Covid-19 Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

K.J. Yossman WeWork, the corporate real estate company whose fortunes were portrayed by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed,” has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Thirteen years after entrepreneurs Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey founded the flexible working space turned wannabe lifestyle brand in 2010, it has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey as part of a “comprehensive reorganization” of the business.

Halloween might be over - but it doesn't feel like it.

Heidi Klum has big shoes to fill. Every year, she has the challenge of coming up with an even more stunning Halloween costume for her yearly Halloween bash. This year, she looked unrecognizable as a peacock, with various Cirque Du Soleil acrobats helping her spread her wings.

A man has been convicted of racially abusing ex-Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand whilst he was working as a pundit during one of his former club's matches.

New data has shone a light on schools with the worst truancy rates in Greater Manchester. It has revealed that the worst three schools for skiving in the city-region are in Salford.

It's no secret that house prices have skyrocketed across the UK over the last two decades, especially in the last five years. Rising demand and low supply has pushed property costs further and further up, with the average house price having increased dramatically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

A disease synonymous with Victorian England is still present across the country - and has become slightly more prevalent.

Jaden Thompson Joe Hunting, director of the HBO film “We Met In Virtual Reality,” is starting a production company called Painted Clouds, focusing exclusively on virtual reality filmmaking. The company aims to create original films and series using real time VR, including the popular platform VRChat.

IndieWire].“While it’s true that adolescents want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that they want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch,” Dr. Yalda T.

System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has claimed he has lost friends as well as “hundreds of thousands of fans” due to his controversial opinions.Dolmayan first courted controversy for his opinions when he became a vocal supporter of Donald Trump before and while he was in the White House in stark contrast to the band’s frontman Serj Tankian, who staunchly crticised Trump and even called for his resignation. Dolmayan insisted, however, there was “no danger whatsoever” of him being fired from System Of A Down.He drew further ire for saying Black Lives Matter “never had legitimacy” and was a “propaganda tool” for the Democrat Party, and for arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic “has always been about money”.Now, Dolmayan has reflected on what his “unwillingness” to accept the “narratives” those close to him believed in have cost him in a new Instagram post.“I lost people that I thought were friends over the last few years primarily due to my unwillingness to accept the narratives they are now questioning the validity of,” he wrote.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The immediate family of leading Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien said on Wednesday that he had retired from filmmaking due to illness and is now living peacefully in retirement. They said that their family-run company remains active and in business. The statement (see below) was issued in response to news articles earlier this week that followed an introductory speech given in London by critic and curator Tony Rayns before a screening of 1985 title “A Time to Live and a Time to Die,” one of Hou’s best-known features. Rayns was reported to have said that Hou has dementia, will not direct again and that members of Hou’s company had lost their jobs. The family statement – signed by Cao Baofeng, Hou’s wife, son Isaac Hou and daughter Bess Hou – explained that Hou had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease before the COVID pandemic and that COVID had, to their surprise, worsened the problems. They continued by saying that Hou has recovered from the COVID-related complications and is now resting quietly at home with his family.

In recent years and as we have navigated an unprecedented global pandemic, public health professionals have regularly been seen and heard from in the media, highlighting the vital role of these professionals to the public.

Britney Spears‘ new memoir has been making headlines for all of her mentions about her first major boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, but not much has been said yet about what she wrote about estranged husband Sam Asghari.

The countdown for the 2023 series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is on, following the release of the official trailer on 20 October. The hit ITV show will be making a return to TV screens in a matter of weeks, but TV bosses have been keen to keep any details about the new series under wraps. However, we do know that Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will be returning as hosts, and the show will be taking place in the Australian jungle for the second year in a row, after it was set in a castle in Wales for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

There will be NO big Christmas Lights Switch-on event in Manchester for 2023 - despite the council vowing last year that it would return after the disappointment of the plug pulled in 2022. Council bosses are yet again blaming "no safe or suitable location" in the city centre for the event.

A man whose asthmatic son died in his prison cell after testing positive for Covid has said the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry must deliver accountability.

Macklemore is weighing in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The former Florida state lawmaker who authored the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law will go to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 funds.

Covid cases have fallen across England and Wales for the second week in a row, suggesting the rise in cases seen in early autumn are on their way out.

Big Brother viewers said they would ‘complain to Ofcom’ after Hallie and Olivia were kept in cages outside in the rain. Fans of the ITV2 reality show said it was ‘inhumane’ to punish the pair by keeping them locked up in the garden dressed in orange boiler suits. Hallie, 18, and Olivia, 23, were handed the punishment by Big Brother for discussing nominations.

Trevor Lawrence is a former number one pick in the NFL draft who is now the starting quarterback of the Jacksonville Jaguars…however, we’re taking a moment to meet his longtime love, Marissa!

It’s been a big week for British broadcasting cancelations.

Steph’s Packed Lunch has been axed by Channel 4 after three years on air.

Adele has been sober for months now — but she’s finding it super “boring”!

Plays Friday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. at The Eaton.The days of masks, distancing, and endlessly googling symptoms may be long gone for many, but not in Fábio Leal’s Follow the Protocol (★★★☆☆), set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Brazilian filmmaker, who writes, directs, and stars as protagonist Francisco, opens on a familiar pandemic scene: the mind-numbing nothingness of being stuck indoors.

More than 6,000 two and three-year-olds were put in hospital last year by one illness. Greater Manchester health leaders are launching a campaign to make sure parents know how to avoid it.

US fugitive Nicholas Ross is appealing against an attempt by the Scottish Government to extradite him to America. The 36-year-old has lodged an appeal against the extradition order with the High Court, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) confirmed.

After nine months of negotiations, Sir Jim Ratcliffe is on the brink of becoming a minority shareholder at Manchester United.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence is a big name to watch in the NFL as the starting quarterback of the Jacksonville Jaguars…however, we’re taking a moment to highlight his lovely wife Marissa!