Happy Valley's James Norton is starring in new Netflix IVF drama 'JOY', which tells the true story of Louise Joy Brown, the first person born through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) in Oldham.
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Happy Valley, Slow Horses and BBC drama The Sixth Commandment dominate the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The final season of the BBC/AMC+ epic thriller has picked up four nods, for Best Drama Series, lead Sarah Lancashire, James Norton and Sally Wainwright.
Happy Valley is contesting for the prestigious Drama Series award alongside BBC triple The Sixth Commandment, Boiling Point and The Woman in the Wall, along with Apple TV+ smash Slow Horses. The latter has also picked up nods for lead Gary Oldman and writer Will Smith.
In the acting categories, Oldman and Norton are up against Timothy Spall, Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa – the new Doctor in Doctor Who – and Steve Coogan for his role as Jimmy Savile in the BBC’s controversial The Reckoning.
Stars including Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Ruth Wilson (The Woman in the Wall) and Daisy May Cooper (Rain Dogs) are up against Lancashire for Best Actress.
Elsewhere, Russell T Davies has a nod for Best Writer for ITV’s Nolly and the new Doctor Who, while a competitive Breakthrough Talent Award is being contested by The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey, Rye Lane’s David Jonsson and Kat Sadler, the writer of nominated BBC comedy Such Brave Girls.
The 50th BPG Awards will take place at Royal Horseguards Hotel in London on March 21.
Best Single Drama or Mini-Series 1-3 EPS
Black Mirror: Demon 79 (Netflix)
Nolly (ITV)
Partygate (Channel 4)
Stonehouse (ITV)
Time S2 (BBC One)
Best Single Documentary or Mini- Series 1-3 EPS
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Dispatches (Channel 4)
Chris Packham: Is It Time To Break The Law? (Channel 4)
David Harewood on Blackface (BBC Two)
WHAM! (Netflix)
Best Documentary Series
Happy Valley's James Norton is starring in new Netflix IVF drama 'JOY', which tells the true story of Louise Joy Brown, the first person born through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) in Oldham.
new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, at the same time that Prince William took the stage at the Diana Legacy Awards on Thursday evening. This apparent overshadowing could be seen as a p.r.
Prince Harry declared that his 'mum would be incredibly proud' as he paid tribute to her via video link at the Diana Legacy Awards on Thursday evening. Prince William also celebrated the winners of the award in her name during a speech but managed to narrowly avoid seeing his younger brother.
Prince William and Prince Harry both honored their mother Princess Diana‘s memory by participating in The Diana Legacy Awards on Thursday evening (March 14) in London, England.
Prince Harry and Prince William are still keeping their distance!
Princes William and Harry are set to reunite as they will both take part in a ceremony paying tribute to their late mother, Princess Diana, at the Diana Legacy Award. William, Prince of Wales, 41, will attend the event at the Science Museum in London on Thursday night in person, where he is expected to give a speech to mark the charity’s 25th anniversary and present awards to 20 recipients. William's estranged brother Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, 39, will then join a video call with the winners, according to reports.
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Marisha Wallace has received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical at the Olivier Awards. But due to Marisha being in the competition and not allowed to hear what’s going on outside of the Big Brother House, she has no idea. Marisha is a Broadway star, and was in the original cast of Aladdin when it hit the stage in 2014.
Stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook, Andrew Scott and David Tennant will compete for Olivier Awards at the UK’s most prestigious theater ceremony next month.
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Slow Horses star Rosalind Eleazar has been set to lead Netflix‘s Harlan Coben adaptation Missing You, which is currently filming in the UK.
Ellise Shafer This year’s nominees for the Royal Television Society Programme Awards have been revealed, with Gary Oldman, Hannah Waddingham and Bella Ramsey making the cut. The BBC leads the list with 51 nods across 30 categories, while Disney+ has earned its first nominations for “Extraordinary.” Channel 4 received 17 nominations, including for comedy series “Big Boys.” The leading actor — male category recognized Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Kane Robinson (“Top Boy”) and Timothy Spall (“The Sixth Commandment”), while Jodie Whittaker (“Time”), Tamara Lawrence (“Time”) and Sarah Lancashire (“Happy Valley”) are competing in leading actor — female.
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Caroline Brew editor Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” won outstanding film adaptation at the 36th annual USC Libraries Script Awards on Saturday, while Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” won in the episodic series category for the second year in a row. Jefferson and Percival Everett accepted the award for “American Fiction.” In his speech, Jefferson recalled his experience reading Everett’s novel “Erasure” in 2020, which he went on to adapt into “American Fiction.” “It felt like I was reading a book written specifically for me. It felt like I understood what was going on in these characters in the story on a molecular level,” he said.
As the Oscars draw closer, more and more category winners seem to be locking into place. One of those categories that took another step to being pretty much over is Adapted Screenplay.
The 36th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday named Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction its outstanding film adaptations, giving the Oscar-nominated script a boost leading into next weekend’s Academy Awards.
BRIT Awards 2024 are taking place tonight (March 2) in London. Check back here for rolling updates on all of the night’s winners.The ceremony is taking place at The O2 in London, with the show being presented by a trio of hosts – Maya Jama, Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp.
This Morning's presenter Sian Welby looked stunning as she stepped out at the 2024 Brit Awards in a gorgeous red ensemble that showed off her growing baby bump.The ITV host looked glowing as she stepped out on her first red carpet since announcing that she is expecting her first baby with fiancé Jake Beckett. Sian was seen grinning from ear-to-ear as she donned a strapless mini dress with matching red gloves and bag.
Best friends Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks were in an unfortunate situation when they turned up to the Brit Awards at O2's London Arena today [March 2nd]. Filming from their car as they waited to enter the event, I'm A Celebrity winner Sam revealed that he and his best pal can't actually get in to the Brit awards red carpet.The famous duo are due to be there covering the event for their hugely popular podcast Staying Relevant.
Steve Coogan and the makers of The Lost King are being sued over the portrayal of a university official in their Richard III film.
BRIT Awards 2024 this weekend, Chase & Status have been announced as the winners of Producer Of The Year.The BRITs are set to take place on Saturday (March 2) at the O2 in London, where Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, Dua Lipa, Jungle, Kylie Minogue, RAYE, Rema and Tate McRae are set to perform.Chase & Status – who will also perform on the night with Becky Hill – will take home the prestigious award, which has previously been won by Harris, David Guetta and Steve Mac.“We couldn’t be more proud – we’ve been flying the flag for British music now for a long time, we’re super proud of all the music that has come out of the UK,” said Chase & Status, aka Saul Milton and Will Kennard, in a press statement. “As producers, and as a creative duo, I think we are probably in one of the best places we’ve been.”iconic of @chaseandstatus to be arriving at the 2024 BRIT Awards as winnerssss of Producer of the Year.