Six Takeaways From The Edinburgh TV Festival: Strike Ripples, Commissioning Slowdowns & AI

Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake are putting rumours of a feud between them to rest.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has cuddled up to Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story, taking North American rights to the doc from The Last Blockbuster‘s Taylor Morden, which features the voices of talent including Jon Lovitz, Pete Holmes, Jerry Mathers, Larry Hankin and Mike Tyson.

Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA lead the nominations.Swift went into the night with eight nominations, including Video Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Editing for ‘Anti-Hero’. She is also in the running for Artist Of The Year.SZA has got six nods in this year’s shortlist, while Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Smith have earned five nominations each.Performances at the ceremony will come from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Demi Lovato, Diddy, Doja Cat, Fall Out Boy, Karol G, Lil Wayne, Måneskin, Nicki Minaj, Sabrina Carpenter, Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together and Anitta, and more.

EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World, which has just been submitted as Romania’s official entry into the International Oscar race, has been picked up by Mubi for multiple key territories. 

Piers Morgan has slammed Joel Dommett after the comedian and presenter mocked him while hosting the National Television Awards. Introducing the famous faces at the event Joel, 38, announced: "Piers Morgan is here!" which the crowd reacted to with a mixture of cheers and loud boos.To which Joel continued: "Hey, everyone, say what you like about Piers Morgan..." before turning to introduce documentarian Louis Theroux.

Lady Anne Glenconner – a close childhood friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret – has opened up on King Charles' childhood, revealing he was often kept away from his monarch mother as a youngster due to his poor health. Lady Anne maintains a solid connection with the King and still sees him regularly – a friendship which has lasted decades as Charles would often stay at Holkham Hall as a boy with the Earl and Countess of Leicester.

Actors Ashli Haynes, Holly Cinnamon, and Kyra Jones are anxious, tired and frustrated that they are still on strike.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s friendship is one of Hollywood’s most precious relationships. They have been friends since childhood and probably wouldn’t be where they are in their careers without each other. They both grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they first met as kids, living just two blocks away from each other.

Addressing Thursday night’s carriage impasse with Disney, Charter Communications executives told Wall Street investors on a conference call today that their linear video business is “at the edge of a precipice.”

The Jonas Brothers take on a massive undertaking with their new concert The Tour – they’re performing all of their music every time they take the stage.

Variety spent some time playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Here are five takeaways from our gameplay session.

Here are the top Manchester City headlines for the evening of Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

McKinley Franklin editor Sony has released the first trailer for Jeymes Samuel’s biblical epic “The Book of Clarence,” which is set to make its theatrical debut on Jan. 12, 2024.

Greater Manchester is responsible for many innovations and inventions, not least when it comes to the culinary world.

Millie Bobby Brown is looking back on her first date with fiancé Jake Bongiovi. 

Four people have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping 14-day-old twin boys.

Channel 4 has “perhaps been a bit more honest” than its rivals about the recent commissioning slowdown, according to progams boss Ian Katz, who said there has been a “perception” that his network’s financial picture is “more dramatic than elsewhere.”

The morning after his MacTaggart, Louis Theroux has called out the “right-skewing press” and “vested interests” who want to defund the BBC.

Louis Theroux has warned in his Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart address that an “atmosphere of anxiety” is leading to “less confident, less morally complex filmmaking.”

The finale of The Bachelorette is airing tonight, so it’s time to look back at all of the couples from Bachelor Nation that have remained together.