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A Motherwell pupil wins a place in the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ national joke telling competition final.

Annika Pham Hollywood Icelandic mogul Joni Sighvatsson, producer of David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winner “Wild at Heart” and head of L.A.-based Palomar Entertainment, has partnered the Scandinavian powerhouse The Global Ensemble Drama and South Africa’s Diprente Media for the feature adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling book “The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden.” The majority English-language project in development will be directed by high profile South-African talent Kagiso Lediga from a script by Karabo Lediga, both credited for Netflix’s first African series “Queen Sono.” “The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden” is the second Jonas Jonasson movie adaptation for Sighvatsson, after the executive produced “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” which grossed over $51 million worldwide. Published in 2013 and sold by Albatros Agency to around 30 territories including to Harper Collins for English language countries, “The Girl…” is the empowering story of Nombeko Mayeki, “a young woman from Soweto who finds herself caught in an international whirlwind from South Africa to Sweden,” per the official logline.” “A heroine born in the slums of South Africa, she rises from obscurity to become the key player in an international nuclear conspiracy, accidentally saving the Swedish monarchy and averting global catastrophe with her quick-witted resourcefulness.” Nombeko’s journey is described as “an absurd and heart-warming tale of how one underestimated person can inadvertently save the world from disaster.

In a significant career shift, broadcaster Piers Morgan is parting ways with Rupert Murdoch's News UK.

Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of A Woman of Substance, which was adapted into a hugely successful Channel 4 drama series, has died aged 91. Taylor Bradford died yesterday after a short illness.

Cher claims that John Lennon once “stripped naked” and jumped in the Playboy Mansion swimming pool.Writing in her forthcoming memoir Cher: The Memoir – the first part of which is set to be released on November 19 – she detailed how she met Lennon and Harry Nilsson at a Los Angeles restaurant in 1974 and invited them to the infamous mansion.Although it was known for its wild parties, the trio attended one of mansion’s “movie nights” which were said to be more laid-back, featuring cocktails, dinner, and new film screenings.According to Cher (via The Mirror), when they got to the mansion Lennon and Nilsson, who were both drunk, started chanting “Hef! Hef! Hef! ” in exaggerated posh English accents, prompting her to steer them away from Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to the “Grotto”.She added: “Giggling and falling over each other, John and Harry followed me out into the grounds. Sitting them down inside the infamous Grotto – it was like a huge cave that one end of the swimming pool went into – I went to find a drink and when I came back they were standing in the middle of the Grotto naked but still in the water, thank God.“I was trying not to laugh, but it was impossible not to as they threatened to wander around the mansion naked.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer Nell Scovell (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and former NBCUniversal content chief Susan Rovner are developing the new series The Fishbowl with CBS Studios for CBS, sources tell Deadline.

Rebel Wilson‘s memoir Rebel Rising will be printed in the United Kingdom with several passages relating to Sacha Baron Cohen redacted.

Michaela Zee Rebel Wilson‘s memoir “Rebel Rising” will be published in the U.K. with redacted passages about her experience working with Sacha Baron Cohen. “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the U.K.

After finding himself an unwilling major selling point of Rebel Wilson‘s memoir Rebel Rising, Sacha Baron Cohen is feeling a bit of vindication tonight. When the UK version of the book is published tomorrow, the chapter about him will be largely redacted, this after Baron Cohen’s attorneys threatened to sue Harper Collins over allegations his camp has maintained were provably false. She has been beating on Baron Cohen like he owed her money for the past month, alleging outrageous treatment by him toward her on the set of the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby. Wilson has not relented in public comments, but it looks like the publisher wasn’t taking any chances.

As Omid Scobie's explosive royal book Endgame hits the shelves this week, many are questioning who the British author is.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Studio Crook has acquired the rights to develop “Damaged Goods,” the first of Helen Black’s “Lilly Valentine” legal book series, into a returning television drama series “Valentine” (6 x 60’). “Valentine” will follow Lilly Valentine, an almost divorced single mother on the wrong side of 40 who excels at her job at a local Oldham law firm. She will go to any length to help her clients, at the expense of both her son and her nearly ex-husband.

Arlo Parks' lyrics have always had a tactile and intimate nature with the London-born songwriter often claiming that her songs began life as poems. It is perhaps no surprise, then, to learn that she will release a poetry collection later this year. The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine will be published on September 12 and arrives after Parks inked a book deal with Harper Collins.

Agatha Christie is the latest bestselling novelist to get the rewriting treatment for 2023 readers, according to a British newspaper. 

Brent Lang Executive Editor Rupert Murdoch just can’t stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again. He’s engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old San Francisco police chaplain. According to gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who broke the story in the New York Post, Murdoch’s future wife was married to Chester Smith, a country-western singer, as well as a radio and TV executive who died in 2008. Adams reports that the two bonded over their shared knowledge of the media business as well as the fact that she once owned a vineyard and he still does. If they tie the knot, it will be Murdoch’s fifth marriage. Hall, a model and actress, was married to Murdoch for six years. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967.

