Idris Elba To Receive BAFTA Special Award For Championing Diversity In TV

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIf this year’s virtual Comic-Con wasn’t enough to feed your fanboy/fangirl soul, then DC FanDome will fill that superhero and comic book void.

Dave McNary Film ReporterDwayne Johnson, James Gunn, Idris Elba, Chris Pine, Gal Gadot, Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Robert Pattinson, Ezra Miller and Zack Snyder have all been announced as attendees at the DC FanDome on Aug. 22.Warner Bros.

Idris Elba appears to have revealed which character in The Suicide Squad he is playing.To celebrate Suicide Squad director James Gunn’s birthday, the cast compiled a bunch of messages for Gunn in a new video.In the video, Elba appears in slow-motion with a growl superimposed over his voice, seemingly confirming long-standing rumours that he will play Bronze Tiger in the upcoming DC movie.He wasn’t the only character to seemingly give hints about their upcoming characters: John Cale was seen in

The Suicide Squad will welcome a whole host of new anti-heroes and villains but many of the all-star cast have kept their roles in James Gunn's upcoming DC movie a secret.Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney and Joel Kinnaman are reprising their 2016 Suicide Squad characters Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang and Rick Flag respectively but several new faces will be joining them in currently unnamed parts, including Peter Capaldi, Pete Davidson and Idris Elba.But has Elba given away the identity of his

James Gunn celebrated his 54th birthday on August 5. While fans showered the director with birthday wishes, The Suicide Squad star cast recorded special videos from the comfort of their respective homes to surprise the filmmaker.

Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s support of the 2019 star-studded adaptation.Speaking to The Sunday Times, the 72-year-old England native slammed director Tom Hooper’s take on the Broadway hit. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber said in the interview posted on Sunday, August 2.

Luther star Idris Elba said he will continue to champion other actors, writers and people to tell their stories as he collected one of Bafta’s highest accolades.

Idris Elba is to receive the BAFTA Special Award at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards ceremony. The 'Luther' star will be given the accolade - which is one of the British Academy's highest honours - for his creative contribution to the TV industry.

Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed British actor, writer and producer Idris Elba will receive a BAFTA Special Award for his creative contribution to television and his commitment to championing diversity and new talent in the industry.The Special Award is one of the British Academy’s highest honors, with previous recipients for television including Nicola Shindler, Clare Balding, John Motson, Henry Normal, Nick Fraser, Lenny Henry, Delia Smith and Cilla Black.Elba’s breakout came in HBO’s “The Wire”

Recently, the idea of what films should and shouldn’t be seen and which should be accompanied by a warning has been debated quite a bit recently, most notably because of the issue with “Gone with the Wind.” That classic film was recently pulled from HBO Max due to John Ridley’s essay about how the film should be seen, but only if it is accompanied by something explaining the racist imagery and the context of the feature.

In recent weeks, “Gone With The Wind” and episodes of “Mad Men”, “Scrubs”, “30 Rock”, “The Golden Girls”, and “The Office”, among others, have been pulled from streaming sites for racist depictions and blackface. But, in a new interview with Radio Times, Idris Elba says films and TV shows like these shouldn’t be erased, just updated with a warning label.

Actor Idris Elba opened up about diversity in television and the need for change in an interview with Radio Times, reports dailymail.co.uk."I'm very much a believer in freedom of speech. Instead, there should be a ratings system warning viewers that a film or show has outdated, insulting viewpoints," he said.Without referring to any specific programme, Elba said: "To mock the truth, you have to know the truth.

Isha Sesay and Idris Elba have launched The Survivors Solidarity Fund to raise money for survivors of sexual assault in Sierra Leone. The fund was created after the horrific June 17 rape and murder of 5 year oldKadijah Saccoh in the West African country.

Idris Elba has again teased the idea of turning his cult BBC detective drama “Luther” into a feature, more than a year after Season 5 aired on British television.The actor told a press junket for Season 3 of his Sky comedy “In The Long Run” that there are no “formal plans” for another “Luther” series, according to Sky News.But Elba added: “I’ve made it very clear that I’d like to see ‘Luther’ come back as a film.