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The Usual Suspects isn’t just a crime thriller—it’s a twisted mind game that still leaves viewers gasping even 30 years later. Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie, this 1995 neo-noir film is packed with mystery, mind-bending storytelling, and one of the greatest plot twists in movie history.

You think you know exactly what’s going on, until you don’t. The story follows five criminals brought together for a police lineup. But what starts as a simple heist turns into something much deeper, darker, and more confusing, especially when a mythical crime lord named Keyser Söze enters the picture.

The film unfolds through the narrative of Roger “Verbal” Kint, played by Kevin Spacey in an Oscar-winning performance. As his character recounts the events leading up to a fiery massacre on a boat, the audience—just like the detective questioning him—is forced to piece together the puzzle.

Scott Speedman's intriguing new ABC crime drama continues to grow, with an I May Destroy You star joining the cast. ABC has had good fortune by blending crime and drama recently, evidenced by the success of High Potentialand Will Trent. It will be looking to continue that trend with Rj Decker, which will be led by Speedman.

Rj Decker is currently in the pilot stage. But if it gets picked up, Speedman will still be able to continue his role as Dr. Nick Marsh for Grey's Anatomy season 22. Still, the new project could see one of TV's most reliable love interests step into a long-term leading role.

Deadlinereports that I May Destroy You's Weruche Opia has joined the Rj Decker pilot. She'll play Shay Bennett, the shrewd and unpredictable daughter of a powerful and corrupt state senator who has ties to the titular Decker, played by Speedman. If the pilot is picked up,...

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey has been cast in the upcoming conspiracy thriller, The Awakening, after having faced career-threatening sexual assault charges over recent years.

Just last year, Spacey was accused of sexually assaulting former actor Ruari Cannon in June 2013, according to a testimony by Cannon the night before the premiere of Spacey’s documentary, Spacey Unmasked. Cannon claimed that their interaction at The Savoy Hotel was normal until Spacey reached into Cannon’s pants without consent and touched his buttocks.

This is one of many accusations made against the Usual Suspects star. More individuals have claimed that they were touched inappropriately by Spacey when they were teenagers, including a castmate on House of Cards. In total, Spacey has been accused of nine separate sexual assault charges.

Spacey appeared in court in July 2023 and was acquitted of all charges. The actor has denied these allegations publicly. He accused Britain’s Channel 4...

Tom Cruise has been working in the film industry since the 1980s and over time there have been few filmmakers who have remained unimpressed with his charm and acting genius. Cruise’s enduring charisma and versatility make him a dream collaborator for many directors.

Well, his long-time collaborator and Oscar-winning director, Christopher McQuarrie is one such director, who recently revealed he was ready to walk out the door of the film industry until Cruise made him stay.

Tom Cruise stopped Christopher McQuarrie from leaving Hollywood Director Christopher McQuarrie | Credit: Happy Sad Confused podcast / YouTube

Christopher McQuarrie had already established himself as a talented filmmaker and screenwriter when his paths crossed with Tom Cruise. The duo first collaborated on 2012’s Jack Reacher and since then they have gone on to work on several films together, including the last four Mission: Impossible films.’

Their decades-long collaboration has led to several iconic films...

In the teaser for Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Henry Czerny's CIA Director Eugene Kittridge lays out the stakes of the action series' ultimate entry.

"Everything you were, everything you've done, has come to this."

Could he be talking about the achievement that has eluded Tom Cruise and company across the franchise's eight entries — Oscar glory?

Reviews for Final Reckoning came in somewhat shy of the high highs that the series has seen in its later outings, under the stewardship of director Christopher McQuarrie (an Oscar winner for his Usual Suspects screenplay). But there's no denying the goodwill that the films have engendered among movie fans, who have come to identify the franchise as one of the last bastions of old-fashioned Hollywood blockbuster-making.

With Final Reckoning opening in theaters this weekend, let's take a look at Mission's awards history and which categories it could potentially repel onto the...

Days of Our Lives predictions see Johnny Dimera (Carson Boatman) crushing on Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) and Chad Dimera (Billy Flynn) denying something.

Let’s look at predictions for Ej Dimera (Dan Feuerriegel), for Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) and Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer), for Johnny and Chanel, for Chad and Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord), and also for Belle Black (Martha Madison) and Ej.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Ej’s Shooter Revealed – Will He Expose Rachel Black?

