‘Peaky Blinders’: Jason Statham was first choice for Tommy Shelby

Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies – has shared a heartwarming tribute to Sir Ian Holm, who died at the age of 88. The Oscar-nominated actor – best known for playing Bilbo Baggins – died peacefully in hospital on June 19, according to his agent.

Peaky Blinders fan. Season five just ended with a typically epic finale, we just enjoyed The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival, a VR game is in the works, and there’s talk of a film and various spin-offs. And that’s not all.

Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne has teased the introduction of a new female character in the show’s upcoming sixth season.Production on the new season has been halted recently due to the coronavirus pandemic.Discussing the new season with Digital Spy, Byrne said: “There’s a great female character who is new, who is pretty dark. I haven’t seen a character like her in Peaky before.“I won’t say who she is,” he added, “but she certainly gives Tommy a run for his money.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterMelanie Liburd has joined Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in Sony’s action-comedy “Man From Toronto.” Harrelson recently replaced Jason Statham in the pic.Kaley Cuoco is also on board.The film revolves around a case of mistaken identity after the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the “man from Toronto,” and a stranger, played by Hart, run into each other at an Airbnb.

Peaky Blinders‘ lead cast members has sent fans into a frenzy following an Instagram post hinting at huge cameo.With production on the sixth series delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, fans are waiting patiently for new episodes of the hit BBC drama.

“The King of Staten Island,” director Judd Apatow tells The Post that total immersion was the only way to capture the 26-year-old comic’s life.Here the Syosset, LI-born director, 52, talks about his summer spent in the borough, hanging out with pal Davidson and his Staten Island neighbors.You know, it’s a place that a lot of people haven’t been to, unless you live there. It doesn’t really have an attraction to draw you.

As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries.

Kanye West has objected to the references made for Michael Jackson in media. Defending the King of Pop, Kanye West recently said that media should not "tear down our heroes." Kanye West also denounced using references like "Wacko Jacko" and other names given to Michael Jackson by several agencies and media.

Kanye West has defended Michael Jackson in a new interview, saying “companies” and “documentaries” shouldn’t be allowed to “tear down our heroes.”In a conversation with Pharrell Williams for i-D Magazine, West appeared to reference the Dan Reed-directed documentary Leaving Neverland. That film focused on testimony by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, both of whom claimed that Jackson sexually abused them when they were children.

Rangers to 10 in a row turned into a nightmare. But the former stopper is praying countryman Filip Helander can play his part in helping stop Celtic reaching that magic number.

Elisabeth Moss has played her fair share of women on the edge, but she’s taking it to a whole other level in “Shirley”, portraying writer Shirley Jackson.

For “Shirley” director Josephine Decker, Elisabeth Moss was always the “top choice” to play author Shirley Jackson in her drama.

Josephine Decker's prickly, unnerving “Shirley,” is set mostly in the Bennington, Vermont, home of the reclusive writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg). But it also takes place in the gothic, heightened realm of one of Jackson's own stories.

As protests rage across the United States, Sharon Stone is lending her support for people seeking to hide out in a safe room.

Steven Knight wishes he'd gone about some things differently.