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Rachel Zegler’s new film, “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” premiered last weekend, and is the latest superhero casualty of the box office. Zegler took to Twitter to defend the film and share some of her fond memories of her time making it. Rachel Zegler reveals she had a breast cancer scare and encourages people to get checked oftenRachel Zegler defends Halle Bailey, says she is ‘the perfect Ariel’ amid ‘Little Mermaid’ criticismhey our film is actually really good! but mostly i just absolutely loved making it and the people i met whilst doing so :) go see it! give it a chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo thanked Bader Almotawaa after the Kuwait international graciously accepted being passed as the most-capped men's player.

Dine with celebs — or just feel their A-list presence — at New York’s celeb hot spot 9 Jones, “an intimate, sexy supper club” located in the West Village.

With Series Mania 2023 coming to a close, the event’s founder and general director Laurence Herszberg announced the winners of the Series Mania Festival today.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Studios is developing The Mysterious Mortons, a detective drama series for CBS from Amy Rardin (Charmed), George Northy (Charmed), and Laurie Zaks (Castle), Deadline has learned.

Bonjour, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you as another busy week in entertainment land draws to a close. Max and I were in Lille France for Series Mania for most of it, where encountered everything from Hollywood stars to raging rioters. Read on and sign up for the newsletter here.

Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor Continuing its global territorial expansion, Netflix picked up and is now streaming Greek TV series “Maestro in Blue,” its first-ever exclusive worldwide distribution deal for a Greek scripted series. Created for Greek broadcaster Mega TV by multihyphenate Christoforos Papakaliatis, “Maestro” was launched on the platform internationally on March 17 and this week hit the global top 10 of the most-watched shows on Netflix. “Maestro” debuted on Greek linear TV last October. Season 1, consisting of nine episodes, premiered on Netflix in Greece and Cyprus in December before expanding to audiences around the world.

Ready for their close-up. While the Vanderpump Rules cast is known for serving up the drama, some of the stars have branched out into the acting world.

Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final running orders have been revealed – check it out below.The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with Mae Muller set to represent the UK with ‘I Wrote A Song’.The UK city was announced to stage the contest on behalf of Ukraine, after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to the ongoing war with Russia.You can find all the songs that are entered for this year’s competition here.This week, Eurovision shared the running order for the Semi-Final shows, which take place on Tuesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 11.Norway will kick off proceedings for the first Semi-Final, closed out 15 acts later with a performance by Finland. The second event is set to be opened by Denmark, with Australia hitting the stage last.We got #Eurovision2023 Semi-Final running orders ✨➡️ https://t.co/V1tz85qvRD pic.twitter.com/hSjYqudp6j— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) March 22, 2023The Big Five participants – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom, which make the biggest financial contributions to the contest – along with Ukraine, automatically qualify for the Grand Final.Check out the full schedule below.First Semi-Final Eurovision 20231. Norway2. Malta3. Serbia4. Latvia5. Portugal6. Ireland7. Croatia8. Switzerland9. Israel10. Moldova11. Sweden12. Azerbaijan13. Czechia14. Netherlands15. FinlandSecond Semi-Final Eurovision 20231. Denmark2. Armenia3. Romania4. Estonia5. Belgium6. Cyprus7. Iceland8. Greece9. Poland10. Slovenia11. Georgia12. San Marino13. Austria14. Albania15. Lithuania16. AustraliaMeanwhile, Eurovision final 2023 tickets sold out in just 36 minutes.Tickets for all nine shows including the live Grand Final went on sale

Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi stopped by to watch British tennis player, Cameron Norrie (#12 in the world!), on the practice courts at the Hard Rock Stadium during the Miami Open tournament on Wednesday (March 22) in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Zara McDermott has been dating former Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson since summer 2019, not long after she split from her Love Island ex Adam Collard.The pair have been through a lot together since then and even split up for awhile at the beginning of 2020 after it emerged that Zara, who recently revealed a surprising health diagnosis, had been unfaithful during her time on Celebrity X Factor. However, they were able to reconcile and have been inseparable ever since, with Zara even growing extremely close to Sam’s sister, fellow reality star Louise Thompson.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on industry players outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re talking to Heretic co-founder Giorgos Karnavas about the growth of his Athens-based production and sales house he started in 2013 with Konstantinos Kontovrakis. The company played a pivotal role in co-producing Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner and Oscar contender Triangle of Sadness, its first English-language production. 

