Chef-approved cooking hacks for perfect roast dinners – from potatoes to meat

Manori Ravindran International EditorScrapbook-style book series “The Popularity Papers” is getting the TV treatment.Amy Ignatow’s award-winning middle-grade novels will be adapted for the screen by Corus Media-backed Aircraft Pictures, the Oscar-nominated producers behind “The Breadwinner,” and Emmy-nominated production company WexWorks Media.The original book series, for which the first installment was selected as a top-10 title of 2011 by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Project and won the 2010 Gold Award from the National Parenting Publications Association, tells the story of two best friends, Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang, who are on a mission to crack the popularity code and dismantle the social construct for middle-schoolers everywhere. Using the scientific method, the girls conduct social experiments on their peers with hilarious results.

Matthew McConaughey was eager to find a way to be more “challenged” in his career after starring in a long string of romantic comedies in the early 2000s.The 50-year-old Texas native opened up about making sacrifices for his art during a candid conversation on the “Pardon My Take” podcast on Wednesday, October 21. Back in the day, McConaughey was “rolling in rom-coms,” and joked that he “took the baton” from notorious leading man Hugh Grant.

“Come on in, the water’s lovely if you avoid the main beach!” “Wait, so the fast train to St Pancras only takes an hour and a half, right?” The Libertines have just opened The Albion Rooms, a hotel in Cliftonville.It’s half-past four on a Friday at Paddington station and everyone on the concourse is holding a Longchamp tote. No, this is not Britain’s most genteel flash mob, these are the passengers assembling for 16.44 express to Stonehouse, where they’ll be picked up in the Range Rover at the station and whisked off to a barn with a f***-off extension (the technical term).Decor-wise, we’re talking high-low: kids’ lockdown art on the fridge, a Damien Hirst in the loo; velvet sofas but throws from a “little indie” in Cirencester.

Sofia Richie, 22, made headlines on Oct. 17, when she stepped out with a hunky male who was later identified as Matthew Morton. The good-looking duo visited Nobu restaurant in Malibu, CA for a nice dinner date while dressed to impress. Although the nature of their relationship is not clear, the outing is causing speculation that they could be more than friends since it came just a couple of months after Sofia split from her longtime love Scott Disick, 37. Here are five things you should know about Matthew and where he comes from.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRange Media Partners, Pete Micelli’s upstart management firm, has made two new hires in motion picture literature and a promotion in business affairs and TV lit.The motion picture hires come from the London office of WME. Payne Cowley, who served at the latter as a coordinator in motion pictures, joins Range as a manager under her old boss Rich Cook.

Jacqueline Stewart, the noted film scholar, programmer and educator, has been named chief artistic and programming officer of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a newly created executive position, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday. Stewart, who will start work in January 2021 and report to Museum director and president Bill Kramer, will lead strategy and planning for the Academy Museum's curatorial, educational and public programming initiatives including exhibitions, screenings, symposia, publications, workshops and K-12 programs.

Matthew McConaughey knew early in life that he wanted to be a father. “The Gentleman” star penned the new memoir “Greenlights,” which largely follows his childhood.

Two guitars owned, played and partly designed by the late Eddie Van Halen will be going up for auction, Julien’s Auctions has announced.

art lover has unveiled his latest tasty acquisition - a still life of a square sausage and roll.Chef Sean Michael Martin snapped up the original work of the iconic Scots snack for £120 from the Scottish Design Exchange.And it now has pride of place hanging on the living room wall of his flat in Southside, Glasgow.Sean, 34, said: “My eyes were instantly drawn to a painting up high on the wall, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, my eyes nearly popped oot of my heed.“A wee painting of a roll and square sausage.

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study this summer by Kings College London revealed that half the UK population are struggling to get the rest we need, with the result that we’re less resilient the next day - it's timely at the very least. The hotel’s location, wedged between Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus, does rather promise action and buzz rather than tranquility. But Hotel Café Royal has gone to enormous lengths to help guests drift off.

Mixed martial arts fighter Jorge Masvidal – aka “Gamebred Fighter” – let his fans know just where he stands regarding the 2020 presidential election. He’s backing President Trump instead of Democrat Joe Biden.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance stepped outside the box to unveil the next phase of its Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP).This week, LEAP debuted call-to-action messages on billboards, kiosks and atop taxicabs in South Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York City. The messaging on the outdoor media campaign, titled “Flowers,” reads: “Flowers are beautiful.

Nota del editor: Tremenda Nota es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Cuba. Esa nota salió en su portal el 12 de octubre.

Shot dead at close range, this is the moment a private security guard killed a man as rallies between rival far-right and far-left activists erupted in violence.

Terry O’Neill. But while the work was “interesting – I met a lot of famous people”, taking photos of celebrities didn’t feel like the right fit.An encounter with a fine art book by Tim Flach, who photographed dogs in studio settings, was a eureka moment.

Unique piece of artwork just off A9 raises awareness of mental healthAnd last week, one salmon’s leap above the waves was to provide a once in a lifetime experience for a Scottish angler and his ghillie.For the muscular monster jumped straight into their boat without hitting the sides.Arnot McWhinnie and Peter Keay, friends for decades with a combined 120 years salmon fishing between them, were left open mouthed with amazement.Mum calls for ban on energy drink sales to youths after seeing affects on sonGhillie Peter, who works on the River Tay’s famed Almondmouth beat, said: “I saw the fish’s head and body emerge like a torpedo and shouted on Arnot to watch out.“It then thrashed about in the bottom of the boat, no doubt wondering where he

MADE In Chelsea star Binky Felstead shares a chic London home with new fiancé Max Darnton and three-year-old daughter India. The 30-year-old reality star lives in West London in a plush home that features a striking exposed brick wall, funky artwork and cosy interiors.

Eli Countryman Allyship has been one of the most helpful shifts in bringing about diversity, equity and inclusion, said Vernā Myers, Netflix’s vice president of inclusion strategy.“When people get busy becoming an ally they discover all sorts of powerful things and they become part of the solution,” she said during episode nine of Variety‘s Rebooting the Entertainment Industry series, sponsored by PwC and Ad Council, on Tuesday.The episode covered “The Entertainment and Media Workforce,” specifically focusing in on diversity and equity in organizations creating media. Other panelists included Ben Lopez, executive director at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers; Blair H.

Jennifer Lawrence wears a mask while stepping out with husband Cooke Maroney on Monday (October 5) in New York City.

Elizabeth Aubrey talks to employees about what can be done to save the industryWhen it emerged late on Saturday evening that Cineworld were rumoured to be temporarily closing all of their cinema chains, staff members in the ‘Cineworld Action Group‘ – a group formed and run by Cineworld and Picturehouse employees around the UK reacted to the news. A front-page story in The Sunday Times said that they were about to be made redundant.