Changing her tune. Kim Kardashian sparked speculation that she’s still feuding with sister Kourtney Kardashian when she gushed over attending Chris Appleton and Lukas Gage’s Las Vegas nuptials.
13.04.2023 - 08:43 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay has backed a TV drama indie set up by Peaky Blinders EP Tommy Bulfin and Apple TV+ commissioner Kim Varvell.
The duo, who count Line of Duty, Normal People, Bad Sisters and Des amongst an enviable list of credits, have launched Conker Pictures and will focus on making TV drama series for both local and global buyers.
Banijay has taken a minority stake in Conker via its £50M ($62M) UK Growth Fund and Conker has struck a first-look deal with distributor Banijay Rights. Hires and development projects are imminent.
Bulfin has just finished a five-year stint as BBC Commissioning Editor during which time he worked on the likes of Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty, Normal People and The Gold. Varvell has spent the last three years in Jay Hunt’s Apple TV+ commissioning team, with credits including Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, the Uma Thurman-starring Suspicion and upcoming Idris Elba-starrer Hijack.
The pair spent time working together at Des producer New Pictures.
“We have been friends and colleagues for many years and it has long been our ambition to work together again,” said Bulfin and Varvell. “We have had the good fortune to work with some of the brightest and best talent in the UK over the past few years and are excited to build on these strong relationships in our new home at Conker Pictures.”
The pair hailed Banijay UK for its “rich history of delivering hit shows,” while Banijay UK CEO Patrick Holland in turn praised their “wonderful instincts for talent and restless energy to produce the very best.”
Conker Pictures is French powerhouse Banijay’s second UK drama indie investment since the high-profile acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. Deadline revealed last year that Banijay had taken a majority
Changing her tune. Kim Kardashian sparked speculation that she’s still feuding with sister Kourtney Kardashian when she gushed over attending Chris Appleton and Lukas Gage’s Las Vegas nuptials.
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury were seen enjoying a spot of lunch after returning from their Dubai getaway following swirling rumours of a long-awaited engagement. Earlier in the day, the PrettyLittleThing creative director and professional boxer appeared in great spirits as they touched down at Manchester Airport alongside their three month old daughter Bambi.
Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury looked relaxed and happy as they arrived back in the UK on Thursday from their recent family holiday to Dubai. PrettyLittleThing creative director Molly, 23, beamed as she exited Manchester Airport alongside professional boxer Tommy, also 23, and their three month old daughter Bambi, who was in her pushchair. New mum Molly, who welcomed Bambi with Tommy in January, cut a casual figure in a baggy blue sweatshirt and black leggings with her blonde hair slicked back in her signature bun.
In Molly-Mae Hague’s most recent vlog, she urged her boyfriend Tommy Fury to propose after she took her first work trip since giving birth to baby Bambi.The 23 year old dropped major hints that she is ready to tie the knot with boxer Tommy, 23, after travelling to the South of France for a PrettyLittleThing shoot, and said the location was “the most magical” that she had ever shot at.The Love Island star told viewers that she never thought she would get married abroad and always envisioned a more traditional wedding in a church in the UK. Molly said: “It’s making me really question my thoughts of how I never, ever wanted to get married abroad”. She continued, laughing to the camera: “I mean, it’s funny because I’m not even engaged yet and I’m talking about when I’m getting married. I’m getting a little bit ahead of myself aren’t I”.
You star Lukas Gage and celeb hairstylist Chris Appleton managed to pull off a Vegas wedding that was both intimate and A-list, officiated by none other than Kim Kardashian. After , the pair quickly announced an engagement, and while in Vegas for an event, found time to tie the knot.
Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton tied the knot over the weekend with some very special guests in attendance.
The business behind an iconic Manchester hotel featured in Peaky Blinders and favoured by a host of celebrities has changed hands.
