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Adam Peaty's ex-girlfriend Eiri Munro has revealed that his stint on Strictly Come Dancing was the 'beginning of the end' for their three-year relationship, which ended in 2022. Eiri shares three-year-old son George with Olympian Adam, 29, who appeared on the BBC dancing competition in 2021 and is now in a relationship with Gordon Ramsay's daughter Holly, 24.The former couple got together in 2019, but the spotlight came onto the relationship when Adam appeared to nearly kiss dance partner Katya Jones in front of millions of viewers at the end of a performance.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “The Last of Us,” “Poker Face,” “Bluey,” “The Bear” and “Jury Duty” are among this year’s additional nominees as the Peabody Awards’ board of jurors revealed 27 nods for its arts, children’s/youth, entertainment, and interactive & immersive categories. They join the 41 nominees across its documentary, news, public service and radio/podcast categories announced by Peabody earlier this week.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large PBS landed 11 nominations, by far the most of any outlet, as Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced this year’s 41 nominees across its documentary, news, public service and radio/podcast categories. The pubcaster’s Peabody noms include “20 Days in Mariupol,” which recently won the Oscar for best documentary feature film.

EXCLUSIVE: Danica McKellar (A Royal Date for Christmas, Swing Into Romance) and Oliver Rice (Firefly Lane, Magic In Mistletoe) have booked their next flick for Great American Family. The duo will star in A Royal Christmas Ball, with waltzes choreographed by Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko.

Emmerdale fans were left doing a double-take when they tuned into some classic episodes of the ITV soap, as they spotted a Coronation Street icon in the village. Actor Daniel Brocklebank looks unrecognisable in the scenes, with the soap star now best known for playing Billy Mayhew in Corrie. Daniel, 44, took to social media to share his surprise at having spotted himself in the old episodes of Emmerdale, which are broadcast daily on ITV3.The actor posted a photograph of himself posing in front of a television, as a scene from his time in the village played on screen.

Holly Jones German sales outfit Patra Spanou Film (“Blue Moon”) has acquired international rights to “The Pleasure Is Mine” (“El Placer Es Mío”), the debut feature from Brazilian-born screenwriter and director Sacha Amaral, whose prior efforts on short “Billy Boy” earned him a slot at the Cannes Cinéfondation program in 2021. The boutique sales agency has also shared an exclusive first-look teaser with Variety ahead of the drama’s premiere in international competition at this year’s Bafici in Buenos Aires, running April 17-28.

Catherine Zeta-Jones and her daughter Carys looked gorgeous at a family wedding. Jones shared videos of herself and Carys, who’ve developed a shocking resemblance over the years, as they smiled their way through the marriage of Joel Douglas and his bride Mascha. Michael Douglas, the older brother of Joel, officiated the wedding, something that made Zeta-Jones laugh.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Disney is welcoming the king of the Pride Lands back to Las Vegas. The studio unveiled a stirring, all-new trailer of “Mufasa: The Lion King” on Thursday at CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners. “Mufasa: The Lion King” is expected to focus on the early years of the eventual ruler of the animals, as well as his menacing younger brother Scar.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Glenn Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones have somehow found a way to make relentless natural destruction sexy. The leads of “Twisters,” along with costar Anthony Ramos, showed at the annual movie theater owners convention CinemaCon to show case a first look at the sequel to 1996 adventure film “Twister,” starring Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton.

Edgar Burcksen, a veteran TV and film editor who won an Emmy for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, worked at Industrial Light & Magic and was a longtime American Cinema Editors board member, has died. He was 76. 

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dude Perfect, the five-member comedy and sports YouTube creator company, hauled in more than $100 million in growth capital from private investment firm Highmount Capital — which they plan to use to flex their brand well beyond online videos. The companies didn’t disclose the specific dollar figure.

Selena Kuznikov Edgar Burcksen, longtime editor of features, documentaries, and TV series, died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications of a heart attack. He was 76. Burcksen won an Emmy for editing the pilot of “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” as well as an ACE Robert Wise award.

Disney revealed on Monday that its musical animated feature Wish, starring Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) and Chris Pine (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) garnered 13.2 million views globally in its first five days streaming on Disney+.

Yikes. Diddy‘s son Christian “King” Combs has also been accused of sexual assault! A new lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County S

Five years after his wife Tanya tragically died from cancer at the age of 53, Vinnie Jones has opened up about finding love again.The pair were together for 27 years and they shared two children, Kaley, 37, and Aaron, 33, with the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star explaining that no matter how much time passes, “the grief is always going to be in there”. In a new interview with the Mirror, former footballer Vinnie has opened up about finding love following Tanya’s passing, with the actor striking up a romance with personal assistant Emma Ford.

Beta Film has bowed the first trailer for the gritty and fast-paced medical drama, revealing a bold and modern take on the genre. The trailer drops as Beta Film unveils its MipTV line-up. The eight-part series follows a team of young doctors who are underpaid, poorly equipped, chronically overtired and beset with an increasingly callous healthcare system.

Julia Garner has reportedly been cast in a big role in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie for Marvel!

The Tony award-winning play Our Town is getting another revival on Broadway!

The upcoming fall Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will feature a 28-actor cast led by Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Ephraim Sykes and Richard Thomas, producers announced today.

The critically acclaimed play Fat Ham won over audiences on Broadway last year and now the show is making its L.A. debut at the Geffen Playhouse.

