BBC Survey Seeks Opinion of Netflix and Sky, Asks if License Fee is Value For Money

Clayton Davis The Critics Choice Association announced the nominations for the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across film and television.Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” led the film nominations with five noms each. Two of the three Peter Parkers landed acting mentions for Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, but Tobey Maguire was omitted from the list.“Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” the four-hour cut of his superhero film with Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot, also landed in the best superhero movie category alongside “Black Widow,” “Eternals,” “Shang-Chi,” “Spider-Man” and “The Suicide Squad.” On the television side, Paramount Plus’ “Evil” and Netflix’s “Midnight Mass” led with six apiece.

She’s been one of the most iconic TV figures of recent years. And when Villanelle stepped out in a Molly Goddard pink tulle dress paired with buckled black boots, the Killing Eve assassin inspired the coolest fancy dress outfit in decades. Now, Jodie Comer’s hitting our screens for her final turn as the most stylish hitwoman in history as the fourth and final series of the spy drama begins.

EastEnders actor James Bye, 37, appeared in an adorable photo with his wife and son Hugo as they celebrated him turning three. The Martin Fowler actor was the picture of doting dad as he leaned in to help his son blow out the candles on his Paw Patrol cake. Alongside him, mum Victoria Bye grinned and started to clap as she watched her son excitedly enjoy his birthday celebration.

Cruz Beckham is the spitting image of of his dad David Beckham in pictures from his latest modelling shoot.The youngest son of David and Victoria Beckham recently celebrated his 17th birthday party with the whole family, and the teenager seems to be growing up incredibly fast. Doing a photoshoot and interview for i-D magazine, Cruz showed off his muscular frame and bright pink shaved locks as he posed for the camera.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are famous for sharing sweet signs of affection in public.The royal couple have been husband and wife for over a decade and seem more in love than ever – they were even seen competing against each other in a rugby match recently. But, 40 year old Kate has confessed that she wasn’t always so at ease in William’s presence. During their 2010 engagement interview, the Duchess revealed her reaction to meeting the Prince, 39, for the first time.

Kate Middleton is embarking on a Royal trip to Denmark this week in order to visit with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.The trip, which starts on Tuesday 22 February and continues to Wednesday 23, will see the Duchess Of Cambridge bring her work with the foundation to an international stage to drive awareness on the extraordinary impact of the early years. One thing we are guaranteed from the trip is a set of incredibly stylish outfits from the 40-year-old while she embarks on her public appearances – as the mum-of-three has built up quite the impeccable tour wardrobe over the years.

James Haskell is clearly overjoyed to be becoming a dad for the first time with his wife Chloe Madeley, as he spoke about their exciting news at the live recording of his podcast, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby. After co-host Alex Payne congratulated James, 36, and Chloe, 34, on the news that they will be becoming parents in the coming months, James gushed over Chloe being pregnant.

Britney Spears is set to tell her side of the story on her controversial conservatorship after signing a book deal thought to be worth a huge £11 million. Last year, the 40 year old pop princess was finally freed from her 13-year conservatorship and since then, has unveiled snippets on her life and career and has also lashed out at her family on social media. After slamming her sister Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, who has been promoting her own bombshell new book, Britney will now be setting the record straight with her own upcoming bombshell memoir.

Love Island star Faye Winter has always got her finger on the fashion pulse, but her latest look might just be our favourite yet. The 26 year old took to Instagram this week to show off a gorgeous linen co-ord that looks seriously expensive, but costs just £17.

Katie Price shares a touching hug with her teenage son Harvey during a first look at their brand new BBC One documentary, Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next. In the short trailer that has been released ahead of the programme, Katie, 43, can be seen pulling her 19 year old son in for a cuddle as they prepare for the next big stage in their lives.The hour-long documentary follows mum of five Katie, as she and Harvey get ready for him to move away from the rest of the family and start studying and living at his new college.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Neil Jones had a funny response to ex-wife Katya Jones after she accidentally called him ‘husband’.The couple went their separate ways in 2019, however have remained friends, regularly appearing in each other’s social media posts. Katya, 32, took to Instagram on Monday evening to post a hilarious video of ex-husband Neil, 39, zipping her coat over her head while she yelled at him.Turning to the camera after zipping up the coat, Neil says “that’s better!”, before the words ‘every man’s dream coat’ appear on screen.

