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The San Sebastian International Film Festival has revealed 13 features selected to compete in itsNew Directors competition.

New Directors, comprising first or second features, will open with Jonatan Etzler’s UK produced thriler comedyBad Apples,starring Saoirse Ronan. The film follows a primary school teacher struggling to deal with an adversarial student. Etzler’s credits include 2023feature One More Timeand2021 short Swimmer whichwon the best comedy prize at Clermont-Ferrand.

Closing the line-up is Japanese featureWhite Flowers And Fruits,adebut by Yukari Sakamoto, about a suicide in an all-girls boarding school that deeply affects a pupil who can see ghosts.

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Trece primeros y segundos largometrajes competirán por el Premio Kutxabank-New Directors. © Ssiff

El Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián ha anunciado las películas que componen la sección New Directors de su 73ª edición, que se celebrará del 19 al 27 de septiembre.

En esta sección que pone el foco en el talento emergente, cineastas de todo el mundo, procedentes de China, Costa Rica, Dinamarca, España, India, Japón, Reino Unido, Rusia, Suecia, Taiwán y Turquía, presentarán sus primeras y segundas películas. Los títulos, trece en total, competirán por el Premio Kutxabank-New Directors y el Premio Dama de la Juventud, este último concedido por un jurado compuesto por 150 estudiantes de entre 18 y 25 años.

Desde su creación hace más de cinco décadas, New Directors ha servido como plataforma de lanzamiento de cineastas que luego se han convertido en figuras clave del cine contemporáneo. Por ella han pasado Olivier Assayas, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jonathan Glazer,...

Jonatan Etzler’s “Bad Apples,” and Stroma Cairns’ “The Son and the Sea” are two of the 13 titles selected for this year’s San Sebastián New Directors strand, the biggest sidebar outside the festival’s main competition, along with its Horizontes Latinos section, and a powerful platform.

Dedicated to first and second features, talent which has competed at New Directors takes in New Directors has helped to boost the discovery of filmmakers such as Olivier Assayas, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jonathan Glazer, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Bong Joon-ho, Isabel Coixet and Kevin Smith.

Starring “Game of Thrones’” Jason Anderson and “Hanna’s” Saoirse Ronan and described as a primary school set biting satirical comedy with thriller elements, Bad Apples” reps the English-language debut of Swedish writer-director Etzler (“One More Time”). HanWay Films launched pre-sales at 2023’s American Film Market of the film, produced by the U.K.’s Pulse Films.

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The Voice star Adam Levine recently shared in an interview that mentoring singers isn't the only task on hand for the show's coaches: they also find time to prank each other. Adam has been a coach on the reality singing competition show, off and on, since 2011. The Voice season 27 aired earlier this year, but previous judges have included celebrities like Blake Shelton, John Legend, Gwen Stefani, and Christina Aguilera.

Adam and Blake, in particular, have always enjoyed a friendly rivalry as judges on The Voice, and that includes pranking each other.

In an interview with Hot Ones on the First We Feast YouTube channel, as reported by TV Insider, Adam shared that Blake once pranked him to the tune of $5,000. Adam said he had asked Blake to help him get a "teacup pig" for his then-girlfriend. Blake told Adam he could get him a teacup pig for $5,000, but when the...

Nigerian crooner Bnxn, formerly known as Buju, has become one of Afrobeats’ most reliable feature killers, taking hits like Wizkid’s “Mood,” Pheelz’s “Finesse,” Ladipoe’s “Feeling,” and Timaya’s “Cold Outside” above and beyond. Once signed to Burna Boy’s Spaceship Records, Bnxn has also made big moves as a frontman, with his debut album, Sincerely Benson, in 2023 and the stellar EP Bad Since ‘97 the year prior. Still, he’s perhaps best known as a collaborator and not a solo star.

Now, with his second album Captain, out today,...

Movie fans will always debate what the greatest film of each decade, and each century, is. But when over 500 of the most renowned filmmakers get together and put it to a vote, it's hard to argue with the results. That's exactly what has happened, as some of Hollywood's most notable names have come together to finally answer the age-old cinephilic question: What is the greatest movie of the 21st Century? The answer probably won't shock you — No, it's not Madame Web.

