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EXCLUSIVE: Viacom’s Channel 5 has raided the BBC again for on-screen talent — this time poaching the cooking duo known as the Hairy Bikers for a chocolate-making competition in partnership with Nestlé. Deadline can reveal that David Myers and Simon King will make their first major non-BBC show for Channel 5, in a…

Bravo Media has given a series order to Blind Date, a modern day reboot of the iconic dating series, from Universal Television Alternative Studio. Casting will begin immediately. The new series description per Bravo: “Dating has always been an awkward, contentious, sexy, and hilarious adventure. However, the magic of…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is developing a remake of the 1987 Bruce Willis-starring comedy, Blind Date, and has tapped scribes Chris Hazzard and Michael Fontana to pen the script, which will take on the modern world of dating. Davis Entertainment, the company behind Warner Bros’ Game Night and Fox’s forthcoming release…

The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival gave two juried awards: the Narrative Award recognizes the finest narrative film in competition at the festival and went to Stéphane Lafleur for the North American premiere of Familiar Ground, while the Documentary Award recognizes the finest documentary film in competition and went…

Still waiting for the Academy to decide on an Oscar host, but the Gotham Awards have found two hosts for its upcoming fete. Independent film fixtures Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson will host the 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on November 29. Clarkson and Tucci just starred together in the…