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Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, and Joel D. Montgrand have joined HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, starring alongside leads Jodie Foster and Kali Reis for Season 4 of the crime anthology series.

A concerned coworker. Jennifer Aniston once confronted Matthew Perry about his substance abuse during their time on Friends, but she was also one of his biggest supporters.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Tim Davie, BBC director-general, underscored the importance of creative risk-taking to the British broadcaster, when interviewed onstage at TV market Mipcom on Monday, which coincided with the BBC’s 100th anniversary. Davie’s appearance onstage followed a presentation by Tom Fussell, CEO of BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s commercial arm. He announced that BBC Studios is set to wholly acquire Sid Gentle Films, the production company behind hits such as “Killing Eve.” He showed a clip from the company’s new show “Rain Dogs,” starring Daisy May Cooper. Cash Carraway is writer and executive producer. Fussell also announced that BBC Studios’ managing director of scripted, Mark Linsey, is set to relocate to Los Angeles in order to help build its co-production, investment and commissioning opportunities internationally.

Alyssa Milano has marked the five-year anniversary of her #MeToo tweet with a screenshot on Instagram, a reminder of one of the first strikes back against abusers in society.

On Oct. 15, 2017, as the Harvey Weinstein scandal exploded and numerous women in Hollywood and beyond began sharing their stories of sexual harassment, Alyssa Milano issued a tweet.

Alyssa Milano is marking the fifth anniversary of her tweet that helped spark the #MeToo movement.

Skydance Media said today it’s completed a $400 million strategic investment round led by KKR, a first-time investor, and joined by the Ellison family, who remain majority shareholders. Existing investors RedBird Capital Partners and Tencent also participated in the fundraise, which values Skydance at over $4 billion.

Florence + The Machine‘s ‘King’ in front of Florence Welch on The Late Late Show this week – see the clip below.The comedian and actor (Big Mouth, Don’t Worry Darling) appeared on the US chat show on Tuesday (October 11), where he was interviewed by host James Corden alongside Welch.During the chat, Kroll explained that he was a “big fan” of Welch’s music and told the “weird story” of how he participated in a dance class in lockdown. “It was me, two other guys and like 45 women,” he recalled.“The song that [the choreographer] chose was a song called ‘King’ by Florence + The Machine.

Fans of The Kardashians have spotted a Made in Chelsea star making a surprise appearance in the latest episode of the Hulu show. In episode three, which aired on Thursday, Kim Kardashian is seen enjoying a meal at an Italian restaurant in Milan before stopping for a picture with a fan on the way out.

Hilary Swank made an exciting announcement on Wednesday, revealing she's pregnant with twins! But weeks before her pregnancy news, the two-time Oscar winner took over the ET mic for an exclusive set tour of her new ABC drama, .The drama series, which debuts Thursday, follows Swank's Eileen Fitzgerald, a talented and award-winning investigative journalist who leaves her high-profile New York life behind after a fall from grace to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption. She soon finds herself at the center of a years-old cold case involving the death of a missing woman who was abducted when she was a teenager. «I call my character, whose name is Eileen, a truth seeker,» Swank says to the ET camera as she shows off the Vancouver set, before referring to the mystery at the center of her quest. «So, this is what brings her here.

Netflix’s latest film, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical. Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood – alongside newcomer Alisha Weir as the heroine herself - this new Matilda is an adaption of the beloved West End play, which has racked up dozens of awards worldwide ever since its launch in 2013. It marks the first film in an ambitious project for Netflix, which acquired the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire collection in 2019 for a staggering sum.

At a critical moment in the billionaire vs. bear thriller “The Edge” (1997), protagonist Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) espouses a rather odd theory of what kills most people stranded in the wilderness—shame.

As a kid, actor/filmmaker Rob Grabow moved around Alaska, where dog sledding, mushing, and weight pulling— as well as the humans and dogs that participate in those activities—are vibrant elements of the community. A few years back, Grabow met a dogsled musher who was having a difficult journey with alcoholism and addiction, who credited his sobriety in large part to one of his dogs; a high-spirited Alaskan husky.

Cate Blanchett steps out in a dazzling number for the 2022 CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards during Milan Fashion Week on Sunday (September 25) in Milan, Italy.

Kim Kardashian made a runway appearance during Milan Fashion Week!