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Stephen Fry has become the latest celebrity to quit Twitter, following Elon Musk's disruptive arrival at the helm of the platform as its new owner, and reportedly joined the rising alternative social network Mastodon.   The UK actor, broadcaster, comedian, and writer signalled his departure on…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+'s The Morning Show has booked another high-profile cast addition for Season 3. Stephen Fry (The Sandman, The Dropout) is set for a major recurring role alongside new series regulars Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm. as well as fellow new recurring player Tig Notaro and Julianna Margulies, who signed a…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary British actor Stephen Fry has boarded Netflix’s The F**k it Bucket from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, joining a clutch of highly-rated newcomers including lead Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) and Boiling Point’s Lauryn Ajufo. Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr…

EXCLUSIVE: British TV legend Stephen Fry is hosting his debut series for Paramount-owned Channel 5: a “four-day landmark event” on dinosaurs that will recreate a prehistoric environment. Dinosaur – with Stephen Fry represents a major coup for the channel, which used to be mainly associated with lower-market TV but has…

Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3) and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella) have been tapped to lead Prime Video’s romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, based on Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel of the same name. Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López (The Inheritance) will direct, in his feature…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Goldblum has signed up to star opposite Asa Butterfield in The Liar, a film adaptation of Stephen Fry's semi-autobiographical novel that will shoot in the UK next month. Goldblum will play Cambridge don Donald Trefusis in the pic, which will be directed by Tony Hagger, who also penned the adaptation…

The miniseries known as the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is expected to wrap up on or near the Presidents' Day holiday, but there are plenty of other timely offering this Valentine's weekend on the small screen. Each moving in their own way, one is the show that you have to watch this week – a heart-shaped…

EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars star Daisy Ridley and Brit national treasure Stephen Fry have boarded the voice cast of The Inventor, a feature stop-motion animation about Leonardo da Vinci written and directed by Jim Capobianco, the Oscar-nominated scribe of Ratatouille. Fry will voice da Vinci and Ridley will be the French…

More than 400 figures in the UK’s creative industries have signed a letter sent to the Chancellor and Culture Secretary warning that the country come become a "cultural wasteland" if more is not done to help creative workers during the coronavirus crisis. Signatories include Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Nick Cave…

The BBC, Warner Bros, and the UK’s Natural History Museum are partnering on an hour-long documentary that will explore the connections between JK Rowling’s mythical Fantastic Beasts creatures and real animals that have roamed Earth. Narrated by Stephen Fry and made by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, Fantastic Beasts…

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has promised fans that season 12 is going to open with the biggest and most ambitious episode ever of the BBC sci-fi drama. Chibnall told Deadline that Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis-travelling time lord will be thrown into action in a “movie-like” two-part curtain-raiser…

Goran Višnjić (ER) and Robert Glenister (Paranoid) will join the previously announced Stephen Fry (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and Lenny Henry (Broadchuch) as guest stars joining the cast of Doctor Who when the venerable sci-fi import returns to BBC America in early 2020. For Glenister, joining the new…