Channel 4 Visits ‘Murder Island’; Breaking Through The Lens Opens For 2021; Christina Ricci Thriller; Discovery+ Doubles Down On ‘Faking It’ — Global Briefs

Jack Phillips, the Colorado Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and won a very narrow victory in the U.S. Supreme Court – which was quickly misused by the Trump administration to expand anti-LGBTQ discrimination – is back in court this week.Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to bake a birthday cake for a transgender woman back in 2017.

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direct to your inboxPolice have issued a fresh call for information 12 years on from the disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence, who is suspected to have been murdered.Miss Lawrence, from York, was reported missing on March 18 2009 after she failed to turn up for a 6am shift at work at the University of York.Police believe Miss Lawrence, who was 35 at the time, was murdered, but her body has never been found.Her father Peter spent years campaigning for the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill,

 Nicky Jam  is showing us his sweetest side. The singer, songwriter, actor, and now business owner opened a bakery and coffee shop in Miami.

“Wolfwalkers” director Tomm Moore and co-director Ross Stewart joined Carlos Bustamante to talk about the making of their animated folklore feature film, which they finished off in quarantine to get it ready in time for its premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.

In Ireland today, Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart are celebrating an Oscar nom for Best Animated Feature.

EXCLUSIVE: Leading Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has struck a deal with Italian sales agent Iuvit Media Sales for two titles.

Neil Lennon insists 'it just wasn't our season' as he reflected on the end of his Celtic reign.The Irishman has spoken publicly about his exit for the first time since resigning in the wake of a fatal defeat to Ross County in February.Lennon oversaw the capitulation of the club's 10 In A Row dream and Rangers have since wrapped up the Premiership title at their rivals' expense.But the club's former captain, the only man in its history to win a Treble as both a player and manager, has only fond

true crime fanatics are wanted to take part in a new Channel 4 series.Murder Island is seeking teams of 'ordinary' telly fans to try their hand at becoming detectives to solve a murder mystery.Participants will have pathologists, forensic scientists, psychologists and more at their disposal.Teams will compete to see if they can identify the suspect and bring them to justice.STV Studios, with headquarters in Glasgow, is producing the series for Channel 4.The deadline for applications is March

Euro Truck Simulator 2 developers SCS Software have announced that the next DLC will be titled Heart of Russia.The Euro Truck Simulator 2 team explained in an announcement on their blog that the Heart of Russia DLC will include “Moscow and beyond”.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s big spending at the virtual EFM is continuing with a mighty worldwide pre-buy of around $55M for Christian Bale Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye, which will reunite the actor with director Scott Cooper.

Christina Ricci has nabbed the lead role in Monstrous, the supernatural thriller from director Chris Sivertson and screenwriter Carol Chrest. Film Mode Entertainment is handling international sales at the virtual Berlin market in partnership with Screen Media, which has acquired the world rights outside of North America, U.K., Japan and the Middle East.