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Exclusive: Laurie Kynaston, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell and Alex Lawther are toplining Leonard and Hungry Paul, a feel-good drama for the BBC and Ireland’s RTÉ, we’ve learned.

Based on Rónán Hession’s novel of the same name, filming has begun in Dublin on a six-part show and will continue through this month. We’ve got the news ahead of the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast tomorrow, where it will be unveiled. In the UK, it will air on BBC Three and iPlayer.

Irish indie Subotica is producing for BBC Northern Ireland in association with BBC Comedy, Screen Ireland and RTÉ, with Avalon co-producing and distributing internationally. Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson adapating Hession’s book, which has sold over 300,000 copies since publication in 2019. Andrew Chaplin is directing.

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Netflix's Emmy Award-winning Baby Reindeer won two BAFTA TV Craft Awards on Sunday, including best writing for a drama for Richard Gadd.

Overall, the Netflix limited series landed eight bids between the craft and TV awards ceremony, including Best Limited Drama, a lead actor nomination for Gadd, and two supporting actress nominations for Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau. The limited series won several honors last year and throughout the winter, including Emmy Award wins for Gadd and Gunning, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award victory for Gunning.

Other winners at the BAFTA Craft Awards included Slow Horses with two wins (sound and editing), Shogun with one victory (for photography and lighting), and Bad Sisters (for music).

See the complete list of craft award winners below. The BAFTA TV Awards are set for May 11,

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Today, Apple TV+ released the trailer for the continuation of the beloved animated adventure trilogy WondLa, with season two set to debut globally on April 25, 2025.

Hailing from Skydance Animation and based on Tony Diterlizzi’s New York Times bestselling book series The Search for WondLa, the series is showrun and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway.

This second installment features a star-studded voice cast, including Jeanine Mason as Eva, Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) as Otto, Gary Anthony Williams (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) as Rovender, and many more.

Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) returns as the voice of Eva’s new caretaker. New cast members for WondLa Season 2 include John Kim (Cruel Intentions) as Hailey and Ana Villafañe (Castro’s Daughter) as Eva 8.

This futuristic coming-of-age story follows 16-year-old Eva 9 as her epic journey continues and she uncovers startling truths about her...

Today, Apple TV+ announced the continuation of the animated adventure trilogy WondLa, with season two set to debut globally on April 25, 2025.

Hailing from Skydance Animation and based on Tony Diterlizzi’s New York Times bestselling book series The Search for WondLa, the series is showrun and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway.

This second installment features a star-studded voice cast, including Jeanine Mason as Eva, Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) as Otto, Gary Anthony Williams (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) as Rovender, and many more.

Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) returns as the voice of Eva’s new caretaker. New cast members for WondLa Season 2 include John Kim (Cruel Intentions) as Hailey and Ana Villafañe (Castro’s Daughter) as Eva 8.

This futuristic coming-of-age story follows 16-year-old Eva 9 as her epic journey continues and she uncovers startling truths about her past and the world she calls home.

The third season of Fox’s game show The Floor kicked off immediately following Super Bowl Lix between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Hosted by Rob Lowe, The Floor invites 100 contestants to compete against each other in a series of head-to-head duels, with a randomizer selecting players who then challenge someone standing next to them. Each person arrives at The Floor with a category in which they consider themselves to be an expert — things like Pantry Items, Tony Winners, and Marvel. The ultimate winner after 12 episodes will claim the $250,000 grand prize.

Lowe had fun with the crowd by pretending to be heartbroken over the fact that he’d “never” attended the Met Gala and “never” been named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive. But don’t feel too bad for him. After all, Lowe is an Emmy nominee for The West Wing (2001) and a six-time Golden Globe nominee...

The nominees for the third annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards are here, with some familiar faces and hit series that received multiple nominations.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled this year’s nominees on Thursday, with the awards ceremony scheduled for Saturday, March 15, in Los Angeles. Information on where to stream will be provided once available.

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The 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards announced its nominations on Thursday. This is the third year since these categories were separated from the Daytime Emmys in an extensive restructuring of the television academies’ TV awards. Winners will be presented in Los Angeles on March 15. Scroll down for the complete list of contenders.

