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Derek Ferguson has admitted he can't see Rangers making up the 11 point gap on Celtic - but fancies his old club to 'put a dent' in Brendan Rodgers' men.

Ooni pizza oven to artisanal spices like the Belazu Rose harissa. Looking for a last-minute gift? You can’t go wrong with one of the many festive culinary experiences and classes offered by Sur la Table. If you pick the right gift, you might just get to reap the delicious benefits yourself.

Chris McCausland has been supported by fans as he joked about having a 'stern talking to' after his last Strictly Come Dancing performance.

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes have one of the all-time great passer-receiver relationships in NFL history. They bonded on their shared ability to improvise on the field, leading to over 660 catches and 55 touchdowns in their 5+ years together with the Kansas City Chiefs. Their chemistry is the stuff of legend. This year… not so much.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Lainey Wilson already had plenty of trophies and accolades before being named Variety’s Storyteller of the Year — like winning the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year, generally considered country music’s top honor, the very first time she was nominated in 2023. But the story part in the name of the award she’s being given at Variety‘s Hitmakers event really means something to her.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com In tandem with Women’s History Month, the documentary “The Life & Times of Liz Carpenter” will premiere on public television stations in March. It will also stream on PBS.org and on the PBS app. Directed by Peabody award-winner Abby Ginzberg and Liz’s daughter, Christy Carpenter, this hour-long documentary tells the story of Liz Carpenter, an inspiring journalist, high-ranking White House aide and women’s rights leader.

William Earl SPOILER ALERT: This feature contains spoilers for “The Girl With the Needle,” “Immaculate,” “The First Omen,” “Apartment 7A,” “Alien: Romulus,” “The Devil’s Bath,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Cuckoo.” “The Girl With the Needle” features one of the most distressing scenes in any film this year, as a woman in Denmark in the early 1900s tries to give herself an abortion with a needle in a public bath. Even more haunting is the fact that, for many modern moviegoers, safe abortion access is as inaccessible as it is for the characters in this period film.

Mayim Bialik and singer Montana Tucker, and the topic at hand was one rarely discussed outside of similar informal gatherings — that Israeli content creators are increasingly becoming pariahs in the global marketplace. As a result, the next hit series like “Fauda,” “Homeland” or “Euphoria” could die on the vine. In the email, Benasuly issued a dire warning and solicited donations for a newly formed 501(c)(3) dubbed Friends of Israeli Film & TV Producers Association.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) has picked up remake rights to Arnaud Lemort’s French family comedy “Family Therapy” (“Jamais sans mon psy”) from Newen Connect. Under the deal, SPIP will develop localized versions of the French movie around the world, excluding China and France.

Squid Game has been criticised for not casting a transgender actor as a trans character in the forthcoming second season.South Korean male actor Park Sung-hoon plays the role of a transgender woman in the Netflix drama, who joins the competition to fund her gender-affirming surgery.As part of a new 10-minute video released by Netflix today (December 5), the cast talk about their respective characters in season two. Park talked about his role as Hyun-Ju, a former special forces soldier who joins the game.He added: “Even though she faces prejudices and tough situations, she shows incredible strength, decisiveness, and natural leadership.

Red-hot Hamza Igamane might still be getting to grips with the local lingo in Glasgow but Rangers strike partner Danilo reckons the young Moroccan’s potential speaks for itself.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Marc Burstein, an ABC News executive who has masterminded the Disney news unit’s special-report coverage of everything from the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the 2024 presidential election, is poised to step away following January’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, capping off more than four decades on the job. “I’ve had an extraordinary run and for the last 27 years it’s been my honor and a privilege to lead the special events team covering the most significant events of our time. It’s meant that not a day has gone by that I don’t go to sleep without first checking that my phone is charged and the ringer is on high,” said Burstein, senior executive producer at the news division, in a memo to staffers issued Thursday.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker Lina Soualem, whose documentary “Bye Bye Tiberias,” featuring her mother Hiam Abbas (“Succession”), launched positively from Venice and Toronto, is set to make her feature film debut with “Alicante,” a drama starring her sister Mouna Soualem (“Oussekine”) as a young woman on an existential journey that takes her to Spain. After exploring her Algerian grandparents’ break-up in the doc “Their Algeria” and delving into how Hiam Abbas and her family were displaced from the city of Tiberias by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war in “Bye Bye Tiberias,” Soualem will now be putting a somewhat lighter tale on screen, albeit one that continues her exploration of “questions of belonging and transmission and exiles between generations” and “finding your place in the world,” as she puts it.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside of New York City’s New York Hilton Midtown hotel on Wednesday (December 4) just before 7 am local time.

Ellise Shafer MGM+ previewed its upcoming thriller series “The Institute,” based on Stephen King‘s 2019 novel, at Content London on Thursday. During the panel — which included head of MGM+ Michael Wright, “The Institute” director and executive producer Jack Bender and creator and executive producer Benjamin Cavell — a full trailer for the series was played in addition to a sizzle reel of MGM+’s 2025 slate. They also announced for the first time that King has come on board the project as an executive producer.

K.J. Yossman Caleb Azumah Nelson is set to write, direct and executive produce the BBC adaptation of his debut novel “Open Water.” The eight-part series will be produced by Mam Tor Productions (a Banijay U.K. company) and B-Side Productions.

I'm A Celebrity viewers have noticed a change in GK Barry during the latest trial on the ITV show.

Give this mind-bending puzzle a go and see if you can find the hidden penny on the dirt path. Initially, it might look simple, but many are struggling to locate the elusive coin as its copper colour is deceptively camouflaged against the ground.

Jamie Lang Outsider Pictures has struck a deal with Berlin-based international sales agent Picture Tree International for U.S. distribution rights to a pair of Scandinavian dramas, “Stormskerry Maja” and “The Missile.” Both films will get limited theatrical runs next spring.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile’s most bankable stars, Paulina Garcia (“Gloria”), Alfredo Castro (“El Conde”) and Luis Gnecco (“No”), are leading the voice cast in the upcoming animated feature “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope.” Producer Sebastián Freund (“Dad to the Rescue”), who launched Rizco Content Sales with partner Ángel Zambrano last October at Iberseries, has pounced on the international streaming rights to the toon and boarded as an executive producer. “Securing the international streaming rights for this vital and emblematic project, which portrays a significant chapter in the shared history of Chile, Spain, and Argentina, marks a major milestone for our agency and the global market for diverse audiences,” said Freund, who is attending Ventana Sur where the project participates in the annual event’s Animation! WIP section.

A 550-mile wall of snow and ice around the UK is set to start in Scotland next week.