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Exclusive: The Partnership Group, a group of UK agencies with clients including Emily Blunt and Idris Elba, has doubled down on its stakes in Sayle Screen and Sara Putt Associates.

The Partnership Group (Tpg), run by Roger Charteris and Robert Taylor, has held 10% stakes in Sayle Screen and Sara Putt Associates since 2021. It has now converted these stakes into majority positions, but declined to comment on the size of the holdings. Financial details were not disclosed.

Tpg’s combined client base will now include James Norton, Olivia Cooke, Ambika Mod, Naomie Harris, and Marisa Abela, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold, and Sir Ian Rankin.

First established as a literary agency in 1896, Sayle Screen will continue to be run by Jane Villiers, Matthew Bates, and Kelly Knatchbull. Sara Putt Associates was founded in 2002 and is overseen by Sara Putt, who also serves as the chair of BAFTA, and Laurily Adams.

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The latest in a long line of British thrillers, brand-new ITV mystery series Code of Silence has broken new ground in the hunt for better Deaf-led drama representation on modern television. Created by Catherine Moulton, who herself is partially hearing-impaired, the series stars the multi-talented Strictly Come Dancing winner and Doctor Who alum Rose Ayling-Ellis as a Deaf woman who, upon the force's normal lip-readers becoming preoccupied, is taken from her humble canteen job and placed in a precarious position as a key component in the solving of a difficult criminal case.

Also starring the likes of Kieron Moore, Andrew Buchan, and Ghosts alum Charlotte Ritchie, Code of Silence cemented its groundbreaking status by accompanying its British network debut with an opening advertisement break featuring no sound, giving viewers a taste of what such an experience is like for the hearing-impaired. Now, following all episodes having been made available on streaming,...

Mara Brock Akil’s TV adaptation of Judy Blume’s popular novel, ‘Forever,” completely swept us off our feet. So, of course, TheWrap is here to keep you in your love bubble with seven similar shows to watch next.

Akil’s “Forever,” which tells the first love story of two Black teens, Justin and Keisha, marked the “Girlfriends” creator and mega-producer’s debut at Netflix after establishing her Story27 production banner with the streamer and signing a multi-year agreement to write and produce scripted content and other creative projects for Netflix. In addition, it appears to be Netflix’s very first teen romance series that features two Black leads.

And with this list, we’ve also included diverse love stories of all kinds, with characters from all backgrounds and ages. Here are seven shows to watch once you’ve finished “Forever.”

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Xavier Samuel in ‘The Stolen Girl’ (Disney/Matt Squire)

Freeform’s five-part limited series The Stolen Girl wraps the season up with an episode that answers the mystery at the heart of the drama. Episode five reveals the past events that led to the kidnapping, and since the following is a recap, there are spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned.

Episode five begins with a flashback to five years before Lucia was taken. Marcus (Xavier Samuel) is on his private jet which Elisa (Denise Gough) works for. After handing him champagne, Elisa seductively caresses his shoulder with a smirk on her face. The action moves forward and finds Elisa and Marcus lying in bed together, discussing their baby. (She’s pregnant with Georgie.) Marcus talks about the adventures they will have together with their son and Lucia. But Elisa says she needs to think about Fred. She confesses she still...

Denise Gough in ‘The Stolen Girl’ episode 4 (Disney/Matt Squire)

Key characters’ secrets boiled to the surface on Freeform’s The Stolen Girl episode four. Airing on May 7, 2025, the limited series’ penultimate episode opens 11 months before Lucia was taken. The Blix family is playing mini golf, and it appears someone is watching them.

The action jumps to seven weeks after Lucia was taken, and Elisa (Denise Gough) gives a radio interview, asking anyone with information to come forward. The interviewer brings up that there has been a lot of attention directed towards Elisa, and she’s asked how she is handling it. Elisa discusses a journalist who overstepped boundaries, even going so far as to speak with her mother. The interviewer also brings up her social media presence and that she’s even posted a video of herself crying.

As her questions become more accusatory and badgering, Elisa points out...

