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The BBC’s radical overhaul of its content team is starting to shape up as it has named Syeda Irtizaali and Jo Smith as the new portfolio editors of television channels BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Four.
Under the restructure announced last December, the BBC is scrapping TV channel controller roles for the first time in decades. Instead, portfolio editors will be appointed to curate shows commissioned largely for iPlayer by genre heads with supercharged powers.
Stepping into one of these new roles is
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James Forrest is set to make his first Celtic start since September against Falkirk. The Scottish Cup holders begin their defence of the trophy against the League 1 leaders at Parkhead on Saturday evening.
BBC Four will be repositioned as an archive channel with no new programmes except for live performance broadcasts.The move is part of a cost-cutting drive across the BBC, which the corporation set five years ago with a target saving of £800m a year by March 2022.BBC Four will become the “home” of archived content but will continue to broadcast performances such as the BBC Proms, BBC Young Dancer and BBC Young Musician.
There's another Christian in the Dior family. Christian Serratos — best known for acting work in The Walking Dead franchise and for playing late pop legend Selena Quintanilla in Netflix's series Selena: The Series — has joined the house of Christian Dior as a Dior Beauty ambassador.
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The Aussie golden girl celebrated her birthday a few days early over the weekend by taking her closest pals for a good old fashion bowl - literally.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku has formed what it says is a full-fledged branded-content and advertising studio, after inking a deal with digital comedy producer Funny Or Die to hire several FOD execs and employees.Roku entered into an agreement with Funny Or Die’s branded entertainment division under which about a dozen of the company’s branded content team members will join Roku.
Angelique Jackson “Entertainment Tonight” has found its newest co-host, elevating Nischelle Turner to the top job alongside current host Kevin Frazier. With the promotion, Turner makes history as the first Black woman to serve as co-host of “ET.”“It means everything to me,” Turner tells Variety of the historic moment.
Manori Ravindran International EditorAlmost four months after the BBC reformed its television division, the corporation has appointed the two leads for its most prominent channels.Syeda Irtizaali and Jo Smith have been tapped as the two new Portfolio Editors working across BBC One and BBC Two and Four. Irtizaali will take on BBC One, while Smith will manage BBC Two and Four.
Spirit Awards website, King launched his tenure in the job by revealing the winners of three cash grants worth a total of $75,000 to emerging filmmakers.“Farewell Amor” director Ekwa Msangi received the Someone to Watch Award, which, according to Film Independent, goes to “talented filmmakers of singular vision who have not yet received appropriate recognition.” The other nominees in the category were “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” director David Midell and “Bull” director Annie