Biggest ‘Amazing Race’ Scandals and Controversies Through the Years: Broken Rules, Alliances and More

A version of this story about Kodi Smit-McPhee and “The Power of the Dog” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.When Kodi-Smit McPhee thinks back to his days on the New Zealand set of Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” he remembers the darkened barn. In the film, playing the shy teenager Peter, an outcast on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s, Smit-McPhee had a crucial late scene with Benedict Cumberbatch in which the two men share a cigarette in the barn – which, on this day during production, had been wrapped in a tent of blackout curtains in order to simulate nighttime.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the rights to “A Winter’s Journey,” an animated film from director Alex Helfrecht and the animation team behind “Loving Vincent.” SPC picked up the North American rights to the film as well as those for Latin America, Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Turkey, India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Japan, Thailand, and worldwide airlines. No release date has been set.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken North America, Latin America, Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Turkey, India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Japan, Thailand rights and global airlines to Alex Helfrecht’s animated movie A Winter’s Journey. 

The Amazing Race finally returned to CBS this month after being off the air for more than two years and this season is unlike any other.

A strong and steady showing paid off for Chicago Med on Wednesday, as the NBC medical drama earned the top spot of primetime in both counts.

health delays — Elton John is resuming his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour.His retirement tour began in 2018, but due to a series of postponements, he was forced into a performance hiatus.But now, the 74-year-old British singer is back on the road and played at the Crescent City in New Orleans on Wednesday night.“Wow, we haven’t played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I’ve never had this amount of time off in my life … playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,” the “Tiny Dancer” singer said to the New Orleans audience, who hung onto their coveted tickets for 745 days.“I can’t thank you enough for being so patient,” he continued.

This Morning fans were left in hysterics after the popular ITV show featured an interview about what is thought to be the ‘world’s biggest potato.’ On today’s episode of the morning programme (Thursday 20 January), hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes - who is standing in for regular presenter Holly Willoughby - were joined on video call by Colin Craig-Brown. Colin was speaking live from his home country New Zealand and quickly explained that he believed that the 7.8KG vegetable on his lap was the largest potato in the world.

Phil Keoghan can definitively say that  returning to television is one of the best things to happen to his career. And, after a pandemic-induced global shutdown that impacted production for 19 months, it's easy to see why he and the rest of the crew grew emotional after the show made its highly anticipated return.The longtime host spoke with ET's Lauren Zima and they discussed why some of the teams didn't return, what adjustments were made due to the COVID-19 pandemic and why the show is more relevant now than ever before.«It's one of the best things in my career, you know, coming back and seeing everybody smiling,» Keoghan said.But things didn't always look so bright.It was in February 2020 when Keoghan delivered the somber news that production was shutting down due to the unknown surrounding the virus.

A tropical getaway! After tying the knot late last year, Will Jardell and James Wallington continued celebrating their love with a special trip to Ecuador for their honeymoon.

The last photo of former Dancing on Ice professional skater Sean Rice has been revealed to be a selfie with his wife, Jodeyne Higgins, and daughter, Signey. In the sweet snap Sean, Jodeyne and Signey are cuddled up together in front of a lit up Christmas tree as the trio beamed at the camera. Jodeyne edited a festive frame around the picture that read: "Peace joy love, Jodeyne, Signey, Sean".

Jane Campion’s film has been receiving rave reviews since its release in December and is tipped to pick up the top gong at this year’s Oscars. For the first time in two years, there finally seems to be some genuine excitement in the movie world as we approach Oscars season. Thanks to a pandemic that caused chaos to many industries – and not least the cinema – a number of highly anticipated movies had their release dates pushed back, as the red velvet curtain remained closed to the public.

2 min read RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season two is scheduled to commence filming on Thursday in Auckland, the home of the first season where local star Kita Mean took out the title.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for over 12.4 million people across the UK. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

The world lost a beautiful soul this week…

Ahead of the men’s World Cup in Qatar this fall and the women’s tournament next year in Australia and New Zealand, Fox Sports and Twitter are expanding their partnership.

EXCLUSIVE: Array Releasing has acquired two new feature films from emerging South Asian female directors: Agam Darshi’s Donkeyhead, and Sujata Day’s Definition Please. The company has acquired distribution rights to both films in the U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand, with the additional territory of Canada for Definition Please. Both films will debut January 21 on Netflix. 

A friend till the end. Bob Saget‘s fellow cast members on Full House thought of him as more than a coworker — they thought of him as family.