Inside the Making of ‘Blackish’s’ Two-Part Election Special

Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan are among the many country music stars confirmed to perform at this year's 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards.MORE: Carrie Underwood to make comeback on American Idol's upcoming series? All we knowDetails on Carrie's performance remain up in the air but it is thought she may perform alongside Jason. The singer is nominated for four awards this year, including Entertainer of the Year; she has won the award three times already and is the only female artist in history to do so.WATCH: The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards will take place on Monday 7 March 2022Luke, who is the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, will pre-tape a special performance of his sentimental ballad Up.

Simu Liu reveals Tom Holland is one of the biggest fans of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”.

The Matrix in the best way. A crisp white button-up with an exaggerated collar lends an element of preppiness—and tones down the overall cyber-goth vibe if you're wearing it with black boots or sneakers.

Kate Garraway had ITV viewers in tears as she admitted that a "happy ending" with her husband Derek Draper feels "unsustainable" - admitting she is "really struggling" with her role as his carer.In her new documentary Caring For Derek, Kate candidly told the camera that she feels "terribly lonely" while caring for her husband, who was left in hospital for an entire year battling Covid-19.An induced coma meant Derek has suffered from muscles seizing in his legs, while the virus caused organ damage and left him struggling to speak.And Kate broke down in tears on the programme as she admitted: "People say I’m an inspiration, but I'm really struggling.""One of the worst things is the terrible loneliness from having him here but not here - it’s really indescribable.

Zoë Kravitz is apparently taking her fashion cues from her character in “The Batman”.

Clayton Davis You can find strange similarities between almost any two years for Oscar prognosticating. Just days away from the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards and three weeks out from BAFTA and Critics Choice ceremonies, there are odd correlations between this year’s crop of nominees and the ceremony that rewarded the 1952 cinematic year.Denis Villeneuve’s omission from best director for the sci-fi drama “Dune” was the most shocking when Oscar nominations were announced.

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EXCLUSIVE: Rob Kirkland (Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown) has signed on to star alongside Nick Cassavetes, Dajana Gudić, Paul Johansson and Lou Ferrigno Jr. in the thriller Dyad, from director Patrick Flaherty (Rule of Thirds) and his shingle 1A Motion Pictures.

Film Independent has set animator Javier Barboza, cinematographers Gemma Doll-Grossman, Phillip Jackson, Garland McLaurin, Lidia Nikonova, Michael Tanji and Akina Van de Velde, directors Hannah Bang, Jaime Castañeda, Logan Jackson and San-San Onglatco, editors Calvin Chin, Marcus Heleker, Christopher Ma, Ziyang “Lucia” Wang and Skylar Zhang, executives T’Essence Minnitee, Eboni Robinson and Danni Xin, producers Sarah Al-Qatou, C.A. Barrow, Ebony Elaine Hardin, Trent Nakamura, Jera Wang and Rui Xu, writers Danielle Ellen, Henry Alexander Kelly, Justin Omori and Tumelo Tladi, and writer-director Jesus Celaya as the filmmakers for the 2022 edition of Project Involve, a free nine-month program for creatives from diverse backgrounds.

Even with the 2022 Winter Olympics in the bag, NBC continues to dominate primetime.

Bill Murray and Aziz Ansari have teamed up for a new movie based on Atul Gawande’s novel Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End.It is unclear what Murray’s role is at this stage but as well as starring in the Searchlight Pictures comedy, Ansari also wrote the script and is on board to direct and produce the as-yet-untitled movie.“Aziz Ansari is an incredible talent and, with this script, he brings a singular combination of insightful humour and pathos,” said Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with him on his feature directorial debut which is long overdue, and of course working with the genius Bill Murray once again.”Murray most recently starred in Ghostbusters: Afterlife alongside Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.Describing the movie as “a spook-nuking sequel” which “brings the franchise back from the dead”, NME awarded the long awaited sequel four stars.It added: “The result is a sequel that feels like an authentic Ghostbusters movie without quite slipping into retread mode.”Ansari meanwhile, recently directed and appeared in season three of Netflix series Master Of None and released his latest stand up special Nightclub Comedian on the streaming service.In other news, a clip of Murray putting his own spin on Tom Waits‘ ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’ was recently shared.

