Duke’s Coach K Wants to Cameo in ‘The Bear,’ Sent Ayo Edebiri a Signed Copy of ‘Leading With the Heart’

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Justin Edgar, a well-established British filmmaker and advocate for disabled people, has pushed the boundaries for accessibility films with “The Letter,” a drama shedding light on a lesser known deaf community in Germany during the WW2. Now in post, “The Letter” was directed by Edgar, who is hard of hearing, with an entire cast and crew of deaf artists.

Ofgem lowered the energy price cap at the start of October by £151 from the current £2,074 per year to £1,923 for millions of households across Scotland, England and Wales. The slight drop will benefit households on a standard tariff with typical usage, however, it’s important to remember the price cap doesn’t relate to a cap on the total amount of money people will pay for using gas or electricity.

Participation in Active Schools programmes across North Lanarkshire is on the rise again as school sport continues to recover from the Covid pandemic.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour topped the US box office for a second week, seeing off competition from Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon.According to Deadline, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour took $32million (£25.5m) in its second weekend in the region, a 67 per cent drop. Globally, film has taken $164.8million following its release on October 12 in the US across AMC theatres and October 13 in other territories.Killers Of The Flower Moon, meanwhile, took $23million (£18.9m) in its opening weekend at the US box office, which is the third best opening for Scorsese, following 2010’s Shutter Island ($41m) and The Departed ($26.9m) in 2006.Scorsese’s film, however, topped the worldwide box office with $44million (£36.2m), with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour slipping to second with $41.5million (£34.1m) globally in its second week (via Screen Daily).While Scorsese’s latest film may struggle to become profitable against its estimated $200million budget, the opening numbers are considered a success due to its lengthy 206-minute running time and the fact it’s a period movie skewed towards adults.Killers Of The Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is also set to release on Apple TV+ at an unconfirmed date.In a five-star review, NME wrote: “Each conversation between De Niro and DiCaprio is an exercise in clever euphemism and while some may find the tempo a bit too stately, the story of an entire people’s eradication deserves to be told in full.

Fergie and Jesus.Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly reunited to perform their classic rap “Boats’ N Hoes” from their iconic film “Step Brothers” for Snoop Dogg’s 52nd birthday during the Best Night Of Your Life 2 benefit show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday.“My brothers surprised me,” Snoop wrote on Instagram while sharing a backstage view of the special appearance by the comedy duo.Snoop didn’t squander the opportunity to perform the fan-favorite hit with the esteemed founders of Prestige Worldwide — the fictitious company from the 2008 Comedy — and rapped along with the comedy duo.As the song concluded, Ferrell and Reilly took a moment to shout out the special occasion.“Yesterday was a very special day,” Reilly told the cheering crowd.#WillFerrell and #JohnCReilly reunite on stage for a performance with #SnoopDogg at Will’s charity event.

An unearthed blog post from Meghan Markle hinted at her plans to relocate to the UK many years before she married Prince Harry.

Flourishing, healthy plants are usually the result of careful pruning gardeners do to encourage new growth.

Residents in the Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig ward of North Lanarkshire Council are reminded to make sure they are registered to vote ahead of the by-election next month.

Former This Morning presenter Amanda Holden has taken yet another dig at her former co-star Phillip Schofield following his exit from the flagship ITV breakfast programme earlier this year during a new interview.

There were two major new entries this weekend at the international box office, one local (Tamil thriller Leo: Bloody Sweet) and one from Hollywood. Starting with the latter, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon from Apple, Paramount and Imperative Entertainment, had a big opening with $21M in 63 offshore markets and No. 1s in 24 of those, including France, Germany, Australia, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland. The global bow, factoring in its strong domestic opening, was $44M; great for a period movie with a long running time and at a moment when talent could not promote it due to the actors strike.

The Rock‘s got beef with a French museum.

Tom and Giovanna Fletcher celebrated being together for 20 years this weekend and shared a collection of sweet photographs from over the last two decades.The couple share three children; Buzz, eight, Buddy, seven, and Max, four, and first met 25 years ago at school, before Tom rose to fame in boyband McFly alongside pals Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. As they took to social media to share a collection of snaps, fans hailed Tom and Giovanna, who tied the knot in 2012, as "goals", with one commenting: "Couple goals right there.

There’s nothing better for wrapping up against the cold than a cosy, snuggly scarf, and Marks and Spencer’s shoppers think they’ve found the perfect one. The Brushed Fringe Scarf, £17.50 here, is so warm that M&S patrons have actually been looking forward to dropping temperatures just so they have a chance to wear it, saying: “I’m looking forward to the cooler days so that I can wrap up in this lovely scarf.” Not only is it cosy, it also looks very similar to the trending Acne Studios Mohair Checked Scarf, £250 here, with its colourful checkerboard design that comes in a whole host of different colour combinations.

