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unveiling of the Max streaming service Wednesday, showcases a tense confrontation between Winslet and an American diplomat (Martha Plimpton) who attempts to convince the chancellor the U.S. would like to help “enhance” Winslet’s authority in the region — a goal that was, evidently, not pressing enough that the President could attend the meeting.“All we are doing is realizing our dream, our dream of a new Europe, without limits, without cruelty,” the chancellor says as she engages in, shall we say, less dignified actions to get her point across, including punching an unknown victim.
“There are times when one must choose the hardest road; I have chosen that road and I have done so in the name of liberty.”The series, formerly named “The Palace,” centers on a modern European regime as it begins to unravel over the course of a year.In addition to Winslet and Plimpton, “The Regime” will also feature Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood.Will Tracy serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner for “The Regime” alongside EPs Winslet, Frears, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward. Hobbs, who directs the series alongside Stephen Frears, serves as co-executive producer while writers for the series include Seth Reiss, Juli Weiner, Jen Spyra, Gary Shteyngart, and Sarah DeLappe.Watch the teaser above.
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No more morning blues!
Jimmy Kimmel found yet more reasons to mock Tucker Carlson during his monologue on Thursday night, this time by recalling all of the TV jobs Carlson has also been fired from throughout his career. Yes, Carlson was fired by Fox News on Monday. But before that he was fired by MSNBC, before that by PBS, and before that by CNN.
A CinemaCon preview of “Wonka” on Tuesday revealed an amazing piece of casting: one of the Oompa Loompas in the upcoming prequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is played by none other than Hugh Grant.
Melanie Lynskey knows all too well how painful a friendship breakup can be.
Melanie Lynskey has opened up in a new interview about her former friendship with Kate Winslet.
Melanie Lynskey admitted losing touch with Kate Winslet was “heartbreaking.”
Melanie Lynskey says the loss of her friendship with Kate Winslet was more painful than some of her romantic relationship break-ups. The actresses became close pals as teenagers when they worked on 1994 movie 'Heavenly Creatures' together but Melanie, 45, has revealed the pair drifted apart in the years afterwards and she watched from the sidelines as her former friend became one of the most famous women in the world. Speaking on Josh Horowitz's 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, Melanie insisted there was no drama between them but it was still painful to lose touch.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet earned their acting breakthroughs together as the leads of Peter Jackson’s 1994 drama “Heavenly Creatures,” but the two actors grew apart in the years afterward as Winslet’s star power exploded with “Titanic.” On a new episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Lynskey said losing her close friendship with Winslet was “painful.” “When I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I’ve had,” Lynskey said. “It was so painful and it wasn’t like anything happened, it’s just she became a gigantic, international movie star and she didn’t have a lot of time and then, suddenly, she’d be in Los Angeles and not have time.”
Melanie Lynskey enjoyed starring opposite Kate Winslet in 1994’s Heavenly Creatures — but distance impacted their friendship once the movie wrapped.
Meg Davis confirmed to the New York Times. Perry was 84.Perry, who was born as Juliet Marion Hulme, served five years in prison after being convicted of murdering her best friend Pauline Parker’s mother Honorah Rieper alongside Parker when they were just teenagers in 1954. Perry was just 15 years old and Parker was 16 at the time.In 1994, Perry’s past came to light when director Peter Jackson based his film “Heavenly Creatures” on Perry’s story.
A new generation of wizards! HBO announced that a new Harry Potter series was officially in the works.
HBO is giving “Game of Thrones” fans another reason to celebrate, announcing the pay-cable channel has given a straight-to-series order to a new prequel series, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight”.
After the success of “Mare of Easttown” and all its Emmy success—16 Emmy nominations and four key wins, including most of the main cast—it became clear that HBO loved Kate Winslet and Winslet loved HBO. While a season two of ‘Easttown’ never materialized—series writer/creator Brad Ingelsby thought the story had been told—that did not deter Winslet from chasing down other projects on the premiere cable channel.
HBO has dropped the official teaser for limited series The Regime (fka The Palace), starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. It was released today during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service in Los Angeles. Watch the teaser above.
HBO Max is making a ton of huge announcements!
William Earl Kate Winslet is returning to HBO, but she’s a long way from Easttown. The Oscar-winning actor is leading the upcoming HBO limited series “The Regime,” which was teased during the April 12 Warner Bros. Discovery streaming press event. The lush teaser is filled with mystery and political intrigue, and the official logline doesn’t give too many clues, simply saying that the series “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.” The cast includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood.
A special 50th anniversary event celebrating the release of cult folk horror movie The Wicker Man will be held in Newton Stewart at the end of the month.
Prince William and wife Kate Middleton have impressed body language expert Darren Stanton with the way they've slid perfectly into royal life. Parents to sons George and Louis, and daughter Charlotte, the pair were most recently tangled up in Prince Harry's memoir revelations - he's now fully stepped away from The Firm and lives in California - yet their attendance for the Easter service at St George's Chapel last weekend seemingly suggested they're unfazed by such things. "Prince William and Kate Middleton's body language was extremely relaxed and carefree, as they attended the Easter service at St George's Chapel," reported Darren on behalf of Betfair Casino.