XG unveil melancholy holiday single ‘Winter Without You’

Coronation Street's Bernie Winter, played by Jane Hazlegrove, is a character fans will miss when she exits the show this Christmas. Known for her quirky and funny personality, Bernie, mum to twins Gemma and Paul, has been entertaining viewers since 2019. Despite her rocky start and brushes with the law, she's become a beloved figure on the cobbles.

It looks like Joe Jonas might be celebrating Christmas in London, England amid his ongoing separation from Sophie Turner.

Faye Winter left Celebrity Masterchef fans in stitches when she quipped that she looked like a dead fish during her time on Love Island. The reality TV star, 28, made the comparison while appearing on Celebrity MasterChef: Christmas Cook Off alongside Blue star Duncan James, singer Mel Blatt, and actor Richard Blackwood.

TWICE have announced their new single, titled ‘I Got You’.Today (December 15), TWICE teased their upcoming single ‘I Got You’ on their social media accounts.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Hinge, the dating app owned by Match Group, has recruited Tamika Young as VP of global communications. Young most recently worked in PR for Netflix and prior to that spent more than five years at Spotify. She will lead global communications strategies across corporate, brand, consumer, trust and safety as Hinge continues to focus on reaching Gen Z and LGBTQIA+ communities around the world.

Faye Winter has shared that she has received hate and lost job opportunities after she spoke out against the ban on owning America XL Bully dogs.The former Love Island star, 28 shared a video to her Instagram page which saw her meeting an XL Bully called Nala, as she hit out at those who want to generalise the breed as evil. In the length caption, she wrote: "NALA - firstly what an honour to meet such an incredible, kind soul that the UK wants to generalise as evil.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment picked up U.S. distribution rights to the Tel Aviv-set political thriller Shoshana from BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, A Mighty Heart). 

Meek Mill is the latest voice to speak out against the use of lyrics as evidence against rappers in criminal trials. posting his take on Tuesday (December 11) to X.

MasterClass‘s holiday deal is ending tomorrow, so be sure to grab yours while you can!

First Minister Humza Yousaf said the UK was “complicit in the killing of thousands of children” after the UK voted against a ceasefire in Gaza.

Tom Blyth is set to follow in the footsteps of Gary Cooper, Rock Hudson and George Hamilton to star in Michael Winterbottom‘s new adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel A Farewell to Arms.

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.

Perrie Edwards looked to be in the festive spirit as she enjoyed an outing to London's Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland with her young son Axel on Tuesday, 5 December. The Little Mix singer, 30, who shares Axel with footballer fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, also 30, spent some quality time with her son at the festive theme park, as she took him on fairground rides before tucking into some delicious food. Perrie looked every inch the doting mum as she rode on the merry-go-round with Axel and proudly took photos of him on her mobile phone.The mum-of-one cut a stylish figure in a cream co-ord set and black aviator jacket, paired with a white fur bucket hat.

Since first arriving on the Coronation Street cobbles back in 2019, Bernie Winter has captured the hearts of fans everywhere with her loose-cannon personality and charming eccentricity. Well known for being the mum of twins Gemma Winter and Paul Foreman in the show, since her arrival Bernie has made no secret of her valiant attempt to reconnect with her adult children and give them the supportive mother they have always deserved.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Nabil Ayouch, a leading Moroccan filmmaker whose latest movie as a producer “The Blue Caftan” became the first Moroccan film to ever make it to the Oscars shortlist, is wrapping up his next directorial effort, “Everybody Loves Touda.” Now in post-production, “Everybody Loves Touda” follows the journey of a strong-willed woman, along the lines of some of Ayouch’s best known films, such as “Much Loved” and “Razzia,” which played at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and Toronto, respectively. The movie will mark Ayouch’s directorial follow up to “Casablanca Beats,” which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 and marked the first Moroccan feature to vie for a Palme d’Or.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Changemaker of the Year, Maren Morris celebrated her honor at the Variety Hitmakers, presented by Sony audio, by listing off the women who inspired her including Taylor Swift, Sinead O’Connor and Billie Holiday. Introduced by singer and songwriter Maggie Rogers, her colleague praised Morris for using her voice to uplift others. to fight for gender and racial equality, and to re-imagine traditionally exclusive spaces, “specifically in the world of country music.” “She does it all with her head held high and with a sense of humor,” Rogers said.

Faye Winter has opened up on having a difficult year as she admitted that she really "struggled" living alone in her new home. The former Love Island star, who broke up with her ex-boyfriend and fellow housemate Teddy Soares in February, immediately moved into another property after the split. Faye and Teddy had previously lived in an enormous home that they could do up and decorate together as a couple, but sadly their future as a couple wasn't to be.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Elizabeth Chan continues to be the most prolific recording artist in the Christmas music space, and certainly the only singer of any notoriety doing a new release each year, having just released her 13th consecutive holiday album, “Songs From Noelle.” Variety is already on record as calling the singer-songwriter “Christmas’ one-woman Brill Building.” But if a new holiday collection from Chan seems inevitable every fall, there was nothing clockwork-like about this one’s making — since for Chan, unlike Taylor Swift, the number 13 actually seemed unlucky in 2023. The title “Songs From Noelle” refers to Chan’s 6-year-old daughter, who co-sang and even co-wrote a few songs on the album.

With the stress of the holiday season rising as we enter December, sometimes a winter staycation is needed to put our minds at ease.

EXCLUSIVE: A TV drama about Princess Latifa of Dubai, who attempted to escape her life in the Emirates only to be forcibly returned, is in the works from Netflix’s Winter Palace scribe Lindsay Shapero.