Leonardo DiCaprio ‘could star in Squid Game one day’, says director of Netflix series

Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell has been crowned the UK's biggest debut album of all time.

EXCLUSIVE: Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about the co-founder of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time.

Netflix’s Tudum has released new photos from Season 5 of The Crown, which includes the first images of Princes William and Harry, along with photos of Imelda Staunton as the Queen, Elizabeth Debicki as Diana and Dominic West as Charles, among others.

Kylian Mbappe reportedly feels PSG have broken their promise to bring three players to the club as he pushes for an exit. But it's claimed in France that teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos are growing sick of him and would rather the club get rid than yield to his demands.

A Lanarkshire council have claimed there will be no further changes to catchment areas for schools in part of the region, after a row over recent alterations.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared key financial measures that the UK Government has in place to help prevent older people from living in poverty in later life, following a query from Labour MP, Rachael Maskell.

A businessman was the victim of a vicious attack carried out by a machete wielding gang who jumped on him as he left a gym in Dublin. The victim, who is in his 40s was continuously stabbed in a car park in broad daylight after he had visited his local gym in Finglas and has been left with severe injuries on his face along with multiple stab wounds on his chest.

Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi will no longer attend the London Film Festival premiere of his latest film Subtraction after authorities stopped him from boarding a flight to London. 

A man who started a huge fire which wrecked a historic church was jailed today for five years and three months.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent On the outskirts of Paris, in a vast, industrial-looking studio in Bry-sur-Marne, the clocks have turned back to the 1770s. Opulent decor — gilded furniture, flower-adorned curtains and marble everywhere — fills the soundstage. The atmosphere is studious on the set of “Marie-Antoinette,” a lavish French-produced costume drama created, co-written and executive produced by Deborah Davis. She’s delivering a feminist take on an infamous historical figure, best-known for apocryphally advising the starving masses to eat cake. We all know how that ended. On screen, Marie-Antoinette hasn’t been treated better than she was at the guillotine, where she’s often depicted as a villain or a frivolous airhead.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor The new musical “Kimberly Akimbo” has already beguiled New York critics. Now it has to win over Broadway audiences.  Based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 play of the same name, “Kimberly Akimbo” is the story of a teenage girl who is aging so rapidly, she appears to be a woman in her 60s. The musical, which premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company last winter, picked up awards from nearly every organization that hands them out, including the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. And it’s not surprising: Avoiding the usual Broadway spectacle, the intimate play instead sidles up to its heartbreaking conceit with sucker-punch poignance and oddball comedy.  

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The Emmy-winning Netflix series “Squid Game” is set be the most popular TV-inspired Halloween for the second year in a row. According to data collected by CasinoTop10, Squid Game costumes outnumbered Google searches for any other film and TV character costumes, beating out other popular costume inspo such as Harley Quinn, Cruella, Spiderman, the Joker and more. In the ultra-popular series, hundreds of debt-ridden people sign up to compete in order to win a life-changing cash prize.

Liam Gallagher reckons the secret to his longevity is getting “battered” on half a bottle of brandy before he hits the stage. The Oasis legend turned 50 yesterday and admits he needs a few drinks to keep his cartoon wild man of rock persona going. READ MORE: Liam Gallagher's biggest feuds - BRITs chaos, Robbie Williams 'fight' and Peter Kay dig Liam revealed: "I’ve been walloping the brandy with honey and hot water. It’s half a bottle of brandy before I go on."I’ve been getting a bit battered on stage recently.

Liam Gallagher has said that he has been swigging “half a bottle of brandy” before he goes on stage over the last year.The former Oasis frontman, who turned 50 today (September 21), said he had been drinking brandy with honey and hot water to warm up his voice.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1, he discussed his recent pre-show ritual but said he had attempted to “chill out” his drinking at his last few gigs.“It’s half a bottle of brandy before I go on,” Gallagher said. “I have kind of backed it off now. But the last year I’ve been walloping the brandy with honey and hot water, and going on a little bit…“I’ve been getting a bit battered on stage recently.

Netflix comedy film Do Revenge has been revealed, featuring Billie Eilish, Robyn and Caroline Polachek.Loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train, Do Revenge is a black comedy which follows high school students, Drea (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke), as they seek revenge against each other’s bullies.A synopsis reads: “After a clandestine run-in, Drea (Alpha, fallen it girl) and Eleanor (beta, new alt girl) team up to go after each other’s tormentors. Do Revenge is a subverted Hitchcock-ian dark comedy featuring the scariest protagonists of all: teenage girls.”Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great), the film also stars Sophie Turner, Rish Shah, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Austin Abrams, Eliza Bennett, Alisha Boe, Talia Ryder and Paris Berelc.The film’s soundtrack features a broad range of tracks, from recent hits by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo to dance classics like Fatboy Slim’s ‘Praise You’.

