Veteran Scots broadcaster Ken Bruce hopes MBE highlights ‘many difficulties’ of autism

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Sky Deutschland, the German arm of Comcast-owned pay-TV operator Sky, is pulling out of scripted originals from 2024, Variety can reveal. Staff were notified of the surprise move by Sky Deutschland boss Devesh Raj on Thursday morning, local time. Variety understands that the entire scripted originals team will eventually be disbanded, though shows that have already been commissioned and are in production, such as post-apocalypse drama “Helgoland 513″ and “Das Boot” Season 4, will finish filming. Any projects in development will be “put into turnaround,” as per another internal note from Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz, also seen by Variety.

Ken Bruce, the popular Scottish broadcaster, has revealed that the BBC turned down the opportunity to jointly trademark his iconic PopMaster music radio quiz, prompting him to acquire the rights himself. Having hosted the segment on BBC Radio 2 for over two decades, Bruce recently made the move to Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio, taking the format along with him.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Behrooz Karamizade’s Iranian drama “Empty Nets,” which has its international premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, offers a sobering look at the increasingly difficult, sometimes hopeless lives of young working-class people in Iran as they strive for better lives. Set on Iran’s northern Caspian Sea coast, the film follows Amir (Hamid Reza Abbasi), a young man who, desperate to marry his girlfriend Narges (Sadif Asgari), seeks work at a local fishery with the hope of earning enough money for an appropriate dowry and winning over her upper-class parents. Once there, illicit opportunities present themselves and he is soon drawn into the dangerous but lucrative business of sturgeon poaching and the black market caviar trade.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner will soon have another sister-in-law. The daughters of Caitlyn Jenner have four half-siblings: Brody, Brandon, Burt, and Cassandra. Over the weekend, Brody, who appeared on 11 episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, got down on one knee to propose to his pregnant girlfriend, Tiarah “Tia” Blanco.A post shared by Brody Jenner (@brodyjenner)From the photos, it does not appear any of the Kardashians were in attendance. Caitlyn and Brody’s brother Brandon Jenner were spotted in the photos, but Kendall and Kylie were noticeably missing.

A summer beer festival will be arriving in Manchester next weekend featuring more than 20 beers as well as northern cocktails and frozen grapefruit margarita floats.

Kendall Jenner isn’t planning on adding her own kids to the Kardashian-Jenner empire anytime soon. The 27-year-old made it clear she wasn’t going to be a parent in the near future during a recent interview. "I’m excited for that time in my life," Jenner told WSJ Magazine for their Summer Digital Issue.

Kendall Jenner doesn’t always love being in the limelight. The supermodel described being famous as “intense.” 

A young puppy, who was badly injured after being hit by a car, was left 'screaming in pain' after his owner failed to get help for more than two hours.

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has hit out at delays in bringing an alleged abuser at his former school to justice while he lives in luxury.

Ken Bruce admits he's 'really enjoying' life after his BBC Radio 2 departure earlier this year as he prepares for the PopMaster TV debut.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief NBCUniversal is to expand its One Platform advertising, technology, data and measurement system further into global markets through an alliance with international broadcast and tech partners. The move was announced on Tuesday at the Cannes Lions advertising convention in Cannes, France.International partners include Atresmedia from Spain, Bell Media from Canada, Channel 4 from the U.K., Mediaset from Italy, Seven West Media from Australia, Sky Media from the U.K., Italy and Germany, and Talpa from the Netherlands, TF1 Pub of France, Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting Systems and Omnicom Media Group. “By bringing together leading local broadcasters and publishers across the world, NBCUniversal seeks to enhance the premium video ecosystem and build the foundation for greater industry advancement and collaboration at an international level, across data and identity, activation and automation, ad innovation, and measurement,” NBCUniversal explained in a statement.

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The son of former NFL superstar linebacker Ray Lewis has died.

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Sierra Boggess will reprise her role as ‘Mary’ in the Broadway production of Harmony, the new musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman that premiered Off Broadway last spring.

Kendall Jenner and the editing team at The Kardashians have people wondering if she has a bun in the oven. A recent cliffhanger on the family’s reality show has rumors spreading like wildfire.

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Lala Kent is expressing some regret after the Vanderpump Rules reunion.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s hard to think of a brand, or a sartorial trend in general, that has had a bigger comeback than the Birkenstock — first with their signature Arizona Slide Sandal (or “jesus sandals”), and more recently with their Boston Clog, which has become so popular in the decades since its 1979 launch, that select styles now go for nearly double their retail price on the aftermarket.

slammed by LGBTQ advocates as one of the worst bills targeting the transgender community, in part due to its provisions that extend well beyond the realm of transgender health care.In addition to banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, it restricts what bathrooms students may use in schools, limits the scope of sex education to exclude LGBTQ-related topics or information on sexually transmitted diseases, and allows school administrators, employees, and students to misgender trans-identifying minors. None of those other provisions have been challenged in court. The plaintiff families sued last month, alleging the law’s provisions barring transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming treatments infringe on their parents’ right to autonomy in terms of how they choose to raise and make medical decisions for their children and on the youths’ right to equal protection under the law.Corey Shapiro, the legal director for the ACLU of Kentucky, said in a statement that the families “should be able to begin or continue essential medical care” for their children, arguing that the law is an egregious form of government overreach into personal family decisions.They also argue that it is inconsistent with leading medical organizations’ recommendations for treating children suffering from gender dysphoria.“Banning medically necessary care for trans youth is not supported by science or reputable major medical organizations,” Shapiro said.