Amazon Donates $2M To New Freelance COVID-19 Relief Fund & Phoebe Waller-Bridge-Backed Theatre Fund

The Center Stage cast is getting together again!

"It's so great on the big screen," Jenkins said during the film's panel at DC FanDome."We all worked so hard to bring something that would be a big visual spectacular great time. So we're going to stick it out.

When Suzanne Heathcote was tapped to lead the writers room for the third season of BBC America's hit Killing Eve (the show brings in a new head writer for every season), she says she didn't sleep "for months.

The first thing that Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s guests see when they come to her home is the infamous wall of penises that was featured in Fleabag.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWelcome to the Blumhouse, the eight genre movie anthology, will begin launching on Amazon Prime Video on Oct. 6, timed to Halloween in the streamer’s 240 countries and territories worldwide.The first two movies as double features to drop on that date are Veena Sud’s The Lie and Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s Black Box. Launching the following week on Oct.

Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have announced a $6 million commitment to support the European creative communities in film, TV and theater through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with donations to be made to various relief funds. The first batch of donations are being made in the U.K., with £1 million ($1.3 million) going to The Film and TV Charity to kick-start a new grants scheme to help the industry recover.

The Weeknd is continuing to open his heart and wallet with another big donation this week.

The fund set up by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman to provide grants to UK theatre professionals facing financial hardship during the coronavirus pandemic is to receive a £500,000 boost from Amazon Prime Video.

Halsey and Ariana Grande are among the stars who have donated to relief funds in the wake of a giant explosion that took place in Beirut earlier this week.The explosion, which happened in the Lebanon capital on Tuesday (August 4), has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.The New York Times reports that the explosion was caused by a fire at a warehouse at Beirut’s port, and that “highly explosive materials” that the government seized years ago were found at the blast site.Following the

The cast of “Fleabag” is celebrating a huge day following the BAFTA TV Awards on Friday.

Peter White Television EditorThe Fleabag team are sharing the spoils after Sian Clifford, who plays Claire in the comedy series, beat Phoebe Waller-Bridge to win a BAFTA TV Award.Clifford won the award for Female Performance In A Comedy Program at the virtual BAFTAs.Clifford’s highly-strung Claire, sister to Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, has an increased role in the second season of the BBC and Amazon co-pro.“This is so unexpected,” Clifford said on a digital hook-up alongside her colleague and

Fleabag might never have happened had it not been for Sian Clifford convincing Phoebe Waller-Bridge to do it, Clifford has revealed.The second and final season of the acclaimed sitcom aired in 2019 and saw Waller-Bridge winning Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Writer, ­Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – the latter seeing her becoming the first Brit to win it in 38 years.However, Clifford – who plays Claire on the show – has revealed in a new interview that

Some of the biggest names from British stage and screen have joined together to support creatives in the U.K.'s beleaguered theater industry as it struggles to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

Naman Ramachandran Award-winning actors Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman, and theater producer Francesca Moody (“Fleabag”) have created the Theatre Community Fund to support theatrical artists and professionals whose livelihoods and creative futures are threatened in the wake of COVID-19.The fund has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) so far from founding donors who include Gillian Anderson, Richard Curtis, Tim Bevan, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daisy Ridley, Danny Boyle and Andrew Scott, among many

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years.