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Janey Godley has bid her 'final farewell' to her "beloved Festival Home" of Edinburgh as mourners lined the streets of the Royal Mile to pay their respects to the late Scottish comedian.

The Thanksgiving holiday is playing its usual tricks on the Broadway show schedule, with nearly all productions having gone dark on Turkey Day itself and making up for the missed shows with added performances on Black Friday and, in a few cases, later in the weekend.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, best known internationally for groundbreaking epic “The Yacoubian Building,” more recently shot “El Set,” a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum, who is considered the Arab world’s greatest singer. Kulthum has also been praised by Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, among other Western artists, and sampled by Beyonce and Shakira.

Tasha Ghouri has been flooded with messages of support as she shared an update from her Strictly Come Dancing training with Aljaz Skorjanec. The pair are currently preparing to compete in the quarter-final stage of the BBC One dance contest.

Coronation Street star Jane Hazlegrove has declared her love for one of her co-stars after 'forgetting' her in a celebratory group message. The actress was among the soap's stars attending a huge awards ceremony in Manchester last week.

Pep Guardiola has backtracked on his assertion that Manchester City's title chances could be over this weekend.

Sarah Hadland has declared her love for one of her Strictly Come Dancing co-stars, as she already looks forward to their possible reunion following his exit from the competition.

Dumfries and Galloway has the worst NHS dental registration rate in the whole of Scotland.

The injury situation is getting better, but the form is nosediving. Manchester City players who have dragged the side through the injury crisis look shot of fitness and confidence, yet they will still be needed to help the returning players get up to speed.

Chris McCausland had a brilliantly hilarious response to a fellow comedian's wife, as she reacted to his latest performance on Strictly Come Dancing.

Stephen Graham, celebrated for his standout performances in Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders and numerous other iconic British series, is set to feature in an exciting new drama slated for Netflix next year.

Lauren Oakley has been seen in tears as JB Gill caught an emotional moment from their Strictly Come Dancing training on camera.

Noussair Mazraoui described himself as a "versatile player" after Manchester United's win against Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League.

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from Thursday’s episode of The Masked Singer.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 9 of “The Masked Singer,” “Peanuts Night,” which aired Thursday, November 28 on Fox. It was a dual elimination on a special Thursday edition of “The Masked Singer,” as the show celebrated both Thanksgiving and the Peanuts characters by eliminating both the Royal Knight and Sherlock Hound. Royal Knight was revealed to be the singer and actress Jana Kramer (“One Tree Hill”) while Sherlock Hound was unmasked as former baseball player Bronson Arroyo. The Royal Knight was the first to be unmasked.

Beyoncé is coming to Yale University.The course is named Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, and will examine Beyoncé’s work from her 2013 self-titled album to 2024’s ‘Cowboy Carter‘, as a lens to study Black history, intellectual thought and performance.Students will participate in screenings of the ‘Drunk In Love’ singer’s visual albums, discussions on works about her from various scholars, crafting playlists linking her discography to her musical predecessors and more.Speaking to the Yale Daily News, Daphne Brooks, professor of African American Studies and Music, highlighted the recent US election as a prime opportunity to recognise and study Beyoncé’s contributions to American culture.“The number of breakthroughs and innovations she’s executed and the way she’s interwoven history and politics and really granular engagements with Black cultural life into her performance aesthetics and her utilisation of her voice as a portal to think about history and politics — there’s just no one like her,” she said.A host of university classes dedicated to pop stars have cropped up in recent years.

The NFL today continued to build out its offering around Super Bowl LIX, announcing that Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Ledisi will provide pregame entertainment.

Veteran stage actor Julien Arnold died suddenly Sunday, Nov. 24, midway through a performance of A Christmas Carol, after experiencing a medical emergency. He passed after collapsing onstage during an evening performance of the stage production at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, according to the theatre.  

Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim has urged Rasmus Hojlund to take fewer touches after his matchwinning performance against Bodo/Glimt.

Concerned Kris Boyd refused to lap up the Europa League party after Rangers smashed Nice - as he posed a lingering question to Philippe Clement.

Philippe Clement warned his players on their stunning Europa League win over Nice as he urged them to show the hunger to get back on track domestically.