Ej knows who shot him but is not going to tell the cops, at least not right away. So, Monday spoilers have Susan Banks (Stacy Haiduk) in Salem to visit her comatose son, Elvis Jr. And on Tuesday, Ej wakes up from his coma at last. So, the question becomes, how long till he spills the beans about the shooter?

If you remember the other day, Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) was going to watch that security footage,...

Yellowjackets is a show so strikingly original that it is hard to compare it to anything else. Showtime's feminist spin on Lord of the Flies combines teen angst, adult shame, and supernatural stirrings that keep audiences craving more. To fill the void between seasons, here is a list of startling mystery shows with enough sordid secrets and paranormal pleasures to satisfy the most ravenous viewers.

Fans of Yellowjackets' psychological horror and eerie thrills will find plenty to love among these stories of dangerous delinquents, creepy cults, and multiplying timelines. There is even a dash of cannibalism for the true connoisseur, and a heaping helping of feminist fury.

This Twisty Teen Crime Series Explores Suburban Secrets Cruel Summer (2021-2023): 2 Seasons, 20 Episodes Image via Freeform.

Fans of Yellowjackets' non-linear narrative will love piecing together the puzzles in Cruel Summer. Each season's standalone mystery, involving troubled teens in small towns, unfolds over three summers.

To celebrate the Limited Edition 4K Uhd release of The Usual Suspects, we are giving away a 4K Uhd to a lucky winner!

The Usual Suspects won two Academy Awards and is still regarded as one of the greatest crime films ever made.

After a brutal massacre on a cargo ship off the coast of Los Angeles leaves 27 men dead, Special Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) interrogates one of the only two survivors, small-time con artist Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey). During the interview, Kint tells Kujan of how he was recruited by the fearsome crime lord Keyser Söze to commit a series of daring heists with four other crooked misfits: Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Mike McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Fred Fenster (Benicio del Toro) and Todd Hockey (Kevin Pollak). But as Kint’s account of the events leading up to the massacre becomes more convoluted, Kujan becomes increasingly sceptical and determined...

The Usual Suspects has stood the test of time for having one of the greatest thriller twists in movie history. The 1995 crime movie starred some of the best actors at that time, including Gabriel Byrne, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey. The premise for the movie was "five guys who meet in a police line-up," but the story centers on a heist run from afar by a legendary crime lord, who turns out to be nearer than he appeared. The ending of The Usual Suspects contains an elaborate twist that almost eclipses the rest of the movie.

In The Usual Suspects, the timid and limping Roger "Verbal" Kint, played by Kevin Spacey, is telling the story to Agent Dave Kujan. Verbal's story is compelling and detailed, as he explains how each of the men had wronged the Turkish crime boss, Keyser Söze. Once Verbal has finished, Kujan allows him to...

Understanding all of Gibbs' rules in NCIS and what they mean is essential to knowing Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Mark Harmon played the character for nearly two decades on the series, using the rules to help establish his character and how the Naval Criminal Investigative Service operated. Gibbs' rules kick off the series in NCIS season 1, episode 1, "Yankee White," one of the best episodes of NCIS. The Special Agent-in-Charge uses them to give Sasha Alexander's newly minted Caitlin "Kate" Todd the lay of the land when investigating aboard Air Force One.

Gibbs' rules were necessary for the original Major Case Response Team leader in NCIS. The rules were the quickest way for Gibbs to relay critical information in the shortest time. While many of Gibbs' rules dictate crime scene management, later rules feel more personal. In NCIS season 3, Gibbs said he had about 50 rules, but more of Gibbs' rules were...

So far, there have been 12 known Presidents of the United States in the MCU. Most of the McU's presidents have been the same as those in the real world. Marvel Studios has introduced four fictional presidents, including Matthew Ellis, Ritson, Thaddeus Ross, and an alternate Steve Rogers.

Marvel Studios has confirmed the existence of 12 Presidents of the United States in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, each having a huge impact on the franchise. In the real world, Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, but the McU's timeline has been very different, as Marvel Studios' upcoming Captain America: Brave New World will introduce the 47th President, Harrison Ford's Thaddeus Ross. While there have been almost 50 presidents in the world of the MCU, only 12 have been confirmed on-screen.

For most of the McU's history, the timeline of the President of the United States was the...

Ava Jerome has been the villain of Port Charles since she came to town in 2013. She already escaped death once, can she do it again? Gh fans think the latest twist in Ava’s storyline foreshadows a murder mystery. Keep reading to find out their predictions on the prime suspects.