The NY Times recently spoke to over 500 filmmakers, actors, and other notable people in Hollywood for a poll regarding the greatest movies of all time. Alongside other categories like the greatest Pixar film and the best horror movie, the participants were also asked to name the best movie of the 21st century. The list ranked the top 100 movies, which was filled with some phenomenal contenders, but, at the end of the day,...

Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton both attended a major event in London last night!

The Bridgerton co-stars were seen at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards held at The Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (May 11) in London, England.

Nicola was actually nominated in the Female performance in a comedy category for her work in Big Mood, and their Bridgerton carriage scene was nominated in the P&o Cruises Memorable Moment category. Unfortunately, the awards went elsewhere.

Luke was seen exiting the event with his girlfriend, Antonia Roumelioti. See all the photos in the gallery!

If you didn’t see, one Bridgerton star was not asked back for season 4 and several seem to be exiting the show! Season four is expected to debut on Netflix in 2026, with Nicola and Luke returning.

A little over a year ago, it was reported that Noah Baumbach has been tapped to helm his fourth project with Netflix after Marriage Story, White Noise and The Meyerowitz Stories. Plot details are still kept under wraps and it was only this past January that Netflix revealed the title of the film will be Jay Kelly. Baumbach directs the film from a screenplay written by him and the movie’s co-star, Emily Mortimer. Baumbach reunites with his Meyerowitz Stories star Adam Sandler and pairs him up with George Clooney. Netflix continues to dole out the details of the film little by little and today, we are treated to a single image of the film. Take a gander below.

Jay Kelly. George Clooney as Jay Kelly in Jay Kelly. Cr. Peter Mountain/Netflix © 2025.

The only description given for the plot reads, “It’s a heartbreaking comedy from Noah Baumbach starring George Clooney,...

The British Film Institute has announced the eight feature films selected for this year’s “Great 8” initiative at the Cannes Marché du Film, featuring a new generation of UK directors making their first or second films. The initiative, now in its eighth year, pairs rising talent with international buyers and programmers through curated screenings and digital showcases.

One of the high-profile selections is Animol, the debut feature from Top Boy actor Ashley Walters. Written by Nick Love and produced by Walters alongside Sky, Film4, the BFI, and Joi Productions, the film stars Tut Nyuot and Stephen Graham. It follows 15-year-old Troy, who is incarcerated for a murder he didn’t commit. Inside a notorious Young Offenders’ Institution, he forms a bond with another inmate, Krystiyan, as the pressure of survival escalates. Walters, known for his music career with So Solid Crew and his breakout role in Bullet Boy, brings his...

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...

Exclusive: British TV has featured its fair share of wealth on screen down the years – just think Downton Abbey or Brideshead Revisited – but in Wild Cherry, creator Nicôle Lecky wanted to shine new light on the super rich.

The thriller is set in a gated community, a collection of large houses and apartments in places like the Home Counties in which mini ecosystems develop, where wealth can be an ultimate currency whatever one’s background.

“I used to drive through a gated community in Surrey and I would look at these mansions and think, ‘Gosh who lives there?’,” Lecky told Deadline. “It had such a strong sense of an England that I hadn’t seen before. I knew I wanted to set something there.”

Starring Eve Best and Carmen Ejogo, who are coming off the back of HBO tentpoles House of the Dragon and The Penguin respectively, Wild Cherry follows Lorna (Ejogo), a self-made,...

Welcome to Deadline’s London TV Screenings Hot List, our definitive look at next week’s buzzy event taking Soho by storm. If you’re wondering who’s exhibiting, what’s on offer and want to dive deeper into the distribs’ strategy, we’ve done the hard work for you, presenting profiles from more than 30 exhibiting sales houses. Below, check out our first set of profiles for all the London TV Screenings founders, along with the outfits based in the UK. Read on, and find all our London TV Screenings content here.

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Diddy: In Plain Sight – Channel 4 doc going inside the horrific allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

Chess Masters – Primetime BBC competition format in which amateur players will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games.

Trespasses – Gillian Anderson-starring adaptation of the Louise Kennedy book set in 1970s...

Saweetie, Too Short, E-40, P-Lo, and more Bay Area stars are joining forces for the Golden State Warriors. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that the NBA team’s entertainment division will release For the Soil, a musical project of NorCal rappers, on Feb. 12, just in time for All-Star Weekend in the city.

“Golden State Entertainment and the Warriors are leading the way in bridging music and sports, and I feel honored to have worked on this track with them,” P-Lo, who curated the album, tells Rolling Stone. “Bringing this vision...

