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"We need to take a closer look at what divides the Baby Boomers from the rest of us." Nebula has revealed an official trailer for Boomers, a documentary film examining the "Boomer" generation. Finally someone went and made this and decided to tell the real story about the Baby Boomers! But it's made by a Millennial from the UK, offering a unique perspective. Here's the intro: Old people run the world. With wealth flowing upward and octogenarians in power, life for the young is tougher than ever. Join director Tom Nicholas as he uncovers the rise of the gerontocracy and the questionable legacy of the Baby Boomers. Have they really ruined the world? Why do they have so much wealth? Tom investigates how a generation that seemingly had it all has left a complicated mess for those who come after. Shot in New York, Washington DC, Florida's The Villages, Paris,...

It might seem like Louis Partridge emerged on the acting scene to play the love interest in Enola Holmes on Netflix seemingly out of nowhere, but that isn't the case. The actor has been steadily working since 2014 with supporting roles in television, movies, and short films. He has a surprisingly good amount of experience for a decade in the industry with most of his work revolving around roles as a teenager so far.

Partridge has had a lot of back-to-back projects since landing his role as Tewkesbury in Enola Holmes, and he's continuing to book future projects as well. Lined up for the actor is the AppleTV+ series Disclaimer, the TV series House of Guinness, and a movie helmed by writer/director Noah Baumbach. Until those projects release, these are the movies and TV shows he's appeared in so far.

Boomers (2014) As Alf

Boomers is his first credited professional role.

Just as the much-anticipated 11th season of hit travel competition series “Jet Lag: The Game” takes flight on Nebula, the indie streamer will be implementing its first-ever major price increase on Sept. 1.

Major is of course relative, because the creator-owned streamer, which is currently priced at $5 per month and $50 annually, will be hiking its fee by a whopping $1 to reach $6 per month and $60 annually, in comparison to the cost of Netflix, Max and the similar mega streamers that have also recently undergone a round of price increases.

Nebula also offers one specific deal its those much larger streamers don’t: specialized codes promoted by Nebula creators in their content that give a 40% discount on that new annual membership price down to $36.

And all of these changes only apply to new subscribers, as Nebula says it will continue to honor the current rate for existing customers — and rolled out that info Aug.

Despite its popularity, Gears of War is a video game series that failed to keep up and had a terrible downfall. This happened when The Coalition took charge as series developers with Gears of War 4 and introduced a new storyline involving Kait and Jd as central characters.

The storyline was interrupted by the recent announcement of Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel set 14 years before the first game. However, the third instalment in the Kait and Jd trilogy could hold something exciting for fans.

Enthusiastic Fan Asks a Question Which Might Very Make the Plot for Gears of War 6

While long-term fans were incredibly excited to see Marcus Phoenix and Dominic Santiago in the trailer for E-Day, some were also confused. That is because the series had already begun a revamp, eventually leading to the strange ending of Gears 5.

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MasterChef US is returning to television with Season 14. The reality cooking competition show will still have the giant cash prize and some great chefs judging the work. There will also be a new slate of hopeful chefs wanting to make their mark and take home the grand prize.

Here is a look at everything you need to know about MasterChef US Season 14.

MasterChef US Returning For Season 14

MasterChef US is back for a new season and there are some big names in the judging chairs this time around. As expected, Gordon Ramsay is back. He is the biggest name for fans watching at home. However, he has some people around him that are just as important.

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Gordon Ramsay is a British celebrity chef who has several restaurants of his own. He recently opened branches in Oklahoma, Miami, and London. Ramsay even had to deal with squatters recently at his London restaurant.

When Grace and Frankie drops for its seventh and final season April 29, fans will have to bid farewell to more than just good laughs about yam lubricant and hydraulic-assisted toilet seats. The comedy from Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris is one of the last remaining series that features golden agers who actually address golden age topics. For all the talk in Hollywood about inclusion, there remains an astonishing lack of shows that both cast — and provide authentic depictions of — older Americans.