EXCLUSIVE: American Born Chinese star Daniel Wu is set to join Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in 87North’s With Love for Universal Pictures. The film Quan’s first starring role since winning the Supporting Actor Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Jamal Dedeaux (Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks) has rounded out the cast for his indie dark comedy The Late Night Creep, starring Single Parents alum Jake Choi. Newcomers include Tosin Morohunfola (Run the World), Jason Mitchell (Mudbound), Karen Obilom (The Mill), Lori Laing (That Damn Michael Che), Paula Jai Parker (Hustle & Flow), Lewis Belt (House Party), and Leslie Jones (SNL).

Jon Batiste has praised Beyonce for “dismantling genres” with her new album ‘Cowboy Carter’.‘Cowboy Carter’ was released on Friday (March 29), her eighth studio album and the second in an expected trilogy that began with 2022’s ‘Renaissance’. Batiste wrote and produced the track ‘Ameriican Requiem’ on the album, which also features guest appearances from country veteran Willie Nelson, as well as Willie Jones, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, Shaboozey and Tanner Adele.In a new post on X/Twitter, Batiste lauded Beyoncé’s talents and thanked her for allowing him to be a part of the album, as well as pointing to the way he hopes her music will pave for a more genre-fluid future.“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he said.

Barbenheimer. Barbie, listed in our 2023 spring movie preview, and Oppenheimer, which was not, had yet to assert their primacy over the year’s box office and pop culture conversation.Few conceived those two films would spark a phenomenon that rippled through media, fashion, merchandising, music, and awards show after awards show after awards show.After all the hype and hot takes, red carpet looks, historic victories and milestones, the Barbenheimer convo only really finally abated with the Oscar wins that shuffled Barbie, Ken, and Oppy off the stage in March, ushering cinema into the spring/summer season.Now, new cinematic fascinations await, new soundtracks of the summer, your next new favorite character or performance, some star-making smash that’ll keep the world talking until 2025.

50 Cent has denied allegations made by his ex-partner Daphne Joy of physical and sexual abuse.The rapper made the statement in response to a series of claims made by Joy yesterday (March 28), which alleged 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) of “raping” and “physically abusing” her. Jackson and Joy share a son together, Sire.Joy shared the allegations days after being named in Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, which claimed that she received financial compensation for sex work.

filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones in February was amended this week with blockbuster allegations about Combs paying women cash for sex and having people on payroll carry drugs for him.Jones, who previously worked with Combs, alleged last month that the rapper sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him for over a year. This all comes as he hip-hop mogul’s Miami and Los Angeles homes were raided by Homeland Security on Monday.Law-enforcement sources previously told The Post that the raids were in connection with a federal sex-trafficking investigation.Rapper Mark Curry, who was signed to Combs’ Bad Boy Records in the aughts, said of Diddy: “He’s surrounded by movers and shakers.

Was 50 Cent’s ex employed as a sex worker for Diddy??

Tony Bennett from the likes of Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse are set to go to auction next month.A trove of items that belonged to the late singer are set to go up for sale at Julien’s Auctions on April 18, including letters and rarities addressed to him from Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand and more.The legendary American singer died on July 21 in his hometown of New York, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was aged 96.The item expected to fetch the most at the auction is a typewritten thank you letter from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Selena Kuznikov Martin Scorsese is partnering with Fox Nation for an eight-part docudrama series, “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.” Hosted, narrated and executive produced by Scorsese, the series will encompass eight one-hour episodes exploring the stories of eight figures on their journey to sainthood. The docudrama will premiere in two parts, with the first four episodes set to release on Nov.

Martin Scorsese is exploring the journeys of eight men and women toward sainthood in a new docudrama series for Fox Nation.

Thania Garcia A collection of letters, photos and more from the late Tony Bennett will go up for sale via Julien’s Auctions on April 18. The trove of items includes rarities addressed to Bennett from stars like Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand, among others.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Last May, after “Killers of the Flower Moon” premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Martin Scorsese traveled to Rome with his wife, Helen Morris, to attend a conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination.” There, the director announced that he had responded to an appeal by Pope Francis to artists “in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus.” The conference was organized by Jesuit publication “La Civiltà Cattolica.” It took place after the journal’s editor, Father Antonio Spadaro, held a series of one-on-one conversations with Scorsese that have just been published in Italy in book titled “Dialoghi sulla fede” (“Dialogues on Faith”). The final chapter of this book is titled, as translated from Italian, “Screenplay for a Possible Film on Jesus” by Scorsese.

Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, has announced a new collection of cast mates.Among the roles that have been newly cast for Michael, are legendary figures such as Diana Ross, Quincy Jones and the King of Pop’s older sister La Toya Jackson. According to a report from Variety, The Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham will portray the iconic Diana Ross.Graham wrote of her casting on social media: “Grateful to play the legendary Diana Ross… directed by the great Antoine Fuqua.

New roles in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic have been announced!

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has renewed its freshman series Haus of Vicious for Season 2.

Angelique Jackson The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” is embracing the Motown sound — announcing key castings including Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Kat Graham as the legendary Diana Ross. Other new cast members of the Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International project include Jessica Sula (“Split”) as La Toya Jackson; Liv Symone (“Power Book III: Raising Kanan”) as Gladys Knight; Kevin Shinick (“Robot Chicken”) as Dick Clark; KeiLyn Durrel Jones (“The Other Two,” “How to Die Alone”) as Jackson’s trusted friend and confidante Bill Bray; and Kendrick Sampson (“Insecure”) as industry icon Quincy Jones. “Michael,” from director Antoine Fuqua, is currently in production and has added a slew of stars in recent weeks.