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Elon Musk is sparking controversy once again.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk, continuing his campaign to make X a “free speech” refuge even to the detriment of the company’s business interests, said he is reinstating the account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter banned Jones in 2018, along with his Infowars program. Last year Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims over his lies about the 2012 school shooting, which left 20 kids and six adults dead.

Prince William and Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) are getting in the festive spirit with their family’s annual Christmas card!

Society of the Snow, directed by Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona and Spain’s submission into the 2024 Oscar race, is based on the true story of the 1972 Andes flight disaster in which a flight carrying Uruguay’s Old Christians Club rugby team for a match in Santiago, Chile, crashed on a glacier at the Valle de las Lágrimas (Valley of Tears).

A teenage boy has been charged with murder after a woman was shot dead in east London.

In 1972, a small passenger plane crashed into a mountain in the Andes, its tail and wings ripping off in the impact. When the fuselage came to rest on the snow, it contained 33 survivors, among them the young members of a Uruguayan rugby team. Over an unimaginable 72 days, they would contend with starvation, exposure, hypothermia and two avalanches, until only 16 remained alive. Ultimately, they were forced to make an agonizing choice: consume the bodies of the dead or die themselves. J.A. Bayona’s film Society of the Snow, based on Pablo Vierci’s book of the same name, takes a fresh look at the story, giving voice to both the dead and the living. Here, the Spanish filmmaker and the Uruguayan author discuss how they collaborated to tell a vital story of human will and sacrifice that would honor the real experience of the survivors and their dear departed friends.

At 24, Edouard Philipponnat has already worked with powerhouse director Ridley Scott twice and his latest project Napoleon has him going toe to toe with the likes of Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer In “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper disappears into the role of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, one of the most consequential American figures in classical music.

Emma Stone opened up about intimate scenes in her new movie Poor Things.

Molly-Mae Hague has told fans that she 'had to take a break' as she was being quizzed on going 'missing' online. Earlier this week, the influencer told fans she had been 'struck down' as she returned to social media after a period of silence.

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Kodak Black has run afoul of the law once again, being arrested in Florida on charges of cocaine possession, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and improperly stopping or parking a vehicle.

Caroline Brew editor After Broadway shut down due to the pandemic, “Waitress” received an arts grant from Chuck Schumer’s office that allowed the production to reopen in 2021. Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics, said this opportunity inspired her and the team to make the most of their time back on stage by shooting a live recording. Bleecker Street and Fathom Events will release “Waitress: The Musical” in theaters for a five-day series of nationwide special-event screenings, starting Dec.

At first sight, the film the French chose to represent them at the Oscars next year couldn’t be any more French. A chaste romantic drama starring Juliette Binoche as Eugénie, an unsung, genius-level private chef, The Taste of Things takes place in the kitchen at the sprawling rustic home of the famous restauranteur Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel), and features every culinary delight known to mankind. Food is braised, broiled, blanched, poached and sautéed, in carefully curated banquets that can take anything up to a waistline-busting 24 hours. Needless to say, audiences at the Cannes film festival savored every bite.

It sounds like Santa ain’t such a saint after all…

Ellise Shafer “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” breakout Tom Blyth has found his next starring role in a new film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s seminal novel “A Farewell to Arms.” Directed and written by Michael Winterbottom (“Welcome to Sarajevo,” “Wonderland”), the film stars Blyth as protagonist Frederic Henry, a young volunteer ambulance driver for the Italian Army during World War I who gets wounded and falls in love with his nurse. Produced by Fremantle, Revolution Films and Passenger, “A Farewell to Arms” is set to start shooting in Italy later next year.

Marching Powder. The film is their fifth together following the likes of Outlaw’(2007), The Business (2005) The Football Factory (2004) and Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), and will be released in cinemas in 2024.Marching Powder follows the story of Jack (Danny Dyer), a middle aged, drug taking football hooligan, who is arrested and given six weeks to turn his life around, or else face a long spell in prison. Juggling his marriage, his hard nut bully of a father-in-law and his wayward 25-year-old stepbrother, Kenny Boy, Jack tries to get his life back on track, but slowly his world starts to spiral hilariously out of control.On the film and reuniting with Nick Love, Danny Dyer commented: “I’m buzzing to be getting back on the horse with Nick, he’s the only f*cking idiot stupid enough. “Marching Powder” is class, we’re back in the world of The Football Factory with more violence, more drugs and lots of f*cking comedy, you’re going to love it.“Writer / Director Nick Love commented, “At this point in my career, it’s either ‘Marching Powder’ or the dole so thank God Danny Dyer said yes to playing the lead. It’s gonna be a blast and we can’t wait to share the film with the world, if they can handle it.”The Independent British feature film starts shooting in London in January 2024 and will be released in cinemas by new distributor True Brit Entertainment later that year.The film marks Dyer’s first film role since leaving hit soap Eastenders.More as it comes in.When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.@ THN - The Hollywood News 2023

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor London-based international documentary sales and production outfit Dogwoof has boarded world sales for Shiori Ito’s feature documentary, “Black Box Diaries,” which will receive its world premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film follows director and journalist Ito’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to star in sequel Kill ‘Em All 2, which will shoot in the Caribbean island of Antigua from January.

