Sky Talks Diversity, Teases HBO Drama ‘Third Day,’ Docs on John Lennon & Soccer Racism

Sky News: ‘Once we press go at nine o’clock in the morning, the actions just play out as if they were real over the next 12 hours. It’s going to be pretty unprecedented.’‘We want to capture the frisson of live performance… we’re really trying to capture that sort of brittle, fragile nature of “anything could happen!”.

The Third Day is the latest collaborative thriller from HBO and Sky Studios.Set on the beautiful and remote British island of Osea, The Third Day follows two people who arrive at different times to a strange and foreboding island isolated from the mainland...

Chris Willman Music WriterIn another example of anniversary commemoration designed to make everyone feel old, U2’s “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” — an album that many still think of as prime “late-period U2” — is turning 20 on Oct.

Schindler’s List has been named the nation’s favourite piece of film music.In a poll conducted by Classic FM, the John Williams score for Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Holocaust drama took the top spot ahead of The Lord of the Rings and Gladiator.Williams earned five entries in total in the top 20, for his work on Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial.On the award, the composer said, “I’d like to express my gratitude to the listeners of

John Lennon and George Harrison during their youth is under threat of being rebuilt by supermarket chain Lidl.The building was best known as the Abbey Cinema in Wavertree during the 1960s, when Lennon paid tribute to the venue in an early draft of The Beatles‘ classic ‘In My Life’.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday.Mark David Chapman was denied after being interviewed by a parole board Aug.

John Lennon has been denied parole for the 11th time. A representative for the New York parole board said Mark Chapman, now 65, was denied parole and will remain behind bars for at least another two years.

John Lennon‘s killer Mark Chapman has been denied parole for the eleventh time.The 65-year old was interviewed by a parole board in New York last Wednesday (August 19), and has since had his appeal denied.

Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole for the 11th time. The 65-year-old was denied after being interviewed by a parole board on Aug.

The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday.

John Lennon‘s 80th birthday is set to be marked with the release of a new remix album called ‘Gimme Some Truth.

Chris Willman Music WriterA newly remixed version of John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” has long been on the schedule to come out as a single this Saturday as part of a Record Store Day drop — and, of course, fans figured the odds of one song being commissioned for that treatment as a one-off seemed slim.

Liam Gallagher was on the receiving end of Yoko Ono’s criticism when she heard he had named his son Lennon. John Lennon's widow suggested the name was "silly" when they met in 1999, the year his son was born, but Gallagher, 47, didn't see a problem with it.

Tara Conlan An interview with John Lennon’s murderer and the UK’s first kidnapping case are being explored in new films unveiled by Sky for its recently-launched Sky Documentaries channel.The programs were unveiled as Sky UK and Ireland managing director of content Zai Bennett said the Comcast-owned broadcaster is focusing on building its brands by getting in early with creators to help it in the “arms race” of content, particularly in drama.Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Sky’s director

John Lennon – ‘Imagine’“When John Lennon was shot and killed [in 1980], it was all over the news and they re-released this song. I didn’t really feel the gravity of it because I was too young to really know what was going on.