Hard-hitting Venice competition movie The Painted Bird has been selected by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) as the Czech Republic’s international Oscar entry.
Described as an "evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II," director-producer Václav Marhoul’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's Channel 5 has hunted down two more Agatha Christie dramas following the success of last year's Agatha and the Truth of Murder.
The British broadcaster has commissioned Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (w/t) and Agatha and the Death of X (w/t) from Endemol Shine's Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP)…
EXCLUSIVE: Tin Star and The Hateful Eight star Tim Roth is to exec produce British dance feature Hilda. The actor is behind the film, which is produced by Odds On Productions and has its world premiere at next week's Raindance Film Festival.
The film, which is directed by Rishi Pelham, stars Megan Purvis (The…
Youngest Media, the British producer NBC's forthcoming non-scripted series Small Fortune, is launching a German division and has set up a new competition format.
The company, set up by former Endemol Shine execs Lucas Church and David Flynn, has sold Battle of the Bands (w/t) to RTL.
The show will see two bands, one…
John Oliver got a flashback hit out of last Thursday night’s debate when he needled Joe Biden about the Democrat’s latest head-scratching (and vinyl scratching?) verbal misadventure.
The host of Last Week Tonight was clearly amused by the quirky “record player” comment made by Biden in Houston when the candidate was…
“Nazis weren’t cool when I wrote it,” joked Jojo Rabbit filmmaker Taika Waititi about making and releasing his Adolf Hitler comedy in the current divided political climate, one where white supremacists have become some of President Donald Trump’s more ardent supporters.
“People weren’t into this sh*t when I wrote it…
Ric Ocasek, the spindly frontman of the Cars who was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with his New Wave bandmates, is dead, according to authorities in New York City. He was 75.
Ocasek was found dead about 4 PM ET in his Manhattan apartment by officers who were responding to a 911 call…
Unsurprisingly, given its record 32 Emmy nominations for this final season, Game of Thrones led the charge at the Creative Arts Emmys with a total of 10 wins out of the 18 for which it was nominated this weekend. Heading into next Sunday’s Primetime Emmys show, this bodes well for the HBO epic’s swansong swing for…
Phyllis Newman, known for her Tony Award-winning role as the bath towel-clad Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping, has died. The star of stage and screen was 86.
The news was announced by her son Adam Green, a theater critic for Vogue, via Twitter. “My sister @amanda_green and I had to say goodbye to…
The Handmaid’s Tale is out of action for most Emmys this year—given the fact the Hulu drama missed the eligibility window, except for three “hanging episodes” left over from last summer—but the show has made up for it by winning both guest acting spots they were up for.
Following Bradley Whitford’s guest actor in a dra…
It was a first nomination and first win for Luke Kirby on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys, where he won for his guest star turn as late comedian and social commentator Lenny Bruce on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As befitted a first-time winner, he clutched a piece of paper in one hand and joked about his own…