Robyn Betteridge, Beatrice Cohen, and Holliday Grainger in ‘The Stolen Girl’ episode 3 (Disney/Matt Squire)

We’re halfway through Freeform’s thrilling limited series The Stolen Girl, with episode three airing on April 30, 2025. Episode three begins in the past, nine months to be exact, before Lucia was taken. Rebecca (Holliday Grainger) is in France when a woman recognizes her but calls her Nina. The woman, Delphine, reminds Rebecca they met at a wedding, and she asks about someone named Nicolas. Rebecca/Nina informs her that he passed away four years ago, and Delphine asks if her girls are with her. Rebecca claims they’re away at boarding school.

The action remains in the past, this time seven months before Lucia was taken. Rebecca opens up the house that later becomes her hideout. Jumping to four months before Lucia was taken, Rebecca asks a woman to introduce her to Milan Matkovic.

Andor's second season has everyone talking, with many citing it as one of the best Star Wars shows of all time, and the two-and-a-half-year wait now seems worth every second. One of the show's best aspects is its killer cast, with the franchise known for not always nailing their ensembles, and Andor a perfect example of this process completed with aplomb. With that in mind, many might be inspired to look to their favorite Andor stars and take a peek into the rest of their catalog. One such star is Denise Gough, known for her no-nonsense portrayal of Imperial supervisor, Dedra Meero. Right now, not only is Gough dazzling in Andor's second outing, but she is also an integral part of a brand-new British thriller streaming on Hulu: The Stolen Girl.

With three of the series' five episodes now released, critics simply can't get enough, with the show officially...

Holliday Grainger, Beatrice Cohen and Robyn Betteridge in ‘The Stolen Girl’ episode 2 (Disney/Matt Squire)

The second episode of Freeform’s suspenseful limited series The Stolen Girl opens with Lucia (Beatrice Campbell) and Josephine (Robyn Betteridge) running around playing hide-and-seek and dressing up in Rebecca’s clothes on the night of the sleepover.

Rebecca (Holliday Grainger) has Josephine get ready for bed, but Lucia stays behind. She asks her about her father being a lawyer, and Lucia sadly admits it makes her mother, Elisa, worry and get scared about locking the doors. Lucia suddenly becomes sleepy.

After encouraging Lucia to lie down on the couch, a man appears at the front door. He carries Lucia out of the house, placing her in a suitcase in a car.

While Elisa and Fred’s son, Georgie, is playing, someone slips a note addressed to the Blix family through the mail slot. Georgie...

Holliday Grainger, Robyn Betteridge, Beatrice Cohen and Denise Gough in ‘The Stolen Girl’ episode 1 (Disney/Matt Squire)

The new Freeform thriller The Stolen Girl released its first episode on April 16, 2025, and the opening scene is chilling. A car trunk opens, and a young girl inside questions, “Who are you?”

(This is a recap, so there are spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned!)

Elisa Blix (Denise Gough), a flight attendant for a private plane, is late picking up her daughter, Lucia, from school. She meets the mom, Rebecca (Holliday Grainger), of her daughter’s new friend, and Lucia begs to go to her friend’s house. Rebecca assures Elisa it’s okay. After some reluctance, Elisa gives in and lets her daughter go with them.

Lucia calls her mom and asks if she can sleep over, and again Elisa is reluctant. Lucia has never had a sleepover before. After agreeing, she...

Applications are now open for the 22nd edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.

The submissions window is open from April 16 until May 30, 2025.

Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.

Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot and contact details...

Freeform has set an April 16, 2025 U.S. premiere date for The Stolen Girl, based on Alex Dahl’s bestselling 2020 novel Playdate. New episodes of the five-episode drama will air on Wednesdays at 10pm Et/Pt.

The series stars Denise Gough (Andor) as Elisa Blix, Jim Sturgess (Apartment 7A) as Fred Blix, and Holliday Grainger (Strike) as Rebecca Walsh. Ambika Mod (One Day) plays Selma Desai, Bronagh Waugh (The Suspect) is Di Shona Sinclair, Layo-Christina Akinlude (The Beautiful Game) is DS Lizzie Walker, and Michael Workéyè (My Lady Jane) plays Kaleb Negasi.

Jim Sturgess and Denise Gough in ‘The Stolen Girl’ (Disney/Matt Squire)

Freeform offers this description of the thriller: “A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mum to two young kids, upside down in this tense thriller. When her 9-year-old daughter Lucia excitedly asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend Josie, Elisa agrees.

