Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has opened up about the changes viewers will see in Bethany Platt when she returns to the cobbles. It was rumoured the actress was reprising her role in the ITV soap over the summer.
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Annika Pham In an exclusive sneak-peek of its 2024 program, Cia Edström, head of the Göteborg Film Festival’s leading drama showcase TV Drama Vision, has unveiled that British actress Sarah Lancashire will be one of the 50-plus speakers due on-stage. The star of BBC’s “Happy Valley,” Max’s “Julia” and Netflix’s forthcoming “Black Doves” will be joining Lars Blomgren, head of international at Media Res (“Scenes from a Marriage”) in a fireside chat where Lancashire will discuss her expanding career on both sides of the camera and new shingle Via Pictures.
“Sarah is an amazing actress who is moving into content creation. No doubt her exclusive on-stage talk with the leading Scandinavian power-player Lars Blomgren will inspire our industry audience”, said Edström.
The 2024 edition of the must-attend Nordic TV confab, which is due to unspool Jan. 30-31 parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, will be hosting its usual 500-plus international guests in a brand-new venue: the historic Draken 700-seater cinema and its connected Clarion Hotel Draken.
“It will be a game-changer for us to host TV Drama Vision in this one-stop-prestige venue,” Edström told Variety. “It’s been our dream for a while to find such an ace premise bringing together an iconic cinema with an integrated conference facility, plenty of meeting spaces and food & beverage,” Edström underscored.
As always, TV Drama Vision, the leading TV event for drama series in the Nordic region, will be taking the pulse of the latest industry trends, and this year’s focus will be on ‘Cultivating in a New Reality – a Toolbox for the Future’. Next to Ampere Analysis’ market analyst Guy Bisson, media expert and Nostradamus Report author Johanna Koljonen, key industry experts and
.Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has opened up about the changes viewers will see in Bethany Platt when she returns to the cobbles. It was rumoured the actress was reprising her role in the ITV soap over the summer.
Winslow Fegley is starring in Disney’s latest holiday movie The Naughty Nine, and he’s telling us more about himself! – Just Jared Jr The royals went for a mall portrait-style Christmas card! – Celebitchy These are the best beauty gifts to give this holiday season – Popsugar Find out which Freeform shows are coming to an end – Just Jared Jr Actress Kiernan Shipka hosted an intimate dinner in Los Angeles with Roger Vivier’s creative director Gherardo Felloni on Wednesday, December 6th in Los Angeles. Also in attendance were co-host Laura Brown, Alexandra Daddario, Zooey Deschanel, Alexandra Shipp, Kate Beckinsale, Allison Janney, Danai Gurira, Jurnee Smollett, Camille Razat, Lana Condor, Lily Rabe, Sarah Shahi, Jaz Sinclair, Rachel Zoe, Larsen Thompson, Anna Diop, Christine Chiu, Audrey Corsa, and Bella Heathcote. Check out the gallery for all the party pics!
Nigel Farage failed in his quest to win I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! last night as he finished third in the final of the ITV juggernaut, which saw viewing decline dramatically from last year’s closer.
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EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of her breakthrough performance in American Horror Story: Delicate, Kim Kardashian is getting her own scripted series. She is staying in business with AHS co-creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy for the project, described as a high-end, glossy and sexy adult procedural, Deadline has learned. It has landed at Hulu, home of hit reality series The Kardashians, with a big series commitment, I hear. This marks the first series for Murphy under his new deal at Disney, with 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios, producing.
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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor MAD Solutions — the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading sales agent and distributor of Arabic-language films — has acquired the world sales rights for Tunisian director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh’s debut feature “Take My Breath,” which world premiered in the International Competition of the Warsaw Film Festival this fall. Hafaiedh’s film, which has found great success in Tunisian cinemas over the past month, follows the life of a young seamstress named Shams, whose tranquil life unravels when their intersex identity is exposed.
Home And Away actress Ada Nicodemou, who plays Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap, has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her co-star Johnny Ruffo following his shock death. Ada shared a throwback snap of the pair, as she called 35 year old Johnny a “beautiful friend.” On Instagram, she started her post by saying: “Farewell our beautiful friend, fly free and rest in peace.”, before adding: “We will always remember your energy and your massive heart and of course the dance moves.” Johnny passed away earlier this month at a hospital in Sydney, surrounded by his family and his partner, Tahnee Sims. Since the news of the actor's death emerged, stars have been paying tribute to him on social media.
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