Major Hollywood actors including Leonardo DiCaprio will “probably” become part of Squid Game if there is a third season, according to the show’s Emmy-winning director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who said Netflix has upped budget for season two and he has now settled on the games.

Foo Fighters have announced details of a new ‘best of’ compilation – ‘The Essential Foo Fighters’ will come out next month.The new album is due for release on October 28 via Sony Music, and follows their ‘Greatest Hits’ album from 2009.Available on CD and double vinyl, the album features 19 tracks on CD, with two extra songs (‘Breakout’ and ‘Waiting On A War’) on the LP. The career-spanning collection features the biggest songs from the band’s career, including two versions of ‘Everlong’ alongside ‘My Hero’, ‘Best Of You’, ‘Monkey Wrench’ and more.Pre-orders for the album are available here and you can see its cover and tracklist below.The Essential Foo Fighters is a collection pulled from their studio album discography including a selection of fan…Posted by Foo Fighters on Wednesday, September 14, 2022Side A:1. ‘Everlong’2. ‘Making A Fire’3. ‘Times Like These’4. ‘Rope’5. ‘Monkey Wrench’Side B:1. ‘My Hero’2. ‘Cold Day In The Sun’3. ‘Big Me’4. ‘Long Road To Ruin’5. ‘Shame Shame’6. ‘Best Of You’Side C:1. ‘All My Life’2. ‘The Pretender’3. ‘This Is A Call’4. ‘Waiting On A War’ (vinyl only)5. ‘Walk’Side D:1. ‘Learn To Fly’2. ‘The Sky Is A Neighborhood’3. ‘Breakout’ (vinyl only)4. ‘These Days’5. ‘Everlong’ – Acoustic VersionEarlier this month (September 3), Foo Fighters hosted a star-studded tribute concert for late drummer Taylor Hawkins at London’s Wembley Stadium.The tribute gig hosted sets from the likes of Queen, Liam Gallagher, Them Crooked Vultures, Brian Johnson and Lars Ulrich, ahead of a touching closing show from Foo Fighters themselves.The band’s greatest hits-filled finale saw them team up with a revolving cast of guest drummers including Travis Barker, Nandi Bushell and Hawkins’ 16-year-old son Shane.NME‘s latest

Rebecca Souw Leonardo DiCaprio could be invited to join the cast of Netflix’s Emmy winning global smash hit “Squid Game” in a future season, series writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said. At a Netflix-hosted congratulatory press conference in Seoul on Friday, when asked if any known Hollywood actor would star in “Squid Game” Season 2, Hwang said: “There will be no known Hollywood actor in Season 2. That’s not in the plan and if the stage changes, maybe in Season 3 – but for Season 2, it is still set in Korea. Leonardo DiCaprio did say he’s a big fan of ‘Squid Game,’ so maybe if time or chances allow, we can ask him to join the games.”

Moonhwa Ilbo reported that the second season of the hit Netflix series will implement a new mechanism for the games named Cheol-su, described to be the “boyfriend” of Young-hee, the iconic giant doll used in the ‘Red Light, Green Light’ game in the first season.Moonhwa Ilbo cited the reason behind the introduction of new mechanisms to creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s resolve to come up with new games for the upcoming season, who was said to have “put a lot of effort” into devising the games and even “struggled” with selecting the final one.Filming for the hit Netflix series’ much-anticipated second season will begin in 2023, according to Moonhwa Ilbo, with an alleged release window for the new season being sometime at the end of 2024.The publication also reported on alleged new details of Squid Game 2, writing that the first season’s main character, Seong Gi-hoon (played by Lee Jung-jae), will continue to be the second season’s primary focus. Moonhwa Ilbo also alleged that the Frontman (played by Lee Byung-hun), as well as Gong Yoo’s cameo character, will be returning to the show.Reportedly, Squid Game 2 will also feature a new roster of characters, seeing as a majority of the participants and cast were killed off in the first season. However, Moonhwa Ilbo reported that actors Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok on the show) and Wi Ha-joon (detective Hwang Jun-ho) may have appearances in the upcoming sequel.Neither Netflix nor representatives from the Squid Game production team have responded to the reports as of writing.The news comes shortly after the show and its cast took home several historic wins at this year’s Emmy Awards, which were held earlier this week on September 12.