Gogglebox's Dave and Shirley share rare snaps of grown-up children who viewers never see on screen

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge on Friday refused to reopen the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, standing by her earlier decision to throw out the charge due to withheld evidence. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected the prosecution’s claim that the evidence was immaterial to the defense. In her ruling, the judge found that the prosecutor was restating arguments that had been made earlier, and that any new arguments should have been raised earlier.

Todd Gilchrist editor One of horror filmmaker Dario Argento’s most unnerving creations is being resurrected for fans of his films to bring home. Collectibles companies Mutant and Unbox Industries are teaming up to release an officially licensed soft vinyl “Mad Puppet” toy inspired by the iconic character from Dario Argento’s masterpiece “Deep Red.” Crafted with screen-quality detail, this toy perfectly recreates the menacing essence of the Mad Puppet — every feature is faithfully reproduced to evoke the same unsettling little creature that left an immediate impression on audiences since the film was first released in 1975.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot details from Episode 7 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+. Jac Schaeffer wasn’t supposed to direct this week’s episode of “Agatha All Along.” The creator and showrunner was always set to helm the first two episodes of the series, which continues the story of the scene-stealing witch from 2021’s “WandaVision,” deliciously played by Kathryn Hahn.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In 2014, filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen became fascinated with a Norwegian photographer’s blog. The blogger – Maria Vatne – visually captured how she and her British husband, Nik Payne, raised and home-schooled their four bilingual children off the grid on a Scandinavian farm. “I admired her, as the family represents a lifestyle and mindset that I found inspiring,” says Jacobsen.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor International Film Festival Rotterdam has unveiled the first tranche of films selected for its 54th edition, which runs Jan. 30 – Feb.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. The news comes roughly two weeks after the series premiered on Oct. 10.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Academy Award winners and best friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a shot at more Oscar recognition for producing the documentary “Kiss the Future.” Variety has learned exclusively the Academy has granted eligibility to the documentary feature for consideration for the upcoming 97th Oscars. The decision follows an initial ruling by the Academy’s Documentary Branch Executive Committee that deemed the film ineligible, citing a shortfall in meeting required daily theatrical screening showtimes per the Academy’s regulations.

Jordan Moreau Matthew Perry‘s mom Suzanne Morrison is opening up about the death of her son, one year after he died on Oct. 28, 2023. Morrison sat down for an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie on the “Today” show, which will air in full on Monday morning.

Selome Hailu NBC will air a behind-the-scenes special about “Wicked” on Nov. 19 at 10 p.m., just ahead of the film’s Nov. 22 theatrical release date.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent James Franco is tucked away in the corner of a five-star hotel lobby on Rome’s Via Veneto, sipping an Americano coffee. Wearing a chocolate brown hoodie he proudly says he co-designed, the actor and filmmaker looks relaxed and flashes his signature smile.

Few movies in the ’90s captivated the imaginations of high school mean girls and cliques everywhere like 1999’s “Cruel Intentions.” A teen adaptation of the iconic 18th-century French epistolary novel “Les Liaisons dangereuses,” the cult classic is conniving, ruthless drama exemplified. And it found an eager audience instantly, spawning a prequel in 2000, a 2004 sequel, and a musical in 2015.

Matthew McConaughey always had plans to ditch the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to return to his home state of Texas. “This has always been home, there are multiple reasons for that,” he shared on “Today.” The actor and “Greenlights” author added that he enjoys the slower pace in Texas, and his family roots have always been planted in the Lone Star State.

she told the outlet about her experience surviving domestic violence. “For thousands of years now, we didn’t talk about it,” she said.The former “Love Island” host continued, “The community hasn’t shared enough, I believe.

Instagram tribute to Payne.Alongside Simon Cowell, Scherzinger is credited for forming the late singer’s boy band One Direction, which included Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, in the 2010 “The X Factor” season.“Dear Liam, I will forever cherish and treasure the time we shared together, from fifteen years ago when One Direction was born, right up until just a few weeks ago,” she penned alongside two pictures of her, Payne and Kelly Rowland. “It was such a blessing to get to work with you recently.

Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams will play.On this away weekend for Dennis Allen’s NFC South team, the ‘Eras Tour’ is scheduled to take over New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for three nights of singalongs, costume changes and good times.And if you want to be there for the Friday through Sunday madness, last-minute tickets are still available.Better yet, prices are dropping…Swiftly.When our team last reported on ‘Eras Tour’ ticket prices on Monday, Oct. 21, they started at $1,014 before fees on Vivid Seats.Now, a short 96 hours later, the lowest price we could find was $634 before fees.If you don’t have a calculator on hand, that’s a whopping $380 (!) in savings.Now that’s what we call an “Enchanted” deal out of your “Wildest Dreams” and we know that “All Too Well” (sorry, when a price drop is that dramatic, we get a little excited).Still need a few more details before smashing that buy button?You’re in the right place, thrifty Swifties.Our team has everything you need to know and more about Taylor Swift’s Oct.

his 40th birthday last month — thanks to arrangements made by his late great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.The late Queen Elizabeth II’s mother put $90 million into a trust fund for her family and listed that Harry was to access his share of the trust when he turned 40 as one of the fund’s stipulations.While it was originally reported that Harry would have to pay tax on his earnings, investment firm Stocklytics says the royal family has avoided normal tax rules due to how the Queen Mother planned out her estate.“With Prince Harry set to receive the final installment of the Queen Mother’s trust fund, valued at $25 million, many Brits may be asking how much inheritance tax he’ll pay — especially as the latest judicial reviews have cost the taxpayer $650,000 each,” the firm told The Mirror.“However, due to the way the Queen Mother’s estate was planned and how long she lived, it is likely HMRC [His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs] will not receive a penny in inheritance tax.”They continued, “According to current regulations, inheritance tax only applies to a trust if it was set up within seven years of the individual’s death.

film “When Harry Met Sally” at the 1989 London premiere. The actor joked that Princess Diana’s reaction to Meg Ryan’s famous fake orgasm scene would ruin the royal’s chances of a second date. “She was unbelievable,” he explained on “The View.” “We sit together.

Matthew Perry’s mother recalled a tender moment with her son shortly before his death a year ago — which she now thinks was a “premonition” about the “inevitability” he would soon die.In her first interview about her son’s death, Suzanne Morrison told the “Today” show about a day the pair were looking at one of Perry’s new homes “just before he died.”“He came up to me and said ‘I love you so much and I’m so happy to be with you now’,” Morrison said in a clip aired Friday.“It was almost as though it was a premonition or something,” she added.“I didn’t think about it at the time but I thought ‘How long has it been since we’ve had a conversation like that?’ It’s been years.“I think there was something …… there was an inevitability to what was gonna happen next to him, and he felt it very strongly,” she said in the interview, set to air in full next week.“But he said, ‘I’m not frightened any more’ — and it worried me.”Perry was found dead at his Pacific Palisades, Calif., home on Oct. 28, 2023 at age 54.

Payton Koch’s Instagram Story, “I am overwhelmed with gratitude and hope for the progress we’ve seen today.”The actor added, “Gascón’s recommendation has ignited a renewed sense of possibility that Lyle and Erik could finally be released after decades behind bars.”Koch was referring to the announcement on Thursday that Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, will be resentenced after spending more than 30 years behind bars for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty. The case captivated the nation and spawned the Netflix series more than three decades later.At the time of their conviction, the brothers were given life sentences without the possibility of parole.The brothers claimed that Jose sexually abused them as their mother stood by in silence.

The 1975’s Matty Healy appears to have addressed Taylor Swift in a new interview, saying he would “be lying” if he were to “made a record about my casual romantic liaisons”.The connection between the two comes after they were widely speculated to have dated for a short period in 2023. While the rumoured relationship didn’t last long, fans were convinced that Swift’s latest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ was written, in part, about The 1975 frontman.Now, while Swift has never said that the lyrics make reference to Healy, and the indie singer has remained relatively tight-lipped about the rumours, he has appeared to address the popstar in a new interview.Making an appearance on the Doomscroll podcast, Healy made it clear that he has no intentions of writing any music inspired by short-term relationships.While acknowledging that he “used to write about relationships a lot more” in the past, he said he isn’t a fan of artists who are more focused on their “lore” than their art.Seemingly making a nod to Swift, he said: “Last year I became a way more well-known public figure for loads of different reasons.

Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight has reportedly departed the upcoming Star Wars film that is set to revolve around Daisy Ridley’s Rey.Knight’s involvement was first announced in March 2023, when it emerged that he would be writing the screenplay for the movie, replacing Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, who had themselves left the project.Variety reports that the film is intended to pick up the story after the events of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019), and will follow Rey’s efforts to open her own Jedi Academy. With this setback, however, it is unlikely the film will enter the production stage until the second half of 2025 at the earliest.NME has approached Knight’s representatives for comment.The film is still slated to be the directorial debut of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who directed episodes of the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, and has picked up two Oscars for Best Documentary Short Film.There is not a Star Wars film set for release until Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu in May 2026, which, if it arrives on time, will bring to an end a seven-year gap.