Helen Flanagan has reflected on her life as a parent as she spent time with her children in Scotland. The former Coronation Street star, 33, shares three children with ex-fiancee Scott Sinclair: Matilda, seven, Delilah, five, and Charlie, two.
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Michaela Zee Judd Apatow spoke to Vulture in a recent interview about the current state of television, including why the trend of rewatching older series and licensing pacts between streamers is “scary.” “I’m of two minds,” Apatow said. “There’s a part of me that’s an audience member: I’ll go back and rewatch ‘Deadwood’ or ‘NYPD Blue’ or any of the David Milch shows.
I understand why people like the comfort food of television. But it’s a scary thing as a creator of television, because of all the streamers going, ‘Wait a second.
We don’t need to spend $200 million on a new show. We can just bring back “Barnaby Jones.”‘ They’re going to do it, then you’ll get fewer new shows.” The “This Is 40” writer-director continued, “They realize, Oh wait, Netflix can just buy shows from HBO, and I would assume they’re cheaper than making new ones.
Then at some point, Netflix will sell its shows to HBO, and it’ll just be passing around all the episodes of ‘Ballers’ for the rest of our lives.” Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery licensed a handful of HBO original series to Netflix, including “Insecure,” “Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific,” “Six Feet Under” and “Ballers.” Netflix then inked a deal with WBD to license all six seasons of “Sex and the City.” Apatow also shared his thoughts on the future of the industry, saying “there are these corporate behemoths and people from the tech world taking over creativity.” “And for some of them — not all of them — their intentions are just eyeball time online,” he continued.
“I don’t know if they’re obsessed with quality filmmaking in the way other owners of these entities have been in the past. That’s why they started calling it ‘content.’ All of a sudden, they diminished it as much as it possibly
.Helen Flanagan has reflected on her life as a parent as she spent time with her children in Scotland. The former Coronation Street star, 33, shares three children with ex-fiancee Scott Sinclair: Matilda, seven, Delilah, five, and Charlie, two.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zendaya‘s most prolific roles to date in HBO’s “Euphoria,” which won her two Emmys for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, and three of Marvel’s “Spider-Man” films have something in common: High school. But she’s leaving the classroom behind for her new film, Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” which casts Zendaya as a tennis phenom and finds her at one point during the movie playing a mother in her early 30s. “I’m always in a high school somewhere,” Zendaya recently told Vogue magazine about her career thus far.
Well, well, maybe David Lynch hasn’t “retired” from filmmaking after all. The iconic surreal filmmaker declared in 2017 that he would never make another film again, the same year his Showtime series, “Twin Peaks: The Return” aired.
UPDATED with new exec comments. Disney CEO Bob Iger has offered more precise timing for Disney’s previously announced plan to crack down on password sharing on streaming flagship Disney+, saying it will start rolling out in June.
Taylor Swift fans are counting down the days until she brings her record-breaking Eras Tour to Europe next month.The musician's boyfriend, Travis Kelce, has teased what fans can expect from the shows, and revealed that he plans to support Taylor from the crowd.The Kansas City Chiefs star and Superbowl winner previously travelled to Argentina, Australia and Singapore to watch his girlfriend in action. When asked if he will be 'packing his bags' to join Taylor on tour, Travis told Entertainment Tonight: "Oh, you know I gotta go support." While he didn't clarify which cities he will be joining her in, Travis hinted that his girlfriend's shows in London and Paris will be 'can't-miss' events. "I think she’s at Wembley [Stadium] eight times,' he said.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is not involved in the upcoming reboot, which is being shepherded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler. In a new interview with Inverse, Carter said he has no reservations about letting someone else put their stamp on his beloved franchise. “It’s interesting, people say, ‘Aren’t you possessive of it?’ And I say, ‘No, I’m looking forward to seeing what somebody else does with it,’” Carter said, adding that he had a “really nice conversation” with Coogler when the latter first pitched his idea for an “X-Files” reboot to Fox.
So far, we’ve learned of 20 major TV shows that have been canceled this year.
A mum diagnosed with breast cancer has won a huge amount of money as she undergoes chemotherapy treatment.