Every parent's worst nightmare is the child going missing, something that frames the entire narrative of the upcoming Freeform and Hulu production, The Stolen Girl. Based on the best-selling novel Playdate by Alex Dahl, The Stolen Girl is reportedly set as a five-part series, with each episode ready to uncover the mystery behind the kidnapping of a young girl and the Europe-wide hunt that ensues. With excitement for the series high, one of its stars, Strike and The Capture's Holliday Grainger, has spoken to Radio Times about her role in the upcoming project.

After first admitting she was "interested in playing a damaged character who comes from a place of trauma and grief but doesn't really show it," Grainger added, "You can't play a character you think is flat out crazy. You've got to find the psychological realism in there, so I did speak to a psychotherapist to make...

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Disney+ ha compartido el primer tráiler y póster de la serie The Stolen Girl, un drama psicológico basado en la novela superventas de Alex Dahl y dirigido por Eva Husson (Mothering Sunday).

The Stolen Girl se sitúa en un barrio a las afueras, donde la vida no es tan tranquila como parece. Cuando Lucía desaparece tras lo que parecía ser la típica fiesta de pijama con una amiga del colegio, la vida de sus padres se convierte en una pesadilla. Elisa, su madre, emprende una búsqueda desesperada por toda Europa para dar con su hija y entender por qué la misteriosa Rebecca Walsh decidió llevársela. ¿Fue Lucía una víctima al azar? ¿Qué precio tendrá que pagar para recuperarla? Mientras Elisa empieza a encajar las piezas, la periodista Selma Desai convierte el caso en un espectáculo mediático, exponiendo la vida privada de la familia sin piedad.

Exclusive: A little-publicized representation record was broken at the BAFTA TV noms this year.

For the first time ever, more women than men are nominated in the Best Director: Fiction category, with talented helmers behind One Day, Baby Reindeer and We Are Lady Parts all recognized. Just one man, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’s Peter Kosminsky, made the cut.

Along with its big screen sibling, representation in TV directing has been under the microscope for years – a campaign to boost the number of female documentary directors has led some networks and indies to commit to 50/50 gender parity – and a 2023 tweak to the BAFTA longlisting rules also appears to have improved the situation.

Here, the trio of nominated female directors – Molly Manners, Nida Manzoor and Weronika Tofilska – talk stereotypes, “macho” behavior and inspirational women, while detailing their respective experiences getting to the top.

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The unimaginable becomes a heartbreaking reality for Denise Gough (Andor) and Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) in Collider’s exclusive first look at the trailer for The Stolen Girl. The Hulu and Freeform series is set for a release on April 16 and will follow the devastating story of one family’s personal hell after their daughter goes missing. The five-episode series, which also features performances from Holliday Grainger (Strike), Bronagh Waugh (The Suspect), Michael Workéyè (My Lady Jane) and Ambika Mod (One Day), serves as an adaptation of Alex Dahl’s best-selling crime novel, Playdate.

The beginning of our exclusive debut look at the teaser for the Freeform and Hulu production reveals every parent’s worst nightmare, when Elisa (Gough) and her husband (Sturgess) go to pick up their daughter following a sleepover playdate at the home of her friend. Upon their arrival, the couple are greeted by the housekeeper,...

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Pulse is a medical drama series created by Zoe Robyn. The Netflix series is set in the extremely chaotic and busy Miami trauma center. It follows the personal and professional lives of doctors and hospital staff as they treat injured people during a destructive hurricane. Pulse stars Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Daniela Nieves, Chelsea Muirhead, and Jessy Yates. So, if you loved the intense medical drama, swoon-worthy romance, and compelling characters in Pulse, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Pitt is a medical drama series created by R. Scott Gemmill. The Max series is set in the emergency ward of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, and it follows a group of doctors, nurses, and medical interns during an intense 15-hour long shift.

BBC Sets Cast For ‘Two Weeks In August’ Disaster Drama

Casting has been set for BBC disaster drama Two Weeks in August. Jessica Raine stars as Zoe, Damien Molony is her troubled husband Dan and the cast also features Nicholas Pinnock as their old friend Solomon and Antonia Thomas as his new wife Jess, alongside Leila Farzad and Hugh Skinner as uni friends Nat and Jacob. Revealed by Deadline in February, the show comes from Shrink Next Door scribe Catherine Shepherd and I May Destroy You producer Various Artists. Set in Greece, it tells the story of a woman who goes on holiday with her family and friends to rediscover joy in her life. But, here in paradise, what starts with...

