Joseph Fiennes To Star As England Soccer Coach Gareth Southgate In New Play

Hallmark hunk at your service! Michael Rady made his way into the Hallmark Media family in 2015 — one decade after he first started acting.

Katie Reul editor Nick Offerman plays a food-obsessed neo-Nazi in an upcoming episode of Starz’s “Party Down.” In a clip exclusive to Variety, Offerman’s alt-right character compliments the food cooked by Party Down’s head chef Lucy, played by Zoë Chao. As a flustered Chao picks up a knife for self-defense, Offerman praises her: “I just wanted to offer my sincere compliments. The food is sublime.” Premiering on Feb. 24 with episodes releasing weekly, Season 3 of “Party Down” picks up a decade after the first two seasons, which aired in 2009 and 2010. Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr and Megan Mullally (Offerman’s real-life wife) reprise their original roles. “Party Down” is created by John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd.

essay for Air Mail recently, noting that Universal Pictures would only pay for the film if Roberts was involved.Zwick then jetted off to London with Roberts so she could do chemistry reads with actors who were in the lead to play loverboy himself, William Shakespeare.The “Erin Brockovich” actress was desperate to star alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the flick; however, the “My Left Foot” actor had already pledged to shoot 1993’s “In the Name of the Father.”Zwick recollected that Roberts had gushed to him about how “brilliant, handsome and intense” Day-Lewis was at the time. “Don’t you think he’d be perfect? … I can get him to do it,” Roberts reportedly told the producer.The “Mystic Pizza” star even asked her assistant to send two dozen roses to the “There Will Be Blood” star, along with a card that read: “Be my Romeo.”But once Day-Lewis had told Zwick and Roberts’ team that he was fully committed to “In the Name of the Father,” their chemistry read was canceled.Roberts still went through with the casting process, now having been paired with Ralph Fiennes.

Tunisian Murder Mystery ‘Ashkal’ Triumphs At FESPACOTunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s investigative thriller Ashkal has won the top prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). The festival, which ran from February 25 to March 4, unfolds every two years in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou and is regarded as Africa’s equivalent of Cannes. Chebbi’s murder mystery revolves around a series of killings at a construction site on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis. The film world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and then played a raft of other festivals including Toronto and London. The FESPACO jury head, producer Dora Bouchoucha, praised the film’s pairing of a strong aesthetic with a politically tuned-in storyline. Burkinabe filmmaker Apolline Traore won the Silver Stallion for Sira, about a woman kidnapped by Jihadists, and Kenyan director Angela Wamai took home the Bronze Stallion for Shimoni, about a schoolteacher rebuilding his life in his remote village after a harsh stint in jail.

Former Corrie star Brooke Vincent has wowed fans after unveiling her new look. The soap star is known for her signature long locks - but it seems she decided the time was right for a change.

Alex Borstein is known to fans of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” for her hilarious portrayal of agent Susie Myerson, and to viewers of “Family Guy” for providing the voice of Lois Griffin for more than two decades.

Outer Banks actor Chase Stokes and country musician are officially a couple.Stokes confirmed their relationship on Today in an interview with Sheinelle Jones, who first asked the actor if he’d be catching Ballerini’s upcoming . “Kelsea Ballerini, she’ll be taking the stage.

Angelique Jackson John Cena, Awkwafina and Simu Liu are set to star in the action-comedy “Grand Death Lotto” for Prime Video. Paul Feig will produce and direct the film from a script by Rob Yescombe (“Outside the Wire”). “Grand Death Lotto” is set in the very near future, where a competition known as “the Grand Lottery” has been established in “economically challenged California.” But, as the film’s official logline explains, there’s a catch: “Kill the winner before sundown and you can legally claim their prize.” The logline continues: “New LA transplant Katie (Awkwafina) accidentally finds herself with the winning ticket and must join forces with amateur jackpot protector Noel (Cena) to make it to sundown in order to claim her multi-billion dollar prize, all while dealing with Noel’s protection rival Louis Lewis (Liu), who also wants to get her to sundown in order to claim his rich protection commission.”

