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The BBC is searching for the UK's top dog stylist in Pooch Perfect in its latest entertainment format – a version of which is on air in Australia fronted by Rebel Wilson. The British public broadcaster has tapped Cleaning Up and The Moorside star Sheridan Smith to front the series for BBC One. The eight-part primetime…

The Visual Effects Society is hissing back at the Academy Awards, a day after Cats-costumed presenters James Corden and Rebel Wilson made an impurrtinent remark about the film’s widely panned VFX. Before reading the nominees for Best Visual Effects, the duo said (trading lines), “As castmembers of the motion picture Ca…

James Corden and Rebel Wilson proved they have a sense of humor when it comes to their critically panned and box office flop Cats. During the Oscars ceremony, they presented the award for Best Visual Effects in full feline attire, saying they were the perfect people to present the award for VFX. This was a jab at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has obtained rights to Seoul Girls, a comedy feature written by Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson, with a recent revision by Young iI Kim (Rodham, Billions). Wilson also will take on a role in the pic, which follows a Korean American high school girl and her friends who enter a worldwide talent…

Rebel Wilson is to host a pet-themed Australian reality competition series. The Hustle and Bridesmaids star is to front Pooch Perfect for Australia's Network Seven. It is the latest animal-themed title for Sydney-born Pitch Perfect star Wilson, as she’s also featured in forthcoming film adaptation of Cats and Taika…

Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, The Hustle, Isn't It Romantic) has signed on to host and executive produce the first Australian Amazon Original series, LOL: Last One Laughing. The comedy-variety series, produced with Endemol Shine Australia, will feature a cast of 10 Australian comedic actors and stand-up comics…

amFAR’s glamorous annual event tied to the Cannes Film Festival always has been a highpoint in turning out the fashion looks we associate with the Riviera event. It adds to the mystique of the festival and helps set it apart from others. This year was no different in that regard — but completely different in another…

Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway will give “dirty rotten men” a run for their money this spring – that’s the tagline in this new trailer for MGM’s The Hustle, a female-centric remake of 1988’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. That comedy starred Steve Martin and Michael Caine. Directed by Chris Addison, with a screenplay…

Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson is to star in an Australian period drama funded by Sonar Entertainment. Wilson is to front Les Norton, a ten-part series based on Robert G. Barrett's novels, for Australian public broadcaster ABC. The series is produced by Romper Stomper producer Roadshow Rough Diamond in association…

EXCLUSIVE: Count Rebel Wilson in as part of Tom Hooper’s upcoming feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats for Universal and Working Title. Wilson will portray the old Gumbie cat Jennyanydots, who has a reputation for being lazy. In Cats lore she’s known to spend her days seeking out the warm and sunny…

Magazine publisher Bauer Media has successfully appealed against the size of a record defamation payout made to Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids star Rebel Wilson. Wilson previously won a case against the publisher in Australian court after she says she was wrongly portrayed as a serial liar. At the time she…

EXCLUSIVE: Talk about a risky project. After overachieving on the creatively satisfying blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi has set Rebel Wilson to the cast of his new film, Jojo Rabbit, the Fox Searchlight WWII satire he wrote about a 10-year old boy who struggles to find his place in an increasingly Fascist…