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed April this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant comedy-drama series Dying for Sex and the epic conclusion of the tragedy thriller drama series The Handmaid’s Tale. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in April 2025.

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Dying for Sex is an upcoming comedy-drama series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock. Based on the podcast series of the same name by Nikki Boyer, the FX series follows Molly, a middle-aged woman who is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Soon after finding out that she doesn’t have much time to live, she ends her marriage of 15 years and tries to explore her sexuality.

The BAFTA Television Awards nominations have landed and, as always, there were a few eyebrow raisers from jury members.

The likes of Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs The Post Office were expected to do well, and both series duly delivered with eight and six nominations respectively.

Baby Reindeer has been a darling of the season, and the BAFTA TV Awards will be the big crescendo to its campaign. The beloved Jessica Gunning and creator Richard Gadd both compete for prizes, while the series — which remains the subject of a massive U.S. lawsuit from Fiona Harvey — will compete in the Limited Drama category.

There was also good news for Slow Horses, which bagged six nominations for Apple TV+, including the notable return of Gary Oldman in the Leading Actor category after he missed out in 2024.

Where there is good news, there is also bad news, with a few notable...

The stars of big streaming hits Rivals and Baby Reindeer have scooped gongs at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards.

Danny Dyer, previously better known for soaps and soccer movies, won Best Actor for his role as Freddie Jones in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals, beating off competition from big stars Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Eddie Redmayne (Day of the Jackal) and Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall). Bella Maclean, who played ‘Taggie’ in Rivals, also conquered tough competition in the form of Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd to win the Bpg Breakthrough Award.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, who has won plaudits worldwide for her role in Gadd’s Netflix show and took home an Emmy last year, won Best Actress ahead of another Rivals star, Katherine Parkinson, Ambika Mod (One Day), Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs the Post Office...

Journalists covering the Gaza conflict will finally be recognized next week by the Royal Television Society (Rts), following a fortnight-long saga that has seen the Rts attract ire from all corners of the industry.

A spokeswoman for the organization said in the past few minutes: “The Rts will be making the Special Award for Journalists in Gaza at the Society’s Programme Awards on March 25.”

These awards recognize TV shows and will take place in a week’s time. The special award was initially meant to be given at the Rts Journalism Awards earlier this month but was scrapped at the last minute, with the Rts saying it did not wish to “add fuel to the fire” around Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, the BBC documentary that was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister.

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Nicola Coughlan will be honored at this year’s Canneseries festival with the Konbini Commitment Award. The Bridgerton and Derry Girls star will participate in an interview before receiving the award at the Lumiere Theater in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on April 28.

The award, presented by French media group Konbini, recognizes talent whose work has artistic impact or social significance. Previous recipients include Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, American Horror Story actress Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and Transparent showrunner Joey Soloway.

Coughlan gained recognition for her role in Derry Girls, a comedy set in 1990s Northern Ireland. The series won best comedy at the 2023 BAFTAs and the International Emmy Awards. She later gained international fame as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, earning a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best female actor in a drama series.

She also appeared as Diplomat Barbie in Barbie, starred alongside Lydia West in Big Mood, and featured...

Danny Dyer is on the awards trail for his turn in Disney+ series Rivals.

The EastEnders actor will compete for Best Actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards, which is voted on by British television and media journalists.

Dyer starred as electronics businessman Freddie Jones in Disney’s series about sex and skulduggery in the British television business in the 1980s.

To win the Bpg prize, he will have to fend off competition from Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Eddie Redmayne (Day of the Jackal), and Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall).

Rivals, based on Jilly Cooper’s novels, will do battle for Best Drama Series alongside Baby Reindeer, Day of the Jackal, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, and Wolf Hall.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, a darling of the awards season, has been nominated for Best Actress, where her competition includes Monica Dolan...

Leo Woodall was four years old in 2001, when Renée Zellweger charmed global audiences as the titular hapless romantic of Bridget Jones’s Diary. The film, which earned Zellweger her first Oscar nomination, became regular viewing for the London-born actor and his family at Christmas time each year. But he never could have imagined at the time that he would one day be playing Zellweger’s love interest in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth and final installment of the franchise based on Helen Fielding’s novels.

