The Idol, The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s divisive HBO series, has been canceled, Variety reports. The show debuted earlier this year and will end after just one season.
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K.J. Yossman “Call My Agent” U.K. — launched locally as “Ten Percent” — will not return for a second season, Variety can confirm.
The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in April 2022 to high hopes. The original series, titled “Dix Pour Cent” (“Ten Percent”) in France, was a sleeper hit, spawning four seasons and turning its cast, including Camille Cottin and Assaad Bouab, into international stars. Cottin will next be seen in Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” and Guy Nattiv’s “Golda,” while Bouab recently had roles in “Inventing Anna” and “Bad Sisters.” The self-referential show, set in the offices of a Parisian talent agency, was also known for its many celebrity cameos including Monica Belluci, Sigourney Weaver and Juliette Binoche, who would play exaggerated versions of themselves.
The U.K. adaptation, which was a co-production between Amazon Studios, Bron and Headline Pictures, debuted with a similarly starry cast list, including cameos from Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West and David Harewood. It was crafted and written by showrunner John Morton (“W1A”).
However Variety understands that despite a positive reception, numerous set backs — including the departure of Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown a few months after the show’s launch, the great streamer reset over the past year and the collapse of Bron Studios last month — meant a second season didn’t have a chance to get off the ground. The French version of the show originally launched in 2015, but found a new audience on Netflix during the first pandemic lockdowns of 2020. Its success spawned numerous local adaptations, including
.The Idol, The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s divisive HBO series, has been canceled, Variety reports. The show debuted earlier this year and will end after just one season.
Witney Carson and Lindsay Arnold are updating “Dancing with the Stars” fans about their fate as pro dancers on the upcoming 32nd season.
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The upcoming 32nd season of Dancing With The Stars will be without Witney Carson. The longtime DWTS pro dancer announced the news Sunday that she would not be returning in a video on TikTok.
Witney Carson is the next pro dancer who will not be returning to the dance floor for Dancing With The Stars.
A controversial US preacher who said gay marriage was "a sin" will appear at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow next year after suing the owners for cancelling a previous event.
Kim Cattrall finally made her much-discussed return to the universe on Thursday's season 2 finale of. The 67-year-old actress, who previously said she was done playing Samantha Jones in the franchise, returned to make a quick phone call to Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a sweet exchange that took place in the show's first five minutes.Samantha calls Carrie «f**king furious» because her flight is delayed and she had wanted to surprise her friend for her «Last Supper» meal to say goodbye to her old apartment.
Fourteen more celebrity recruits have signed up to test their mettle (and sanity) on the second season of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, bowing Sept. 25 on Fox.
Beyoncé has requested that fans attending her upcoming shows arrive wearing silver, in honour of Virgo season.The iconic pop star is currently embarking on her tour of the US, celebrating the release of her seventh studio album, ‘Renaissance’, which was released last July. Now, for her upcoming run of live performances, she has asked fans to arrive clad in silver.The run of shows will take place during the astrological Virgo season – the same birth sign that the singer-songwriter was born under.“Virgo season is upon us,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories.
And Just Like That… here comes season 3 of the “Sex and the City” spinoff.
Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual assault victims, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, have gotten the green light from a California appeals court on Friday to take their accusations to trial.
Author Jeff Pearlman is imploring fans to back HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” so that it can possibly stretch into a third season.
Michael Cera is reprising his role as Scott Pilgrim!
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The French drama “The Pot-au-Feu,” one of the breakout hits at the Cannes Film Festival and one of the movies that could represent France at the Academy Awards, has received a new title, Variety has learned exclusively. Now under its new title — “The Taste of Things” – the movie will also have a qualifying run to be considered in all general categories, including best picture.
Sophia Scorziello editor Michael Cera reunites with Sex Bob-Omb — this time in animated form — for Netflix’s upcoming anime “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The eight-episode series is helmed by animation studio Science Saru, and follows the cult-favorite story of bass-playing title character Scott Pilgrim and his battle of the bands and the exes. The new Netflix show follows Edgar Wright’s 2010 action rom-com “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” which was based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
The View will start its 27th season next month with all of the co-hosts returning.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent “The View” will welcome back all of its co-hosts next season, keeping moderator Whoopi Goldberg at the table alongside fellow returnees Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro for Season 27, Variety has learned exclusively. The co-hosts’ return for another season comes as “The View” ended the 2022-2023 TV season on a high note, ranking No. 1 among all daytime talk shows among both households and total viewers.
TLC has renewed Match Me Abroad for a second season.
Vanna White.Puck News reported Friday that White, 66, isn’t working the show’s annual “Teachers Week” this season after being diagnosed with COVID-19 — her absence coinciding with her ongoing contract negotiations.The longtime letter-turner reportedly contracted the virus in late July while “Wheel of Fortune” taped its teacher episodes, which are scheduled to air in October. Now a source is explaining why filming couldn’t wait until White got better.“Teachers had already arrived in L.A.
Olivia Rodrigo officially exited her role as Nini on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in season 3 — and there weren’t any plans to bring her back for the final episodes.