Salma Hayek Congratulates 'Wicked' Movie Team, Over a Decade After She Planned to Turn the Book Into an ABC Miniseries

Pensioners in Scotland are being urged not to miss out on up to £300 help with their winter energy bills as a key application deadline is just days away. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national advice service advice.scot, is reminding households they have until Saturday, December 21 to apply for Pension Credit, which will unlock access to a backdated Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

*Warning - This article contains spoilers for Outlander season 7.*

In this age of streaming and on demand services, many people have ditched the DVD collections that were taking up space in their house.

Britain's Got Talent Judge Amanda Holden has become known for her youthful complexion that always looks glowing.

Meghan Markle beamed with happiness in a chic pink dress at a friend's baby shower, as revealed in a snap shared on Instagram by her close pal, Kelly Zajfen.

Keir Starmer has said sandwiches are a "great British institution" after Kemi Badenoch claimed they are not "real food".

A baby girl has been airlifted to hospital after being 'attacked by an XL bully'. Police were called out to reports of an eight-month-old girl being bitten by a dog on Wednesday afternoon (December 11).

A teenager has died following an incident at a dock on Merseyside. Emergency services were called to a private industrial site located at the Langton Dock in Bootle, north of Liverpool, at around 1.10pm yesterday (Wednesday, December 11).

Coleen Rooney has shared her first update since her I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here - and she's been brought back to reality very quickly.

Maura Higgins has broken her silence on her I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here stint as she was seen being reunited with rumoured love interest Pete Wicks.

are officially engaged!This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Gomez posted the happy news on Instagram on December 11, with a carousel of photos showing off her new engagement ring—a marquise diamond with a diamond eternity band, in case you were wondering. She wrote in the caption, “forever begins now..” And in the comments, bestie Taylor Swift has already volunteered to be in the bridal party, joking (presumably), “Yes I will be the flower girl.”Gomez and Blanco's other well-wishers include stylist Erin Walsh, who commented, “SEL,” with a plethora of emojis; Lily Collins, writing, “Ahhhhhhhh yes yes yes!! Best news ever.

Kate Bush has become the latest to sign a petition speaking out against artificial intelligence (AI) using artists’ work without their permission.The campaign emerged earlier this year and states that “the unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted”.It arose in light of ongoing legal issues between the creative world and tech firms over the use of their work to train AI models such as ChatGPT. Find the full statement here.Back in October, it gathered more momentum as both Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus signed the petition, alongside 11,500 others.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in cash to a group of investors.

Martin Dale Contributor Through her shingle Pretty Matches Productions, Sarah Jessica Parker is executive producing Kim A. Snyder’s “The Librarians,” one of 91 films in Sundance’s 2025 Premieres lineup. The feature documentary follows a group of librarians, dubbed FReadom Fighters, who have resisted book bans in Texas, Florida and beyond.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery said it would, going forward, “serve as the parent company for two distinct operating divisions,” one that holds linear TV networks, and another centered around production studios and streaming platforms, in a bid to “enhance its strategic flexibility and create potential opportunities to unlock additional shareholder value.” The maneuver was unveiled just days after Comcast said it planned to spin off the bulk of its NBCUniversal cable networks into a publicly traded company, and wil no doubt fuel speculation about the potential for deal making between the two companies.

EXCLUSIVE: A feature documentary about renowned sound recordist and environmental activist Martyn Stewart is in production with a raft of seasoned industry and creative names on board. Stewart’s niece Amanda Hill is behind the film, My Uncle Martyn. It will be Stewart’s final project after doctors told him he had terminal cancer.

EXCLUSIVE: ITV is committing to Olivia Attwood.

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based Carver PR is launching a culture division and has hired veteran publicist Jenna Knight to lead it. As Head of Culture, she will have a client list including Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place brand, comedian Michael Dapaah and entrepreneur Grace Beverley. Carver PR already has people, music, podcast, books, brands, events and sports divisions. Knight has worked in PR for 17 years, working with brands and talent in music, entertainment and wider culture, and has experience in full-service publicity and comms campaigns. “Jenna is a first-class publicist and comms strategist who is innately passionate about crafting purposeful, powerful and impactful moments within culture for clients, said Megan Carver, founder and MD of Carver PR. “More than that, she shares our values and passions.” Knight added she had “long admired Megan as a powerhouse figure — and leader — in the entertainment PR space, and her values, vision and approach to how she conducts business are absolutely aligned with mine, which is extremely important to me.” Carver PR’s clients include Ian Wright, The Louis Theroux Podcast, diver Tom Daley, singer Jess Glynne, Sony, Dr Rangan Chatterjee and The British Podcast Awards.

Conclave and Wicked lead the 30th Critics Choice Awards film nominations, with 11 nominations each, the Critics Choice Association announced today.

Apple TV+ has acquired global rights to Spanish rom-com series Love You to Death.

Warner Bros. Discovery is creating a new corporate structure, slimming down from three divisions to two and establishing a clear separation between linear networks and the streaming and studios businesses.