Stirling’s retail ‘heyday’ is over - never to return - councillors have been told.

Perth Street Pastors have received a vital piece of equipment which they hope can help save a life.

Roma boss Jose Mourinho has been slapped with a two-match ban and fined nearly £17,000 after accusing a referee of being 'sent' by Juventus.

Plans to replace a pub with a new café and takeaway in a Lanarkshire village have been given the green light.

Confident Jude Bellingham reckons Borussia Dortmund can see off Rangers with a big Europa League second leg scoreline.

Paradox Interactive has published its 2021 financial report revealing that its revenues have dropped by 19 per cent.Following the release of the year-end report, which also confirmed that its Q4 2021 revenues were also down 10 per cent, Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester described 2021 as a “challenging year” and laid out its plan to make this year more successful (thanks, GameWatcher).“2021 has been a challenging year for Paradox. Too few content releases, too low quality on some of our releases and several discontinued projects leaves us with a full-year result that we are far from satisfied with,” Wester said.

Epic Games will be making hundreds of temporary testers into full employees with benefits.As reported by The Verge, Epic Games will be hiring its US-based temporary staff full-time, complete with benefits. This will be offered to quality assurance testers and other “eligible” contract-based employees.The news comes about from an employee-facing memo, where the Fortnite developer wrote that it will “offer full-time at-will employment to eligible US-based contingent workers” and that “many of those offers will be effective April 4th, 2022.” The memo does also note that some will not receive the offer, saying, “there are a few exceptions in which it makes sense for both the worker and Epic to maintain contingent worker status.”Elka Looks, a spokesperson for Epic Games, told The Verge that the developer will hire “a few hundred” of its contracts, and that “most but not all” are QA testers.

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have launched a new ‘fans for foodbanks’ initiative at their gigs.The Bradford trio (made up of MCs Kane, Clive and GK), launched the initiative last week (February 18) in Manchester at local venue Gorilla, with gig-goers bringing non-perishable foods along to the gigs to donate to a local food bank.All last week’s donated food went to The Trussell Trust-approved Manchester Central Foodbank, with the band personally delivering the items there after the show.A statement said: “…The band have seen the all-too-real effects of extreme poverty in the UK having grown up on estates in Bradford where food banks are a vital part of the community.“The damaging effects of the pandemic have caused food bank usage to rise to an all time high and the trio wish to make a difference, trialling this donation initiative at their recent Manchester show.”Now, there are plans to roll out the scheme during their upcoming Spring 2022 tour that begins this April.Fans who bring items for the food bank along to the gigs will be rewarded with limited-edition signed posters and a promise from the band to match all monetary donations made at the show.You can see the full list of BBCC’s upcoming UK tour dates here. Reviewing their latest mixtape, NME said: “No pyro, no party: for Bad Boy Chiller Crew, it’s a real state of mind.

Kelly Clarkson has delivered her take on Bleachers‘ ‘I Wanna Get Better’, performing it live on her daytime TV variety show.The ‘Kellyoke’ segment of The Kelly Clarkson Show sees Clarkson performing a cover version of a song requested by her audience to open the program.Yesterday’s broadcast (February 21) saw Clarkson take on Bleachers’ 2014 track, which was released as a single and appeared on their debut album ‘Strange Desire’. You can watch her performance below.Previous Kellyoke segments have seen Clarkson cover the likes of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘The End Of The World’, Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind’, My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’, Radiohead’s ‘Karma Police’ and more.Elsewhere, Clarkson has reportedly teamed up with Dolly Parton for a “haunting” new version of ‘9 To 5’.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA winners Louis Theroux and David Olusoga will deliver masterclasses at BBC Studios’ annual Showcase.Now its 45th year, the event — which normally takes place in Liverpool across five days — is fully digital due to the pandemic. Independent British producers and BBC executives will present a range of new TV projects available to acquire and partner on to the world’s leading content buyers.BBC director general and former Studios boss Tim Davie will reveal his vision for the public broadcaster, while chief content officer Charlotte Moore will discuss editorial trends and her Showcase slate highlights.BBC Studios has yet to appoint a CEO since Davie departed for the director general job in September.