‘My Lady Jane’ Cast, Writers on Bringing to Life the ‘Fascinating, Dramatic, Sexy’ Tudors and Turning History on Its Head

The Northern Irish electro-pop band Two Door Cinema Club are returning to the Glastonbury Music Festival. The indie icons played the penultimate performance on the Other Stage on Sunday, marking their return to Worthy Farm for the first time in five years.

Alex Ritman In her 2022 Toronto curtain raiser “The Swimmers,” telling the true story of two Syrian sisters and their emotional and gruelling journey to Europe to escape the civil war, director Sally El-Hossaini went to great lengths to ensure authenticity, using real-life refugees both in-front of and behind the camera. For Counterpoints Arts, the U.K.

Lady Jane has landed on Prime Video today (June 27) and here’s every song on the show’s soundtrack.The new series is partly based on history, centring on Lady Jane Grey, a Tudor noblewoman who briefly claimed the English and Irish throne in 1553.Known as the ‘Nine-Day Queen’, she was beheaded but in Prime’s new show, “the damsel in distress saves herself.”A synopsis says it is “a radical retelling of English royal history, in which King Henry VIII’s son Edward does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her rascal of a husband Guildford”.All eight episodes of the show will land on Prime at 8am on June 27 and the series features a cast including Edward Bluemel, Jordan Peters, Dominic Cooper, Anna Chancellor, Rob Brydon, Jim Broadbent, Henry Ashton, Isabella Brownson, Robyn Betteridge, Kate O’Flynn, Abbie Hern, Máiréad Tyers, Joe Klocek and Michael Workeye.Check out the trailer for the new series here:The track listing for the new show can be found below. The show also released its score today (June 27) as well.

The internet is abuzz this week about the fifth episode of the “Star Wars”/Lucasfilm series, “The Acolyte,” from writer/director Leslye Headland. And for good reason, but we’ll get to that in a second.

Aramide Tinubu In 16th century England, Lady Jane Grey was a 16-year-old girl who became the Queen of England for a paltry nine days before her head was swiftly removed from her body. Historians and fans of the Tudors know this sad tale, but Prime Video‘s “My Lady Jane,” created by Gemma Burgess, isn’t interested in historical facts. Instead, the quippy dramedy, which is based on the best-selling novel by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows, bends and twists Jane’s story.

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The innovative historical drama, My Lady Jane, is set to make its debut on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, June 27. But who are the main cast members?

Brent Lang Executive Editor Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “The World According to Allee Wilis,” a new documentary about the musical powerhouse best known for writing the “Friends” theme song and Earth Wind & Fire’s “September.” The film, which is directed by Alexis Spraic, had its world premiere at SXSW and has been hitting the festival circuit. It most recently screened at the Provincetown Film Festival, and will next be showcased at Frameline.

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton has signed on to narrate Fasting And The Longevity Revolution, a health and wellness documentary directed by Barry Alexander Brown, best known as a longtime editor on projects directed by Spike Lee. 

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Brian Dowling and his husband Arthur Gourounlian are over the moon with the arrival of their second child, a baby girl.The 46 year old presenter and his partner Arthur, 44, had previously shared the exciting news that they were expanding their family. Once again, Brian's generous younger sister Aoife, 35, offered the gift of surrogacy to the couple, having also carried their one year old daughter Blake. Sharing news of their new arrival on Tuesday, 25 June, Brain took to Instagram and exclaimed: "Please be upstanding for the arrival of our BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, Blu Amar Rose Dowling Gourounlian." He continued: "@effidy_dowling_, you are a SUPERSTAR and we are, as always, FOREVER GRATEFUL.

Jude Law went to some pretty extreme lengths while getting into character as King Henry VIII.

As Loose Women favourite Nadia Sawalha approaches her 60th birthday this year, she’s not taking any moments for granted.The telly favourite has spent years fighting for her friend Hannah Gardner, who has secondary incurable breast cancer, facing off against MPs in Westminster and spending hours by her side while she gets treatment in hospital. As she exclusively tells OK!, it’s given her a whole new perspective on life.

Jude Law, who famously starred in the iconic 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley, has a 27-year-old son named Rafferty who looks so much like his famous dad that you're sure to do a double-take. Rafferty looked like he'd stepped back in time when he stepped out at The Bikeriders premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday, 17 June as he donned a loose-fitting pinstripe suit and slicked back hair that resembled his father's statement 90s look.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events King Henry VIII is most associated with ordering the killings of two of his wives while he had his marriages to another three annulled. Usually forgotten or rarely mentioned is sixth and final spouse Catherine Parr. But Alicia Vikander is hoping her portrayal of Parr in the new drama “Firebrand” will bring more attention to the royal widow.

The Sopranos reunited in New York earlier this week to speak at a panel at the Tribeca Film Festival.In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the US crime drama television series and the premiere of Alex Gibney’s documentary, Wise Guy: David Chase And The Sopranos, members of the cast and crew appeared for an exclusive panel interview.As reported by The Guardian, many cast members expressed their gratitude at being part of such a close team.Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who portrayed Meadow Soprano, said: “That set was home, these people were home, and they accepted you no matter what.” Meanwhile Robert Iler, who played A.K., now 39, said: “My friends are all going to shitty college reunions, and I get to come here.”Also in attendance was actor Steve Buscemi, who directed several episodes and guest-starred in season five. He spoke about reading the pilot script and admitting “I didn’t get it.” He explained how he then witnessed it become a huge success and thought, “Wow, I fucked up!”Executive producers Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf Of Wall Street) and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men) joined the series’ creator David Chase at the panel.

A true crime podcast on the history of the casting couch.All the hits and misses for summer 2024News, interviews and reviewsAnouk Aimée, the French actress known for her elegance and cool sophistication in films including Claude Lelouch's "A Man and a Woman," died on Tuesday. She was 92.The company is expected to make the announcement official on Monday.Brad Pitt’s upcoming feature about Formula 1 racing has gotten a release date from Apple Original Films.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo goes back in time to realize not much has changed with the film, “Firebrand.” Directed by Karim Ainouz (“Invisible Life,” “Futuro Beach”), the film follows Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), the sixth wife of Henry VIII (Jude Law), who finds herself fighting for survival when the paranoid king grows more suspicious of her actions.

Jack Dunn When Donald Glover first approached showrunner Francesca Sloane about adapting “Mr. & Mrs. Smtih” for Amazon Prime, she “started laughing,” and thought it was a “weird Donald Glover joke that he randomly spit out.” She was confused as to why he would pick the 2005 action-comedy of all movies, but as the conversation evolved, the project began taking shape in her mind.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their surprise collaboration with AURORA on ‘Limousine’, revealing it was very nearly another popstar.Frontman Oli Sykes sat down with NME to talk through the Sheffield band’s new record ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘. There, he explained the choices behind some of his collaborators on the rexord, including AURORA’s surprise appearance on ‘Limousine’.“I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.