Phoebe Violet has always dreamt of one day walking the catwalk but never in her wildest dreams did she think a Chanel runway would appear on her street.

Billie Shepherd is a proud mum as she revealed that her daughter Nelly, nine, has launched her modelling career. The nine-year-old helped design two coats and was seen preparing for her first solo fashion shoot during an episode of the famous family's popular series, Billie & Greg: The Family Diaries.

When Zoya Akhtar was approached some years ago by Graphic India to see if she was interested in adapting American comic The Phantom, her first question was whether the Archies comics were available for adaptation. 

Leonard Bernstein — the composer of West Side Story and considered one of the world’s greatest conductors — has lived rent-free in Bradley Cooper’s head since 2018, when Steven Spielberg met with him about what was going to be a straightforward biopic of a musical genius. Somehow, Spielberg knew that Cooper had been obsessed with conducting since he was a child. Not because he was some kind of musical prodigy, but because of an episode of The Bugs Bunny Show in which the hero conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, arms flailing wildly.

A university in Las Vegas has been locked down after reports of an active shooter killing multiple people on campus.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Casey Wilson said on a recent episode of her “Bitch Sesh” podcast that working with Tim Allen on an episode of his Disney+ series “The Santa Clauses” was “the truly single worst experience I’ve ever had with a co-star ever.” Wilson, best known for her roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “Happy Endings,” guest starred in the show’s pilot episode, which debuted in November 2022. “The Santa Clauses,” which recently finished airing its second season on Disney+, serves as a sequel to Allen’s three movies “The Santa Clause” (1994), “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) and “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006). “Tim Allen was such a bitch.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Since 1998, Variety has honored rising stars on its 10 Actors to Watch report, heralding artists who are experiencing major breakthroughs. The alumni group includes more than 35 Oscar winners and nominees, including Mahershala Ali, Adam Driver, Viola Davis, Lupita Nyong’o and Brie Larson.

Emily Blunt asks Anne Hathaway. “This is so embarrassing,” Hathaway replies, “because I remember every second of the first time I met you. I’m so much more into you than you are into me.

Jordan Moreau Marvel’s “Deadpool 3” has resumed filming now that the SAG-AFTRA strike has ended, but several photos have leaked from set. Casting scoops and leaks are sometimes an unfortunate part of filming these big-budget superhero films — remember when Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s roles in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” leaked way ahead of the film’s release? — but “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds is asking nosy websites to preserve his film’s secret moments. “Surprises are part of the magic of theatrical movies.

A 42 year old woman who was tragically killed in a shooting in East London has been named. Residents claim Lianne Gordon was trying to protect someone in Vine Close, Hackney, when she was shot.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is understood to be in a difficult situation at Old Trafford this week after a disheartening defeat to Newcastle at the weekend.

Naman Ramachandran Singapore‘s Mediacorp has begun introducing virtual sets into its scripted content, starting with two Chinese drama series, it was revealed during the ongoing Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF). “Strangers in the Dark” is about an outcast in school, who uses her vivid imagination to help solve various mysteries.

Tyler Goodson, a man who was featured on the popular podcast S-Town, has died. According to The New York Times, Tyler

Nick Holdsworth International producers can count on help from the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of an “extraordinary explosion” in culture and film, U.S Ambassador Michael Ratney told Variety during the third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival. He said the ambition and drive of the Saudi film industry was an opportunity for international talent.

Valerie Wu Intern Directing duo David and Nathan Zellner’s latest film “Sasquatch Sunset,” starring Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones and the Six”) and Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), is slated for a theatrical release by film distribution company Bleecker Street in 2024. No plot details have yet been announced. The film depicts “a year in the life of a singular family,” according to its description, and Eisenberg will be playing a hairy, big-footed Sasquatch, which he previously relayed to Variety.

Pep Guardiola slammed the reactions to a third consecutive Manchester City draw in an extraordinary answer during his press conference that lasted over six minutes.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Natalie Portman appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” to promote her buzzy Netflix drama “May December” and once again told “Star Wars” fans that she is more than open to reprising her role of Padmé Amidala on screen. Portman was just a teenager when she landed a leading role in George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequel trilogy. Her first entry, “The Phantom Menace,” opened in 1999 when Portman was 18 years old.