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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. ‘Tis the season to be a country fan. Country stars such as Lainey Wilson, Lady A and more will perform at the CMAs Christmas Special this Thursday night.

RuPaul’s Drag Race universe don’t have long to wait before they get a whole new batch of lewks, gags, and plenty of death drops. The forthcoming sixteenth season of the reality TV staple arrives launches on January 5, and ahead of that two-episode premiere, MTV has unveiled a trailer to hype up the fan base.The teaser trailer gives a look into the 14 new contestants who are about to appear on the main stage, allowing each of them just a moment of camera time. That glimpse is enough to see that the queens who showed up for season 16 are here to look gorgeous and play the game right.

EXCLUSIVE: Bravo star Kandi Burruss (The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kandi & The Gang) has joined the cast of the BET+ original holiday film Whatever It Takes. Deadline has your exclusive first look at the trailer above.

The Bear due to the cast’s cooking skills.The hit TV series follows life inside a sandwich shop kitchen as award-winning chef Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) tries to turn it into a high-end restaurant.While the series has drawn huge acclaim, Oliver revealed on The Graham Norton Show last week that the poor cooking skills “wind” him up.When asked by the host whether it “bugs” him when people “aren’t cooking right” in films, Oliver replied: “It really does. I’ve got to get back into The Bear because I watched the first two [episodes] – and I know it’s brilliant, everyone keeps telling me how brilliant it is – but I watched the first two and I’m like, ‘He can’t chop.’“They just jump cut it and cut around it.

The Libertines have debuted new songs from their highly-anticipated upcoming album, ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, over the weekend at an intimate gigs in Margate. The concerts took place on Saturday and Sunday (December 9 and 10) at the 500-capacity Lido Cliff Bar in Margate.

The Crown comes to an end this week after six exceptional seasons peeling back the curtain of the world's most famous family. The final six episodes introduce .

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. One of the last official “Impact Wrestling” events takes place tonight, Dec. 9 with Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution, airing live from Toronto, Ontario.

The National’s Matt Berninger has been speaking about the challenging period that led to the writing of the band’s new album ‘Laugh Track’.In a half-hour video posted on the band’s official YouTube channel, Berninger speaks to David Letterman about his struggles with depression and how a period during and following lockdown sparked the new album.You can watch the whole video below:In September, the band surprise-released their latest album ‘Laugh Track’, just a few months after also releasing April’s acclaimed ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’. The band announced ‘Laugh Track’ during a concert in Cincinnati and released the album three days later.Berninger explains in the video that it was the dissonance between maintaining a public persona and a stable private life that proved difficult.

The Pogues performed together for the first time since 2014 at Shane MacGowan’s funeral to play a version of ‘The Parting Glass’. Watch the video below.The Pogues frontman passed away “peacefully” on November 30, having died from pneumonia aged 65.

Lele Pons and her Dancing With the Stars castmate and winner Xochitl Gomez get into the Christmas spirit with Harry Jowsey. Anitta shares a behind the scenes look of the filming of her new music video, “BELLAKEO” with Peso Pluma. JLo shares the struggle of presaving her own song.

What To Watch. This week’s column is different; as we near the end of the year, we’ve compiled our seven favorite movies of 2023 and how to watch them.‘Society of the Snow’ is Spain’s Oscar entry, exploring the true story of a horrifying plane crashAriana DeBose plays an astronaut in new Sci-Fi film set on spaceMartin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is based on the conspiracy behind the 1920’s murders of the Osage Nation, a tribe that were labeled as the richest people on Earth after the oil boom in America. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, two of Scorsese’s most frequent collaborators, and explores topics that he’s well versed in.

The Darkness have paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan at a recent show in Dublin by leading the crowd through a sing-along of The Pogues’ signature song, ‘Fairytale of New York’. At the band’s show at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on December 3, they performed the cover towards the end of the set, with frontman Justin Hawkins singing minimally, frequently pointing the microphone towards the crowd as an invitation to lead the sing-along, against sporadic guitar accompaniment.The band posted a clip of the performance on X yesterday (December 7), writing: “Thanks for the sing-a-long Dublin.

The Game Awards 2023, the annual celebration of all things gaming, is scheduled for the early hours of tomorrow (December 8) in the UK. Besides celebrating this year’s biggest games, it promises to also contain numerous new announcements – to follow them live, here’s how to watch The Game Awards 2023.The Game Awards 2023 is set to begin at 12:30 AM BST (4:30 PM PST / 5:30 PM MST / 6:30 PM CST / 7:30 PM EST).It is estimated to run between two and a half and three hours, per a Q&A with host Geoff Keighley, and fans can watch the show through either YouTube, Twitch, or X (formerly Twitter).As for what will be shown, The Game Awards 2023 will feature a musical performance from rock band Poets Of The Fall, who played fictional rockers Old Gods Of Asgard in Alan Wake 2 this year.Several trailers and games that will be appearing at the show have also been announced, with Fortnite spin-off Rocket Racing receiving a debut trailer at the show.

The Murder Capital covered The Pogues‘ ‘I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day’ in tribute to Shane MacGowan during a recent live performance in Ireland.The Dublin punk group were performing as part of Other Voices Festival on Friday (December 1) at St James’ Church in Dingle when they remembered the late Pogues frontman, who died last week, aged 65.The five-piece performed an a cappella version of The Pogues’ 1985 song from album ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’, only occasionally using the sparse rattle of a tambourine for the haunting rendition.Frontman James McGovern asked the crowd to “join us if you know it”, before performing their version of the song. “Love you, Shane,” he said as they closed out the set.A post shared by The Murder Capital (@themurdercapital)The Murder Capital are the latest band to pay musical tribute to the late Irish singer-songwriter.U2 covered The Pogues’ ‘A Rainy Night in Soho’ in tribute to MacGowan during their latest show at the Las Vegas Sphere.

My Life with the Walter Boys, this Thursday, which is its version of meets The Fosters meets Party of Five. Based on of the same name by author Ali Novak, the series comes from the producers of , and follows 15-year-old Jackie as she must pack up and leave her life of privilege in New York City following the tragic death of her parents.She moves to rural Colorado with the large boisterous Walter family ( plays her mom's best friend and now guardian).

The Charlatans have given an impromptu performance at Manchester Piccadilly train station – check out the footage below. The band’s singer Tim Burgess sang and played harmonica while bandmate Martin Brunt played a free-to-use piano that is situated on the main concourse of the station, near to Platform 10. The duo played a version of ‘Impossible’, from their 1999 album ‘Us and Us Only’ as well as 1995’s ‘Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over’ from their self-titled album.Thanks to everyone who came to our impromptu gig by Platform 10 at Piccadilly Station in Manchester pic.twitter.com/D2Eegz2ICU— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) December 2, 2023pic.twitter.com/8GesGDk7MA— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) December 2, 2023Posting the footage on X/Twitter, Burgess wrote: “Thanks to everyone who came to our impromptu gig by Platform 10 at Piccadilly Station in Manchester”.

HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of House of the Dragon – watch the video below. In November 2022, the company confirmed that the new season would premiere in “early summer” 2024, although there is still no firm date for its premiere. From the new battle-laden trailer, it appears that the new season will see Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) battle it out.

We're officially into December, the season of festive movies, hot chocolates and cosying up in front of the fireplace.

Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) and Prince William were two of the guests of honor at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday (November 30) in London, England.

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