By Amanda N'Duka
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By Tom Grater
International Film Reporter
Potboiler Television, the small-screen wing of Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood’s UK production house, has won rights to Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.
The book, published last year, made Evaristo the first black woman ever to win the Booker Prize. It stayed on the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller List for nine consecutive weeks and was the second-best-selling literary fiction hardback of 2019. It has recently been long
By Amanda N'Duka
LONDON -- Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Monday at a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Casinos are quintessential themes that you will often see in the movies. From action to comedy, among other genres, card dealers have been featured prominently in several titles. Below, we’ll talk about some of the top card dealer and casino moments that made it in iconic films.
The National Lottery EuroMillions draw results are in.
By Jake Kanter
By Andreas Wiseman
U.K. songwriters and composers body The Ivors Academy has postponed this year's Ivors, the annual awards show celebrating excellence in British and Irish songwriting.
U.K. songwriters and composers body The Ivors Academy has postponed this year's Ivors, the annual awards show celebrating excellence in British and Irish songwriting. Citing public health concerns due to the global coronavirus pandemic, organizers now say the event will take place Sept. 2 instead of May 21.
© Getty Elton John performs at Mt Smart Stadium on February 16, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. Elton John has accelerated plans for his latest musical by collaborating with one of the UK's top directors on a show about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Led Zeppelin scored a win in the copyright infringement battle over the rock band's "Stairway to Heaven" song, according to reports. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld on Monday a jury's verdict that Zeppelin did not rip the instrumental intro from Spirit's hit "Taurus." The legal battle began back in 2014, when Michael Skidmore, an heir for Spirit frontman Randy Wolfe, sued the British rockers for infringement.
Raindog Films, the U.K. production company co-founded by actor Colin Firth and music industry veteran Ged Doherty, is to expand into TV drama, music content and documentaries after winning investment from the U.K. Creative Content EIS Fund.
The National Lottery EuroMillions draw results are in.
A kebab house that serves an entirely plant-based menu is heading to Manchester this May.
By Jake Kanter
The Love Hypothesis, the upcoming YA novel by British author Laura Steven, has been optioned by U.K. production banner Lime Pictures for TV.