Exclusive: BAFTA-winner Nick Leather is heading inside the National Crime Agency (Nca) and the “most successful law enforcement operation in UK history” for his latest TV project.

Leather has tied with Mood producer Bonafide Films on the as-yet-untitled series, which we are told is in early-stage conversation with potential buyers. Tom Dunbar is producing.

Leather’s drama will reveal the inner workings of the Nca through a story that focuses on the 2020 infiltration of the encrypted phone-system EncroChat, and how it gave the agency a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to decimate the criminal underworld. With a ticking clock, a secret to keep hidden and in the face of unprecedented challenges, the Nca ultimately delivered ‘Operation Venetic’, which Leather and the creative team described as the “most successful law enforcement operation in UK history.” There have been more than 3,400 arrests so far including almost 13,300 years of combined sentencing, and the operation is still ongoing.

Harlan Coben's next series on Netflix will be Run Away. The eight-episode series will be based on Coben's book from 2019. And just like with everything else Coben, you know you are going to want to see it. The recently announced cast will certainly make that a possibility.

The plot involves a father, Simon, whose eldest daughter, Paige, runs away. Simon searches for her (of course!) but finds her high on drugs in a city park. The story does not end there, though. Simon thinks Paige is alone, but she isn't, and violence ensues. He loses his daughter all over again, and his new search for her sends him into an underworld that could tear their family apart.

But who is playing Simon and who is playing Paige? That is what you really want to know, right? Good news! We now know all that information.

New Harlan Coben series, Run Away,...

Netflix‘s next Harlan Coben adaptation has set its cast with James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch leading the ensemble.

The eight-episode series Run Away follows Simon (Nesbitt), who seemingly had the perfect life. But then, his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. When he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home.

“But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence,” a plot synopsis reads. “In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.”

In keeping with previous Coben adaptations Fool Me Once and Missing You, Run Away will relocate the story from the U.S. to the U.

Each December, journalist Liz Pelly observes Spotify Wrapped day with a mix of horror and hope. For the past decade or so, Pelly has been writing critical essays and investigations into Spotify and its practices for publications like The Baffler. She feels horror, because Spotify Wrapped day — when listeners post their corporate-provided metrics of their year of listening — can feel like being confronted with relentless free advertising for a corporate behemoth.

And she feels hopeful because, over the past several years, Spotify Wrapped day has also become an occasion to...

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Michael Ilesanmi is revealing his plans for 2025 as he gears up for his legal battle against Angela Deem. Michael came to the U.S. from Nigeria in December 2023 after years of struggling to get a visa. He’d married Angela in January 2020 since his K-1 visa was rejected. Michael was urged to leave Angela by fans several times. Michael was repeatedly subjected to mistreatment by his wife, who never missed a chance to berate him if he did anything against his wishes. However, Michael stayed put. He wanted to come to America.

Michael left Angela within two months of reaching the U.S. She has accused him of marrying her fraudulently to become a permanent resident of her country.

Michael has no qualms about admitting that he is building a better life for himself in America all on his own. As he enters his second year living independently,...

Prince Andrew, once a prominent figure in the Royal Family, is reportedly struggling to cope with his diminished status following a series of scandals. Sources claim the Duke is so “demoralised” by his fall from grace that he has even refused to walk the late Queen’s beloved corgis, a duty he was previously known to enjoy.

Two of the Queen’s corgis were gifted to Andrew following her passing, but the Duke is said to be so despondent that he now asks footmen to take the dogs for their daily walks. This revelation comes amidst reports that Andrew will not be attending the royal family’s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham this year.

British Royal Family: Disgraced Prince Andrew Sinking In Controversy After Chinese Spy Fiasco, Duke In Foul Mood

The decision to forego the festive gathering was reportedly a mutual one, with both King Charles and Andrew agreeing that...

One Pokémon fan decided to merge their love for the Pokémon Trading Card Game with their wildlife photography to make some fake cards that fans wish were real. One of the draws of the Tcg for collectors is the beautiful artwork that's featured on each card. Each pack even features rarer, alternate art and full illustration cards of the same card, with the only difference being the drawing depicted on it.

Pokémon fan and wildlife photographer Opposite-Mood-7045 shared some mockups on Reddit of wildlife Tcg cards using photographs that they took themselves. There are nine cards in total, most of which depict different types of birds, but a beaver and a frog also make it into the mix. The photographer even created two full-art cards, which would likely be players' chase cards if these cards were real.

