Armando Iannucci Joins Growing Backlash Against Plans To Privatize Channel 4

After exiting the Netflix film “Rebel Ridge” directed by Jeremy Saulnier (“Green Room“), British actor John Boyega (“Detroit“) is reportedly looking to help out an indie drama that was about to collapse if they couldn’t find a new leading man.

Marvel just opened up the multiverse in a massive way in the first trailer for the studio’s first animated series, “What If…”The anthology series imagines alternate timelines for MCU characters, including Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) taking the super-soldier serum and becoming Captain Britain, and T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) getting picked up by Yondu (Michael Rooker) instead of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and leading the Guardians of the Galaxy. It will debut on August 11.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus, an upcoming anime spin-off of the acclaimed sci-fi franchise, has been unveiled.Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, who will both air the series, have announced the series’ cast for both its English and Japanese versions, per Deadline.

Finally after a near 15 month wait, Marvel’s long-awaited Black Widow will debut around the world after being locked up from the pandemic, and the industry’s global weekend expectation is as high as $140M.

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Dundee is believed to be in the Peebles area of the Scottish Borders. David James Montgomery was reported missing after leaving his work at Bruach Bar in Broughty Ferry on Sunday around 5.20pm.

Fellow British redheads Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran shared parenting stories at an event in London on June 30. The Duke of Sussex, 36, on Wednesday made a surprise appearance at the WellChild Awards, an annual event that celebrates the inspirational qualities of the U.K.’s ill children and young people and the people in their lives. Prior to the award, Harry attended a private party and caught up with Ed, 30, and reportedly chatted about the “juggle” of raising two children.

Ed Sheeran is opening up about his unlikely friendship with Courteney Cox and the bizarre gifts he leaves for his friend when he stays at her home. The 30-year-old British musician said that the first time he visited Los Angeles, he was brought by a mutual friend to stay at Cox's home. «She loves music, she's jamming all the time. She picked up the guitar.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William informed their eldest child Prince George that he would grow up to be king of the United Kingdom and sit on the throne when he was only seven years old. And the royal parents decided to inform their little boy close to his birthday, according to reports.

Volunteers are being sought to take part in research that may help develop a new drug treatment for opioid dependence at a study in Manchester.

The UK government has put to bed months of speculation by announcing that it will launch a review to establish whether it should sell Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind hits like It’s A Sin.

Naman Ramachandran Channel 4 bosses on Tuesday came out swinging against a U.K. government bid to privatize the “Greate British Bake Off” broadcaster.The cloud of privatization — which would significantly alter the remit of Channel 4, a publicly owned not-for-profit corporation — has been hanging over the org in recent years, and was put in sharp relief Tuesday, despite the broadcaster unveiling record audiences and revenues in its annual report for 2020.Speaking to a U.K.

Line of Duty star Martin Compston has refused to speak in his Steve Arnott English accent as Scotland play England for Euro 2021.

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