J. Kim Murphy Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell of Stone Village Television are developing a multi-part TV series based on Brian Muraresku’s book, “The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion With No Name.” Stone Village’s plans come after a competitive bidding war for the rights to the New York Times bestseller. Published in 2020, “The Immortality Key” organizes a decade of research into the history of psychedelics and how substances may connect to humanity’s discovery of God, chronicling practices such as psychedelic beer that dates back to sixth century B.C. to psychedelic wine consumed in ancient Greece. Stone Village bills the upcoming production as “‘Game of Thrones’ but with psychedelics,” teasing an “epic” scale for the project.

Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired the prison break action film “Breakout,” which features the late Tom Sizemore in one his final roles. The film is set to release in April.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Lisa Joy, showrunner of “Westworld” and “The Peripheral,” says the Writers’ Guild of America is “acting for [writers’] collective good” in its negotiations with studios, even if it could potentially lead to a strike in May. Joy, who runs production company Kilter Films, is being honored at French TV drama festival Series Mania this week. She took part in a keynote conversation on Wednesday, at which she quipped that a strike will mean “more time with my kids.” “It’s a little stressful because I’ve reached a point where I can manage without work for a while,” said Joy. “As it is, we have shows coming out and we’re in the editing process. We have a rotation of shows that aren’t dependent on writing at the phase they’re in. But I always stand by the decision of the Writers’ Guild — I know they’re acting for our collective good.”

Norway’s Casper Ruud and Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti helped groom puppies while volunteering during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.

EXCLUSIVE: Greek production and sales house Heretic has upped its long-time head of sales and acquisitions exec Ioanna Stais to partner.

Lille’s Series Mania Forum is kicking off today with a packed schedule of talks, screenings and competitions.

The Miami Open tennis tournament kicks off this week and Denmark’s Holger Rune and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas were just two of the ATP stars who volunteered during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.

Heidi Klum is helping celebrate its fourth anniversary as she prepares to celebrate her own milestone birthday.For 's new issue — titled «The Anniversary Issue» — Klum posed for the cover and showed off her flawless figure in a semi-sheer, cream-colored top, sans bra. shared a look at the striking cover on Instagram and teased the photo shoot and interview with the famous supermodel." celebrates its four year anniversary with @heidiklum as the guest of honor!" the publication captioned the post. «Just a few months before she turns fifty, the famous supermodel is photographed for the April issue and talks exclusively about her career, immaculate style, warm family, and all that makes her happy now.»A post shared by Vogue Greece (@voguegreece)Klum, who turns 50 on June 1, opened up about her career as a model and how the industry has changed since she first started out.«I like that there is now more variety in modeling,» Klum says in her interview with.

Heidi Klum is proudly showing off her body as she approaches her 50th birthday. The 49-year-old model posed braless for the cover of Vogue Greece's four-year anniversary issue. Klum, who was deemed the "guest of honor," rocked a sheer, champagne-colored top with a nude skirt and her hair pulled away from her face.

Rachel Zegler is taking critics to task over their reviews of “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”.

Manchester Orchestra have shared their reimagined acoustic cover of Cher‘s ‘Believe’. Check it out below.Lead singer Andy Hull and guitarist Robert McDowell on keys sat down in the SiriusXM studio and transformed Cher’s 1998 electro-pop hit into an indie ballad.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Rachel Zegler took to social media over the weekend to lament what she called “senselessly mean” reactions to the film. The DC sequel had a lackluster opening at the global box office, landing with $65.5M worldwide and currently carries a 52% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

ITV star Gino D'Acampo has quit a popular show as he tries to safeguard his relationship with his co-stars after they had a series of "stressful" rows about contracts.

As the resident chef on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, chef Theo Michaels has proved popular with daytime TV viewers who'll be pleased to hear about his new book. Featuring an array of delicious recipes and sharing menus designed to feed 6–8 people the appropriately titled SHARE: Delicious Platters & Boards for Social Dining provides inspiration for relaxed, sociable eating.Theo, a Masterchef semi-finalist, has always loved food and says, "my cooking began at a very young age; being Greek Cypriot our life revolves around the kitchen." The book opens with a section featuring simple ideas that include shop-sourced, deli-style ingredients to get you started.

