UK broadcasting bosses have been branded “callous” and “cloth-eared” by the head of Pact for the way in which they publicly proclaimed the death of the mid-budget programing market. Last month’s Edinburgh TV Festival was dominated by chatter about the “squeezed middle,” with BBC content boss Charlotte Moore saying the pubcaster was “rightsizing” in the […]
EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks EMEA has commissioned a six-part series about flawed investigations into notorious killers from the U.S. and UK. Woodcut Media is making Faces of Evil for Crime + Investigation. The series will explore the twists-and-turns of the flawed investigations into the likes of the so-called ‘Death House Landlady’ Dorothea Puente and ‘Kansas City Butcher’ Robert Berdella Jr. Puente managed to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Homecoming and The Beach star Virginie Ledoyen has boarded Channel 5 series The Au Pair opposite David Suchet. The Cesar-nominated French actress will play a whistleblower in the thriller, whose pivotal role kicks off in the opening scene and spans the rest of the show. From Pernel Media and MK1 Studios, The Au Pair […]
Kamala Harris picked up an endorsement from Taylor Swift mere minutes after tonight’s Presidential debate with Donald Trump ended, but the “Cruel Summer” megastar wasn’t the only big name backing the Vice President’s performance on Tuesday. From Kerry Washington, Luke Skywalker himself Mark Hamill, Jimmy Kimmel, Pussy Riot, Mark Ruffalo, the Obamas and President Joe […]
Justin Kurzel’s political thriller The Order will open the Zurich Film Festival in October with its star Jude Law in attendance alongside the director to receive the event’s Golden Eye Award for his performance and career. Law plays a FBI agent who dismantles a far-right terrorist cell in the movie, which recently world premiered at […]
Will Ferrell is reflecting on his Saturday Night Live impersonations and has some regrets. The Anchorman star famously impersonated Janet Reno on SNL, dressing up as her for some laughs. “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now,” Ferrell said during an interview with The New York Times podcast alongside former SNL head writer Harper […]
TIFF isn’t a festival known for its standing ovations, however, it’s arguable that tonight’s Canadian premiere of Sony’s behind-the-scenes SNL movie Saturday Night came close with arguably the most rapturous response here at the 49th edition which included the audience clapping rhythmically through the end-credits. Said one industry insider not connected to the pic, “I […]
“Holy shit, she crushed it,” Jon Stewart said live on The Daily Show after the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The comedian was referring specifically to Harris’ comments on abortion, a topic that was essentially one of the reasons that Harris was on TV tonight rather than President […]
From Kamala Harris’ move over to Donald Trump’s side of Presidential debate stage tonight to introduce herself and offer a handshake right at the top, the Vice President proved to be a very different sort of Democrat than her opponent has ever faced before. “It is very well known that Donald Trump is weak and […]
Taylor Swift will cast her vote for Kamala Harris. The singer songwriter posted on Instagram following the debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. It was a shot she took for Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year shoot featuring one of her cats. Swift revealed that she had watched the debate, […]