Darren Barnett says the new Victoria’s Secret Pink gender neutral line reflected his 'own style'

ITV has revealed its plans to reboot the popular talent show set on finding new talent for West End shows. Any Dream Will Do was aimed at finding a new leading man to play Joseph in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest production.

plays Alice, a woman trapped in an emotionally abusive marriage whose friends attempt to help her separate fact from manipulation, in the upcoming Toronto Film Festival feature Alice, Darling. And it's a subject that hits close to home.When she first read the script, written by Alanna Francis, Kendrick told , "I was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Two more awards shows went gender neutral last week, fueling further speculation about the day when major awards shows — think Oscars, Emmys and (yes) Golden Globes — might follow suit and drop the distinction between “actor” and “actress” in their respective competitions. Organizers behind the Spirit Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards are following the examples set by the Recording Academy, MTV and the Gotham Film & Media Institute. The announcements by Film Independent on Aug. 23 and the Canadian Academy on Aug. 25 follow the July decision by backers of the British Independent Film Awards to eliminate gendered categories with this year’s competition.

Jacqueline Jossa has had quite the summer with plenty of sunsoaked breaks.The former EastEnders actress, 29, has been holidaying in Disneyland and Butlins with her family over the past few months. And ahead of the school year starting and her youngest daughter Mia, four, starting primary school, the family headed off to Marbella and joining Jacqueline was husband Dan Osborne, their daughters Ella and Mia, and his son Teddy who he shares with ex Megan Tomlin. As the family prepared to head home and back to work and school Jacqueline took some time to reflect upon the trip and how it helped her find the “key to her happiness”.

MTV Video Music Awards. Since MTV launched in 1981, the silver trophy – originally named the “Moonman” – has depicted an astronaut planting a flag with the MTV logo on the moon’s surface. While the iconic statue has received few makeovers over the years, it was recently given a more gender neutral name.

Canada’s top film and television awards are going gender-neutral.

Heidi Klum is indisputably not only one of the world's most recognizable faces, but she is synonymous with the Victoria's Secret Angels, an exclusive group of models who have promoted the legacy brand for decades.MORE: Heidi Klum displays baby bump in stunning embellished underwearThe star was first attached to the brand in the late 1990's, and their collaboration made her the very first German model to join the Angels.Now, as a light is shed on the controversial happenings of the brand thanks to a new Hulu documentary titled Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons, the model is opening up about what her experience was really like.WATCH: Heidi lounges in pastel pink bikiniMORE: Heidi Klum steals the show on AGT after daughter Leni's send offThe documentary, by journalist-turned-director Matt Tyrnauer, "shines a critical light on the rise and fall of Victoria's Secret under Leslie 'Les' Wexner," particularly his ties to disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who was once his financial advisor.When asked about the company's dark history and allegations of sexual misconduct while on the Just for Variety podcast, she admitted: "Hearing all these stories pop up to me is mind-blowing when they accuse different people of different things."She revealed that she watched the first episode of the Hulu documentary, however her reaction was: "I'm like, 'My gosh, did this really happen?' I don't know." Heidi was 25-years-old when she joined the AngelsThe AGT judge explained: "So I was always waiting to get more insight, but… it never came.

Naman Ramachandran The Canadian Screen Awards will transition to gender neutral performance categories for lead and supporting performers in the film and television awards streams from 2023. The move will see an increase in the number of nominations per category from five to eight. The change follows a large-scale five-year consultation effort, which included 40 key industry organizations. The Canadian Screen Awards have awarded gender neutral performance categories in the digital media awards stream since 2019. The performance categories in film and television for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented as follows:

Heidi Klum is one of the most popular models to work with Victoria’s Secret over the years, but she doesn’t appear in Hulu’s tell-all docuseries “Victoria’s Secret: Demons and Angels”, which looks at the dark side of the iconic lingerie brand.

EXCLUSIVE: Joaquim de Almeida (Fast X), Darren Barnet (Never Have I Ever), Kevin Carroll (Showtime’s Let the Right One In) and JD Pardo (Mayans M.C.) have signed on for roles in Prime Video’s reimagining of the 1989 MGM film Road House, which has entered production in the Dominican Republic.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Heidi Klum may have been one of the most famous models associated with Victoria’s Secret, but she says she turned down an invite to be interviewed for Hulu’s “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons.” “They asked me if I wanted to be part of it,” Klum tells me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “And I was like, ‘If you’re looking for a negative story, you’re barking up the wrong tree because I had the most wonderful time there.’” Matt Tyrnauer’s three-episode series paints a picture of Victoria’s Secret as a company that was plagued by wide-spread misogyny and sexual misconduct. It also explores former CEO Les Wexner’s disturbing ties to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Klum says she watched the first episode but “hardly anyone I knew was on that show,” she says. “I didn’t know who all of those people were.” She describes her experience with the lingerie brand as “the best time ever.”

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will now feature gender-neutral film and television acting categories ahead of its 2023 show. In addition to the new terms, and "in response to rising costs of production," the nonprofit also raised its budget cap by nearly $8 million to $30 million, the organization said Tuesday.

In a surprise move, Film Independent shook up their annual Independent Spirit Awards this morning. The hipper sibling of the Oscars became yet another awards show to make the change to gender-neutral for its awards categories.

Wilson Chapman editor The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards will implement gender neutral acting categories, Film Independent announced on Tuesday. The award ceremony, which honors the best in independent filmmaking and television production, will now present three film acting awards and two TV acting awards that are all gender neutral. The gendered film categories — male lead, female lead, male supporting and female supporting — have been eliminated, in favor of a lead performance and supporting performance category. Both will feature 10 nominees each, as opposed to the gendered categories which included five nominees. In addition, a new best breakthrough performance category has been added, which will feature five nominees of any gender.

Following the lead of several other awards groups, Film Independent is going gender-neutral for its Independent Spirit Awards.

now open, with the deadlines for film submissions being Aug. 30 (early deadline), Sept.

Vanessa Bryant gave a very emotional testimony during her latest day in court.