Greater Manchester schools have topped the league tables for the North West in a new guide for parents. The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide for 2024 has gone live today (Friday).
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William Earl Turkish telenovela “Yargi,” German miniseries “The Empress,” Mexican drama “La Caída” and actor Martin Freeman were among the top winners at the 51st annual International Emmy Awards, held Monday at the New York Hilton Midtown. All told, the International Emmys recognized TV programs from across the continents, with strong showings from the U.K. and Australia.
Brazil logged the win for unscripted series for its adventure competition series “A Ponte” (The Bridge). “Vir Das: Landing,” a Netflix comedy from India, tied with the U.K.’s “Derry Girls” for the win in the comedy series category. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Rhys Darby.
Special awards were presented to “Succession” creator/executive producer Jesse Armstrong, who received the Founders Emmy, and Ektaa R. Kapoor, co-founder Balaji Telefilms, who took home the Directorate Award. Armstrong was feted by Casey Bloys, HBO and Max chairman-CEO, while Deepak Chopra did the honors for Kapoor.
The drama win went to Netflix’s German-language drama “The Empress,” a costume drama set in a 19th century Viennese court. Amazon’s “La Caída” (Dive) prevailed for miniseries, and its star Karla Souza won best actress. Martin Freeman of U.K.’s “The Responder,” revolving around a first responder working a tough area of Liverpool, was crowned best actor.
Greater Manchester schools have topped the league tables for the North West in a new guide for parents. The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide for 2024 has gone live today (Friday).
Julia Roberts is hitting the red carpet in London!
Todd Longwell In addition to a top-to-bottom organization overall, the Golden Globes has added two new categories for its next awards, for cinematic and box office achievement and stand-up comedy performance on television. The creation for a box office achievement award is clearly a move to attract viewers who have tuned out kudofests in recent decades because they tend to focus on little-seen movies.
The Crown has been the most-streamed show in the UK over the past week, but the final season’s ratings have lost a little shine when compared with last year.
Work has begun to transform a Northern Quarter street into a dramatic catwalk for international fashion brand Chanel. Thomas Street has been cordoned off for the next MONTH while huge metal structures are being erected, set to form a canopy for the catwalk extravaganza.
The 2023 International Emmys awarded its winners and the comedy Derry Girls, the stand-up special Vir Das: Landing and the drama series The Empress landed the top awards.
Netflix will showcase a collection of short films chosen by Wes Anderson. On Dec. 9, the Aero Theatre will show Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” and “Ready, Steady, Zoom” at 12 p.m.
In a super weekend for specialty, Saltburn had a lofty open on seven screens and The Holdovers a nice $2.7 million in a major week-three expansion that put it at no. 6 at the domestic box office. Actors are once again out promoting their films and indie/original fare continues to benefit from fewer studio releases in the aftermath of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Martin Lewis has a word of advice for shoppers after Amazon kicked off its Black Friday sale early.
Shadow And Bone and Glamorous, along with adult animated series Agent Elvis, Farzaar, and Captain Fall have all been cancelled by Netflix and will not be returning for new seasons.According to Variety‘s sources, Netflix’s decision to cancel the shows stemmed from various reasons, including performance and the impact of the Hollywood strikes, with the industry currently evaluating production schedules and slate shifts.As Netflix has said about previous cancellations, the streaming service continues to compare viewing figures against production cost.Agent Elvis, Glamorous, Farzaar, and Captain Fall each ran for just one season before their cancellation. Meanwhile, Shadow And Bone was cancelled after its second season, which arrived on the streamer in March.Based on the Grishaverse novels by Leigh Bardugo, Netflix’s adaptation of Shadow And Bone follows Alina Sarkoff as she struggles with her sudden transition from an orphan into the savior of Ravka.
The Godfather and E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in this way over the years, both of them at London’s prestigious and historic Royal Albert Hall in the centre of town.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt LeBlanc honored his late “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry with a new tribute posted to Instagram in which LeBlanc called his time with Perry “among the favorite times of my life.” Perry died unexpectedly on Oct. 28 at 54 years old. LeBlanc issued a joint statement on Perry’s death shortly after with “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.
Caroline Brew editor The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that “Killers of the Flower Moon” will receive the Vanguard Award, which honors a film’s cast and director for their collective work on an exceptional film project. Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone will be presented with the award at the gala ceremony, which takes place Jan.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired In-Soo Radstake’s “Selling a Colonial War,” which world premieres in the International Competition section of documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam. “Selling a Colonial War” looks to encourage the Dutch government and society to accept responsibility for their actions as a colonial power in Indonesia – and especially their actions when fighting a war in Indonesia after the country declared independence in 1945. The Dutch government still refrains from using the term “war crimes” to describe their actions as this would have great impact on calls for reparation.
In 2020, musician and composer Jon Batiste won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a BAFTA Film Award for co-composing Pixar’s “Soul.” Not to rest on his laurels in 2022, he dominated the Grammy Awards entirely with 11 nominations, the most of the year. The day the nominations were announced, however, Batiste’s partner, writer Suleika Jaoaud, went through her first round of chemotherapy.
Netflix has finally shared the first teaser trailer for its highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, along with its release date.Last night (November 9), Netflix unveiled the teaser trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender during its ongoing Geeked event, during which it debuts and shares new information on upcoming Netflix content.The first teaser trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender – which you can watch above – comes five years after Netflix first ordered a live-action adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon animated series.In the trailer, we get our first look at the main cast in action, fire bending, Appa, Momo and more. The end of the trailer confirms that Avatar: The Last Airbender is set for release on Netflix on February 22 next year.Netflix has also confirmed that the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender will comprise of eight episodes, each running for an hour.The lead role of Aang will be played by young Gordon Cormier (Lost In Space, The Stand).
Caroline Brew editor “Willy Wonka, Wonka,” Timothée Chalamet blurts out, interrupting Bowen Yang in a promo for the “Saturday Night Live” show he is hosting this week. The reason why? “Sorry, the actors strike just ended, I can finally promote my movie,” he explains. The historic 118-day strike ended at 12:01 a.m.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is coming!
Five Big Brother housemates are to face the public vote this week in a double live eviction. Olivia, Jenkin, Chanelle, Noky and Trish have received the most nominations from their fellow housemates and will face a potential eviction.
McKinley Franklin editor Aang and Appa have officially reunited in a new look at Netflix’s live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” series. The streaming giant debuted a new poster for the series ahead of an official first look arriving later this week. In the poster, Aang and his comrades Katara and Sokka are seen on the back of Appa.