‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Director-Producer Jane Wu on Geeking Out Over George Takei and ‘Suspending’ Reality Through Animation

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert continues to bring in the numbers, helped last week by David Letterman’s first return to the show since he stepped down.

Prince Edward has become more of an important working member of the Royal Family over the years and now in the reign of his older brother King Charles he is a key part of the Firm thanks to his dedication and loyal service.

be “happy to accept” an invitation to spend the holidays with the royal family, but it seems as though that sentiment is not reciprocated.The feuding brothers have been at odds ever since the Sussexes quit royal life in 2020 and hightailed it across the pond.And it looks like a reconciliation between them is not on the cards anytime soon, claims royal expert Jennie Bond.“Harry’s absence from the celebrations at Sandringham will be painfully obvious,” Bond told The Sun.“Little Archie and Lilibet should be running around with their many cousins, pulling crackers, opening presents and understanding their place in the family, connecting with their relatives even though their lives are thousands of miles away.”“But that’s not going to happen.

Post Malone has covered songs from The Proclaimers and Sublime with a local bar house band while performing in New Zealand.This past Sunday (November 19), the rapper – who currently touring Australia and New Zealand – made a special appearance at Doolan’s Irish Pub in Auckland, where he surprised patrons with covers The Proclaimers and Sublime.For his special performance, Post Malone covered The Proclaimers’ ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ and Sublime’s ‘What I Got’ with the house band at Doolan’s Irish Pub. See fan-filled footage of the covers below.I met posty last night in my bar Danny Doolans in Auckland, asked him if he could get on stage and he actually did it!!! Legend ❤️ @Post Malone #nz #aucklamd #DannyDoolans #postmalone ♬ original sound – Sydney Eady @Post Malone #auckland #dannydoolans #postmalone #500miles ♬ original sound – Jana The cover comes after Post Malone most recently performed a cover of Alice In Chains’ ‘Them Bones’ during a recent radio session on The Howard Stern Show last month.Speaking with Howard Stern during that same interview, the American rapper and singer remembered a backstage encounter with Taylor Swift, who revealed she was a fan of Posty’s ‘Better Now’ from his album ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’.“We were just passing by and she was like, ‘Oh my God! Nice to see you.

Gareth Southgate would relish locking horns again with Scotland in a Euros rerun.

George Harrison‘s widow Olivia has shared a “surprising magical” story about how The Beatles‘ ‘Now And Then’ artwork came about.In a video posted on her late husband’s official social media channels, she explained how he once bought a clock featuring the title of their final song.“We were in this store, George saw this clock made out of bits and pieces and it had some Scrabble letters and it just said ‘Now And Then’,” she said. “He was attracted to it for some reason, he just took it off the wall and bought it.

Robert Pattinson is known as a heartthrob in Hollywood following his shot to stardom after starring in the Twilight saga. However, the film’s director Catherine Hardwicke is now revealing that the studio behind the franchise was not always Team Pattinson for the role of Edward and expressed concern over his looks during the casting process.

Jordan Moreau Bowen Yang played U.S. Representative George Santos, who found himself at the center of an investigation into his campaign donation spending, during the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update. Santos was found by a House Ethics Committee report to have spent tens of thousands of campaign dollars on designer clothes and shoes, Botox, OnlyFans, personal trips and casino roulette tables.

Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor opened up during an appearance on This Morning and revealed that her eldest son Sonny has moved out of the family home to live with his grandma, Janet Ellis. Sophie, 44, opened up about her 'chaotic' family life and admitted that she struggles with the idea of not having more children. She is mum to Sonny, 19, Kit, 14, Ray, 11, Jesse, seven, and Mickey, four, with husband Richard Jones, 43, a bassist in pop group The Feeling.

A new study has revealed the best city in Scotland for a night out, and it is neither Glasgow nor Edinburgh.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor More than 800 film industry professionals in Germany and Austria have signed an open letter opposing antisemitism, with the number of signatories continuing to grow. The signatories include a wide range of directors, writers, producers and other film industry professionals.

Like many of us, Kate Middleton and Prince William have adorable nicknames for their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis - and no matter how high you are in the Royal Family, having multiple names and titles is the norm. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, like any other loving parents, have special pet names for their kids, with another separate set of names for day to day use, such as at school.

Mario Lopez had X, formerly known as Twitter, ablaze this week. The actor and TV host shared a video in September on TikTok enjoying mariscos, which made its way onto Twitter.

Valerie Wu Intern SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “Blue Eye Samurai,” titled “The Great Fire of 1657,” now streaming on Netflix. Season 1 of Netflix animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green, ended on a cliffhanger. The city of Edo burned down, and mixed-race samurai Mizu (Maya Erskine) left white man Abijah Fowler (Kenneth Branagh) alive — despite her craving his death from the very first episode.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Unscripted queer reality dating series “Boys Like Boys” is to air on Warner Bros. Discovery’s TLC channel in Taiwan in early 2024, making it the first local LGBTQ+ dating reality show to air on linear TV in the territory. The show is an original production by GagaOOLala, Asia’s out and proud LGBTQ+ streaming service, which is pitching an expanded array of queer content at the Taiwan Creative Contents Fest (TCCF) that launches Tuesday in Taipei. “Boys Like Boys” had its premiere at the Kaohsiung International Film Festival and is now available worldwide on GagaOOLala and WeTV in the Philippines and Thailand, where the ‘Boys Love’ genre has become highly popular.

Police discovered quantities of suspected cannabis, suspected cocaine and other drug paraphernalia after storming a property in Denton. During the raid yesterday (November 2) officers also found a ‘large’ amount of counterfeit money.

Ever since Married at First Sight returned to our screens last month, it’s safe to say that this series has been nothing short of dramatic since day one. From feuding couples to cheating scandals, shock re-couplings and even a fist fight, it appears nobody has escaped from the drama this season, with fans even demanding that the show take action to protect its stars after one of this years grooms, Georges Berthonneau broke down in tears on Monday’s show, 30 October.

Marta Balaga Visions du Réel winner Tomasz Wolski will focus on “A Year in the Life of the Country” next, Variety can reveal exclusively. The Polish helmer – whose latest film “In Ukraine,” co-directed with Piotr Pawlus, premiered in Berlin – is set to explore the turbulent period of martial law, imposed on Dec. 13, 1981 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski in Communist Poland after a wave of strikes.

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast. I am Valerie Complex Associate editor and film writer at Deadline!

Adult animation fans, feast your eyes on this: “Blue Eye Samurai” hits Netflix next week, from the husband and wife team of Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Some may recognize Green’s name from writing credits on “Logan” and “Blade Runner 2049,” making easy to guess what this animated limited series has in store for audiences.