Rachel Schwartz, head of the Children’s and Family Emmy Awards, said in a statement, “This year’s nominations are particularly meaningful as much of the work being honored was delayed due to last year’s strikes. It is a privilege to have been named head of a competition that is not only honoring exceptional talent but is also shaping the way children and their families interact with the world. Congratulations to all.”

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The Children’s & Family Emmys are on the move. As the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the nominations for the 3rd annual event, it also announced that the ceremonies would take place on March 15 in Los Angeles. (The competition’s first two years were held in December.)

As for the nominations themselves, leading the charge was Disney+’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” with 16 nods — including for young teen series, where it faces off with Disney+’s “Goosebumps,” Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” Netflix’s “One Piece” and Roku Channel’s “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”

“Percy Jackson” also received nods for several performers, including a posthumous nod for Lance Reddick. Other programs performing well include HBO/Max’s “Sesame Street” (13 noms), “Spiderwick Chronicles” (13 noms), Netflix’s “StoryBots: Answer Time” (10 noms), Apple TV+’s “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (10 noms), “One Piece” (9 noms) and “Goosebumps” (9 noms).

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Throughout the ten seasons of Friends, the main characters explore various romantic relationships. Even though Chandler eventually ends up with Monica, and Rachel and Ross make it work in the very last season, all of them date some amazing and lovable characters outside the group.

In fact, many fans thought some of the romantic interests in Friends had the potential to become endgame for the main cast. Ross and Charlie could have been very happy together, as well as Monica and Richard, despite their age difference. Even though some of these characters left the show some could argue way too soon they truly left their stamp on Friends.

Kathy Had Amazing Chemistry With Chandler

Portrayed by Paget Brewster Dated Joey and Chandler Appears in Season 4

Kathy is a controversial character in the Friends community because she dated both Joey and Chandler. Things got tense between the two best friends when...

Celebrating a decade of Five Nights at Freddy's with a riddle: which of the four script pages is real? Fans are divided on which page is legit, leaning towards page 4 for a connection to the second game. Behind-the-scenes glimpses show characters from the second game, hinting at the sequel's inspiration.

What better way to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Five Nights at Freddys than a clever riddle? In addition to releasing Five Nights at Freddys: Into the Pit, Scott Games decided it would be fun to release four pages of the script for the upcoming sequel to last year's hit movie adaptation. The real kicker is that three of these four pages are fake, and its up to the fanbase to decide which one is real.

It might be more interesting if it were released alongside three fake screenplay pages, explains Scott Games in an interview with The Post. It...

British icon Jennifer Saunders has joined the star-studded cast for the film adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s beloved children’s book, The Magic Faraway Tree.

Hiran Abeysekera (The Life of Pi, The Father and the Assassin) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (Gangs of London, See How They Run, Chloe) will also feature alongside the previously announced cast of Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan and Jessica Gunning.

From Neal Street Productions, Elysian Film Group and Ashland Hill Media Finance, The Magic Faraway Tree is currently shooting.

Based on the Faraway Tree series of novels for children, the film follows Polly (Foy) and Tim Thompson (Garfield) and their children, Beth, Joe and Fran, who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. “There, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants,” a plot synopsis reads.

Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, Shrek 2) has been cast in the role of the children’s ruthless Grandma.

The actor Kevin McKidd, known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Six Four,” will star in a new movie for Cbbc called “The Primrose Railway Children.” Cbbc is the BBC channel for kids. The 90-minute film was written by Tom Bidwell, who’s done other movies like “The Velveteen Rabbit” and “The Irregulars.” It’s based on a book by Jacqueline Wilson that puts a modern spin on the classic story “The Railway Children” by E.N. Nesbit.

They’ll be filming in places around Scotland like Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands, and real heritage railways. The movie follows Phoebe, her big sister Becks, big brother Perry, and their mom. They have to leave their home in Glasgow and move far away to the Scottish countryside. The BBC said it’s about growing up somewhere new when you don’t want to change homes, and trying to fit into a community that seems strange.

Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Six Four) will be starring in the 90-minute Cbbc special The Primrose Railway Children on BBC kids channel Cbbc Adapted by Tom Bidwell (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Irregulars) the feature-length family drama is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel of the same name, which is a modern reimagining of E. Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children.

