Graham McTavish has had a successful career spanning over multiple decades but is now best known for his role as Dougal MacKenzie in Outlander.
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The Amazing Race’s milestone 35th season kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 27 — and will air 90-minute episodes instead of its customary hourlong installments.Host Phil Keoghan notes that “10:00 time slots are challenging,” so CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach liked the idea of “a block of reality television” instead of trying to fill something in between the series and “Survivor.”“It’s an experiment, like with anything you the audience so far,” he tells The Post. “From our point of view, what’s exciting is that we can open the show up a little bit.
When you’ve got 13 teams, now we have 13 teams.”Keoghan, 56, has been behind the competition series since its 2001 debut. He hopes that the extra airtime will give audiences more context about the contestants and this year’s new location, Slovenia.“I write the scripts with with one of the producers, and I’m always fighting for context,” he says. “I was just in Iceland with my dad.
I took my mom and dad on a once-in-a-lifetime trip. And everywhere I went in Iceland, I was stopped by ‘Race’ fans and they all said the same thing to me. ‘We’re here in Iceland because we saw it on ‘Amazing Race,’ and when you showed us the photos and you told us about the fault between the two tectonic plates, the Atlantic plate and European plate.
And when you showed the team swimming, that’s why we’re here and we’re actually going to go down and do that swim.’ Nothing makes me happier than hearing that because I know they remembered the facts, they remembered the context, and then it motivated them to get on a plane and travel to that place. To do the things that the teams are doing. And so that’s something that I’m always pushing for on the show.”The New Zealand native will guide the
.Graham McTavish has had a successful career spanning over multiple decades but is now best known for his role as Dougal MacKenzie in Outlander.
Now that October is halfway over, the run-up to Halloween has truly begun.
Harry Styles and Taylor Russell are going strong in their relationship. The singer and the actress continue their romance despite being busy with their professional careers, and it seems like their initial attraction has developed into a serious relationship as more time passes, with a close source to the 29-year-old musician revealing that he is crazy about the 29-year-old ‘Bones and All’ star.As revealed by an insider to Us Weekly, the pair have been spotted together at a “number of events in London this week,” with Harry even joining “Taylor to an after party last weekend” following her play ‘The Effect.’WHO IS TAYLOR RUSSELL? THE ACTRESS SPARKING ROMANCE RUMORS WITH HARRY STYLESHARRY STYLES AND TAYLOR RUSSELL SHARE SWEET PDA ON A COFFEE DATE IN LONDON“Even though they’re both busy with their careers, they support one another any chance they get,” the insider said to the publication, “Things are very serious, and Harry definitely sees a future with Taylor.”“Harry is head over heels for Taylor and loves spending as much time with her as he can,” the source explained, adding that “despite their busy schedules, they make time for each other as often as possible.”The two stars were first linked together back in June after being photographed at London’s White Cube art gallery together, and were later seen holding hands while walking around the city, with many speculating about the causal relationship.However, Taylor was then seen attending Harry’s concert in Vienna, Austria, where she danced all night and seemed very much in love with the singer.
Given Ray Quinn and his bride Emily Fletcher are both performers, it’s not surprising their wedding day music was one of the most important aspects for them. The X Factor and Dancing on Ice star and his dance teacher bride tied the knot in a stunning ceremony on October 2 and had a special celebrity performer on hand to entertain their guests. Ray, 35, asked his friend Shane Nolan, the son of Loose Women ’s Coleen Nolan and her EastEnders ’ actor husband ex Shane Richie to perform at the evening wedding reception with The Shane Nolan Band.
Craig Doyle branded Martin Lews 'mean' when the pair engaged in a bit of sarcastic banter while live on This Morning. Craig was back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Tuesday (October 10) alongside Josie Gibson when they were joined by the Money Saving Expert founder via video link.
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Altay Bayindir is delighted with his start to life at Manchester United, even though he has yet to make his debut for the club.
Selome Hailu Because of the Hollywood strikes, unscripted fare is king when it comes to fall TV this year, and with new seasons of “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race,” CBS scored some early-season ratings wins on Wednesday night. Viewership of the “Survivor” Season 45 premiere broadcast was about even with the previous season’s debut, with both bringing in about 5 million viewers. “The Amazing Race” Season 35 broadcast was viewed by an average 2.6 million viewers, down from last year’s 3 million.
Harry Styles and Taylor Russell are going strong! The singer and Canadian actress sparked rumors back in June when they were first spotted in London. Three months later, they are in the open sharing adorable PDA. They were spotted together again in North London on Sunday, holding hands after a coffee date.
Laurence Fox has been used to hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons as the outspoken star is never shy about having his say on current affairs.
Sylvester Stallone, his wife Jennifer, and his daughters, Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet, stopped by the Vatican for a private audience with the Pope. The encounter was solemn at first, with the women dressed in black and Stallone wearing a suit, but quickly turned fun when the Pope confessed he’s been a long-time fan of Stallone’s work.
Mick Jagger is a family man.
“The Amazing Race” alum Jody Kelly has died. She was 85.Her daughter Kelly Foster confirmed her death in a Facebook post on Sept. 6.“I lost my mother yesterday.
Jordan Moreau Lil Yachty’s latest album, “Let’s Start Here,” did just that: It gave the rapper’s career a new starting point by setting aside his hip-hop origins and rebooting into psychedelic rock. Yachty 2.0 stopped by Central Park’s SummerStage and showed off his new sound, while also giving original fans a healthy dose of his classic bangers. This year marked a massive shift for Yachty.
Jody Kelly, who at 71 in 2010 competed in the 16th season of CBS’ The Amazing Race along with her 22-year-old granddaughter Shannon, died Sept. 5 in Bemidji, Minnesota, where she was attending a Spanish language immersion camp. She was 85.
Donald Trump is sharing his appreciation for his wife Melania Trump during his latest interview with Megyn Kelly. The former president gave a glimpse of his family life with Melania and their 17-year-old son Barron, revealing that there are a lot of things people don’t know about her.BARRON TRUMP: ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S YOUNGEST SONIVANKA AND TIFFANY TRUMP’S RUMORED FEUD SEEMS TO BE OVERMELANIA TRUMP IS ‘THE HOTTEST FIRST LADY OF ALL TIME’ ACCORDING TO JOE ROGANThe 77-year-old revealed that when it comes to Melania’s personality, he thinks “part of [her] beauty is that mystery,” and explained that “she has a lot of confidence.” Trump also compared his wife to actress Greta Garbo. “She was a great actress, But she was very reclusive, never did an interview.