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EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (Armageddon Time) has boarded Rebel Moon—the sci-fi adventure film that Zack Snyder (Army of the Dead) is directing for Netflix.

Sky Studios has hired CBS Studios international co-pros chief Meghan Lyvers as it seeks to significantly scale up its original UK drama output.

K.J. Yossman CBS Studios’ Meghan Lyvers is heading to Sky Studios in a new role as director of original drama for the U.K.

"Hello Sky."

After 25 years, Toronto International Film Festival Senior Programmer Steve Gravestock has decided to retire at the end of 2022.

“This is going to be an LGBTQI event the size of which has never been held in the Southern Hemisphere before,” proclaims CEO of Sydney WorldPride 2023, Kate Wickett.Usually, WorldPride is held during Pride Month in June. In the Southern Hemisphere, we do things a bit differently. Going from February 17 to March 5 next year, Sydney WorldPride will exist in the same footprint as Mardi Gras.“We are incorporating all of the fabulous Mardi Gras events that always occur.

The Queen has a long history with the Sex Pistols.

Afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Cannes is wrapping and we have the very latest from the Croisette, plus a hell of a lot more in this week’s deep dive. Read on.

EasyJet customers have been warned to prepare for disruption today due to an ongoing IT issue.

People all over the UK are looking at ways to cut down on spending, from energy and fashion to food and tech, as the cost of living crisis continues to affect many households.

K.J. Yossman NEW HIRESSky Studios Elstree, which will open later this year, has named Leavesden Studios sales VP Noel Tovey as managing director.

Richard E. Grant bags guest role in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ retelling

Sky Ferreira has announced that a new song titled ‘Don’t Forget’ will arrive next week.The release date was confirmed by the singer-songwriter’s label, Capitol, who tweeted that the single will be available next Wednesday (May 25). ‘Don’t Forget’ will mark Ferreira’s first single in over three years, following on from ‘Downhill Lullaby’ back in March of 2019.While not confirmed, both tracks will likely appear on Ferreira’s long-awaited second album, ‘Masochism’.

Sky Recommissions ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ On Four-Strong Entertainment Slate

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorParamount Global promoted Marco Nobili to EVP, international general manager of Paramount+, as the media company has set an aggressive global rollout schedule for its premium streaming service.Nobili previously was SVP of international marketing, data and analytics for Paramount Global’s streaming division. Also Monday, the company announced a new title for Olivier Jollet, who has been elevated to the role of EVP, international GM of Pluto TV (previously he was SVP and GM of Pluto TV internationally).The company’s streaming portfolio includes SkyShowtime, a premium streaming joint venture with Comcast, which is scheduled to launch in European countries beginning in 2022.Nobili and Jollet dual-report to Raffaele Annecchino, president and CEO of Paramount International Networks, Studios and Streaming, and to Tom Ryan, president and CEO of streaming.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu’s WeWork director Jed Rothstein is forging landmark Sky documentary Once Upon a Time in Londongrad, exploring 14 mysterious deaths in the UK with alleged connections to Russia over two decades.

It is one of the countries national dishes, but it looks like the future of fish and chips may be uncertain due to food shortages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sky has unveiled one of its biggest factual slates yet, greenlighting six shows including documentaries on the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and the Italian 1990 football World Cup, and a royal factual drama told through the eyes of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters.