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Piers Morgan and Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani were involved in a fraught exchange on ITV’s Good Morning Britain today over the U.S. president’s remarks about the George Floyd protests. Morgan, who claims to be a personal friend of Trump’s and has scored several exclusive interviews with the president, clashed…

The Critics’ Week, the parallel Cannes Film Festival strand dedicated to first and second films, has revealed the features and shorts that will get the 2020 Critics’ Week label. Critics’ Week was canceled along with all other Cannes festival strands due to the coronavirus. The lineup consists of only five features…

Lee Jae-yong, the powerful South Korean businessman who serves as the de facto head of Samsung, is set to be arrested by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office after an arrest warrant was filed citing charges of market manipulation and accounting fraud. Lee is the third wealthiest person in South Korea with a…

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the biggest studios in the UK, including two at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are beginning to open their doors again as UK film and television shoots take their first steps back into production. Elstree Studios and Twickenham Studios have announced that production work has resumed on…

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has added her voice to the global outcry over the death of George Floyd in a heartfelt graduation message to Los Angeles’ Immaculate Heart High School. Speaking to students at the school she once attended, she said: "As we've all seen over the last week what is happening in our…

Dwayne Johnson has called out Donald Trump in a passionate video in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. "Where are you? Where is our leader?" Johnson asks. "Where is our leader at this time when our country is down on its knees, begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain with its arms out, just…

Chernobyl is leading the pack for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA TV Craft Awards after the Sky and HBO original scored 14 nominations, including best drama mini-series. The nuclear disaster drama’s 14 nods mean it is the most-nominated show in BAFTA history alongside Killing Eve last year, which was also…

Some good news here, especially on the AMC Theatres front. The Leawood, Kansas-based chain–the No. 1 circuit in U.S and Europe–is reopening three Odeon Cinemas in Norway effective today.  Odeon Cinemas Oslo Storo 14, Sandvika 8 and Lillestrøm 7 are the first three locations within the AMC and Odeon cinemas circuit to…

12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen has dedicated his two movies announced today as part of the Cannes Film Festival lineup to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Oscar-winning director said of the two films, which address racism in the UK: "I dedicate these films to George Floyd, and all the…

UPDATED WITH LINEUP: The Cannes Film Festival has revealed its 2020 lineup, which includes new movies from Wes Anderson, Steve McQueen, Pixar, Francois Ozon, Naomi Kawase, Thomas Vinterberg and Maiwenn. Scroll down for lineup. Despite its cancellation due to the coronavirus, Cannes has revealed the 56 movies chosen…

David Levine, Disney’s vice president of kids programming for the UK, Europe and Africa, is leaving at the end of June after a 16-year spell at the house of mouse. Diego Londono, executive vice president of media networks and content in Europe and Africa, announced Levine’s departure in an email to staff. He is…

Star Wars actor John Boyega was among the thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets in London on Wednesday as outage continues to grow on a global scale over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Boyega walked with protestors from parliament to Hyde Park, taking up a loudspeaker on several…