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Mark Labbett has opened up about working on The Chase and revealed that the format of the show was originally different, but TV bosses made a last-minute change. Mark, 58, who is known as The Beast, appears on the ITV game show as a Chaser, alongside Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis. One Chaser appears in each episode with contestants hoping to beat them, but most fail to do so due to the Chasers' incredible general knowledge skills.

Prime Video has picked up the family drama series The Baxters, from LightWorkers Media, the faith and family-focused company founded by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey which is owned by Amazon MGM Studios through Amazon’s the acquisition of LightWorkers parent MGM.

Emma Roberts opened up about her experience filming American Horror Story: Delicate with Kim Kardashian.

Naman Ramachandran Indian star Shruti Haasan will headline India-U.K. film co-production “Chennai Story.” Haasan, who is also a renowned musician, has acting credits across India’s various language film industries and in the U.S. and U.K.

“Ted” star Max Burkholder’s association with series creator Seth MacFarlane dates back to Burkholder’s childhood.“I did voiceover work for [MacFarlane’s series] ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad,’ ‘The Cleveland Show,’ so in a weird way I’ve been working with Seth in some capacity for 20 years,” Burkholder, 25, told The Post.“And just because I was a little kid hanging around the ‘Family Guy’ offices, when it came time for the table read for the first ‘”Ted” movie, they needed someone to play the creepy little kid character — and so I did that when I was probably around 10.” “Ted,” streaming on Peacock, is a prequel to the 2012 and 2015 movies (“Ted” and “Ted 2“) in which a foul-mouthed talking teddy bear, Ted (MacFarlane), is brought to life by his pal, 30-year-old John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg in both movies) — and eventually interferes with John’s love life.Burkholder plays 16-year-old John in the TV adaptation, set in 1993 in Framingham, Mass., as John adapts to high school — helped (or hindered) by Ted (voiced by MacFarlane and brought to life via sophisticated computer animation).Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach play John’s Archie Bunker-type father, Matty, and good-natured mother, Susan; his older, liberal cousin, Blaire (Giorgia Whigam), attends Emerson College and lives with the family due to a sketchy situation with her parents.Burkholder said he was very conscientious about nailing John’s Boston accent.“I worked very hard on that,” he said.

It’s been a dramatic month for Denmark’s royal family, with Queen Margrethe announcing her abdication in favour of her elder son, the new King Frederik.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Carla Gutierrez is known in the documentary community for her work as a film editor. She was behind Oscar nominated docs “RBG” and “La Corona” as well as Emmy winner “Julia.” But in 2022, after two decades of editing, Gutierrez decided to direct “Frida,” a docu about iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, which has its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival this week. “A few months before we started working on ‘Frida,’ I would say, ‘I’m really content with editing.’ I had no thoughts of directing, but her story really pulled me in and I realized I have to direct this (film).

EXCLUSIVE: Rosa Salazar (Captain America: Brave New World) has booked the female lead in Play Dirty, Shane Black’s crime thriller for Amazon MGM Studios, also starring Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield. Details as to her role are under wraps.

Cast reunions paying homage to milestone comedy and drama series from the past few decades were one of last night’s Emmy Awards’ main attractions. Taking place on a stage that recreated a signature setting from the show, the reunions brought back together stars from Grey’s Anatomy, The Sopranos, Cheers, Martin and Ally McBeal.

If you were watching the 2023 Emmy Awards, you might have been waiting to see the American Horror Story reunion between Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott.

Ryan Murphy loves a TV anthology franchise. He’s already got ”American Story,” “Feud,” “American Horror Story,” “Monster,” and probably a few more we’re forgetting.

Kim Kardashian is rocking a gothic look as she pursues her acting career. Kardashian is continuing her partnership with Ryan Murphy, the creator of “American Horror Story.” She was photographed on the set of the series rocking a black gothic gown that she paired with some surprising headwear. Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian snow sled wearing couture gownsKim Kardashian and Bianca Censori: Fans surprised at their similaritiesPhotos show Kardashian stepping out of the set in New York City to take a phone call.

Denmark’s King Frederik X has taken the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe II.

Alison Herman TV Critic Looking back, 2014 was truly a different time: Obama was in office, skinny jeans still reigned supreme and “True Detective” established itself with an unabashed emphasis on masculinity. Three years earlier, Ryan Murphy had revived the anthology series with “American Horror Story,” but it took the imprimatur of HBO, massive movie stars and a “serious” genre like crime to give the format real prestige.

Sorry to everyone alive! But it looks like Dua Lipa is taken!

Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan has shared the main key to keeping the spark alive with her husband Mark Wright during their long-distance while she is away filming.The 36 year old actress has travelled far and wide for different acting jobs and has taken numerous measures to keep her marriage alive. Michelle, who is the star of Netflix's lates thriller series Fool Me Once, chatted to Fearne Cotton on her Happy Place podcast where she opened up on her relationship.

Emma Stone’s new film Poor Things includes a sex scene that had to be edited in order to fit in with UK law.The film, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster), includes a scene so contentious that if left uncut would have contravened the UK’s Protection of Children Act 1978.The darkly comedic fantasy film sees Stone’s character being brought back to life by Willem Dafoe, who plays a Frankenstein-like scientist in the film.In the scene in question, two young boys watch Stone’s Bella Baxter working as a prostitute, after their father has hired Bella to teach them how to have sex.The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which is responsible for the classification and censorship of all films and video works exhibited in UK cinemas or released on physical media, is clear that the film could not have been shown, even with an 18 certificate, unless the scene had been modified.“We originally saw this film for advice. We informed the distributor we would be likely to classify the film 18 on condition that changes be made to one short sequence depicting sexual activity in the presence of children,” said a BBFC statement.“This is in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978.

The 2024 BAFTA Rising Star nominees have been revealed!

Alex Ritman The British Academy has named the nominees for its Rising Star award for up-and-coming onscreen talent, the only honor among the BAFTA film awards to be voted on by the public. Announced more than a week before the full lineup of BAFTA nominations is unveiled on Jan.

Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor, Jacob Elordi and The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri have been nominated for the prestigious BAFTA Film Rising Star Award 2024.