Ray Parlour includes five Liverpool players in his Premier League team of the season

Clayton Davis You can find strange similarities between almost any two years for Oscar prognosticating. Just days away from the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards and three weeks out from BAFTA and Critics Choice ceremonies, there are odd correlations between this year’s crop of nominees and the ceremony that rewarded the 1952 cinematic year.Denis Villeneuve’s omission from best director for the sci-fi drama “Dune” was the most shocking when Oscar nominations were announced.

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EXCLUSIVE: Rob Kirkland (Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown) has signed on to star alongside Nick Cassavetes, Dajana Gudić, Paul Johansson and Lou Ferrigno Jr. in the thriller Dyad, from director Patrick Flaherty (Rule of Thirds) and his shingle 1A Motion Pictures.

Film Independent has set animator Javier Barboza, cinematographers Gemma Doll-Grossman, Phillip Jackson, Garland McLaurin, Lidia Nikonova, Michael Tanji and Akina Van de Velde, directors Hannah Bang, Jaime Castañeda, Logan Jackson and San-San Onglatco, editors Calvin Chin, Marcus Heleker, Christopher Ma, Ziyang “Lucia” Wang and Skylar Zhang, executives T’Essence Minnitee, Eboni Robinson and Danni Xin, producers Sarah Al-Qatou, C.A. Barrow, Ebony Elaine Hardin, Trent Nakamura, Jera Wang and Rui Xu, writers Danielle Ellen, Henry Alexander Kelly, Justin Omori and Tumelo Tladi, and writer-director Jesus Celaya as the filmmakers for the 2022 edition of Project Involve, a free nine-month program for creatives from diverse backgrounds.

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Bill Murray and Aziz Ansari have teamed up for a new movie based on Atul Gawande’s novel Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End.It is unclear what Murray’s role is at this stage but as well as starring in the Searchlight Pictures comedy, Ansari also wrote the script and is on board to direct and produce the as-yet-untitled movie.“Aziz Ansari is an incredible talent and, with this script, he brings a singular combination of insightful humour and pathos,” said Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with him on his feature directorial debut which is long overdue, and of course working with the genius Bill Murray once again.”Murray most recently starred in Ghostbusters: Afterlife alongside Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.Describing the movie as “a spook-nuking sequel” which “brings the franchise back from the dead”, NME awarded the long awaited sequel four stars.It added: “The result is a sequel that feels like an authentic Ghostbusters movie without quite slipping into retread mode.”Ansari meanwhile, recently directed and appeared in season three of Netflix series Master Of None and released his latest stand up special Nightclub Comedian on the streaming service.In other news, a clip of Murray putting his own spin on Tom Waits‘ ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’ was recently shared.

Forbes.“If you don’t, he’ll take 100% of your wealth and throw you in jail.”Mr Browder described Putin to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017 as “one of the richest men in the world”.“I estimate that he has accumulated $200 billion of ill-gotten gains from these types of operations over his 17 years in power,” Mr Browder said.Another theory is that the Russian leader used nepotism to hand favours to his close circle, then gleaning money from ventures he helped create for them. Kirill Shamalov, who was married to Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, became a billionaire at 34-years-old after being allowed to borrow money from private banking company Gazprombank so he could buy a 17 per cent stake in the company Sibur from one of Mr Putin’s friends, Gennady Timchenko.Bloomberg columnist Leonid Bershidsky suggested Putin actually doesn't have much personal wealth, because he hasn't much need for it.“He has the whole country at his beck and call,” Bershidsky wrote in 2013.“It is enough for Putin to snap his fingers, and state-owned companies will cede assets to his friends at bargain-basement prices.

Kate Middleton has said she’s “broody” after visiting babies in Copenhagen, Denmark on a royal visit.The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, says she comes home saying “let’s have another one” to her husband Prince William, 39, when she meets young babies, joking that the Duke of Cambridge “worries” when she meets newborns. Kate, who is currently in the Danish capital of Copenhagen to learn about its system of early years support, met with new parents and health visitors to discover more about the importance of children’s social development.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Princess Eugenie received a “life-changing” phone call during a secret night out together, according to royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. At the time, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, were dating in secret and the Duke of Sussex’s cousin Princess Eugenie was one of the very few people in the know.The 31 year old royal regularly visited Toronto, Canada for work where the Duchess of Sussex was living at the time, and so there were a few occasions the trio met up incognito during their first four months.

Champions League record by scoring for Juventus just 32 seconds into his debut in the competition.The Serbian striker made his first-ever appearance in Europe's premier club competition on Tuesday night as the Old Lady faced Villarreal in the round of 16.Vlahovic needed just over half a minute to open his Champions League account, putting his side in front with the fastest goal scored by a debutant in competition history.Juventus fought off competition from Arsenal in January to land the 22-year-old frontman from Serie A rivals Fiorentina for an initial fee worth €70million.Prior to Tuesday night's trip to Spain, Vlahovic had never played a minute in the Champions League for previous clubs Fiorentina and Partizan Belgrade.This did not show when he was picked out by a long ball over the top from Danilo just seconds into the match.Vlahovic controlled the ball on his chest before firing a shot across a helpless Geronimo Rulli in the Villarreal goal.Who will win the Champions League this season? Let us know in the comments section below.As well as setting the record for the quickest goal on debut, Vlahovic's goal was also just 22 seconds slower than the fastest ever goal in Champions League history.Roy Makaay has held that record since March 2007, when he scored for Bayern Munich just 10 seconds into a 2-1 home win over Real Madrid.Vlahovic also scored on his Serie A debut for Juventus earlier this month, finding the net against Hellas Verona following his arrival in Turin.That had been his only goal for his new club before Tuesday night, having recently slipped one goal behind Ciro Immobile in the Serie A scoring charts with 18 in 24 this season.His form in 2021 was enough to earn a January move as he became just the third

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Arsenal legend Ray Parlour has urged Mikel Arteta to “gamble” in the transfer window in order to fire the club back into the Champions League.

Martin Keown has opened up on an occasion he questioned Arsene Wenger after an Arsenal victory.

Arsenal hero Ray Parlour recalled a brilliant drink warning from Arsene Wenger, which came hours after he scored in an FA Cup final against Chelsea.

Coronavirus is causing chaos across the globe - and the majority of Arsenal players have agreed a 12.5 per cent pay cut due to the pandemic.

Ray Parlour has leapt to the defence of Mesut Ozil and criticised the lack of leadership at Arsenal amid the recent disagreement regarding player pay cuts.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been criticised for his rant over Atletico Madrid’s tactics with the Reds dumped out of the Champions League.