Fan's Pokémon Tcg Wildlife Cards Even Have Their Own Movesets The Card Designs...

Florence Pugh, Josh O’Connor, Tom Holland: the BAFTA Breakthrough initiative has spotlighted more than a fair share of industry stars before they became the A-listers we know and love today.

The British arts charity’s flagship new-talent program, supported by Netflix, doesn’t just unearth promising performers: it champions behind-the-scenes film and television professionals — from various backgrounds — working as writers, designers, casting directors, composers and more, to support their professional development. It helps that the scheme’s supporters include the likes of Olivia Colman, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt.

For over 10 years (before 2020, the program was known as Breakthrough Brits), the cohorts produced from the U.K. and U.S. have been immediately invited into a world of open doors. Today, they are up and coming, but tomorrow — are they the face of Disney+’s newest smash hit series?

You might now be a fan of Ambika Mod, star of Netflix‘s One Day,...

Exclusive: Double-bafta winning Mood creator Nicôle Lecky has cast her BBC thriller series, which has been given the title Wild Cherry.

House of the Dragon star Eve Best and The Penguin’s Carmen Ejogo are leading Wild Cherry, which has rolled cameras in south England after being teased at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Lecky is creator, star and producer.

Ejogo is Lorna, a self-made, successful Black businesswoman from South London who has worked hard to get to where she is. Best plays her closest friend Juliet, a woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home. The safe haven is a place where bad things never happen until their kids are implicated in a shocking scandal at their exclusive private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides. The show is described as a “provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships in a haze of social media,...

The controversy around Bigg Boss Ott 3 has intensified with the involvement of former Bigg Boss contestant Umar Riaz, who shared his perspective on social media regarding the leaked intimate video of Armaan Malik and Kritika Malik. Umar Riaz, known from his stint on Bigg Boss 15, expressed his disappointment with the current season, suggesting that the show’s makers might be releasing such content to gain attention due to a lack of engaging material.

On July 22, Umar Riaz took to his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), to voice his concerns. He remarked, “Seeing the news of a leaked video of a married couple in biggboss ott makes me wonder what the contestants are doing, so much so that Bb had to release such content. They are married couple for God sake, leave em alone. Even God has permitted them to be intimate, why bother!” This statement highlights his view that...

Get ready for more aquatic adventures in Bikini Bottom with “SpongeBob SquarePants,” airing Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 5:00 Pm on Nickelodeon. In Season 14’s episode “In the Mood to Feud,” viewers can expect the usual whimsical antics from SpongeBob and his quirky underwater friends.

As always, SpongeBob, the cheerful and optimistic sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, finds himself embroiled in yet another playful escapade. Whether he’s flipping Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab or embarking on a jellyfishing expedition with Patrick Star, there’s never a dull moment in SpongeBob’s world.

“In the Mood to Feud” promises laughs and lighthearted entertainment as SpongeBob and his friends navigate the challenges and joys of life in Bikini Bottom. From Squidward’s sarcastic remarks to Sandy’s scientific experiments, each character brings their unique flair to the underwater community.

Tune in to Nickelodeon on July 16 at 5:00 Pm...

Michael Ilesanmi is moving on from ex Angela Deem with shady social media posts and a carefree attitude. Despite accusations of using Angela, Michael is enjoying life in the U.S. and not letting negativity affect him. Keeping his location a secret, Michael is seen partying in Indianapolis with friends, showing he's happy and free.

90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? star Michael Ilesanmi is taking a jab at his ex Angela Deem in a series of new life updates on social media. Angela and Michael had been together for almost a decade when his visa to the U.S. was finally approved. Michael came to America in December 2023, but Angela claimed Michael was missing two months later. Its not yet known why Michael left, but the two arent together as of now. Angela had been accusing Michael of using her. However, Michael has yet to defend himself. He wants fans to watch the show.

Jennifer Lopez Looks Scintillating In Her Beach Getaway! ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Jennifer Lopez is taking a break from all the negativity and gossip surrounding her marriage with Ben Affleck. The couple is reportedly headed for divorce, but before the court trials, the social media trial is more exhausting. The diva, therefore, took a short break and is on a solo vacation in Italy. At the age of fifty-plus, JLo is giving us fashion goals and inspiring the couch potatoes to hit the gym Asap!