Is Maura West Leaving Gh?

Despite playing the bad girl, Maura West is a fan favorite among Gh fans. Many remember her fondly as Carly Tenney on the now-canceled CBS soap As The World Turns. She played the anti-heroine from 1995 until 2010.

After Atwt ended, she briefly played a recast Diane Jenkins on The Young & The Restless but didn’t gel with the role. The actress had better luck when she joined General Hospital as Ava Jerome, the daughter of late mob boss Victor Jerome.

General Hospital fans think the soap is planning to kill off Ava in a whodunit murder mystery.

BritBox is back with new titles this July! It’s a lighter-than-usual month at the best of British TV and film streamer, but there’s no shortage of great crime and espionage drama additions, including the Emmy Award-winning “Killing Eve,” starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, which will have its first and second seasons join the library this month.

Also up next are Season 4 of the John Simm-led “Grace” and Season 2 of the critically acclaimed “The Responder,” starring Martin Freeman. BritBox will also add new seasons of classic British series like “Silent Witness” and “Lovejoy.” Plus, the beloved action spy series “Callan” will see its first two seasons join BritBox’s library.

Find out everything coming to BritBox in July, including The Streamable’s top picks for the month!

7-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month BritBox.com What are the 3 Best Shows, Movies, and Specials Coming to BritBox in July 2024? “Grace” Season 4 | Tuesday,...

Quentin Tarantino‘s 1994 sophomore feature Pulp Fiction wasn’t just a major break out hit. It changed the face of cinema in the 1990s, both by helping bring attention to indie and foreign films, and by inspiring a host imitators. When audiences lined up to watch Tarantino’s bloody, whip-smart movie, studios rushed to fill theaters and video stores with more stories about loquacious hitmen, monologuing bank robbers, and foul-mouthed gun molls.

In most cases, these knockoffs provided cheap thrills, heavy on the violence and pop-cultural references but low on Tarantino’s sense of composition and ear for unique dialogue. In the best cases, Pulp Fiction‘s success made way for other great movies to get made, oddball films ignored by the studios until Tarantino convinced them that they could make money.

Here are the fifteen best Pulp Fiction influenced movies of the 1990s, those that stand on their own...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in July 2024, which include everything from new BritBox Originals to classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The July lineup features the return of the multi-bafta-nominated The Responder, once again led by Martin Freeman, who won an International Emmy for his performance in the first season and written by former first responder Tony Schumacher. Told with brutal realism, season two follows Chris Carson (Freeman) and Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo) as they cope with the trauma of the night officer beat and try to rebuild their lives in their own ways.

On July 2, John Simm leads a new season of Grace, based on Peter James’ bestselling crime novels. This season features adaptations of Dead Man’s Time, Want You Dead, You Are Dead, and Love You Dead.

Kevin Spacey used to be one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood before the s-xual misconduct allegations roped him in a web that has had him maintaining a much lower profile than ever before. But while the controversies led to him getting fired from his masterpiece series House of Cards, it also seems to have taken a dear friend away from him.

Kevin Spacey. | Credit: Pinguino k/Wikimedia Commons.

This dear friend is Robin Wright, who played his co-star Claire Underwood in the Netflix drama series, and who abandoned him by cutting off all connections with him following his controversy. But instead of blaming her and disapproving of how she treated him when he needed support the most, Spacey still prefers to remember her very fondly, even after all this time.

Kevin Spacey Gets Candid About Robin Wright Abandoning Him

Throughout the years they worked together on House of Cards,...

As we are now officially in June, BritBox has announced their slate of new programming arriving this month. From beloved, returning police dramas to new series premiering for the first time. We have the complete list and have selected three of the most exciting titles landing on the service during the month.

In the United States, BritBox has just one subscription price. American Anglophiles can sign up for the service for just $8.99 per month. Not only will they have access to all of the new titles every month, but they will also get an incredible library of iconic series like, “Sherlock,” “Luther,” “Vera,” “Father Brown,” “Death in Paradise,” and more.

7-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month BritBox.com What are the 3 Best Shows, Movies, and Specials Coming to BritBox in June 2024? “Changing Ends” | Thursday, June 6

Chatty Man himself Alan Carr stars in the semi-autobiographical sitcom that focuses on the comedian’s upbringing...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in June 2024, which include everything from new BritBox Originals to classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

Summer will see the powerful return of gritty, impactful crime dramas on BritBox, starting with the June 13 return of BritBox Original Blue Lights. A breakout hit in the UK, the Belfast-based series delves into complex local politics through the lens of a police drama.

