Netflix U.K. Content Heads Discuss Diversity, Disability and Local Programming at Edinburgh TV Festival

Edinburgh city centre amid a disturbance outside a nightclub. Police were called to Lothian Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Jennifer Hudson reckons the tale of how she went full circle from singing Aretha Franklin’s Share Your Love With Me in her first American Idol audition to being handpicked by the Queen of Soul herself to star in a Franklin biopic is “a story only God could write.

EXCLUSIVE: Damon Dash is partnering with Black-owned film distribution company Homestead Entertainment to help independent filmmakers bring their content to the masses.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorEven though she is on the cusp of turning 80, Lesley Stahl is still climbing mountains.Thirty years ago, the “60 Minutes” correspondent “huffed and puffed for two months to get myself in training” for what she has said was “one of the best days of my life,” a visit with the famous  Rwanda mountain primates that were the basis of the 1988 film “Gorillas in the Mist.” Her stamina work at that time didn’t do much for her, she recalls in an interview.

A film festival is about more than just the films and the festival center. It is about the location, the journey, the experience. Here on Deadline, we’ll be bringing you updates on what it’s like to be on the ground at the Venice Film Festival, which continues on schedule for a second year in a row despite the pandemic disrupting other events.

Lisa Hamilton Daly, who developed series such as Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias during her time as Director, Original Series at Netflix, has joined Crown Media Family Networks.

Edinburgh. Some six engines and one height vehicle raced to Bread Street in the capital's city centre at 2.35pm amid reports of a four storey building on fire.

Naman Ramachandran Top Netflix Europe executives have said that the streamer is practising a local-first approach to production.Speaking at the Series Mania Forum on Monday, Anna Nagler, director, local language originals, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, said, “We’re so happy that when when we enter the local market, we can work with local community, with local talent and local directors, the way to learn from them and to actually give them space, to give them the platform to create, to

Kourtney Kardashian isn’t the only member of her family to make a big change to their hair!

Naman Ramachandran Netflix India has revealed a first look and trailer for “Call My Agent: Bollywood,” the Indian adaptation of popular French series “Dix Pour Cent.”The series is produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Banijay Asia.

NBC is rounding out its Season 2 cast for Law & Order: Organized Crime. Lolita Davidovich, Mykelti Williamson, Guillermo Diaz and Dash Mihok are set for recurring roles on the upcoming season of Dick Wolf’s SVU spinoff series.

William Earl Netflix Chief Marketing Officer Bozoma Saint John, Rob Lowe and Paris Hilton will be the keynote speakers at Variety‘s virtual Entertainment and Technology Summit, presented by City National Bank, running from Sept. 22 to Sept.

You know that sound that plays every time you fire up a Netflix Original? Apparently, if you were to spell it out, you get “tudum.” And in honor of that unmistakable sound and the ridiculous number of upcoming projects coming to Netflix over the next several months, the streaming company thinks it’s time for a fan event, aptly titled TUDUM.

Who better to go to when you’re feeling overwhelming grief and loss than your local veterinarian? As odd as that might sound, that’s exactly what a woman needs in the new film, “The Starling.” As seen in the trailer for “The Starling,” the film stars Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd as a couple dealing with a tragedy.

Animated films and TV series are no stranger to having star-studded casts. But there are few that have as many big names as the cast for “Maya and the Three.” READ MORE: ‘Nightbooks’ Trailer: Krysten Ritter Is A Witch Who Lives Off Scary Stories As seen in the teaser for “Maya and the Three,” the animated series tells the story of a young warrior princess, Maya, who has to spend her fifteenth birthday fighting and defeating evil forces and saving her people.

Netflix is gearing up for the fall debut of Maya and the Three from creator Jorge R. Gutiérrez by revealing the animated series’ star-studded cast.

In a world of reboots, spin-offs and reimaginations, The Office remains one of the most vaunted.

statement that once the sea mammal began to feel unwell, animal care specialists and veterinarians began treating her. She died hours after being cared for.“Despite her care team’s efforts, Amaya’s condition continued to decline rapidly.

Joe and Anthony Russo have exited Netflix’s “Magic: The Gathering” series over creative differences regarding the animated adaptation, TheWrap has learned.