Lopez is not just a world-renowned singer but also an acclaimed actress. She is popularly dubbed the Queen of Dance and has received numerous accolades for her performances in several movies. She has an estimated net worth of $400 million and an influential personality. The media is always following her, which might not have gone well with Ben Affleck. Her public image was one of the reasons...

Exclusive: Here’s a first look at Sherwood Season 2, the highly-anticipated next instalment of James Graham’s BBC drama.

Filming on the House Productions show recently took place in and around the UK city Nottingham, and the images show the likes of Lorraine Ashbourne, Monica Dolan, Perry Fitzpatrick, David Morrissey, David Harewood, Michael Balogun, Christine Bottomley, Oliver Huntingdon and Robert Lindsay in character. Scroll to the bottom for all seven images.

Season 1 was a ratings success and was one of the most-watched British dramas of 2022, following a murder that shocks a former mining town where divisions still remain years after the miners’ strikes of 1984 and 1985.

The second season will introduce two new families, who become entangled with the Sparrows from the first run, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal. At the same time, a new Sheriff of Nottingham fights passionately against a proposed new mine,...

Nicola Coughlan said she would spontaneously burst into tears while balancing filming schedules for Bridgerton and Big Mood.

“I’d film one show during the week, the other on the weekend,” Coughlan told AP Entertainment. Coughlan stars as Penelope Bridgerton in season three of Netflix’s Bridgerton, out next month, and as Maggie in the UK’s Channel 4 comedy Big Mood, released in March.

“I remember that I was so tired, I would just start crying randomly,” Coughlan said of balancing both projects at once. “And I would I would be saying, ‘There’s nothing actually wrong with me. I am just very tired.’ I had to learn my Big Mood script on the Bridgerton set.”

The Derry Girls star said the back-and-forth was made more difficult because the two shows are very different. “Big Mood has quite naturalistic dialogue,” she explained. “Bridgerton is very stylized. We’d film...

In the market for a six-part British comedy? Tubi has you covered with the upcoming premiere of Camilla Whitehill’s Big Mood starring Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan and It’s a Sin‘s Lydia West. The Channel 4 series is heading stateside on the streamer with all six episodes arriving on Tubi beginning Friday, April 19. In anticipation of the premiere, TV Insider caught up with the stars and creatives during their New York City press run. Courtesy of Tubi The series follows best friends Maggie (Coughlan) and Eddie (West) who stick together through thick and thin, but with the rest of their lives looming overhead, ranging from careers to Maggie’s bipolar disorder, it forces them to take a closer look at their relationship. Can it survive the long haul? When it comes to Maggie and Eddie’s story, things pick up with them having had a long history, in other words,...

Five upcoming Spanish TV fiction projects, involving top local production and distribution companies, feature in Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of series unspooling March 19 at Series Mania.

Atresmedia TV’s “Sanctuary,” Movistar+ Plus’ “Fine Arts,” Filmax’s “Dating in Barcelona” Season 2, The Good Mood-Mediawan’s “The Other Life” and Onza Distribution’s “Heartless” will be presented at the event, proving once more that Spanish fiction production is in good health.

Six years after high-end Spanish TV series lifted off on the global market, championed by hit series such as “Money Heist” and “Elite,” Spain has become one of the steadiest suppliers for worldwide platforms.

The successful trend continues as of today, with Mediaset España and Alea Media series “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” whose Seasons 1, 2 and 3 have reached the top 10 of most watched non -English TV fiction shows on Netflix for the period March 4-10, 2024, cumming 41.6 million hours viewed.

British creative Nicôle Lecky has said the streamers didn’t understand the nuances behind her BAFTA-winning BBC drama Mood when she was pitching the show.

Lecky, who is working on another untitled BBC series, said “there was a push to nail [Mood] as one thing” when she was speaking with the SVoDs, whereas she praised the nation’s public broadcaster for understanding the specificities behind Mood.

The BAFTA-winning musical drama aired nearly two years ago and was based on Lecky’s one-woman play Superhoe. It garnered strong reviews from critics for its originality and understanding of social media culture, beating This is Going to Hurt to the coveted Best Mini-Series BAFTA last year.

“The streamers wanted to say, ‘This is about one thing and we can market it to a very specific audience’,” Lecky told today’s Outside the Box event in London. “In doing that, the nuance and specificity was...