Additionally, the Alan Carr (Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie) semi-autobiographical sitcom Changing Ends will premiere on June 6. It chronicles the comedian’s childhood and adolescence in Thatcher’s Britain. IFTA-nominated Irish drama Northern Lights will premiere in the U.S. and Canada on June 26.

BritBox is a digital subscription video-on-demand service offering the largest and most comprehensive, unmissable collection of British entertainment available all in one place.

To celebrate the release of London Kills Series 4 available on 27th November on DVD and Digital, we’re giving away 2 DVDs!

Following the success of the first three series, crime TV virtuoso Paul Marquess (The Bill, Crime Stories, Suspects) brings us the latest instalment of the hit show that has become a firm fan favourite. London Kills Series 4 will be available along with London Kills Series 1 – 4 Complete Box Set on 27 November 2023.

London’s crack team of detectives – Di David Bradford (Hugo Speer – Marcella), DS Vivienne Cole (Sharon Small – The Inspector Lynley Mysteries), DC Rob Brady (Bailey Patrick – Bodyguard) and DC Billie Fitzgerald (Tori Allen-Martin – Unforgotten) – return to our screens to tackle the capital’s multitude of monstrous murders. Set against the backdrop of one of the most electrifying cities in the world, this slick and gritty show sees the savvy team face some of their toughest cases yet.

David has consistently displayed a rebellious nature,...

Some films use twist openings to establish an unexpected tone and subvert audience expectations, like in Scream and The Suicide Squad. Early plot twists can create intense connections with the audience by quickly getting them out of their comfort zone, like in Fresh and The Dark Knight. Twist openings can change the direction of the story and raise the stakes, like in 1917 and Downsizing. They can also lay the foundation for multiple realities and emotional depth, like in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and Moon.

A good twist in a film can change the way the entire is viewed and cause audiences to reflect on what happened prior, but on occasion, a twist at the start can make an even bigger impact. Many filmmakers who employ the technique of a twist have created highly influential and impactful films. The Usual Suspects, The Prestige, and Fight Club's twist endings all caused...

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SAG-AFTRA Strike Looms

Clock’s ticking: Time is running out for SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP to strike a new deal and avoid an actors strike before the current contract runs out today, though our U.S. colleagues Dominic Patten and Anthony D’Alessandro revealed on Wednesday talks may extend to next week or even later. Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress. Negotiations are at a critical stage, with more than 1,000 actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, signing a letter stating they are “prepared to strike.” In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond. Unions in English-speaking countries appear less prepared to act in solidarity with their U.S.

Hey, "NCIS" fans. We are back on here with another brand new spoiler article for you guys because we've just been informed that CBS will be serving up another brand new episode of NCIS on Monday night, February 27, 2023. This particular episode will be the 15th episode of NCIS' current season 20. We were able to get a hold of a new, official teaser description for one of episode 15's main storylines from CBS' official episode 15 press release synopsis. So, that is what we'll be taking a look at for this spoiler session. Let's get into it. For starters, CBS revealed that this new episode 15 of NCIS season 20 is officially labeled/titled, "Unusual Suspects." It sounds like episode 15 will feature some very interesting, intense, dramatic, possible action-filled and suspenseful scenes.

Plot: Unfolds within the secrets of New York City, from the penthouses of Fifth Avenue to the shadowy corners of Queens. Motivations are suspect and expectations are turned upside down when nothing is as it seems.

Review: Con artists and thieves always make for intriguing movie plots. With a long legacy of such films to choose from, from classic noir to contemporary indies, filmmakers have to rely on solid casting and unique twists to try and entice audiences. The new film Sharper, starring a small cast of talented performers, almost delivers on both despite getting a bit too confident in a story that ends up being more familiar than the trailers suggest. But, thanks to five solid performances from the ensemble cast, Benjamin Caron’s twisty thriller is good enough to warrant some attention this weekend. After a brief theatrical run, Sharper will premiere on AppleTV+, giving it even more...