Just one year ago, there were actually two such shows and they both streamed on Netflix — Grace and Frankie, which follows two 80-something roomies whose husbands left them to marry each other, and The Kominsky Method, about a 70-something actor (Michael Douglas) whose close connection with his agent-pal Norman (Alan Arkin) was more relatable than most TV marriages. Kominsky, from the mind of the prolific Chuck Lorre, lasted...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we debate whether “Tick, Tick… Boom!’s” Andrew Garfield will crash the Best Actor category.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! I’m feeling the bohemian lifestyle as it were on this Friday, so what better time than now to circle back to Best Actor. We’ve kind of tabled this category, what with Will Smith seemingly so comfortably ahead for “King Richard.” (He remains the favorite according to our odds). But I’ve seen at least two performances this week alone that could maybe make a strong case to contend here — specifically Andrew Garfield in “Tick, Tick… Boom!” The directorial debut from Lin-Manuel Miranda is out in select theaters now before hitting Netflix next week (the same day Smith’s crowd-pleaser...

Roku and Saban Films have added the latest twist to fast-evolving movie release strategies, setting a pay-1 rights deal for several titles that will stream on the Roku Channel.

The pact will deliver films from Saban’s 2021 slate to Roku Channel viewers in the U.S. and Canada within as few as three months after theatrical and home entertainment release. They will be available for free, with limited commercial breaks.

Echo Boomers, starring Michael Shannon and Patrick Schwarzenegger, kicks off the arrangement on June 15. Future films that are part of the windows deal include Happily, starring Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé; Percy Vs Goliath (in the U.S. only), starring Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci and Zach Braff; and Under the Stadium Lights with Laurence Fishburne and Milo Gibson. More films will be announced at a later date, the companies said.

The Roku Channel, a fast-growing part of Roku’s overall streaming business,...

If you’re struggling to find a job right now, Patrick Schwarzenegger’s character in the upcoming movie “Echo Boomers” can relate.

In the heist thriller — which also stars Alex Pettyfer and Michael Shannon — Schwarzenegger plays a recent college graduate who can’t find work in a particularly unforgiving job market. He’s deep in student debt and out of options.

So he turns to his cousin (portrayed by Gilles Geary), who brings him into his get-rich-while-getting-back-at-the-rich scheme. Their group of disillusioned millennials, intent on breaking a system that favors the wealthy, use Chicago as their playground as they rob multi-million dollar homes, taking what they want and destroying what they don’t.

Though they carry out their frustrations in a way that could be described as a tad extreme, Schwarzenegger says the difficulty of finding jobs during a pandemic that’s left millions out of work is timelier than ever.

Seth Savoy's thriller Echo Boomers will be in some cinemas and will be available On Demand and digital this Friday, November 13th. Screen Anarchy has three (3) digital codes to give away. Check out how you can enter below. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon (Knives Out) stars in this gripping crime-thriller filled with pulse-pounding twists and turns. A recent college graduate Lance Zutterland (Patrick Schwarzenegger) leaves school in debt, realizing everything he had worked towards was built on a lie. When he is pulled into a criminal underground operation, he finds his peers fighting the system by stealing from the rich and giving to… themselves. With nothing to lose, they leave behind a trail of destruction but with the cops closing in, tensions...

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Patrick Schwarzenegger is sharing how his older sister Katherine Schwarzenegger is navigating motherhood in a pandemic. She and husband Chris Pratt welcomed their daughter, Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt, this August, and Patrick said the experience has been difficult for the first-time mom. On Tuesday, Nov. 10 he told Today show hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, "It's been really tough with Covid. Chris has been out filming the new Jurassic Park over in London so it's been kind of tough for Katherine." The Echo Boomers actor added that he and his siblings, as well as mother Maria Schriver, are regularly tested for the novel...

The more we learn about how much money the rich make off the backs of the working class I can start to see why Michael Shannon's Mel Donnelly might be on to something in the trailer for Echo Boomers. Directed and co-written by Seth Savoy as a part of his feature directorial debut, Echo Boomers is being framed by Saban Films as a gripping crime-thriller filled with pulse-pounding twists and…...

“The Bachelor” franchise has had 40 seasons of its two flagship dating shows and spawned a number of spinoffs from “Bachelor in Paradise” to the raunchier “Bachelor Pad” to a romantic singing competition show and even a Winter Olympics-inspired series. All of those shows have one thing in common, which is the cast members are typically in their 20s. But that could all change with a new spinoff that Variety hears is a hot idea at the network: a senior citizens version of the long-running dating show.

Earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic forced the entertainment industry and the world into quarantine, ABC teased a casting call, airing a promo that read, “Now casting seniors looking for love.”

The prospect of “The Bachelor” for Baby Boomers gained a considerable amount of speculation online. But after that promo ran, no word has been spoken of the senior citizen spinoff. A few...

Are you a fan of the BBC One TV show, Boomers? Has the long hiatus made you concerned that it has been cancelled? Well, keep calm and carry on. BBC One has renewed the comedy for a second series (i.e. "season" in Us parlance). Boomers series two is set to return with six episodes in 2016. Boomers stars Russ Abbot, Stephanie Beacham, Phillip Jackson, James Smith, Alison Steadman, and Paula Wilcox. The last new episode of Boomers first aired on BBC One, on September 19, 2014. Read More…...

Boomers will be back on BBC One for a second series.

The comedy is returning for six new episodes in early 2016, starring Russ Abbot, Stephanie Beacham, Philip Jackson, James Smith, Alison Steadman and Paula Wilcox.

Following the ups and downs of three couples living in Thurnemouth, the new run will see the characters dealing with sexual experimentation, drug abuse and camping trips.

"The new series pushes our merry band of retirees into evermore agonising and ridiculous situations whilst crackling with sharply observed dialogue," said BBC comedy commissioning controller Shane Allen.

"It's a privilege to see these well-loved and hugely accomplished performers in full flow with such richly comic material."

Producer Paul Schlesinger added: "It's great to welcome back this particular group of friends and to see their jealousies, general resentment and disappointment with life come off the page even more vividly than series one - all brought to life by a stellar comedy cast.

The Big Brother final was viewed by an average of 1.53 million (8.3%) on Channel 5.

The live finale, which was won by Helen Wood, attracted a peak audience of 1.62 million (9.3%) as the winner was announced.

Follow-up show Big Brother's Bit on the Side was seen by an average of 898k (7.7%) immediately after at 10.45pm.

BBC One's Boomers was the evening's highest-rated show outside of soaps, pulling in an average of 4.45 million (21.9%) at 9pm. The new comedy series, which stars Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman and Russ Abbot, peaked with 4.47 million.

BBC One's evening started with 2.27 million (13.2%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 2.10 million (11.3%) for A Question of Sport and 2.35 million (11.4%) for Scrappers at 8.30pm.

Later in the evening, Room 101 and Would I Lie to You? The Unseen Bits were seen by 2.08 million (15.3%) and 1.47 million (14%) respectively.

After a bumper evening of athletics, BBC Two's night kicked off with...

Boomers: BBC One, 9pm

New comedy following the lives of three newly retired couples living in Norfolk. In the first episode, they're preparing for the funeral of an old friend, and John is convinced a visitor from Spain has a thing for his wife Maureen.

Meanwhile, Joyce is preoccupied with her daughter-in-law, who's giving birth any day now. Featuring a guest appearance by Nigel Planer.

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice: BBC Two, 9pm

Jo Brand presents the companion show to the baking contest, and is joined by three celebrity fans to discuss how the competitors fared that week.

The show also features unseen footage from the programme and an interview with the eliminated contestant.

The Singer Takes It All: Channel 4, 9pm

Alan Carr hosts the interactive singing show where the viewers choose which singers perform, and then vote who goes through to the...

Alison Steadman sings karaoke to relax when her shooting schedule stresses her out. The 67-year-old actress - who can currently be seen in BBC One comedy 'Boomers' - likes to sing along to her favourite Adele and Susan Boyle songs when she's had enough on set. Luckily, her 36-year-old son Toby bought her a home karaoke machine so she can warble on the mic whenever the feeling takes her. She said: ''My son Toby bought me a karaoke machine and if I get really stressed I put it on and sing Adele, Susan Boyle and Nina Simone - basically any song my voice...

