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Joshua Alston Limited series have become the equivalent of trial marriages for cable networks and streamers. When they don’t catch fire — or run hot initially only to smolder by season’s end –  they complete their self-contained stories and disappear into the void. (It’s technically not a cancellation!) But when the audience falls in love with a limited series, networks are more than happy to extend the runway, even when doing so is narratively prohibitive. Such is the case with Freeform’s “Cruel Summer,” the intelligent, twisty teen mystery that debuted in 2021 and became the most-watched series since the network’s 2016 rebrand. Technically, “Cruel Summer” wasn’t announced as a limited series, but it came to such a comprehensive conclusion that extending it after its wrapped up state would have reeked of desperation. After considering multiple options, including having the same ensemble return as new characters, the producers opted to anthologize the show, promising new stories and new casts with each season.

Time is running out for people to buy credits to plug any gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record for any missed years of contributions from as far back as April 2006. The UK Government extended the deadline from April 5, 2023 to July 31, 2023 after the original deadline saw a surge of people trying to contact the Future Pension Centre phone line, but unable to get through.

When the sun is shining and you have a glass of fizz in hand, there's no time to stop for a full-on, sit-down meal. We much prefer something dainty to nibble on while we natter away the warm hours in the garden.

Angry residents of a West Lothian village who say they are cut off due to a lack of buses are calling on the council to step in and help.

Guy Lodge Film Critic By the brazenly esoteric standards of Argentine director Lisandro Alonso, his last feature “Jauja” was virtually a concession to the mainstream. A lushly shot 19th-century historical drama led by Viggo Mortensen, it was — until a typically disorienting coda — close to linear in its colonialist-quest narrative, even as it moved in slow, ever-widening circles, and duly became Alonso’s most widely released film to date. Nine years later (the longest gap yet in a career taken at his own pace), Alonso’s follow-up “Eureka” playfully appears to mock whatever tentative gestures “Jauja” made toward accessibility: A glisteningly opaque meditation on Indigenous living that refracts viewers’ interpretations as it repeatedly switches gear, focus, locus and story, it’s a film built to frustrate those who don’t succumb to its oneiric spell, not that it especially imparts its secrets to those who do.

Here are your Manchester Untied headlines for the evening of Friday, June 2, 2023.

As the dust settled on another thumping for Manchester United away at City, in the sprawling Etihad press room Erik ten Hag unconvincingly explained why he did not maximise a Portuguese-speaking five-times Champions League winner out of "big respect for his career".

Naman Ramachandran The total U.K. and Ireland box office for May 2023 is £78.2 million ($97.7 million) which is 19% lower than May 2022, per numbers released by Comscore. Year-to-date 2023 is currently running 1% behind the same period in 2022. This is in contrast to most other territories where 2023 is significantly higher than last year, Comscore said. “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” opened at the beginning of May and achieved the highest three-day opening of the year with £9.2 million. It is the highest-grossing film in May with £33.6 million. It is currently the 16th-biggest title in the MCU all-time chart in the territory, tracking just behind “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which earned £34.4 million. “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” is also the second-biggest release of the year so far, behind Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (£52.9 million).

Britain's Got Talent viewers were not impressed with the "shrieking" coming from the crowds on the ITV show on Thursday night.

family for good!Dwayne Johnson took to social media on Thursday to share with fans that his credits cameo wasn't a fluke — he's coming back in the mix in a new upcoming film.ET can confirm Universal Pictures is developing an untitled  film starring Johnson as rogue lawman Luke Hobbs. The film will not be a standalone, or related to Johnson's spinoff with Jason Statham.

K.J. Yossman Australian indie WFTN Entertainment – the company behind hit blue-light shows including “Bondi Vet” and “Paramedics” – is hoping to lure unscripted creatives Down Under in a new hiring drive, Variety can reveal. WFTN says it has already identified 20 roles it needs to fill – including editors, producers, showrunners, post producers, field producers and production managers – and is prepared to spend up to seven figures to snap up a host of U.K. creatives. That sum will go towards flights, accommodation and work permits as well as salaries. The indie says that due to growing demand – it reports an uptick in commissions – plus the post-COVID production boom Australia is currently experiencing means it is becoming increasingly hard to fill those roles domestically – which is why Steve Oemcke, WTFN Group’s co-founder and CCO, is now casting his eyes across to the U.K.

Humza Yousaf has given an “absolute assurance” take up rates for the Scottish Child Payment will rise.

A new report on family spending data across the UK from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that the average weekly expenditure for households aged between 65 and 74 was £455.30 in 2021/22. This amounts to around £23,000 each year.

Supermarkets and other fuel retailers have reportedly slashed the price of diesel by 7.44p a litre.

Over 60,000 Scots children are in line to miss a £100 a month benefit for low income families.

From Godfather to father of four! Al Pacino made headlines when revealing that he and girlfriend Noor Alfallah were expecting their first child together. He was 83 years old at the time.

Devoted fans of the original The Little Mermaid film have eagerly awaited the highly anticipated live adaptation featuring Halle Bailey. As this beloved movie is reimagined for a contemporary audience, fresh discussions and debates have emerged surrounding the original storyline. Among these discussions, an intriguing theory has captivated fans, hinting at a dark and tragic subplot for one of the characters.

Funding for equipment and adaptations in South Lanarkshire is being reduced by £555,000 during this year as the area’s integration joint board (IJB) bridges a budget gap.

Ryan Gosling is opening up about the moment he knew he’d never want to “go back” in his relationship with Eva Mendes.

Love Island 2023 contestants were announced and we haven’t been the same since. We’re seriously counting down the days until the first show of the series on Monday 5 June. However, after finding out more about the latest batch of Islanders we’re starting to feel a bit concerned for clothing entrepreneur André Furtado.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Brooke Bower, a veteran of CNN and MSNBC, will take the reins of ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” as its new executive producer, filling in a gap left by the tragic demise of the show’s previous leader. Brower, who had been managing editor of CNN Politics, will report to Kim Godwin, president of ABC News. Kendall Heath, who had been working as the show’s interim executive producer, was named executive producer of politics, reporting into Stacia Deshishku, ABC News’ executive editor, and will work with political director Rick Klein during the election season. “As the 2024 election season gets underway, I look forward to Brooke and Kendall working closely with the talented teams at ‘This Week’ and all our great reporters and producers in the Washington bureau, led by Jonathan Greenberger, and the political unit under the leadership of Rick Klein and Averi Harper, to bring straightforward political journalism to our viewers at a time when it’s needed more than ever,” Godwin said in a memo sent to staff Wednesday.