West Ham fan Russell Brand urges Declan Rice to be Mark Noble's apprentice

EXCLUSIVE: C.J. Cooke’s supernatural family novel The Lighthouse Witches is set to be adapted into a television series after Studiocanal and The Picture Company landed the rights to the book.

ESPN confirmed Wednesday that it has signed longtime Fox broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to multi-year deals, securing their roles as the new voices of the network’s Monday Night Football. The deal takes effect with the upcoming season, which will mark the pair’s 21st season in the booth together — the first 20 years at Fox.

Ryan Reynolds just revealed an exciting new project unlike any he's done before! The surprising career move is a move away from acting and proves the sky isn't the limit for the star.MORE: Ryan Reynolds' new movie The Adam Project has fans saying the same thingRyan is no stranger to taking steps back from acting and focusing on other projects. In 2019, he became owner of Mint Mobile when he purchased a majority stake in the company. The actor further diversified his portfolio through his ownership of Aviation Gin.

Glamour's . Read on for her favorite product from the drop, how she takes a moment of peace, and why she doesn't believe in beauty rules. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Glamour: Tell me about the new chapter! Ariana Grande:  The new chapter expands our color story. We have some new makeup products— we have our cheek and lipstick, we have our metallic little pots of eye shadow, and we have some eye-gel-topper situation.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN spent last year building up Peyton and Eli Manning as the curators of a loose, bar-talk like show meant as an alternative to its traditional “Monday Night Football.” Now the Disney-backed sports giant is focusing on the main event.ESPN has signed the two main figures behind Fox Sports’ football presentations, Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, in a bid to strengthen the main “MNF” booth. The deal, which has been anticipated for several days, will put one of sports’ most-watched game-day figures at the helm of ESPN’s signature offering.“When you have the opportunity to bring in the iconic, longest-running NFL broadcasting duo, you take it, especially at a time when we are on the cusp of a new era in our expanding relationship with the NFL,” said Jimmy Pitaro, chairman, ESPN and sports content for Disney, in a statement.  “The NFL continues to ascend, and we now have more games than ever before, providing additional opportunities for Joe, Troy and our deep roster of commentators.” Signing the pair, who have worked together for two decades and called  called six Super Bowls — only the legendary team of Pat Summerall and John Madden has called more — illustrates the new pressures facing some of the most traditional broadcasters of sports.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentA testament to her fearless nature and boundless determination, Croatian-American filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović was nine months pregnant when she traveled from New York to present her feature debut “Murina” at the Cannes Film Festival.At the end of the festival, Kusijanović tool a 12-hour road trip with her husband to her homeland in Croatia, where she gave birth to her first child Petrus, right before scooping Cannes’ Golden Camera award with “Murina,” a double feast which earned her newborn son a lifetime festival accreditation.Eight months later, she sat with Variety to tell us how her life has changed since winning the coveted award and looked back at her journey getting there. Vibrant, bright, restless and forceful like her first feature “Murina,” Kusijanović hasn’t wasted any time.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlexandra Daddario has been cast in the lead role of the “Mayfair Witches” series at AMC, Variety has learned exclusively.Based on Anne Rice’s “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches” novels, the show was picked up to series at AMC in December 2021. Daddario will star as Rowan, a brilliant doctor who grapples with her fate as the heir to a family of powerful witches.“Alexandra is a singular talent who has lit up the screen in everything she’s been in and we couldn’t be happier to have her on board leading the cast of a series that will be a centerpiece of an expanding Anne Rice universe on AMC+ and AMC,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”The Oscars’ hour-long ceremony before the live telecast is getting some major star wattage.I can exclusively reveal that Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin and “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa are in final talks to present all eight categories that have been cut from being shown in real-time during the Oscars telecast on ABC on March 27. The categories include original score, makeup and hairstyling, documentary short, film editing, production design, animated short, live action short and sound.Highlights of the untelevised hour will be edited into the telecast. Momoa and Brolin, who both star in best picture nominee “Dune,” will also make appearances during the live show.

Fans of McDonald's are going wild after the fast food giant made a huge announcement about its menu. From today, shoppers will be able to get their chops around seven new items, which include some familiar faces.

