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European Union lawmakers on Thursday voted against a series of controversial copyright rules known as the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The vote handed a perceived, but perhaps temporary, victory to Silicon Valley while reps for content creators and owners expressed disappointment at the…

Gosford Park and Wilde star Stephen Fry has revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer but said that he is recovering well. Fry, who stepped down from hosting duties ahead of this year's BAFTA Film Awards, said that it was an "aggressive little bugger" but added that "it all seemed to go pretty well." In a…

Ab Fab veteran Joanna Lumley has been set as the host of this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, following the departure of Stephen Fry who said last week that he was stepping down after fronting the ceremony 12 times. The announcement was made at this morning’s unveiling of nominations for Britain’s biggest movie prizes, with…

The BAFTA Film Awards will no longer have the UK’s resident renaissance man fronting the ceremony, with Stephen Fry saying today he is stepping down from his longtime emcee role. Fry has played nimble-tongued host to the awards 12 times, and every one of those evenings “has a place in my memory,” he said. “But after…

EXCLUSIVE: Lightyear Entertainment has set a June 15 domestic release for mystery/comedy The Hippopotamus. This is the film that’s based on Stephen Fry's bestselling novel of the same name, published in the U.S. by Soho Press — and it’s the first of Fry’s books to transfer to the big screen. It’s the story of a poet…

EXCLUSIVE: After months of speculation, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards has confirmed it is moving its EE BAFTA Film Awards to London's iconic Royal Albert Hall for 2017. It will mark the first time the event has been held there since 1997, when the Film and Television Awards were given jointly at…

Popular British actor/comedian/writer/game show host Stephen Fry is set to co-star opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS' multi-camera pilot written by Mike Gibbons and directed by Andy Ackerman. The comedy, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when…

Stephen Fry, the UK’s resident renaissance man, 11-time BAFTA host and Twitter stalwart, has deleted his account on the social media site following a backlash over comments he made at last night’s BAFTA Film Awards in London. Fry was in reliable form, with a mix of poking fun at and reverence for the talent at the…

As BBC Three moves from being a linear channel to an online-only destination next month, the new service has unveiled a slate of upcoming programming. This includes a six-part drama from Skins writer Jess Brittain and a collaboration with Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures on a series of London-set drama shorts. The…

Folks trying to access the BBC’s websites or catch up on the latest episode of EastEnders on the iPlayer platform this morning were met with error messages for several hours. That set #BBCdown trending on Twitter. All sites were unavailable Thursday beginning at 7AM local time, but were restored a few hours later. The…

Lionsgate UK has set an April 1, 2016 release date for Eddie The Eagle, no foolin'. Dexter Fletcher directs the story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics. Kingsman: The Secret Service's Taron Edgerton stars as the eponymous Eddie Edwards with Hugh Jackman as his coach Bronson Peary. Fox pre…

The BAFTA Film Awards tonight at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden ended with IFC Films’ Boyhood taking away the Best Film prize. There were plenty of American pics in the mix too, with Fox Searchlight’s The Grand Budapest Hotel taking the most wins with five and SPC’s Whiplash adding three, tying it with…