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Bridget Jones is back where she belongs: on our screens and in our hearts.

With “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which debuted Friday on Peacock 24 years after the original rom-com introduced us to Renée Zellweger’s Oscar-nominated performance as the lovingly bumbling heroine, one thing remains as true as ever: men can’t get enough of Bridget’s unwitting charm.

Now in “Bridget Jones 4,” Leo Woodall — previously a breakout heartthrob (and criminal) in “The White Lotus” Season 2 — lays on the dimpled charm as Roxster, Bridget’s younger, magnetic love interest, and competing suitor to Mr. Wallaker (Chiwetel Ejiofor), teacher of Bridget’s children.

If you found yourself swooning for the 28-year-old London-born actor, we know just the project you should watch him in next. Premiering last year on Netflix, “One Day” shows Woodall in a softer light than his bad boy “White Lotus” rabble-rouser, but his sex appeal and...

The best and brightest of the U.K. and Ireland were celebrated last night in a star-studded bash at the Newport Beach Film Festival UK & Ie Honours event in London. Those receiving honors included Icon Award honoree Stephen Fry, “Nosferatu” and Artist of Distinction honorees Emma Corrin, Sharon Horgan and Felicity Jones.

Before receiving her honor, Jones was seen admiring Variety’s cover story on her “The Brutalist” co-star Adrien Brody, now considered a frontrunner for the best actor Oscar. Jones too, is in the running, nominated for best supporting actress at both the BAFTAs and Oscars for her performance in Brady Corbet’s American epic. “It’s so nice when you put in all the work for a campaign and it actually pays off,” she told Variety.

Three actors nominated for this year’s BAFTA Rising Star Award were celebrated – Nabhaan Rizwan was named one of Variety’s 10 Brits...

Many people enjoy Valentine's Day with a romantic dinner or something more lavish, while others are content to spend a night enjoying some wonderfully romantic series'. With so many to choose from, we've taken some of the work out of the task of choosing with this handy list. However you choose to celebrate the holiday, don't miss these great love stories to get in the spirit.

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Created by Chris Van Dusen for Netflix, Bridgerton is based on a series of novels by Julia Quinn which chronicles the lives of the eight siblings of the noble Bridgerton family who live in the Regency era of London High Society. The series is the first from Shondaland for Netflix, and has aired three seasons with a fourth to come in 2026.

This historical drama is romance at its finest. From the costumes, the modern music played in the style of the particular time period,...

Salma Hayek Once Shared Her Secret To A Successful & Happy Married Life (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Mexican and American bombshell actress Salma Hayek is an enigma and a brutal force to reckon with. She is one of Hollywood’s most powerful and influential Latina actresses, and she is happily married to the French businessman François-Henri Pinault. The actress proved her versatility on-screen and showed everyone that actors could also have a strong and healthy marriage. Hayek once shared a secret to a happy married life, and today, we are here to share it with our readers. Stick to the end of the article for the deets.

Salma and François-Henri Pinault got married in 2009, and the couple has a daughter. She is a very doting wife and mother. People suggested that she married Pinault for money. However, Salma cleared the air around that and said they would keep their finances separate. She...

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Disney+ has dropped first-look images for its upcoming U.K. original series “The Stolen Girl,” a psychological thriller toplining Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod and Jim Sturgess.

The five-part limited series, previously developed under the working title “Playdate,” comes from scribe Catherine Moulton (“Baptiste”) and helmer Eva Husson (“Mothering Sunday”). The project adapts Alex Dahl’s bestselling page-turner “Playdate.”

The story follows Elisa, a mother whose world implodes after her nine-year-old daughter Lucia vanishes during what was meant to be an innocent sleepover. The seemingly perfect host mother Rebecca, along with her daughter Josie, disappear without a trace – leaving behind only a vacant holiday rental where their supposed family home once stood.

As authorities launch a Europe-wide search, scrutiny falls heavily on Elisa and her husband Fred while family secrets bubble to the surface. Narrative promises to explore whether Rebecca’s shocking actions could have deeper justification than initially apparent.