With the 2023 Oscar nominations announced today, "Top Gun: Maverick" is flying high with six nominations including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Film Editing, Best Visual Effects and, finally, Best Original Song for the Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand." Seeing how the long awaited sequel almost single-handedly brought the moviegoing public back to theaters after the pandemic, the recognition today for Best Picture didn't seem to surprise that many people. Not only is it one of the best sequels ever made, it's grossed almost 1.5 billion at the box office. That kind of mammoth success doesn't usually translate to Oscar gold, but Tom Cruise and company delivered a surprisingly emotional follow-up that doesn't just thrill the audience with aerial acrobatics. It actually has heart. 

One nomination that is a little unexpected is Adapted Screenplay. At first glance, the script doesn't seem in concert with the dialogue-heavy screenplays that usually prick up the ears of voters.

Among the many controversies that gripped the British Royal Family during the 1990s was one that would only come to light almost two decades later, when Prince Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell (who was convicted of sex trafficking last December) was eventually exposed in the press.

The scandal, which metastasized after Prince Andrew was sued in a civil court for sexual assault by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, destroyed his public standing. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, stripped him of his many patronages and military titles before she died and, despite denying any wrongdoing and ultimately settling with Giuffre, Andrew is still effectively banished from public life.

But for James Murray, who plays Prince Andrew in Season 5 of “The Crown,” there was no apprehension about stepping into the disgraced royal’s buffed shoes. “My thoughts were, ‘Great, fantastic,’” Murray tells Variety.

While “The Simpsons” Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror” episodes reign supreme, Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” celebrates the holiday with the best of them.

The Belcher family is back with yet another Halloween episode, this time with “Apple Gore-chard! (But Not Gory)”, airing this Sunday, October 30 (9:00-9:30 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

In the episode…

“Louise suspects there’s something sinister afoot during a Halloween field trip to an apple orchard. Meanwhile, Tina and Gene hope to win the school costume parade.”

13 seasons in, there are tons of Halloween-themed episodes to binge this October. All are available right now on Hulu.

Bob’S Burgers: Louise suspects there’s something sinister afoot during a Halloween field trip to an apple orchard. Meanwhile, Tina and Gene hope to win the school costume parade in the all-new “Apple Gore-chard! (But Not Gory)” episode of Bob’S Burgers airing Sunday, October 30 (9:00-9:30 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

Fremantle’s Fiction Valley Ties With ‘Dirty Lines’ Creator Pieter Bart Korthuis

Fremantle label Fiction Valley has struck a three-year deal with Netflix’s Dirty Lines creator and showrunner Pieter Bart Korthuis. The agreement will see Fiction Valley, which is run by Annemike van Vliet, develop and produce a slate of scripted drama series from Korthuis, one of Holland’s leading creatives. The pair have already tied on Dirty Lines, Netflix’s series about late-1980s Amsterdam and Korthuis’ other work includes political series The Year of Fortuyn and Penoza. Fiction Valley’s credits include Suspects and a remake of The A-Word. “Pieter’s extraordinary talent as creator, writer, director and showrunner is unique and beyond limits,” said van Vliet. Striking talent deals and acquiring labels is a key plank of Fremantle’s strategy at the moment and the group signed a landmark deal with Angelina Jolie earlier this year.

Exclusive: Olatunde Osunsanmi, director/executive producer of Star Trek: Discovery, has signed a multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the flagship Star Trek Universe series, CBS Studios.

This marks the first overall pact for writer-director-producer Osunsanmi who is already working on the first project under the agreement, sci-fi drama Myth. Osunsanmi is co-writing Myth with Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation creators Olu Odebunmi and Tolu Awosika. Osunsanmi is set to direct the pilot for the project, which he is producing through the Silent Storm Productions banner he recently launched with his wife, writer-producer Lorna Clarke Osunsanmi (All American). CBS Studios will be taking Myth out to market in the coming weeks.

Osunsanmi burst into the scene with the 2009 Universal Pictures movie The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich, which he directed from a Black List screenplay he wrote based on a recurring nightmare he had as a child. He...

Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston are to Line of Duty what the ravens are to the Tower of London; if they ever leave, the kingdom will surely fall. Luckily for us, those three are going nowhere for the new seven-episode run which is due to start on BBC One from Sunday the 21st of March at 9pm.

Superintendent Ted Hastings, Detective Inspector Kate Fleming and Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott will return as AC-12, investigating a brand new, possibly bent copper as played by Kelly Macdonald. Here’s what we know about her and the other new and familiar faces we can expect to see in series six.

