Christopher Landon Talks ‘We Have A Ghost,’ Why ‘Happy Death Day 3’ Isn’t Happening, ‘Arachnophobia’ & More [The Playlist Podcast]

Nile Wilson and Olivia Smart have scored the first 40 of this year’s Dancing On Ice.The 27-year-old Olympian skated to In My Blood by Shawn Mendes, which he chose because the lyrics conveyed his mental health journey after retirement from gymnastics. In the video before his performance, Wilson spoke about his feelings of “complete loneliness” after retiring from the sport and turning to drinking, gambling and painkillers – describing himself as being in a “scary place”.

Dancing on Ice fans were left in floods of tears on Sunday night’s semi-final show, as Siva Kaneswaran emotionally dedicated his stunning performance to his late bandmate, Tom Parker, who sadly died of a brain tumour in 2022. Ahead of his performance, The Wanted singer told the audience in a short video clip: “In 2020, Tom got diagnosed with brain cancer.

Gogglebox star Dame Shelia Hancock claimed that she was "sacked" from the show after "angering" bosses when she complained about the amount of nudity she was being made to watch on shows like Naked Attraction.The 90 year old appeared next to her TV pal Gyles Brandreth on the much-loved celebrity version of the Channel 4 series. She's the second star to leave the show after apparent nude scenes on the screen.The first, Coronation Street actress Maureen Lipman, walked away in December 2021 after saying "life is too short to watch a series of hopeless men dangle their bits and pieces in my direction." The actress, who also has an impressive career spanning 50 years, told Loose Women panellists that she also wasn't a fan of the way editors used her reactions.

Dancing on Ice returned on Sunday night for the semi-finals. The remaining celebrities battling it out to become the winners of the skating show are Joey Essex and his partner Vanessa Bauer, The Vivienne and her partner Colin Grafton, Mollie Gallagher and her partner Sylvain Longchambon, Nile Wilson and his partner Olivia Smart and Siva Kaneswaran and his partner Klabera Komin.

Emmy Heming Willis, the wife of actor Bruce Willis, has made an emotional plea to paparazzi to stop yelling or otherwise distracting her husband while he’s out and about.

Aniplex and Crunchyroll of America’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village grossed $10.1 million this weekend in 1,780 theaters. That’s a fourth place finish at the domestic box office but still half the opening of Demon Slayer:  Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train which opened to a smash $21 million U.S. in April of 2021, going head to head with Godzilla vs. Kong, Mortal Kombat.

One of the more revealing moments of the 2023 Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon was the very warm standing ovation Sarah Polley and the cast of “Women Talking” received. The film was honored with the Robert Altman Award which is given to the director, cast and its casting director (in this case Polley’s brother John Buchan along with Jason Knight).

Kelsea Ballerini made her “Saturday Night Live” musical guest debut with what appeared to be a slight dig at ex Morgan Evans.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are backing out of a home purchase.

Bruno Fernandes has warned Manchester United's defeat against Liverpool has the potential to be 'psychologically damaging'.

At just before 8am on Thursday morning this week, Simon Conley, who runs Fountain Fresh at New Smithfield Market, the Manchester arm of a large Spanish import company, was packing up having started his day at midnight. He’d sold eight pallets of tomatoes that morning, with 50 boxes of tomatoes on each pallet, leaving a couple left for tomorrow and another delivery in transit.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that he had "no words" to describe his side's stunning 7-0 victory over Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.

Hits Radio presenter Gemma Atkinson was triumphant after completing a weekend fitness retreat in the Scottish Highlands. A beaming Gemma gave a thumbs-up after enjoying a trip to Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands with Fitnessat58degrees.

Michelle Keegan had fans doing a double take as she went with her family to watch Disney's The Lion King at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. The Brassic actress and former Coronation Street star, from Stockport, and her mum Jackie Thornton headed out on the town.

Rose Ayling-Ellis took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday with a heartfelt message following the sad death of disability activist Judith Heumann at the age of 75.Re-posting a sketch of the late campaigner, Rose wrote: "Sad to hear the passing of Judith Heumann, such an important figure for disability rights. "If you fancy watching something today, watch 'Crip Camp' on Netflix".

The Bodyguard.“‘Run to You’ is my favorite to conduct,” she says. “It’s very choral.

Outer Banks Season 3 easily climbed to the top of Netflix‘s English-language TV charts for the week of February 20 to February 26.

Michael Nordine author News of a fresh horror comedy from Christopher Landon, director of the joyously silly “Happy Death Day” and its sequel, should be greeted with cautious optimism at the very least. He’s been working in the space for some time now, having also co-written and directed “Freaky,” “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” and the more straightforward “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” and understands how to thread that particular needle better than most. His latest feels like both a natural next step and also something of a departure: a family-friendly haunted-house story releasing on Netflix. Unlike his previous efforts, however, “We Have a Ghost” fails to capture what makes this particular genre hybrid so much fun.

Todd Gilchrist editor After writing five “Paranormal Activity” movies, directing one (2014’s “The Marked Ones”), and creating inventive new mythologies with “Happy Death Day” and “Freaky,” “We Have a Ghost” is a decidedly different kind of horror project from filmmaker Christopher Landon: you know, for kids. To be more accurate, it’s for families — the kind of story that’s not just scary, but funny, and heartfelt as well, like “E.T the Extra-Terrestrial” and other Amblin movies of the 1980s. “They showed kids in peril and that the world is a dark place, but that you come out on the other side of it,” Landon tells Variety. “We Have a Ghost,” which premieres Feb. 24 on Netflix, was also made for Landon’s own family — not simply his two boys, who are slowly advancing to the age where they can start watching his more terrifying creations, but his late father, actor Michael Landon, who passed away in 1991 at age 54. Now 47, Landon talks about his latest project in the context of his relationship both as a son and as a father himself, and as his pedigree as a horror storyteller deepens, reflects on the kinds of projects he hopes to put out into the world.