Sony Pictures Television Hires Big Talk’s Matthew Justice As UK & Europe Chief

EXCLUSIVE: UK production company Mad As Birds (MAB) — best known for pics such as Six Minutes to Midnight, POMS, The Vanishing, and The Almond And The Seahorse — has landed a major cash injection from a private investor as it sets out a diverse slate of projects for the Cannes market.

Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley looked the epitome of elegance at Britain's most anticipated TV awards. Catherine, who played Eva Price in the ITV soap, looked a world away from the famous cobbles as she walked the red carpet at the 2023 British Academy Television Awards.

Sweden has won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, marking a historic double for its victorious artist Loreen. 

K.J. Yossman Writers have staged a protest outside the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) European headquarters in solidarity with the WGA. A number of writers including Jennifer Davidson, the chair of Writers Guild of Ireland, and “Blasts From the Past” writer and director Hugh Farley participated in the protest in Brussels on Thursday evening, where it is understood the MPAA were holding a “social event for industry reps and friends,” according to a source. “What else are you going to do when you’re in Brussels with a bunch of writers guilds?!” Davidson tweeted along with photos and videos of the gathering.

Big Joanie have announced the postponement of their upcoming US East Coast tour due to an unspecified “medical emergency.”Their upcoming US tour would have been their first, hitting hotspots including Nashville, Atlanta, and New York City. In a recent Instagram post, the British punk trio penned an apologetic kessage to their fans.“We were so excited to play our first East Coast tour but sadly, due to a medical emergency, we will have to postpone to a later date,” they said.

EXCLUSIVE: Action-thriller Classified, starring Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth, has completed principal photography on location in Malta.

Love Island star Jessie Wynter was labelled “gorgeous” by fans as she posed for a series of snaps while on a “bucket list” break to Paris. The TV personality, who has temporarily moved to the UK from Australia to live with her partner Will Young, took to Instagram to reveal that she’d made the trip to the City of Love by sharing a carousel of images from the occasion. Posing in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower landmark, the 26 year old looked sensational as she sported a very chic all black look for a day out in the French capital with her beau.

comes immediately to mind). However you can always rely on three royals to bring plenty of entertainment and funny moments—Prince George, and Prince Louis.The three young royals all attended the ceremony, with taking an important role as one of the Pages of Honour during the service, and stood on the balcony to watch the Red Arrows in this history-making moment.

Big Boi and Phantogram reunited their Big Grams project on stage at Shaky Knees festival this weekend – see what went down below.The Outkast rapper and electronic duo released a collaborative EP together in 2015 and haven’t played together since the following year.At Atlanta’s Shaky Knees on Saturday night (May 6), Phantogram invited Big Boi on stage with them to play two of the tracks from that EP.Watch Big Grams play ‘Born To Shine’ and ‘Fell In The Sun’ below.A post shared by Meagan Iwaniszek (@melgies85)Elsewhere, 2021 saw Big Boi and Organized Noize’s Sleepy Brown release their joint album ‘The Big Sleepover’. The collaborative project between the two frequent collaborators was first teased in 2019 after the release of ‘Intentions’ featuring CeeLo Green.Big Boi also revealed that he is holding on to a song he made with Kate Bush, and he’s described it as “a monster hit”.Speaking to Mark Ronson on The FADER‘s Uncovered Podcast, the rapper said the collaboration came after he met the elusive singer in the UK in 2014, while he and André 3000 were on their Outkast reunion tour.“I have a monster hit with Kate Bush that I’m just holding,” he said, adding: “It’s a dream come true and the people are going to fucking love it.

The Masked Singer UK host Joel Dommett sent fans crazy after he shared a jaw-dropping naked portrait of his pregnant wife. Joel, 37, and his model wife Hannah Cooper, 32, took to Instagram on Wednesday, 3 May, to share the joyful news that they were expecting a little one.

An Oldham man stood just metres away from King Charles III as he was on his way to being crowned at the Coronation today. Proud family and friends snapped pictures of Afruz Miah when he appeared on their screens as one of the 2,000 people invited to witness the King’s Coronation inside Westminster Abbey.