To celebrate the release of How To Have Sex, which opens in UK cinemas next month, we had the pleasure of chatting with the cast and writer/director to find out more.

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing, and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent, and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out. How To Have Sex stars Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley, alongside Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, and newcomers Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler.

Chatting with writer/director Walker and her stars, we chat about the success...

Mubi has released the full-length UK and Irish trailer for Molly Manning Walker’s hugely anticipated, Cannes Award-winning debut, ‘How To Have Sex.’

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.

The movie is said to be a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, who wrote and directed the film.

Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2023 Mia McKenna-Bruce (Persuasion, Kindling) and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley (Somewhere Boy,...

BAFTA has shaken up major categories and rung in some eligibility changes as entries open for the 2024 TV awards.

Limited drama is a new category for scripted one-off programs or series that tell a complete story over 1-19 episodes, replacing separate categories for single drama and mini-series. “The introduction of limited drama maintains the opportunity for single self-contained films to be eligible following a decline in entries to the single drama category in recent years,” BAFTA said.

To put this in perspective, at the 2023 awards, “I Am Ruth,” starring Kate Winslet, won the single drama category, while Nicôle Lecky’s “Mood” won the best mini-series category. In 2024, there will only be one winner, under the new limited drama category. The drama series category remains unchanged.

The changes were flagged earlier by BAFTA. As set out in the 2023 rulebook, categories with under 20 entries will see three, rather than the standard four nominations announced,...

Rap legend Shaggy has hit out at the bizarre rumours that he mixes marijuana in his tea, and chain smokes weed, calling it fabricated nonsense. The 54-year-old rapper says he rarely ever touches the drug and insists that the suggestion he drinks it in his tea is utterly “bogus”, reports mirror.co.uk.

Shaggy, whose hits include the smash singles, ‘Angel’, ‘It Wasn’t Me’ and ‘Boombastic’, has said that while he does go out for ‘the occasional puff’ with friends, he largely stays clear of the substance, so chain smoking weed is out of the question.

Talking about his interest in marijuana, he said: “I never said I put it in my tea. I don’t drink weed in my tea. I don’t even smoke it.”

“I might have an occasional puff here and there in a social environment with my friends but nothing of that nature. I...

“Hot Flush,” the new show from BAFTA-winning “Happy Valley” creator Sally Wainwright, is one of several series greenlit by the BBC.

A six-part drama from ”Doctor Foster” producers Drama Republic, “Hot Flush” centers on the lives of five women of a certain age who come together to create a makeshift, butt-of-the-joke punk-rock band in order to enter a talent contest, but when they rehearse together they suddenly discover that they have a lot more to say than they ever imagined, and this is the way to say it.

The BBC has commissioned also “Virdee,” a six-part detective series based on A.A. Dhand’s bestselling crime novels and starring Sacha Dhawan (“Doctor Who”), from newly formed production company Magical Society, headed up by Paul Trijbits (“Jane Eyre”).

The Bradford-set series introduces Detective Harry Virdee (Dhawan), a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. Virdee struggles with the abandonment,...

The BBC has greenlit its latest drama series from Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright along with projects created by and starring the likes of Jenna Coleman, Nicôle Lecky and Sacha Dhawan.

Set in Happy Valley home Hebden Bridge, Wainwright’s Hot Flush centers on the lives of five women of a certain age who come together to create a makeshift, butt-of-the-joke punk-rock band in order to enter a talent contest. When they rehearse together, they suddenly discover that they have a lot more to say than they ever imagined, and they have found the way to say it.

Wainwright had previously cryptically teased Hot Flush when she told the BBC’s Today program she had been learning the drums in preparation for her next project, and she described it as a “celebration of women of a certain age and all the life-stuff they suddenly find themselves negotiating/dealing with.”

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Casting

A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”

Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).

The returning cast includes David Morrissey (“Red Riding”), Lesley Manville (“Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Philip Jackson (“Raised by Wolves”), Perry Fitzpatrick (“Line of Duty”), Bill Jones (“The Village”) and Adam Hugill (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”).

Season 2 introduces two new families entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries,...

James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has added more than a dozen Season 2 cast members including David Harewood and Monica Dolan.

