The Cotswolds: Americans forking out the cash for ‘hot property' in the countryside

After seemingly putting an end to their feud, Kanye West and Drake are teaming up for a benefit concert to get Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover out of prison.  West announced on Instagram Saturday that he and Drake will be doing a joint performance at a benefit concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Dec.

Friday night stayed mostly quiet in Los Angeles, but street protests erupted into violence in several cities across the US, most prominently in New York, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.

Steven Oxman “Paradise Square,” an ambitious new musical heading to Broadway in March, is a fictionalized historical take on the Five Points area of Manhattan and the social forces leading up to the violent Draft Riots of 1863, where what began as immigrant protests against the Civil War draft turned into violence against the Black population of the city.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing drama The Santos of Chicago, from Jorge A. Reyes, Pharrell Williams, and Ben Silverman of Propagate.

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire executive producer Andrea Newman has been promoted to co-showrunner of the veteran NBC drama, joining co-creator, executive producer and longtime showrunner Derek Haas.

TPG Real Estate Partners has acquired the studio campuses of Cinespace Studios in Chicago and Toronto — combined the second largest independent sound stage platform in North America — as the buying, selling and building of sound stages continues at a fast clip. It’s the firm’s second major deal in the space in as many months after agreeing in late September to acquire a large stake in Germany’s Studio Babelsberg.

The best and the brightest of country music gathered Wednesday for the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan. The ceremony, which honored Luke Combs, Carly Pearce and more, earned a 1.1. rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.56 million viewers, per Nielsen fast affiliates, topping all of primetime. The CMA numbers were steady compared with last year’s ceremony (1.1, 6.82M).

The Chase star Paul Sinha has branded a Scots contestant the “biggest idiot” he’s ever seen in the latest episode of the popular game show.

A man attempted to ditch the police during a high-speed chase by jumping from the top of a bridge into the river below.

It may not be the Marvel universe, but the One Chicago world is full of actresses playing real-life superheroes. For years, Kara Killmer, Marina Squerciati and Marlyne Barrett have starred as first responders on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med, respectively.

After the hype of the 2021 World Series, which saw the Atlanta Braves take home the championship on Tuesday, primetime assumed regular programming with the usual suspects back at the top. Survivor and The Masked Singer, after losing out to the World Series last week, were the highest-rated programs of the evening, tying with a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo.

World Choreography Awards nominees list includes Mandy Moore (“Zooey’s Extraordinary Playlist”), Casey Nicholaw (“The Prom”) two-time Emmy Award winner and “Dancing With the Stars” host Derek Hough (“The Disney Holiday Singalong,” “DWTS”) and many others, the awards organization said Wednesday. The “Choreo” Awards nominees list also includes Ashley Wallen (“The Greatest Showman”) and Chris Scott (“In The Heights”), and Kenny Ortega and Paul Becker (“Julie and the Phantoms”).

NBC’s Chicago Fire has added Brett Dalton to the cast in a recurring role on the heels of Jesse Spencer’s departure from the series after 10 seasons, Deadline has confirmed. Dalton will portray interim Lieutenant Jason Pelham, who will make his debut on Wednesday night’s episode airing at 9 p.m.

Marta Balaga Czech director Martin Kohout will turn his focus to the housing crisis, Variety has learned, developing a new film under the working title “Growth of the City.” “No city is able to solve the housing crisis without building new apartments, so they just become bigger and bigger – it’s an endless process. This idea of never-ending growth is something I would like to explore, because it also has to do with climate change.

The Sopranos‘ creator David Chase has had early conversations about a prequel series that could land on HBO Max.Following the launch of the show’s spin-off film The Many Saints Of Newark, Chase mentioned in an interview with Deadline that he may return to the Sopranos universe with another feature.“There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write the script together.

When the American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided in 1973 to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses, it was a landmark moment for LGBTQ equality — and one that is still unheralded. Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer’s documentary on the subject, “Cured,” debuted on PBS’ Independent Lens on October 11, National Coming Out Day.

Jesse Spencer's exit from stirred up a lot of emotions for fans on Wednesday's landmark 200th episode, when he decided to relocate to Portland, Oregon, to look after his late best friend's sons.Spencer, who had been with the long-running firefighter drama since its inception in 2012, departed the series after nearly a decade playing Captain Matthew Casey, one of the leaders at Firehouse 51.Following his final episode (for now), the 42-year-old actor took to Twitter to share a sweet and emotional