Netherlands Becomes Latest Country To Launch Film & TV Relief Fund With Netflix Backing

By John Hopewell

Ralph Fiennes is attached to star as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix and Working Title’s movie “Matilda,” we understand.

By Andreas Wiseman

French Montana and Tory Lanez are chilling in quarantine with the release of their new collaboration “Cold”.

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, which recently saw its coffers run dry after just two weeks of applications, has received a major boost from the British Academy. BAFTA on Monday revealed that it was to reach out to itsnetworks and encourage donations to the initiative, enabling The Film and TV Charity, which set up the fund alongside the British Film Institute, to create further funding rounds.

By Tom Grater

The U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, officially launched earlier this month by the British Film Institute and the Film and TV Charity, has now closed to applicants, with almost 3,000 people applying for more than £5 million ($6.2 million), exceeding its financial limitations.

The 27th of April is one of the most important dates in the Dutch calendar as the country celebrates its monarchy in the most spectacular way. The national holiday is held on King Willem-Alexander’s birthday and was originally devised to promote national unity by honouring the Dutch royal family.

By Tom Grater

By Tom Grater

Even though they only had mild symptoms, Idris Elba says he and his wife had their lives “turned around” after contracting the coronavirus, calling the experience “definitely scary and unsettling and nervous.”

Most of the money will go to the charity Help Musicians

While the British royals are doing their part to support their country by checking in with their charities, virtually opening hospitals, and sharing public video messages, Swedish royal, Princess Sofia, is heading to the frontlines. 

By Elsa Keslassy

Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky said Thursday that it has committed to donate £500,000 ($625,000) to a recently established emergency relief fund to support the U.K.’s creative community amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

By Andreas Wiseman

By Jake Kanter

A weekly report by the CIES Football Observatory has highlighted Sporting Lisbon as one of the top stepping-stone clubs in European football.