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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen hopes to regain industry backing of its TV ratings later this year, the company’s top executive told investors Monday.Speaking on a call with analysts, Nielsen CEO David Kenny said the company expects to complete all necessary work to regain accreditation by mid year. He believes the Media Rating Council, the industry organization that certifies measurement processes, will vote on accreditation of Nielsen’s national and local TV ratings work sometime after that.

Once Twice Melody (★★★★☆) was released in four installments, with a chapter landing once per month. Their decision to slowly titrate the album’s release allowed it to reveal its strength in an almost teasing way, as the majesty of the whole became gradually more apparent as the second and third chapters dropped.

A Canadian singer is going to Hollywood!

Two Police Scotland officers have been injured after a missile was thrown at a police van ahead of the Rangers v Motherwell clash in Glasgow on Sunday.

A couple reignited their romance 30 years later after discovering a stash of love letters - turning “first love” into marriage three decades on.

on this link here.Meanwhile, Internacional confirmed that two suspects were arrested in light of the assault.They added that the club would "continue to give full support to the authorities in the investigation of the case".It follows another recent Brazil attack where Cascavel’s bus was hit by two rocks after a 1-0 loss away to Maringa.Another incident in the state of Parana saw fans wielding metal bars invade the pitch and attack players, who were forced to retaliate with kicks as the match was called off with four minutes to spare.

Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are expecting baby no. 3! The couple took to their website on Sunday to announce that Jill is pregnant, less than five months after suffering a miscarriage.

family is going through is unbearable. We loved our sister so much and she brought us so much happiness."I would like to thank everyone for their efforts.

Vladimir Putin's "propagandist-in-chief" has warned the West that their nuclear weapons are powerful enough to wipe out all NATO countries.Dmitry Kiselyov, a presenter for state media Rossiya 1, has a reputation for extravagant tirades demonising the West, recently threatening the Western world on TV by boasting Russia's military might.He said yesterday (February 27): "Our submarines can shoot more than 500 nuclear warheads. This would guarantee destruction of the USA, and all other NATO countries.

Leeds fans as Marcelo Bielsa's replacement.Following in the footsteps of Bielsa at Elland Road will feel akin to an act of treason once Marsch walks through the doors of the Yorkshire club, such is the iconic status of the Argentine legend. But Marsch has one thing in his favour - he once chopped former Manchester United superstar David Beckham down to size.

Anthony Joshua has revealed he is ‘rooting for’ Dillian Whyte when the Body Snatcher takes on fellow British heavyweight Tyson Fury next month.After lengthy discussions it was finally agreed and announced last week that Whyte would challenge Fury for his WBC title at Wembley Stadium on April 23.Joshua himself has a long rivalry with Whyte, which stretches right back to their amateur boxing days.The pair also met on the professional circuit back in 2015, where Joshua prevailed thanks to a seventh round knockout at The O2 Arena in London.Despite his lasting feud with the Body Snatcher, and admitting he ‘hates him’, AJ revealed he hopes the 33-year-old prevails as he attempts to become the heavyweight champion of the world.Joshua told iFL TV: “I'm rooting for Dillian, even though I hate him, and I want to smash him one of these days. Go on Dillian, I'm with you all the way.”There is no doubt Whyte is posed with a big task if he is to become world champion, with the undefeated Fury regarded by many as the best heavyweight on the planet.As a result, Joshua revealed what he thinks his long-time rival needs to do in order to come away from Wembley Stadium victorious.He commented: “It's a good opponent [for Fury], it's a good [title] defence against Dillian Whyte.“Dillian Whyte needs to come in, look at what Tyson Fury does and reacts to, and do the complete opposite.

Motsi Mabuse has shared a cryptic post about friendship online just days after Strictly Come Dancing stars have spoken out about the Russia Ukraine conflict. On Sunday (27 February) evening, the Strictly judge took to Instagram to share a pointed message with her loyal legion of fans online.Over the past week, the 40-year-old ballroom dancer has shared a series of concerning posts about her family who have been caught up in the war-torn country.With the limited contact they have, she confirmed that her parents-in-law were unable to cross the border to Germany but now continue to attempt to leave Ukraine via other neighbouring countries.In the sensitive post Motsi confessed that the public reaction to the conflict going on overseas has given her perspective about who she classifies as a friend on the social media platform.She wrote: “This situation also makes me how I could never, ever be friends with some people , friendly , politeness yes but never friends because we care about different things which is fine but also a reminder for me [heart emoji].”It comes after former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff came under fire from fans for a string of since-deleted tweets which appeared to support Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The Stockholm Film Festival, due to run November 9-20, says it will not program any films that benefit from Russian state funding due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a UK crime thriller adaptation of Si Spencer’s mind-bending graphic novel Bodies, Deadline can reveal, about four detectives in four different London eras who find themselves investigating the same murder.

One of the UK's most reliable hitmakers of the past five years, Jax Jones, has entered 2022 with a bang thanks to Where Did You Go? featuring MNEK.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn the wake of Russia’s invasion, the Stockholm International Film Festival will turn the spotlight on Ukraine during its next edition which kicks off on Nov. 9.

Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ album has rocketed to the top of the charts since its release late last week. The piracy charts, that is.The sequel to last year’s ‘Donda’ is, of course, only officially available to those willing to fork out $200 for one of the rapper’s Stem Player devices – an MP3 player that adds the ability to split tracks into four parts, so that users can remix the music themselves.West said that fans spent more than $2 million buying Stem Players in the 24 hours after it was announced that getting one would be the only way to hear ‘Donda 2’.

Kate Garraway, 54, candidly discussed how she is coping with caring for her husband Derek Draper, 54. Derek was put into an induced coma in March 2020 after he caught Covid.

Nick Cave exhibition Stranger Than Kindness is set to receive its North American premiere in Montreal in April.The exhibition, which is offering “an unprecedented look into the creative world” of the Bad Seeds musician, was designed in collaboration with Cave and previously opened in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2020.Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition will now take up residence at the Galerie de la Maison du Festival in Montreal, Canada on April 8, and will be on display there until August 7.“With more than 300 objects collected or created by Nick Cave through six decades of his creative and private life brought together in large-scale installations, the exhibition is an artwork in itself,” a description for Stranger Than Kindness reads. You can see a trailer for the exhibition below.Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition will invite visitors to “follow Cave’s development as an artist – and to gain insight into the overarching themes of his work, his working methods and the many sources of inspiration underpinning it all”.“Behind each work is an equally fascinating artistic process not originally intended for public view; the exhibition opens up the innermost parts of Cave’s creative universe and offers a story of its own.”Tickets for the Montreal exhibition will go on sale on Friday (March 4) at 10am local time from here.

Kate Garraway nearly had her Good Morning Britain co-stars on the floor in hysterics as she opened up about the notes her milkman left her every morning.

Loose Women viewers were not happy with Coleen Nolan after she left the nation up in arms with her kitchen drawers.The ITV panellist, who sang with the Nolan Sisters, joined the likes of Ruth Langsford on Thursday's show as she dialled in from home.But the Loose Women regular appeared to cause frustration among fans who couldn't help but notice an irritating detail about her house set-up.Ruth was forced to halt the conversation and address the kitchen drawer issue after complaints flooded in from 'disturbed' viewers.She said: "Can I just say, Coleen? We are getting messages coming in.""Yes?" asked Coleen.Ruth ploughed on: "You know we get comments and everybody talks about how neat and lovely your kitchen is, it is always gorgeous."People