Netflix series.Loos claimed she had an affair with Beckham in 2003 after he transferred to Real Madrid, where she became his personal assistant. The Beckhams have always denied the claims, but Victoria described it as the “hardest period” of their marriage in the documentary.In an interview with the Mail On Sunday, Loos gave her reaction to the Netflix series, claiming that it makes her look like she’s the one “that’s made Victoria suffer”.“He can say whatever he likes of course and I understand he has an image to preserve, but he is portraying himself as the victim and he’s making me look like a liar, like I’ve made up these stories,” Loos said.“He is indirectly suggesting that I’m the one who has made Victoria suffer.”Loos, who is married with two children in Norway, also claimed the documentary has put her back in the spotlight against her wishes.“So many people had forgotten about all this,” she added.

The O.C. is one of the defining teen dramas of the early 2000s.Created by Josh Schwartz, the series follows troubled teen Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) who is adopted by wealthy parents Sandy (Peter Gallagher) and Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan) in Orange County, California.As Ryan arrives in Newport Beach, he has to adjust to life as a high-schooler in high society, alongside adoptive brother Seth (Adam Brody), Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) and Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson).The show spanned four seasons from 2003 to 2007. Other cast members include Chris Carmack, Tate Donovan, Melinda Clarke, Alan Dale and Autumn Reeser.The O.C.’s opening theme song is ‘California’ by Phantom Planet, while the score is composed by Christopher Tyng.

Johnny Marr has announced a 2024 greatest hits tour in support of his new album ‘Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr’.The former Smiths guitarist will kick off the tour at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall on April 2, before making stops in Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Cardiff, Bristol, London and Brighton. The tour will then wrap up at Rock City in Nottingham on April 14.Tickets are due to go on sale this Friday, October 27, at 10am BST.

John Mayer performed an intro of Grateful Dead‘s ‘Dark Star’ before transitioning into ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’ during a show in Chicago last week.Back in 2015, the pop-rock star began performing as the touring guitarist for Grateful Dead’s offshoot supergroup Dead & Company – consisting of Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti.The link-up has led to tongue-in-cheek speculation about potential mash-ups of their respective back catalogues over the years.Mayer finally delivered during his show at United Center in Chicago, Illinois last week (October 18).“I’m not going to set it up, this is going to be the weirdest thing you ever saw in your life and I’m proud to do it,” Mayer said (via Rolling Stone).“I want you to mark it on the setlist that this is technically ‘Dark Star.’ And I’m going from ‘Dark Star’ into this next song. It’s a transition.

Spotify by Sony, including Gravity Rush, Shadow Of The Colossus, Soul Sacrifice and more.The SIE Sound Team account on Spotify is the one-stop shop for the soundtracks to a selection of the most acclaimed games on PlayStation, such as Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls, The Last Guardian and more.With this recently released lot, fans will be able to listen to the soundtracks to Echochrome, Fantavision, Freedom Wars, Gravity Rush, Patchwork Heroes, PoPoLoCrois, popolocrois: a new departure, PoPoRoGue, Shadow Of The Colossus, Soul Sacrifice, What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 1 & 2, White Knight Chronicles, White Knight Chronicles 2 and Wild Arms (as pointed out by X user AniPlaylist).At the time of writing, these have not appeared on any other streaming services like Apple Music, so it might be a matter of time before the aforementioned soundtracks become available elsewhere.For fans of Shadow Of The Colossus, it is a boon that they no longer have to rely on YouTube to listen to the soundtrack, which is one of the highlights of the reflective experience of playing the game.In Jack Richardson’s exploration of Team Ico’s original action adventure for NME‘s Remastered column, he argued that the emptiness and minimalism of the game’s direction is specifically haunting in a way that is unique to the medium.“Games have two stories: the one that takes place in the game and the story of us playing it. There’s certainly an artistry behind combining these two as closely as possible, but it’s not a necessary goal,” he said.“When we play Colossus, we’re constantly challenged to interpret what’s going on as we do it.

Growing up on a Manchester council estate, Amy Newton remembers doing jobs like collecting glasses at the pub and working in a pork scratchings factory.

Morrisons is selling its most popular pumpkins for just 75p this year, to help families celebrate Halloween on a budget.

This week, American fried chicken restaurant, Popeyes, officially opens the doors to its first restaurant in Manchester. The chicken spot, which is known to attract massive queues will be located at One Piccadilly Gardens and launches at 11am on Thursday (26 October)