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Matthew McConaughey‘s had a quiet last couple of years in acting. Sure, he led the ensemble cast in Guy Ritchie‘s 2019 film “The Gentlemen,” but outside of “Sing 2,” where he did only voice work, he hasn’t done another movie since.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American right to Genevieve Adams’ dramedy Simchas and Sorrows, along with worldwide rights to Peter Curtis Pardini’s doc The Last Band on Stage, and North American rights to Jaclyn Bethany’s queer thriller, The Falling World. The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company will release the former title at the Laemmle Soho in Los Angeles on September 16, and on all major digital and VOD platforms on the 20th. Pardini’s film will hit VOD and theaters in three cities on September 30, with Bethany’s indie unspooling on VOD on October 18.

The Great British Sewing Bee Christmas Specials will be back this year with a new celebrity line-up ready to follow those tricky patterns and transform unwanted materials into something fabulously festive. Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young will be back to share their expertise and critiques, and potentially dolling out the "chics" if the celebrities are up to scratch. BBC One has yet to confirm when the two part specials will air, but we're expecting the festive editions to follow a similar format to last year's, with one airing around the 22nd December, and the other on 29th December.

When Nada Surf plays Arrowbrook Centre Park in Herndon on Saturday, their typical closer, “Blankest Year,” will not appear on the setlist.“‘Blankest Year’ has a chorus of ‘fuck it,’” laughs the band’s frontman Matthew Caws. “We always ask the audience to sing along with us, and we all sing, ‘fuck it,’ together.” But the Northern Virginia outdoor concert is free to the public and considered a family event, so organizers have politely requested the song not be performed.“I think it’s all right to be asked not to do that,” says Caws, congenial and relaxed on a Zoom call from his home in England.

Shares in Comcast and Meta got hammered in early trading, though the broader stock markets are holding steady despite swirling currents of economic news and signs of a recession.

The Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, released a new policy regarding LGBTQ students in its Catholic Schools that equates being transgender to being sexually abused. The Diocese, led by Bishop David Ricken, published the new gender policy last month in its Education Policy Manual for the 2022-2023 school year.The manual explains how to “restrict” participation in the Catholic education of transgender students, staff, volunteers, and ally parents.The manual contains a section titled “Catholic Principles of Human Sexuality,” which promote current Church doctrine on sexuality and gender, including the idea that there are only two sexes, that every person’s body, as created by God, cannot be altered through social transition or medical interventions, and that heterosexual marriage is the ideal relationship for raising children and continuing the propagation of the faith.The manual also compares homosexuality or “expressing a gender that is discordant with one’s biological sex” with other sinful behaviors that are viewed as reprehensible or crude among polite society, including: the use of vulgar language, “immodest dress or deportment,” masturbation, pornography, fornication, adultery, cohabitating outside of marriage, obtaining an abortion, and sexual harassment or abuse. Section 5045 of the “Education Policy Manual” mandates that trans and non-binary people be addressed as their gender at birth, rather than based on how they identify.Based on this understanding, schools are expected to refuse to allow trans-identifying children to use their preferred names or pronouns, access gender-specific facilities that do not match their assigned sex at birth, or take puberty blockers to prevent the onset of secondary sex

Camila Alves knows sometimes you have to let your partner have a bromance. The Brazilian model and her husband Matthew McConaughey recently when on vacation to Dubrovnik to celebrate Woody Harrelson’s birthday, and she found herself third wheeling in the Adriatic Sea.

MORE: Prince William reveals summer plans alongside his family as he wishes Lionesses good luckDespite never having won a trophy, the England team's impressive performance thus far has ignited newfound hope among eager football fans.WATCH: Prince William visits England Women at St George's ParkAnd forward player Beth Mead has played a key part in the team's success. We take a deep dive into the 27-year-old's family life and everything in between.MORE: Prince William makes heartfelt comment on mental health as he visits England's LionessesREAD: Who is England Euros star Lucy Bronze?Beth was born in North Yorkshire in a small village called Hinderwell which she describes as being "literally in the middle of nowhere." Having started football at the tender age of six, she credits her mum with kickstarting her career."I had a lot of energy as a kid and because of that, my mum wanted to get rid of some of that energy and decided to take me to a Saturday morning football session on a village field in Hinderwell, which was run by a guy who volunteered", she explained.A post shared by Beth Mead (@bethmead_)Beth's mum June played a huge part in her early careerWith no girls' team at school, Beth was forced to play at her local village school Oakridge Primary for the boys' team.

