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Andrew Roy, who has overseen international coverage for the BBC, is joining CBS News as vice president and London bureau chief. Roy will start May 3 and oversee all coverage out of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. His hiring comes after previous London bureau chief Andrew Clarke exited the network in…

Genesis won’t turn it on again, staging what was billed as its final concert Saturday night at London’s 02 arena. Phil Collins, the group’s former drummer, was joined by keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist Mike Rutherford. Collins, age 71 and increasingly frail with back and hip issues, sat center stage throughout…

Whoopi Goldberg won’t be falling back into the old habit after all: The View moderator has canceled plans to appear in an upcoming London revival of Sister Act The Musical due to the production’s pandemic-caused postponement. Goldberg, who is also a producer of the musical, had been set to reprise her Deloris Van…

Most times when stars yell at crew on a movie set, it comes off like a diva turn. But Tom Cruise was caught in an audiotape unloading on the crew of the London set of Mission: Impossible 7, and it sounds like his ire is well placed. London paper The Sun has posted audio — click on the video below to listen — of a…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stiller has been set to direct London, a Lionsgate feature film based on a new short story/high-concept thriller by bestselling crime writer Jo Nesbo. Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth is adapting, and Oscar Isaac will star and produce with Stiller. Stiller is coming off winning a DGA Award for…

Madonna has canceled the first stop in London of her Madame X tour, telling fans she’s “deeply sorry” but was forced to bow out because of an injury. The music legend was scheduled to perform the first of 15 shows Monday at the London Palladium. In an Instagram post Saturday, the Material Girl said she’s been “plagued&#8221…

Whoopi Goldberg can’t shake the habit: The View moderator will reprise her starring role as Deloris Van Cartier – “a little older, a little seasoned” – in Sister Act: The Musical, this time bringing her signature film role to the London stage in a newly adapted revival of the 2006 musical. Goldberg, previously…

Stevie Wonder will undergo a kidney transplant later this year, the legendary singer announced Saturday at a concert in London. Wonder told fans he had found a donor and would soon be taking time off from performing. “I’m going to have surgery. I’m going to have a kidney transplant in September of this year,” he said…

James Corden is heading home for a week this summer. CBS said today that The Late Late Show will air four shows from London on June 17-20. The third round of Late Late Show Britcasts will feature guests including Gillian Anderson, Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks…

The new stage musical version of DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt will make its London premiere next year, with a West End production set to begin previews Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at the Dominion Theatre. The 32-week limited engagement will officially open Tuesday, February 25. Announced today by producers DreamWork…

Broadway hit Waitress will make its London bow next spring, producers announced today, with performances beginning February at the Adelphi Theatre on the West End. Casting was not announced, but the production will have an all-female creative team, a first for a West End musical, according to producers. The same…

Some 1 million Brits applied for tickets to watch The Late Late Show with James Corden, which has just finished a successful week in London, with Corden and exec producers Ben Winston and Rob Crabbe telling Deadline how much fun the run in the British capital has been. No surprise, really, when the Gavin & Stacey…