DJ Steve Sutherland has tragically died. The iconic selector gained a huge following for his shows on radio stations Choice FM and Galaxy FM - just two highlights of a glittering career.
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Steve McQueen is calling out the British film and television industry for what he describes as “blatant racism.”
The director of Oscar-winning drama “12 Years a Slave” shares his views in a new op-ed for The Guardian about the “shameful” lack of diversity he’s encountered on the sets of TV series and films in the U.K., particularly compared to what he’s experienced on U.S. sets.
“Last year, I visited a TV-film set in London. It felt like I had walked out of one environment, the London I was
DJ Steve Sutherland has tragically died. The iconic selector gained a huge following for his shows on radio stations Choice FM and Galaxy FM - just two highlights of a glittering career.
Meghan Markle is currently engrossed in a heated legal battle against a British Tabloid, who she sued for publishing quotes from a private and confidential letter that she had written to her father, Thomas Markle, three months after her royal wedding with Prince Harry in 2018.
After the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday “threatened” to reveal the names of Duchess Meghan's five friends who gave anonymous interviews in her defense, she has attempted to block the British tabloid’s “vicious” attempt to create “clickbait” out of their ongoing court case, according to a new legal statement obtained by BAZAAR.com.In her response, the Duchess of Sussex has accused the publisher of trying to expose her friends “in the public domain for no reason other than
Jake Kanter International TV EditorMeghan Markle seeks court order Meghan Markle is seeking a court order preventing the Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers from naming five of her friends as part of an ongoing legal dispute, according to reports.
With the recent Cannes Virtual Market leading the charge of new-look online-only film markets — likely to become the norm until the novel coronavirus pandemic comes under control — the British Film Institute has introduced a new fund to help sales companies adapt.
Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched a £500,000 ($625,000) bailout fund for U.K. sales companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The BFI COVID-UK Sales Company Organisational Fund is open to applications for a four-week period from July 6.
reports Deadline.Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917, moving to the U.K in 1939. He joined the British Merchant Navy and by 1941 had his first role in a play called “Chu Chin Chow”. “When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything.
Also Read: Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein, Popular Twitch Streamer, Dies at 31He went on to appear in TV series like “Doctor Who” in 1966 and “ITV Playhouse” and “ITV Play of the Week” in the 1960s, as well as the series “Jackanory” from 1971 to 1975.In 1965, he played James Bond’s assistant Pinder in “Thunderball.” He later went on to appear in films like 1955’s “Simba” as Karanja, in 1965’s “Guns at Batasi” as Captain Abraham, in 1956’s “Safari” as Jeroge, and in 1976’s “The Message,” as
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEarl Cameron, who was among the first Black actors to break into significant roles in British film, died on Friday at age 102. His agent confirmed his death and said he “passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire.Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K.
September 2019 issue of British Vogue she guest-edited, titled "Forces for Change," just won a major award. The PPA (Professional Publishers Association) awarded the issue Diversity Initiative of the Year, British Vogue editor Edward Enninful—who won Consumer Editor of the Year—revealed on Instagram.
Sharon Stone revealed she was devastated over the news that her ex, Steve Bing, had died. The 62-year-old spoke to Extra in the wake of the prominent film producer’s death by suicide on June 22. “This is really hard. I had a really hard time with it,” she began. “He’s a complicated person who I didn’t think always made good decisions … It’s a tough one. It’s a very tough one.”
More than 3,500 workers in the British film and TV industry have signed an open letter calling for senior figures and decision makers to make several "strategic commitments" to reshape the landscape of the sector and "tackle structural and systemic racism." The letter comes a week after the Black Film Collective issued a similar statement to Hollywood, with its creators — including producer Nisha Parti (The Boy With the Top Knot), actor-writer Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), actor Indira
Jake Kanter International TV EditorMore than 3,500 film and TV professionals, including top British actors and creatives, have signed an open letter to the UK screen industry demanding an end to “systemic racism.”The missive was adapted from a “powerful and eloquent” letter published in Hollywood last week and its signatories include Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Jane Featherstone and David Yates.You can read the full letter below, but at its core are four demands:Other notable
Tom Grater International Film Reporter12 Years A Slave filmmaker Steve McQueen has called out “blatant racism” in the UK’s film and TV industries.Writing in an op-ed for newspaper The Observer, the Oscar winner said he was tired of listening to excuses and hoping for action. He stated that the UK is “far behind” the U.S.
12 Years A Slave director said the race imbalance in the industries was “blindingly, obviously wrong”.Writing in this weekend’s Observer, McQueen called for the fast-tracking of BAME trainees within the film and television industries.“Yes, I’m fed up,” McQueen wrote. “I don’t want to hear anyone say, ‘Oh yes, it’s terrible’ ever again.