Colin Firth Will Star in 'The Staircase'; His First TV Role In 25 Years

football players growing up in North Carolina, Chase Rice had his sights set on the NFL. After an outstanding sophomore season with the Tar Heels, that goal seemed realistic.Then the linebacker who tore up the ACC in 2006 tore up his left ankle in the season opener as a junior.

John Corbett will be reprising his role as Aidan Shaw in the reboot of Sex and the City, he has confirmed.The 59-year-old starred opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, playing her character Carrie Bradshaw's one-time fiancé, in the hit US show from 2000 to 2003.

Netflix’s Outer Banks has added Carlacia Grant to its season two cast. She will join the YA series in a recurring role opposite Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey and more.

Queen Elizabeth II is back to her royal duties after the death of her husband of over 70 years, Prince Phillip. According to the BBC, the queen hosted a private event at Windsor Castle Tuesday.

Very busy and important! Bridget Jones’s Diary is turning 20 years old this year, but Ms. Jones and her friends are just as cool as they were in the early ‘00s.

The News & Observer, a Raleigh-based paper.Williamson and Speight claim they reported Patrick’s comments to a captain and to then-Chief of Operations Richard Johnson. Williamson also told then-Sheriff Donnie Harrison, who asked about what had been said in the training.Harrison demoted Patrick for the incident.

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The Married at First Sight season six contestants shot to fame earlier this year when the show aired in the UK, thanks to the high-drama they treated us to. Controversial star Lizzie Sobinoff, who was ill-matched with Sam Ball on the show, is still making headlines today, mostly with her changing beauty look.The Aussie beauty, 30, has just surprised fans again with a whole new hair transformation, which sees her ditch her waist-length extensions for a short and natural brunette crop.

90 Day Fiance star Jorge Nava has entered fatherhood! The former reality star welcomed his first child with his new girlfriend, whose identity remains unknown, on April 7. “There’s no love that can match what I have for my family,” the new dad gushed in the caption of his Instagram post, announcing the happy news. “I love them more than anything in this world.” The 32-year-old totally surprised fans when he revealed he and his girlfriend were expecting a little bundle of joy.

Searchlight Pictures and Sam Mendes are teaming on the director’s next project with Searchlight boarding Empire of Light with Mendes on set to direct and Olivia Colman in negotiations to star. This will mark Mendes first film since his Oscar-nominated 1917 and will also mark the first time both he and Colman have worked together. The film will also re-team Mendes with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who won an Oscar for his work on 1917.

Also Read: 'Genius: Aretha': Why Aretha Franklin's Family Says They Won't Watch the SeriesBrooks told Forbes that once she was offered the role in “Mahalia,” she studied everything she could to make sure she nailed Jackson’s booming contralto voice. “I immediately started grabbing books and telling my team at the time that I was interested in seeing where this could go,” Brooks said.

Colin Firth has signed on to star in the upcoming adaptation of “The Staircase”.

Thanks to the rise of true-crime docuseries over the past decade, there is more interest than ever before in some of the most ridiculous criminal cases to ever hit the news.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterColin Firth will play Michael Peterson in a series adaptation of “The Staircase,” which has been ordered to series at HBO Max.HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of the limited series, which is based on the docuseries of the same name and various books and reports on the Peterson case. Peterson was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen, in 2001.

The Staircase was one of the first true-crime documentaries to break out into mainstream culture when it was released in 2004.

The team behind the widely-popular Serial podcast will take on election fraud with the limited audio series The Improvement Association.