'Let's not go there': He'll 'never back down from an argument', but Andy Burnham urges PM to avoid repeat of bitter Covid cash battle as he asks for £1bn

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDiscovery CEO David Zaslav received a massive $203 million stock option grant last year that inflated his total 2021 compensation package to a staggering $246.6 million.The stock option grant comes as Zaslav is about to lead a much larger company as the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery nears completion. Although Zaslav will not see any liquidity from those options for years to come — and the payout only comes in success — the sheer size of the package is sure to draw more criticism about excessive executive compensation.Zaslav received another $13.1 million in stock awards last year, in addition to $22 million in other compensation, on top of a previously reported $4.4 million bonus.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt isn’t the fault of “Halo,” the TV series adaptation finally premiering March 24 on Paramount Plus after years stuck in development hell, that it comes on the heels of a plethora of TV and streaming options that look and feel similar enough to lessen its ability to shock and awe. From “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus), to “Matrix: Resurrections” (HBO Max), to “Foundation” (Apple TV Plus), there are already plenty of big budget science fiction epics onscreen taking on the same themes as “Halo” (written for TV by Kyle Killen and Steven Kane, and produced in part by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television).

Films based on video games are a notoriously dicey prospect, and that’s being polite. From “Hitman” to “Uncharted” to “Assassin’s Creed,” the overwhelming majority of them have failed to replicate on a screen what worked when fans had controllers in their hands.

Gal Gadot enjoyed spending a little quality time with two of her three children as she stepped into the kitchen for an old-time tradition of making specialty pastries ahead of Purim.The 36-year-old actress looked completely in her element while shaping dough into Hamantash (or often referred to as Hamantaschen) for the Jewish holiday, which begins on Wednesday and ends on Thursday.The holiday is known as a joyous occasion celebrating the survival of the Jewish people as told throughthe Jewish bible’s Scroll of Esther, who was the wife of a Persian king and hid the fact that she was Jewish. Memories: Gal Gadot enjoyed spending a little quality time with two of her three children as she stepped into the kitchen for an old-time tradition of making specialty pastries ahead of PurimAn adviser to the king, Haman, attempted to exterminate the Jews from the Persian Empire and Esther was able to convince the king not to kill the Jews while also saving herself, therein Jewish people celebrate Esther's act of bravery each year by honoring their communities and families.

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he is 'very focused on the north' as he visited the Kellogg's factory in Trafford.

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petrol buyers amid the ongoing fuel crisis. In view of his 235,000 followers, he began: "To all you selfish a***holes out there that are stealing all the f***ing petrol."I've got an actual appointment to get to for my medication, so can we just think about others before ourselves."A number of petrol stations across England were forced to close this month due to a lack of fuel supply.Drivers were seen flocking to forecourts to fill up their tanks which caused traffic chaos, despite the Government urging people not to panic.Meghan Markle’s ‘inappropriate’ New York wardrobe blasted by Lady CIn an update yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the issue was "stabilising" and that more petrol will be available soon.Tom regularly keeps his

Labour ’s Secretary of State for Child Poverty, slammed the Tory government decision to claw back the lockdown rise in Universal Credit in a speech that made him the darling of the Labour conference. Streeting, 38, recovered from kidney cancer this year to come back to Labour’s front bench as the arrowhead of a campaign against child poverty.

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