Big Brother, the format that is widely considered to have kick-started the international reality formats business turns 20 today.
The show first launched on September 16 1999 on RTL's Dutch network Veronica with nine housemates moving into a purpose-built house in Holland equipped with 24 cameras. Some 471 series and…
Mark Ruffalo has shot down a claim from UK prime minister Boris Johnson that he and the UK will resemble the Incredible Hulk by securing the UK’s exit from the EU.
Johnson told a UK tabloid this weekend, “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets…Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be…
Martin Scorsese and Netflix’s The Irishmanwill get a centerpiece screening at the Rome Film Festival on October 21.
The film will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on September 27, 2019 and its international premiere at the London Film Festival in mid-October before a limited theatrical run in…
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…
