EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed filmmaker R.J. Cutler and his production company This Machine, fresh off the announcement of Cutler’s upcoming documentary on Elton John.
10.05.2022 - 00:57 / ok.co.uk
After three decades of entertaining TV audiences, Ant and Dec are arguably the most popular duo on TV. But while the cheeky Geordie pair, both aged 46, are well-known for their loveable on-screen chemistry on shows like Britain's Got Talent and Saturday Night Takeaway, on the odd occasion they've also come under the spotlight for less favourable reasons. Perhaps the most memorable of which came in 2018, when Ant McPartlin pleaded guilty to drink-driving crashing in London.
He was fined £86,000 and checked himself into rehab for the second time in two years. But Ant battled his demons and returned to join Dec in fronting primetime hit TV shows and the pair continue to win awards for entertaining the nation's viewers. For all your TV and Celebrity News updates, sign up to our daily OK! newsletter.
Award blunder In 2005, the pair were wrongly named as the People's Choice winners, when it was the Catherine Tate Show which received the highest number of votes.TV regulator Ofcom imposed an £80,000 fine on ITV, Ant and Dec returned the award in 2008 and it was sent to Catherine Tate.The duo were said to be "completely appalled" by the error. Blackface In 2020 Ant and Dec issued an apology for past sketches in which they used disguises during an undercover sketch for Saturday Night Takeaway.The pair dressed up in blackface to impersonate two fictional Jamaican women, Patty and Bernice. Ant and Dec used exaggerated accents to prank cast members of British soap opera, Emmerdale, in a scene at the Woolpack Pub.
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed filmmaker R.J. Cutler and his production company This Machine, fresh off the announcement of Cutler’s upcoming documentary on Elton John.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAidan Gillen, who played Littlefinger in “Game of Thrones,” and Sandrine Bonnaire, a best actress winner at Venice for “La cérémonie,” have joined Gabriel Byrne in Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” directed by Oscar-winner James Marsh.Film Constellation has closed pre-sales on the film in Australia/New Zealand (Icon), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Greece (Filmtrade), Hungary (Vertigo Media), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Taiwan (Cai Chang). Pay TV outlet Sky developed the film as a Sky Original in the U.K.Marsh, best-known for “The Theory of Everything,” for which Eddie Redmayne won an Oscar, and Oscar-winner “Man on Wire,” will start shooting the film on May 30 in Budapest.
The mere appearance of Jennifer Lopez at the 2021 inauguration of President Joe Biden affirmed her primacy in the interlocked realms of fashion, music, and cultural influence. Her proclamation a few moments later, “Una nación, bajo Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos!” cemented her status as a beacon to a Latino community in America who had been subjected to demonization by the racially charged dogma of the previous administration.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDirector Peter Jackson’s eight-hour documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” is set to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray this summer, with the sprawling doc from 2021 finally available in physical editions July 12.If there’s a sense of deja vu to that announcement, it’s because these home video editions were already previously announced to come out six months earlier, but that release was scotched before it happened due to a defect that was detected in the discs.“The Beatles: Get Back” has been originally scheduled to come out Feb. 8, after an initial announcement Jan.
Joshua Bassett is going on tour – Just Jared Jr There is big Bridgerton news – Celebitchy This photo of Kris Jenner‘s various fridges and freezers is getting attention – Popsugar There is some big Pixar news – Just Jared Jr
Coleen Rooney has told the High Court about her marriage issues after her husband Wayne Rooney’s arrest for drink-driving. The TV star is currently locked in a legal battle with fellow Wag Rebekah Vardy, who is suing her for libel over accusations she leaked stories to the press in what has been dubbed the Wagatha Christie case. Mrs Rooney is now giving evidence in the trial, following Mrs Vardy’s tearful stint in the witness box in which she insisted she did not leak stories to the press (and said she did not know who Davy Jones was).
EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has acquired British drag doc City of Queens, the Sky doc which features star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Bimini Bon Boulash.
Sky Orders Soccer Transfer Window Docs Series ‘The Window’ From Universal Pictures Content Group & Pitch Productions
Naman Ramachandran Following two pandemic-caused online editions, Sunny Side of the Doc, the international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences, has unveiled the pitch selection for its 33rd edition.48 projects from 22 countries will be presented across eight pitch sessions across three genre categories – global issues, wildlife and conservation, and science, history, arts and culture. The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.The event has achieved a perfect 50/50 gender balance among the directors of the selected projects.
Alex Gibney’s upcoming Boris Becker documentary is heading to Cannes, with Lorton Entertainment set to launch sales on the title on the Croisette next week.
Ending the drama? Olivia Rodrigo’s love triangle — and subsequent drama — with Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter made headlines after the trio each released songs about their experience, but the two women have appeared to make peace.
EXCLUSIVE: The team behind Gloria: I Will Survive, a feature documentary about the artist, has grown strong and learned how to get along.