ACT scores hit lowest point in more than 30 years, evidence of learning disruption caused by pandemic

Faith Penhale, decorated TV drama producer and CEO of Gentleman Jack indie Lookout Point, is leaving the BBC Studios-backed outfit to head up Pathe Productions.

Health officials have warned about two mutant strains of coronavirus that have emerged in the UK.

Blaming the feud on King Charles III!

Blue Ivy Carter just reminded us all she’s got moneyyyy.

EXCLUSIVE: Guy Burnet, Luca Diaz and Daniella Pineda have been cast opposite Anna Konkle in Amazon Freevee’s Western, a half-hour period comedy pilot from Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios and Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Sony TV-based Lord Miller.

Yard Act have announced four UK and Ireland shows for 2023 which will bring the curtain down on the band’s tour behind their debut album, ‘The Overload’.Released back in January, ‘The Overload’ has been nominated for next week’s 2022 Mercury Prize.Having toured extensively this year in support of the record – the band were named as this summer’s most-booked new act at European festivals – Yard Act will now “put ‘The Overload’ tour schedule to bed” with four of their biggest headline shows to date in April and May 2023.“OK, we are putting ‘The Overload’ tour schedule to bed,” the four-piece wrote in an announcement this morning (October 14).“Four final shows in four of the greatest venues these fair isles have ever seen.”OK, we are putting The Overload tour schedule to bed.4 final shows in 4 of the greatest venues these fair isles have ever seen. Sign up to the YA mailing list for exclusive access to presale, starts 10am tomorrow 15 Octhttps://t.co/muciQn5RG3General sale 10am 18 OctY.A.

Striking new low test scores on ACT college admissions test further illustrate the devastating impact of the COVID shutdowns on education and raise questions about high school students' readiness for higher education. Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year's high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years.The class of 2022's average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20.

Geena Davis is opening up about a “bad” experience she had with Quick Change co-star Bill Murray on the set of the 1990 film. The star recalled in her new memoir Dying of Politeness an uncomfortable meeting with Murray, who co-directed the crime comedy with Howard Franklin.

Zack Sharf Geena Davis writes in her new memoir, “Dying of Politeness,” about a “bad” experience she had with Bill Murray when the two were making their 1990 crime comedy “Quick Change,” which Murray co-directed with Howard Franklin. Davis details an uncomfortable first meeting with Murray in a hotel suite, followed by a time on set when Murray repeatedly screamed at her in front of the crew. As summarized by The Times UK (via NME): “She’s introduced to [Murray], she writes, in a hotel suite, where Murray greets her with something called The Thumper, a massage device he insists on using on her, despite her emphatically refusing; later, while they’re filming on location, Murray tracks Davis down in her trailer and begins screaming at her for being late (she’s waiting for her wardrobe), continues to scream at her as she hurries onto the set and even as she gets there, in front of hundreds of cast, crew, curious passers-by.”

Audiences have been gasping every day this week as Countdown contestant Tom Stevenson broke two records on the 40-year-old show.

Prince Harry and Elton John are among a small group of public figures making explosive allegations in a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers — the publisher behind the British tabloids the, and claiming they were the victims of, among other things, phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy.The Duke of Sussex and actress Sadie Frost are being represented by the law firm Hamlins LLP London, while the «Tiny Dancer» singer — along with his husband, music producer David Furnish, actress Elizabeth Hurley, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon — are being represented by London-based gunnercooke LLP.According to a press release from Hamlins, and obtained by ET, the group all claim in their separate lawsuits that they «have become aware of compelling and highly distressing evidence that they have been the victims of abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy by Associated Newspapers.»Some of the allegations include the hiring of private investigators to bug their cars and homes as well as ordering the bugging of their live telephone calls. The group also alleges Associated Newspapers paid police for inside information and impersonated staff at hospitals and clinics to obtain sensitive information.