Steve Clarke is considering sending out a striker SOS for young gun Tommy Conway.
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When “Expats” showrunner and director Lulu Wang was penning the script for episode 4, she featured a scene where Hilary gets trapped in the elevator with her mother. But little did she know, actress Sarayu Blue was claustrophobic. “That’s my biggest fear,” Blue says.
Wang tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that she learned about Blue’s unease when the production, which shot during COVID, was in quarantine. “She had to be stuck in a hotel, a glass box for 21 days, so there were a lot of conversations about the panic, and it was really challenging,” says Wang. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’s going to be fun because I’ve written a whole episode where she’s stuck in an elevator.” On this episode, Wang and Blue discuss their Prime Video series, and the reactions they’ve received from fans and family.
Before that, the Roundtable discusses what’s going on with “Shogun,” plus the surprise success of “Baby Reindeer” and much more. Listen below! Based on Janice Y. K.
Lee’s 2016 novel “The Expatriates,” the six-episode Prime Video limited series “The Expats” follows an international community in Hong Kong whose lives are bound together forever following a sudden family tragedy. Nicole Kidman portrays Margaret, a woman who has moved her whole family to Hong Kong. Sarayu Blue plays career-driven Hilary, whose friendship with Margaret is fractured by fate.
And Ji-Young Yoo stars as Mercy, a carefree New Yorker just out of college who becomes entangled in the lives of the Hong Kong expat community. At one point during the series, Kidman’s Margaret is at the morgue, waiting to learn if the body of a young boy is that of her missing son, Gus. Mercy discovers she is pregnant with David’s (Jack Huston) child.
Steve Clarke is considering sending out a striker SOS for young gun Tommy Conway.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has promised to introduce a Bill to protect the NHS within 100 days of the general election.
Gogglebox's Pete and Sophie Sandiford are two of the show's most-loved stars. Ever since the Blackpool-based brother and sister duo first appeared on the show together in 2017, they've delighted viewers with witty insights into their lives, as well as their thoughts on the week's best TV. Just recently, Pete revealed his wife, Paige, was 'doing his head in' over their daughter Eva's birthday party.
Gogglebox star Sophie Sandiford joined the show back in 2017, however, she looked very different back then.The 28 year old is a regular on the award-winning programme, where she watches telly alongside her lovable older brother, Pete Sandiford.The pair quickly became two of the show’s most popular castmates due to their hilarious commentary and sibling banter. When she first joined the show, Sophie had dark hair with a blonde, dip-dye effect at the bottom, which was cut into a blunt style which fell to her chest. However, since joining the show Sophie has undergone several major hair changes.
Mariska Hargitay will receive the Anniversary Tribute for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Peter Morgan will receive the Creator Tribute for “The Crown” and Lulu Wang will receive the Spotlight Tribute for “Expats.” The tributes will be presented during the inaugural ceremony on June 4 at Cipriani 25 in New York City. “In launching the 2024 Gotham TV Awards, we’re proud to carry on a longstanding Gotham Awards tradition in honoring iconic artists and creators who have enriched the landscape and pushed the boundaries of TV, making an indelible impact on the medium,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Institute.
Matt Smith is opening up about House of the Dragon.
Vanderpump Rules, erupts with anger at her co-star, . Her voice filled with contempt, she says: “I've never experienced somebody who gets cheated on and suddenly she becomes God.”That’s not really what she meant though. What Kent meant was that she couldn’t believe that had become famous.Sure, Kent and the rest of the VPR squad are also famous in their own way.
As one of the biggest voices in a generation, it should come as no surprise that Lady Gaga made her leading lady debut in the latest version of A Star is Born.
EXCLUSIVE: The production outfit behind Paramount+’s upcoming reality series Dating Naked UK is opening a hub in Scotland.
Anita Gou is no stranger to the festival circuit. Her L.A.-based Kindred Spirit banner saw a raft of its first projects debut at Sundance (think Lulu Wang’s Mandarin-language comedy The Farewell, which made $23M worldwide, Shia LaBeouf-starrer Honey Boy and Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation) but, more recently, her co-production Silent Twins was selected in Un Certain Regard in 2022, while Dominic Savage’s Close To You premiered in Toronto last year. The company’s Mubi-acquired doc The Last Year of Darkness, which explores the lives of alternative Chinese youth, was awarded a Special Mention prize in the Next:Wave section at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival last year.
Love Island fans were delighted on Wednesday afternoon when a start date for the new series was confirmed.
Paolo Sorrentino embraced the stars of his latest film “Parthenope,” including Gary Oldman, Celeste Della Porta and Stefania Sandrelli, as the film received a 9.5-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night. Tears streamed down the face of Della Porta, who plays the title character, and Sorrentino looked visibly moved as he addressed the crowd. “For me, this movie is a celebration of the journey of my life,” he said.
Susan Boyle looked completely unrecognisable as she walked the red carpet at The Pride of Scotland Awards at The Hilton Hotel in Glasgow last night (May 21).The singer smiled for photographs and wore a stunning pale pink jumpsuit that was embellished with feather sleeves and paired it with silver accessories. Susan wore her hair in a sleek bob and opted for glowy make-up.
Can you imagine learning your husband was spying on you? That would be a pretty big violation. But what if the thing he was jealous of was… your shower head?! That’s the situation a 21-year-old bride found
Warning: Spoilers below!Give them everything. The internet is in a tizzy over the latest steamy scene in “Bridgerton” Season 3. In the hot and heavy moment, which happens in the fourth episode of the Netflix hit, Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) get busy in a carriage — as an instrumental version of the 2011 hit “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull plays — for nearly three minutes.
Love Island star Olivia Hawkins has revealed that her stint on the reality show has made dating more difficult.The 28 year old appeared on the winter series of the hit ITV show in 2023 and was in a couple with Maxwell Samuda before they were dumped on day 45. Since her time on the show, Olivia reflected on how her experience has changed the way she dates.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Michel Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning director of “The Artist,” makes a first foray into animation with “The Most Precious of Cargoes” which world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24. Adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling novel, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is the first animated feature to vie for a Palme d’Or since Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir” in 2008; and it will be the last movie watched by the competition jury, presided over by Greta Gerwig, before the closing ceremony. Hazanavicius developed the project for years and wrote the script with Grumberg, as well as created the drawings.
Gregg Goldstein Raoul Peck‘s life is as fascinating as his films, filled with unexpected twists and turns. From his early stints as a cab driver and journalist, to a minister of culture post in his native Haiti, to teaching, to founding his Velvet Film production shingle to his breakthrough when he earned an Oscar nomination as producer/director with the James Baldwin doc, “I Am Not Your Negro,” the common denominator is Peck’s drive to make life better through his work.
Richard Rankin is currently appearing as DS John Rebus in the BBC TV adaptation of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels, and has spoken out about the moment that changed his life and career and led to him winning such an iconic role. The Scottish actor found everything changed for him when he accepted the part in 2015 of Roger Wakefield in Outlander, the hugely successful period fantasy drama that also stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments across the entire first season of “X-Men ’97,” currently streaming on Disney+. To say Marvel fans have enjoyed the first season “X-Men ’97” — the continuation of the beloved animated series from the 1990s, widely credited for laying the foundation for the explosion of superhero cinema in the 2000s and 2010s — is a bit like saying Wolverine has a bit of an anger issue.