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Following a tough few months that has seen mass layoffs, Canadian national broadcaster CBC has welcomed a one-year investment of CA$42M ($30.4M) from the federal government.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comedian Matt Rife for representation in all areas, with an eye toward expanding his opportunities in film and TV and beyond.

EXCLUSIVE: Revenge star Emily VanCamp has found her next role, and it’s a juicy one.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok inked a partnership with ticketing provider AXS to let users of the popular video app discover and buy tickets to live events. The feature is going live initially in the U.S., U.K., Sweden and Australia, with additional markets to follow at an undetermined date. Now, any certified artist on TikTok can use the in-app ticketing feature to promote their AXS live dates, according to the company.

EXCLUSIVE: Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired international sales rights for Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language.

Emmerdale viewers were left in shock after a dramatic twist involving Rhona Goskirk. Fans were divided when Gus Malcolms confessed to her that he was ready to face the consequences of his actions, leaving her to care for their baby daughter Ivy.The two have been at odds for months, with little Ivy caught in the middle. After it was revealed that Gus (played by Alan McKenna) had stolen one of Rhona's (Zoe Henry) frozen embryos to start a family with his late wife Lucy, Rhona was determined to make him pay.

Stormy Daniels Doc Finds Global Distribution

ONF have announced the North American leg of their upcoming 2024 ‘Spotlight’ tour, featuring concerts in Canada and the US.Over the weekend on April 13, ONF and tour organiser J&B Entertainment announced the North American leg of the boyband’s brand-new ‘Spotlight’ tour, which will take place from August to September 2024.ONF will kick-off their 2024 tour with a concert in the city of Toronto on August 16, before headed to Montreal for the second and last Canadian stop. Thereafter, the boyband will play a show in New York City.The US leg of the group’s tour will also include shows in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver in August 2024, before the boyband wrap-up their trek with a concert in Los Angeles, California on September 1.The venues and ticketing information of ONF’s 2024 ‘Spotlight’ tour have yet to be announced.

Riddikulus. Daniel Radcliffe revealed Thursday that he once believed that Alan Rickman, who played the sinister potions master Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” franchise, actually hated him. “I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman.

Concert film Suga – Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie from Trafalgar Releasing took in $990k for Saturday alone, rounding out the North American box office top ten — testament to the power of concert films post-Covid and the enduring popularity of the K-Pop powerhouse. The band is currently on hiatus as members entered military service required in South Korea. But Suga, the youngest, got in one last solo concert in Seoul last year. It was beamed into theaters globally for two playdates on April 10 and April 13, for a cume of $2.2 million.

Selome Hailu About a month ago, “The Sympathizer” star Fred Nguyen Khan lost his grandmother. She was a Vietnamese refugee who sought asylum in Canada, enduring a “staggered escape” that left her and her siblings terrified they wouldn’t survive or see each other again. But were it not for the show, in which Khan now plays a refugee himself, he may never have heard that story.

When the late, legendary filmmaker William Friedkin called Kiefer Sutherland to gauge his interest in playing the lead in the Showtime and Paramount+ film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the actor hung up almost immediately. But not because he wasn’t interested in working with the director he’d long revered, Sutherland explained. “I thought it was one of my friends making a joke.”

a 25-year-old content creator in Vancouver, Canada, it’s simple.“A Girl’s Girl doesn’t see other women as competition and wants to see other women succeed,” she tells me.When Bruser first saw the term on about a year ago, she related to it immediately. Bruser has always gravitated towards being friends with women over men, and these days she invests heavily into her relationships with her small circle of close gal pals. For Bruser, these relationships mean everything.“I deeply value the understanding that female friendships provide,” she says.

The Olivier Awards will be available to stream on Britbox this year, alongside its regular UK broadcast on ITV1. The Olivier Awards will take place on Sunday, April 14, and will be available to American and Canadian audiences on SVOD service Britbox on the same day. Australian audiences will have access to the stream from Monday, April 15.

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It wasn’t all acting in the Harry Potter films.

