‘Line Of Duty’ Producer World Productions Forging ITV Medical Thriller Starring ‘Deceit’ Lead Niamh Algar, Directed By ‘Boiling Point’s Philip Barantini

Love Island contestants were aware of Gemma Owen’s famous dad when they arrived in the villa. Islander Ikenna Ekwonna revealed that the stars were told she was the daughter of Michael Owen in unaired scenes just days after they moved in. On companion show Aftersun last night, the former islander, 23, shared the secret to host Laura Whitmore.

“Don’t go in the basement,” is about to take on a whole new meaning.

EXCLUSIVE: Shoshannah Stern, star of Sundance Now’s This Close, the first major U.S. series to be created and written by deaf people, is back at AMC Networks.

“Cha Cha Real Smooth” – inspired by something his mom once told him about how raising his disabled sister had shaped her life – was strong enough for him to bluff his way through.“I think I do the best work when I’m just entirely focused on writing one thing and telling people, ‘I can’t talk for two weeks because Dakota Johnson thinks I have a script I don’t have,’” Raiff joked in an interview with TheWrap.In “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” which takes its name from the classic b’nei mitzvah bop, Andrew (Raiff) finds a kindred spirit in an outcast mom named Domino (Johnson) and her autistic daughter, Lola (Vanessa Burghardt). As one party blurs into the next, they develop a unique connection: that of two people standing together at different crossroads in their lives.As a filmmaker, Raiff is not only unafraid of the awkward transitions between major life changes – he’s drawn to them.

Chloe, a mesmerizing psychological thriller starring The Crown's Erin Doherty. (If you'll recall, Doherty played Princess Anne for the last two seasons of the Emmy-winning drama and was the show's .)In this series, though, she stars as a woman who infiltrates the life of an old childhood friend and becomes obsessed with living what she thinks is this girl's perfect life. (Spoiler alert: It's not.) Although it's easy to draw parallels here between Anna Delvey () and Elizabeth Holmes (The Dropout), Chloe is its own story without the pomp and circumstance and high-profile media storm. On a lighter front, two new comedy series also premiere this week, and each one is worth your time.

Naman Ramachandran Popular shows “Squid Game,” “Succession,” “Sex Education” and “Landscapers” are among the nominees at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s annual TV awards, which will take place as an in-person event on Aug. 25.“Sherlock” producer Sue Vertue serves as this year’s jury President and stand-up comedian and writer Sophie Duker as awards host.Nominees in the acting categories include Jodie Comer in “Help,” Lesley Manville in “I Am Maria,” Letitia Wright in “I Am Danielle,” Maxine Peake in “Anne,” Sharlene Whyte in “Stephen” and Stephen Graham in “Time.”BBC, Channel 4, Sky and Netflix have the most nominations. Channel of the Year nominees are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV.

Jane Austen's classic Persuasion is coming to Netflix and fans cannot contain their excitement. However, many are complaining that Dakota Johnson's depiction of the main character Anne Elliot is a little off. We can all fight over the best period dramas and book-to-movie adaptations that have a historical setting - but most will agree that Jane Austen's stories are a delight to read and watch.

Matilda The Musical has unveiled its first official trailer, giving fans a proper look at Emma Thompson’s Miss Trunchball.Titled Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the upcoming film stars Alisha Weir as the titular child prodigy, with Thompson as the cruel headteacher, and James Bond star Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey.Other cast members include Line Of Duty‘s Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseboroug as Mr. and Mrs.

new trailer for the Netflix film based on the 1988 Roald Dahl book.The rock musical is in turn based on the Tony-winning project directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Dennis Kelly. Warchus also returns to direct the silver screen adaption of the show.Trunchbull is the mean, old Crunchem Hall headmaster who is abusive toward a bright, young girl, Matilda (played by Alisha Weir).

Julia Jacklin has shared a new single titled ‘I Was Neon’, the second to be lifted from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album ‘Pre Pleasure’.In a statement, Jacklin explained that the new song was originally written for a short-lived side project, Rattlesnake, that she played drums for in 2019.“I rewrote it for my album in Montreal, during a time when I was desperately longing for a version of myself that I feared was gone forever,” she continued. “I was thinking of this song when I made the album cover, this song is the album cover really.”‘I Was Neon’ arrives alongside a video directed by Jacklin herself and shot in Melbourne.

The UK’s ITV has agreed to acquire a majority interest of 79.5% in Hostile Planet and Tiny World producer Plimsoll Productions for approximately £103.5 million ($126 million), giving the company an enterprise value of £131 million ($159.7M). The stake is being acquired from private equity group LDC.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Documentary Films is embarking on a documentary about pioneering supermodel Donyale Luna, one of the first Black models to be featured on the covers of major European fashion magazines.

Not a family affair. Britney Spears didn’t invite Jamie Lynn or her mother to her wedding. The mother and sister of the “Baby…One More Time” singer did, however, react to the extravagant wedding that took place at Britney’s home on June 9, 2022.

ITV Soccer Aid fans have all rushed to comment on Liam Payne's accent as the star is interviewed once again. Liam, from Wolverhampton, made headlines at the Academy Awards two months ago with a bizarre accent he debuted after the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident.

Mediapro Group has refinanced its debts, handing majority shareholder Southwind Group more control of the Barcelona-based production and live broadcasting services giant and easing financial pressures.

“Jurassic World Dominion” is that it’s a metaphor unto itself; the ongoing moral of the film series is that mixing the wrong strains of DNA leads to disaster, and that lesson is writ large in the awkward and clumsy attempt to graft the stars of the original “Jurassic Park” onto the “Jurassic World” movies, a combo platter that only serves to make the latter-day protagonists even less interesting by comparison.The other generous read, although it’s damning with faint praise, is to call this the best “Jurassic” movie since the original in 1993, but that doesn’t mean this one’s not, much like its predecessors, a hot mess. It’s just a hot mess with some effectively scary bits, a cool car chase and Laura Dern.“Dominion” spends so much time jumping back and forth between the “Park” cast and the “World” plot that one can only hope editor Mark Sanger (“Gravity”) received combat pay.

Manori Ravindran International EditorITV Studios is buying British natural history producer Plimsoll Productions, Variety can reveal.While the acquisition isn’t a done deal just yet, sources indicate that it’s expected to close in the next two days. The deal, which sees ITV Studios take a majority stake in Grant Mansfield’s company, is a major coup for the “Love Island” super-indie, which has long been missing a strong natural history player in its entertainment and drama-skewing portfolio. Founded by RDF Media and Zodiak USA veteran Mansfield, Plimsoll was founded in 2013 and specializes in wildlife and natural history programming across its outposts in Bristol, Cardiff and Los Angeles.

Prison isn’t fun. That’s obviously not the hottest of takes.

Two days after news broke that Isabela Merced joins the cast of Sony Pictures’ next ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off, “Madame Web,” the film adds another actor to its ranks. This time, it’s the first male actor in the female-heavy ensemble and quite the intriguing addition: French star and actor of Algerian descent, Tahar Rahim.