50 Cent has announced a 2023 UK, European and US tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his 2003 debut album, ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – find all the details below.‘The Final Lap Tour’ with Busta Rhymes will start at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 21, touring throughout North America with stops in New York, Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and many more, before closing out at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on September 17.The rapper will then kick off the European leg at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome on September 28 before making stops in Germany, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, France, Ireland and more.The UK run starts at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on November 9, followed by Manchester’s AO Arena (10) and London’s O2 (11) before the tour wraps up at Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena on November 12.A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent)Additional dates are also set to be announced in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe.Local pre-sales for European dates start on Wednesday, May 10 at 10am local time, with general sale going live on Friday, May 12 at 10am local time. UK dates will be available to purchase from here, with general sale set to start at 10am BST next Friday (May 12).

The Michelin-starred Northcote restaurant in the Ribble Valley has hit back after a former diner called pictures of chefs licking plates at a recent food festival event ‘uncouth’. He also warned future visitors ‘to ask if your plates were washed in hot water before eating’, reports LancsLive.

With his greatest hits compilation The Diamond Collection currently riding high on the Official Albums Chart, Post Malone is finally set to bring his Twelve Carat Tour to the UK this week.

The Women’s World Cup faces a potential TV blackout for this summer’s tournament in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and France after FIFA president Gianni Infantino threatened to withhold rights over what he said where insufficient bids. Infantino, speaking Tuesday at at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, said it was the soccer governing body’s “moral and legal obligation not to undersell” the tournament, set for July 20 until August 20 in Australia and New Zealand.“Therefore, should the offers continue not to be fair, we will be forced not to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup into the ‘Big 5’ European countries,” Infantino said, drawing a line in the sand despite FIFA’s media rights agreements with 156 other nations and territories.Prize money will notably increase for this year’s tournament by 300% to $150 million from 2019, which was won by the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Beijing-based world sales and multi-territory distribution outfit Tiger Pictures Entertainment has acquired international rights to Chinese comedy Godspeed, which is currently topping China’s May Day holiday box office.

EXCLUSIVE: TaikaWaititi looks to have found his next project to direct, as sources tell Deadline that the Oscar winner is in negotiations to direct Klara and the Sun, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, for Sony’s 3000 Pictures. The project is in development, with Dahvi Waller penning the original draft of the screenplay.

EXCLUSIVE: Ioan Gruffudd (San Andreas) has closed a deal to join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys 4, the newest installment in the hit series of buddy cop action comedies from Sony Pictures.

jig is up — and it’s going viral. As things are shaking up in Buckingham Palace, Princess of Wales Kate Middleton’s savvy secret to looking picture-perfect in photos is becoming all the rage online. “Royals fans are going crazy for the ‘Princess Shuffle’ that Kate uses to discreetly get closer to people in pictures,” wrote TikTok account @The.Royal.Watcher — a profile dedicated to all things related to the crown. The clip, which has fetched a staggering 2.4 million views, features recently resurfaced footage of Middleton, 41, meeting with Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, and Queen Margrethe II at Christian IX’s Palace in February 2022.As royal photographers begin snapping frames of the distinguished dignitaries, Middleton, donning a posh pair of black stilettos, is seen doing a subtle heel-to-toe jig, scooting closer to her hosts without looking down at her feet. And fans of the well-regarded Windsor family are going wild over the footwork. “‘The Princess Shuffle!’ I love everything about this,” praised a diehard of Middleton’s moves. “That’s a neat trick! Years of practice!” cheered another. “Shufffffffle!! Discreet and elegant love you Kate,” an equally impressed fanatic raved. “And in heels! I would definitely get caught on the carpet and wipe out,” another joked. However, not everyone was dazzled by the royal’s ability to photogenically cut a rug. “This is less discreet and less smooth than just taking that tiny step over,” spat an underwhelmed onlooker. “You mean she takes a step to the side? I’m certain that is the most important thing she has done in years,” said another, lightly shading Middleton, wife to Prince William and mother of three. #fyp #katemiddleton #katemiddletonstyle #princessofwales #princewilliam

Sony Pictures Classics on Thursday announced their pickup of worldwide rights (outside of the UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Latin America) to Strange Way of Life, the buzzy Pedro Almodóvar short, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, which will premiere as an official selection of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.