Daniel Radcliffe opened up about his evolving relationship with Harry Potter costar Alan Rickman.

Outlander's Sam Heughan was left unnerved when he discovered how much he and his absent father were alike.

The Cannes Film Festival has just revealed (another) a dazzling lineup for its 77th edition.

Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov returns to Cannes once again this year with Limonov: The Ballad starring Ben Whishaw, for which we can share a first-look image from above. 

J.K Rowling has said that Harry Potter stars can 'save their apologies' in a furious rant on X, formerly Twitter. The renowned author has publicly criticised celebrities who "used their platforms to cheer on" the transitioning of children, suggesting she would not forgive the film franchise's stars even if they apologised.

Paramount+ announced on Thursday morning that its Bob Marley biopic Bob Marley: One Love, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, will begin streaming on the platform in the U.S. and Canada beginning Friday, April 12, with information as to the film’s availability in additional markets to be announced at a later date.

Immediately off the back of its inclusion in the Cannes competition line-up, Ali Abbasi‘s The Apprentice has dropped a first look of Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn.

Alex Ritman The first-look image of Sebastian Stan as a young, pre-TV star and pre-president Donald Trump in buzzy upcoming biopic “The Apprentice” has been revealed. Ali Abbasi’s feature — which has just been announced as part of the 2024 Cannes main competition — charts Trump’s ascent to power through what is described as a “Faustian deal” with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn (seen in the still being portrayed by Jeremy Strong).

Aerosmith have announced the rescheduled dates for their ‘Peace Out’ North American farewell tour – find all the details below.The band initially began the stint last September, but later postponed the remaining shows after frontman Steven Tyler suffered a serious vocal injury. At the time, they said the concerts would resume “sometime in 2024”.Yesterday (April 10), Aerosmith confirmed that they would be heading back on the road in the US and Canada this September.

PJ Harvey has unveiled a demo of ‘Eugene Alone’, a track she co-wrote for a new play, London Tide.To celebrate the play’s opening last night (April 10), Harvey shared a demo of ‘Eugene Alone’, which she co-wrote with Ben Power. PJ – real name Polly Jean Harvey – shared the song via her official website, along with comments about the track.While the song is performed by Jamael Westman during the play, the demo – which you can listen to below – is performed and recorded by PJ Harvey.

Aerosmith has announced the rescheduled dates for the “Peace Out” farewell tour, which was abruptly postponed last September because of singer Steven Tyler‘s ongoing vocal cord and larynx problems.

Tori Spelling approves of this latest message from her ex-husband Dean McDermott!

Prince Harry is reportedly only willing to return to the UK with Meghan and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to the UK under one specific condition.The Duke of Sussex is expected to return to the UK in a few weeks for another visit. He's set to attend a special service at St Paul's Cathedral on May 8, celebrating the 10th anniversary of his highly successful Invictus Games.The first event of these games, created for sick and injured servicemen and women, was held in London in 2014 and co-founded by Harry.

Professional photographer Arthur Edwards is revealing some takeaways he has after photographing the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Welcome to , Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films making noise in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

Well, you can’t accuse Tori Spelling of not sharing everything and baring all on her podcast.

After three successful seasons, the supernatural drama series, “Evil” will return for its fourth and final installment this summer. Yesterday, Paramount+ revealed the official trailer and premiere date for the critically acclaimed original series.

Avatar actress CCH Pounder and Academy Award-nominated producer Paul Garnes will attend the inaugural Cross Continental International Co-production Forum (CCF) in Barbados.

Tori Spelling is opening up about the night she and Dean McDermott decided to call it quits — and the fallout of his surprise announcement.

Missy Elliott has announced details of her first ever headline tour for North America later this summer.Today (April 8), the history-making musical polymath unveiled the dates for the ‘Out Of This World’ tour, which will start in Canada this July. She also revealed that she will joined by longtime friends and frequent collaborators Ciara, Timbaland and Busta Rhymes.“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts,’” Elliott said in a statement.