JK Rowling criticises Sky News for referring to transgender killer as woman

EXCLUSIVE: After seeing his Amazon MGM romantic drama The Idea of You debut to glowing reviews on the closing night of SXSW, Michael Showalter has been set to reteam with the studio on Oh. What. Fun, a holiday comedy to star Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit).

Manchester Airport experienced its busiest February on record as 1.9million passengers flew into or out of the northern travel hub last month. The half term holidays provided a huge boost with more than half of those passengers travelling during the school holiday period.

Manchester Airport is celebrating another monthly passenger number milestone - its third on the spin. And bosses said that at the same time, every passenger travelling through queued for less then 15 minutes before reaching security.

Meghan Markle has reportedly hired a UK-based PR person, sparking questions like "Why now? " This is the first time Prince Harry and Meghan have had a UK-based employee since they left the UK in 2020, according to Pandora Forsyth who recently appeared on GB News. Forsyth finds the timing curious, asking, "Why now? Why the business change? " Anne Diamond, the host of GB News, suggests that the new PR hire might be planning to recommend that the Sussexes spend more time in the UK as a way to win over the public.

When a world famous cookie store opens its first shop in the north of England, there are likely to be queues. When that shop is inside the shopping mecca that is The Trafford Centre, well, you can guess the result.

Rupert Murdoch is looking to get married once again!

Manchester City welcome FC Copenhagen to the Etihad Stadium tonight and Pep Guardiola will be keen to avoid looking any further ahead than the next fixture.

It's a good year to be a Swifty for sure. Taylor Swift fans have been desperate to get tickets to the hottest show in towns across the globe of late as the superstar singer continues on her highly-anticipated Eras Tour. And now Disney+ has dropped the full trailer for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) movie ahead of its release next week.

Jaden Thompson Indigenous stories aren’t always told with the care, nuance and authenticity they deserve in Hollywood, and, more often than not, their stories aren’t told at all. While “Killers of the Flower Moon” has certainly prompted discourse within indigenous communities about who should tell what stories, the Osage Nation Congress has unanimously endorsed the creative contributions that Lily Gladstone and Scott George made to the film. The tribal governing body recently passed bills expressing support for their roles in Martin Scorsese’s historical epic.

Teddy Sheringham thinks Erik ten Hag must shoulder some responsibility for Marcus Rashford's poor form .

In a People interview, Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Emma Caulfield Ford, who played the demon Anya on the TV series, updated her health and detailed her MS battle, which she kept quiet for more than a decade.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director J.K. Rowling criticized Sky News on X (formerly Twitter) after the British television news channel posted a story about a 26-year-old being jailed for murder and referred to her as a “woman” and not a transgender woman. Scarlet Blake was found guilty last week of murdering a man four months after she live-streamed a video in which she killed a cat.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Monica Lewinsky dons cream pantsuits, fiery red dresses and chic shades in a new campaign with Reformation and Vote.org, which launched Monday morning.

J.K. Rowling has lashed out at Sky News for failing to make clear that a convicted murderer was a transgender woman.

Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis sported a mullet and a southern accent to play Ricky Monroe, an alum of Greenbow High School who graduated alongside Forrest Gump.

Major news today for Oscar-nominee To Kill a Tiger. Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is joining the award-winning feature documentary as an executive producer, alongside Dev Patel, Mindy Kaling, and other bold-faced names. The news comes as Netflix inks a deal to launch the film globally on its platform soon.

Kaia Gerber is celebrating her mom Cindy Crawford on her birthday. Crawford is turning 58 and celebrated the occasion with an Intagram post made up of some throwback photos and a video. Gerber shared the post and added a message of her own.

BBC Gardeners' World host Monty Don has spoken up about rumours of him leaving the show. Last year, Monty hinted at leaving Gardeners' World as he told Times Radio: "The logical thing to do is give up Gardeners' World." Now, he has confirmed what he meant by the comment after fans feared he was leaving the show completely. He shared:"In the end, I'm a gardener and my life is lived in my garden.

There’s lots of drama in store for the McDonalds in Wednesday's episode of Coronation Street according to Matt Milburn - who plays Tommy Orpington. Tommy, the professional footballer turned decorator has been having an affair with Corrie’s very own serial cheater, Tracy McDonald (Kate Ford).Tracy started playing away when her husband, Steve McDonald, left to visit Emma Brooker in France but has continued the affair since Steve returned. However, the betrayal is set to be outed very soon as in tonight’s episode, Steve's best mate Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) spots Tracy having sex through the window.

The bad news might be over…. and at this point that counts as good news for the global TV drama business, analysts say.