The Mancunian Way: The £25 Santa's grotto

Keke Palmer may be a hot commodity in Hollywood, but when it comes to her home life, she feels as though she’s quite the opposite.

The movie Saltburn is now in theaters and it features so many moments throughout the film that will leave you quite shocked that you’re even witnessing it on the big screen.

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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor According to Marlon Wayans, the number one rule in comedy is “You can’t be afraid to offend.” Four of today’s hottest comics came together for Variety’s stand-up comedy roundtable — Marlon Wayans (“God Loves Me”), Tom Segura (“Sledgehammer”), (“Salute Me or Shoot Me”) and Matt Rife (“Natural Selection”) — to discuss the state of comedy. In the past few years, many comedians have argued that political correctness and increased sensitivity have negatively impacted the art form. A fresh face in the scene, the 28-year-old Rife ignited backlash last week over a joke about domestic violence in his new Netflix special.

Leigh-born band The Lottery Winners have issued an update after pausing their UK tour last week. The have now rescheduled the remaining dates for next year.

A family of three who are such huge fans of the outdoors that like they spend their Christmas camping.

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The Range has released a £17 Christmas decoration so enchanting that shoppers can't take their eyes off it.The decoration is so lovely that some customers are already sad about having to pack it away after the festive season, with a few even planning to keep it up all year round. The store has a wide variety of Christmas decorations available both online and in-store, including a Black Friday sale offering up to £150 off artificial Christmas trees. Whether you're into traditional or unique decor, The Range has something for everyone - from festive dining sets and lights to tree decorations, garlands and much more.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Was there anyone who didn’t have an opinion — and the strong need to express it — when the Beatles‘ “last single,” “Now and Then,” came out earlier this month? The surviving members’ long-aborning completion of a 1970s John Lennon demo profoundly moved millions of fans, and put off some others, but no one in practically any demographic — not boomers or even Gen-Z-ers and millennials — wanted to hold their tongue about it. And that’s the kind of marketing that money and promotion can’t buy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director With “Twilight” celebrating its 15th anniversary this month, director Catherine Hardwicke joined the “Happy Sad Confused” spinoff podcast “Watchalong” to remember all the highs and lows that went into getting the vampire romance made. One of her more interesting revelations revolves around how impossible it was to predict the film’s box office. No one was expecting a phenomenon, and Hardwicke was even told her film would probably never crack the $30 million mark.

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David Letterman received an extended round of applause in his big return to the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of The Late Show. The former late-night show host came back to his old stomping grounds and was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience in attendance, including his successor Stephen Colbert.

Angelique Jackson MRC and Lionsgate are developing a sequel to “The Blackening,” the hit horror-comedy from Dewayne Perkins and Tracy Oliver. After the microbudget production (just $5 million) made more than $18 million at the box office, producer MRC and domestic distributor Lionsgate have entered into talks with Perkins, Oliver and producer E. Brian Dobbins to develop a follow-up film.

EXCLUSIVE: Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Odessa Young (Mothering Sunday) are among the cast joining Jacob Elordi in the Prime Video Australia Original series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a TV adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Production on the new 5-part drama series kicked off Down Under today.

Heather Morris is opening up about her murder mystery podcast, her former Glee costars, and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift!

The 1975 is no less relevant in 2023 than they were in 2013 and the band’s performance at Madison Square Garden was a testament to their continued musical gifts. Fans poured in with cult-like rage for a Tuesday night, some bearing rectangular tattoos of the band’s album cover, others still half-dressed in work clothes, taking no chance of missing the man who teased a “indefinite hiatus” after they wrap their ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour.The crowd – a hodgepodge of teenage girls, married couples, and some likely single wannabe-groupies – was certainly buzzing. Healy’s closest followers live for his controversies.

A Victorian barracks on the outskirts of Manchester city centre has been sold.

, and took to Instagram to post special memories of the late Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow posted their own, bittersweet farewells.Schwimmer chose to commemorate ten years of Ross and Chandler, posting from an '80s flashback episode and writing, “This photo is from one of my favorite moments with you. Now it makes me smile and grieve at the same time.

Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has bagged herself a fresh role away from the cobbles after surprising fans with an unrecognisable appearance. The actress joined the ITV soap last year as Glenda Shuttleworth, the sister of undertaker George.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt LeBlanc honored his late “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry with a new tribute posted to Instagram in which LeBlanc called his time with Perry “among the favorite times of my life.” Perry died unexpectedly on Oct. 28 at 54 years old. LeBlanc issued a joint statement on Perry’s death shortly after with “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.