The project will be filmed in and around Glasgow, the Scottish Highlands and around heritage railways, BBC Studios Kids and Family Productions said Thursday.

The story follows Phoebe, her older sister Becks, older brother Perry and their mother who are living a comfortable life in Glasgow when suddenly they are uprooted and moved to the remote highlands of Scotland. “A story about growing up, being displaced, and finding your way in a community that seems alien, The Primrose Railway Children is set to become essential family viewing,” BBC Studios said.

Apple TV+ today released the trailer for the all-new, highly anticipated Peanuts special “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” premiering globally on Friday, February 16.

The origin story for one of Peanuts’ most beloved characters, the special follows Franklin as he moves to a new town and navigates new friendships. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook filled with his grandfather’s advice on friendship. But when Franklin tries his usual strategies with the Peanuts gang, he has trouble fitting in. That’s until he learns about the neighborhood Soap Box Derby race – according to his grandfather, everyone loves a winner! He’s sure that winning the race will also mean winning over some new friends. All he needs is a partner, which he finds in Charlie Brown. Franklin and Charlie Brown work together to...

35th Annual Producers Guild Awards takes place on February 25.

The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its feature and TV nominations, with non-us contenders The Zone Of Interest and Anatomy Of A Fall in contention alongside the likes of Oppenheimer, Killers Of The Flower Moon, and Past Lives.

The full list of nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures includes Barbie, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Poor Things.

The PGA picks are often a strong indicator of the titles likely to experience Academy Awards glory. Last year’s nominees fielded seven eventual Oscar nominees.

35th Annual Producers Guild Awards takes place on February 25.

The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its feature and TV nominations, with awards season heavyweight Oppenheimer in the mix alongside Killers Of The Flower Moon, Anatomy Of A Fall, The Zone Of Interest, and Past Lives.

Recognition for Anatomy Of A Fall and The Zone Of Interest marks the first time the Guild has nominated international films.

The full list of nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures includes Barbie, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Poor Things.

The PGA picks are...

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced its 2024 nominees in the sports, children’s and shortform categories.

Netflix’s Beckham and season 2 of HBO’s 100 Foot Wave were among the nominees in the outstanding sports program category, while Goosebumps and The Velveteen Rabbit were nominated in the children’s category. Carpool Karaoke season 5 and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson season 3 received nods in the shortform category.

Winners of these categories will be announced during the week of Feb. 19. Remaining nominations in the motion picture, animated motion picture, television series/specials, limited or anthology series TV and streaming motion pictures will be announced on Jan. 12. The winners of these categories will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards on Feb. 25.

Special honors will also be presented to Martin Scorsese (David O. Selznick Achievement Award), with recipients of the Norman Lear Achievement Award, Milestone Award and Stanley Kramer Award to be announced soon.

The Producers Guild of America has revealed nominees in the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories for its upcoming awards. Winners will be announced in Los Angeles and New York at the Guild’s nominee events the week of February 19. Exact dates and location will be announced soon.

The 2024 Producers Guild Awards nominees in the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories are listed below; the PGA says it does vet the individual producers of Sports, Children’s and Short Form Television Programs.

Outstanding Sports Program

“100 Foot Wave” (S2)

“Beckham” (S1)

“Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (S5)

“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets” (S18)

“Shaun White: The Last Run” (S1)

Outstanding Children’s Program

“Goosebumps” (S1)

“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” (S1)

“Sesame Street” (S53)

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” (S2)

“The Velveteen Rabbit”

Outstanding Short-Form Program

“Carpool Karaoke” (S5C)

“I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson...

The Producers Guild has revealed more nominees for its 35th annual Producers Guild Awards, this time for the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories. See the list below.

Winners will be honored at the 2024 Producers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 25. Details about the location and timing will come at a later date. The PGA’s nominees for Theatrical, Animated and Streamed/Televised Films; TV Series/Specials will be announced on January 12.

At the 2023 PGA Awards, Sesame Street won Outstanding Children’s Program, Outstanding Sports Program went to the documentary Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, and Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question took the Original Short Form Program prize.