Kelly Macdonald – Dci Joanne Davidson

Scottish Black Mirror, Boardwalk Empire and Trainspotting actor Kelly Macdonald will play “the most enigmatic adversary AC-12 have ever faced” according to Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio. In the official press release, Dci Joanne Davidson...

When Scream was released in 1996, it ushered in a new appreciation for slasher flicks, but also had the unfortunate and unforeseen side effect of bringing about a resurgence of parody films following the success of Scary Movie. Now, one of the latter’s stars, Dave Sheridan, has expressed interest in returning in a series of shorts offering up further lampooning.

Sheridan played Doofy Gilmore, a send-up of Scream’s Dewey Riley, the pic from which, alongside I Know What You Did Last Summer, the bulk of the inspiration was taken. True to his name, throughout the movie, Doofy is portrayed as having severe learning difficulties, and at the end (spoilers for a 20-year-old film), in a recreation of the climax of The Usual Suspects, it’s shown that he was faking his disability the whole time and is in fact the killer.

Many of the principal actors, regardless of whether...

Female-led caper mini-series “The Unusual Suspects” has begin filming in Sydney this week. The four-part series, which also highlights Australia’s ethnic diversity, is being produced for publicly-funded broadcaster Sbs.

Set in the upmarket eastern suburbs of Sydney, the story features the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.

The cast is headlined by Miranda Otto as well as Filipina-American actress Aina Dumlao, and Michelle Vergara Moore.

The series is written by Jessica Redenbach, Roger Monk and Vonne Patiag, with Margarett Cortez as script consultant. It is directed by Emmy Award-winning Natalie Bailey and Melvin Montalban.

“Suspects” is produced by award-winning filmmaking duo Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford. Vonne Patiag (“Halal Gurls”) is associate producer, while executive production credit goes to Sbs’s acting head of scripted, Amanda Duthie.

It has major production investment from...

Trailer: The Demon Jar Episode 4 Evidence We Want To Believe drops the teaser trailer for episode 4 of The Demon Jar / Part Four: Evidence. Synopsis: Episode 4: The Demon Jar Part Four: Evidence – The Demon Jar investigation comes to a close as Jason, Peter, Sarah and the We Want to Believe team …

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Edm star Bassnectar announced he is “stepping back” from his music career after numerous accusations of sexual misconduct against him surfaced on social media. The producer, real name Loren Ashton, also promised to step down from the Be Interactive initiative following the allegations.

“I am stepping back from my career and I am stepping down from my position of power and privilege in this community because I want to take responsibility and accountability,” Ashton said in a statement on Twitter. “I feel intense compassion for anyone I may have hurt.

Netflix has ordered Dutch original series “Dirty Lines,” about the rise of erotic phone lines in the late 80s.

The screenplay, inspired by Fred Saueressig’s book “06-Cowboys,” is written by Pieter Bart Korthuis and produced by Amsterdam-based production company Fiction Valley.

The series tells the story of young businessman Frank Stigter. After several unsuccessful attempts to start his own business, Frank sees his chance when the national telephone company Ptt introduces premium-rate numbers. With the help of his brother and sister and some dubious investors, he starts the first telecom sex company in Europe. What starts as a clumsy improvized experiment in their parents’ garage, rapidly develops into a multi-million dollar industry.

A statement from Netflix explains the background: “Set at the end of the Cold War, the series inspires a young generation to shake off the doomsday thinking of the ‘80s and focus on how to celebrate life to its fullest.

In today’s TV news roundup, Quibi released the official trailer for “Nikki Fre$h” and Leslie Jordan has been cast as a series regular on “Call Me Kat.”

Casting

Leslie Jordan has joined the cast of “Call Me Kat” as a series regular. Jordan will play Phil, who works for Kat (Mayim Bialik) and bakes all the pastries at the Cat Cafe. Kat is helping Phil get a new lease on life after his recent breakup with his longtime partner. The role brings Jordan back to Fox, as he previously starred in the multi-cam comedy “The Cool Kids” for the network. The half hour series is executive produced by Darlene Hunt, Bialik, Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Angie Stephenson and Miranda Hart.

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AMC has announced Season 2 of “NOS4A2” will premiere on Monday, June 1 at 10 p.m. Et/ 7 p.m. Pt. The second season picks up eight years after the...

UK casting experts Jina Jay and Shaheen Baig helped craft the course.

The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) is to launch a casting certificate course, believed to be the first of its kind from a major film school.