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The Pitt is a medical drama series created by R. Scott Gemmill. The Max series is set in the emergency room at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital and follows a group of doctors and nurses working an extremely tense 15-hour shift. The Pitt stars Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine Lanasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, and Shabana Azeez. So, if you loved the medical drama, compelling storylines, and complex characters, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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This Is Going to Hurt is a British medical dark comedy-drama series created by Adam Kay. Based on Kay’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name, the AMC series follows Adam Kay as he works as a junior doctor...

“The world’s greatest mind is now the most wanted,” teases Apple TV+ in the official trailer for its new series Prime Target starring One Day star Leo Woodall.

In the trailer for the conspiracy thriller released Monday, Woodall stars as an intelligent math postgraduate Edward Brook, who discovers a breakthrough in possibly finding a pattern in prime numbers. Should he succeed, Edward would hold the key to every computer in the world. When his idea catches the attention of dangerous enemies, they move to destroy the idea before it progresses further. Nsa agent Taylah Sanders (played by Quintessa Swindell) has been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behavior, but then the two join forces to unravel the government conspiracy Edward has unexpectedly found himself at the center of.

Woodall’s breakout role was in The White Lotus, which won a SAG award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

Baby Reindeer actress Jessica Gunning and One Day star Ambika Mod were among the winners at Friday’s Women in Film & TV Awards, where U.K. chef and presenter Dame Mary Berry was honoured with The Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hosted by comedian Katherine Ryan, the guests at London’s Park Lane Hilton event also included Emilia Pérez leads Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón, Rivals‘ Katherine Parkinson, and Doctor Who boss Russell T. Davies.

In partnership with Sky, the awards on Friday were Wftv’s 33rd edition of the ceremony, honoring winners across 14 categories including directing, writing, producing, performance, business and contribution to the medium in the U.K. “All women are absolute game-changers in their various roles across the industries,” Wftv CEO Katie Bailiff told The Hollywood Reporter. “Both on-camera and off-camera. We don’t divide it into craft, like some awards do — that’s really important.”

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It's time to just say it: 2024 was a great year for Netflix shows and movies. Whether you'd like to admit it or not, the streaming service released some of the year's most talked about and most watched content that had far reaching impacts beyond our own personal reviews. Netflix has constantly driven pop culture forward, but this year more than ever, the streamer was the driving force.

Part of what made Netflix's shows and movies so massively popular in 2024, beyond the compelling stories and bingeable nature of the content, was the performances of the talented stars. There were revelatory performances by newcomers and dependably amazing performances by established stars we know and love. In equal measure, they made these shows the ones worth bingeing in 2024.

While we would love to spotlight every single actor and actress that left us stunned this year, there are three particular performances that stand out...

Hoard writer-director Luna Carmoon, Didi filmmaker Sean Wang and Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau are among 43 Bafta Breakthrough members for its 2024 cohort.

The 43 names consist of 21 UK creatives, 13 from the US and nine from India. The selected members hail from film, games and television, and will receive one-to-one meetings, career guidance, full Bafta voting membership and access to screenings and networking events in the year-long initiative.

Scroll down for the full list of Bafta Breakthrough 2024

Carmoon is one of several filmmakers in the selection, alongside If The Streets Were On Fire director Alice Russell, The Contestant director Clair Titley, and...

Award-winning actor Mawaan Rizwan and Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau are among this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough cohort.

Spotlighting 43 “must-watch” creatives working across film, games and television in the U.K., U.S. and India, the flagship talent initiative is supported by Netflix and aims to provide a springboard for young creatives in costume design, production, casting, editing, games design, performance, directing, composing and cinematography.

Rizwan is best known for his role in BBC Three comedy Juice, which landed him a BAFTA award in May this year. Mau broke through with her performance in the wildly popular Netflix show Baby Reindeer in April.

Top Boy editor Shahnaz Dulaimy and Kyla Harris of We Might Regret This are among the U.K. Breakthroughs as Jih-e Peng, cinematographer on Girls Will Be Girls and Juliana Hoffpauir, costume designer on the Glen Powell-led comedy Hit Man, made the U.S. list. Game...

Chris Evans has been sporting a bushy new beard on his Red One press tour and he’s explaining the choice behind the facial hair.

The 43-year-old actor was asked about his new look while attending the Red One premiere in New York City on Monday (November 11).