The nonprofit Producers Guild of America represents, protects and promotes the interests of more than 8,400 producers spanning film, television and emerging media. Its Producers Guild Awards honors excellence in motion picture and television productions, as well as...

The Producers Guild of America has officially announced its first wave of 2024 nominees ahead of the final round of voting for the 35th annual PGA Awards.

Comprised of more than 8,400 producers, the guild first nominated seven documentaries for the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures category at the 35th annual Producers Guild of America Awards on February 25.

“American Symphony,” “20 Days in Mariupol,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” “Beyond Utopia,” “The Mother of All Lies,” “Squaring the Circle,” and “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” are the nominees. “20 Days in Mariupol” and “Beyond Utopia” additionally placed in IndieWire’s critics survey of the best films of the year. Last year, “Navalny” producers Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris were honored with the PGA Award and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The PGA Award nominees for Sports, Children’s and Short Form Television Programs were then announced,...

Meryl Streep has won Oscars, Emmys, a bevy of Golden Globes and multiple SAG Awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, a Kennedy Center Honor and even the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama. If there’s an award, Streep has probably won it. But there’s a prize that has eluded her all these years: the Grammy. This year she received her seventh nomination from the recording academy. Will she finally take the trophy home?

This year she’s up for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for “Big Tree,” the audio book recording of Brian Selznick‘s middle-grade adventure novel. She was previously nominated five times for recording children’s projects: “The Velveteen Rabbit,” “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” “The Tailor of Gloucester,” “The One and Only Shrek” and “Charlotte’s Web.” And she has one musical nomination for her contributions to the “Mamma Mia!

When Jared Leto Gave A Dead Pig As A Gift To His Suicide Squad Cast (Picture Credit: IMDb)

Jared Leto in the role of Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad might not have been successful enough at the theatres, but he did leave the cast and crew horrified with his ghastly gifts. From giving an*l beads and using c*ndoms to live animals, the actor left everyone shocked with the method actor in him. Today, we brought you a throwback to when Leto presented his cast with a dead pig; his co-star Viola Davis once shared the incident, and here’s what she said.

The comic book movie came out in 2016 and featured many eminent Hollywood actors, including Will Smith, Viola, and Margot Robbie. Leto received a lot of criticism for his role, and many call his version of the titular Gotham villain allegedly the worst in the lot.

5 Times Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark Was Not A Self-Centered Snob Like Others Perceive Him (Picture Credit: Facebook & IMDb)

Robert Downey Jr has ruled our hearts with his fantastic portrayal of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tony’s character was described beautifully by the man himself in The Avengers in 2012. He is a genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist, but Captain America Steve Rogers’s response to this called him selfish. Not just in this movie time and again, Tony has been perceived as a self-centered and narcissistic human being. But is that all?

Tony turned out to be one of the most loved MCU characters, mainly because of Rdj. The MCU started its journey with Iron Man in 2008, and since the first film, he has proved that Tony is not just an egomaniacal; he has a heart, too. He sacrificed himself for his loved ones in Avengers: Endgame; however,...

When Cillian Murphy Smoked 3000 Cigarettes For His Role As Tommy Shelby In Peaky Blinders(Photo Credit –IMDb)

Cillian Murphy has established himself as an accomplished actor with his films in Hollywood. He might as well get his first Oscar for this year’s Oppenheimer. The actor is like Hollywood’s Dark Horse, who has an excellent grip on the dark and gritty genre, and his Peaky Blinders series receives a lot of love and appreciation from the viewers. Murphy is very devoted to his craft; he left vegetarianism for his role in the British crime series and allegedly smoked thousands of cigarettes for it, too. Yes, you read that right. Cillian puffed on numerous ciggies for his role as Tommy Shelby.

The television series is a British period crime drama set in Birmingham. It is about a gang led by Murphy’s Tommy Shelby, who sews razor blades in the...

George Winston, the celebrated solo pianist who sold more than 15 million albums over the course of his career, died Sunday, June 4. He was 73.

Winston’s death was confirmed on his website. He had been battling cancer for 10 years, undergoing a bone marrow transplant in 2013.

Winston rose to prominence in the early Eighties with a trio of records, Autumn, Winter Into Spring, and December, all of which were certified platinum in the United States (December even went three times platinum). His music seemed to incorporate elements of classical, jazz, folk, ambient,...

