Producers Guild Awards Postponed Until Mid-March Amid Omicron Surge

Manchester City and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.The Italian striker is one of a number of shock inclusions in the list of future winners predicted by Bleacher Report a decade ago.It was also predicted that he would earn a top three finish for the award prior to winning it, something that seems crazy with the benefit of hindsight.Despite his form for Turkish side Adana Demirspor this season fuelling talk of an international recall, Balotelli remains below the standard of a Ballon d'Or nominee.So, just how well did Bleacher Report do with their set of predictions back in 2012?Inspired by the performances of those playing in the under-23 football tournament at the London Olympics, Bleacher Report predicted the next 10 Ballon d'Or winners.The predictions start strongly, with Lionel Messi going on to win his fourth award following his outstanding performances in 2012.A simple prediction to make with over half the year already completed and Messi already well on his way to his record goal tally for a calendar year of 91.Messi is the only player that was expected to win multiple Ballon d'Or awards across the next decade, meaning nine different winners were predicted.In reality, just three different players have won the award in this period, with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sharing 12 of the last 13 editions between them.It was also predicted that Ronaldo, who was the real-life winner of the 2013 award, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic would finish behind Messi as losing finalists.The second and final correct prediction came in 2014, with Ronaldo expected to wrestle the title back off Messi, something he had actually achieved a year earlier.The predicted finalists for this year were Balotelli and his former City team-mate Sergio

“Saturday Night Live” opened the Jan. 22 show by poking fun at tennis star Novak Djokovic, whose refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccination led him to be deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Days after his death from Covid-19 complications, Meat Loaf's daughter Amanda Aday is sharing memories of her beloved rock star father. In a statement obtained byPeople,the 41-year-old actress recalled the contrast between her father as a public figure and a hands-on parent.She described their touring and home lives as 'dichotomous' and said when they weren't on the road 'he wasn't Meat Loaf anymore,' but rather, 'it was home and he was just dad.' Opening up: Days after his death from Covid-19 complications, Meat Loaf's daughter Amanda Aday is sharing memories of the singer and actorThe My Name is Earl star used to tour with her famous father and said she had 'amazing experiences' tagging along at arenas and on tour buses.

Former Liverpool and England midfielder Danny Murphy believes the introduction of Marcus Rashford from the bench was the driving force behind Manchester United's 1-0 win over West Ham.

KIERAN Hayler’s fiancee Michelle Penticost has shared a touching image of her sons snuggling in bed this morning. The picture shows her son Valentino, from a previous relationship, her baby Apollo, who she shares with Kieran Hayler and Jett, who is Kieran’s son with Katie Price, all lying on the covers looking cosy.

Liverpool a late penalty against Crystal Palace has enraged viewers, who vented their fury online.Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then controlled Andy Robertson's cross and finished for the Reds' second.Palace pulled one back through Odsonne Edouard - and looked to even get level until a penalty was given the other way. After Diogo Jota collided with Vicente Guaita in Palace’s box, referee Kevin Friend went to look at the incident in slow-motion pitch-side at the Referee Review Area and surprisingly awarded the away side a penalty at Selhurst Park.At 2-1 and the Reds on the backfoot, Fabinho ensured Jurgen Klopp’s men went away with all three points, slotting past Guaita for Liverpool’s third.But fans online were pulling their hair out over the decision to award a penalty, claiming that it was merely a 50-50 collision.One wrote: “Why are referees so afraid to stick with their on field decision when asked to go to the VAR screen? Kevin Friend surely sees that back and thinks he's made the right decision, but he doesn't want to go against the farcical VAR so is forced to give the penalty! #GamesGone.”A second wrote: “Alan Shearer has said it all.

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films is closing a mid-seven-figure worldwide rights deal for Fire of Love, the Sara Dosa-directed documentary that opened the festival and created a stampede of bidders in what is the first deal on the virtual ground here.