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Chris told Entertainment Tonight that the beard is for “a job I am working on.”

“It’s a film called Sacrifice with Anya Taylor-Joy and John Malkovich,” Chris added. The star-studded cast also includes Brendan Fraser, Salma Hayek, Charli Xcx, and Vincent Cassel, among others.

Deadline reports that Sacrifice — loosely inspired by the Joan Of Arc story — “tells the story of Joan (Taylor-Joy), a zealous spirit driven by a volcanic prophecy only she can hear, who is on a mission to save the world from a fiery reckoning. Along with her militia of mystical disciples, she hijacks...

It's a big month for Paul Mescal. Gladiator II is just weeks away, a bunch of lads in mini shorts honored him with his very own lookalike competition in Dublin, and now, he may get to start in yet another project with Ridley Scott. According to Variety, Mescal is in...

Sophie Turner and Nicola Coughlan were among the honorees at the 2024 Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards!

Many stars were celebrated at the annual event on Tuesday night (November 5) at Claridge’s hotel in London, England.

Sophie was honored with the Performance Award for her work in the ITV1 and The CW series Joan while Nicola took home the Television Actress Award for her performance in Netflix’s Bridgerton.

Some of the other honorees included Victoria Beckham, singer Raye, and iconic actress Harriet Walter. Presenters included Jodie Comer, Aidan Turner, Brian Cox, Golda Rosheuvel, and more.

Head inside to see a list of all the stars who were in attendance at the event…

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After crafting the best film of 2023 with The Beast, Bertrand Bonello is prepping his next feature. While he was tight-lipped on details, he tells Variety, “It’s a little early to talk about it. It’s going to be very different. It’s going to be completely different. The writing is finished, and we’re going to start the casting process. I’m going to announce it once the casting is done. I hope to start shooting next September.” Speaking about how cinema is changing, he added, “This mutation is freaky and fascinating. If you don’t involve it in your creation, you’re out. It’s always an equilibrium. You must protect the past and welcome the future. If you just welcome the future, you’re lost in the movement. If you protect the past, you’re out now.”

The ever-prolific Takashi Miike has unveiled his next film, Sham,...

Charli Xcx and her Brat remix collaborator Yung Lean have joined the cast for the Romain Gavras-directed film, Sacrifice. Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Sam Richardson will lead the upcoming film, Deadline reports. The film is loosely based on Joan of Arc.

Sacrifice follows Taylor-Joy’s Joan, a woman driven by a volcanic prophecy who is on a mission to rescue the world from a violent reckoning. With the help of mystical disciples, Joan hijacks a charity event and takes three hostages: a crumbling movie star,...

More stars have joined the cast of the upcoming movie Sacrifice!

Back in May, it was announced that Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Sam Richardson will be leading the new movie Sacrifice directed by Romain Gavras.

As filming is currently underway in Greece and Bulgaria, it has now been revealed that several other stars have joined the cast.

Keep reading to find out more…Deadline reports that Charli xcx, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Swedish rapper Yung Lean, Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O. Harris, One Day actress Ambika Mod, The Serpent Queen actress Jade Croot, and Tony winner Miriam Silverman have all been cast in the movie.

Loosely inspired by the Joan Of Arc story, Sacrifice “tells the story of Joan (Taylor-Joy), a zealous spirit driven by a volcanic prophecy only she can hear, who is on a mission to save the world from a fiery reckoning.

Production is underway in Greece and Bulgaria on French filmmaker Romain Gavras’ English-language debut Sacrifice.

Gavras is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Succession writer and co-producer Will Arbery.

Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot, Jeremy O. Harris, Miriam Silverman, singer Charli Xcx and rapper Yung Lean have joined the previously announced cast of Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Sam Richardson.

The film is an official Greece-uk co-production. Iconoclast is producing with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Gavras alongside Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic. Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media also produce.

Production is underway in Greece and Bulgaria on French filmmaker Romain Gavras’ English-language debut Sacrifice.

Gavras is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Succession writer and co-producer Will Arbery.

Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot, Jeremy O. Harris, Miriam Silverman, singer Charli Xcx and rapper Yung Lean have joined the previously announced cast of Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Sam Richardson.

The film is an official Greece-uk co-production. Iconoclast is producing with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Gavras alongside Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic. Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media also produce.

