Key dates for England fans to book off work as 2022 World Cup fixtures are decided

Shocking footage has emerged of Atletico Madrid fans performing what appeared to be Nazi salutes during their match with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The Spanish champions took on Pep Guardiola's men in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash last night (Tuesday).

Over the two-plus decades from 1999-2022, 58 acts have headlined the Coachella Music and Arts Festival (59 if you count Tupac’s hologram).

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Tiger Woods is set to play at the Masters golf tournament this week, marking the first time the golfing champion will compete after suffering serious injuries in a car wreck in February of last year.The Masters main tournament kicks off at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on Thursday, April 7. While eyes will certainly be on Woods, who will be contending for his sixth green jacket this year, Spanish golfer Jon Rahm is currently favored to win the revered title.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIsraeli series “The Lesson,” a taut half-hour series parable on the vicious spiral of social media confrontation, took top honors on Wednesday night at a spirited 2022 Canneseries festival whose main competition was buoyed by titles from some of the boldest players in the business.With “The Lesson” co-lead, the extraordinary Maya Landsmann, walking off with best performance for her nuanced turn as a super-sized troubled teen who goads her liberal teacher into a personal attack on her physical appearance – a put-down which goes viral – the series can rate as the big winner at this year’s event.Produced by Yochanan Kredo at Jasmine TV for Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 – and scoring huge numbers when aired on the network –  the show, written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur (“Asylum City”), also exemplifies the virtues of much best Israeli TV drama: Taut, pointed writing, great acting, direction which serves the drama, production values while wringing the most out of low budgets. “Thus is a hugely crafted series, everybody loved it at Canneseries,” Albin Lewi, Canneseries artistic director, told Variety.

Meghan Markle has been slammed as "arrogant" and "annoying" by royal fans following the news she is trying to trademark the historic word "archetypes" – after announcing it will be the name of her first series of podcasts.The Duchess of Sussex ruffled some feathers after it emerged she made the application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office last month.The word derives from ancient Greek and first entered the English language around the 1540s. Meghan may have to face legal challenges from companies that currently use the word in their names – like the skincare and cleaning products business Archetypes.

Eric Boehlert, a media critic devoted to calling out right-wing misinformation through his writing at Media Matters for America, Salon, Daily Kos and most recently as the founder of the Press Run website, died today in a bike accident. He was 57.

Oscar Isaac is showing his fans some love with a new nickname.

A youth football coach launched an assault on an off-duty police officer over a row about the behaviour of his dogs, a court has heard. Timothy O’Hanlon was knocked to the floor and punched in the head by Michael Lever on the morning of November 6 last year.

Christina Aguilera sure knows how to pull off the color purple.On Tuesday, April 5, the singer--who’s father is from Ecuador--took to Instagram on to post some behind-the-scenes shots of the stunning purple leather dress she wore for her performance at the Dubai World Expo last week. Aguilera took the stage to close out the six-month expo on the Jubilee Stage.For the big performance, Xtina wore a figure-hugging dress that showed off every single curve on her body, featuring a mockneck and long bell sleeves.

As she gears up for the release of God Bless This Messy Journal, the follow-up to her best-selling memoir, Hannah Brown is reflecting on the response to God Bless This Mess.

It’s Britney, beach!

Gemma Collins has won legions of fans since starring in hit ITVBe show, The Only Way is Essex, and they were out in their droves on Tuesday night for the launch of her one-woman show, The GC's Big Night Out, in Manchester.The star looked fabulous in a neon green satin suit as she left the show and accessorised with glamorous rhinestone sunglasses, hot pink strappy heels and a Louis Vuitton clutch bag. Her blonde hair was still in the same loose waves from the show, and she wore a slick of fuchsia pink lipstick and her trademark deep tan.

Showtime and BET Networks executive Michael Crotty has been promoted to COO & CFO, Paramount Global Premium Group, which includes Showtime Networks, BET Networks, Paramount Television Studios and Bellator.

Netflix success with the series ending in January this year.The creator, writer and producer Ricky Gervais, 60, has taken to Twitter to address accusations he "lied" about the dog Brandy's death in the show.Social media user CathsTake wrote on Twitter: "Hello @rickygervais, I know you said you're done with #Afterlife."But how do you think Tony carried on after Brandy passed? Would you ever consider writing a special episode on his life without her?"In view of his 14.7 million Twitter followers, Ricky replied: "I think he was strong enough by then to cope. Maybe he even got another dog."JamesSedge was infuriated with this response, as he added: "That may be so.

frying up chicken for her son, Julian, went viral — eliciting backlash for her cooking methods.On Tuesday, the “Warcraft” actress acknowledged the motherclucking reaction.“I just wanted to respond and say, listen, I get it.” she said in an Instagram video she shared from Mexico. The post was captioned with the phrase: “Peace, love and fried chicken ❤️.”“It might look crazy. It is the way we do it.

Manchester United manager. The Ajax boss, 52, has been in advanced talks to take over at Old Trafford once current interim manager Ralf Rangnick steps down at the end of the season.

Max Verstappen was once the world's 21st best FIFA player and spent 14 hours gaming during a Formula One weekend last season.EA Sports' FIFA series of video games is highly popular amongst athletes, even beyond football, with plenty of famous faces regularly playing the game casually.However, few are as dedicated to playing FIFA as reigning F1 world champion Verstappen, who once spent two consecutive years inside the world's top 50 global players.In addition to that, Red Bull chief Christian Horner confirmed following last year's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas that Verstappen had spent 14 hours gaming over the weekend.After the race, Horner was asked by Sky Sports to reveal a fact about Verstappen fans might not know, replying: “There’s probably quite a lot you don’t know about Max.

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newest addition Dylan McDermott is ready to make his series debut as Remy Scott on April 12 at 10 p.m. via CBS, taking over as Fugitive Task Force boss following Julian McMahon’s exit in early March.

EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming third season of Netflix’s Locke & Key will be its last. Fans of the supernatural thriller based on the IDW comic books by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez should not fret — they will get a proper conclusion since Season 3 was conceived as the show’s final chapter. In fact, I hear that, following the breakout success of Locke & Key‘s ten-episode first season, Netflix approached the series’ creative team with a plan for a three-season run consisting of a 10-episode second season and an eight-episode third season. That fit the vision of Locke & Key executive producers/co-showrunners Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill for how to tell the story and when to wrap it.

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS: Less than 24 hours after CEO Jason Kilar, HBO Max boss Andy Forssell and Studio chief Ann Sarnoff were pink slipped from the about to disappear WarnerMedia, more executives were shown the door today.