Social media blasted TBS host Samantha Bee in honor of her show’s cancellation on Monday. In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, TBS announced that the show would not return for the fall season.  "’Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,’ will not return to TBS.  We are proud to have been the home to ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ and thank Sam, and the rest of the Emmy-nominated team for their groundbreaking work," TBS explained.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentHold me closer, Britney Spears?Some six years after she last released newly recorded music, Spears is back in the studio recording music with Elton John, according to reports in Page Six and TMZ — and it will be a brand-new recording of John’s 1971 song, “Tiny Dancer,” which took on a new life after it was featured in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film, “Almost Famous.”According to the reports, Spears met with John last week in a Beverly Hills recording studio for a new version of the song, according to Page Six, and says the track is set to be released by Universal Music next month. Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt, who has worked with everyone from Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber to Pearl Jam and Ozzy Osbourne, is reported to be overseeing the session.

Medieval epics have an audience, as Ridley Scott fans will attest. Scott’s films like the recent “The Last Duel,” 2010’s “Robin Hood,” and 2005’s “Kingdom Of Heaven” are all big tales of knights, kingdoms, and swordplay.

Dorset is a sought after location when it comes to property. Our county offers both coastal towns with stunning sea views, along with pretty market towns nestled within rural Dorset. Purchasing a home is never easy and finding the right area to move to is often the biggest headache.

Andrea Bocelli's daughter first performed with him in December 2020 when she was just 8-years-old. Virginia Bocelli joined her father on stage for his virtual Believe in Christmas concert during the pandemic. The rising star joined the Italian maestro on stage at the Teatro Regio di Parma, handing him an acoustic guitar before starting their goosebump-inducing duet.

Naman Ramachandran Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are now the preferred mode of news consumption for British teenagers, a report by U.K. media regulator Ofcom has found.Ofcom’s News Consumption in the U.K. 2021/22 report reveals that for the first time, Instagram is the most popular news source among teenagers, used by 29%.

Amber Dowling Canadian YouTuber and former late night star Lilly Singh has partnered with Blink49 Studios and Bell Media on a unique first-look global scripted and second-look unscripted deal under her Unicorn Island Productions banner.Under the deal, Singh and Unicorn’s head of development, Polly Auritt, will focus on creating and producing television content that showcases underrepresented communities. Projects created under the pact will be executive produced by Singh and Auritt along with Carolyn Newman, executive VP of global scripted at Bell Media, and Virginia Rankin, executive producer for Blink49 Studios.Singh, a Scarborough, Ont.

Canadian multi-hyphenate Lilly Singh has struck a long-term pact with John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios and Canada’s Bell Media.

Brad Pitt made headlines this week for wearing a skirt to the Berlin premiere of his upcoming action flick, Bullet Train.

report published Monday.In it the report, Bot Sentinel says it found 672 Twitter accounts “focused predominantly on tweeting negatively about Amber Heard.” Hashtags such as #AmberHeardIsAnAbuser and #AmberHeardIsALiar were tweeted by 3,288 accounts, 19% of which aimed to trend hashtags artificially, and 24% of which were created in the past seven months. The report also found that women who tweeted in support of Amber Heard experienced cyberstalking, cyberbullying and targeted trolling on Twitter. In one case, the report says, a troll account used a photo of a woman’s deceased child to harass her for supporting Heard on Twitter; it says the woman, a “prominent academic” whom Bot Sentinel did not identify, also had her family doxxed.Anti-Amber Heard hashtags and tweets in response to women supporters continued weeks after the Depp vs.