Deborah Barak Dies: Former Top CBS Business Executive Was 65

A casting agency is looking for Scots to appear in a new feature movie which will be filmed in Glasgow. Des Hamilton Castings is looking for Glaswegians who are 'articulate and likeable'.

EXCLUSIVE: Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones), Yara Shahidi (Grown-ish), Isabela Merced (Father Of The Bride), Lana Condor (Moonshot), Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) and Iris Apatow (The Bubble) are set to lead buzzy action-thriller Ballerina Overdrive, which will be produced by Deadpool, Bullet Train, John Wick and Fast And The Furious director David Leitch.

Barry Ferguson played with Dwight Yorke and the Trinidad and Tobago star had all the talent in the world. But Fergie reckons his old mate is on a different planet if he thinks he can end the Old Firm duopoly with Aberdeen.

A child had to hide in a cupboard for an hour during the violent outburst of a police officer accused of raping a woman and another youngster, a court has heard.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged after being found in possession of a knife in Kilmarnock town centre.

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan is set to star in The Penguin Lessons, with The Full Monty’s Peter Cattaneo to direct the Jeff Pope-scripted adaptation of the Tom Michell nonfiction bestseller.

Netflix has given a series order to The Madness, a conspiracy thriller starring Emmy winner Colman Domingo. The eight-episode limited series hails from Chernin Entertainment via its first-look deal with Netflix, creator and co-showrunner Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project) and co-showrunner VJ Boyd (Justified, S.W.A.T.)

A television series based on the critically acclaimed comic book series Wytches is headed to Prime Video. The streaming platform has ordered an animated series adaptation of Scott Snyder and Jock’s comic books, from Plan B Entertainment, Project 51 Productions, and Amazon Studios. Wytches will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.  

The man suspected of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 - killing 270 people - has pleaded not guilty, a US court has heard.

A Place in the Sun's Jonnie Irwin has been left "horrified" after using a new product to clean the inside of his ears. The Channel 4 presenter decided to give his lugs a good clear out using Hopi ear candle sticks and has been left very surprised by the results.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has called for Rishi Sunak to apologise for the "damage" that Liz Truss caused during her time as Prime Minister.

The UK Government has rejected calls for a minimum weekly State Pension payment of £416 for all men and women over the age of 60. More than 34,250 people have signed an online petition asking for the current payment rates to be increased and the official age of retirement to be lowered back to 60.

A student used online bot system ChatGPT to write an essay for university and was shocked to discover it had passed with a 2:2 grade. Pieter Snepvangers was curious about whether or not the artificial intelligence app would be clever enough to write university-standard essays and if so, could be used to cheat on future assignments, the Mirror reports.

Did you ever watch the classic kids’ film, “Homeward Bound,” and think there weren’t enough F-bombs? Well, you’re in luck because Hollywood has decided to correct this great injustice with the new film, “Strays.” LISTEN: Will Forte Talks ‘Aliens Abducted My Parents’ & Hoping For More ‘MacGruber’ [The Playlist Podcast] As seen in the trailer, “Strays” tells the story of a group of stray dogs, voiced by some great comedic actors, who work together to bring a new stray back home to his owner.

New Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has named Jota and Reo Hatate as the Hoops' two most technical players - and he made sure to talk up his Portuguese teammate's stylish hair.

Mark Fotheringham and Kenny Miller have been sacked by Huddersfield Town after less than five months in charge.

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired multiple territories for the indie thriller Influencer from Kurtis David Harder — the filmmaker with whom it’s previously been in business on titles like Spiral. The award-winning feature, which launched its festival run at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, will bow on the streamer this spring in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

In both a noble gesture toward exhibition after the studio’s Project Popcorn, and in a means to monetize downstream revenues, Warner Bros is taking what was a HBO Max movie, Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance, and putting into 1,500 theatrical locations this weekend. That’s with a thrifty marketing spend. It’s the second movie after New Line’s House Party ($8.8M)whereby Warners has reversed engineered a streaming release for the big screen. Meanwhile, Paramount, is building off the heat of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, with a 25th anniversary 3D re-issue of the filmmaker’s Oscar winning 1997 title, Titanic. There’s two arguments to be made that either could notch No. 1: Titanic apparently tracking better than the fall re-issue of Avatar ($10.5M opening) with a shot at double digits in 2,400 theaters and the Channing Tatum-Salma Hayek Pinault threequel also having a potential $10M debut with the chance for more heading into Valentine’s Day Tuesday.