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Russell Brand Accuser Alleges Witnesses Were Present At Assault
Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. The latest accuser in the Russell Brand trial has alleged there were witnesses...
Film Lab Africa Previews ‘TABOO’ Anthology Series At London Screening
Film Lab Africa, the British Council’s film and TV accelerator programme in Nigeria, hosted a preview screening of TABOO, a new seven-part Nigerian anthology series, during the London Film...
Domingo Corral Urges Commissioners To Ditch Conservative Thinking Or Risk Missing Next ‘La Bola Negra’: “You Cannot Reject The Other Way”
Those holding the purse strings in Spanish film and TV must not “reject” ambitious projects or they could miss the next La Bola Negra or Sîrat, according to the...
Eman SV2, Football YouTuber, Launches Frenzy Content Creator Company
EXCLUSIVE: Soccer YouTuber Eman SV2, whose channel has 6 million subscribers, is launching a creator company. Eman SV2, whose real name is Eman Balogun (no relation to American soccer...
MTV Worker Feared Being “Seen As Trouble” After Russell Brand Incident
Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. A former MTV employee has said she didn’t initially report her allegation of...
Ex-A24 Docs Chief Nicole Stott Joins Magna Studios, Oasis Doc Producer
Former A24 docs chief Nicole Stott has joined Magna Studios, the production outfit behind Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger. Stott becomes an executive producer in Magna’s non-fiction division...
Banijay Confirms Senior Leadership Structure
The newly-minted Banijay Entertainment has set out its senior leadership team following the merger with All3Media. The Survivor and The Traitors company had already installed RedBird IMI CEO Jeff...
Banijay Boss Outlines $1.1B Spend But Warns Studios Over Rewards
Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti has revealed a €1B ($1.1B) spend on “creativity” over the past four years, but has warned of trouble ahead if Hollywood studios don’t provide...
‘This City Is Ours’: Season 3 Greenlit At BBC Before Season 2 Airs
Hit BBC gangster drama This City is Ours has been greenlit for a third season before the second has even aired. The Sean Bean-starring series kicks off Season 2...
Michael Douglas Asked To Be Killed Off Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’: “They Wouldn’t Let Me”
If Michael Douglas had his way, he would’ve left the Marvel Cinematic Universe after starring in 2015’s Ant-Man and its sequel. In a new interview, the actor got real...
Netflix Earnings Come After Layoffs, Questions About What’s Next
Netflix’s flurry of C-suite changes (Peter Rice in, Bela Bajaria and others out) along with its deepest round of layoffs since 2022 are setting the company on a new...
‘Star Wars’ Headed To Super Bowl LXI For Animated Altcast On Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD
Characters from “A Galaxy Far, Far Away” are headed to Super Bowl LXI as ESPN, Lucasfilm and the NFL team up for a Star Wars alternative telecast. On Sunday, February 14,...