Country crooner Kane Brown leads the 2022 CMT Music Awards with four nominations - video of the year and male video of the year, as well as two nods for CMT performance of the year.The Falcon and the Winter Soldier action star Anthony Mackie and country songstress Kelsea Ballerini will co-host the 56th annual ceremony, which airs April 11 at 8pm on CBS and Paramount+.Country songstress Carly Pearce - who's set to perform her new song Diamondback during the live ceremony - suited up to announce the nominations Wednesday on CBS Mornings.Scroll down for full list of nominees... He's on top: Country crooner Kane Brown leads the 2022 CMT Music Awards with four nominations - video of the year and male video of the year, as well as two nods for CMT performance of the year ; seen in JuneMickey Guyton, BRELAND, Cody Johnson, and Ballerini follow Brown with three nominations each, respectively.American Idol #4 champ Carrie Underwood has won an eye-popping 23 CMT Music Awards, and she's up for the top prize again - video of the year.

Joanna Krupa discussed her plan to head to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees during an interview with TMZ that was released on Wednesday.The 42-year-old television personality, who was born in Warsaw, spoke about how her husband, Douglas Nunes, had previously flown to her country of birth in order to participate in humanitarian efforts.The model also noted that she would soon trade places with her husband and begin assisting refugees as soon as he returned home to take care of their young daughter Asha-Leigh, aged two. Looking to the future:Joanna Krupa discussed her plan to head to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees during an interview with TMZ that was released on Wednesday; she is seen in 2018Krupa began the interview by noting that she was sympathetic to the feelings of Poland's residents, many of whom had been greatly affected by the ongoing conflict.'I think everybody that's, you know, Polish and lives there, of course they're worried what's next, what's going to happen,' she said.

Jasmine Tookes looked ready for her closeup when she posed in bright yellow lingerie from Lounge Underwear this week.The Victoria's Secret vet was posing outdoors in a very rocky backdrop that looked to be in the desert wilderness of Utah.'Just laying on some rocks,' wrote the leggy supermodel in her caption for her 5.5million Instagram followers as her fellow supermodel pal Elsa Hosk hit the like button. When in Utah:Jasmine Tookes looked ready for her closeup when she posed in bright yellow lingerie this week.

Covid cases have spiked in Renfrewshire as part of an increase in spread thought to be driven by the rise of the new Omicron sub variant.

While fans of “Star Wars” and Lucasfilm would both argue that “The Mandalorian” is a NEW series about NEW characters in the galaxy far, far away, there’s an argument to be made that Mando (the character and the show) is just an excuse to continue to mine the characters and stories of the franchise’s past. Hell, we even got the return of a young-ish Luke “Uncanny Valley” Skywalker.

Olivia Jade Giannulli made a daring fashion move on Tuesday evening when she attended the Sunny Vodka party in West Hollywood.The 22-year-old daughter of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli wore a slender black bra top that showed off her very toned tummy as she added a blazer and painter pants.This comes after the YouTube favorite talked about how bullying is 'the most cowardly form of human interaction.' Flashing the flesh:Olivia Jade Giannulli made a daring fashion move on Tuesday evening when she attended the Sunny Vodka party in West HollywoodOlivia looked to have a brand-new beach tan as she flashed the flesh in the little black top that showed off her cleavage and abs.The jet black jacket she wore was oversized with big shoulders and not buttoned. And she added painter pants in off-white that had pockets everywhere with blue top stitching.The star held onto a black purse with a silver chain strap as well as her cell phone.

“The Woman in the Window” is just one in the long line of films to suffer from studio interference in the editing room. A situation where a director’s vision is superseded by studio interests, and the resulting film suffers because of it.

She announced the launch of SKIM swim on Monday amid the drama with estranged husband Kanye West.And one day later, Kim Kardashian shared a sultry video of herself rocking a taupe colored bikini, highlighting her hourglass figure.The bikini line comes in the midst of the star's contentious public battle with Kanye, who has barraging her and her boyfriend Pete Davidson on social media. Wow factor:She announced the launch of SKIM swim on Monday amid the drama with estranged husband Kanye West.

A popular hair accessory that every girl in the early 00s had to have is making a comeback thanks to Primark.

“The Wire” wrapped up almost a decade-and-a-half ago, but it’s still one of HBO‘s most beloved shows. A lot of that comes from showrunner David Simon.

frauds' - and are often lured in by celebrity endorsements that later turn out to be fake. Around 300,000 people every year sign up to these frauds, which often pretend to be advertised by celebs like comedian Russell Brand, survivalist Bear Grylls and Dame Esther Rantzen. Subscription frauds advertise products or services online, using famous faces to gain consumers' trust - but the celebs have But the famous faces backing the products are often unaware they are being impersonated, according to the BBC Radio 4 programme File on 4. Many of the frauds rely on Facebook adverts to target their victims.