The 24-week evening course will begin in September 2020 and has been set up to meet growing demand within the industry and boost inclusivity in casting.

The course has been curated by London-based casting directors Jina Jay and Shaheen Baig. Jay has worked on projects including Black Mirror, The Night Manager and The Grand Budapest Hotel while Baig has cast on Peaky Blinders,...

Exclusive: Viacom’s British broadcaster Channel 5 is getting back into the drama business – commissioning a four-part psychological thriller – its first original drama order in four years.

The broadcaster has ordered Cold Call from Chalkboard TV. Written by Karyn Dougan-Buckland and Mark Buckland, Cold Call is a dark thriller, set in Manchester, detailing the story of a single mother caught up in a fraudulent cold call scam that threatens to see her life unravel.

It stars Sally Lindsay as June, a hard working mother left determined to salvage her family’s future after a phone call that changes her life. Following the death of her elderly mother and fuelled by a bubbling rage, June attempts to hunt down those responsible in order to seek her revenge.

The show was ordered by Channel 5 Commissioning Executive Sebastian Cardwell, who has lead the broadcaster’s charge to get back into the drama business,...

Update: Andrew Davies tribute, Beta, Studiocanal deals; The Halcyon, Mata Hari set the tone for market awash with high-end drama.

Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.

These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.

In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.

Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.

“Consumers are willing...

The Halcyon, Mata Hari set the tone for market awash with high-end drama.

Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.

These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.

In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.

Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.

“Consumers are willing to pay for content that they want and they desire when it...

Actor whose best known role in a seven-decade career came in a Harry Potter film in her 80s

The actor Hazel Douglas, who has died aged 92, landed her most prominent role in her 80s, when she joined the starry cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), as Bathilda Bagshot, the author of A History of Magic, a textbook used at Hogwarts school, and great-aunt of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. And there were more performances to come in a stage and screen career that altogether spanned seven decades.

In the ITV series Vicious, Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi played Freddie and Stuart, a longstanding and quarrelsome couple. Hazel joined them in 2013 as Mildred, Stuart’s no-nonsense mother, failing to understand the relationship between the two men. In Elephants Can Remember, an episode of Agatha Christie’s Poirot from the same year with David Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker and Greta Scacchi,...

Is it just me, or did Scream Queens‘ “Thanksgiving” episode feel a hell of a lot more like another hour of Halloween?

Then again, I suppose a severed head showing up on the dinner table — R.I.P., Gigi! — could happen on any day in Kappa Kappa Tau, holiday or not. But let’s back up for a minute, because there was a lot (of nonsense) to digest this week.

VideosExclusive Scream Queens Clip: Chad Michael Murray Gives Thanks for… Himself? (Video)

In typical this-makes-no-sense-but-hey-why-not fashion, Wes deduced that Grace is the killer, at which point everyone else in the house — who,...

Via Twitter and on its website, UK commercial entertainment network, Channel 5, confirms series four of police drama Suspects will premiere Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at 10:00pm.

Channel 5 describes Suspects: "Shot in the style of a fly on-the-wall documentary, Suspects is unscripted, with the cast devising their own dialogue based on a detailed plot description." Suspects stars Damien Molony, Clare-Hope Ashley, and Fay Ripley.

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Is ITV really going to bring back Cold Feet?

That's the rumour, with the broadcaster apparently looking to plug the Downton-shaped hole in its schedule with a revival of the popular comedy-drama.

If it's true, they'll have a job bringing the cast back together - some have gone on to be huge telly and film stars, while others have stepped out of the spotlight entirely...

James Nesbitt

Nesbitt's carefree lothario Adam Williams met his match in Helen Baxendale's Rachel - the couple overcame infidelity and infertility but were denied lasting happiness when Rachel was killed in a traffic accident.

Since Cold Feet wrapped, Nesbitt has become one of British television's most in-demand leading men.

He fronted BBC One's gritty cop series Murphy's Law from 2003-07, led Steven Moffat's supernatural thriller Jekyll - also in 2007 - and played the title character in ITV's short-lived medical drama Monroe (2011-12).

Of late,...

Here's one of those 'This'll make you feel old' factoids - it's two years since the last ever episode of Skins aired.

E4's groundbreaking hormone-fest wrapped up on August 5, 2013 - with an older Cook (Jack O'Connell) heading off into an uncertain future at the close of 'Rise (Part Two)'.

