Meet Team Rafiq: Julian Assange's former lawyer representing cricketer in Yorkshire racism case

Matthew McConaughey is receiving a major honor.

Jennifer Hudson, who portrayed Aretha Franklin in the biopic “Respect” earlier this year, will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCelebrated by a VIP evening event at Lisbon’s imposing Jerónimos Monastery, CNN and partner Media Capital will bow CNN Portugal today at 21:00 GMT, marking the biggest news launch for many years in Portugal.A 24-hour Portuguese-language channel, CNN Portugal will be run by Media Capital, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate  which also owns top broadcast network TVI and Plural Entertainment, one of the country’s biggest production entities.Media

Moving tributes were paid to three Russian airmen and a Czech passenger who died in a WWII plane crash while based at the Errol RAF base in two special ceremonies last week.

Benedict Cumberbatch has a real knack for playing unique, oftentimes misunderstood egomaniacs. Whether it’s Doctor Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Patrick Melrose, Julian Assange, or Khan, the actor finds a way to ground his oftentimes sociopathic characters in a real emotional truth.

LA-based Hackman Capital Partners just announced its latest project — working with the City of Toronto to develop a new complex called Basin Media Studios amid a production boom in that city and a global race to expand capacity to accommodate the explosion of TV and film production. 

Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq has commended both Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson for "showing the world how to behave" during the fight against racism.

UPDATED with letter to Board: AMG CEO Byron Allen said he’s sent a letter to the board of directors of McDonald’s asking them to fire CEO Chris Kempczinski after a controversial text message from the executive surfaced related to the shooting deaths of two black children.

Katherine Tulich Australian film maker Gabriel Shipton wants his new documentary “Ithaka”, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday, to shine a new perspective on his brother, the polarizing Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.“It’s a story that’s never been told before,” Shipton, who produced the film, told Variety. “We’ve learned Julian’s story through media headlines, but I wanted to tell this story through his family.

World Choreography Awards nominees list includes Mandy Moore (“Zooey’s Extraordinary Playlist”), Casey Nicholaw (“The Prom”) two-time Emmy Award winner and “Dancing With the Stars” host Derek Hough (“The Disney Holiday Singalong,” “DWTS”) and many others, the awards organization said Wednesday. The “Choreo” Awards nominees list also includes Ashley Wallen (“The Greatest Showman”) and Chris Scott (“In The Heights”), and Kenny Ortega and Paul Becker (“Julie and the Phantoms”).

NBC’s Chicago Fire has added Brett Dalton to the cast in a recurring role on the heels of Jesse Spencer’s departure from the series after 10 seasons, Deadline has confirmed. Dalton will portray interim Lieutenant Jason Pelham, who will make his debut on Wednesday night’s episode airing at 9 p.m.

An aspiring Corrie star has plastered her face on a billboard at Media City in a bid to be cast in the soap.

They don’t have friends, they have family. Since Paul Walker‘s 2013 death, his former Fast and Furious castmates have worked together to make sure his daughter, Meadow Walker, always has support.

Marta Balaga In his documentary essay “Desire Lines,” currently in development and presented at Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: U.S. Docs, Chicago-born Jules Rosskam blows the lid off an “open secret” among transgender men: the fact that after coming out, many of them develop an attraction for other men.“This idea is the driving force of the film.

Super Soap Week kicked off with a bang on Emmerdale. Viewers saw Manpreet Sharma (played by Rebecca Sarker) and Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) fall from a 60ft bridge into perilous waters, closely followed by Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) and David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden).

The Sopranos‘ creator David Chase has had early conversations about a prequel series that could land on HBO Max.Following the launch of the show’s spin-off film The Many Saints Of Newark, Chase mentioned in an interview with Deadline that he may return to the Sopranos universe with another feature.“There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write the script together.

Jesse Spencer's exit from stirred up a lot of emotions for fans on Wednesday's landmark 200th episode, when he decided to relocate to Portland, Oregon, to look after his late best friend's sons.Spencer, who had been with the long-running firefighter drama since its inception in 2012, departed the series after nearly a decade playing Captain Matthew Casey, one of the leaders at Firehouse 51.Following his final episode (for now), the 42-year-old actor took to Twitter to share a sweet and emotional