Katie Price was left in tears during a ski trip following her latest round of cosmetic surgery.The 45 year old is well-known for her love of cosmetic enhancements, having recently undergone her biggest boob job to date - her 16th in total.The former model and reality TV star, often flaunts her figure in tight clothing, making the most of her money. Recently, she opted for a non-surgical procedure to enhance her bum, which she shared with her millions of fans on social media.
Judd Apatow has directed such comedy films as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Trainwreck, among others. Despite his recent The King of Staten Island and The Bubble going straight to streaming, he still believes comedy films have a place in theaters.
Before reaching A-list status in Hollywood, some celebrities were once roommates in the early years of their careers. Many celebrity roommates, such as Dianna Agron and Lea Michele, met and lived together because they starred in the same show. In this case, Agron and Michele were both actors of "Glee," and decided to room together while filming.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Judd Apatow does not believe comedy movies are dead in theaters. While the genre has largely moved to streaming in recent years (Apatow’s last two directorial efforts debuted on streaming, while the Please Don’t Destroy movie he produced last year, “The Treasure of Foggy Mountain,” skipped theaters and debuted on Peacock), Apatow recently told Vulture that all it will take is one comedy blockbuster in theaters to swing the pendulum away from streaming. Actually, that may have already happened in his eyes.
Pete Townshed has said The Who have one “final” thing left to do before they “crawl off to die” in a new interview.Speaking with the New York Times, Townshend was asked about new music from the band, with the publication pointing out that the band had only done two new albums since 1983 and that Townshend’s last solo album arrived in 1993.Asked if he wanted to create new music, he replied in the affirmative, and said The Who want to do a final world tour.Townshend said: “I do and I think I will,” on being asked about creating new music. He continued: “It feels to me like there’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die. I don’t get much of a buzz from performing with The Who.
Judd Apatow is commenting on the trend of streamers licensing content from rival studios.
Ewan McGregor is weighing in on the intimacy coordinator debate!
A warning has been issued to millions of homeowners who are due to get a new mortgage. Anyone whose fixed or variable-rate mortgage is nearing the end of their term, or those wanting to remortgage, are being told that they should act fact.
EXCLUSIVE: The legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell – a staging that launched the careers of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas, among others – will be the subject of a feature length documentary exec produced by Judd Apatow.
Will Sex Education ever be revived by Netflix in the form of a spinoff or reboot!?
By now, we know John Cena’s “Peacemaker” series is one of the few former DCEU projects going forward under James Gunn’s newly revamped DC Studios. Nearly all other relics of this era, Henry Cavill as Superman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, and Jason Momoa as Aquaman, are essentially canceled and very likely to be eventually rebooted.
Mark Ronson has said that the song he co-wrote for the Barbie Movie, ‘I’m Just Ken’, has helped young boys in an emotional way.The renowned producer – famed for his work with Amy Winehouse and the hit track ‘Uptown Funk’ – co-wrote the song for the soundtrack to the hit 2023 blockbuster, with leading man Ryan Gosling taking on the vocals as the character of Ken.Now, Ronson has explained how he thinks the song’s lyrics about Ken’s unrequited love for Barbie may have impacted people dealing with rejection in the real world.“I know I’ll sound like David Brent, but the song helped young boys,” he told The Times (via Music News) during a new interview, referring to the fictitious character played by Ricky Gervais.“My friend’s eight-year-old got broken up with and he said, ‘It’s OK, because Ken got broken up with by Barbie.’ The song tells boys that it’s OK to be runner-up,” he added.“The internet’s caused a level of isolation in boys and this idea of male camaraderie and sharing your feelings is a nice and unexpected thing to come out of it.”Last night, Ronson and Gosling took to the stage at the 2024 Oscars to perform the track live, following weeks of uncertainty about whether the two would perform it at the ceremony.Gosling took to the stage clad in an all-pink Barbie-inspired outfit while Ronson played the guitar. During the performance, Gosling’s cast mates Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Scott Evans joined him to dance onstage.Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash also took part in the rendition, ripping through a guitar solo with Wolfgang Van Halen.