Pamela Anderson, who remained silent on Hulu's recent Pam & Tommy miniseries, has finally spoken out about the show in her upcoming Netflix documentary: Pamela, A Love Story, per Entertainment Tonight. The Baywatch actress, 55, admitted in the film that the idea of the series - which starred Lily James and Sebastian Stan - gave her 'nightmares' and revealed that since its release to critical acclaim last year, she still has 'no desire to watch it.' The former Playboy model's documentary is set to premiere on January 31 on the popular streaming site, which is the same day that her tell-all memoir, Love, Pamela, will be published to anticipated readers by Harper Collins.  Opening up: Pamela Anderson, 55, finally opened up about Hulu's Pam & Tommy miniseries in upcoming Netflix documentary titled: Pamela, A Love Story; seen in March 2022 in NYCThe blonde bombshell's forthcoming documentary follows her rise to fame, relationships and the sex scandal 'in her own words,' according to a Netflix synopsis.  According to Entertainment Tonight, Pamela explained in the film that she had 'nightmares,' when her sons Brandon, 26, and Dylan, 25, had informed her that a series was being made based on her and ex-husband, Tommy Lee's, 'stolen tape.' The star further admitted, 'I have no desire to watch it.

Jinger Duggar Vuolo was raised in an ultraconservative family, with her parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, laying down the law for their 19 kids about everything from courtship to clothing and even music. But in her new book, the Counting On alum is revealing why she decided to leave those strict rules behind.READ: Jinger Duggar makes surprising confession about strict family beliefsIn Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear, the TLC star, 28, details "how she began to question the harmful ideology of her youth," according to publisher Harper Collins.The Duggars explain "courtship"19 Kids and Counting stars Jim Bob and Michelle raised their brood in a devout Baptist home, following the teachings of Bill Gothard, who dictated obeying rules of modesty (no shorts or jeans, only dresses or skirts) and following guidelines for courtship that banned front-facing hugs and kissing before marriage.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Quentin Tarantino is prepping to embark on a book tour for his first nonfiction book “Cinema Speculation,” which releases on Nov. 1. The tour will see the filmmaker, cinephile and now podcaster make stops in five major U.S. cities from Nov. 3-16. Tarantino will kick off his promo jaunt in Los Angeles, then head to San Francisco, Portland and Austin before concluding at The Town Hall in New York City. In “Cinema Speculation,” the “Pulp Fiction” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” director finally does what fans have anticipated throughout his 30-year long career: write about and analyze the films that shaped him, from his early childhood to his adulthood. As one of the most famous movie-lovers of all time, Tarantino packs in film criticism, film theory, reporting and personal history while centering on key movies made throughout the 1970s. The book will be published by Harper Collins and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. The book follows Tarantino’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a novelization of his 2019 film of the same name. Tickets officially go on sale for Tarantino’s “Cinema Speculation” book tour on Friday, Oct. 7. See the full list of tour dates below, and pre-order the book here.

Yesterday was a good one for filmmaker Michael Mann. He began production in Italy on Ferrari, and learned that his first novel landed atop The New York Times Bestseller hardcover list. Heat 2 fleshes out the events before and after Mann’s 1995 crime classic Heat, and lands atop the NYT list in its first week in publication. Mann wrote his novel debut with co-writer Meg Gardiner in a book published through Mann’s William Morrow imprint. Heat 2 is the first book in a three book multi-million dollar deal between Michael Mann books and the Harper Collins division, In a Deadline feature on the book last week, Mann said that he plans to lean into continuing the crime story, which in the present focuses on the criminal exploits of Chris Shiherlis, played by Val Kilmer in the original film, and Detective Vincent Hanna, played by Al Pacino in the film. Mann hopes to adapt Heat 2 into a theatrical feature, after he completes Ferrari with Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley starring.

Dan Walker has taken to Twitter to congratulate his former BBC Breakfast colleague Carol Kirkwood on her huge achievement.The Channel 5 newsreader, 45, was quick to celebrate the weather presenter reaching a huge milestone when it came to her career outside of the BBC.In view of her 237,000 followers, Carol expressed her surprise at her new novel The Hotel on the Riviera reaching a bestselling list.The BBC weather presenter wrote: "So incredibly chuffed! Did not expect this."THANK YOU xxx," she added alongside a heart.It comes as the Editorial Director at Harper Collins congratulated the weather presenter on reaching a milestone.@katebradleySW6 wrote: "Huge congrats to the amazing @carolkirkwood for reaching #5 on @thesundaytimes_ bestseller list with #TheHotelontheRiviera woohoo!!"Carol's former BBC Breakfast colleague Dan was among the first to congratulate the author.He commented: "Lovely stuff Carol."The star's fans also took to the comments and congratulate her on her achievement.Twitter user @cm_bagot wrote: "@carolkirkwood very pleased for you x."@nhutson358 added: "Congratulations! I’m sure it won’t peak there.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralia-set fantasy-drama “Boy Swallows” is to shoot in Brisbane, Queensland from next month. The series is an adaptation of Trent Dalton’s international best-selling novel “Boy Swallows Universe” and is being produced by Brouhaha Entertainment for streaming platform Netflix.“Boy Swallows Universe” follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery of hope through the power of love, said local screen agency Screen Queensland.

A Lanarkshire writer has been selected for an initiative to help new authors ahead of the launch of her first book.