It’s been quite a decade (and a bit) for Signature Entertainment. Having launched in 2011 as a U.K. DVD distribution business (its first release: the live-action/animated adaptation of the classic British children’s book The Velveteen Rabbit), the company — set up by former DVD salesman Marc Goldberg — has evolved and grown with the changing times. It became a major player in the home entertainment space as digital and streamers took over, expanded its distribution into Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the U.S., and also moved into production.

Signature Film’s first title was the Dave Bautista-starring 2018 action thriller Final Score, a film Goldberg describes as “Die Hard in a football stadium” (and a film that also saw him blow up — on camera, at least — the former stadium of his beloved soccer team West Ham United, whose chairman, David Sullivan, happens to be a major Signature...

"Lost Ollie" is a new animation/live-action hybrid show that tells the story of a lost patchwork bunny embarking on a fantastical adventure to try and reunite with his best friend, a human boy named Billy. Along the way, he faces wonders, horrors, betrayal, action, and more. In her review for /Film, Shania Russell wrote: "'Lost Ollie' doesn't need to be a grand epic or end-of-the-world type quest. It's still a beautiful reminder of what it feels like to be wandering and what it truly means to find your way home."

The show may tread familiar ground compared to stories in "Toy Story" or "The Velveteen Rabbit," but it manages to stand out thanks to great animation from Ilm and a series of emotional gut punches that hit as hard as any Pixar movie. The show, which was created by Shannon Tindle, also features a great cast that includes Jonathan Groff,...

"Lost Ollie" is Netflix's latest limited series, an animation/live-action hybrid with a narrative that will be familiar to everyone who has seen "Toy Story" or "The Velveteen Rabbit." It follows a patchwork bunny who has lost his human and best friend, Billy, and subsequently embarks on an epic adventure to be reunited with him. 

The series packs more emotional gut punches than any warning can prepare you for, but it is still a delightful and fun adventure in the vein of a Mark Twain novel. It also has an incredible cast that includes Jonathan Groff, Tim Blake Nelson, Mary J. Blige, Gina Rodriguez, and Jake Johnson. Sure, the mid-point can be a bit repetitive and slow, but the pay-off of the show can easily cue the waterworks. In her review for /Film, Shania Russell wrote: "'Lost Ollie' doesn't need to be a grand epic or end-of-the-world type quest.

Is there a more universal experience than the festering fear of looking around and realizing you're lost? It happens to children and adults, and evidently, it's also a very common occurrence for toys. "Lost Ollie" certainly isn't the first time we've seen a beloved toy embark on a dangerous journey to find its way home, but it might very well be the most adorable. To be fair, this particular story has the advantage of following Ollie, the world's cutest stuffy — a patchwork bunny with unbeatable spirit and the voice of Jonathan Groff.

When he wakes to find himself in an unfamiliar place, it's up to Ollie to swallow his fear and begin a quest filled with danger, mystery, and more emotional gut punches than one can honestly prepare for. And why put himself through all that? Because somewhere out there is Billy (Kesler Talbot), a young boy who needs his favorite toy.

Given how much awards voters love Meryl Streep, it may be surprising that she’s only halfway to the Egot grand slam of showbiz awards. She’s a three-time Oscar winner and three-time Emmy winner, but she doesn’t have a Grammy or a Tony yet. Well, she could cross Grammy off her list since she earned a nomination this year for Best Spoken Word Album for a recording of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web.”

This isn’t her first try at the Grammys. This is actually her sixth nomination, and almost all of those have been for children’s audiobooks. She was first nominated for Best Recording for Children in 1986 for “The Velveteen Rabbit.” Then she earned two nominations in that category in 1989 for “The Tailor of Gloucester” and “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” And in 2008 she was nominated for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for “The One and Only Shrek.

The classic children’s tale The Velveteen Rabbit is getting a new TV adaptation that will feature a mix of live-action and animation.

The series is being developed by Tom Bidwell, who recently worked on the series adaptation of Watership Down for BBC and Netflix. He’s also teamed up with Magic Light Pictures, who has worked on animated specials that include adaptations of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and several of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s books, including The Gruffalo, Stick Man, and Zog.

