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Variety hosted “U.S. Filmmaking in France: Living the French Experience,” a series of panels with directors, producers and executives who discussed their experiences filming in the European country.

Heading into the festive season this year, many of us are watching our pennies and worrying about how we are going to afford Christmas. We're still in the grip of a cost of living crisis, which has seen prices soar and rents increase. As a result, all of our ingredients for a fun festive season have also got more expensive.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. 2023…the year that a water bottle has the potential to go viral, morph from a water vessel to an aesthetic accessory and become one of the most coveted products in the world. The only thing that could make the TikTok-famous Stanley Quencher, which boasts more than 20 million searches on the platform, become even more ubiquitous? A new collaboration with Starbucks, which is already home to perhaps the second most popular beverage vessel in the world: the Venti Tumblr.

Energy experts have warned UK customers of the risks that can come about if your home isn't warm enough this winter.

There's little more unsettling than relaxing at home on a cosy winter's night and spotting a spider scuttling across your floor or walls.

Ryan Reynolds has reacted to news on how much he and co-owner Rob McElhenney lost since buying Wrexham football club.The takeover has been documented on Welcome to Wrexham, which follows Reynolds and McElhenney as owners of the club.During the new season’s premiere of the show, Wrexham’s executive director Humphrey Ker told the actors they had lost “loads” of money since they bought the club. Wrexham’s board advisor Shaun Harvey told them they’d lost an estimated £10million on their original investment.On hearing the news, Reynolds said: “I’m going to throw up.”McElhenney asked when the duo can expect to earn their money back, to which Harvey replied: “The value that’s coming from the global appeal we’ve been able to create is going to offset those additional costs that we’ve created.“The biggest thing that will change on promotion [is that] people can see the value of Welcome to Wrexham,” he continued. “They can see the value of the profile that’s being built.

The Simpsons, detailed in an op-ed for The New York Times his first meeting with Perry, who died aged 54 last month (October 28).“We met almost 40 years ago, and he was, by far, the funniest friend I ever had,” Azaria wrote. “He also was the person who helped me get sober.”Perry, who had been open about his struggles with drugs and alcohol throughout his life, took Azaria to his first A.A.

A piece of pop culture history could go for a pretty penny!

Football's new independent regulator could bring big changes for Premier League clubs.

For more information and offers, check out OK!'s Black Friday 2023 guide here. If you didn't manage to get your hands on tickets to Taylor Swift's The Eras tour, at least you can copy the pop star's signature scent – and it's currently on sale.

ScottishPower is trialling “revolutionary” AI technology to predict winter power cuts and get engineers in place BEFORE they happen.

A huge report about Marvel was released earlier this week concerning the future of the MCU and suggested that the original 6 Avengers could be approached to return.

FPL managers are gearing up for Gameweek 11 of the Premier League with Manchester United and Manchester City dominating the conversation.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Following the success of Nintendo’s “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,” “Team Sonic Racing” and “Disney Speedstorm,” developer Bamtang Games and publisher GameMill Entertainment wanted to give the kart-racer treatment to DreamWorks Animation characters. Now ready for pre-order for $39.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Target, “DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing” features 20 characters across DreamWorks Animation, such as Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Po, Tigress, Boss Baby, Puss in Boots, Hiccup, Astrid, Megamind, Lord Farquaad and more, in a high-speed kart racer with local and online multi-player.

Will Tizard Contributor Czech punk rocker visual artist Marta Kovarova says it was becoming a mother that made her realize she had to do something radical to fight climate change. So, five years ago, she embarked on making “The World According to My Dad,” which won the Czech Joy student jury prize at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. “When my children were born, environmental grief fell upon me,” she says.

Faye Winter has admitted that she had a plan to steal the Love Island prize money during her stint on the ITV2 show in 2021, hoping to give it to a good cause. The reality star, 28, did make it to the final of the show with her then-boyfriend Teddy Soares, but lost out on the £50K prize to Millie Court and Liam Reardon - who have recently reconciled their romance.

Molly Marsh has revealed what goes on behind-the-scenes during the search for new Love Islanders and the steps she had to follow to land a spot in the villa.The reality TV star and social media influencer, 22, made it to the final of this year's series, with her now boyfriend Zachariah Noble, and has since gone on to continue her social media stardom. Molly has now joined a string of other ex-islanders, including Samie Elishi and Molly-Mae Hague, in turning her talents to vlogging, as she shared throwback clips filmed during the Love Island audition process.

If you’re part of the 'dark circles' club, you’re probably one of the 15.8M people who watched Dr. Neera’s (@dermatologysurgeon) viral TikTok video.The clip spiked users' interest by sharing the theory that there are different types of dark circles and we should choose our under-eye beauty products accordingly.

Now we know why Britney Spears is SO happy her book’s flying off the shelves!

Britney Spears claims that she has highest-selling celebrity memoir in history, and she stands to make a lot of money from the book if that is true!