Jonathan Bennett Signs Multi-Picture Deal with Crown Media Family Networks

EXCLUSIVE: Crown Media Family Networks has nabbed another big star before the Christmas movie season. Aimeé Teegarden (Friday Night Lights, Star-Crossed) has signed an exclusive multi-picture overall deal with the company.

Netflix has signed a multi-picture partnership with Japan’s Studio Colorido, including the previously-announced feature Drifting Home, which will debut on the service September 16.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJenny Han has singed an overall film and television deal with Amazon.The news comes as Han is currently adapting her YA novel “The Summer I Turned Pretty” for the streamer. She created the series version and serves as co-showrunner and executive producer.

Tess Daly has delighted fans with a series of photographs taken during her recent holiday in France. The Strictly Come Dancing presenter escaped to the neighbouring country alongside her husband, Vernon Kay, and their two daughters, Phoebe, 17, and 12-year-old Amber - and judging by the snaps, they had an idyllic time away.MORE: Tess Daly steals the show in striking golden top on night outThe mother-of-two shared several gorgeous snaps, one showing her looking stunning by the sea in a black mini skirt, white shirt and black Mint Velvet sandals, another of Vernon looking summery in white shorts and a navy T-shirt, and then a rare photo of Vernon posing for the camera next to their two daughters, who are looking away.WATCH: Tess Daly looks flawless as she tackles intense workout"So grateful for a few family days away in one of my favourite places, for a little mini-break.

Ballymena born actor was grilled on a number of rumours during the show's "Celebrity True or False" segment. One such question was when he was asked whether it was true he had turned down playing James Bond in 1995's Golden Eye. Read more: Liam Neeson spotted filming for new movie in Donegal Answering that the rumour was false, Liam provided the full background to where it came from, recalling the period before Pierce Brosnan was selected for the role.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor, singer, and producer Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages, Luis Miguel: The Series) and his production company Three Amigos have signed an overall deal with Prime Video.

Crown Media Family Networks has upped Hallmark veteran Sabrina Wiewel to chief operating officer. She’ll assume responsibility for Crown Media’s corporate strategy and business development, and will lead the company’s non-cable business units, including SVOD, international, publishing, home entertainment, and licensing.

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Cole, best known for her roles in Hallmark’s “Making Spirits Bright” and CW’s The Originals, has signed an exclusive multi-picture overall deal with Crown Media Family Networks.

Candace Cameron Bure is making moves!

The Queen of Christmas is taking her talents elsewhere. Candace Cameron Bure inked a deal with former Hallmark Channel boss Bill Abbott’s GAC Media, the network announced on Tuesday, April 19.

GAC Media has signed Candace Cameron Bure to develop, produce and star in movies and TV shows for GAC Family and GAC Living, it was announced today. The Fuller House star is expected to take a prominent role in the company to help curate programming, and will develop and produce content for GAC channels through her Candy Rock Entertainment.

Dr No, which should have been called Dr No Thanks, to A View to a Kill, which nobody would kill to see, there have been some distinctly less impressive entries to the Bond canon. Not so much James Bond, you could say, as Lames Bond. Yes, that is pretty clever, cheers.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the London Olympics, BBC 4’s “Reunion” spoke with several members of the production team behind the opening ceremony, which featured a video package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film series. In it, Craig, playing Bond, escorts the queen to a helicopter to perform a base jump over London Stadium.

Ghost Adventures host Zak Bagans is staying in business with discovery+. The paranormal investigator, executive producer and filmmaker has signed a new three-year deal with the streaming platform. Under the pact, Bagans will star in and produce over 100 hours of supernatural and horror content for the discovery+ portfolio, including new seasons of the hit series Ghost Adventures, semi-scripted series The Haunted Museum, along with additional specials and untitled creative projects in the works.

James Bond franchise for not including any sex scenes in No Time To Die.The Benedetta director shared his thoughts on the 007 films following the news that Daniel Craig will be retiring from the role, saying many Hollywood studio films today are sexless.“It’s about crashing and blowing up,” Verhoeven said of franchises like 007, in an interview with The Sunday Times.“Sometimes these movies are fun, but the narrative tells you nothing about us now. I don’t see any other thought in Marvel or Bond movies.”Verhoeven shared his thoughts on what his own Bond film would look like, saying “I’d go back to reality” with “cars that don’t leap up into the sky.”The filmmaker went on to criticise No Time To Die for scrapping any intimate scenes between Bond, after praising the ones in Craig’s debut as 007 in Casino Royale.“There was always sex in Bond!” Verhoeven said.

Ben Stiller’s former production partner Nicholas Weinstock has struck a first-look deal with Fremantle.

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are making the most of their free time before showdown whilst the Beckham cohort are enjoying Miami from a very lavish perspective.MORE: Brooklyn Beckham's 'biggest fear' ahead of wedding is not what you'd expectPictures published by the MailOnline on Thursday show Brooklyn whizzing around on a golf buggy with his friends at the Peltz family mansion in Palm Beach and looking a little bit sunburnt.WATCH:  Brooklyn and Nicola discuss why their marriage could end in divorceThe Beckhams on the other hand were lapping up the sun rays as David, Victoria, Harper, ten, Romeo, 19, and his girlfriend Mia Regan enjoyed some quality time on the £5million family superyacht ahead of the nuptials.READ: Brooklyn Beckham opens up about his Jewish wedding to Nicola and reveals the one item he has bannedREAD: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's A-list wedding - all the detailsIn the collection of snaps, Romeo could be seen cuddling up to Mia whilst they sunbathed on the impressive vessel and David and Victoria were relaxing on the stunning white sofa.

The family of Finn Creaney have continued their desperate appeal for information 10 days on from the missing Scots hillwalker's disappearance.

EXCLUSIVE: Arrow and The Hobbit actor Manu Bennett is joining Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) in YA movie Perfect Addiction.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter more than eight years, the weekday and weekend editions of PBS’ signature evening newscast are finally getting together.Washington’s WETA has long produced the venerable “PBS NewsHour,” the show once known as the “McNeil-Lehrer Report” and now anchored by Judy Woodruff, while New York’s WNET has since 2013 produced the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program. Starting April 2, all seven days will be under the auspices of WETA, with Geoff Bennett, a former NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and anchor who was named the program’s chief Washington correspondent in November, taking the reins of a re-titled half-hour “PBS News Weekend.”“I think we are going to build on ‘NewsHour’s’ traditional mix of news and interviews and in-depth features,” says Bennett, in an interview.