The Velveteen Rabbit was written by Margery Williams , and the classic 1922 story centers on a boy and his beloved toy rabbit.

At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbit is saved from peril by a magic fairy who whisks him away to the idyllic world of Rabbitland. There, he becomes "Real," a cherished childhood companion who will be loved for eternity.

The writer of upcoming BBC and Netflix series “Watership Down” and the producers behind hit animated specials including “The Gruffalo” are adapting the classic children’s tale “The Velveteen Rabbit” for TV. Magic Light Pictures and Tom Bidwell are in development on the project and already talking to broadcasters.

For U.K.-based Magic Light, it will mark a move into a hybrid style of live-action and animation. Its previous animated specials include popular adaptations of Roald Dahl’s “Revolting Rhymes” and several of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s books, including “The Gruffalo,” “Stick Man,” and “Zog,” which will be a highlight of the BBC’s 2018 Christmas schedule in the U.K.

Bidwell is the creator of the BAFTA- and International Emmy-nominated “My Mad Fat Diary” and the Oscar-nominated short “Wish 143.” He comes to “The Velveteen Rabbit” project off the back of a BAFTA win for his work on Cbbc series “Katy.

Flesh and Bone, Season 1

Created by Moira Walley-Beckett

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Over the past few years, Starz has made its mark on the tv landscape with numerous shows, from Spartacus to Party Down. Their latest series, from Breaking Bad writer Moira Walley-Beckett, delves into the world of ballet dancing. Titled Flesh and Bone, the miniseries explores the world from the perspective of the people associated with the American Ballet Company, and while there are some strong ideas and themes presented, the series unfortunately fails to develop them effectively.

The season’s focus is on power and control, most notably the type that is exerted over women by men. The effects that control has over different characters is by far the most compelling aspect of the season, starting from Claire’s attempts to get out of the control of the men surrounding her. This begins with the...

Ross: “Which movement do you want?”

Paul: “Childhood.”

F.U.B.A.R is messier, less visually stimulating, and broader than the hard-hitting ‘M.I.A,’ an unending procession of gloom and doom which spends far too long showing us how fucked up each and every character is when it comes to work, love, and family. The holidays, stressful even for people who aren’t terminally ill or in thrall to petty tyrants, are a showcase of horrors in the world of Flesh and Bone. Kiira sharing a moment of collusion with a child who sneaked off from Thanksgiving to get wasted, Claire resuming her incestuous sexual relationship with Bryan, Paul spitefully terrorizing his dancers after Toni makes him jealous, and the open wound of a human being that is Claire and Bryan’s father are all sad things to look at, but there isn’t much to F.U.

The Velveteen Rabbit

Stars: Jane Seymour, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Burstyn, Matthew Harbour, Kevin Jubinville, Michael Sinelnikoff | Written by Michael Landon Jr. & Cindy Kelley | Directed by Michael Landon Jr.

Having never read the Velveteen Rabbit story this adaptation is based on, or seen any other film or television version, I was somewhat interested to see what all the fuss was about; obviously this is a story well worth adapting as it is done so frequently. In this version, a young boy (Matthew Harbour) is left to his own devices in his strict grandmother’s (Jane Seymour) house and retreats into a fantasy world of his own creation, populated by animated toys long forgotten by their previous owners, including the titular rabbit.

This blend of live-action and animation seemed promising to me at first, being a huge fan of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, but unfortunately The Velveteen Rabbit doesn’t possess nearly...

It's a terrible weekend for movie fans, as the only two new wide releases are a Jonas Brothers concert movie and a film based on the Street Fighter video games. So basically, if you're not a 13-year-old girl or an 18-year-old guy (or whoever the target audience is for a Street Fighter movie), you're hosed -- unless you venture to the art houses and independent theaters, where you'll find some diversity. The Indie Spotlight has the lowdown on what's opening in limited release today. Let us begin!

Crossing Over (pictured), a multi-story drama about immigration from The Cooler writer/director Wayne Kramer, stars Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd, among many others. The critics are comparing it to Crash and Babel, and not in a good way. It's opening on about a dozen screens in New York and L.A., and will expand in the coming weeks. An American Affair...