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EXCLUSIVE: Here's an intriguing TV project coming together across international boundaries. John David Coles, the U.S. director and exec producer on two series of House Of Cards, is working with Brit scribe Tom Williams (Kajaki) and UK producers Clipper Media on Emerald Eye, a noir thriller series set during the…

Kevin Spacey and the estate of an anonymous massage therapist who accused him of sexual assault have filed court papers to dismiss the accuser’s lawsuit against the actor. The massage therapist, identified in court papers as John Doe, died on Sept. 6. The lawsuit was filed last year, accusing Spacey of forcing to grab…

For a second year in a row, Kevin Spacey posted a video on his YouTube page on Christmas Eve his House of Cards character Frank Underwood. The latest, titled “KTWK,” shows Spacey as Underwood in a holiday sweater sitting by a fireplace stoking the flames. “You didn’t really think I was gonna miss the opportunity to…

BritBox, the subscription streaming service from the BBC and ITV, has officially opened its doors to UK audiences for £5.99 ($7.69) a month. But unlike Apple TV+, which debuted last week with glossy dramas such as The Morning Show, BritBox will not be offering subscribers any original content until next year at the…

Just days after the man accusing Kevin Spacey of groping him a Nantucket bar in 2016 suddenly dropped his civil lawsuit against the Oscar winner, the criminal case now looks to be close to collapse due to a missing phone. "The case revolves around this individual and without him the commonwealth will have a tough row…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Emmy voting closes in three days. The reason I know that is because as a Television Academy member you are constantly reminded to vote, and that is the notice I got today, as opposed to yesterday, when it was four days. I wonder if they just send…

Michael Kelly's Doug Stamper was the steel-strong thread of integrity through six seasons of House of Cards. While the show's leads Frank and Claire Underwood stopped at nothing in their Machiavellian scheming, Doug was driven only by his loyalty to Frank. And although Kelly has three times been Emmy-nominated for the…

Kevin Spacey wants the indecent assault and battery case against him tossed out of court for "misconduct" on the part of the prosecution and accuser's family, while a fall trial date is likely. With the former House of Cards star making a surprise appearance in a Nantucket courtroom Monday, the actor's attorney hit…

The Crown producer Andy Harries has claimed that the "power of British television has essentially moved to L.A." with the growth of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon. But the founder of Sony-owned Left Bank Pictures said he was still "optimistic" about public service broadcasting in the UK from the likes…

While writing the script for Mary Queen of Scots, Beau Willimon spent a lot of time with two fascinating historical figures—Queen Elizabeth I, and her cousin, Mary Stuart—coming to identify personally with these women, for they ways in which they were devalued and misunderstood. For Willimon, as with these rulers, one…

In an arraignment this morning at Nantucket District Court in Massachusetts, actor and producer Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty to a charge of groping an 18-year-old man in July 2016. Wearing a patterned shirt and tie with a vested gray suit, Spacey appeared next to his attorney, Alan Jackson, in the tiny courtroom…

Christmas came a little early for some of Hollywood's finest this morning as the nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globes were announced by Terry Crews, Leslie Mann, Christian Slater and Danai Gurira. For the likes of Vice, A Star Is Born, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Killing Eve, there are…