Lionsgate Expects to Finalize Starz Spin-Off or Sale by End of Summer, CEO Says

Brits could see the hottest day of the year so far next week with temperatures reaching 30C in some places. The hot temperatures seen in Spain in recent days look set to head north towards the UK, according to Met Office forecasters.

Ryanair passengers could face further disruption this summer as cabin crew threaten to strike amid a dispute over pay.

Playing matchmaker? Michael Che may have written Pete Davidson‘s first kiss with Kim Kardashian — but the Saturday Night Live star is still waiting for a thank you.

An independence referendum will take place in Scotland by the end of next year, according to the SNP Constitution Secretary.

Ted Lasso star and writer Brett Goldstein has said the show’s third season will be its last.Goldstein, who plays Roy Kent in the hit Apple TV+ comedy, was recently asked by the Sunday Times whether the season currently being written would end the show.“We are writing it like that,” he said. “It was planned as three.

The UK Sunday Times when asked if Season 3 would mark the end of the show. “It was planned as three. Spoiler alert: everyone dies.”Before the Apple TV+ comedy gained immense popularity (and a bevy of Emmys), the plan was always to write it as a three-season arc.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Taipei Film Festival has named prolific writer-director-producer Kevin Chu (aka Chu Yen-ping) as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution Award. During the 1980s and the 1990s, Chu made many popular memorable commercial films and discovered several promising new actors — Chu wrote the script of “Never Too Late to Repent” and won the best screenplay award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. After that, Chu made this directorial debut, “The Clown and the Swan,” which was a critically-acclaimed box office success in which comedy actor Hsu Pu-liao established his name.

Arden Cho is confirming the reason she did not return for. In an interview with, the 36-year-old actress confirmed a report that she was “offered half the per-episode salary offered to her three counterparts.”  “I think I was actually offered even less,” she told, speaking out about the pay disparity for the first time.

Love Island star Savanna Darnell has undergone a dramatic makeover since appearing on the show.The 26 year old appeared as a Casa Amor contestant on the 2018 series of the ITV dating show with a head of bright blonde hair. However, since leaving the villa she’s embraced a new look, showing off brunette locks which she often wears in braids. The star recently shared in an interview with OK! how she was originally flown out to Spain to be a contestant on the main show.

In its quarterly earnings report, Lionsgate reported that 4.8 million new subscribers were added by Starz in the quarter ending March 31, beating projections of 3 million new subscribers as its global count increases to 35.8 million. During an earnings call on Thursday afternoon, CEO Jon Feltheimer said that the company is finalizing its plans for either a minority stake sale or acquisition deal of Starz this summer.

Saturday Night Live saw one of its biggest exodus in last week’s season finale – with Deadline breaking the news that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney were leaving alongside Pete Davidson.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentShira Haas, the star of “Unorthodox” and “Shtisel,” is set to headline “Ethel,” a period musical drama about the true story of Ethel Stark, the groundbreaking conductor who founded the first all-female orchestra in Montreal. Besides breaking barriers in the music world, Stark has also been credited for championing social change across gender, race, language and class starting in the 1940’s. Aisling Walsh, the Irish-born helmer of “Maudie” and BAFTA-winning “Elizabeth Is Missing” will direct the film, based on an original screenplay by Celeste Parr (“Gurov and Anna”).

JAY B has shared how it doesn’t feel real to have finally reunited with boyband GOT7 and released a brand-new project after being apart for so long.Yesterday (May 23), the septet returned with their brand-new self-titled EP, which featured the title track ‘NANANA’. The project marks GOT7’s first official comeback since departing long-time agency JYP Entertainment in January 2021, after which the seven members embarked on solo careers.“We told each other that all seven of us should be part of our new mini-album, but it is still surreal to see that we have actually made this happen,” JAY B said of ‘GOT7’ during a recent press conference for the release, per The Korea Times.

Newen Studios’ Spanish divison iZen has launched documentary producer CAPA Spain with Emmy and Peabody-winning director and journalist Tomás Ocaña.

The stage musical adaptation of NBC’s Smash is “alive and kicking,” says producer Neil Meron, and he and composer Marc Shaiman have the photos to prove it.

Taking Aspirin can greatly reduce the risk of having a stroke - if taken at the correct time, according to a recent study.