‘Game Of Thrones’ prequel ‘A Knight Of Seven Kingdoms’ to begin filming next year

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a series of new measures to reward people in work, help make work pay, and reform the welfare system, during the Autumn Statement on Wednesday. The measures aim to build on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) new ‘Back to Work’ plan, which focuses on helping disabled people and those with long-term health conditions who have difficulties finding employment to overcome barriers to secure and stay in work.

Leonardo DiCaprio has big plans before turning 50!

Miss Universe 2023 has concluded after a weekend of excitement. Following the coronation of this year’s beauty queen, the organization announced the location of next year’s ceremony, revealing an exciting and vibrant destination for contestants from all over the world.Miss Universe 2023: Run of show live updates, finalists and winnerMiss Universe: China’s Qi Jia will no longer be competingMiss Universe 2024 will take place in Mexico, a country that has hosted the pageant in four previous occasions: 2007, 1993, 1989, and 1978. For next year’s pageant, new rules will apply, including the elimination of the contestants age limits, allowing all women over 18 years old to participate no matter their age.

Often, when a film fan is watching a stop-motion film from a studio like Aardman, the idea of the actual substance used in the modeling isn’t much of a concern. Is the story good? Is the animation top-notch? Of course it is.

Cruella,” “Joker” and “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” only strewn with young-adult corpses, silly clothes and Roman names.The trouble is that by the end of the over two-and-a-half-hour movie, directed by Francis Lawrence, viewers still can’t quite put their fingers on why Coryo (Tom Blyth) picks the nasty path he ultimately does. Is it a basic lust for power? A lightbulb realization that survival is more important than morality? Who knows? A lot is shoved into a long and anticlimactic third act, but we’re left hungry for a meatier conclusion.“Songbirds and Snakes” is set during the 10th annual Hunger Games — a televised battle to the death that pits 24 low-class kids against each other in an arena — 64 years before the events of the first film.

“Hunger Games” star Jena Malone revealed Monday that she and Jennifer Lawrence were forced to film a scene for the film’s sequel, “Catching Fire,” separately due to Lawrence, 33, feeling under the weather. “The scenes that are fun are never fun to do — Jen was sick that day, so I ended up doing it without Jen, and so there wasn’t a lot of people in the elevator,” Malone, 38, told Variety during the premiere of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.” “So I think we were just winging it and trying to get as much as we could get, because it was [shot] in a real hotel,” the “Donnie Darko” actress added.

Argylle trailer has landed courtesy of Universal. The film is the latest from Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, X-Men: Origins series, Kingsman) and stars Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, Sofia Boutella, Ariana DeBose, Catherine O’Hara and Samuel L. Jackson.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were pleasantly surprised when tuning into this weekend's show, with many spotting Olympic diver Tom Daley in the studio audience. The 29-year-old athlete was seen cheering on pal Annabel Croft after the tennis star performed a Samba with professional partner Johannes Radebe. Taking to social media, fans began wondering why the Olympian, who was dressed in a black tank top, had stopped by Strictly.

Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam says The Cosby Show should still be held in high regard.

It's a question I ask myself around this time every year. It's a decision more often than not I come to regret. I certainly have this year.

Rafael Nadal and Tiger Woods, retirement can be a bittersweet experience, representing the end of a stage in their careers that took up most of their lives. While Nadal and Woods play different sports, the two find themselves in similar situations, eyeing their awaited comebacks before bowing out professionally. Rafael Nadal posts about hurricane in Acapulco; ‘Sad to see destruction in a place I played’Rafa Nadal explains how he ‘disconnected’ from everything this past yearNadal fans have been eagerly awaiting his return to tennis courts, one that’s been on hold since early this year, when he experienced an injury that prompted surgery and an extended absence in hopes of healing fully.

HBO has shared an update on the various unannounced Game Of Thrones spin-offs, saying that none of them are “close to a green light”.Following the show’s first spin-off House Of The Dragon, which returns for a second season next year, HBO has only officially announced one other Game Of Thrones spin-off, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. The upcoming series, which announced in April, is based on George R.R.

Reuters, no previous Gay Games had fewer than 8,000 participants.But the week prior to the event, only 2,381 athletes had registered to play in Hong Kong, and only 2,458 participants had registered for Guadalajara.The opening ceremonies of the Gay Games last Thursday drew criticism from local anti-LGBTQ conservative politicians, eight of whom backed a petition circulated by anti-LGBTQ groups demanding the Gay Games’ cancellation due to fears of spreading “Western ideology,” reports CNN.Junius Ho, a firebrand conservative lawmaker, suggested that the Gay Games violate provisions within the country’s new national security law that prohibit foreign powers from interfering in Hong Kong’s governance. This is based on the idea that support for homosexuality is a form of Western imperialism and is too closely connected with pro-freedom movements that have warred with China’s Communist-led government.Another lawmaker, Peter Shiu, accused the event of being overly politicized and a form of “advocacy” that was an attempt to impose Western values on Chinese society.Organizers of the Gay Games rebutted those claims, arguing that the event is a non-political celebration of inclusivity.“All our books have been checked by professional accountants, open and transparent,” Lisa Lam, the co-chair of Gay Games, said at a kickoff event last Thursday.

The Scottish Government recently announced that Winter Fuel Payments will be replaced by a new Pension Age Winter Heating Payment from next year for more than one million pensioners living in Scotland. The annual help for heating bills is worth up to £300 and is due to start from winter 2024.

Glastonbury Festival 2024 is set to be bigger and better than ever as it's set to feature two female headliners for the first time in its history as legendary US pop star Madonna takes to the stage alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.

A shopping centre security officer is set to stand trial next year accused of an alleged plot to kidnap and murder former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby.

Katniss Everdeen, it’s unlikely that she would ever appear in future films.Producer Nina Jacobson revealed that any further appearances by Lawrence, 33, is up to “Hunger Games” book series author Suzanne Collins.“If Suzanne has something to say, then she’ll write a book about it,” Jacobson, 58, told Yahoo! Entertainment recently.“Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete,” she went on. “And I think that Suzanne feels that her story is complete.”Jacobson added: “But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be thrilled.”“But really, any chance to be back in this world, and lead with [director Francis Lawrence] and Suzanne, I would take regardless of who it was about,” she noted.Lawrence, 52, who helmed every single “HG” installment including the most recent one, echoed the producer’s sentiments, saying: “If for whatever reason she had some thematic idea that made sense to tell another Katniss story, I’d be in, and then I’m sure Jen would be in.”“But it really all comes from theme and idea, and Suzanne,” he said.Jennifer has been enthusiastic about a possible Katniss return in the past.

Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has predicted the uptick in foreign productions shot in Australia will fall next year due to the writers and actors strikes in the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fans of “The White Lotus” or those looking forward to the “It’ prequel series at HBO and Max will likely be waiting for a while longer. “‘Welcome to Derry,’ we had had that scheduled for Halloween of 2024.

ITV has reportedly cancelled the British Soap Awards next year in a surprising move – but the prestigious event is believed to be “set to return” in 2025. The awards ceremony took place on June 3 this year, where the best and brightest stars of the UK’s favourite soaps were out in force. It was hosted by TV star Jane McDonald after Phillip Schofield stepped quit ITV, stepping down from his presenting duties following an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger male colleague.