Forbes.“If you don’t, he’ll take 100% of your wealth and throw you in jail.”Mr Browder described Putin to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017 as “one of the richest men in the world”.“I estimate that he has accumulated $200 billion of ill-gotten gains from these types of operations over his 17 years in power,” Mr Browder said.Another theory is that the Russian leader used nepotism to hand favours to his close circle, then gleaning money from ventures he helped create for them. Kirill Shamalov, who was married to Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, became a billionaire at 34-years-old after being allowed to borrow money from private banking company Gazprombank so he could buy a 17 per cent stake in the company Sibur from one of Mr Putin’s friends, Gennady Timchenko.Bloomberg columnist Leonid Bershidsky suggested Putin actually doesn't have much personal wealth, because he hasn't much need for it.“He has the whole country at his beck and call,” Bershidsky wrote in 2013.“It is enough for Putin to snap his fingers, and state-owned companies will cede assets to his friends at bargain-basement prices.

Kate Middleton has said she’s “broody” after visiting babies in Copenhagen, Denmark on a royal visit.The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, says she comes home saying “let’s have another one” to her husband Prince William, 39, when she meets young babies, joking that the Duke of Cambridge “worries” when she meets newborns. Kate, who is currently in the Danish capital of Copenhagen to learn about its system of early years support, met with new parents and health visitors to discover more about the importance of children’s social development.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Princess Eugenie received a “life-changing” phone call during a secret night out together, according to royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. At the time, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, were dating in secret and the Duke of Sussex’s cousin Princess Eugenie was one of the very few people in the know.The 31 year old royal regularly visited Toronto, Canada for work where the Duchess of Sussex was living at the time, and so there were a few occasions the trio met up incognito during their first four months.

Champions League record by scoring for Juventus just 32 seconds into his debut in the competition.The Serbian striker made his first-ever appearance in Europe's premier club competition on Tuesday night as the Old Lady faced Villarreal in the round of 16.Vlahovic needed just over half a minute to open his Champions League account, putting his side in front with the fastest goal scored by a debutant in competition history.Juventus fought off competition from Arsenal in January to land the 22-year-old frontman from Serie A rivals Fiorentina for an initial fee worth €70million.Prior to Tuesday night's trip to Spain, Vlahovic had never played a minute in the Champions League for previous clubs Fiorentina and Partizan Belgrade.This did not show when he was picked out by a long ball over the top from Danilo just seconds into the match.Vlahovic controlled the ball on his chest before firing a shot across a helpless Geronimo Rulli in the Villarreal goal.Who will win the Champions League this season? Let us know in the comments section below.As well as setting the record for the quickest goal on debut, Vlahovic's goal was also just 22 seconds slower than the fastest ever goal in Champions League history.Roy Makaay has held that record since March 2007, when he scored for Bayern Munich just 10 seconds into a 2-1 home win over Real Madrid.Vlahovic also scored on his Serie A debut for Juventus earlier this month, finding the net against Hellas Verona following his arrival in Turin.That had been his only goal for his new club before Tuesday night, having recently slipped one goal behind Ciro Immobile in the Serie A scoring charts with 18 in 24 this season.His form in 2021 was enough to earn a January move as he became just the third

Four men have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a bridal shop in Radcliffe.

Everyone's favourite maître d' First Dates Fred Sirieix had a wholesome moment on Lorraine Kelly's ITV show discussing his first love.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVRobin Thede isn’t just a writer, producer, reality show host and actor, she is also a one-woman employment agency.Over the past year, as many across the film and television industry have claimed they want to do better with inclusion of women and BIPOC in front of and behind the camera, Thede has found herself having many “really specific” and frank conversations about how to do so.Although this is not something Thede only started doing this year, the demand for her attention has increased, partially due to the racial reckoning the country and the industry is experiencing.“This year, specifically, I called a bunch of the late-night showrunners that I knew didn’t have any Black writers and I had

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJhené Aiko has recorded a new, original song for the “Black-ish” election special, Variety has learned exclusively.The song is entitled “Vote” and will be released for streaming at midnight EST on Saturday, Oct. 3 before being featured in the first episode of the two-part, hourlong event airing Sunday, Oct.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVA little boy sits alone on the floor of his bedroom. Backlit by a window, he leans over pages of construction paper on which he is obsessively drawing.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Conners” showrunner Bruce Helford knows his titular characters “were built for disaster,” so there was never a question about whether the third season of the ABC family sitcom would tackle the real-life COVID pandemic.“It just seemed natural that we would be in the middle of this and do it,” he said on a virtual panel for the show on Wednesday.