Coolio album ‘Long Live Coolio’ is set to be released later this year, with the first single ‘TAG, You It’ arriving ahead of the record.The record will feature material the rapper was working on before his passing in September last year at age 59. Meanwhile, the album’s first single ‘TAG, You IT’ featuring Too $hort and DJ Wino is out now, alongside its music video.The video, which was filmed before Coolio’s passing, sees the late rapper and Too $hort making at appearance at a boxing ring to watch a group of women tackling each other to the mat.The ‘Gangster’s Paradise’ rapper, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr, passed away on September 28 last year.

shared the news in a Facebook post Thursday, saying “I am devastated to say that my brother, Peter Hardy, passed away suddenly this morning… Rest in peace my beloved little brother.”According to local reports, Hardy passed away after snorkeling at a beach in Fremantle after traveling to see his mother in the city nearby Perth in Western Australia. The West Australian reported that, prior to the incident, Hardy had posted on social media and tagged himself at Cottesloe Beach and South Beach in Fremantle just an hour before he was taken out of the water, unresponsive. In addition to his roles in “McLeod’s Daughters” and “Chopper,” Hardy also appeared in several episodes of the series “Neighbors,” in which he played Jimmy Drane. Off the small screen, Hardy dazzled audiences in the stage version of “Mamma Mia! The Musical.” Starring as Phil Rakich in “McLeod’s Daughters,” Hardy appeared in 44 episodes of the Australian drama series, which ran for eight seasons. Following his death, Andy Burns, a close friend of Hardy’s who said the pair lived together in Neutral Bay Sydney in the mid 1980s, expressed his heartbreak at the news, noting he is “inconsolable” from Hardy’s death, saying “words cannot express how deeply I feel this loss.”“He was 66 years old and looked like a Greek god, so fit, and so happy to be back in his native WA visiting from London where he had made his home,” Burns wrote in a tribute post on Facebook, adding that the “Chopper” actor decided to buy a canal boat in London and sent him guitar tracks recorded from the boat.

Australian actor Peter Hardy shared some 'reasons to be cheerful' online just an hour before his sudden death while snorkeling at a West Australian beach.  The 66-year-old was pulled unresponsive from the water at about 10. 40am at  Fremantle's South Beach on Thursday, shortly after sharing a series of photos online.

Marta Balaga French TV festival Series Mania started out playfully with a slew of humorous digs directed at its starry guests during the opening ceremony, including Brian Cox, back in town to hold a masterclass and introduce the latest episode of his smash hit “Succession.” “I didn’t have time to watch Season 3. I have to see my children grow up, Brian!,” exclaimed host Daphné Bürki, before introducing this year’s opening show “Greek Salad” by Cédric Klapisch: “A prequel to ‘Norwegian Omelette,’ always starring Romain Duris,” Bürki joked. Series Mania general director Laurence Herszberg joined in on the fun, giving a shoutout to “Emily in Paris’s” Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, attending with co-star Arnaud Binard: “She became a symbol of a Parisian woman. I hope there isn’t too much weight on your shoulders, Philippine!”

Actor Lance Reddick, who starred in the popular HBO series The Wire, has tragically passed away aged 60, his publicist has announced. Lance's publicist Mia Hansen shared the tragic news in a statement, which read: "Acclaimed actor Lance Reddick passed away suddenly this morning from natural causes. Lance will be greatly missed.

The Wire actor Lance Reddick has died at the age of 60, according to reports in the US tonight.

Lance Reddick has died aged 60.

Sabrina Carpenter has kicked off the second leg of her Emails I Can’t Send headlining tour and we have the set list from her first show of 2023!

Marta Balaga It has been over 20 years since Cédric Klapisch delighted audiences with his 2002 comedy “Pot Luck” about a group of twentysomethings sharing a flat in Barcelona.  Featuring the likes of Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France and “Yellowstone” star Kelly Reilly, the film – also known as “The Spanish Apartment” – has spawned two sequels: “Russian Dolls” and “Chinese Puzzle.”  Now, French director is putting the old team back together in the Amazon Prime Video series “Greek Salad,” which opens Series Mania on March 17. But there is a twist. 

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent With an International Panorama spangled by gems  – think Spain’s “Apagón,” Sweden’s “Blackwater,” and Canada’s “Disobey” and “Little Bird” – Series Mania also weighs in this year with one, if not the, strongest and most mouthwatering of international competitions in its history.  Including the opening and closing series, Amazon’s “Greek Salad” and Netflix’s “Transatlantic,” nearly all the global streamers have titles in the lineup, from Apple TV+’s “Drops of God” and Paramount+’s “Fleeting Lies.” The lineup also features some A-List international writing talents, such as the U.K.’s Jack Thorne and Israel’s Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen, whose “The Virtues” and “No Man’s Land” rank among the most memorable of recent Series Mania competition titles, and closing the festival, out of competition, “Unorthodox’s” Anna Wenger.”Fleeting Lies” also represents one of the first series from Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar’s El Deseo label in Madrid, opening series “Greek Salad” Cedric Klapisch’s first works a TV series creator.