‘Birdman’: Mike Nichols Tried Warn Alejandro G. Iñárritu That His One-Shot Comedy Would Be A “Disaster”

It's the pub you often find yourself in for drinks with friends or colleagues, but Wetherspoons could also be your venue of choice for an affordable Valentine's Day.

The council has swooped on hundreds of seagull nests in a bid to curb the chaos caused by the birds across Dumfries and Galloway this year.

Education chiefs have revealed ambitious plans to transform the schools estate in Dumfries and Galloway.

Emergency funding that helps struggling Dumfries and Galloway residents survive the cost of living crisis will likely be cut in half next year.

Dancing on Ice is set to introduce a major format change this weekend following a slew of Ofcom complaints after last weekend's show.

TRNSMT has announced a fresh wave of 50 new acts who are joining the line-up of the Glasgow festival this summer.

Morning telly viewers were left stunned on Wednesday as Ayrshire featured on ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women during a Burns Day segment.

Mark Wilson is convinced there will be no way back for Jim Goodwin if he loses at Easter Road after the “strange” situation of Aberdeen releasing a statement backing their manager before demanding an “immediate response” following their Scottish Cup shocker against Darvel.

A rally will take place in Glasgow to oppose Tory anti-strike legislation as part of a day of national action by the trade union movement.

Alan Cumming has handed back OBE 14 years after being awarded in 2009.

TOP Gear star Freddie Flintoff has put his TV career on hold after his horror car crash on the show. The dad of four, 45, was begged by his family to stay away from work while he recovers from facial injuries. An insider said he “could have been killed” last month.

Three men have been charged by police in connection with alleged involvement in serious organised crime.

A Lanarkshire cervical cancer survivor is calling for home test kits to be rolled out across the country in a bid to save women's lives.

Rick Astley has sued Yung Gravy over the track ‘Betty (Get Money)’, which borrows heavily from the former’s hit and Rickrolling meme classic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. Though it’s not a copyright case, with Astley claiming that his publicity rights were infringed when Young Gravy’s team employed a soundalike to recreate the ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ vocals within ‘Betty (Get Money)’.Part of the recent trend of new pop songs overtly and heavily interpolating old pop songs, Yung Gravy’s people got all the required permissions from the writers and publishers of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ to incorporate the 1987 song into the 2022 release.Indeed, as a result of licensing the interpolation, the writers of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ – the British 80s pop-making team that were Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman – get all the songwriting credits for ‘Betty (Get Money)’ on the database of US collecting society MLC.However, according to Billboard, Astley’s lawsuit explains that Yung Gravy wasn’t able to get permission to actually sample the original recording of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.

DEALSConcord Music Publishing has acquired the majority of the songs catalogue of country songwriter Corey Crowder. “Corey is a proven, consistent, country hit-maker,” says Brad Kennard, SVP A&R at Concord Nashville. He adds that this here deal represents “a big leap forward for Concord’s footing within the active country market.

Some big-name directors, like James Cameron, have been vocal recently about their antipathy for the streaming experience. But for others, like Alejandro González Iñárritu, the power of cinema still manifests on small screens, too.

For the last three years, the winner of the International Oscar has pretty much been a given: First came Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, then Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, and then Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car — all anointed by Cannes and eased to the finish line after prominent festival play in the usual cosmopolitan areas.

The last time Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu released three new movies in the space of the same year was 2006. By then, their reputations at home had been established by early successes like Y tu mamá también (Cuarón), The Devil’s Backbone (del Toro) and Amores Perros (Iñárritu) and they had each worked in the U.S., with del Toro and Cuarón stepping into blockbuster cinema with Hellboy and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban respectively, and Iñárritu directing Sean Penn and Naomi Watts to Oscar nominations with 21 Grams.

Oscar nominee Kate Hudson flaunted her taut tummy in a red cut-out dress while attending Netflix's Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominee toast at West Hollywood hotspot Catch LA on Sunday.The 43-year-old daughter of Goldie Hawn relied on her loyal glam squad to help prep her for the party - stylist Sophie Lopez, hairstylist Gregory Russell, and make-up artist Debra Ferullo.Kate - who just celebrated her eldest child's 19th birthday - made sure to pose with the big boss, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, at the bash. Mother-of-three: Oscar nominee Kate Hudson flaunted her taut tummy in a red cut-out dress while attending Netflix's Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominee toast at West Hollywood hotspot Catch LA on SundayHudson mingled with the likes of four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, whose latest offering Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is streaming on Netflix.Speaking of Mexican maestros, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro also greeted the Los Angeles native alongside his Pinocchio lyricist Roeban Katz and composer Alexandre Desplat.Kate's new movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is nominated for best picture (musical/comedy) and Daniel Craig is nominated for best actor (musical/comedy) at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, which air this Tuesday on NBC.Hudson played politically-incorrect designer Birdie Jay in Rian Johnson's critically-acclaimed who-done-it also, which scored six nods (including best acting ensemble) at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards airing January 15 on The CW.