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British Equity Backs Amendment Attempting To Stop Casting Directories Charge Out-Of-Work Actors Upfront Membership Fees
British actors union Equity has ramped up its public battle with casting directories like Spotlight by backing an amendment in parliament that it says would stop them charging upfront...
BBC Bullying Review Finds “No Evidence Of Toxic Culture” But Says Behavior Of Small Number Of Individuals “Disproportionately” Affects Reputation & Morale
A small number of individuals’ behavior “disproportionately” affects the BBC‘s culture, morale and reputation, a long-awaited BBC review has found, but it denied the corporation has a culture of...
‘I’m Still Here’ & Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’ Sweep Platino Awards – Full Winners List
The 12th edition of the Madrid-hosted Platino Awards, honoring the highest in Ibero-American film and television, saw major wins for the Oscar-winning Brazilian film I’m Still Here, as well...
French Giant Banijay Enters Race To Buy ITV
Banijay has been among the most acquisitive independent TV makers of recent years, and now reportedly has its sights on ITV. According to the FT, the French production and...
‘S Line’ Director Jooyoung Ahn On The Canneseries Drama, Pushing Society’s Boundaries & The Future Of Korean TV
Jooyoung Ahn, the director behind sex-meets-dystopian-tech drama series S Line, has drawn attention to the pace of change in Korean TV since the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with...
Alexander Payne Announced As Jury President At 2025 Venice Film Festival
Alexander Payne has been announced as Jury President for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, running from August 27 to September 6. The director follows in the footsteps of recent...
Brenda Blethyn & Jessica Reynolds Leading Channel 4’s ‘A Woman Of Substance’ Remake
Channel 4 has cast the leads for its upcoming remake of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman Of Substance. Double Oscar-nominee Brenda Blethyn will play the older Emma Harte and...
‘Dark Winds’ Season 3 Finale: Zahn McClarnon & Writer/Director Erica Tremblay On That Tape, Season 4 & Lifting The Fear Away
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Dark Winds Season 3 finale ‘Béésh Łį́į́ (Iron Horse)’ “I hope one day I can forgive him. But until that day,...
SAG-AFTRA National Board Overwhelmingly Approves Commercials Contracts Deal
SAG-AFTRA’s National Board overwhelmingly approved 2025’s Commercials Contracts tentative agreements reached with the Joint Policy Committee April 12, meaning the agreements will now move on to the membership for...
‘Real Women Have Curves’ But The Musical Is Thin – Broadway Review
In the second act of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, opening tonight on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre, the women working in a hot, small, ramshackle...
OutKast, Cyndi Lauper, The White Stripes & More Among 2025 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 class of inductees, and it includes seminal hip-hop duo OutKast, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer Cyndi...
’60 Minutes’ Does Segment Explaining Departure Of Executive Producer Bill Owens: “Paramount Began To Supervise Our Content In New Ways”
CBS News’ 60 Minutes ended this evening with a segment on the surprise departure of executive producer Bill Owens, a move that has drawn a great deal of consternation...