Sam Reid Cast as Lestat in AMC's Upcoming 'Interview with the Vampire' Series

This week Married at First Sight UK kicked off a new series, and it promises to be just as action-packed as its popular Australian counterpart. Nikita Jasmine promptly delivered the first dose of drama after declaring that her match was ‘not what she ordered’, leading to an explosive, expletive fuelled row.The dating experts branded the sales manager ‘shallow’ after she requested that her husband be ‘hench’ and have muscles and veneers.

The Courier Mail.The sustained attack lasted several days until a welfare visit on the family led to his arrest in August 2020, and has remained in custody ever since then.Following his arrest, the man told police: “It’s hard to explain it, I caught my boy sitting on another boy’s lap, this is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”He added: “I’m a piece of s***.

Married At First Sight Australia over here in the UK during lockdown, it's no surprise reality TV fans are ecstatic for the brand new series of the UK version. As bosses announced the show would return with some changes this year, here's everything you need to know now the cast have been announced!We finally have a start date! It's now been revealed that Married At First Sight UK will begin at 9pm on Monday 30th August.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa George, who stars on the Apple TV+ original series, Mosquito Coast, has signed with Inspire Entertainment for management.

Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Rob Collins (Cleverman), Callan Mulvey (Avengers: Endgame) and Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Operation Buffalo) will star in Firebite for AMC+.

Rita Ora helped new boyfriend Taika Waititi celebrate his 46th birthday with celebrity friends Cara Delevinge and Kristen Stewart. The singer, 30, wore a sheer black dress to the bash attended by a host of stars including Rami Malek, Ashley Benson, Paris Jackson, Ashley Benson and Kate Beckinsale.

Coronation Street star Sam Aston has teased that he would be up for I'm a Celebrity, though he would feel "uncomfortable" doing the reality show in Australia. The 28-year-old, who has played Chesney Brown on the ITV soap since 2003, shared his thoughts on I'm a Celebrity during an exclusive interview with OK! recently.

Still Game's Ford Kiernan thanked a Canadian fan for buying his and Greg Hemphill's Jack and Victor whisky despite the huge cost of additional taxes. Ford and Greg recently made their show themed whisky bottles available to fans and whisky drinkers living in the UK, certain US states, Canada, Ireland, Australia and beyond.

Australian actor Sam Reid has been tapped to star as Lestat in Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire series for AMC and AMC+. The series, based on Rice’s book, is slated to begin production on its eight-episode first season later this year for premiere on AMC and its sister streamer AMC+ in 2022.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentEstablishing itself as the most consistent buyers of top titles at Fantasia, Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired period horror feature “The Last Thing Mary Saw” ahead of its Aug. 15 world premiere at the Canadian genre fest.Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” will be released by Shudder in the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2022.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“Martyrs Lane,” the third feature from Ruth Platt (“The Lesson”), hits Fantasia with a double momentum: Bullish word of mouth, and a recent sale to AMC Networks genre streamer Shudder for North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.Produced by London’s Ipso Facto Productions, whose credits take in “Irina Palm” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Valhalla Rising,” the LevelK sales title is a ghost story but, like the best of that kind, much