One of the BBC’s most-watched drama series last year moves to the present day for its second season. Homeland star Harewood and BAFTA-winner Dolan are joined by Robert Lindsay, Sharlene Whyte (Stephen, Small Axe), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power, Three Girls), Aisling Loftus (The Midwich Cuckoos, War and Peace), Robert Emms (Andor, Chernobyl), Michael Balogun (Top Boy, The Lehman Trilogy), Christine Bottomley(Domina, Back To Life), Oliver Huntingdon (The Rising, Happy Valley) Jorden Myrie (Mood, The Strays) and Conor Deane (All Creatures Great & Small, Newark) and Bethany Asher (Wild Bill, Mobility).

Leads David Morrissey and Lesley Manville are reprising their roles and the second season is being directed by three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard, with Quiz scribe Graham penning the six episodes.

UK agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has named former Meta and Film4 exec Anna Higgs as Managing Director.

She will join in August, having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.

Higgs is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.

Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It...

“Silk” screenwriter Peter Moffat is adapting Jonathan Freedland’s non-fiction book “The Escape Artist,” which tells the true story of two Jews who escaped from Auschwitz.

Margery Bone’s Bonafide Films has secured the rights to Freedland’s book, which is set to be made into a high-end limited series. Bonafide, who have a development and distribution deal with BBC Studios, recently produced Nicôle Lecky’s BAFTA-winning “Mood.”

“The Escape Artist” centers around nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba, a Slovakian Jew who manages to escape Auschwitz alongside fellow internee Fred Wetzler, and warn the world about what was happening. Their actions saved the lives of at least 200,000 Jews who were facing immediate deportation from Budapest to the world’s most notorious death camp.

“This is a story of how human beings can be pushed to the outer limits, and yet still somehow endure,” said Freeland. “How the actions of one individual, even a teenage boy,...

The BAFTA TV Awards concluded on Sunday, May 14 at the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank, London, with “Bad Sisters,” “This is Going to Hurt,” and “Derry Girls” the big winners with two awards each. You can take a look at the full list of winners here but read down further below for a number of interviews that happened backstage at the BAFTAs in the winners’ press conference room.

Ben Whishaw — Best Actor for “This is Going to Hurt” and BAFTA Must See Moment award for Paddington Bear meeting The Queen in “Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace”

Whishaw won his third BAFTA award for “This is Going to Hurt” by beating fellow nominees Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Martin Freeman (“The Responder”), Cillian Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), and Chaske Spencer (“The English”). He previously won two other TV awards — Best Actor in 2013 for “The Hollow Crown” and Best...

Streamer Disney+ has revealed a power packed British cast who will join the previously announced David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer on the series adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s steamy novel “Rivals.”

Joining the eight-part saga are Annabel Scholey (“The Split”), Maggie Steed (“Ten Percent”), David Calder (“Motherland”), Antony Byrne (‘”The Witcher”), Denise Black (“Queer as Folk”), Bryony Hannah (“Call The Midwife”), Olivia Poulet (“Back”) and Brendan Patricks (“Downton Abbey”).

“Rivals” is part of Cooper’s bestselling “Rutshire Chronicles,” set in affluent 1980s England where two powerful men and neigbors – Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black and television exec Tony Baddingham – have a longstanding rivalry that finally comes to a head.

Scholey plays Beattie Johnson, a ruthless Fleet Street journalist who will do anything for a story. Steed plays Lady Gosling, the steely no-nonsense chair of Independent Broadcasters Association. Calder plays Lady Gosling’s dogmatic right-hand man, Fergus Penney,...

’This Is Going To Hurt’ and ‘Mood’ also won prizes.

Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters and Channel 4’s I Am Ruth took home two prizes each at this year’s Bafta Television awards.

Bad Sisters won best drama series and best supporting actress for Anne-Marie Duff. The black comedy drama follows a group of sisters who plan to kill one of the sisters’ husbands. It’s created by Sharon Horgan, who also stars, Brett Baer and Dave Finkel.

Kate Winslet won best leading actress for her performance in I Am Ruth which also picked up best single drama. Written...

One of British TV's biggest nights happened on Sunday, with the BAFTA TV Awards. And it was a good time to be anyone associated with Derry Girls, Bad Sisters or a particular reality TV show that revolves around betrayal.

Among the winners, Bad Sisters' Anne-Marie Duff scored the first performance trophy for someone from an Apple TV+ series, while the show itself took home drama series. Ben Whishaw won Leading Actor, Drama for This Is Going To Hurt., while The Traitors nabbed two awards, both in its category and for host Claudia Winkleman in Entertainment Performance.

