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The Killers Screen Final Minutes of England Euros Match for O2 Crowd Before Playing ‘Mr Brightside’
U.S. band The Killers cemented themselves in the hearts of England fans on Wednesday night by screening the last five minutes of the European Championships Semi-Final at their O2 Arena gig. After England’s national soccer team went 2-1 up, thanks to a last-minute goal from Ollie Watkins against the Netherlands, confirming their place in the […]
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Netflix Shares Teaser, Release Date for Second Part of Spanish Film ‘The Platform’
Netflix has revealed an Oct. 4 release date for the anticipated second part of The Platform universe, after the first film was one of the most popular Spanish movies on the streamer. Ranking fifth in the non-English film top ten category with nearly 83 million views, The Platform was released to huge success in 2019. […]
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BBC Takes ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience,’ Reality Series Training Brits for New Boy Band
A Korean pop series promising to be “a music experiment like no other” is set to launch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this summer. Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience is a six-part reality show following five boys from across the U.K. as they are put through the famed K-pop training process for 100 […]
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Edinburgh Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup Led by Saoirse Ronan’s ‘The Outrun’
The 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has launched its entire program for the Aug. 15-21 event, where it will screen 37 new feature films and 18 world premieres. Ten world premieres will compete for the new Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence as the fest showcases talent from filmmakers in the U.K., U.S., […]
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Prince Harry, Hugh Grant Set for ITV Documentary on Phone Hacking Scandal ‘Tabloids On Trial’
Prince Harry and Hugh Grant will be featured in an ITV documentary focusing on ongoing legal battles and involvement in the phone hacking scandal titled Tabloids On Trial. The Duke of Sussex alleges that he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN) titles The Sun and the now-defunct News Of The World, which […]
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Venice Film Festival Adds Zhang Ziyi, James Gray, Agnieszka Holland, Giuseppe Tornatore to Jury
The International Jury for this year’s Venice International Film Festival has been finalized after the previous confirmation of French actress Isabelle Huppert as its chair. Now, American director and screenwriter James Gray, British director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, Polish director, screenwriter, and producer Agnieszka Holland, and Brazilian director-screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho are the latest additions […]
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Controversial U.K. Politician Jacob Rees-Mogg Gets Discovery+ Docu-Series
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Discovery+ U.K. and Ireland has commissioned a new series focused on the professional and personal life of controversial British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, titled Meet The Rees-Moggs. The five-part series, produced by Optomen, promises to “lift the lid on the man behind the public image” by offering exclusive access and fly-on-the-wall insight into […]
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Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Join Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James in Thriller ‘Fuze’
Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) will star alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James in thriller Fuze. The pair joins along with more additions to the cast, including Elham Ehsas (Homeland, Shantaram) and Honor Swinton-Byrne (The Souvenir, Drift). Directed by Oscar nominee David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Outlaw King) the project commenced filming […]
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Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis Among Latest Stars to Join Cast of Netflix’s ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis are the latest additions to Netflix‘s The Thursday Murder Club film, based on the beloved novel series by Richard Osman. The newly released castmembers, alongside Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Top Boy), Paul Freeman (Tokyo Trial, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, F1) and Ingrid […]
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‘House of the Dragon’: Ewan Mitchell on That Cliffhanger Dragon Battle and Why “There’s No Going Back”
[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode four of House of the Dragon, “The Red Dragon and the Gold.”] It’s always Aemond, isn’t it? House of the Dragon fans were finally awarded some dragon-to-dragon action Sunday night when, in episode four of season two, titled “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” Ser Criston Cole […]
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What the Seismic European Elections Mean for the Entertainment Industry
The impact of pivotal elections in the U.K. and France this week will be felt across Europe and across the globe. Within the entertainment industry, the results of voting on both sides of the channel are being carefully watched for signs of what seismic shifts in the political landscape — the end of 14 years […]
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Simon Pegg on Returning to ‘The Boys,’ Why a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Reboot Would “Incense” Him
It took a few seasons, but last week Simon Pegg was finally in and amongst the violent bloodshed that makes The Boys so special. On Thursday, episode five of season four dropped and gave viewers a heart-wrenching tale audiences aren’t quite used to seeing in Amazon’s beloved comic adaptation: a teary father-son moment. In the […]
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