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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Will Ferrell touched down at the Sundance Film Festival to world premiere the new documentary “Will & Harper,” which centers on the relationship between the beloved comedian and his best friend Harper Steele as they take a road trip. The two met during their days on “Saturday Night Live,” which Harper wrote for from 1995 to 2008.

Annette Bening is still smitten with her husband Warren Beatty after all these years.Bening, 65, recalled first being infatuated with Beatty’s mind upon meeting the actor to play a role in his highly anticipated 1991 film, “Bugsy.”During an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Bening said Beatty’s intellect was initially what drew her to Warren.“He was making this movie. So, they hired me to play the woman in the movie, and, yeah, we fell in love,” she told Drew. When Barrymore asked if it was a “love at first sight” situation, Bening laughed and claimed that’s exactly what Warren thought.“So, for me, I have to be honest,” Bening explained.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Two years ago, the hashtag #EmmysSoWhite began trending when the Television Academy failed to award any major acting trophies to people of color. The pendulum has swung, with this year’s ceremony awarding a record-breaking number of POC across all major categories: drama, comedy, limited, reality and variety series — a first in the TV Academy’s history.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Succession” went out on top for its fourth and final season, ending up with six Emmys Monday night including the top prize. The HBO series took home the prize for outstanding drama series for the second consecutive year and third consecutive season. It joins other three-peaters like “The Defenders,” “Dragnet,” “Playhouse 90” and “Upstairs, Downstairs.” While accepting the prize, series creator Jesse Armstrong said, “We want to thank HBO.

Oscar-nominated movie directed by Ava DuVernay follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.

A dairy farmer left a former university friend living in fear of him during a five-year campaign to woo her over WhatsApp. Isaac Aidley, 27 had a secret crush on a fellow undergraduate when they studied together at agricultural college.

An ad for climate change programing in which politicians and business leaders were shown with a ‘carbon skid mark,’ which attracted the ire of Conservative lawmakers, was Channel 4‘s most-complained-about content of 2023.

It’s safe to say that Chloe Zhao‘s “Eternals” was not the massive critical success Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios expected it to be. But would an “Eternals” TV show fared any better? Screenwriter and TV director John Ridley thinks so.

John Ridley is finally opening up about the Marvel series he was developing at ABC back in 2015.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has set a Broadway record for weekly ticket sales for a non-musical play, reporting a gross of $2,718,487.50 for the week ending Sunday. It was one of several high marks achieved for Main Stem shows in 2023’s final box office frame.

It’s Sunday, December 31, the last day of 2023, and there’s been so much K-pop excellence this year!

2023 is very nearly over and as we take a look back on the past 12 months, it's safe to say a lot has happened in the world of celebrities, from scandals to shock break ups. We've watched hit ITV daytime show This Morning go through a huge shake up, with host Phillip Schofield's affair coming to light, as well as the release of Britney Spears' explosive memoir, The Woman In Me, which saw her finally lift the lid on her highly publicised life.

Will Smith looked back on a date he once went on with another celebrity and explained how it left him “terrified.”

The list of the most-watched television networks of 2023 has been revealed, and this year, NBC is the winner.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large There are several popular social media accounts that graph weekly cable network schedules, and it’s always stunning to see how many schedulers have just given up. Nearly every cable network, large and small, now mostly program marathons of their most popular shows. You know about “Ridiculousness” on MTV, of course.

plenty to talk about this year.On the air almost every weekday, talk show hosts and guests have to be outrageous to be considered ridiculous — and these 15 moments are proof.With plenty of airtime to fill, audiences get to know the personalities and their families — for better or worse. The camera often leads to hosts oversharing, and those watching at home eat it right up and share it widely on social media.One of the worst perpetrators in 2023 was Mark Consuelos, who joined his wife, Kelly Ripa, as the co-host of ABC’s “Live” this year.

Another year draws to a close, one in which we may have (almost) seen the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, a UK Prime Minister managed to stay in office for more than five minutes and audiences were dazzled by an array of TV shows and performances including a once-in-a-generation week that saw a royal Coronation and Eurovision. This was part of the reason the BBC comfortably overcame ITV in the ratings rankings this year, returning eight of the top 10 shows. Below, we unveil the most-watched UK TV programs of the year (excluding sport) according to 7-day-post-launch Barb data from our friends at overnights.tv. Plus, while 12-months-ranking data isn’t available for streaming services, we have a recap of the UK shows that performed best on Netflix per the SVoD’s recent data dump. Read on.

Kamar de los Reyes has passed away at the age of 56. The artist is best known for his time portraying Antonio Vega on ABC’s, “One Life to Live“ and installments in the “Call of Duty” video game franchise.He is survived by his wife, Sherri Saum, and their three children. Saum’s publisher, Lisa Goldberg, confirmed to Variety that he passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer.

Express as saying the Royal Family’s Christmas gifts to one another are “always jokey” and a “bit of fun.”“But with William and Kate, I’m sure they will give each other something nice that they will like. Kate will probably get a watch or some jewelry from William,” he revealed.Kate is regularly seen sporting her favorite round Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, which she received in 2014.

As we near Christmas, we’re looking back at the Hallmark stars who have starred in the most holiday films for the fan fave channel.