Covid-19 Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Thousands of students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get their GCSE results today, August 24.

Emily Longeretta Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” is changing things up. Not only will the show move back to ABC after one season of exclusively streaming on Disney+, but former pro and judge Julianne Hough will join Alfonso Ribeiro as the new co-host. “The door has always been open for me to join or come back in any capacity because ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is my family.

Sharareh Drury This Emmy season was filled with mothers who defied the odds and often put themselves in harm’s way to protect their children. In the past, I’d watch characters like these with admiration and awe, but never truly understood the gut-wrenching pain that comes with creating and protecting life. That changed last fall thanks to two mothers in particular — a dragon queen and a defiant handmaid.

People in the UK are being urged to look out for some key Covid symptoms as a mutated strain arrives in the UK. The new strain, called BA.2.86, or 'Pirola', has already been identified in a number of different countries according to the UK Health Secretary Agency (UKHSA).

Ethan Shanfeld Sage Steele, the veteran sportscaster who recently left ESPN after settling a lawsuit with the sports media giant, has accused the late Barbara Walters of assaulting her backstage during an appearance on “The View.” “It was Barbara, Whoopi [Goldberg] and myself in the dark green room off to the side,” Steele said on an episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show” Thursday. “I was probably about four feet from the wall and the trash can, and Barbara was standing over here in front of me. She just started to back up toward me and looked at me and got close and elbowed me, and it pushed me back into the wall and the trash can.

A government Covid expert has issued an update as cases continue to climb in the UK.

Novak Djokovic is doubling down.

A firm is asking for a further ten years to complete work on an unsafe quarry face which they originally said would be completed by 2021. Armstrongs Group operate Montcliffe Quarry, close to the West Pennine Moors and Rivington Pike, near Horwich.

It’s been more than four months since Los Angeles County’s Covid State of Emergency officially ended, and a lot has changed. People have stopped wearing masks, public places are bustling again and even the most cautious public officials have relaxed their rhetoric. Most importantly, unlike the previous three years, there was no significant summer spike in cases. Fall, however, may be a slightly different story.

Glamour that she knew her grandmother, who she refers to online simply as Grandma to protect her privacy, had dropped out of fashion school in the 1940s, but didn't know a lot about her time there or her design dreams. That is, until the COVID-19 lockdown, when Grandma went through her things and uncovered old sketches from when she was studying and asked Julia if she wanted to see them.“I was really blown away,” she says.

A fire has ripped through an abandoned hotel in Edinburgh this evening.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large In a previous column I made a strong case for moving the ceremony to November, when at least the Emmys wouldn’t feel too stale or crash into Oscars season. But since Fox is moving forward with January, the silver lining is that there’s a lot more time — five months, as a matter of fact — for producer Jesse Collins Entertainment, along with Fox and the TV Academy, to figure out how to make this major Emmy anniversary a show to remember. Much of that will come down to who hosts the telecast.

Dean Henderson could be marooned at Manchester United after Tom Heaton sustained an injury.

Health experts are warning of a rise in Covid-19 cases - and hospitalisations - as a new variant sweeps the UK.

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights to Academy Award-winning Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Venice Film Festival next month.

Aaron Rodgers is one of the best-ever quarterbacks to play in the NFL, but it’s often his antics off the field that get the most people talking.

Health officials have announced that the number of people to receive the Covid-19 booster jab in the autumn will be reduced.

Scientists in the UK have started work on developing vaccines against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".

A new Covid variant has been found spreading across the UK, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

Veep creator Armando Iannucci is bringing to London’s West End his first play – a satire on former UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Naman Ramachandran “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s first stage play “Pandemonium” is a satire on how then U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government handled the COVID-19 pandemic. The subtitle of the play is: “Being A Scornful Account of the Activities of Mr Boris Johnson and ‘Others’ during the Pandemic and its Aftermath.” The production is described as “a caustic entertainment for the winter months, a funny, wild ongoing history play about how our great leaders grappled first with the Pandemic and then with each other.

Ricky Martin is opening up about his divorce from Jwan Yosef… and just how long the two had been falling out.

Cathy Repola, national executive directors of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, has been reappointed to the board of directors of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans, which cover members of IATSE and several other below-the-line unions.

Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick have faced roadblocks getting down the aisle.

A rape suspect fighting extradition to the US is expected to find out whether he will be sent to America today.

Meghan Markle will celebrate her 42nd on Friday, August 4 likely surrounded by her family and friends, according to sources.

With the summer holidays in full swing, it's coming up to that time of year again where the royal family head to their Scottish Balmoral home to relax away from the spotlight.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Film workers who have been unemployed during the strike will get some help in maintaining their health insurance, the industry plan announced Monday. The Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans will extend eligibility to certain participants who otherwise would not have enough hours to qualify for benefits. The MPIPHP also announced that members will be able to take a one-time “hardship withdrawal” from their defined-contributed retirement plans.

Trafford Council has issued an update to residents over a controversial scheme on Greater Manchester's most dangerous road for cyclists.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based sales agent Pluto Film has boarded “Forever-Forever” (“Nazavzhdy-Nazavzhdy”), Ukrainian filmmaker Anna Buryachkova’s feature directing debut, ahead of its world premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra competition. After transferring from a downtown high school, Tonia (Alina Cheban) befriends a group of badass youngsters, trying to find protection from the people from her past and a place she truly belongs. They spend time together, roaming around Kyiv’s post-socialist suburbs, having fun and getting in trouble.

Kelly Clarkson kicked off her Las Vegas residency on Friday night, and she’s taking the stage with a bang.

Pink took a detour through Toronto’s Kensington Market while touring the world.

Variety. The wide-ranging Zoom Q&A covered topics including the upcoming fall film festivals and more existential matters — like, how are small talent PR firms expected to survive when clients are forbidden to do press? The call, which was scheduled last week, comes at a sobering time for publicists confronting the financial realities both the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes have presented.

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has penned an ITV drama about a doctor in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic starring Joanne Froggatt.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is stepping up and helping out in a time of need.

Tiffany Haddish is telling her truth. The Haunted Mansion star and rapper