The public, meanwhile, voted Paddington's meeting with the Queen as part of last year's Jubilee celebrations as Memorable Moment.

See the full list of winners below.

Drama Series

Bad Sisters (Winner)

The Responder

Sherwood

Somewhere Boy

Scripted Comedy

Derry Girls (Winner)

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Big Boys

Ghosts

Leading Actor

Ben Whishaw – This Is Going To Hurt...

It was a big night for Irish talent at this year’s British version of the Emmys, the BAFTA TV Awards, which were doled out at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, two Irish series — – “Bad Sisters” and “Derry Girls” — won a pair of prizes as did the telefilm “I Am Ruth.”

“Derry Girls” won Best Scripted Comedy for its fourth and final season, which was a lovely parting gift for writer and creator Lisa McGee. The show beat out “Ghosts,” “Big Boys,” and “Am I Being Unreasonable?” although the latter did pick up the prize for Best Comedy Actor for 14-year-old Lenny Rush. He edged out Matt Berry (“What We Do In The Shadows”), Joseph Gilgun (“Brassic”), Stephen Merchant (“The Outlaws”), Jon Pointing (“Big Boys”), and Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”).

“Derry Girls” also won Best Comedy Actress for Siobhán McSweeney,...

The BAFTA TV Awards honor programs across a wide range of genres. Many of the nominees are also strong contenders at the Emmys. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony on Sunday, May 14 hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on Sunday, April 23. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)

Best Drama Series

X – “Bad Sisters” – Apple TV+

“The Responder” – BBC One

“Sherwood” – BBC One

“Somewhere Boy” – Channel 4

Best Mini Series

“A Spy Among Friends” – Itvx

X – “Mood” – BBC Three

“The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe” – ITV1

“This Is Going To Hurt” – BBC One

Best Single Drama

X – “I Am Ruth” – Channel 4

“The House” – Netflix

“Life and Death in the Warehouse” – BBC Three

Best Actor

Taron Egerton, “Black Bird” – Apple TV+

Martin Freeman, “The Responder” – BBC One

Cillian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders” – BBC One

Gary Oldman,...

A who’s who of British television showed up at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 14, for the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards, as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts bestowed its annual honors. Among the repeat winners were Bad Sisters, Derry Girls, and I Am… Ruth. And Kate Winslet won two of the awards, as a star and producer of I Am… Ruth. In her acceptance speech for Best Single Drama, Winslet brought her daughter and costar Mia Threapleton on stage. “We did this together, kiddo,” she told the 22-year-old. Here are some of the big winners from Sunday’s awards show. Best Drama Series Bad Sisters The Responder Sherwood Somewhere Boy Best Scripted Comedy Derry Girls Am I Being Unreasonable? Big Boys Ghosts Best Single Drama I Am… Ruth The House Life and Death in the Warehouse Best Mini-Series Mood A Spy Among Friends The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe...

I Am Ruth, Bad Sisters, Derry Girls and The Traitors were the top winners at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday.

Kate Winslet won the BAFTA for leading actress for her role in I Am Ruth, which also won for best single drama. Bad Sisters took home the award for best drama series, as well as Anne-Marie Duff received the award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Grace Williams in the series.

Siobhán McSweeney won the honor for best female performance in a comedy programme for Derry Girls. The show also received the award for best scripted comedy.

In addition, Ben Whishaw won the BAFTA for leading actor for his portrayal of Adam Kay in the autobiographical drama This is Going to Hurt, and Adeel Akhtar won the supporting actor award for his role in the crime drama Sherwood.

The entertainment performance award went to Claudia Winkleman for The Traitors,...

Updated: Kate Winslet and Ben Whishaw scooped the top acting prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards in London this afternoon.

The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning for Single Drama.

Adam Kay’s Whishaw-starring BBC/AMC drama This is Going to Hurt was defeated in the Best Mini-Series category to BBC Three breakout Mood, in one of the night’s biggest surprises.

Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Bad Sisters won the streamer’s first BAFTA TV performance awards ever for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress Anne-Marie Duff. Creator Sharon Horgan used her acceptance speech to express “solidarity with [her] WGA brothers and sisters” and a colleague of Horgan’s told Deadline that she had recently joined the picket line in Los Angeles.

The International BAFTA went to Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,...