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BBC1 And Amazon Round Off ‘Very British Scandal’ Cast BBC1 and Amazon Studios have rounded off the cast for Sarah Phelps’ upcoming drama A Very British Scandal. The likes of Poldark’s Richard McCabe, Fortitude’s Phoebe Nicholls and Trial of Christine Keeler’s Amanda Drew will join Claire Foy, Paul Bettany and Julia Davis in Blueprint Pictures’ three-part series, which tells
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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to The Missing, an eight-episode crime drama series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File, from David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers), Keshet Studios and Universal Television. Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, The
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A petition to ban real guns on film sets has raced past 23,000 signatories following the death of DoP Halyna Hutchins. The change.org petition, launched by filmmaker Bandar Albuliwi, has accumulated 23,600 names after being launched Friday. The petition states: “We need to make sure that this avoidable tragedy never happens again. There is no
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Jason Sudeikis returned as Vance, the overzealous, tracksuit wearing backup dancer in the latest What Up With That? skit on his SNL hosting debut. Sudeikis was joined by Fred Armisen as Giuseppe, the Kenny G-esque saxophone player, with Kenan Thompson taking on his traditional role as Diondre Cole, the host of the BET talk show.
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The Location Managers Guild International has unveiled the winners of its eight annual LMGI Awards, with Warner Bros.’ drama Judas and the Black Messiah and its Christopher Nolan blockbuster Tenet among a list that also included Netflix’s The Crown, Lupin & The Queen’s Gambit. Judas was recognized with the award for Outstanding Locations in a
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Did Nancy and Ace find the Frozen Hearts Killer? On Nancy Drew Season 3 Episode 3, the pair made their way to a convention for amateur sleuths. There, they came face-to-face with a podcaster who claimed to know the truth. Elsewhere, George had a score to settle with someone who made fun of her relationship.
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It is ironic since Fraturdays were a focal point in IATSE’s contract demands that it took a Fraturday to thwart a potentially devastating Hollywood strike. The virtual negotiations between the union representing roughly 60,000 members covered by the locals, and AMPTP, the trade association representing the major Hollywood studios, had a marathon bargaining session last
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Following Thursday’s deadly shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust, ABC’s The Rookie has banned “live” guns on set going forward. Showrunner Alexi Hawley announced the new policy in a memo to staff Friday, first obtained by THR. Deadline has confirmed Hawley wrote the memo and the policy has been implemented by producer Entertainment
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Refresh for updates… “No better partner,” writes Julia Duffy, simply and poignantly, about her Newhart co-star Peter Scolari, who died today of cancer at age 66. Duffy posted a photo of the two doing the tango in an episode of the sitcom. Duffy was among Scolari’s colleagues paying tribute to the actor today, with Harvey
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Grayson Perry, Richard Ayoade and Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc are to cycle around the UK with comedian David O’Doherty in a Banijay-owned 8 Out of 10 Cats producer Zeppotron format for Channel 4. O’Doherty, who created and is exec producing the four-parter, will be paired with a different celebrity each week in The Ride
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UPDATED: CDC director Rochelle Walensky signed off tonight on the expansion of booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines to millions more Americans, according to multiple media reports. The FDA had approved the expansion on Wednesday and Walensky’s was the last approval needed before the changes could be implemented. Just hours earlier Los Angeles County director of
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EXCLUSIVE: Amid the UK TV industry’s push to improve workplace conditions, the BBC is set to meet with leading industry bodies Pact, BFI and Equity to work out how its new anti-bullying guidelines can be implemented, as production managers report being “overwhelmed.” The drive for positive change in the business is throwing up questions and
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