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From Queen & Slim to actual Queen. British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya in last year's racially-charged road crime drama, is to play Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, who famously lost her head at the behest of King Henry VIII, in a three-part psychological thriller mini-series set to air on ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the U.K., with Sony Pictures TV distributing internationally.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Camelot,” the Season 2 premiere of “The Spanish Princess.”When “The Spanish Princess” returns for its second season, Queen Catherine (Charlotte Hope) and Henry VIII (Ruairi O’Connor) are ruling together over the country as the house of Tudor.When the audience rejoins the royal couple, they are closer than ever; she has given birth to a royal heir; her father, King Ferdinand of Spain (Antonio de la Torre), is

The Bachelorette premiere. Will it be the “most dramatic season yet?" Only time will tell.And in between that drama, check out these TV shows and movies, as well: The Vow: Are you watching HBO's docuseries about NXIVM? Catch up before the new episode airs tonight, and check out this exclusive preview, below.

Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford has found his Buddy Holly for Clear Lake, an upcoming biopic about the rock 'n' roll icon. Ruairi O’Connor, who stars as a young King Henry VIII in Starz's miniseries The Spanish Princess, has been cast as Holly in the BMG-backed music biopic produced by Rick French of Prix Productions and Stuart Benjamin of Stuart Benjamin Productions.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIrish actor Ruairi O’Connor will play rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly in the biopic “Clear Lake” with a tentative production start date set for the spring.O’Connor, who stars as a young King Henry VIII in the Starz miniseries “The Spanish Princess,” was selected following a six-month search by the producers and casting directors at Presser/Well Casting to find the right actor who both resembled Holly and could handle vocals and instrumentation on classic songs such as

here.The musical sees the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales. From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the show remixes 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.Originally an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show it's since been nominated for five Olivier Awards including Best Musical and saw all the main actresses nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

Having portrayed Henry VIII in The Tudors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers has now ventured to the other side of the world to play a lesser known British ruler.

Danny Dyer will bring an east London spin to the story of Henry VIII and his six wives, as he retells the tale for BBC Bitesize.

You don’t have to wait until Broadway reopens to get a taste of what’s playing. Beyond the obvious — the movies of “Moulin Rouge!,” “Mean Girls,” “West Side Story” — here are a few things to watch and read to tide you over during the coronavirus pandemic.

The release of The Mirror and the Light—Hilary Mantel’s third and final novel about the life and death of Thomas Cromwell, advisor to Henry VIII—is a major event. The previous two novels in the series have won Mantel the Man Booker Prize and a devoted worldwide readership.

Gerard Butler is one of the first people to see the hot new musical Six on Broadway!