Production is underway in Greece and Bulgaria on French filmmaker Romain Gavras’ English-language debut Sacrifice.

Gavras is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Succession writer and co-producer Will Arbery.

Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot, Jeremy O. Harris, Miriam Silverman, singer Charli Xcx and rapper Yung Lean have joined the previously announced cast of Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Sam Richardson.

The film is an official Greece-uk co-production. Iconoclast are producing with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Gavras alongside Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic. Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media also produce.

Production is underway in Greece and Bulgaria on French filmmaker Romain Gavras’ English-language debut Sacrifice.

Gavras is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Succession writer and co-producer Will Arbery.

Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot, Jeremy O. Harris, Miriam Silverman, singer Charli Xcx and rapper Yung Lean have joined the previously announced cast of Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Sam Richardson.

The film is an official Greece-uk co-production. Iconoclast are producing with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Gavras alongside Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic. Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media also produce.

Anne Mensah, Netflix’s U.K. VP of content, is one of the streamer’s most senior U.K. executives, overseeing scripted, unscripted, film and acquisitions. “Any content that comes out of the U.K. slate I look after in some way,” she explains before adding: “Or, more specifically, somebody who’s better than me looks after it and I cheer in the background.”

It’s a statement typical of Mensah, who throughout our hour-long interview is always quick to give credit to the colleagues and creatives she works with both locally and internationally as well as being unabashedly enthusiastic about the content. Before I’ve even managed to hit “record” on our conversation, we’re chatting about “The Gentlemen,” which has been renewed for a second season, and “Love Is Blind U.K.,” which is just about to launch when we speak. When I tell her I’ve seen the first four episodes under embargo,...

‘One Day' is the new Netflix show that will warm your heart, only to rip it from you in the last couple of episodes. The friends-to-lovers trope that is guaranteed to break your heart. Now, is the show really worth all of your tears? Truth is, if you ever wanted to care about characters enough to grieve them and cry so much it gives you a migraine, this show might just be worth all of it. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. The stakes There have been many mixed...

“It’s one of the great cosmic mysteries. How someone can go from being a total stranger to the most important person in your life.”

This line is one of the most memorable from the limited series One Day, and now it’s inscribed permanently on a plaque at the entrance to the Vennel Steps in Edinburgh, Scotland.

To celebrate One Day, Netflix unveiled the special sign on July 15 to honor the first step(s) in Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) and Dexter Mayhew’s (Leo Woodall) journey in the series, based on David Nicholls’ beloved novel. As of St. Swithin’s Day — aka One Day Day, the moment each year when we catch up with Em and Dex — you, too, can be part of the story by visiting the steps and the sign.

Of course, Dex and Em became important people to millions of fans, and their alter egos, Woodall and Mod,...

The Bear has to be one of the best series ever created. The FX comedy-drama series is intense, funny, tragic, and has some of the most beautiful-looking food I’ve ever seen. Created by Christopher Storer, The Bear follows the story of Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, an award-winning working in one of the best restaurants in the United States, as he moves back to Chicago to run his family-owned sandwich shop after a tragic incident. The Bear aired its third season recently, and I’m happy to say that the series is getting better with every new season. We are also happy that The Bear was renewed for a fourth season ahead of its Season 3 premiere. The Bear stars Jeremy Allen White in the lead role, with Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Abby Elliott, Matty Matheson, Jon Bernthal, Oliver Platt, L-Boy, and Edwin Lee Gibson starring in supporting. So, if you love The Bear’s intensity,...

With Emmy voting underway, Gold House has released its inaugural Gold List honoring Asian creatives in television.

This marks an expansion for the organization, which in the past has championed Asian excellence and creatives in film.

FX’s “Shōgun” dominated with wins for outstanding series, lead performance (Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada), directing and editing and received honorable mentions of supporting performances from Fumi Nikaido, Moeka Hoshi and Tadanobu Asano.

“Expats” and “The Sympathizer” both received the second-highest number of accolades. Other television shows and movies that were honored on the Gold List include “3 Body Problem,” “Invincible,” “Love in Taipei,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Under the Bridge” and “World’s Best.”

In a statement, star and producer of “Shōgun” Sanada said, “I am deeply honored to be selected in the inaugural TV Gold List for my role in ‘Shōgun.’ This recognition is particularly special as it marks the beginning of...