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Neighbours star Stefan Dennis says he “surprised himself” when he became emotional on the last day of filming the long-running Australian soap.The actor, who played the villainous Paul Robinson, said it was “a melancholy day” as he looked back at his experiences from the past 37 years, including run-ins with the Royal Family.The soap first aired in 1985 and follows the lives of those living and working in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, with Dennis joining the show as one of the original cast members. Speaking on the Australian breakfast programme Studio 10, Dennis said he had had to keep a “very low profile” on the last day, in order to avoid becoming “an absolute mess”.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ announced the casting of Amber Chardae Robinson (Stuber, Judas and the Black Messiah) as a series regular on Mrs. American Pie.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American TV rights to Salvage Marines, a sci-fi action series starring Starship Troopers alum Casper Van Dien that will stream on Crackle Plus next month.

J. Kim Murphy Although Showtime is pulling from his groundbreaking 1980 drama for its upcoming series, Paul Schrader has no interest in tuning into the network’s upcoming “American Gigolo” adaptation.The writer-director clarified his lack of involvement in the production through one of his famed Facebook posts on Saturday morning.“Some years ago I received a call from Paramount asking about remaking ‘American Gigolo’ as a series,” Schrader wrote.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominee Richard Cabral (Mayans M.C., American Crime) has joined the cast of Peacock’s Twisted Metal. Cabral will star as Quiet’s (Stephanie Beatriz) overprotective brother Loud in the live-action video game adaptation.

That’s Madame Uma Thurman, to you. The actress has been cast as Ellen Claremont, the newly elected President of the United States, in the upcoming film adaptation of “Red, White and Royal Blue.” The film is a young adult romantic comedy based on a novel of the same name.Thurman joins Taylor Zakhar Perez, who will lead the adaptation as her son Alex Claremont-Diaz. Perez will star opposite Nicholas Galitzine as young royal Prince Henry.Here’s a logline for the movie:Handsome, charismatic, brilliant―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House.

EXCLUSIVE: Uma Thurman (Super Pumped) will play U.S. President Ellen Claremont in Prime Video’s rom-com, Red, White & Royal Blue, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Casey McQuiston. She’s set to star alongside the previously announced Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Clifton Collins Jr., Stephen Fry, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber, Aneesh Sheth, Polo Morin, Ahmed Elhaj and Akshay Khanna.

A lot of supporters will be surprised to learn that Andreas Pereira is still a Manchester United player.

Nancy Pelosi‘s husband is under arrest.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is fast approaching and, with a four day weekend to go with it, plenty of games will be played by families across the country to celebrate the Queen's historic reign. It seems that despite their royal status, even the Queen’s family members aren’t immune to enjoying a game or two and the team at SudokuCraze rounded up the favourites from The Firm. According to reports, Her Majesty is a big fan of The Name Game where players write names of famous people on a post-it note and place them on one another’s foreheads.The game is said to be an incredibly popular game with the Royal Family when the whole clan come together during holidays.

Ray Liotta had recently wrapped shooting Apple’s upcoming series Black Bird, his final completed television series, shortly before his death. In a heartfelt remembrance Thursday, series creator Dennis Lehane fondly remembered Liotta as “the most electric American actor of his generation.” Lehane revealed that it “was the culmination of a lifelong dream” to work with Liotta and that he wrote the role of Big Jim Keene specifically for the Emmy-winning actor, describing his performance as a “master class.” Lehane also shares their funny and poignant interactions on set. You can read his entire tribute below.

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Lucas is set to star opposite Kristen Wiig in Apple TV+ comedy series Mrs. American Pie, executive produced by Laura Dern. Based on Juliet McDaniel’s book, Mrs. American Pie hails from creator Abe Sylvia (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and director Tate Taylor (Breaking News in Yuba County). Dern also is eyeing a “key role” in the series.

A24 has won North American rights to Charlotte Wells’ Cannes buzz title Aftersun.

DEALSReservoir Media has signed a new publishing deal with Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, covering his work with the band and numerous other artists, including David Gilmour, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, Nico and more. “I’m very happy to embark on this new relationship with Reservoir and look forward to many fruitful collaborations”, he says.Independent publisher BDi Music has signed emerging artist/songwriter Ellysse Mason to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal.

Guy Lodge Film CriticIt’s not that we haven’t seen Emily Watson on screen recently — it just feels a long time since any film really made us look at her. Somehow knowing and guileless and haunted at once, her piercing, pale-eyed gaze made an immediate mark in film history with her debut in “Breaking the Waves” a quarter-century ago, but it’s been an underused natural resource of late: TV has been more generous, but the movies have confined her to stock mom-and-wife supporting roles for years.

EXCLUSIVE: Vision Films’ CEO and Managing Director Lise Romanoff has closed a deal with Andrei Bocharnikov of Ukraine’s Festivals Cinema to theatrically release six films in the region—the goal being to provide a little respite, distraction and hope for those in the country who are struggling.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEdie Falco has been cast opposite Pete Davidson in the upcoming Peacock comedy series “Bupkis,” Variety has learned.The announcement was made during NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation on Monday. “Bupkis” was picked up straight-to-series at Peacock back in April. The show is described as a heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson’s real life.

Bake off judge Paul Hollywood has admitted he would have looked at his role on the now-iconic baking show differently if he'd known about how much it may affect his personal life. The baker, now 56, has had a very tumultuous time in his love life - breaking up with his wife of 20 years and dating a series of women. Paul, who also stars in the US version of the Bake Off, admitted that trying to maintain 'family relationships is really difficult when they’re in the public domain.