CNN unveiled an overhaul of its lineup, with Abby Phillip getting the 10 p.m. ET primetime slot, while Phil Mattingly will co-anchor CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow and Kasie Hunt will helm Early Start.
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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Apple TV+ documentary series “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” reconstructs the rise and fall of former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, whose incarceration in Japan on financial misconduct charges was followed by an extraordinary escape. Inspired by the book “Boundless” by The Wall Street Journal reporters Nick Kostov and Sean McLain, the series is directed by Emmy-winning British filmmaker James Jones (“Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes”).
The four-part doc displays a wealth of materials and interviews with key players in the saga, including Mike Taylor, the former Green Beret who masterminded Ghosn’s Houdini-like escape from Japan to Lebanon, smuggled onto a private jet in a wooden container for musical instruments. Ghosn, who is now wanted by authorities in France in addition to Japan, is living in a mansion in Beirut benefitting from the fact that Lebanon does not have extradition treaties with either country — meaning the authorities do not need to honor their arrest requests.
The high-end series is produced for Apple by London-based Box to Box and executive produced by James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin and Martin Conway, with head of video for The Wall Street Journal Amanda Wills and Daniel Rosen executive producing for The Wall Street Journal Studios. Variety, which has been given exclusive access to the “Wanted” trailer below, spoke to Jones about the complexities of this saga and to Taylor about how he paid dearly for getting Ghosn out of Japan.
How much does your doc series advance what’s out there about Ghosn? There was a [BBC] doc made called “The Last Flight” that was with his cooperation. So that was slightly compromised in that they couldn’t go to the dark side of
.CNN unveiled an overhaul of its lineup, with Abby Phillip getting the 10 p.m. ET primetime slot, while Phil Mattingly will co-anchor CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow and Kasie Hunt will helm Early Start.
Manchester’s Caribbean Carnival has been a fixture in the city for decades. A highlight of the cultural calendar, it’s a chance for our Caribbean communities to celebrate the food, music and traditions of the islands.
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Angus Cloud can now be seen by those streaming Euphoria on Max. The actor is being remembered with a special message that is shown in front of the pilot episode and the season 2 premiere of the teen drama, along with a black-and-white photo of Cloud. «In memory of Angus Cloud 1998 — 2023,» reads the tribute.In the wildly popular Sam Levinson series, Cloud portrayed the kindhearted drug dealer Fezco.
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Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag England players will face Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff tonight before head coach Steve Borthwick selects his 33-man squad for the tournament. One player in particular, 36 year old Danny Care, is expected to be one of three scrum-halves picked by the England coach.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “What’s the Deal With Independent Cinema?” was the theme of the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn think tank where a select group of European and international industry players exchanged views and took part in working sessions to discuss the state of the indie film industry. The unique event, now at it 11th edition, kicked off Thursday with an “out-of-the-box” introduction by feisty U.S.
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Since 2017, Mary Earps has been playing for the Lionesses. She is currently over in New Zealand and Australia playing in this year’s Women’s World Cup after they beat Denmark on Friday (July 28) and are set to take on China on August 1.This follows her success last year alongside her teammates as they won the Women’s Euros. But just who is Mary when she’s not standing in the nets and saving goals? Let’s find out...
Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are making their highly anticipated return to Bravo on the network’s upcoming Vanderpump Rules spinoff series.
“It’s going from a league that no-one considered to one that everyone does,” says Adam Kelly.
When we dial Locarno chief Giona A. Nazzaro’s line, he’s in the process of slipping into an air-conditioned bar where he can escape the blistering heat that has consumed Southern Europe for much of July.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Decades before Christopher Nolan set his sights on a movie about J. Robert Oppenheimer, a science-obsessed BBC executive ventured to America in 1979 to make a $1.5 million TV show about the father of the atom bomb. Peter Goodchild began his career at the BBC in radio drama, but eventually migrated to the storied “Horizon” science unit to put his chemistry degree to some use. The division began experimenting with factual dramas in the 1970s, and after delivering a hit series on French-Polish physicist Marie Curie, Goodchild set his sights on the New York-born Oppenheimer. “I’d seen a play on J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Hampstead Theatre Club way back in 1966,” the 83-year-old tells Variety from his home in Exeter, southwest England, where his Zoom background reveals a room teeming with books on heaving shelves.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Placebo singer-guitarist Brian Molko is ruffling political feathers in Italy after lashing out against the country’s right-wing Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni, calling her a “fascist” and a “racist” during a packed concert near Turin. Prosecutors in Turin have now opened an investigation against the U.S.-born frontman of the British alt-rock band following his performance last week in front of 10,000 fans at the Sonic Park festival in Stupinigi outside Turin, according to multiple press reports. Molko’s insults at Italy’s prime minister from the stage also included calling Meloni a “piece of shit.” Meloni leads the Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots and heads Italy’s most right-wing coalition government since World War II. She scored victory last September while running on anti-immigration policies, as well as plans to limit LGBTQ rights.
Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are best known as professional dancers on ABC's hit reality competition, their love story began on a different stage entirely — Broadway. The couple began as close friends over a decade ago while performing together in New York, and they remained friends for years before things turned romantic while behind the scenes at Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd's romance quickly became a fan favorite on the ballroom floor and off. They performed together for over five years at andlaunched a touring production of their own in 2018 while remaining key figures of the community. ET takes a look at their love story below. Before their time together on Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy both worked as dancers on the Broadway production a live dance show inspired by a performance at Elton John's 50th birthday party.Chmerkovskiy, originally from Ukraine, had already been in the U.S.
The Daily Record launched the Our Kids…Our Future campaign in February 2023 after a series of shocking attacks involving children across Scotland.