Strictly Come Dancing 2022 contestant Molly Rainford is reportedly on the verge of landing a role in BBC One soap EastEnders. News of the 22 year old's casting arrives via The Sun, with an insider telling the publication this week: "Molly joins a long line of former finalists who've gone on to bigger things than the competitors who've ultimately triumphed. "But anyone who saw her on Strictly could see the entertainment world was her oyster." EastEnders declined to comment upon OK's request.

stars Drew Sidora and Ralph Pittman are calling it quits after nine years of marriage, ET can confirm.According to documents obtained by, Pittman filed for divorce on Monday and sought to end his marriage with the actress he married in August 2014. A source close to Sidora tells ET, “Drew and Ralph have called it quits after many years of trying to make it work. They did couples therapy for a while but it wasn’t enough. Drew and Ralph have a lot of love for one another, but know it was time to call off their marriage.”“Drew was very upset when Ralph didn’t want to adopt Drew’s son, Josiah, and then went on to say he was writing a book on parenting.

The drama didn’t end when Downton Abbey stopped filming!

scorned. In the wake of ex-boyfriend Gerard Piqué’s shameless social media flaunt of his new love interest, Clara Chia Marti, 23, the celebrated “Hips Don’t Lie” luminary has fired off a thinly-veiled shot at her former sweetheart’s Gen Z sweetie. “There is a place in hell reserved for women who don’t support other women,” said Shakira, 46, while discussing her recent breakup with Piqué, 36, on the Mexican network Canal Estrellas Monday. Piqué, a former soccer player for Barcelona, with whom Shakira shares sons Sasha, 7, and Milan, 10, parted ways with the Grammy winner in June 2022 after 11 years together. He made his new relationship with Marti, a college student studying public relations, Instagram-official in January. Ahead of their breakup, Shakira reportedly suspected that Piqué had been unfaithful after finding a jar of strawberry jam — a condiment neither he nor their sons eat — in their refrigerator after she returned home from traveling. The rumored stickiness of their separation notwithstanding, Shakira now claims to have become pleasantly “self-sufficient” since getting jilted by her ex of more than a decade. “I’ve always been emotionally quite dependent on men,” the “Waka Waka” crooner confessed during the interview.

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Shakira fans are taking sides!

Karol G gears up for the release of her new studio album, her team is pulling out all the stops, including moving billboards in Times Square, New York. This past Tuesday, fans were treated with a glimpse of Shakira and Karol G in the iconic location’s gigantic screens.Shakira and Karol G are officially releasing their first song together! This is what we knowShakira releases new merch inspired by Gerard Piqué break up song“Tu reality show favorito llega a su fin” — TQG, Karol G & Shakira. 24 Febrero.

Shakira and Gerard Piqué’s break up continues to have an impact. The couple made an indirect appearance in an unexpected place: this year’s Carnival parades and celebrations hosted across Colombia, Brazil, Spain and more.

K.J. Yossman Joseph Fiennes is set to play England soccer manager Gareth Southgate in a new play written by “Sherwood” scribe James Graham. Fiennes, known for his turns in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Shakespeare in Love,” will take on the role at London’s National Theatre. “Spring Awakening” director Rupert Goold will helm the production. “It’s time to change the game,” reads the logline. “The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?”

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Oscar-winning actor Helen Mirren refused to address the controversy around her casting as Israel’s iconic Prime Minister Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv’s biopic during the movie’s press conference at the Berlinale. When asked to comment on the backlash and the issue of authentic casting, Mirren left it to Nattiv and her co-star Lior Ashkenazi (“Footnote”) to stand up for her while she smiled shyly. Mirren is neither Israeli nor Jewish, and critics have argued that she shouldn’t have been cast as Israel’s most important female figure. Nattiv said that when he met Mirren, he instantly felt like he was in the presence of a “family member” — an “aunt” who had the “Jewish chops to portray Golda.”

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent It’s Monday after the Super Bowl, and at 8:30 a.m., Emma Grede has been awake for hours. After getting up at 5:00 a.m., Grede has just dropped off one of her four young children at school, and is now on her way to her offices in Culver City. The British businesswoman lives with her family in Bel Air, but is feeling extra rested after having spent the weekend at her second home in Malibu where she woke up this morning. “What have I ever been doing? This is why you live in California,” a chipper Grede says over the phone from her car. “I worked a paper route when I was 12, and I really learned the joy of the morning — that quiet time, it’s so precious. I have my coffee, I like to have a moment to think and I do a workout. But I wake up naturally. I wake up 15 minutes before any alarm goes off.”

Today host Savannah Guthrie had good intentions with her latest Instagram post, but it left her followers puzzled.The presenter took to the social media site to share that she was giving up Instagram for lent, writing a lengthy caption to explain her decision. "I'm giving up Instagram for lent.