Breaking Baz: Putin Play By ‘The Crown’s Peter Morgan Sets Sights On Broadway After Recouping In London

Mark Sutherland Money money money… As ABBA once pointed out, it’s a rich man’s world. But even after the runaway success of the “ABBA Voyage” digital live experience in London, producers say it has yet to recoup the extraordinary investment needed to put on the show. “No, we haven’t broken even,” says producer Svana Gisla.

“The Crown” will hang up their tiaras and teacups after the hit Netflix drama concludes this fall.As anticipation for the royal series builds, the streamer released just a tiny tidbit of what’s to come when Season 6 premieres later this year.The company posted a tweet on Monday teasing one plot point of the season — Prince (now King) Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (now Queen Camilla)’s 2005 wedding.Alongside a scene showing the nuptials’ wedding invite, they wrote: “After six seasons, seven years and three casts, @TheCrownNetflix comes to an end later this year.”“We’ll be back with more soon, but here’s a hint at what’s to come in our final season.”The card noted the marital ceremony as April 9, 2005, at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — details that mirror real life, as Camilla, 75, and Charles, 74, did wed on that date and place.Camilla was given the title of the Duchess of Cornwall following her marriage.

The sixth and final season of The Crown will feature Prince Charles (now King Charles III) getting married to Camilla Parker-Bowles.

EXCLUSIVE: Emerald Fennell likened making Saltburn, her dangerously dark comedy of class and lack of manners, “to taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

Do you remember the mischievous charm of Zack Morris, the beloved troublemaker from the iconic series Saved By The Bell? Mark-Paul Gosselaar, the actor behind this fresh-faced character, recently stepped out looking unrecognisable 30 years on from the hit 90s show’s finale Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who starred as the young heartthrob for four years, rocked up to the recent 90s Con festival in Connecticut sporting dark locks and glasses – a far cry from his character Zack’s iconic blonde ‘do. Mark-Paul was already making waves even before his days in Bayside High.

Austin Sipes, student symposium coordinator for the Telluride Film Festival, checked in this year’s class that had traveled far and wide to participate in what he termed as a “life-changing” immersion into the intricacies of filmmaking.

EXCLUSIVE: The Telluride Film Festival, held in an old mining town high up in a picturesque alpine valley in the Rockies, marks its 50th anniversary this week, and Oscar-winning Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins undoubtedly is one of its favorite sons.

Zendaya is eager to enter her villain era.

Russia's investigative committee has announced that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of mercenary group Wagner, has died in a plane crash.

Tom Morello played a set at the re-opening of the United States’ only unionised strip club this week – see footage below.Last year, workers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Los Angeles went on strike, criticising a workplace “full of belligerently drunk men who push our boundaries and often scare us.”Since then, they have become members of the Actors’ Equity Association and become the only unionised strip club in the country.During the re-opening on Thursday (August 24), Morello joined the celebrations with a short set having joined the workers on the picket line across their strike.See footage from the celebration below.Earlier this month, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist played a surprise set on the picket line in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood.Speaking before the performance, Morello told NME he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with striking actors and writers: “They’re making history here on the sidewalk in front of Paramount Studios and I’m here to support them and express my solidarity.”The guitarist, who described himself as a “proud union man”, applauded the actors and writers for “flexing their power and showing what solidarity means.”Earlier this summer, Morello became an honorary Italian citizen and been given the keys to his ancestral hometown.It was revealed that the star’s great-great-grandfather Carlo left the town of Pratiglione to live in the United States in the late 1800s.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker George C. Wolfe was not interested in doing what he termed “icon crap” in his movie Rustin, about the multi-layered life of Bayard Rustin, regarded as one of the most influential organizers of the Civil Rights Movement and the architect of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place 60 years ago this week.

Idris Elba has been named as the UK’s top choice to play the next James Bond, according to a new poll.Conducted by William Hill Vegas, the nationwide survey polled 3,500 Bond fans, asking them to name their ideal pick to take over from Daniel Craig, whose tenure as 007 came to an end with No Time To Die.Elba, who has previously been linked with the role, emerged at the very top of the list with 17.5 percent of the public’s vote.His fellow long-term frontrunner Tom Hardy came just behind on 16.6 percent, narrowly ahead of Henry Cavill on 16.5 percent.However, those wishing to see any of these three actors take up the mantle of 007 are likely to be disappointed, given that franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have previously stated that the next actor will need to be in their early 30s, and be able to commit to the role for at least 10 year.One of the current favourites to become the next Bond is 33-year-old Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who recently refused to rule out the casting.Elsewhere in William Hill Vegas’ survey, fans were also asked to vote for their all-time favourite Bond movie.Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, topped the list with 17.5 percent of the vote, far ahead of the second-placed Goldfinger (8.5 percent), starring the late Sean Connery.

An executive producer of The Crown has said Diana, Princess of Wales’s death in season six will be recreated sensitively. Speaking as part of a panel at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Suzanne Mackie told the Edinburgh Book Festival it was important for the team behind the hit series to be “sensitive”. She said: “The show might be big and noisy, but we’re not.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the international trailer for Roman Polanski’s ensemble dark comedy The Palace ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Elon Musk says that he plans to make another move that will complicate news media outlets effort to draw traffic to their content on Twitter/X.

EXCLUSIVE: Troy Kotsur, the Oscar-winning star of CODA, will open the inaugural edition of the Little Venice Film Festival.

not doing just fine. The Killers issued an apology Wednesday after pulling a Russian audience member on stage during a tour stop in the country of Georgia — and asking the audience to declare him their “brother.” In the statement that was posted to X, the band claimed that they “did not mean to upset anyone and apologize.” “We don’t know the etiquette of this land but this guy’s a Russian,” said Flowers,42, in a social media clip.

Naman Ramachandran James Hawes‘ Holocaust drama “One Life” will be the American Express Gala at the 67thBFI London Film Festival. The film tells the true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to WWII, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Fifty years later, in 1988, Winton is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England.

Rami Malek and Emma Corrin seemed to confirm their 'new relationship’ as they were spotted on a lunch date. The Bohemian Rhapsody star, 42, and The Crown star, 27, were 'seen kissing' in a restaurant and holding hands during a stroll.The pair sat down for a meal at the Buoy and Oyster restaurant in Margate, Kent, where they shared a seafood platter and two bottles of wine. Earlier this month, they were said to be strolling hand-in-hand on Hampstead Heath in North London.

Oppenheimer has passed $500million (£392m) at the global box office, making it the most successful WW2 film ever.Cillian Murphy stars in Christopher Nolan‘s critically acclaimed film as Robert J. Oppenheimer, the real-life American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb.This past weekend, the film passed the huge box office milestone and its total figure now sits at $552.9m.According to Box Office Mojo, that takes it beyond Dunkirk ($527m), Saving Private Ryan ($482m), and Pearl Harbor ($449m) to become the highest grossing film of all time to be set during the second world war.However, it is still lagging behind its box office rival Barbie, which hit $1bn at the global box office this weekend.Oppenheimer scored a glowing five-star review from NME upon its release, with Paul Bradshaw writing: “Not just the definitive account of the man behind the atom bomb, Oppenheimer is a monumental achievement in grown-up filmmaking.