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While he serenaded the country alongside his U2 bandmate The Edge on The Late Late Show on Friday night, it appears Bono has been working on another project.

Doug Crane, whose animation skills graced cartoons ranging from Hanna-Barbera family fare to MTV’s Beavis & Butt-head, died on Dec. 17 from cancer. The death was confirmed by his daughter, Rose-Ellen, in a Facebook post.

on Netflix, playwright August Wilson’s celebration of Black lives once again takes center stage. The film, produced by Denzel Washington and starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo, chronicles the day in the life of the legendary blues singer and her backing band as they record music one afternoon in the 1920s.

Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the next film from Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast,” which he wrote and directed and stars Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds and newcomer Jude Hill.The film is described as a humorous, tender and a film that Branagh describes as his most personal film yet about a boy’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s.

Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Kenneth Branagh-directed feature drama Belfast.

Noah Jupe, Brian Tyree Henry, Mandy Patinkin, and Benedict Wong have been lined up to voice star in The Magician’s Elephant, Netflix’s animated adaptation of the book of the same name by Kate DeCamilo. The voice cast also includes Sian Clifford, Pixie Davies, Natasia Demetriou, Dawn French, Aasif Mandvi, Miranda Richardson, Cree Summer and Lorraine Toussaint.

Just weeks after Denmark ordered the culling of 17 million farmed minks to stop the spread of COVID-19, a mink in Utah has become the first known wild animal to contract the coronavirus in the U.S., officials said. The U.S.

HBO has ordered a limited series based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 feature film Irma Vep with Alicia Vikander on board to star and exec produce.

, and the Netflix film adaptation of . It’s undoubtedly a long way from his days impersonating Maya Angelou on Logo’s a decade ago. But for the multi-hyphenate performer, who has appeared in everything from to the long-delayed sequel and has written for and performed on Broadway, it’s been a journey worth taking.

Manori Ravindran International EditorFormer Amazon Studios executive Bianca Gavin has joined “Gangs of London” producer Pulse Films as it looks to grow its scripted pipeline.Gavin joins Pulse as head of production for scripted television and film, and will be the primary production point of contact for all projects, from development through to delivery.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMGM Television has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the hit Danish format “The Five Senses,” produced and created by Monday Media’s Palle Strom.Under the multi-year pact signed with Monday Media, MGM Television will have exclusive distribution rights to the format, and will develop and produce the game show adaptation in the U.S.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDR Sales, the distribution division of Denmark’s public broadcaster DR, has closed a raft of deals on “Cry Wolf,” a searing social drama created by Maja Jul Larsen (“Borgen”) and co-directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (“Becoming Astrid”).The eight-episode limited series tells the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults.

Chadwick Boseman are celebrating the late star on what would have been his 44th birthday.While actor's close companions are still mourning his devastating death in August — after a secret four-year battle with colon cancer — Sunday was a day of tributes and celebration, reflecting on his incomparable life.Boseman's co-star and close friend Michael B.

Eli Countryman When longtime Hollywood camera rental house Otto Nemenz Intl. reopened for business over the summer in its new Culver City location, it didn’t have any trouble reconnecting with its customers.“I have used Otto Nemenz exclusively for my camera rental needs since 2013 when I took over ‘Ray Donovan’ for Showtime,” says cinematographer Robert McLachlan.

Different countries have different traditions and members of the Danish royal family are celebrating an anniversary that’s very unique to Denmark.