Hallmark Media Signs Brooks Darnell To Multi-Picture Overall Deal

Barbara Walters’ career as a television icon spanned decades — and so did her love life.

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Leaving the past behind. Cheryl Burke reflected on the challenges she faced in 2022 — including her split from Matthew Lawrence — while preparing for the new year.

Strictly Come Dancing bosses are looking to spice things up by having a married couple compete against each other to take home the Glitterball.

Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest production awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund in 2022. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.

EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio is returning for a third movie in the Hurricane Bianca franchise and will star alongside Willam Belli (A Star Is Born), Rachel Dratch (Wine Country), Thora Birch (The Walking Dead), Drag Race contestant fan favorite Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, and Doug Plaut (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).

THE 1975 singer Matt Healy has left fans creeped out after appearing to check a woman's age before kissing her at a gig. Matt, 33, has recently gone viral for his lip-locking antics after pulling a fan on stage previously in Las Vegas. But his latest behaviour left an unsettling taste in his fan's mouths after a video emerged of him appearing to check a woman's ID.

Saturday Kitchen favourite Matt Tebbutt has been entertaining viewers with his culinary dishes since he first appeared on the series back in 2009.The TV chef, who also hosts Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped, opened up about his relationship with BBC Breakfast's  Naga Munchetty, 47, who often can't help but jibe with the presenter from time to time.Similar to his BBC colleague, Matt who is also a loving cat owner, discussed teaming up with pet food brand ACANA, before he dished on the BBC Breakfast host.Naga often introduces Matt ahead of his Saturday show but the chef admitted he is never too sure where the conversation is going to go.He joked: "She puts the fear of god into me. Of all the 90 minutes, that's the one I just don't know where it's going to go."Matt went on to share the pair have a great working relationship despite their cheeky back and forth banter.The TV chef continued: "I love Naga.

Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard have a frightening new project to look forward to in 2023. They have both signed on for Five Nights At Freddy's, which is based on the popular video game by the same name.The premise focuses on a troubled security guard who begins a night job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Scary: Josh Hutcherson, 30, and Matthew Lillard, 52, have a new project to look forward to in 2023.

George Clooney wrote 'fake notes' to his fellow actors, in which he pretended to be Bill Clinton.The 61-year-old actor — who is known for his love of pranks — was mocked by his friend Matt Damon in a speech at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Damon told the audience Clooney used to impersonate the former president to fool his pals and also recalled an infamous gag where the Up in the Air star 'defecated' in his former flatmate's cat litter tray. A stud: Matt Damon mocked his friend George Clooney in a speech at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors and told the crowd how Clooney used to fake notes to his fellow actors pretending to be Bill Clinton; seen December 4 The honoree: Clooney was an honoree at this years annual Kennedy Center Honors alongside other major celebrities including U2, Amy Grant, and Gladys KnightIn a preview clip for the event — which will air on TV on December 28 — obtained by E! News, the Good Will Hunting star said: 'It has been said that my friend George Clooney is the last of the true movie stars.'So I got to thinking about exactly what that meant.

EXCLUSIVE: Annet Mahendru has signed with Buchwald for representation.  

EXCLUSIVE: The Lionsgate Television Group has signed an overall deal with Rachelle Williams-BenAry, who served as showrunner and executive producer on the second season of hit comedy Run the World, produced by Lionsgate for Starz.

Don’t be tempted to sleep on “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.” While it’s being given a limited theatrical release in the U.S. ahead of a Netflix streaming release on Christmas Day, that in no way reflects on the quality of this telling of the classic children’s story.  While the digital platform is where most American audiences will discover it, this iteration belongs on the big screen and, like the stage musical it is based on, with an audience.

Taylor Swift will make her feature directorial debut with Searchlight Pictures, the company announced today. The acclaimed singer, songwriter and director has written an original script, which will be produced by the studio.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker William Brent Bell has signed with Range Media Partners for management in all areas.

Dahvi Waller, the creator of the historical drama Mrs. America, has signed a multi-year overall television deal with Lionsgate Television Group.

Disney Branded Television is staying in business with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series creator Tim Federle, extending its multiyear overall deal with Federle and his Chorus Boy Productions banner.

For a while, the biggest news surrounding HBO’s reboot of “Perry Mason” was the behind-the-scenes drama, as it took forever for the show to come together. At one point, Robert Downey, Jr.

EXCLUSIVE: Hallmark Media wants to stay in the Nikki DeLoach business: It has signed the Five More Minutes actress to an exclusive, multi-picture overall deal.

Five-time Emmy nominee Matthew Perry recently revealed the real reason why he never watches reruns of his hit sitcom Friends, which ran for 10 seasons on NBC spanning 1994-2004.'I was on Friends, getting watched by 30M people, and that's why I can't watch the show. I was, like, brutally thin and being beaten down so badly by the disease,' the Massachusetts-born, Ottawa-raised 53-year-old - who just topped the NY Times bestseller list - told Q's Tom Power on November 14.'I could tell season by season by how I looked, and I don't think anybody else can, but I certainly could.