People reports that the White Lotus actor and his celebrity hairstylist beau did obtain a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada.During the awards ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Kim Kardashian presented Appleton with the hair artist of the year award.The reality TV star took the opportunity to make a joke about her friend.“I’m so happy he’s in a relationship right now and that it’s out there,” she began, having cut him off to launch into her short monologue. “Because I’m so tired of all my girlfriends and guy friends asking me if you’re available, and who my hot guy is who is always with me.”A post shared by Chris Appleton (@chrisappleton1)Page Six reports that Gage and Appleton may have secretly gotten married at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas over the weekend.The report claims they wed in front of only half a dozen guests, including Kardashian.
Chris Appleton and Lukas Gage are married! The hairstylist and the actor tied the knot in Las Vegas on Saturday, a marriage license obtained by ET shows.The duo said «I do» at the Little White Chapel in front of six guests, including Kim Kardashian, according to , who first reported news of the nuptials.After they tied the knot, Appleton jetted back to California to attend The Daily Front Row's 7th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards. At the ceremony, Kardashian, who was joined by her eldest child, 9-year-old North, presented Appleton with the Hair Artist of the Year award.«I also want to say thank you to Lukas,» Appleton said during his acceptance speech, «for being my rock and making me feel like I'm perfect when I know I'm not.»The whirlwind weekend came the same month that news of Appleton and Gage's engagement broke.
Peaky Blinders and Gangs of London star Joe Cole has been cast as lead in real-time BBC thriller series Nightsleeper.
Fresh from her ratings triumph in the third and final series of Happy Valley, its star Sarah Lancashire is teaming up with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to bring the story of William Shakespeare’s First Folio to screen.
Naman Ramachandran “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight is developing a drama series based on the life of William Shakespeare, based on a concept by double BAFTA-winning “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire. The series is being developed with Banijay U.K.’s Kudos and Lancashire’s production company, Via Pictures, which she formed with Peter Salmon. It will be written by Knight and will be produced out of his Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham by Kudos, in association with Via. The drama will tell the complete story of the glove-maker’s son who became the greatest storyteller in history and how his genius survived and thrived in an age of turmoil and terror, danger and disease. It aims to be the first full account of the passion, people and politics that made William Shakespeare the world’s most famous dramatist and the men and women around him who loved and labored, schemed and plotted, killed and connived in one of the most dangerous periods in history.
Two Hollywood stars were recently spotted in the small Aberdeenshire town of Fraserburgh.
K.J. Yossman A new report looking at the success of the U.K. government’s COVID production scheme found it supported over 1,200 productions since its launch in July 2020. The scheme was set up to assist productions struggling to get COVID-related insurance before it was eventually shut down last spring. The report by Nordicity & Saffery Champness found over two years the scheme had created 37,100 cast roles and 63,500 crew positions as well as sustaining 48,500 full-time jobs. Among the productions benefitting from the scheme were “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” as well as “Peaky Blinders.” The report estimated the scheme contributed £2.25 billion to the U.K. economy while the cost to the government was £19.6 million. 58% of productions helped by the scheme were based outside of London.
US Weekly, Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton are secretly – or perhaps not so secretly, at this point – engaged. The news comes just a few weeks after the couple confirmed their romantic relationship in the first place.Rumors about their romance had been swirling for months, and Appleton finally confirmed their relationship during a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.“I’m very happy [and] very much in love,” Appleton stated during his time on the daytime talk show, which took place just this March.
Jack Harlow is the latest star to join Apple’s upcoming movie, The Instigators.
Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton are reportedly set to take their relationship to the next level.
Crisscrossing the country for the cuisine — and the culture! Padma Lakshmi is back for season 2 of Taste the Nation, and Us Weekly has the exclusive first look at the latest installment.
Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton are taking the next step in their relationship. The 27-year-old actor and 39-year-old celebrity hairstylist are engaged, ET has confirmed. According to a source, the star told friends he and Appleton “got engaged” around the time they were in Mexico together in February. This news should come as no surprise to fans as the men have both publicly expressed how in love they are in recent interviews. «I think this mane needed to be tamed. I also needed to be tamed,» Gage quipped while on when he was asked about his relationship with Appleton.
EXCLUSIVE: The headline-grabbing abduction of British model Chloe Ayling is to be dramatized for the BBC by Killing Eve writer Georgia Lester.