Variety can exclusively reveal the first look of Dr. Hasnat Khan, played by prominent Pakistani star Humayun Saeed, in Season 5 of hit Netflix series “The Crown.” British-Pakistani doctor Hasnat Khan was a heart surgeon at London’s Royal Brompton Hospital, where he first met Princess Diana in 1995. Diana struck up a friendship with him, depicted in “The Crown” as taking place […]

RISHI Sunak is preparing to drastically cut public spending and hike taxes in the government's upcoming Autumn budget. Treasury officials say Britain faces a daunting £50bn black hole in public finances. In order to close the gap and ultimately save the “bleak” economy, tough decisions will have to be made. On November 17 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will confirm the government’s […]

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For four seasons, Jemele Hill has hosted the popular Spotify-exclusive podcast “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered,” and now she’s expanding her podcast empire. Hill has partnered with Spotify to expand her podcast and production company, the “Unbothered Network,” to house two additional podcasts led by Black women — “Sanctified” and “Black Girl Bravado” — furthering the network’s mission to elevate the […]

Support for Premier Daniel Andrews’ government has fallen over the past month as almost a third of Victorian voters express support for the Greens, minor parties or independents with a month to go until the state election. Labor’s primary vote is down four points to 38 per cent and is sitting five points lower than it was for the “Danslide” […]

You can take anything and write a song about it. Whether it needs singing about is another question entirely. On the evidence of multitudes of recent musicals, it’s one too few creative teams bother to ask. The great news about “Tammy Faye” — the new musical now premiering at the Almeida Theatre in London — is that composer Elton John, […]

The hard man of Australian politics did what he could on Thursday night to tell voters he was more than a conservative warrior with a mission on border control and defence. And he tried to tell his Liberal colleagues he could rebuild a shattered party and win back some middle ground at the next election. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton prepares […]

A HERO boss has given all of his staff a four day week but still pays them for five because it boosts their morale. Martyn King, managing director of Fuel, started the four day week trial for his employees earlier this month in a bid to make staff more relaxed and productive. The company from Plymouth, Devon, provides market insights […]

On a crisp, clear Sunday evening in November last year, crowds lined the wide streets of Waukesha, Wisconsin. The blue sky turned pink as the sun set on happy revellers, cheering and whooping from the sidelines of the much-celebrated annual Christmas parade. Roads had been closed for the event, and the atmosphere was one of joy as the people of […]

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has urged voters to hold Labor to account for breaking promises on power bills in his budget reply speech, while declaring support for new spending on childcare and stronger measures against family violence in a pitch to Australian women. In a major address to win back voters, Dutton defended the Coalition’s economic record and blasted this […]