Former Film & TV Charity Boss Alex Pumfrey To Head Up Partnerships For ITV

The stars brought their best looks for the Fashion Trust U.S.'s inaugural awards ceremony last night in Los Angeles. The organization is a non-profit dedicated to funding and nurturing young design talent. It launched in November 2022, set up by Tania Fares as part of the charitable arm of the British Fashion Council.

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Charli XCX is entering her (fictional) big pop girl era.

ITV show and subsequently quit. Piers Morgan is now a TalkTV star with his Uncensored show, having quit GMB two years ago. The 56-year-old stormed off in March of that year, during a row with Alex Beresford over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview.

The Miami Open tennis tournament kicks off this week and Denmark’s Holger Rune and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas were just two of the ATP stars who volunteered during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.

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John Boyega has made peace with the role that previously caused him anguish that he made public, but now says “made a man of him.” 

Alison Hammond is set to be announced as the new Great British Bake Off presenter after Matt Lucas resigned last year.

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Their feelings remain. Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid aren’t over their fling quite yet.

Nicola Petlz Beckham has shared her hope of starting a family in the future, almost a year after marrying Brooklyn Beckham in a star-studded ceremony in Florida. The actress married Brooklyn, the eldest son of former England footballer David Beckham and Spice Girl and fashion designer Victoria Beckham, in a Palm Beach ceremony last April.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Aardman Animations’ founder Peter Lord and “Waltz With Bashir” director Ari Folman are set to receive Pulcinella Career Awards at Italy’s Cartoons On The Bay TV animation festival which is broadening its scope. The event launched in 1996 by Italian state broadcaster RAI has now expanded beyond TV toons to comprise video game productions, the comic book world, transmedia storytelling and metaverse animation content. Reflecting its more high-tech horizons, the fest’s 27th edition – which will run May 31-June 4 in the Southern seaside city of Pescara – will also be celebrating “Cuphead,” the hit Canadian video game that’s become a Netflix series, and bestowing its creator Maja Moldenhauer with its new Transmedia Award.

Friendly exes. Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid spent time together at an Oscars Weekend party in Los Angeles on Friday, March 10.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla, the entity looking to attract international productions to a sprawling area of desert and giant boulders that boasts an ancient city, is forging fashion world ties. The film commission for the swathe of northwest Saudi Arabia roughly the size of Belgium that also comprises a lush oasis and vast sandstone canyons, is launching an initiative called AlUla Creates involving use of an eco-friendly studio and the possibility of tapping into development funds for projects by female directors at the intersection of film and fashion. AlUla Creates has partnered with the British Fashion Council and with Saudi actress Mia Al Zahrani (“The Perfect Candidate”); British filmmaker and creative director Alec Maxwell – founder of digital platform Kloss Films whose clients include Bulgari, Stella McCartney, and Carolina Herrera –; and fashion models Helena Christensen and Eva Herzigova as “ambassadors” to promote the platform, according to a statement.

The charity boss who was at the centre of a royal race row has stepped down from leading her domestic violence organisation because of the backlash she has faced. Ngozi Fulani revealed she has temporarily resigned as chief executive of Sistah Space, the charity she founded, as she criticised Buckingham Palace for not tackling the abuse she suffered in wake of the controversy.

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The Lathums have been announced as the next guests on The Record Club during their busy week battling for their second UK Number 1 album.

Gigi Hadid is opening up about motherhood, and being a co-parent.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV has hired Alex Pumfrey as director of strategic partnerships, reporting into Martin Goswami, group strategic partnerships and distribution director. Alex Pumfrey, currently CEO of the Film and TV Charity, revealed last week that she was stepping down after almost six years in the role. She will remain in the role through May and join ITV in June. Pumfrey replaces Lynette Kewley, who was director of strategic partnerships and moved over to ITV’s streamer ITVX as director of commercial and propositions last year. At ITV, Pumfrey will be responsible for developing relationships across national media players such as BBC, BT, Sky and Virgin Media and international tech giants including Apple, Amazon and Samsung.

The streamers, led by Netflix, moved into the non-scripted entertainment space in a serious way about five years.