Cook was but one of 27 major characters featured on Skins across three 'Generations' - in a total of 61 episodes, split into seven series. But where are the teen tearaways of Roundview College now?

Generation One

1. Nicholas Hoult

Hoult played Tony Stonem - the pre-eminent bad boy of Skins - across its first two series. Later badly hurt in a traffic accident and forced to rely on others, Tony had mellowed by his final episodes.

Now aged 25, Hoult has become a bona-fide Hollywood star with roles in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road and the much-anticipated book adaptations Dark Places and Kill Your Friends.

Ron Cook Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell The Captain of Kopenick, Skyfall, Matchpoint as Daniel Tucker, join BAFTA winning James McAvoy, as Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney, in the first West End revival of Peter Barnes' satirical comedy, The Ruling Class, directed by Jamie Lloyd, Artistic Director of Trafalgar Transformed. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below...

Desi Rascals: Sky Living, 8pm

Award-winning director Gurinder Chadha teams up with Towie creator Tony Wood for Sky Living's first real-life drama series, which follows the lives of a British-Asian community in West London.

Filmed just days before transmission, Desi Rascals follows its multi-generational cast as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in a fast-changing community. A must-see for reality TV fans.

The Eichmann Show: BBC Two, 9pm

Martin Freeman and Anthony Lapaglia star in this gripping true life drama about a film crew who set out to capture the testimony of Adolf Eichmann, one of the war's most notorious Nazis.

Set in 1961, this is the extraordinary story of how Eichmann's trial came to be televised, and was the first time the horror of the death camps had been described by the victims themselves.

Celebrity Big Brother: Channel 5, 9pm

Following Alexander O'Neal's exit from the show,...

Ron Cook Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell The Captain of Kopenick, Skyfall, Matchpoint as Daniel Tucker, join BAFTA winning James McAvoy, as Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney, in the first West End revival of Peter Barnes' satirical comedy, The Ruling Class, directed by Jamie Lloyd, Artistic Director of Trafalgar Transformed.

Celebrity Big Brother: Channel 5, 9pm

Following recent events, you won't want to miss a single second of Celebrity Big Brother - in what promises to be the most dramatic series yet.

Emma Willis and Rylan Clark will also host Bit on the Side at 11pm, dissecting the latest goings-on in the famous house.

Bones: Sky Living, 9pm

The Us drama starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz is back for its 10th season.

Booth (Boreanaz) is behind bars - having been wrongly charged with the murders of three colleagues. Brennan (Deschanel) and the team work tirelessly to exonerate him, while a long-held secret also surprises the team.

Angry, White and Proud: Channel 4, 10pm

Filmmaker Jamie Roberts has spent a year investigating the most hardcore far right activists in Britain for a new Channel 4 documentary that reveals a dark underbelly on the fringes of British politics.

Roberts captures...

The Secrets of the Tea Chimps: Channel 5, 8pm

Don't pretend you don't want to know what happened to the PG Tips chimps after their time in the spotlight came to an end.

This hour-long doc explores the apes' past - using rare archive footage and interviews with their human colleagues - and their present, catching up with one of the last surviving tea chimps.

Suspects: Channel 5, 10pm

The gritty, semi-improvised police drama starring Fay Ripley, Claire-Hope Ashitey and Damien Molony returns for a third series, comprised of four episodes.

Tonight's premiere features a standout guest turn from Emmett Scanlan as a school head suspected of viciously beating one of his teachers - but did he do the deed?

Cockroaches: ITV2, 10pm

Bad Education co-creator Freddy Syborn goes it alone for ITV2's new high-concept sitcom, set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Daniel Lawrence Taylor and Esther Smith star as survivors Tom and Suze,...

Having made "quite a few cop shows" in his time, Paul Marquess (The Bill, Crime Stories, Hollyoaks) knew he had to do something different with Channel 5's Suspects.

Produced without a traditional script, the drama is semi-improvised, with its stars - Fay Ripley, Damien Molony and Clare-Hope Ashitey - working instead from a detailed story document.

Ahead of the launch of its third series, Marquess spoke to Digital Spy about the challenges of producing a show like Suspects and why he and his production team at Newman Street are looking to make more shows in the same format.

What can viewers expect from the third series of Suspects?

"We've got four really strong episodes. The first one that's up features a great guest performance from Emmett Scanlan - really strong - and then the second one... it may well be my favourite episode.

"It's really dark and to me it's like the uber-Suspects episode.