NBC Orders Social Distancing Comedy ‘Connecting’ From ‘Blindspot’ Team

Rise Against have shared a synth-heavy new remix of their 2021 track ‘Talking To Ourselves’ featuring IDLES.Issued on Monday (February 28), the remix titled ‘Talking To Ourselves (IDLES Inner Monologue Remix) trades in Rise Against’s usual guitar-driven flair for a glitchy, synth-focused sound, with Tim McIlrath’s vocals reduced to hushed whispers.The track comes with a glitchy visualiser, comprising of flashing black and white images. Viewer’s discretion is advised.

Kanye West arguing about the creative direction of the music video for his Twista and Jamie Foxx collaboration ‘Slow Jamz’.The footage – cut from the final version of Netflix‘s jeen-yuhs documentary but shared by TIME earlier today – shows West struggling to maintain control during the shoot, which TIME said was “plagued by creative differences, logistical problems, and financial limitations”.“The whole point is, Jamie Foxx comes up and puts the record on this record player that I begged for yesterday,” Ye explains. “I’m going to keep repeating myself over and over.

Lisa Kudrow is showing support to two of her former co-stars!

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was sure that Chris Licht was the right person for the job of showrunner of his CBS late-night show when the pair met over a drink six years ago.

An organization of owners and executives from the original United States Football League filed suit today in Los Angeles to block Fox Sports’ planned launch of a new version of the legacy league.

The FTC is set to decide over the next few weeks whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon’s planned merger with MGM. The Information reported this evening that the U.S. regulator is exploring actions that include hiring expert witnesses.

The highest-ranked Ukrainian tennis player in the world, Elina Svitolina, announced today that due to the Russian invasion of her country, she would not play a “match against Russian or Belarussian [sic] tennis players until our organizations take this necessary decision.”

This Morning presenter Josie Gibson has taken to social media to ask followers for their help after her friend became stranded in Ukraine. The 37-year-old took to Twitter to ask her 344,000 followers to help her friend, a mother, and her two children, who are stuck in the northeast city of Kharkiv and struggling to get out.

snow plume is drifting across the Atlantic and could bring a return to weather chaos in a matter of days.Around three inches of snow are predicted to land in parts next week, with flakes expected in every part of the United Kingdom.New weather maps from independent forecaster WX Charts show an aggressive weather front sweeping in from the south east next Thursday (March 10) around midday.Some of the heaviest snowfall will come in the Welsh Valleys, with Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the north east of England also expected to experience up to three inches later in the day.In areas further south, this weather is expected to instead come in the form of extreme heavy rain, with nine to 10mm of precipitation anticipated per hour in London, Bristol and the Home Counties.Looking ahead to net week, the Met Office outlook for Saturday (March 5) to Monday (March 14) reads: "A largely settled start to this period with sunny spells across the north and west. "Cloudier conditions with light rain or drizzle are more likely further south and east, although brighter spells are also possible here.

warlord who murdered LGBT+ people in what became known as the "gay purge" has been killed fighting in Ukraine. Magomed Tushayev was a military boss under the command of feared Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Anti-gay purges were first reported in Chechnya, now a constituent republic of Russia, in 2017 and involved secret abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings.

Ukraine following the invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.

Rebel Wilson, 41, is a renowned comedian but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have time for her family. In fact, the Pitch Perfect star is super close to her siblings, whom she claims keep her grounded.  She has opened up about her family a number of times as she has risen up in fame. When revealing how her unique name came about, she shared that it’s something she and her siblings have in common. “A girl called Rebel sang at their wedding, and that’s where my name came from,” she said according to Daily Mail. “My three siblings and I all have middle names after English royalty. Mine is Elizabeth, which is what I was known as at school.” With that said, meet the Bridesmaids star’s three siblings!

They announced their engagement back in January.And Ron Perlman, 71, showed he was still madly in love with his fiancée Allison Dunbar, 49, when he couldn't keep his hands off her as they hit the red carpet for the fifth annual Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Film Awards.The lovebirds both look effortlessly elegant in matching black outfits as they arrived at the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood on Monday evening. Loved-up: Ron Pelrman, 71, couldn't keep his hands off his actress fiancée Allison Dunbar, 49, at the fifth annual HCA Film Awards in Hollywood on MondayAllison looked gorgeous in a voluminous black satin dress with a plunging neckline.The outfit included a thick black bow tied over her bust that drooped down to her knees, and the long skirt reached to the ground.

Naya Rivera‘s family has privately settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed against Ventura County, where she tragically drowned in July 2020.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBeavis and Butt-Head are returning to TV.Comedy Central announced Wednesday that the world’s favorite slacker teens are getting a reimagining at the cable network courtesy of original series creator Mike Judge. Comedy Central has ordered two seasons of the show as part of a new animation deal with Judge and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has made a range of decisions on its remaining pilots this season, which were all shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Firstly, the network is scrapping its pilots for the dramas “The Brides” and “Thirtysomething(else)” and the comedy “Valley Trash.” The news is surprising for “The Brides” — a female-led vampire soap opera with “Riverdale’s” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing — and “Thirtysometing(else) — a sequel series to the classic dramedy “Thirtysomething” with the original creators and multiple original cast members returnin. Both shows were pegged as early frontrunners for series pickups prior to the pandemic.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to Connecting, a coronavirus-era comedy, from Blindspot creator/exec producer Martin Gero, his frequent collaborator Brendan Gall and Universal Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersConnecting marks Gero’s first sale under the major overall deal he signed with Uni TV this spring.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIn a competitive situation, Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy series from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Variety has learned exclusively.Titled “The Afterparty,” the series is described as a murder mystery comedy set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each of the eight episodes will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.Miller created the series and will also serve as showrunner and executive producer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChris D’Elia is no longer repped by CAA, Variety has learned.The news comes after D’Elia was accused by multiple women of trying to engage with them sexually via social media. Some were as young as 16 at the time of the alleged encounters.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Lucifer” will live on, with Netflix announcing that they have renewed the show for a sixth and final season. The announcement was made on social media Tuesday morning.This now marks the second time the show has been renewed for a “final” season at Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNickelodeon is bringing back “Nick News” for an hour-long special about children, race, and unity.The special will be hosted by Alicia Keys and is meant to amplify the voices and experiences of Black kids across the country in the wake of the large-scale protests that have rocked the United States in recent weeks. It will air June 29 at 7 p.m.