Refresh for latest…: With an amazing $1.69B worldwide cume through Sunday, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the No. 6 film ever globally, passing Jurassic World ($1.67B) and The Lion King ($1.662B) to get there. This includes a running $970.1M from the international box office, which should portend an eventual $1B overseas gross — and without a China bump. Domestic is at $721M+.

Will Forte returned to “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend for his first time as host and, as expected, he brought MacGruber with him.

Bus passengers in Greater Manchester will not be able to catch a bus from First's Oldham depot on two days next week amid strike action.

MacGruber is back!

NBC Sports this week made the not-too-surprising announcement that much of its Beijing Olympics team would be covering next month’s Winter Games from afar, in Stamford, CT, as the Covid pandemic once again disrupts the event.

ADELE has promised her fans she will “100% be back” amid concerns her Las Vegas residency might not go ahead. The superstar, 33, left fans, some of whom had paid up to £9,000 for tickets, devastated when she announced this week that her shows had been called off.

FORMER Corrie star Kym Marsh seems to have settled into her new stage role, which sees her romping on stage with co-star Oliver Farnworth. In scenes from Fatal Attraction, the pair – who have both appeared on the ITV soap – share a number of intimate moments between the sheets.

Harry Kane has reiterated his desire to play at the highest level as he reflected on Tottenham's prospects under Antonio Conte.

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has confirmed that the Magpies are not close to completing any further January signings, amid interest in Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard.

Valve has released an update to developers that announced Easy Anti-Cheat is now compatible with Steam Deck software.A post from Valve provides details of the support and should allow many games to be supported on the Steam Deck with minimal input from the developers.“Our team has been working with Epic on Easy Anti-Cheat + Proton support over the last few months, and we’re happy to announce that adding Steam Deck support to your existing EAC games is now a simple process, and doesn’t require updating game binaries, SDK versions, or integration of EOS. Alongside our BattlEye updates from last year, this means that the two largest anti-cheat services are now easily supported on Proton and Steam Deck.”The post also includes a link for developers using BattlEye or Easy Anti-Cheat to follow, with documentation on how to enable Proton support (via PCGamesN).“Related to this, we’re going to start submitting Deck Verified test data for tested titles that use anti-cheat middleware on Monday, January 24.

An award-winning engineer born and bred in East Kilbride has received an MBE in recognition of her achievements.

Scott Schoneville slammed Rutherglen Glencairn's "disappearing act" in the second half of their heavy defeat to Hurlford United.

Eric Clapton has explained why he felt compelled to voice his controversial anti-vaxxer and lockdown views through song.The veteran rocker has been publicly vocal about his opposition to lockdown restrictions and vaccinations over the past two years, and last summer said he would not perform concerts that require proof of vaccination.In December 2020, he teamed up with fellow sceptic Van Morrison for the track ‘Stand And Deliver’, one of many anti-lockdown songs Morrison recorded and which were met with significant backlash.Then in August last year Clapton released ‘This Has Gotta Stop’, a song which hears him air his frustrations with the measures put in place to help curb the spread of COVID-19 while criticising the vaccine.The song also touches upon on his “disastrous” reaction to the vaccine – which he detailed early last year after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. “I knew that something was going on wrong/ When you started laying down the law/ I can’t move my hands/ I break out in sweat,” he sings on the track.Now, speaking in a new interview with The Real Music Observer, Clapton has explained his decision to voice his opinions on the vaccine and lockdown through song, as well as the backlash he received.Discussing how ‘Stand And Deliver’ and ‘This Has Gotta Stop’ came about, Clapton said: “My career had almost gone anyway.

Jessica Kiang There are very few actors with Rebecca Hall’s facility for making difficult, even contradictory characters seem plausible. So it’s quite something to say that even her knack for the dignified and intelligent portrayal of mental and behavioral instability meets its Waterloo with Andrew Semans’ “Resurrection,” a psychological thriller that starts off promisingly before swerving into serious (and sadly self-serious) derangement.