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Lionsgate has acquired motion picture adaptation rights to Thieves’ Gambit, an upcoming young adult thriller novel by Kayvion Lewis that has been generating deals and buzz ahead if its planned fall 2023 publish date. Steven Caple Jr, whose directing credits include Creed 2 and the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, is attached to helm.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton finally married after five years together last year, but before they found love with each other, they were both married to someone else. The No Doubt singer had been married to the father of her three children, Gavin Rossdale, for thirteen years and Blake had split from his second wife, Miranda Lambert. He was previously also married to Kaynette Williams, but they split in 2006.WATCH: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani's love story - everything we know While The Voice co-hosts are incredibly happy together, their past romances likely left them wary of love.It was reported that Gavin had an affair with the family nanny, and he later opened up about the split. READ: Gwen Stefani treats lookalike teen niece to a makeoverWOW: Gwen Stefani films never-ending ranch with Blake Shelton - and wowIn an interview with The Guardian, the British musician admitted he was deeply ashamed of the "gross and lopsided spectre of the crumbling of my marriage". Gwen and Blake were both married before She also said that the split caused her to analyze every aspect of her life. "It was a time of reassessing everything that I've done," Gwen told Instyle. The star confessed she turned to music to ease the pain.

Mel B is set as a judge for Season 2 of Paramount+’s drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe. She joins returning judges Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Trixie Mattel, along with Graham Norton, who returns as host. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder, producers of the Emmy-winning RuPauls Drag Race franchise. Mel B takes over the spot held by Leona Lewis, who served as judge on the first season.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHBO Max’s animated prequel series “Gremlins: Spirit of the Mogwai,” which world premiered on June 16 at France’s Annecy Animation Festival, begins with a hint of “The Sound of Music.”A young Gizmo stands in his bucolic grassy homeland, hidden down a huge hole in snowbound high Himalayas, chanting from a circular stone dias, replete with mysterious engravings. As his fellow Mogwai chant back, positioned on grassy knolls around him, suddenly the hills are alive with the sound of Mogwai.Then a shadow falls out of the sky – a huge heinous eagle plummeting towards the Mogwai.

Wilson Chapman editorJustin Lin is attached to direct an upcoming film adaptation of the popular manga “One Punch Man.”Lin will direct the film based on a script from “Venom” and “Jumanji: The Next Level” screenwriters Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner. Sony Pictures is backing the film, and Lin will produce alongside Avi and Ari Arad of Arad Productions.“One Punch Man” will be Lin’s first project following the announcement this April that he exited directing “Fast X,” the latest film in the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

Actor Kevin Spacey is set to appear in British court later this week after being formally charged with sexual offenses, police said.  Spacey, 62, has been accused of four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent and is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court Thursday morning.  The alleged incidents are said to have taken place in London and western England: two counts of sexual assault in relation to an incident in London in March 2005, one count of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent on a man in London in August 2008, and one count of sexual assault on another man in April 2013 in Gloucestershire. All of the victims are now in their 30s and 40s.

Dougal Wilson has been named as the director of Paddington 3, which is now officially titled Paddington in Peru, Deadline can confirm. Wilson joins the franchise following the exit of director Paul King, who mounted both past installments to huge success, and is now focused on on the Timothée Chalamet starrer, Wonka.

Kevin Spacey has been formally charged with four counts of sexual assault and a further offence by British police.

EXCLUSIVE: Two weeks after a Virginia jury handed Johnny Depp a victory in his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the Aquaman actress is set to publicly speak at length for the very first time.

Manchester is set to see temperatures soar to nearly 30C over the week as the UK is hit with a heatwave.

Emilio Mayorga France’s “The Tern,” “Phil & Sophia” and “Nino Dino,” along with Spain’s “Zoey Oceans,” Poland’s “Happy not Lucky,” Ireland’s “Natu Natu,” and Romania’s “Karma” lead a packed 84-title line-up of animated TV projects to pitch at the 2022 Cartoon Forum.It will take place in Toulouse, Southern France, over Sept. 19-22.“The Tern” is a 10-episode half-hour from Paris-based family entertainment company Cyber Group Studios. Directed by Slimane Aniss, it tells the adventures of a fleet of massive dirigibles traveling endlessly above a devastated Earth, following the flight paths around the planet of a particular bird, the tern.Targeting preschoolers, “Phil & Sophia” is written by Martine Gasparov.

Scots pensioners are set to lose around £500 per year after the Tory Government suspended the triple lock on pensions, according to new research.

tweeted.“64 years on the planet shrouded in ignorance. My life is changed forever,” the actor continued.Ford CEO Jim Farley responded to Fry on Twitter, sharing the backstory for the feature.“The idea for this indicator icon was recommended by a @Ford engineer named Jim Moylan in 1986,” Farley shared.

Johnny Depp is set to join Jeff Beck on stage as they tour the UK. A black Range Rover carrying the Boiling Point actor drove through the gates at the International Convention Centre as dozens of fans gathered hoping to catch a glimpse of Depp. The Pirates of the Caribbean lead has caused a stir in the city with hundreds of fans descending on the city centre.

Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3) and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella) have been tapped to lead Prime Video’s romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, based on Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel of the same name. Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López (The Inheritance) will direct, in his feature debut, with Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Stephen Fry (The Dropout) and Sarah Shahi (Sex/Life) also aboard to star.

Naman Ramachandran Stephen S. Thompson, writer of BAFTA-winning drama “Sitting In Limbo,” died from cancer on May 26. He was 56.