EXCLUSIVE: DeWanda Wise is set to join the ensemble cast of Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman. She joins a cast that already includes Pine, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is the network behind Rise Films’ drama on the phone hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The Salisbury Poisonings writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson and director Saul Dibb are attached and U.S. buyers are understood to be circling.
Deadline revealed Thank You & Goodbye was in development with Oscar and Emmy-winning British production company Rise in early 2021 and we now understand the show is in an advanced development stage with the British public broadcaster.
Lawn and Patterson replace Des scribe Luke Neal as writers and hook back up with Dibb, who directed The Salisbury Poisonings, which was one of the most-watched British shows of 2020. Lawn and Patterson have just written another BBC drama, Blue Lights, about three rookie Police Officers in Belfast.
U.S. buyers are already understood to be circling Thank You & Goodbye and producers are gearing up for casting.
The British phone-hacking scandal was one of the most high-profile and controversial of the past decades and Rise gained access to journalists, private investigators and perpetrators that were involved for the show, which started life as a doc.
Thank You & Goodbye examines the newsroom of the News of the World, the British tabloid that was forced to close due to the scandal, and how journalists hacked the private messages and voicemails of the likes of Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller.
The ensuing fallout led to a highly-publicized inquiry that sparked 100 arrests and changed the UK’s relationship with the tabloid press forever.
Thank You & Goodbye, a nod to the headline on the News of the World’s final edition before Murdoch shut it down, is Rise’s debut drama and the first drama to portray the scandal. The
EXCLUSIVE: DeWanda Wise is set to join the ensemble cast of Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman. She joins a cast that already includes Pine, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSUN VALLEY, Idaho — The Elon Musk watch is on.The first full day of Allen & Co.’s exclusive conference and retreat for the wealthy and well-connected concluded Wednesday at the luxe Sun Valley resort. Even among the assembled 1%-ers, there was anticipation for the arrival of the maverick leader of Tesla and SpaceX, who is expected to make an appearance at the annual meeting of moguls and C-suite titans.Following Tuesday’s many arrivals and some solo morning time, during which Verizon chief Hans Vestberg went for a run around the resort in the 6 a.m.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Rupert Murdoch will attend Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley conference this week, Variety has confirmed.The annual event colloquially known as “summer camp for billionaires” kicks off as usual on July 5 at the Sun Valley Lodge in the titular Idaho resort town. Murdoch, 91, arrived on site during the July 4th holiday on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter, two days after the Fox Corp.
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“the happiest man in the world” when the couple married in London in March 2016. In the petition, lodged with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Ms Hall said she was unaware of the full extent of Mr Murdoch’s assets and liabilities. According to Forbes, Mr Murdoch and his family are worth $17.
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It’s over. Model Jerry Hall filed for divorce from media mogul Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage, Us Weekly can confirm.
Rupert Murdoch told wife Jerry Hall their marriage was over via email and instructed her to only communicate with him via lawyers in future, it has been reported. Miss Hall, who turns 66 tomorrow (2 July), married the media mogul in 2016 and news the couple plan to divorce emerged last month, although no legal papers have yet been filed. A source close to the model told Mail Plus she is ‘heartbroken’ by the end of the marriage and blames Mr Murdoch’s children for their separation.
Rupert Murdoch reportedly might have ended his marriage with Jerry Hall via text. The couple – who got married in a lowkey ceremony in London back in March 2016 – are said to be calling time on their relationship, and it’s claimed the 91-year-old media mogul could have revealed the news in a digital message. As reported by the Daily Mail, there are rumours he delivered the news electronically – either by text or email.
Rupert Murdoch and actor Jerry Hall are reportedly getting divorced after six years. The couple married in central London in March 2016. The New York Times broke the story on Wednesday (June 22), citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the separation.
the couple’s marriage seems destined for the divorce courts. A split which came as a shock to everyone who is close to the couple may not be an entirely amicable one. Sources in the Murdoch camp are already suggesting that the media mogul has complained about the model’s behaviour, of which more later.
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The trend of the ultra-wealthy getting divorced continues — and Rupert Murdoch is the latest billionaire to call it quits with his wife!
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, his fourth wife, are said to be divorcing, according to a report in the New York Times citing two people familiar with the situation.
New York Times first reported the news, citing “two people with knowledge of the decision who would only speak anonymously.”Bryce Thom, a spokesman for Murdoch, would not comment to TheWrap, and representatives for Ms. Hall did not immediately comment.This fourth divorce for Murdoch is not believed to change his ownership and stake-holding in parent companies of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.
Rupert Murdoch has reportedly split from his wife Jerry Hall after six years of marriage.The media mogul, 91, and wife Jerry, 65, married in a lowkey ceremony in March 2016. It is Rupert's fourth marriage, having previously wed Wendi Deng, Anna Murdoch Mann and Patricia Booker.
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are reportedly parting ways.