If older women are given TV and film roles at all, their bodies are still subject to one of the last sex taboos

Diane Keaton recalled her mother's advice – "don't grow old" – as useless, however pertinent for Keaton's chosen career as an actress. It's a truism that interesting roles for older actresses are hard to come by. While signs of physical ageing are routinely played down in leading male actors, who regularly take roles as still vigorous and desirable characters (whether heroes or villains), the opposite applies to older actresses, if they are allowed to appear on screen at all.

Are things changing? It was Keaton herself who seemed to herald a shift when she played in the popular 2003 film about love in later life, Something's Gotta Give. At the time she expressed astonishment at being offered the role of romantic heroine, at 58, despite being partnered by Jack Nicholson, already a decade older.

BBC One controller Charlotte Moore has said that social media should never dictate programming decisions.

Speaking today (December 2) at a BAFTA session, Moore argued that sites like Twitter should "never [be] the only reason to decide whether you're going to commission or not commission".

"It would be mad to think that you're going to make any creative judgements based on that," she said. "That's just one element of feedback [and] it's a very small part of our audience."

Moore added that working in the media can cause people to become "overly obsessed" with Twitter.

"If you work for the media, you feel [social media] must be the biggest market, but I simply don't think that's true," she continued. "I know it's not true.

"It's very easy to get overly obsessed by it. You've got to take it within context. It's that balance between... keeping up with your younger audiences who really are interested in social media and Twitter.

David Walliams comedy Big School is to return for a second series.

Charlotte Moore - Controller of BBC One - made the announcement today (December 2) at a BAFTA session.

"We've recommissioned Big School," she said. "I loved the fact that we were in a new precinct and environment, with a stellar cast."

Moore also claimed that Big School could have a "long" run, with more series in the planning stages.

BBC One has also ordered a third series of its comedy Citizen Khan, plus new sitcom Grey Mates starring Russ Abbot.

Big School was co-created by David Walliams and stars the comic as bumbling chemistry teacher Mr Church.

Catherine Tate and Philip Glenister also featured in the first six-part series, which aired on BBC One between August and September.

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Citizen Khan is to return for a third series.

Charlotte Moore - Controller of BBC One - made the announcement this morning (December 2) at a BAFTA session.

Starring Adil Ray as lead character Mr Khan, Citizen Khan first aired in August 2012, with a second series transmitting on BBC One in October and November of this year.

A Christmas special has also been scheduled for later this month, with the third series now expected to follow in 2014.

Moore also addressed the "controversy" surrounding Citizen Khan - with the show having been criticised in some quarters for its depiction of South Asian culture.

"We're not scared of being edgy and provocative in comedy," she said. "Comedy is meant to take us into those areas."

BBC One has also commissioned new sitcom Grey Mates starring Russ Abbot and June Whitfield.

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BBC One is to explore the world of KFC in a new three-part documentary series.

Inside KFC promises to offer "a unique, top-to-bottom look" at the fast food franchise, which has grown year-on-year despite the recession.

The series was announced today (December 2) by Controller of BBC One, Charlotte Moore, who promised a "warts and all" examination of the fried chicken empire.

A statement announcing the commission reads: "It will paint a multi-layered portrait of the fried chicken empire, meeting the many colourful characters working there - from the boardroom to the restaurant chef.

"How does KFC ensure there is enough chicken to meet the demands of its many thousands of daily customers? Where does the chicken come from and what journey does it take before reaching the bucket?

"We'll meet the people responsible for the minutiae of daily operations at KFC, as well as those charged with the bigger tasks of growing the business,...

Russ Abbot is to star in new BBC One sitcom Grey Mates.

Veteran stars Stephanie Beacham, Alison Steadman and June Whitfield will also appear in the six-part half-hour comedy.

Created by Citizen Khan writer Richard Pinto, Grey Mates will follow the ups and downs of three recently retired couples.

Philip Jackson, James Smith and Paula Wilcox have also been cast as pensioners "all coming at retirement from very different directions".

Announced today (December 2) by Controller of BBC One, Charlotte Moore, Grey Mates promises to "strike a chord with people of all generations".

Made by Hat Trick Productions, the sitcom will be produced by Paul Schlesinger (Twenty Twelve) and executive produced by Jimmy Mulville (Outnumbered).

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