‘FBI’ Sets Up Major Character’s Temporary Exit

The WGA is gearing up for a showdown with the major companies next year. In his annual report, WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson told his members that the WGA East and West “have a lot of work to do at the bargaining table next year … to ensure that our members can sustain meaningful careers as the industry continues its transformation.”

As Amy mentioned, it was really exciting and intriguing to me that we established the women in season 1 as this baseline. And then we bring in the men as this counterpoint. So often in history, it's been the other way around.

Gracie McGraw got half of Hollywood talking when she rang in her 25th birthday in some serious style on Thursday. The daughter of country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw delighted fans with a video clip from her sun-soaked vacation and everything from her outfit to her moves were perfect. MORE: Faith Hill leaves fans speechless as she shares bathtub photo with Tim McGraw for special occasionIn the Instagram post, fun-loving Gracie - who has pursued a career in acting and singing - confidently strut her stuff on the beach, wearing a white bikini, green cover-up and a birthday crown!WATCH: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's love story She danced and clicked her fingers and Gracie couldn't have looked happier. A number of stars wished her happy birthday and many of her social media followers flooded her with kind messages, telling her how much they adored her energy. Earlier in the day, her dad paid tribute to his firstborn with an emotional message too.  MORE: Faith Hill shares iconic pregnancy photo as she marks special milestoneMORE: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's daughter Audrey showcases her impressive talent in unseen video"Happy 25th birthday to our oldest girl Gracie! So smart, so sweet, so, so talented.… And such a crazy, big heart," he wrote alongside a showreel of her acting and singing for the camera.

Tim McGraw left fans aww-ing as he took to social media to celebrate his oldest daughter Gracie on her milestone 25th birthday.MORE: Faith Hill leaves fans speechless as she shares bathtub photo with Tim McGraw for special occasionThe actor shared a snapshot of himself embracing his daughter, who looked strikingly like mother Faith Hill, along with an incredible clip.VIDEO: Faith Hill shares throwback of daughter Audrey in celebration of her 18th birthdayHe added a video of his daughter from what looked like a showreel, displaying her acting and phenomenal singing chops for the camera."Happy 25th birthday to our oldest girl Gracie! So smart, so sweet, so, so talented..… And such a crazy, big heart," he wrote.MORE: Faith Hill shares iconic pregnancy photo as she marks special milestone"You inspire me everyday.

Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy has opened up about the shock death of a fan-favourite character in the finale – beware of spoilers below.The new episodes, ending the fourth and final season, premiered last week, and brought the death of Julia Garner’s character Ruth.Mundy recently told Entertainment Weekly that the idea of Ruth’s death to close the show “developed over time”.He explained: “It just became pretty clear as we came out of episodes 11, 12, something like that, as we were breaking the final ones, that this is what would happen to that character in that place in that situation, having done what she did in episode 8, that that sort of authentic ending was that.“So then it was just a matter of trying to figure that out, making peace with that or just saying, ‘Okay, that is what would happen, but we don’t want it to happen, so we’re going to do something else instead.'”On Ruth’s legacy and how he discussed the outcome with Garner, Mundy went on: “This is the end of the show, so the character lives on in the same way, even if she’s not out in a fictional world. “In a lot of ways, we both kind of hope — I certainly hope — that in some ways it makes her a more memorable character, just because she had this end, and hopefully at least her last moment was brave and on her own terms.”Meanwhile, the Ozark finale was recently voted the worst ever episode by viewers.

Naman Ramachandran Stage Fifty‘s Wycombe Film Studios, a new eight-stage 295,000 sq ft boutique studio, will kick off with a major Hollywood feature film that will start shooting in 2022. Temporary planning applications have been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council to support the as-yet-unnamed feature film, and approval to build one stage and workshops has been granted. An application for a permanent studio will follow later this year, transforming a 26-acre site located just off the highway to the southwest of High Wycombe, 34 miles from London, into a sustainable film studio.

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Faith Hill sure knows how to set pulses racing! The star had a special tribute for her husband, Tim McGraw, and she's seriously turning up the heat with it.MORE: Faith Hill shares iconic pregnancy photo as she marks special milestoneIn honor of Tim's special day, his 55th birthday, his wife took to instagram to share an extra special picture, and it might just be their steamiest one yet.The image sees the two embraced in none other than a bathtub, and fans were left in total awe over it.WATCH: Faith and Tim's love storyMORE: Faith Hill rocks sequin dress to present impressive award at CMT AwardsThe couple appear soaking in a large, copper tub, as Tim grasps on to its ledge while his wife is grabbing his face and leaning in for a kiss.Her caption is as sweet as the photo is intimate, starting off with: "Oh, you say it's your birthday Tim McGraw?" and cheekily asking: "Um… What about a date tonight?"She went on to suggestively hint at their plans, writing: "K… see ya later," concluding with a sweet "Love you, too."A post shared by Faith Hill (@faithhill)The steamy photographFans did not hesitate to flood the post with adoring comments, writing: "I'm speechless," and: "You two are one of my favorite celebrity couples!" as well as: "This picture and your words here Faith says it all.

The new NCAA Name, Image, Likeness rule (NIL) that allows college athletes to monetize themselves could be at a crossroads. Top college receiver Jordan Addison is reportedly mulling a transfer from Pittsburgh amid rumors of massive booster blandishments from top football programs.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has renewed Pàlpito (The Marked Heart), the Spanish-language hit from Leonardo Padrón which premiered on April 20. The series has reached 68.04 million hours viewed and has hit the Top 10 in 68 countries within and beyond Latin America.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean cinema technology firm CJ 4DPlex has struck a deal with Thailand’s Major Cineplex, to open a ScreenX Premium Large Format auditorium at Major’s multiplex at Siam Paragon in Bangkok.ScreenX is a multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270-degree field of view, created by using the side walls of the theater. Some 363 ScreenX auditoriums have been installed at cinemas in 38 countries.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefImax and Major Cineplex, Thailand’s biggest cinema operator, have struck a deal for three Imax With Laser installations in capital city Bangkok. The agreement will expand the Imax screen total in Thailand to seven.Two of the three installations are upgrades in central Bangkok locations.

AMC Entertainment is planning its first major upgrade since the transition to digital, announcing a deal with Cinionic to roll out laser projectors to 3,500 of its U.S. auditoriums through 2026.

EXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content is aggressively bolstering its unscripted television slate with a slew of new projects including music, sports, cooking, dating and documentary series.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Beta Cinema has closed sales to several major territories for stylish comic-book adaptation “Diabolik,” which is among the leaders in the race for Italy’s top film awards – the David di Donatello Awards – with 11 nominations. Beta Cinema will kick off presales on the film’s sequels in Cannes.“Diabolik” has been acquired by buyers in France (Metropolitan), Spain (Flins & Piniculas), and Latin America and Portugal (Sun Distribution Group).

Missouri State Representative Ian Mackey, a Democrat, has gone viral for his defence of transgender young people during the debate on whether to allow transgender girls to compete on all-girls sports teams.Talking to the amendment’s sponsor, Representative Chuck Bayse, a Republican, Mackey even brought up Bayse’s own gay brother to make his point. “Your brother wanted to tell you he was gay, didn’t he?” Mackey asked.Bringing up the fact that Bayse’s brother was afraid to come out to him, Mackey said “If I were your brother, I would have been afraid to tell you too. I would have been afraid to tell you too because of stuff like this – because this is what you’re focused on.“This is the legislation you want to put forward.

EXCLUSIVE: Concord Originals has partnered with Outfest Fusion to launch a one-of-a-kind short film financing and IP licensing initiative, in support of up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers of color.