Caroline Dinenage Returns Unopposed To Culture, Media & Sport Committee Hotseat The UK’s Culture Media & Sport Committee (CMSC), which scrutinizes the work of the film and TV industries, has re-elected Caroline Dinenage as chair. Dinenage, whose father Fred Dinenage was a TV presenter, was the sole nomination and therefore elected unopposed. She had been
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EXCLUSIVE: Next week will see one of the buzziest RTS conventions in recent years as the likes of David Beckham, Ted Sarandos and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight take to the stage in London. Helmed by this year’s principal sponsor Netflix, the great-and-the-good of the UK TV industry will gather Tuesday for an event that
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EXCLUSIVE: Sky News presenter Belle Donati has left the Comcast-owned network after comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust in an interview with UN ambassador Danny Danon. Deadline understands that Sky News declined to renew Donati’s contract following the exchange in January, which prompted an on-air apology from the network. Donati did not apologize.
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EXCLUSIVE: Orange is the New Black and Weeds showrunner Jenji Kohan is to deliver a masterclass at Seriesly Berlin, the new TV festival launching in the German capital next week. The storied creator-showrunner will “share insights into her writing process, developing and pitching shows, handling feedback, and maintaining a strong creative voice,” according to the
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UPDATING with News Corp. reaction: News Corp. acknowledged receipt of a letter by shareholder Starboard Value taking issue with so-called super voting stock that allows the Murdoch family to control the company. Starboard wants a vote at the annual meeting to merge the two classes of stock. The board insisted in its response today that
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Elizabeth Olsen played Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, across the Marvel Universe and is seemingly down to continue reprising the role. In a recent interview, the WandaVision star opened up about playing the Marvel character and what it would take for her to portray her again. “It’s a character that I love
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Production on the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale began on Sept. 3, but Max Minghella’s first day on set is tomorrow, Tuesday, here in Toronto. When we last left Nick, he was trying to use his influence to save June Osborne, his lover, from being a target of Gilead. Nick punches Commander Lawrence
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David Mackenzie is full of deceit. His movies, not him. Mackenzie can lure you with the cunningness of an illicit couple, played by Tilda Swnton and Ewan McGregor, in his 2003 drama Young Adam. “Give us a come-hither look,” I remember him instructing Swinton on a barge berthed on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.
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In one of the most explosive documentary premieres in TIFF history, a film sharply critical of Benjamin Netanyahu bowed before a packed house in Toronto Monday night, despite a last-ditch effort by the Israeli prime minister to block it. The Bibi Files, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Alexis Bloom, contains never-before-seen video of
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Keshet International SVP Limor Gott Ronen has reunited with Alon Shrutzman at 5XMedia. Gott Ronen has joined the management company and production house as partner/producer, working alongside 5X partner Ryan Lindenberg, the former Berlanti Productions exec who joined in June, to add to 5X’s scripted and premium docs slate. She will also continue
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