It will feature “original musical performances representing all 50 states, five US territories and the nation’s capital, with artists competing to win the title of Best Original Song in a grand spectacle”.“I am honored to host American Song Contest alongside my lil sis Kelly Clarkson, aka Miss Texas,” Snoop Dogg said in a statement.Clarkson added: “I have been a fan and love the concept of Eurovision and am thrilled to bring the musical phenomenon to America.

Christopher Vourlias Known Associates Entertainment, the production company behind the South African adaptation of the Colombian telenovela that inspired “Ugly Betty,” is planning to break ground on a Hollywood-style film studio outside Johannesburg that will boost capacity in one of the world’s hottest shooting locations.Cradle Film Studios will be built across the road from the Cradle of Humankind, a sprawling archaeological site where traces of some of the earliest humans were discovered.Comprising state-of-the-art studios and backlots, a data center, an innovation hub, and a housing development, the complex will be located 30 miles from Johannesburg and just 10 minutes from an international airport. It will also include a theme park that takes its inspiration from the world-renowned fossil site.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Oscar winner Penelope Cruz in Italian drama L’immensita, which is in post-production.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, will serve as the entertainer at the next White House Correspondents’ Association dinner when it returns on April 30.

Valentine's Days at home, several of our favourite celebrities are pulling out all the stops in 2022 to make sure their other half feels special.MORE: 15 celeb Valentine's Day engagements and weddings that will make you swoonFrom loved-up photos to romantic gifts, take a peek at how the likes of Victoria and David Beckham and Geri and Christian Horner are celebrating on 14 February… Geri Horner (nee Halliwell) shared a heartfelt message to her single followers as she explained it took her several years before she found her husband, Christian. "Happy Valentine’s Day @christianhorner," the Spice Girls star wrote, adding: "It’s that day again… If we have it, or if we don’t.

Lorraine Kelly hasn't felt her usual self in the almost two years that have passed since the pandemic struck. The daytime TV presenter has revealed she has gone up four dress sizes and plans to take action to get back to feeling fit and healthy like her old self.

Love is in the air! Tyler Cameron, Mary Fitzgerald and Nick Lachey all have epic Valentine’s Day plans this year — but not all of them involve love.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 four days after her husband Prince Charles was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the couple’s office said Monday.

Ed Meza @edmezavarWarnerMedia and RTL Deutschland are partnering for the first time on the six-part co-production “Two Sides of the Abyss.”RTL Deutschland has secured first-run rights to the Warner TV original for Germany, where it will initially stream on its newly renamed RTL Plus platform, as well as free-TV rights thereafter.Warner TV Serie (formerly TNT Serie) will offer the series on pay TV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while WarnerMedia streaming platform HBO Max will launch the series as a Max Original in 61 territories across the U.S., Latin America and Europe. WarnerMedia International Television Distribution will handle international distribution outside of these territories.Created and written by Kristin Derfler,  “Two Sides of the Abyss” follows Wuppertal police officer Luise Berg (Anne Ratte-Polle) as she heads for an inevitable catastrophe after her daughter’s murderer is released early from prison.

Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan has shared stunning snaps on social media of her latest Glasgow trip as she spends time with family in the city.

The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for Covid-19.

Charlize Theron quickly nipped any romance rumours in the bud as she attended Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI with a “mystery man.”

THE Only Way Is Essex star Frankie Essex got very creative when it came to hiding her baby bump from fans. The the 34-year-old revealed she was expecting twins in the summer with boyfriend, Luke Love, 32, and managed to keep her exciting news under wraps until now.

TOWIE star Frankie Essex tried to keep her pregnancy a secret from boyfriend Luke Love, but her morning sickness gave her away. Frankie, 34, announced today she was expecting twins with her personal trainer beau and had planned to surprise him with the big news on his birthday. But she couldn't keep it under wraps thanks to her extreme nausea in her first trimester.

VIEWERS of the BBC thriller Chloe have been left raging about the plot after claiming to have "no idea" what is going on. The highly anticipated six-part series, which follows Becky and her obsession with influencer Chloe, kicked off last week - but those that have tuned in so far aren't happy. The thriller sees Becky become completely obsessed with following social media star and her estranged friend Chloe.

OUR Yorkshire Farm’s Amanda Owen has delighted fans with an exciting announcement about a new arrival at Ravenseat. Amanda, who fronts the much-loved reality show alongside her husband Clive, revealed that their majestic mare Hazel is currently in foal. Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-nine announced: "And while we’re on the subject of horsepower, hopefully, it will only be a matter of months before we hear the clippety clop of tiny hooves.

CELEBRITIES have been celebrating Valentine's Day with sweet tributes to their partners on social media. Kerry Katona, Molly-Mae Hague and Tess Daly were among the loved-up stars sharing snaps for their significant others' on Monday morning. Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry, 41, kicked off the celebrations with a sweet snap of her and her fiancé Ryan Mahoney.

VIEWERS felt their stomachs churn during last night's instalment of Countryfile. Fans of the BBC One show felt sick when host Adam Henson introduced them to a farmer whose business involved cow manure.

Families are being encouraged to make the most of February half term by visiting the Van Gogh Alive experience before it closes.

Tanya Bardsley has been flooded with supportive messages after revealing she left a part early over her sobriety.

Trigger Point viewers are doing some investigating of their own and think they've spotted a 'definite baddie'.

The campaign to save Ryebank Fields has been bubbling along in Chorlton for some time now, with many different community groups campaigning in their own way to save the fields.

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has stressed the importance of the club getting their next managerial appointment correct, insisting they must source somebody that can offer "belief" to the players.

In what could be some of the most exciting news of 2022 for fantasy fans, the world has been given its first look at the new Amazon Lord of the Rings TV series - Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal wants to add an interesting new story to Jenna Bush Hager’s “Today” book club.For nearly four years, the co-host of the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” has chosen a book each month for members of her “Read with Jenna” club to peruse and discuss.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmmy-winning “The Crown” star Josh O’Connor will be the protagonist of Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher’s next film “La Chimera,” which is set in the world of archeological looting and is currently shooting in and around Southern Tuscany.O’Connor, who in “The Crown” played the young Prince Charles, in “La Chimera” is playing a young British archeologist named Arthur who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s.Also starring in “La Chimera,” which can be loosely translated as “The Unrealizable Dream,” are Isabella Rossellini as a retired opera singer; Brazilian actor Carole Duarte (“The Invisible Life”) who plays another non-Italian woman who intersects with Arthur; Alba Rohrwacher as an international artifacts trafficker; and Vincenzo Nemolato (“Martin Eden”) who plays one of the “tombaroli,” literally grave robbers, as artifacts thieves are known in Italy. “‘La Chimera’ is the story of a young English archaeologist who gets involved in the underground world of the ‘tombaroli,’ the nocturnal raiders of Etruscan tombs,” the director said in a statement.Rohrwacher added that the film “is the final piece of a triptych on territory that I started with ‘The Wonders’ and which poses a central question: what to do with the past?” “Is the past merely a lost world, or does it intimately concern our present?,” Rohrwacher asks.“The Wonders,” which screened in Competition in 2014 at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix, was followed in 2018 by “Happy as Lazzaro” that also launched from the Croisette where it scooped the award for best screenplay.

viewers couldn’t get enough of the tiny tot.When chatting to EVOKE recently, we asked cast members Alex Murphy, Chris Walley and Hilary Rose what it was like to work with a baby on set.Alex revealed that it was twin girls who portrayed Jock’s daughter — Nola and Penny Richardson who are 19 months old.‘It was an absolute delight — they were the best babies.,’ he said.